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Documentary Heritage News
March 25, 2016May 2, 2021

Vol. 9, no. 30

Ressources / Resources

De l’État / From the State
Service interministériel des Archives de France – Note d’information relative à la publication de la version 2.0 du Standard d’échange de données pour l’archivage
http://www.archivesdefrance.culture.gouv.fr/static/8976

Service interministériel des Archives de France – Note d’information: Projet OCTAVE (Outil de Constitution et de Traitement Automatisé des Versements Électroniques)
http://www.archivesdefrance.culture.gouv.fr/static/8975

UK National Archives – Her Majesty’s Treasury: Information Management Reassessment
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/hmt-ima-reassessment-report.pdf
Statement: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/hm-treasury-information-management-assessment.pdf

U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence – Classification Guide 
http://fas.org/blogs/secrecy/2016/03/odni-class-guide/

Understanding the Value of Arts & Culture: the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK) Cultural Value Project
http://culturalvalueproject.wordpress.com/2016/03/17/the-report-from-the-cultural-value-project-is-now-published/

UK – Culture White Paper
http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/culture-white-paper

Communications Electronics Security Group (UK) – Security Design Principles for Digital Services
http://www.cesg.gov.uk/guidance/security-design-principles-digital-services-0

De la communauté / From the community
Society of American Archivists – Joint Statement on Access to State and Local Records
http://www2.archivists.org/news/2016/joint-statement-on-access-to-state-and-local-records

Laboratoire de cyberjustice – Le dépôt technologique des documents
http://www.cyberjustice.ca/docs/WP15-1.pdf

UNESCO – The Globalisation of Cultural Trade: a Shift in Consumption
http://www.uis.unesco.org/culture/Documents/international-flows-cultural-goods-report-en.pdf

National Information Standards Organization – Altmetrics Definitions and Use Cases (for Public Comment)
http://www.niso.org/news/pr/view?item_key=fa01ab8a9cdeef5254c010dbfc5d33d6e9f875c3

Duraspace – Annual Report 2015
http://duraspace.org/sites/duraspace.org/files/2015%20DuraSpace%20Annual%20Report.pdf

Médiation documentaire et documentation participative à travers les projets Wikimédia : retour d’expérience au musée des Augustins de Toulouse 
http://archivesic.ccsd.cnrs.fr/sic_01291772

The FAIR Guiding Principles for Scientific Data Management and Stewardship
http://www.nature.com/articles/sdata201618

Publications
Archives and Manuscripts, vol. 44, no. 1 (2016)
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/raam20/44/1

Journal of Documentation,  vol. 72, no. 3 (2016)
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/jd/72/3

Archives Society of Alberta Newsletter, vol. 35, no. 2 (2016)
http://archivesalberta.org/doc/ASA_newsletter_winter_2016.pdf

Free eBook – Rethinking the Archive in Pre-Modern Europe : Family Archives and their Inventories from the 15th to the 19th Century
http://iem.fcsh.unl.pt/ebooks/estudos13/

Master Thesis – Translating Theory to Practice : Defining Digital Preservation Planning in Museums
http://sfsu-dspace.calstate.edu/handle/10211.3/163399

Book – Adding Value to Libraries, Archives, and Museums: Harnessing the Force that Drives your Organization’s Future
http://www.abc-clio.com/LibrariesUnlimited/product.aspx?pc=A5007P  

Book – Privacy in the Age of Shakespeare 
http://www.utppublishing.com/Privacy-in-the-Age-of-Shakespeare.html 

Book – From Maimonides to Microsoft: the Jewish Law of Copyright Since the Birth of Print
http://global.oup.com/academic/product/from-maimonides-to-microsoft-9780195371994 

Book – Records and Information Management: Fundamentals of Professional Practice (Third Edition) 
Available through ARMA Bookstores: http://members.arma.org/eweb/browse.aspx?site=ARMASTORE&type=Publication

Book – Keeping their Marbles: how the Treasures of the Past Ended up in Museums, and why they should Stay there
http://www.oupcanada.com/catalog/9780199657599.html 

