Ressources / Resources
De l’État / From the State
Public Records Office Victoria (Australia) – Information Management Maturity: Current State Assessment 2015-2016
De la communauté / From the community
World Intellectual Property Organization – Study on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Educational Activities
UNESCO – Basics Texts of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2016 Edition)
Nordforsk – Open Access to Research Data: Status, Issues and Outlook
Blockchain Technology for Recordkeeping: Help or Hype?
International Telecommunication Union – Measuring the Information Society Report 2016
Article – The Rhetoric of Digitization and the Politicization of Canadian Heritage
Article – Privacy of the Internet of Things: a Systematic Literature Review
Publications
The Reading Room: a Journal of Special Collections, vol. 2, no. 1 (2016)
Imago Mundi: the International Journal for the History of Cartography, vol. 69, no. 1 (2017)
Journal of Map & Geography Libraries, vol. 12, no. 3 (2016)
Library Trends, vol. 65, no. 2, 2016 (Special Issue: Libraries in the Political Process)
International Journal of Information Management, vol. 37, no. 1 (2017)
Silhouettes: the Associates of the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Newsletter, no. 42 (2016)
Bulletin d’information du Centre d’histoire et d’archives du travail, vol. 3, no. 4 (automne 2016)
Book – Archive Everything: Mapping the Everyday
Book – Body Parts of Empire: Visual Abjection, Filipino Images, and the American Archive
Book – Memory, Forgetting and the Moving Image
Book – A Matter of Memory: Photography as Object in the Digital Age
Book – The Making of the Greek Genocide: Contested Memories of the Ottoman Greek Catastrophe
Book – Creating the High-Functioning Library Space: Expert Advice from Librarians, Architects, and Designers
Book – Taking your MLIS Abroad: Getting and Succeeding in an International Library Job
Book – Of Gods and Books: Cult and Donation of Knowledge in the Medieval Hindu Traditions
Book – Auschwitz and Birkenau: Rare Wartime Images
Book – Chokepoints: Global Private Regulation on the Internet
Book – Doughboys on the Western Front: Memories of American Soldiers in the Great War
Book – Describing Music Materials: a Manual for Resource Description of Printed and Recorded Music and Music Videos (Fourth Edition)
Book – Materializing the Web of Linked Data
Livre – Un présent infini: notes sur la mémoire et l’oubli
Livre – Décès, disparitions et successions en généalogie
Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
Webinar – Containers: Best Practices and Data Management Services
December 7, 2016
Webcast – An Introduction to Electronic Signatures
December 8, 2016
Webinar – FAIR Data in Trustworthy Data Repositories
December 12, 2016
Ariadne: Unlocking the Potential of Digital Archaeological Data
December 15-16, 2016, Firenze (Italy)
Les nouveaux enjeux de la conservation du patrimoine documentaire
16-17 août 2017, Sierre (Suisse)
Digit_Hum 2016 (vidéos disponibles)
10-11 octobre 2016, Paris
Library and Information Technology Association 2016 Forum (Presentations Available)
November 17-20, 2016, Forth Worth (Texas)
Sur le web / On the web
Podcast – In their own Words (Using Letters from the First World War from The Rooms, Newfoundland)
New website – History of Madness in Canada: After the Asylum
Société d’histoire de Drummond – Exposition virtuelle : Académie de ballet de Drummondville
Slidecast – The Diplomatic Acquisition Portfolio at Library and Archives Canada
Podcast – Copyright Notices for Illegal Downloading
Europeana Exhibition – The Colossus of Leonardo da Vinci: the Story of Leonardo’s Monumental Never-completed Equestrian Bronze
Vidéo – Conférence internationale supérieure d’archives 2016 : la protection durable du patrimoine culturel
Video – Broken Links, Broken Trust: why 404 Errors have the Power to Traumatise
Podcast – Being Human: what the Archives Reveal
Présentation – Explorez les collections numérisées de Gallica sur une carte
Nouvelles du monde / News from the world
Canada
Calling all Canadians: our museums are counting on your commitment and leadership
Five years of blogging at Library and Archives Canada
Canada Has its own Fantastic Beasts, According to Library and Archives Canada
Library and Archives Canada – Sir Wilfrid Laurier: 175th anniversary of his birth
Laurier in Two Dimensions: Sir Wilfrid Laurier in the Canadian Museum of History’s Archival Collections
