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Documentary Heritage News
January 13, 2017May 2, 2021

Vol. 10, no. 20

Ressources / Resources

De l’État / From the State
City of Winnipeg Archives – Conducting Research on Indigenous Peoples and History at the City of Winnipeg Archives
http://www.winnipeg.ca/clerks/pdfs/publications/COWAResearchGuide.Dec2016.pdf

Public Record Office Victoria (Australia) – Retention and Disposal Authority for Records of the Higher and Further Education Functions 
http://prov.vic.gov.au/government-recordkeeping/new-higher-education-rda

U.S. Director of National Intelligence – Improving the Intelligence Community’s Declassification Process and the Community’s Support to the National Declassification Center
https://fas.org/sgp/othergov/intel/improving.pdf

Bibliothèque nationale de France – Le yoga : bibliographie sélective
http://www.bnf.fr/fr/collections_et_services/anx_biblios_philo/a.biblio_yoga.html

De la communauté / From the community
Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries – Statement on Open Software, Open Standards, and Digital Preservation
http://coppul.ca/blog/2017/01/coppul-issues-statement-open-software-open-standards-and-digital-preservation

Society of American Archivists – Proposed Level One Guidelines for Standardized Holdings Counts and Measures (for Comments)
http://www2.archivists.org/groups/saa-acrlrbms-joint-task-force-on-holdings-metrics/proposed-level-1-guidelines-for-standardize

A Statement from European Research Organisations on Copyright in the Digital Single Market
http://libereurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Future-Proofing-European-Research-Excellence-full-statement.pdf

Institute of Museum and Library Services – Strengthening Networks, Sparking Change: Museums and Libraries as Community Catalysts
http://www.imls.gov/news-events/news-releases/report-describes-new-frameworks-museums-and-libraries-strengthen-community

Enssib – Métiers des bibliothèques : guide des formations
http://www.enssib.fr/bibliotheque-numerique/notices/67154-metiers-des-bibliotheques-guide-des-formations

Article – Implementing E-Legal Deposit: a British Library Perspective 
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue57/milne-tuck

Article – Content Analysis of 150 Years of British Periodicals
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/01/03/1606380114.full.pdf

Publications
Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, vol. 31, no. 4 (2016)
http://dsh.oxfordjournals.org/content/31/4?current-issue=y

Information & Culture: a Journal of History, vol. 52, no. 1 (2017)
http://muse.jhu.edu/issue/35649

Library Management, vol. 38, no. 1 (2017)
http://emeraldinsight.com/toc/lm/38/1

Book History, vol. 19 (2016)
http://muse.jhu.edu/issue/35696

Archival Outlook (January/February 2017)
http://www2.archivists.org/januaryfebruary-issue-of-archival-outlook-now-live

IFLA Metadata Newsletter, vol. 2, no. 2 (December 2016)
http://www.ifla.org/node/11107

Wikimedia Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums Newsletter, vol. 6, no. 12 (2016)
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2016

Patrimoines : revue de l’Institut national du patrimoine, no 12 (2016)
http://www.inp.fr/Recherche-colloques-et-editions/Editions/Patrimoines-la-revue-de-l-Inp/Patrimoines.-Revue-de-l-Institut-national-du-patrimoine-n-12

Doctoral Dissertations – Traditional versus Virtual Archives: the Evolving Digital Identity of Archives in Germany
http://depot.ceon.pl/handle/123456789/11109

Book – Currents of Archival Thinking (Second Edition)
http://www.abc-clio.com/LibrariesUnlimited/product.aspx?pc=A4822P 

Book – Landscapes and Landmarks of Canada: Real, Imagined, (Re)Viewed
http://www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Books/L/Landscapes-and-Landmarks-of-Canada

Book – Collaborating for Impact: Special Collections and Liaison Librarian Partnerships
http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=11913

Book – Information Governance: Concepts, Requirements, Technologies
Available through ARMA International Bookstore: https://members.arma.org/eweb/browse.aspx?site=ARMASTORE&type=Publication