Book – The Internet of us: Knowing More and Understanding Less in the Age of Big Data
http://books.wwnorton.com/books/detail.aspx?id=4294989852 

Book – Dynamic Research Support for Academic Libraries
http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=300495 

Book – 3D Printing: a Practical Guide for Librarians
http://rowman.com/ISBN/9781442255470

Book – The Paper Trail: an Unexpected History of a Revolutionary Invention
http://penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/116116/paper-trail

Livre – La généalogie sur Internet : geneanet.org
http://www.archivesetculture.fr/livre-archives-et-culture-guides-de-genealogie-la-genealogie-sur-internet-geneanet.org-466.html

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
Présentation des projets collaboratifs de BAnQ sur Wikimédia
26 mars 2016, Montréal
http://blogues.banq.qc.ca/instantanes/2016/03/22/5588/

Library and Archives Canada – Michael Smith: a case for the Constitution
April 5, 2016, Ottawa
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/about-us/events/Pages/michael-smith-case-constitution.aspx

L’histoire et le numérique : réalisations, promesses et opportunités
6 avril 2016, Montréal
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1124110380953367 

Trent Valley Archives – Photos in your Attic
April 9, 2016, Peterborough (Ont.)
http://www.ptbocanada.com/journal/2016/3/22/mystery-photos-archives

Decolonizing the Academy: Responding to the TRC Calls to Action 
April 19, 2016, Halifax
http://www.dal.ca/faculty/arts/canadian-studies-program/news-events/events/2016/04/19/decolonizing_the_academy__responding_to_the_trc_calls_to_action_.html

Operational Risk Management: a Case Study in Data Integration
April 20, 2016, Toronto
http://irmac.ca/events/list.php?event_id=92

Webinar – Open Government at the National Archives
March 29, 2016
http://aotus.blogs.archives.gov/2016/03/23/lets-talk-join-me-for-the-open-government-webinar/

Third International Digital Libraries for Musicology Workshop
August 12, 2016, New York
http://www.transforming-musicology.org/dlfm2016/

Fourteenth Edition of the Image and Research Conference
November 17-18, 2016, Girona (Spain)
http://www.blueroominnovation.com/en/events/preforma-conference/

Introduction to Encoded Archival Description Workshop (Presentations Available)
March 9, 2016, Dublin (Ireland)
http://dri.ie/slides-driarai-workshop-available

Sur le web / On the web
Rick Mercer Report – Ancestry
http://www.cbc.ca/mercerreport/videos/clips/ancestry

Nouveau site – Patrimoine Drummond
http://histoiredrummond.com/Nouvelles/un-site-web-consacre-au-patrimoine-de-la-mrc-de-drummond/

Archives du journal Le Temps (Suisse)
http://beta.letempsarchives.ch/

Archives nationales de France (vidéo) – De la Révolution à la Ve République : assemblées législatives, Présidence
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3xq1h4_de-la-revolution-a-la-ve-republique-assemblees-legislatives-presidence_school

PBS Video – Dan Cohen, of the Digital Public Library of America, on Democratizing Information Access 
http://www.pbs.org/video/2365689951/

Podcast – The Jerry Lewis Archives 
http://knpr.org/knpr/2016-03/jerry-lewis-archives

Podcast – Corporate Amnesia
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0741nql

Quiz – Dans le monde des clichés, quel serait votre avatar archiviste ?
http://fr.mashallow.com/quizzer/26831/dans-le-monde-des-cliches-quel-serait-votre-avatar-archiviste-

Slidecast – Digital Repository of Ireland: Digitising your Collection
http://www.slideshare.net/dri_ireland/tim-keefe-dri-training-series-2-digitising-your-collection

Slidecast – Caring for File Formats 
http://speakerdeck.com/ange/caring-for-file-formats

Slidecast – LinkedIn pour la recherche d’emploi en sciences de l’information
http://www.slideshare.net/drevonelsa/linkedin-pour-la-recherche-demploi-en-sciences-de-linformation