Historic quilt stitches together Confederation story: 152-year-old quilt carefully restored by Canadian Conservation Institute in Ottawa
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 – Resettling Child Refugees: Canada and Armenian Orphans, 1923-1927
Saskatchewan – Information commissioner raps government over emails
Nova Scotia – Government Commits to More Access to Information
Access to information in Alberta approaching crisis situation: privacy commissioner
Alberta – Government contacting people after privacy breach
Archives Society of Alberta – Access to Holdings Grant
Québec modernisera la Loi du livre à petites doses
BAnQ acquiert le fonds d’archives de Pauline Marois
BAnQ – Visite du premier ministre à la Grande Bibliothèque
BAnQ – Omer Létourneau, une vie toute en musique
BAnQ – À la recherche de ses ancêtres
Archives of Manitoba – One Manitoba Soldier: Family Connections
University of Waterloo – Library unveils new archive of digitized texts
University of Waterloo Archives 60th Anniversary Image Bank
Rare Book Collection unveiled at Queen’s University
A look inside University of Toronto’s massive archive of Leonard Cohen poems, letters and pictures
Fake science journals still catch the unwary or desperate in Canadian universities
Cambrian College, National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation partnership a big moment
Canadian researcher in legal battle to keep her interviews confidential
Chinese Canadian Archive Project: what’s New?
Buyers scramble to get a piece of Leonard Cohen’s literary legacy
Unique copy of first full-length audio book found in Canada
Jewish Historical Society of Southern Alberta – Archives Grant and Project
Jewish Museum and Archives of B.C. – Another Impressive Year
Société d’histoire du Lac-Saint-Jean – Lancement de la base de données généalogiques Genaise sur le Web
#WelcomeToBlackhurst: Curating a Black History of Toronto
Victoria – 1861 theatre ruckus sparked racism debate
Archives de la ville de Québec – Le microfilm : vie et mort d’une technologie
Saskatoon library dedicates space for truth and reconciliation
Archives immortalizes Saanich (B.C.) grads’ sacrifice
Simcoe County Archives (Ontario) celebrates 50 years
Township of Whitby (Ontario) Game Preserve has interesting history
Claude Béland répond présent à l’invitation d’Archives Bois-Francs
How one Google search proved we need to pay attention to Canada’s black history more than ever
Archives et création : les archives sont-elles des matériaux physiques ou intellectuels dans l’art moderne?
Afrique / Africa
Togo – Les gardiens des archives s’adaptent au numérique
Cameroun – Archives nationales : la bibliothèque du Cameroun rééquipée
Tunisia human rights commission seeks reconciliation without revenge
South African History Archives – What’s past is prologue: a look back at our requests in 2016
Amériques / Americas
Plugging the gaps: the fight to define what is a public record
Never mind the algorithms: the role of click farms and exploited digital labor in Trump’s election
NARA – Metadata in Electronic Records Management
Digital Preservation 2016 Talk: Initiatives at the Library of Congress
Free Law Project Re-Launches RECAP Archive, a New Search Tool for PACER Dockets and Documents
NISO Announces New Publishers Enacting Phase Two of KBART Guidelines, Encourages Other Publishers to Seek Endorsement
From History to Politics, Arizona’s New State Archivist Talks Records
Yale University – Freedom to Marry archives offer insight into a modern civil rights movement
Princeton University – Art museum undertaking massive digitization effort of artworks; Minor White’s photography now available
University of California – Digital Archive Preserves Pioneering History of Punjabis in California
George Washington University Libraries Collect Millions of Election Tweets
University of Michigan – Women Composers Collection now online
Google warns journalists and professors: your account is under attack
Mickey Mouse is the secret force behind modern copyright law
Judge Allows Bid to Free “We Shall Overcome” from Copyright
George Eastman Museum digitizes and showcases online the beautiful collections about the artist
Archive at the National Museum of the Great Lakes contains 300 years of maritime history
Archive of Oscar de la Renta maintains the designer’s memory and runway looks
Mayor: Database of undocumented New Yorkers could be deleted
Boston City Archives shares yearbooks and school newspapers