Book – General Data Protection Regulation: the Functional Specifications of European Union Grade Privacy
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920055723.do

Book – Aftermath: Legacies and Memories of War in Europe, 1918-1945-1989
http://www.routledge.com/Aftermath-Legacies-and-Memories-of-War-in-Europe-191819451989/Haughton-Martin/p/book/9781138703568

Book – Reading Modernism with Machines: Digital Humanities and Modernist Literature 
http://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781137595683   

Book – The Future of Library Space
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/book/10.1108/S0732-0671201736

Book – Creating Family Archives: how to Preserve your Papers and Photographs
http://ow.ly/gxZU307XjNY

Livre – Le patrimoine culturel immatériel et numérique 
http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/index.asp?navig=catalogue&obj=livre&no=52305
Livre – Les industries culturelles et créatives face à l’ordre de l’information et de la communication
http://ow.ly/vyaI307XjDP

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
University of Waterloo Special Collections & Archives – Exhibit: The New Feminists
Until February 28, 2017, Waterloo
http://uwaterloo.ca/library/special-collections-archives/news/new-exhibit-new-feminists

Association of Canadian Archivists University of Toronto Student Chapter
January 24, 2017, Toronto
http://www.facebook.com/events/144399212723645/

Library and Archives Canada hosts the Honourable Ed Broadbent 
February 7, 2017, Ottawa
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/news/Pages/2017/hosts-honourable-ed-broadbent.aspx

Messages and Media: Two Centuries of Correspondence in Peel 
February 16, 2017, Peel (Ontario)
http://calendar.pama.peelregion.ca/default/Detail/2016-12-06-Messages-and-Media-Two-centuries-of-correspondence

Information Governance Workshop
March 30, 2017, Winnipeg
http://www.gifttool.com/registrar/ShowEventDetails?ID=1972&EID=21415

Archival Education and Research Institute
July 10-14, 2017, Toronto
http://aeri2017.org/
Webinar – How Not to Build a Digital Archive: Lessons from the Dark Side of the Force
February 2, 2017
http://preservica.com/resource/how-not-to-build-a-digital-archive-lessons-from-the-dark-side-of-the-force/
Conservators and Copyright: what the Law and Judges Say
February 7, 2017, London (UK)
http://icon.org.uk/events/conservators-and-copyright-what-law-and-judges-say

British library Course – Shooting War: Photography, History, Representation 
Starting February 21, 2017, London (UK)
http://www.bl.uk/events/shooting-war-photography-history-representation

CO:OPyright: Challenges and Practices of Copyright and Licensing of Digital Cultural Heritage
April 12-13, 2017, University of Graz (Austria)
http://informationsmodellierung.uni-graz.at/veranstaltungen/coopyright/

Webinar – The Future of Preprints (Video Available)
November 8, 2016
http://youtu.be/JVq1EkZENKM

Introducing Parthenos: Integrating the Digital Humanities (Presentations Available)
December 14, 2016, Prato (Italy)
http://www.parthenos-project.eu/impressions-from-parthenos-workshop/

Sur le web / On the web
Baladodiffusion – Bibliothèque et Archives Canada révise des identifications inadéquates ou racistes
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/emissions/le_cafe_show/2015-2016/chronique.asp?idChronique=425727

Podcast – Bill Waiser on Digging Deeper into Saskatchewan’s History
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thenextchapter/brian-francis-rupi-kaur-online-reading-communities-1.3924057/bill-waiser-on-digging-deeper-into-saskatchewan-s-history-1.3924062

International Tracing Service – General Inventory Online (of 30 Million Documents on the Holocaust)
http://www.its-arolsen.org/en/press/press/press-detail/news/detail/News/general-inventory-online/

Video – Donating Data to Wikidata
http://youtu.be/YMAKwwLsGW0

Video – UK National Archives at Enterprise Security and Risk Management 2016
http://youtu.be/m_A54bzUuqM

Video – Texas State Library and Archives Commission: State and Local Records Management
http://youtu.be/3r6fcYZsZCA