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada
Budget 2016: Is it the End of a Canadian Digital Strategy?
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2016/03/budget-2016-is-it-the-end-of-a-canadian-digital-strategy/

Budget 2016: Zero heritage
http://allanamayer.tumblr.com/post/141607585912/zero-heritage


Revenue minister could have to face committee on record sharing with IRS
http://ipolitics.ca/2016/03/17/revenue-minister-could-have-to-face-committee-on-record-sharing-with-irs/

Communications Security Establishment chief says federal departments need to get on Shared Services’ cyber defences
http://ipolitics.ca/2016/03/21/cse-chief-says-federal-departments-need-to-get-on-shared-services-cyber-defences/

Government tech support putting RCMP, public safety at risk, documents reveal
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rcmp-it-shared-services-canada-1.3492640

Shared Services Canada open to outsourcing much of its work, report says
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/shared-services-canada-outsourcing-report-1.3501438

Liberals reward cultural institutions with fresh funding
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/liberals-reward-cultural-institutions-with-fresh-funding

Library and Archives Canada – Finding Garneau: the importance of archival accessibility
http://thediscoverblog.com/2016/03/21/finding-garneau-the-importance-of-archival-accessibility/

Canadian company directories held at Library and Archives Canada
http://thediscoverblog.com/2016/03/23/canadian-company-directories-held-at-library-and-archives-canada/

Canadiana – Architectural and urban history enhanced by digitization
http://www.canadiana.ca/en/architecture-urban-history-2016

Nunavut making little progress on access to info changes
http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavut_making_little_progress_on_access_to_info_changes/

B.C. Information and Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham to step down, picked by U.K. government to become its new information commissioner
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/information-privacy-commissioner-stepping-down-1.3503173

Ontario Court of Appeal – Blackberry Devices and Search Warrants
http://www.it-can.ca/2016/03/18/blackberry-devices-and-search-warrants/

Québec – Le ministre Luc Fortin émet un avis d’intention de classement pour la bibliothèque et les objets de la collection Robert-Lionel-Séguin 
http://mcc.gouv.qc.ca/index.php?id=2328&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=7421&tx_ttnews[backPid]=2&cHash=f0d9b15bd05bd604dba35809db44d6d5

BAnQ – Le témoignage d’un crime vieux de 165 ans enfin retrouvé
http://blogues.banq.qc.ca/instantanes/2016/03/23/temoignage-dun-crime-vieux-de-165-ans-enfin-retrouve/

BAnQ Vieux-Montréal : le plus bel endroit à Montréal pour étudier
https://documentary-heritage-news.com/2016/03/banq-vieux-montreal-le-plus-bel-endroit.html

Centuries-old medieval manuscripts added to UBC Library collection
http://news.ubc.ca/2016/03/21/centuries-old-medieval-manuscripts-added-to-ubc-library-collection/

UBC students will get hands on exposure to medieval manuscripts
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/News/11802662/story.html

New Dalhousie University Archives project: Holdings of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1928
http://blogs.dal.ca/libraries/2016/03/new-dalhousie-archives-project-holdings-of-the-international-brotherhood-of-electrical-workers-local-1928/

University of Victoria – 11 Rare Images from the World’s Largest Trans Archives
http://www.buzzfeed.com/laurenstrapagiel/11-incredible-images-from-the-worlds-largest-trans-archvies

Canadian Librarians must Be Ready to Fight the Feds on Running a Tor Node
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/canadian-librarians-must-be-ready-to-fight-the-feds-on-running-a-tor-node-western-library-freedom-project

Toronto Public Library shares vintage St. Paddy’s Day postcards
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/st-paddys-postcards-1.3496259

Toronto – Preserving SkyDome legacy tough for slim-budget archives
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/03/18/preserving-skydome-legacy-tough-for-slim-budget-archives.html

