Ressources / Resources
De l’État / From the State
B.C. – Implementing Investigation Report F15-03: Recommendations to the Government of British Columbia (on Information and Records Management)
B.C. Premier’s Statement on Freedom of Information and Records Management Improvements: http://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2015PREM0099-002106
European Commission – Towards a Modern, more European Copyright Framework
UK – Government Digital Records and Archives Review
NARA – 2014 Senior Agency Official Summary Report
Archives New Zealand – Government Recordkeeping and Audit Report 2014-2015
U.S. Copyright Office – Software-Enabled Consumer Products Study (Notice and Request for Public Comment)
Réponse à une demande d’accès à l’information – Ville de Gatineau et financement de la chaire de recherche de Daniel J. Caron
Note : Ce partenariat continuera à faire l’objet d’un suivi.
De la communauté / From the community
Digital Preservation Coalition – Digital Personal Archiving
Cornell University – Preserving and Emulating Digital Art Objects
Digital Repository of Ireland – Linking Digital Objects Factsheets
National Information Standards Organization – Principles to Address Privacy of User Data in Library, Content-Provider, and Software-Supplier Systems
OCLC – Shaping the Library to the Life of the User: Adapting, Empowering, Partnering, Engaging
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) – Data on the Web Best Practices (Draft)
Publications
Archives and Records, vol. 36, no. 2 (2015)
Arbido: périodique de l’Association des archivistes suisses et de Bibliothèque information suisse, 4/2015
Journal of Documentation, vol. 72, no. 1 (2015)
Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, vol. 27, no. 4 (2015)
First Monday, vol. 20, no. 12 (December 2015)
Imago Mundi: the International Journal for the History of Cartography, vol. 68, no. 1 (January 2016)
Scandinavian Library Quartely, vol. 48, no. 4, 2015 (Special Issue: Collection Development Policy)
National Archives of Australia – Government Agencies Information Network Newsletter, no. 11 (2015)
Wikimedia Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums Newsletter, vol. 5, no. 11 (November 2015)
Online Audiovisual Catalogers Newsletter, vol. 35, no. 4 (December 2015)
Cathedral Library & Archives Association (Winter 2015)
Association professionnelle des techniciennes et techniciens en documentation du Québec – Infodocumentation, vol. 26, no 4 (Décembre 2015)
Report – Law Library Plans for the Print Materials Collection
Book – Out of the Closet, into the Archives: Researching Sexual Histories
Book – Rare Books Uncovered: True Stories of Fantastic Finds in Unlikely Places
Book – Choreographing Copyright: Race, Gender, and Intellectual Property Rights in American Dance
Book – Digitizing Identities: Doing Identity in a Networked World
Book – Collective Memories in War
Book – Maximizing Electronic Resources Management in Libraries: Applying Business Process Management
Book – When the Office Went to War : War Letters from the Men of the Great Western Railway
Livre – Archive (re)mix : vues d’Afrique
Livre – À qui profite le clic ? Le partage de la valeur à l’ère du numérique
Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
Vitrine humanités numériques / Digital Humanities Showcase 2016
22 janvier 2016, Montréal
Online Course – Digital History
January 18 – March 24, 2016
Webinar – Introduction to Sustainable Environment Actionable Data 2.0
January 21, 2016
Training Course on Standard ISO 16363 for Managers of Digital Repositories
February 1-4, 2016, Roma (Italy)
Le genre de l’archive : constitution et transmission des mémoires militantes
11 février 2016, Paris
Cours en ligne massif et ouvert – WikiMOOC : apprenez à contribuer sur Wikipédia
22 février au 27 mars 2016
A Common International Standard for Rare Materials Cataloguing? why? and how?
February 22, 2016, Lisbon (Portugal)
Archives and Records Association, UK and Ireland Conference 2016
August 31 – September 2, 2016, London (UK)
PDF Technical Conference 2015 (Recordings Available)
October 19-20, 2015, San Jose (California)
L’histoire en mutation : l’École nationale des chartes aujourd’hui et demain (vidéos disponibles)
13 novembre 2015, Paris
Sur le web / On the web
Finding Fugitive Canadian Federal Government Publications that are not Collected in the DSP e-Collection
http://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EQB16ieDtDPjNhYPanp2E5jcyvQ4yQz_ZHVMUhA8QWQ/edit?pref=2&pli=1
International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property – RE-ORG Crowdsourcing Project Launch
UK National Archives Podcast – For King and Another Country: Indian Soldiers on the Western Front
Podcast – Archive of the Future
Video – An Extremely Rare Look at Sylvia Plath’s Childhood Manuscripts at the New York Public Library
Wikipedia’s Year-in-Review Video
Kickstarter – Old School Films: an On-line Archive
Nouvelles du monde / News from the world
Canada
Harper government obstructed search for children who died in residential schools: TRC
Accès à l’information : 135 jours, 180 jours, 220 jours… qui dit mieux
Set the Data Free, Mr. Trudeau
Victims of communism memorial to be moved (accross the street from LAC building), minister Joly announces
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/joly-announces-next-steps-for-victims-of-communism-memorial
Canadian Heritage Information Network – Crowdfunding: Looking to the Future to Preserve the Past
Library and Archives Canada approves $1.5 million in funding for 65 documentary heritage projects
Library and Archives Canada – Funding history 2015-2016
Canadian Association of Research Libraries Receives DHCP Funding from Library and Archives Canada
Library and Archives Canada releases two revised classification schedules
Library and Archives Canada – Open Datasets: what’s New?