Video – James Kapalo on Materialising Religion in the Secret Police Archives in Romania and Moldova
http://youtu.be/qhdIAg_0dFM

Video – Ethics in the Age of Information
http://youtu.be/HEvyHf7xJa0

Podcast – Tales from the Digital Archive
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b010m9sw

Slidecast – Measuring Metadata for the Masses: Starting a Data Quality Program from Scratch
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-Fp5axe9CsGgCTkUvNamHUJWUCpBL2eyG_RJOh0fB-4/

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada
Canadian Security Intelligence Service assessing bulk data collection, records show 
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/csis-assessing-bulk-data-collection-records-show/article33544884/

Government’s Ninja Edits to Wikipedia Alarming, Critic Says
http://thetyee.ca/News/2017/01/10/Canadian-Government-Wikipedia-Edits/

Unmuzzled government scientists are ready to talk
http://www.macleans.ca/society/unmuzzled-government-scientists-ready-to-discuss-a-decade-of-work/

Library and Archives Canada – Agreement with the National Library of Argentina
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/news/Pages/2017/agreement-national-library-argentina.aspx

Call for projects at Library and Archives Canada’s free digital facility: the DigiLab 
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/news/Pages/2017/free-digital-facility-DigiLab.aspx

Word recognition: Governor General’s Literary Awards winners in Library and Archives Canada’s collection
http://thediscoverblog.com/2017/01/10/word-recognition-governor-generals-literary-awards-winners-in-lacs-collection/

Library and Archives Canada – From the Lowy Room: Canada’s Talmud
http://thediscoverblog.com/2017/01/11/from-the-lowy-room-canadas-talmud/

Library and Archives Canada – Guest curator Meaghan Scanlon
https://thediscoverblog.com/2017/01/12/guest-curator-meaghan-scanlon/

This is a real emergency: chilling artifacts from when Canada prepared for nuclear annihilation
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/this-is-a-real-emergency-chilling-artifacts-from-when-canada-prepared-for-nuclear-annihilation

Voices from the past: CBC North to preserve historic Indigenous language programs
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/cbc-indigenous-language-archive-project-1.3929833

Royal Saskatchewan Museum showcasing Indigenous depiction of Treaty four negotiations
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/chief-paskwa-pictograph-1.3925166

$180K for GTH documents excessive and unreasonable, says Saskatchewan’s Information and Privacy Commissioner
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/gth-documents-fee-commissioner-1.3923203

Historic photos show resilience, strength of Indigenous communities: Paul Seesequasis tracking down oral history behind old pictures
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/paul-seesequasis-photos-1.3930878

Manitoba – Premier unplugged: Brian Pallister defends sparse email use
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/pallister-email-costa-rica-1.3925006

Archives of Manitoba – One Manitoba Soldier: Good by Dad
http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/ww1blog/#jan9

Archives Alberta – New Year’s Resolutions: Public Outreach 
http://archivesalberta.wordpress.com/2017/01/09/new-years-resolutions-public-outreach/

Nova Scotia’s new Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act website welcomed, but systemic problems persist: critics
http://globalnews.ca/news/3165207/nova-scotias-new-foipop-website-welcome-but-systemic-problems-persist-critics/

Art Gallery of Ontario hosts Wikipedia edit-a-thon to boost profiles of Black Canadian artists
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ago-hosts-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-to-boost-profiles-of-black-canadian-artists-1.3931982

Yukon privacy commissioner sounds alarm over government review
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-privacy-commissioner-report-personal-data-1.3933384

BAnQ – Un demi-siècle tout en images : le fonds de l’Office du film du Québec
http://blogues.banq.qc.ca/instantanes/2017/01/11/demi-siecle-images-fonds-de-loffice-film-quebec/

BAnQ – Une carte postale de la Grande Bibliothèque
http://blogues.banq.qc.ca/chezmoi/2017/01/12/carte-postale-de-grande-bibliotheque/