Ottawa Senators on prowl for artifacts for 25th anniversary celebration 
http://www.ottawasun.com/2016/03/22/senators-on-prowl-for-artifacts-for-25th-anniversary-celebration

Important to know your roots, says City of Regina archivist
http://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/important-to-know-your-roots-says-city-of-regina-archivist

Saskatoon – Japanese internment, residential schools among stories at human library event
http://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/japanese-internment-residential-schools-among-stories-at-human-library-event

Archives move to Belleville (Ont.) Public Library
http://www.intelligencer.ca/2016/03/21/archives-move-to-belleville-public-library

Inverness County (Nova Scotia) committee aims to create municipal archives
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/museum-archives-inverness-port-hood-funding-municipal-1.3502083

St. Albert (Alberta) – Reconciliation through shared history
http://www.stalbertgazette.com/article/Reconciliation-through-shared-history-20160323

Les archives des archives: Artexte a 35 ans et la commissaire Zoë Tousignant nous invite à en explorer l’histoire
http://www.ledevoir.com/culture/arts-visuels/465806/les-archives-des-archives

Afrique / Africa
Genocide Archive Trains Young Rwandans to Index National Archives
http://genocidearchiverwanda.org.rw/index.php?title=News:Genocide_Archive_Trains_Young_Rwandans_to_Index_National_Archives

Les traités aux origines de la colonisation de la Côte d’Ivoire (1843-1893)
http://libeafrica4.blogs.liberation.fr/2016/03/20/les-traites-aux-origines-de-la-colonisation-de-la-cote-divoire/

Le Maroc prépare une loi pour préserver son patrimoine culturel
http://www.yawatani.com/index.php/arts-et-cultures/10903-le-maroc-prepare-une-loi-pour-preserver-son-patrimoine-culturel

Tunisie – Tribunal de Première Instance de Tunis: les archives, à la poubelle
http://www.realites.com.tn/2016/03/tribunal-de-premiere-instance-de-tunis-les-archives-a-la-poubelle-photos/

Angola’s Wikipedia Pirates Are Exposing the Problems with Digital Colonialism
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/wikipedia-zero-facebook-free-basics-angola-pirates-zero-rating

South Africa – Access to nuclear documents denied once again
http://www.bdlive.co.za/business/energy/2016/03/22/access-to-nuclear-documents-denied-once-again

Amériques / Americas
Argentine Church Says Working to Release Dirty-War Archives
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/argentine-church-working-release-dirty-war-archives-37777960

U.S. to declassify intelligence, military records on Argentina’s Dirty War
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-argentina-idUSKCN0WJ2Y8

Obama Sets Record for Failures on Freedom of Information Requests
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/US-Sunshine-Week-FOIA/2016/03/19/id/719877/

US government pushed tech firms to hand over source code
http://www.zdnet.com/article/us-government-pushed-tech-firms-to-hand-over-source-code/

Five Big Unanswered Questions About National Security Agency’s Worldwide Spying
http://theintercept.com/2016/03/17/five-big-unanswered-questions-about-the-u-s-s-worldwide-spying/

Wikileaks Publishes Searchable Hillary Clinton Email Archive
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/03/18/wikileaks-publishes-searchable-hillary-clinton-email-archive/

Most agencies say they’ll meet year-end records management deadline
http://federalnewsradio.com/agency-oversight/2016/03/agencies-say-theyll-meet-year-end-records-management-deadline/

What is the relationship between NARA’s Metadata and Format Guidance?
http://records-express.blogs.archives.gov/2016/03/21/what-is-the-relationship-between-naras-metadata-and-format-guidance/

Share your Ideas for NARA’s Next Open Government Plan
http://declassification.blogs.archives.gov/2016/03/17/share-your-ideas-for-naras-next-open-government-plan/

Library of Congress – National Recording Registry Recognizes “Mack the Knife”, Motown and Mahler
http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2016/16-056.html

Library of Congress – Saving Historic Radio Before It’s Too Late
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/03/broadcast-preservation/474879/