Ontario – Dalton McGuinty’s ex-chief of staff, deputy charged in gas plant e-mail deletion scandal
Closing the book on John Mark Tillmann’s stolen antiques
Digitizing the Dead: the Mormon mission to save souls and Saskatchewan’s public archives
Mormons helping Saskatchewan bring archives to digital age
Gallery: Sifting through the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan
Archives of Manitoba – Christmas Greetings from the Canadian Machine Gun School
New Brunswick Museum faces an uncertain future
Racines acadiennes : trouver ses ancêtres sur internet
Québec – Infonuagique; oui, mais à quel prix?
BAnQ – La correspondance, témoin d’un pan de vie
B.C. government IT systems vulnerable: government risks loss of public trust to safeguard data, says auditor general
University of Waterloo – Two New Major Collaborative Grants to Enhance our Understanding of Web Archives
University of Waterloo Special Collections and Archives – New archives open for research 2016
University of British Columbia – How we Digitize: Vintage Vancouver and a Video
Regroupement des archivistes religieux – Communiqué de la présidente
http://regroupementarchivistesreligieux.wordpress.com/2015/12/14/communique-de-la-presidente-du-rar/
Wartime Christmas cards give Calgarians glimpse of courage, hope during tough times
Documents of early Vancouver transcribed and posted online
Vancouver Archives – Merging Time: a Modern Perspective
There’s a vinyl gold mine in Toronto’s library stacks
Rare Archives Offer Glimpse Into Evolution of Montreal Jewish Culture
Archives de Montréal – Les nouveautés de 2015 : dans les parcs de Montréal (1953-1968 et 1863-1951)
Drummond Women’s Institute makes donation to Archives Lanark (Ont.)
Peel Art Gallery Museum and Archives (Ont.) – Immigrant Voices in Archival Records: the Cumbrian Connection, Final Post
Dawson Creek (B.C.) – Digitization of South Peace archives keeps history alive
Ian Milligan – From Dataverse to Gephi: Network Analysis on our Data, A Step-by-Step Walkthrough
How Digital Forensic Readiness Reduces Business Risk
Association des archivistes du Québec – Vie d’archiviste : Jeanne Darche
Afrique / Africa
The Rwanda Tribunal Closes but Controversy Is Brewing over its Archives
Mali – Un air d’archives aux Rencontres de Bamako
Mali – Rencontres de Bamako : du studio aux archives
Algérie – Hommage à Meziane Rachid : une vie et une œuvre pour la préservation de la culture amazighe
Les archives de Larbi Messari aux Archives du Maroc
http://www.medias24.com/Quoi-de-neuf/160346-Les-archives-de-Larbi-Messari-aux-Archives-du-Maroc.html
Tunisie – La Commission des droits et libertés examine à nouveau la loi sur le droit d’accès à l’information
Bénin – Gestion des archives aux Affaires étrangères: pour la restauration de la mémoire de la diplomatie béninoise
Amériques / Americas
Jamaica – Secret Government: Administration Ignoring Recommendations for Access to Information Amendments
Declassified Snapshot of the Clinton Archives Show that Early U.S. Optimism on Climate Change Frustrated by Disputes over Greenhouse Gas Goals
Defense Secretary Conducted Some Official Business on a Personal Email Account
In the race to open Congress’s secretive think tank, a new trove of confidential research goes public
Government says convicted spy’s information still top secret
National Archives announces digitization partnership with collection of aerial photograph
Library of Congress – 2015 National Film Registry: Ghostbusters Gets the Call
Library of Congress – Putting Boston on the Map: Land Reclamation and the Growth of a City
How the African American History Museum Is Curating the Black Lives Matter Movement
National Endowment for the Humanities Announces $434 Thousand for Common Heritage Community History Projects
Wyoming state parks seek $500,000 for electronic archives
Oregon’s History and Archaeology Library is now online
Vermont – When government outsources, public records access becomes issue
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/7a7084fbbdc140c7b577e2ba95886a21/VT–Public-Records-Contractors
New Mexico – Open records complaints take months, years to resolve
Harvard Launches Free the Law Digitization Project
Hoover Archivists Innovate for the Preservation and Access of Rare WWII Recordings
Florida State University – Behind the scenes: Preserving Scrapbooks in Heritage Protocol & University Archives
West Virginia University – New Online Archive to Document History of Black World War I Veterans
Learn about University of Wisconsin’s most famous naturalist with the digitized Aldo Leopold archives
University of Minnesota Libraries receives 540 year old book containing Europe’s first printed map of the world
University of Kansas – Researchers building digital archive on WWI poetry by American immigrants
George Washington University – Gelman Library to House Winston Churchill’s World War II Engagement Diary
The 19th-century whaling logbooks that could help scientists understand climate change
Researcher archives stories of more than 1,200 Louisiana dancehalls, newspaper reports
Documenting the Grateful Dead: the poetry of the archive
Influential drummer, filmmaker George Manney leaves trove of Philly rock archives
Vintage Photos of People Mesmerized by Holiday Windows
AIIM changes Certified Information Professional certification program, miffs members
Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
Pair allegedly stole $57,000 of brass from National Library of Australia
New Australian lottery could raise funds for heritage projects
How do you choose what to archive in our digital age?