La Cinémathèque québécoise se dote d’une Politique de préservation et de gestion des archives d’origine numérique
http://collections.cinematheque.qc.ca/actualite-des-collections/la-cinematheque-quebecoise-se-dote-dune-politique-de-preservation-et-de-gestion-des-archives-dorigine-numerique/

Association des archivistes du Québec – 50 ans, ça se fête 
https://archivistes.qc.ca/2017/01/12/50-ans-ca-se-fete%E2%80%89/

Présentation de la nouvelle directrice générale de l’Association des archivistes du Québec
http://archivistes.qc.ca/2017/01/06/presentation-nouvelle-directrice-generale/

UBC – Laurenda Daniells, University Archivist Emerita (1923-2017)
http://archives.library.ubc.ca/2017/01/06/laurenda-daniells-university-archivist-emerita-1923-2017/

Demystifying the legendary ghost story at University of Toronto’s University College
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/01/06/demystifying-the-legendary-ghost-story-at-u-of-ts-university-college.html

University of Toronto Hosts Successful Climate Data Archiving Event
http://thevarsity.ca/2017/01/08/u-of-t-hosts-successful-climate-data-archiving-event/

University of Toronto, Digital Curation Institute – Computational Archival Science Workshop (Part 1): Appraisal and Arrangement & Description
http://dci.ischool.utoronto.ca/?p=1355

University of Lethbridge has humble and controversial beginnings
http://globalnews.ca/news/3163564/university-of-lethbridge-has-a-humble-and-controversial-beginning/

Brandon University – Student’s passion for history helping shape her future
http://www.brandonsun.com/breaking-news/students-passion-for-history-helping-shape-her-future-410343045.html

Centre d’archives de la Grande Zone argileuse – Bonne année
http://www.uhearst.ca/archives/index.php/2017/01/10/bonne-annee-2/

Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives – News 2016
http://www.cjarchives.ca/en/c-j-archives/archives-news/december-2016/

Archives of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto – Connecting with All the Principal Cities and Towns
https://documentary-heritage-news.com/2017/01/connecting-with-all-principal-cities.html

Passion play: 50 years of Toronto’s Good Friday parades: in pictures
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2017/jan/07/passion-play-50-years-of-torontos-good-friday-parades-in-pictures

Now and Then: Toronto General Hospital
http://torontoist.com/2017/01/now-and-then-toronto-general-hospital/

Archives de Montréal – Les photographies aériennes et obliques de Fairchild Aerial Surveys
http://archivesdemontreal.com/2017/01/09/les-photographies-aeriennes-et-obliques-de-fairchild-aerial-surveys/

Archives de la ville de Québec – Ça glisse sur la Terrasse Dufferin
http://www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/culture_patrimoine/archives/blogue/billet_glissade.aspx

Calgary photographer and motorcycle enthusiast William J. Oliver had an eye for his times  
http://www.calgarysun.com/2017/01/07/calgary-photographer-and-motorcycle-enthusiast-william-j-oliver-had-an-eye-for-his-times

La mémoire du député Jacques Parizeau immortalisée à L’Assomption: nouveau fonds d’archives à Archives Lanaudière
http://www.hebdorivenord.com/actualites/societe/2017/1/7/la-memoire-du-depute-parizeau-immortalisee-a-l-assomption.html

Une première activité de financement pour Archives Bois-Francs
http://www.lanouvelle.net/actualites/societe/2017/1/10/une-premiere-activite-de-financement-pour-archives-bois-francs.html

Museum at Campbell River (B.C.) – New archives shelving means limited access until February
http://www.campbellrivermirror.com/news/409807495.html

Société d’histoire de la Haute-Yamaska – Album de famille, Madeleine Monty 1903-1969
http://www.shhy.info/expositions/album-de-famille-madeleine-monty

Projet de recherche d’archives sur Théodore Bochart: financement complété
http://www.lapresse.ca/le-nouvelliste/actualites/201701/11/01-5058706-projet-theodore-bochart-financement-complete.php

18th and 19th Century daily temperatures from the St. Lawrence River valley
https://documentary-heritage-news.com/2017/01/18th-and-19th-century-daily.html

