Ressources / Resources
De l’État / From the State
Texte de Guy Berthiaume, Bibliothècaire et Archiviste du Canada – Un jour nouveau pour les GLAM
National Archives of Australia – General Records Authority: Public Interest Disclosure
UK National Archives – Record Transfer Report: Autumn 2016
UK National Archives – Information Management Assessment: Ministry of Justice
Report: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/moj-ima-reassessment-report.pdf
Action Plan: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/moj-ima-action-plan.pdf
National Library of Medicine-Developed Software as Cultural Heritage
De la communauté / From the community
InterPARES Trust responds to EGAD-RiC
Pericles – Introduction to an Emulation-Based Preservation Strategy for Software-Based Artworks
Image Permanence Institute – Quick Reference Guide (Second Edition)
Council on Library and Information Resource – Keepers of our Digital Future: an Assessment of the National Digital Stewardship Residencies, 2013-2016
International Alliance of Research Library Associations – Working Together to Ensure the Future of the Digital Scholarly Record
Text and Data Mining in Higher Education and Public Research
German Library Association – Report on the State of Libraries in Germany: Facts and Figures
Pew Research Center – Information Overload Report
Publications
La Gazette des archives, no 243 (2016)
Arbido : périodique de l’Association des archivistes suisses et de Bibliothèque Information Suisse, 4/2016
Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, vol. 28, no. 4 (2016)
Information Research: and International Electronic Journal, vol. 21, no. 4 (December 2016)
Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage, vol. 9, no. 4 (December 2016)
International Journal of Information Management, vol. 37, no. 1 (February 2017)
IFLA Journal, vol. 42, no.4 (December 2016)
Santé mentale au Québec, vol. 41, no. 2, 2016 (numéro spécial : l’archive psychiatrique)
Mémoire d’avenir : le journal des Archives nationales de France, no. 25 (janvier-mars 2017)
The Archival Spirit: Archivists of Religious Collections, Section of the Society of American Archivists Newsletter (December 2016)
Wikimedia Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums Newsletter, vol. 6, no. 11 (2016)
Book – Children in the Holocaust and its Aftermath: Historical and Psychological Studies of the Kestenberg Archive
Book – The Data Librarian’s Handbook
Book – Bringing Children and Youth into Canadian History: the Difference Kids Make
Book – Early London (Ontario) 1826-1914: a Photographic History from the Orr Collection
Book – Death, Image, Memory: the Genocide in Rwanda and its Aftermath in Photography and Documentary Film
Book – Recoding World Literature: Libraries, Print Culture, and Germany
Book – Freedom and Information: a History
Book – Lessons from the Past? Memory, Narrativity and Subjectivity
Book – Challenging the Dichotomy: the Licit and the Illicit in Archaeological and Heritage Discourses
Book – The Early Photographers of Perthshire
Book – Developing Librarian Competencies for the Digital Age
Livre – Les archives hospitalières : regards croisés
Livre – Papiers d’Océanie : le fonds Lesson : bibliothèques, archives et objets
Livre – D’obscurantisme et de lumières : la bibliothèque publique au Québec des origines au 21e siècle
Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
Library and Archives Canada – Discussions with Alberto Manguel, Ed Broadbent, Carla Hayden and Louise Arbour
January 11, February 7, March 14, May 2, 2017, Ottawa
Webinar Series – Strategies for Advancing Hidden Collections
January 11 – February 15, 2017
Digitising the Edwin Morgan Scrapbooks: Free Training & Launch Event
January 20, 2017, Glasgow (Scotland)
RDA-athon
January 27, 2017, Ottawa
Archiving Oral Histories
January 28, 2017, New York
Parchment, Paper and Pixels Medieval Writing and Modern Technology
February 2-3, 2017, Maastricht (Netherlands)
Dark Tourism Sites Related to the Holocaust, the Nazi Past and World War II: Visitation and Practice
June 28 – July 1, 2017, Glasgow (Scotland)
46th Association of European Research Libraries Annual Conference
July 5-7, 2017, Patras (Greece)
Le crowdsourcing pour partager, enrichir et publier des sources patrimoniales
18-20 octobre 2017, Angers (France)
Journée d’étude : Valorisation du patrimoine et numérique (vidéos disponibles)
19 octobre 2016, Paris
Virtual Conference – Central Plains Network for Digital Asset Management (Recordings Available)
November 15-16, 2016
Sur le web / On the web
Video – Orders in Council: Meet the Sisters Behind One of Canada’s Greatest Family History Resources
Association des archivistes de l’Église de France – Guide des fonds privés ecclésiastiques français
Cemmento: a Digital Preservation Tool for Annotations
New Group – Open-Source Historical Mapping
Video – Introduction to the Captured German Records at the U.S. National Archives
Video – Archaeologies of Media and Technology
Video – Infrastructural Support for Research Information Management
Slidecast – Reference Rot in Scholarly Communication: a Reliable Quantification and a Proposed Solution
Slidecast – The Future of Finding at the University of Oxford
Slidecast – Improving the Reported Use and Impact of Institutional Repositories
Nouvelles du monde / News from the world
Canada
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale keeps door open to CSIS use of metadata gathered from innocent people
Federal cabinet secretly approved Cold War wiretaps on anyone deemed subversive, historian finds
Federal scientists get OK to talk to reporters after Tory muzzle removed
Federal government’s Canada.ca project off the rails
Library of Parliament Committee hasn’t met in 19 months
The Canadian International Development Agency Photography Collections: a Visual Perspective on Canadian International Aid
Library and Archives Canada – How much does your collection weigh? Part two
Library and Archives Canada – How to Cite Archival Sources
Rare views of Japanese-Canadian internment: 19 images remembering one of Canada’s darkest hours
47-year-old burger among archived items tabled at Alberta legislature
Archives Alberta – Home for the Holidays? Security Precautions for Archives
Nova Scotia Archives – A Mystery Solved, with a Surprising Reward
BAnQ – Les archives de la province se trouvent dans Rosemont
BAnQ – Gaston Miron nous quittait il y a 20 ans déjà
BAnQ – Exacta, Trifecta ou Superfecta?