Taiwan – Accord de coopération entre la Bibliothèque centrale nationale de Taiwan et l’Université de Gand (Belgique)
Struggle and freedom: the Vietnamese archive that celebrates a secret LGBT culture
Sri Lanka Proposes Strong Right to Information Act
Europe / Europa
Data Protection Package: a historic agreement
Safe Harbor 2 : l’Union européenne prévoit une clause de suspension
Photographic Competition Announced by E-ARK Project
Spanish Government Using Obstructionism and Bureaucracy to Nullify Transparency Law
Spain – Prehistoric rock carvings were humanity’s earliest architectural plans
Ukraine finds personal archive of ousted former president Viktor Yanukovych
Summary of 2015 amendments to the Polish Copyright Act
Les archives du Saint-Synode de l’Église orthodoxe de Grèce sont en cours de numérisation et seront accessibles au public
Suisse – Révision de la loi sur le droit d’auteur : travaux au sein de l’Association des archivistes suisses
Suisse – Un document vieux de 1 137 ans dans les Archives de l’Ancien Évêché de Bâle
When Switzerland had its own king: Alfred Escher digitalised archive of letters offers an intriguing insight into the mind of this unique politician-entrepreneur
Belgique – 500 millions pour la numérisation de la Wallonie
Belgique – Le Mundaneum obtient le Label du patrimoine européen
Belgique – Jodoigne: des registres paroissiaux de l’Ancien Régime découverts sur une brocante
France – Les archives de la défense, une plongée dans l’histoire
Plus de 288.000 documents classés secret défense en France
Secret Défense : en France, 1 personne sur 160 a accès à des documents top secrets
France – Archives et mécénat : un monde à explorer
Un cas d’école pour les services d’archives quand médiation et dispositif numérique éloignent le document
Paris : 12 000€ pour le futur centre d’archives LGBT
Paris attacks: archives to save notes, drawings left after deadly events of Nov. 13
Ireland – Revolution to be digitised as 10m documents to go online
Ireland – Release more classified Troubles files call from former soldier
National Library of Ireland Reach 40,000,000 Flickr Views
National University of Ireland – Abbey Theatre Minute Books Revealed for First Time
Private letters offer rare insight into life of Churchill’s Irish right-hand man
Cold War images released to Edinburgh-based archive
Scotland – Librarian wins dispute over Willie Gallacher’s papers
UK – Former Civil Service chief Kerslake at odds with his successor as he warns weakening Freedom of Information is a false move
Revealed: Prince Charles has received confidential cabinet papers for decades
UK – Choosing Cloud Foundry for the Government Platform as a Service
UK – Crown Commercial Service plans managed print and records management services shake-up
UK National Archives – Togoland and the First World War
British Library – A dazzling diversity of primary sources
British Library – Audio-Visual Resources and the Academic Book of the Future
Librarians take legal battle against library closures to government
Wellcome Library – How to protect original works during digitisation
How we correct the record in the Guardian archives as well as on our pages
Unpublished Brontë Manuscripts Brought to Light
Chairman Mao Letter to then Labour Party Leader Clement Attlee Fetches £605,000
Sotheby’s to Offer the Archive of Robert Catterson-Smith
Fundraising bid for Warwick Healey archive
Transcribing archival documents at the Royal Asiatic Society : a volunteer’s perspective
Moyen-Orient / Middle East
National Library of Israel – Old maps of Jerusalem released
Iranian manuscript scholar Ahmad Monzavi passes away
International
UNESCO Memory of the World Programme calls for new nominations for the International Register 2016-2017 nomination cycle
Exceptions to Copyright to Remain on Agenda of World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Committee
Singapore and the United Nations Sign MOU to Jointly Develop Information Management Tool for UN Peacekeeping
Reasons for Being an Archivist in the Digital Age
Gifts for Librarians and Archivists: 2015 edition
The digital data revolution: top 5 storage predictions for 2016
Photography Workflow: how to Organize and Archive Photos
Internet Archives – Digitization at scale or what does it mean to scan for access?
Why GLAM Wiki: Wikipedia and Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums
Big data, Google Books and the Ngram database are wonderful aids to today’s intellectual problems
Text mining : quand le texte devient donnée
In Age of Digital Records, Paper Still Carries Weight
Taking control of an uncontrolled vocabulary
Wikipedia-Mining Algorithm Reveals World’s Most Influential Universities
Digital Evangelism and the Death of Print
Le big data n’est pas forcément l’eldorado annoncé