Archives and Fashion: Manila is the New Black
http://www.thingsimfondsof.com/archives-and-fashion/

Tutorial: Opening the Lipad Dataset in PostgreSQL
http://www.lipad.ca/blog/tutorial-opening-the-lipad-dataset-in-postgresql/

Afrique / Africa
Who Is Telling Africa’s Stories?
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/01/10/who-is-telling-africas-stories/

Les archives des médias peuvent offrir un meilleur contenu Internet dans les pays d’Afrique du Nord et du Moyen-Orient
http://www.agenceecofin.com/internet/0901-43701-les-archives-des-medias-peuvent-offrir-un-meilleur-contenu-internet-dans-les-pays-d-afrique-du-nord-et-du-moyen-orient

Sénégal – Numérisation en cours des archives pour la sécurisation de l’état-civil
http://www.aps.sn/actualites/societe/article/la-modernisation-de-l-etat-civil-est-une-priorite-nationale-du-president-sall-officiel

Maroc – Ouverture du Centre des documents historiques de la résistance et de la libération
http://fr.le360.ma/societe/11-janvier-ouverture-du-centre-des-documents-historiques-de-la-resistance-et-de-la-liberation-103401

US23.1mn Kenya National Library Complex Set for Completion in 2017
http://constructionreviewonline.com/2017/01/us23-1mn-kenya-national-library-complex-set-for-completion-in-2017/

South Africa revolutionises record keeping as millions of records are digitised
http://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2017-01-06-south-africa-revolutionises-record-keeping-as-millions-of-records-are-digitised/

Amériques / Americas
Obama White House archive lets anyone search eight years of administration’s social media posts
http://news.fastcompany.com/obama-white-house-archive-lets-anyone-search-eight-years-of-administrations-social-media-posts-4028177

Barack Obama taps longtime aide to oversee presidential records process
http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2017/01/obama-presidential-records-process-233323

How Classified Presidential Library Records are Released to the Public
http://nsarchive.wordpress.com/2017/01/09/how-classified-presidential-library-records-are-released-to-the-public/

The Presidential Records Management Directive, M-12-18 and the DoD 5015.2 Standard
http://nextgenrm.com/2016/12/31/the-presidential-records-management-directive-m-12-18-and-the-dod-5015-2-standard/

Library of Congress – Primary Sources for the Primary Grades: Learning with Toys from the Past
http://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/2017/01/primary-sources-for-the-primary-grades-learning-with-toys-from-the-past/

Library of Congress – The Keepers Registry: Ensuring the Future of the Digital Scholarly Record
http://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2017/01/the-keepers-registry-ensuring-the-future-of-the-digital-scholarly-record/

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library – The Four freedoms speech remastered
http://fdr.blogs.archives.gov/2016/01/06/four_freedoms/

North America’s Oldest Mummy Returns to a Native Tribe
http://hyperallergic.com/349797/the-return-of-north-americas-oldest-mummy/

Old New York court records coming to State Archives
http://blog.timesunion.com/history/old-new-york-court-records-coming-to-state-archives/1938/

New York state archives receiving historic Hamilton, Burr documents
http://www.newyorkupstate.com/central-ny/2017/01/ny_state_archives_receiving_historic_hamilton_burr_documents.html

Puerto Rico governor pursues freedom of information law
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/01/10/puerto-rico-governor-pursues-freedom-information-law.html

Virginia – Advocacy group to archive committee hearings
http://www.chron.com/news/article/Advocacy-group-to-archive-committee-hearings-10844372.php

New teaching approach brings more students into Stanford University’s archives
http://news.stanford.edu/2017/01/06/new-teaching-approach-brings-students-archives/

Celebrating cinema: not just entertainment at the Harvard Film Archive
http://harvardmagazine.com/2017/01/celebrating-cinema

Princeton University – Martin Guerre Returns, Again
http://blogs.princeton.edu/manuscripts/2017/01/06/martin-guerre-returns-once-again/