Happy feet: Five College dance professor donates tap-dance archives to Library of Congress
http://www.amherstbulletin.com/Arts-Leisure/Happy-feet-Five-College-dance-professor-donates-tap-dance-archives-to-Library-of-Congress-655915

A National Digital Stewardship Resident at the U.S. Senate
http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2016/03/ndsr-enrichment-session/

NASA is sending a 3D printer to space that you can use
http://techcrunch.com/2016/03/19/nasa-is-sending-a-3d-printer-to-space-that-you-can-use/

Smithsonian – 5.2” floppies: All Is Not Lost
http://siarchives.si.edu/blog/floppies-all-not-lost

Society of American Archivists Signs on to Fox News Network, LLC v. TVEyes Inc. Amicus Brief
http://www2.archivists.org/news/2016/saa-signs-on-to-fox-news-network-llc-v-tveyes-inc-amicus-brief

Oneida Indian Nation wins lawsuit to force New York state to reveal casino documents
http://www.syracuse.com/business-news/index.ssf/2016/03/oneida_indian_nation_wins_freedom_of_information_lawsuit.html

The Harvard Library that Protects the World’s Rarest Colors
http://www.fastcodesign.com/3058058/the-harvard-vault-that-protects-the-worlds-rarest-colors

Moving Image Archiving & Preservation and University of Miami Preserve the Work of Video Artist Buky Schwartz 
http://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2016/03/21/miap-and-u-of-miami-team-up-to-preserve-work-of-video-artist-buky-schwartz-.html

Interactive Map Lets You Track How 19th- and Early-20th-Century American Newspapers Covered Any Topic
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2016/03/07/us_news_map_interactive_lets_you_map_how_historical_newspapers_digitized.html

Rescuing the Logbooks of 19th-Century Whaling Ships
http://hyperallergic.com/278005/rescuing-the-logbooks-of-19th-century-whaling-ships/

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Puts Online 65,000 Works of Modern Art
http://www.openculture.com/2016/03/the-museum-of-modern-art-moma-puts-online-65000-works-of-modern-art.html

Fascinating Photos from the Secret Trash Collection in a New York Sanitation Garage
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/fascinating-photos-from-the-secret-trash-collection-in-a-new-york-sanitation-garage

It was definitely an inside job: the mystery surrounding missing water files at Flint City Hall
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/03/20/it-was-definitely-an-inside-job-the-mystery-surrounding-missing-water-files-and-a-break-in-at-flint-city-hall/

A Painter Is Recreating an Archive of Every Animated Disney Frame Ever Made
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/artist-warps-iconic-disney-stills-exposing-the-absurdity-of-happily-ever-after_us_56df7b15e4b0860f99d71f80

Anne Frank’s Copy of Grimm’s Fairy Tales Comes to Auction at Swann Galleries
http://www.artfixdaily.com/artwire/release/4773-anne-frank%E2%80%99s-copy-of-grimm%E2%80%99s-fairy-tales-comes-to-auction-at-swan

Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
Indigenous treasures, briefly on loan to Australia, are about to be taken away again
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/postcolonial-blog/2016/mar/22/indigenous-treasures-briefly-on-loan-to-australia-are-about-to-be-taken-away-again

New South Wales State Records (Australia) – Digital implementers group: executive and management support during change
http://futureproof.records.nsw.gov.au/digital-implementers-group-executive-and-management-support-during-change/

New South Wales State Records – Records and information management FAQs: retention of credit card data
http://futureproof.records.nsw.gov.au/records-and-information-management-faqs-retention-of-credit-card-data/

State Library of Victoria to tap virtual reality in digitisation program
http://www.cio.com.au/article/596467/state-library-victoria-tap-virtual-reality-digitisation-program/

New Zealand historic bills archive now accessible online
http://www.parliament.nz/en-nz/features/00NZPHomeNews201603231/nz-historic-bills-archive-now-accessible-online

The race to digitise language records of the Pacific region before it is too late
http://theconversation.com/the-race-to-digitise-language-records-of-the-pacific-region-before-it-is-too-late-55568