Archives of Manitoba – One Manitoba Soldier: Letters and Parcels
Doing the Work: the Historian’s Place in Indigenization and Decolonization
Never-before-seen collection of CCF-NDP founder J.S. Woodsworth donated to Simon Fraser University Library
Co-operative books in the University of Saskatchewan Archives and Special Collections
A beer library to call our own: University of Guelph researchers preserving Canadian hop varieties
University of Alberta – The Right to Be Forgotten
KKK books a study room at McMaster University Library
Canada’s University Libraries Are in Peril
La chance… ou la réussite professionnelle des finissants en archivistique
Centre d’archives de la Grande zone argileuse – Cantiques de Noël
Quebec Algonquins file title claim to downtown Ottawa
Ottawa Public Library announces recommendations for new flagship Ottawa Central Library
Ottawa’s new central library site could be great if we don’t cheap out
Winnipeg – City archives a national embarrassment
Toronto group wants to save science and climate change data from Trump with internet archiving
Notman, a Visionary Photographer: Montreal Mounts a Sensational Historic Exhibit
Montréal accorde un contrat de 764 296 $ à la Société des archives affectives pour l’œuvre d’art public L’étreinte des temps
Unique collection of rare artifacts from Major Matthews (city’s first archivist) reveals Vancouver’s history
New Building for North Vancouver Museum and Archives
Québec – Demande d’accès à l’information: le maire Labeaume s’inquiète d’abus potentiels
Archives de la ville de Québec – Patiner avec vue : les patinoires du Vieux-Québec
Sherbrooke – Une tonne de documents d’archives dorénavant accessible au public
Peel Art Gallery Museum and Archives – Staff Favourites: the Township of Toronto Benchmark Book
La Société d’histoire du Lac-Saint-Jean lance un projet photo pour documenter l’année 2017
L’histoire de la fusion de Rouyn et Noranda, deux villes jumelles pas toujours fusionnelles
Alberta – Claude Roberto prend sa retraite des archives francophones de la province
Thirteen Questions with: Allison Milne, Advisor, Content Management, Export Development Canada
Inventive Ways of Using Archives to Engage with the Past
Did you Know? Archives in the Bible
Allana Mayer – The affect of the digital divide
Archivist Squibs Mercier, 92, honoured by the Ottawa Kennel Club
Le fondateur des bibliothèques publiques rurales du Québec s’éteint
What Do you Do with your Grandfather’s Genuine Nazi Flag?
Tendres archives : l’esquisse des origines à travers une danse documentaire et autobiographique
Afrique / Africa
Cap-Vert – Le gouvernement estime que l’avenir des Archives nationales dépend d’un nouveau modèle de gestion et de reformatage
Cameroun – Difficile archivage des données d’état civil
Amériques / Americas
New Mexican Law Threatens Access to Information, Censorship in Archives
Guyana – Reds donates first pieces of memorabilia to Sports Archives at National Racquet Centre
Gender, Slavery, and the Archive in Cuba: an Interview with Aisha Finch
Released Operation Condor Files Show CIA Torture in Argentina
Barack Obama to Archive Torture Report, Declassify After 12 Years
Declassifying the Presidency: the 50th anniversary of the Freedom of Information Act
Trump’s Tweets: will they Go in the National Archives?
Trump’s national security adviser shared secrets without permission, files show
Why I’m trying to preserve federal climate data before Trump takes office
Society of American Archivists – What Can Archivists Do about Concerns Regarding Federal Climate and Environmental Data?