New Hip-Hop Archive is a Time Machine Back to the Electrifying Early Days of Boston Rap
The Past Is Present: Discoveries of a WWII Museum Archivist
Mystery Solved: a Michigan Woman Says she Mailed Civil War Letters to the Post Office
Kentucky – Messy mystery: Confederate time capsule found
A military historian’s find could unlock the mystery of 136 sailors missing since WWII
Unseen H.G. Wells ghost story published for first time
World’s Earliest 10 Commandments Tablet Rises to $850,000 at Auction
Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
National Archives of Australia – Iconic Australian houses
New South Wales State Records (Australia) – The Magic Touch: balancing autonomy and automation
Online archive of New Zealand historic bills is now complete
Hong Kong – Open attitude on archive law
Island Culture Archival Support – Help Us Preserve Culture in the Pacific Islands
National Library of China to create database of Japan’s historic investigations of China
National Film Archive of India Unveils the First-of-its-kind Virtual Reality Film Museum
Europe / Europa
Europe: access to information in practice, not just on paper
Europeana – Movember: the Art of Mustraction
How right to be forgotten puts privacy and free speech on a collision course
E-Ark Pilots
Documents from Moscow archives become available online
11 Polish Documents Added to UNESCO’s Memory of the World Programme
Spain – 337-year-old book returned to Ecija archives after 30-year absence
Anne Frank poem sells for $148,000
The Archive of the Sorbian Institute in Germany
Nazis on retreat: the SS holiday camp near Auschwitz: in pictures
Vatican taps space technology to preserve its treasures
French law on digital versions of out-of-print books flouts European Union directive
France adds African perspective to colonial period archives
French probe on defense secret after president met reporters
Service interministériel des archives de France – Préparation des versements : Metadata Extraction Tool
The Bank of France opens up
La bibliothèque de Jean Giono sauvée grâce à la souscription nationale
Tintin décroche la lune lors d’une vente aux enchères à 1,55 million d’euros
The right to be forgotten and consent education: the gaps in Ireland’s protection of children
The Digital Repository of Ireland joins Hydra Project
Victoria’s Secrets: what the Royal Archives Didn’t Want you to Know About England’s Queen
UK Parliamentary Archives – Researching Parliament as a court of law: Westminster and Dublin, 1603 – c. 1730
UK National Archives – Cyber security: three steps senior managers need to take
UK National Archives – Explore Sir Geoffrey Howe’s Private Office papers
UK National Archives – Battle of the Ancre
From a 52-metre scroll to the Golden Haggadah: 1,300 British Library Hebrew manuscript treasures now online
British Library – The Conservation and Spectroscopic Analysis of a Burmese Concertina Binding
British Library – Applications of Image Processing Software to Archival Material
Documentary archives from London’s Imperial War Museum to be presented in Belarus for first time
Amateur Swimming Association – Swimming history preserved in new archives
Battle of Somme soldier’s notebook reveals his lost love
Beethoven musical score row between Sotheby’s and expert
Charlotte Bronte rare letter envelopes to friend up for auction
Hampshire County – Who said archives are outdated and old fashioned? Meet our new archivist
The Cost(s) of Being an Archivist
Moyen-Orient / Middle East
Israel – KAN project will digitize Channel One’s archives
National Library of Israel – Adolf Eichmann’s Clandestine Visit to Palestine
National Library of Israel – If Judaism is a Tragedy, Let us Live it: Stefan Zweig’s Letters Revealed
Inside the new Lebanese National Library
United Arab Emirates – Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid issues decree establishing largest library in Arab world
Piecing back together an Iraqi archaeological gem blown sky-high by Isis
International
Librarians, Archivists, Call on World Intellectual Property Office Members to Create Safe Harbour Against Copyright Liability
IFLA Promotes Library and User Interests at World Intellectual Property Organisation
International Association of Music Libraries Archives and Documentation Centres – Two new resources for traditional Irish music
United Nations Depository Libraries Are Facing Severe Problems
The NATO Archives revisits the Hungarian Revolution on its 60th anniversary
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