Japan – Long-lost parts of Soseki novel Michikusa rediscovered
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201603220049

A Japanese AI program just wrote a short novel, and it almost won a literary prize
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/japanese-ai-writes-novel-passes-first-round-nationanl-literary-prize/

Globalizing Korean history archives
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2016/03/148_200916.html

Thailand – Digitising dhamma: a German professor’s projects to study and preserve manuscripts in the North have been ongoing for over four decades 
http://www.bangkokpost.com/lifestyle/social-and-lifestyle/907492/digitising-dhamma

House to build Indonesia’s Library of Congress
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/03/23/house-build-indonesia-s-library-congress.html

India – Punjabi university official caught in attempt to destroy rare Sikh manuscripts
http://punjabnewsexpress.com/punjab/news/punjabi-university-official-caught-in-attempt-to-destroy-rare-sikh-manuscripts-47899.aspx

Europe / Europa
European Commission – Public consultation on the role of publishers in the copyright value chain and on the panorama exception 
http://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/public-consultation-role-publishers-copyright-value-chain-and-panorama-exception

Europeana – Five Tips for your Next Academic Crowdsourcing Project 
http://research.europeana.eu/blogpost/five-tips-for-your-next-academic-crowdsourcing-project

Battle in the Archives: Uncovering Russia’s Secret Past
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/battle-in-the-archives—uncovering-russias-secret-past/563566.html

Breaking down iron doors: why opening up Soviet archives matters
http://www.opengovpartnership.org/blog/tinatin-ninua/2016/03/21/breaking-down-iron-doors-why-opening-soviet-archives-matters

Latvia – KGB study commission still kept away from archives
http://www.lsm.lv/en/article/societ/society/kgb-study-commission-still-kept-away-from-archives.a174565/

Romanian Academy Library – Medieval manuscripts now in electronic format
http://www.rri.ro/en_gb/medieval_manuscripts_now_in_electronic_format-2545031

Herculaneum scrolls buried by Vesuvius yield another secret: metallic ink 
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/mar/21/herculaneum-scrolls-buried-by-vesuvius-yield-another-secret-metallic-ink

Maestros beg Italy for access to Verdi and Puccini scores (private archives)
http://slippedisc.com/2016/03/maestros-beg-italy-for-access-to-verdi-scores/

Vatican spokesman: Archives on Argentine dictatorship to be opened 
http://www.catholicreview.org/article/home/vatican-spokesman-archives-on-argentine-dictatorship-to-be-opened

Hitler copy of Mein Kampf sells for $20,655 at Alexander Historica
http://artdaily.com/news/85892/Hitler-copy-of–Mein-Kampf–sells-for–20-655-at-Alexander-Historical-Auctions

Luxembourg – Les archives du Conseil d’État sur internet
http://www.gouvernement.lu/5828411/23-archives-conseil

France – Attentats du 13 novembre : les juges français demandent la levée du secret-défense
http://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2016/03/24/01016-20160324ARTFIG00358-attentats-du-13-novembre-les-juges-francais-demandent-la-levee-du-secret-defense.php

France – Les archives de la famille Sade prochainement vendues aux enchères
http://www.actualitte.com/article/patrimoine-education/les-archives-de-la-famille-sade-prochainement-vendues-aux-encheres/64111

France – Manosque : la bibliothèque de Jean Giono sauvée ?
http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/provence-alpes/alpes-de-haute-provence/manosque/manosque-la-bibliotheque-de-jean-giono-sauvee-957883.html

Ireland – Courts-martial papers of 1916 leaders released online
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/courts-martial-papers-of-1916-leaders-released-online-1.2582214

Ireland – Derry museum to reveal previously unseen archive collection
http://www.derrynow.com/news/derry-museum-to-reveal-previously-unseen-archive-collection/82313

Welsh Government – Access to culture at your fingertips with new digital library service
http://gov.wales/newsroom/cultureandsport/2016/160323-digital-library-service/?lang=en