Monmouth University Named the Official Archival Center for Bruce Springsteen’s Works and Memorabilia
http://www.monmouth.edu/news/Monmouth-Named-the-Official-Archival-Center-for-Bruce-Springsteens-Works-and-Memorabilia/

University of California, Los Angeles acquires major collection chronicling Sephardic Jewish past in Los Angeles
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/ucla-acquires-major-collection-of-sephardic-jewish-past

Don Draper and “Mad Men” archive land at University of Texas
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2017/jan/12/don-draper-and-mad-men-archive-land-at-university/

University of Michigan – Islamic manuscripts digitization project complete
http://www.lib.umich.edu/blogs/beyond-reading-room/islamic-manuscripts-digitization-project-complete

University of Connecticut – Using Humidification and Electrostatic Force in Digitizing Old Newspapers
http://petapixel.com/2017/01/05/using-humidification-electrostatic-force-digitizing-old-newspapers/

Open sourcing Lucy, the world’s most famous fossil
http://arstechnica.com/science/2017/01/open-sourcing-lucy-the-worlds-most-famous-fossil/

Not Sexy, But Important: why Is Mellon Foundation Bullish on Email Archiving?
http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2017/1/7/mellon-foundation-grants-email-archives

Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology launches website featuring collection, films, lectures
http://www.philly.com/archive/stephan_salisbury/Penn-Museum-launches-website-featuring-collection-films-lectures.html

Walters Art Museum – Illuminating Medieval Manuscripts in the Digital Age, Part I
http://articles.thewalters.org/digital-medieval-manuscripts-01/

The Faces of Long-Gone Women Tell a New Story of the Kansas State Prison
http://kcur.org/post/faces-long-gone-women-tell-new-story-kansas-state-prison

New York Police Department archival photos reveal changes to New York City streets over 30 years
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/nypd-archival-photos-reveal-nyc-streets-30-years-article-1.2939402

Boston – The lives of the faithful come into view with release of parish records
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/01/10/the-lives-faithful-come-into-view-with-release-trove-from-catholic-church/dzC5gjM2L1L4EZ6R1V6ZQI/story.html

Free for All: New York Public Library Enhances Public Domain Collections for Sharing and Reuse 
https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/01/05/share-public-domain-collections

Brooklyn Oral History – Puerto Rican Oral History Project records now open to researchers
http://www.brooklynhistory.org/blog/2017/01/10/puerto-rican-oral-history-project-records-now-open-to-researchers/

Fake borrowers at Florida library probed
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38496481

Alexander Hamilton’s Letters to be Auctioned in New York City
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Alexander-Hamiltons-Letters-to-be-Auctioned-in-NYC–410335095.html

Carpenters’ Surving Member Suing Universal Music Group Over Digital Royalties
http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7654366/carpenters-surving-member-suing-universal-music-group-over-digital

Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
New modules for PARBICA (Pacific Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives)’s Recordkeeping for Good Governance Toolkit
http://www.parbica.org/news/new-modules-good-governance-toolkit.aspx

Man sues National Film and Sound Archive of Australia after it lent equipment to competitor
http://www.smh.com.au/national/man-sues-television-archives-after-it-lent-his-equipment-to-competitor-20170104-gtlqw3.html

We need to talk about data ethics, Australia
http://ellenbroad.com/we-need-to-talk-about-data-ethics-australia/

Personal data up for grabs in New South Wales (Australia) land titles sale, experts warn
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/personal-data-up-for-grabs-in-nsw-land-titles-sale-experts-warn-20170110-gtopxl

University of Melbourne – Ballarat Prison Registers conservation
http://prov.vic.gov.au/blog-news/ballarat-prison-registers-conservation

It’s now or never for a Hong Kong archives law, as British files reveal
http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2060551/its-now-or-never-hong-kong-archives-law-british-files-reveal

Hong Kong’s diligent civil servants and officials would gain from an archives law
http://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/2061599/hong-kongs-diligent-civil-servants-and-officials-would-gain-archives