Internet Archives – Preserving U.S. Government Websites and Data as the Obama Term Ends
The Library of Congress Is Putting its Map Collection on the Map
National Archives’ celebration of the Bill of Rights’ 225th anniversary
NARA – Hollywood, Model Planes, and Atomic Bombs: Office of Naval Research Support for Vertical Envelopment
NASA has shared its massive GIF archive with Pinterest and GIPHY
http://www.engadget.com/2016/12/08/nasa-has-shared-its-massive-gif-archive-with-pinterest-and-giphy/
California State Archives Releases Spanning the Bay: Celebrating the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge the Latest Digitized Exhibit Available Online
State Archives of North Carolina – Local Government Minutes Microfilming Questions & Answers
North Carolina – Picture the Past: Forest History Society Repeat Photography Project
Alabama Media Group makes largest gift to state archives, opens access to millions of unseen historical photos
Records management should create data environment to facilitate collaboration
Yale Highlights an Archive of African-American Culture on Its 75th Anniversary
Archives uncovered, Engineering Honors Society documents added to Lafayette College Archives
College of William and Mary Acquires Unpublished Archive of James Monroe Letters From Raab
A stitch in time: Central Washington University professor tracks history of embroidered seed sack to people held in slavery on South Carolina plantation
International Center for the History of Electronic Games – Preserving Video Game History with the Brian Fargo Papers, 1983-2012
The Unlikely Story of how Nitrate Film Endures
Inside the Bob Dylan Archive
Primary Source Material in the Public Library
Atlanta Housing Authority – Catching Pokémon: a Historically Themed Pokémon Scavenger Hunt Outreach Activity
The eyes of the city: 20 years of street photography: in pictures
Terre Haute, Indiana – City to archive social media posts
Nashville’s storied music spaces threatened with silence
Atlanta’s modernist Archives Building not coming down as anticipated
http://atlanta.curbed.com/2016/12/8/13879714/atlanta-white-cube-archives-building-delayed-demolition
Wrongful arrest by software: a California county is struggling with its new computer-based case management system
Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
Outside funding pays for new Trove content after National Library of Australia cuts
Cassie Findlay (Records Management Consultant) – My comments on the RiC conceptual model for archival description from ICA
Internet companies forced to block the Pirate Bay, bittorrent websites in Australia, Federal Court rules
Do not touch: what happens when museum visitors ignore the signs
How pre-teens using metadata found a whistleblower in two hours
WWII Japan archives gather dust in Russia
China – Nanjing Massacre inscribed in UNESCO archives
Thailand – Help sought for archive on late King
Bangladesh – War history e-archived
A new lease of life for a 200-year-old Indian library
Europe / Europa
Europeana Photography Collection at the starting line: curated stories, interactive features and beautiful images on Europeana
Web users’ metadata can be tracked by targeted ads, leaked draft European Union law reveals
European Commission’s proposal on Text and Data mining: a strategic mistake
How Russia is engaged in a battle for its own history
What is behind Russia’s new information security doctrine?
Russia – Trams on the St. Petersburg’s frozen river in archive photos
Slovenia not to leverage accession talks to pressure Serbia on archives
Why Austria is restoring a 1924 film that predicted the rise of the Nazis
Two Dutch Digital Preservation Coalition Preservation Awards: what is it all about?
Reviving archives through remix: how a Dutch archival project is reinvigorating electronic music
Rare photo collection acquired, most important archive on 19th century Cyprus
Bibliothèque nationale suisse – Accès à plus de 2 millions d’articles de revues scientifiques
Les manuscrits du Mont-Saint-Michel bientôt accessibles à tous sur internet
Ireland – Historic papers found in a skip to be donated to the State
Ireland – National Web Archive to preserve top ten websites chosen by Irish public
Ireland – Archive footage captures the magic of Christmas in Dublin in 1961
Ireland – Leave no trace? How to combat off the record government
National Library of Scotland – Digitisation and Inserts
Aberystwyth University and National Library of Wales collaborate on study of radicalism in Wales
UK – What would an archivist do as information commissioner?
Classified Battle of Orgreave files to be released by Home Office
UK National Archives – How to trace your criminal ancestors
UK National Archives – Our new classroom resource: Christmas is cancelled
UK National Archives – A Graphic War and our records
UK National Archives – An introduction to information risk
UK National Archives – Edwardian place and society: the Valuation Office survey
British Library – Using our science collections
British Library – The Women’s Football Association archive
Case study: Digitising the National Holocaust Centre & Museum’s collection
Tate Modern Avails Artist Sketchbooks in Digital Archive
Treasures of the Empire: rediscovered in scrapyards: ten copper plates used to print maps in the 18th Century are unearthed in Norfolk
How I Started: Melinda Haunton, Archivist, UK National Archives
Photographer wins David and Goliath copyright battle against giant picture agency Alamy
Why Every Copy of a Book is Different
JK Rowling illustrated manuscript sells for $467,000 at auction
Moyen-Orient / Middle East
Egypt – Dozens of rare Islamic books seized at Cairo Airport on way to Doha authentic
NATO supports preservation of Afghanistan’s historic and cultural sites
International
RiC[h]-CM description, relationships and standards
OAIS: a cage or a guide?
Your Encoded Archival Description Primer: Part 1
Finding Wisdom in the Letters of Aging Writers
The Problem of History in the Age of Abundance
PDF/A as a preferred, sustainable format for spreadsheets?
http://openpreservation.org/blog/2016/12/09/pdfa-as-a-preferred-sustainable-format-for-spreadsheets/
Vers une automatisation de la conception des vocabulaires contrôlés ?
Is older hardware in danger of being left behind by pro game consoles?
Universities uncertain about lecture-capture
2016 Gift Guide: 11 Gift Ideas for History Buffs