Eight-second videos are long enough to infringe on copyright, says UK judge
http://arstechnica.co.uk/tech-policy/2016/03/copyright-infringement-cricket-football/

UK National Archives – Building a virtual First World War village
http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/building-virtual-first-world-war-village/

UK National Archives – The Women’s Land Army in eight documents
http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/womens-land-army-8-documents/

British Library Recruiting Joke Detectives to Find Victorian Humor
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/british-library-recruiting-joke-detectives-to-find-victorian-humor

Bodleian Library (Oxford University) – Newly Digitized Arabic Astronomy Manuscript Now Online
http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/archivesandmanuscripts/2016/03/18/newly-digitized-arabic-astronomy-manuscript-now-online/

Cambridge University maps paper use in medieval England
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-35834249

Cambridge University – From Pulp to Fiction: our love affair with paper
http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/from-pulp-to-fiction-our-love-affair-with-paper

University of Manchester – Son spots father on Historic Dunkirk footage
http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/name-446150-en.htm

Isaac Newton’s recipe for alchemists’ mercury rediscovered
http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2016/03/isaac-newton-alchemy-paper-mercury-experiment

Jane Austen’s Music Collection Now Online 
http://www.rism.info/en/home/newsdetails/article/2/jane-austens-music-collection-now-online.html

“Holy Grail” Beatles record sold for £77,500 at auction
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-35870751

Moyen-Orient / Middle East
United Arab Emirates National Archives wins eco-friendly systems award 2016
http://www.bna.bh/portal/en/news/718071

United Arab Emirates calls for productive global efforts in preserving irreplaceable legacies
http://www.na.ae/en/mediacenter/news/news.aspx?ID=8607

United Arab Emirates National Archives to train staff to be guides in Sheikh Zayed Hall
http://www.na.ae/en/mediacenter/news/news.aspx?ID=8600

Qatar National Library digitises over half a million pages from archives
http://www.gulf-times.com/story/485250/QNL-digitises-over-half-a-million-pages-from-archi

International
UNESCO PERSIST: a global exchange about digital preservation
https://documentary-heritage-news.com/2016/03/unesco-persist-global-exchange-about.html

International Association of Music Libraries Archives and Documentation Centres’s new logo
http://www.iaml.info/news/iamls-new-logo

CrowdVoice: an archive of social unrest from around the world
http://www.designindaba.com/articles/creative-work/crowdvoice-archive-social-unrest-around-world

An Introduction to RDF for Librarians (of a Metadata Bent)
http://ruthtillman.com/introduction-rdf-librarians-metadata/

Column: Creating a records management policy and enforcing it
http://westfaironline.com/78214/column-creating-a-records-management-policy-and-enforcing-it/

Reimagining Libraries in the Digital Era: Lessons from Data Mining the Internet Archive
http://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2016/03/19/reimagining-libraries-in-the-digital-era-lessons-from-data-mining-the-internet-archive/

Digitization: just because you can, doesn’t mean you should
http://tararobertson.ca/2016/oob/

Gone here, Born in the Digital World: Challenges of Lost Heritage Digitization
http://heritagescienceresearch.wordpress.com/2016/03/15/digitization_of_lost_heritage/

How the demonization of emulation devalues gaming’s heritage
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/03/how-the-demonization-of-emulation-devalues-gamings-heritage/

The Forgotten History of Female Mapmakers
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/03/badass-women-cartographers/474654/

Gale Launches Powerful New Digital LGBTQ History Archive
http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2016/03/22/gale_s_lgbtq_archive_of_human_sexuality_and_identity_is_a_historical_game.html

Rewriting the CDX file format 
https://documentary-heritage-news.com/2016/03/rewriting-cdx-file-format.html

Data visualisation: what’s next?
http://medium.com/signal-noise/data-visualisation-what-s-next-8a19d07e219e

Why maps are essential tools for understanding history 
http://historicmusingsblog.wordpress.com/2016/02/27/why-maps-are-essential-tools-for-understanding-history/

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