Taiwan – 260,000 Chiang Kai-shek papers to go public
http://www.atimes.com/article/260000-chiang-kai-shek-documents-made-public/

Nepal – With National archives being forced to move, many historical documents at risk
http://www.myrepublica.com/news/12610

Myanmar – Historic materials donated to National Library
http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/lifestyle/24499-historic-materials-donated-to-national-library.html

Papua New Guinea – National library, archives to launch strategic plan
http://www.thenational.com.pg/national-library-archives-launch-strategic-plan/

Kim Dal-jin, a Pioneering Archivist of Korean Modern and Contemporary Art
http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/program/program_mindsofkorea_detail.htm?no=10065301

Europe / Europa
Why Unreleased Marvin Gaye, Supremes, Beach Boys Tracks Are Suddenly Appearing: European Union Copyright Law
http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7654212/why-unreleased-marvin-gaye-supremes-beach-boys-tracks-are-suddenly

Europeana Radio: discover, listen and tag the music from Europeana Music Collections
http://blog.europeana.eu/2017/01/europeana-radio-discover-listen-and-tag-the-music-from-europeana-music-collections/

Europe’s first underwater museum opens off Lanzarote (Canary Islands)
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/gallery/2017/jan/10/europes-first-underwater-museum-opens-lanzarote

Czech Republic – Researchers welcome ruling protecting access to historical archives
http://www.radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/researchers-welcome-ruling-protecting-access-to-historical-archives

Germany sued for damages of forgotten genocide in Namibia
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jan/05/germany-sued-forgotten-genocide-namibia-herero-nama

Germany – Archive holds human brain tissue from Nazi era
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/world/archive-holds-human-brain-tissue-from-nazi-era-hqd7zqxsv

Why Marlene Dietrich’s witty marginalia only add to her appeal
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/06/marginalia-printed-book-coleridge-joe-orton-marlene-dietrich

Austria – All of Human Knowledge Buried in a Salt Mine
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/01/human-knowledge-salt-mine/512552/

Vatican Archives Reveal Effort to Stop Armenian Genocide
http://asbarez.com/158930/vatican-archives-reveal-effort-to-stop-genocide/

Battle in heaven: the first world war in Italy in pictures
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2017/jan/12/first-world-war-italy-pictures-photography

Copyright spat forces Bulgaria radio to play old tunes
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-38530805

Norway to become first country to switch off FM radio
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/norway-fm-radio-switch-off-digital-1.3923612

Paul Otlet: en 1934, cet homme a décrit Internet
http://rue89.nouvelobs.com/2017/01/10/1934-cet-homme-a-decrit-internet-266060

Bouclier de protection des données Suisse-États-Unis : meilleure protection pour les données transférées aux États-Unis 
https://www.admin.ch/gov/fr/accueil/documentation/communiques.msg-id-65210.html

France – Les demandes d’accès à des documents administratifs en forte hausse auprès de la Commission d’accès aux documents administratifs
http://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2017/01/11/les-demandes-d-acces-a-des-documents-administratifs-en-forte-hausse-aupres-de-la-cada_5060992_4355770.html

La Bibliothèque nationale de France retrouve les cartes de lecteur d’André Breton, Aimé Césaire ou Hannah Arendt
http://www.lemonde.fr/big-browser/article/2017/01/06/la-bnf-retrouve-les-cartes-de-lecteur-d-andre-breton-stefan-zweig-ou-hannah-arendt_5058720_4832693.html

The Osmotheque of Versailles: a unique archive of perfumes
http://www.euronews.com/2017/01/06/the-osmotheque-of-versailles-a-unique-archive-of-perfumes

Documentalistes, bibliothécaires et archivistes : des convergences et des impératifs
http://www.lagazettedescommunes.com/479970/documentalistes-bibliothecaires-et-archivistes-des-convergences-et-des-imperatifs/

National Archives of Ireland – News from the Archives, 1986
http://www.nationalarchives.ie/2017/01/news-from-the-archives-1986/

State papers: shedding light on a very different Ireland
http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/editorial/state-papers-shedding-light-on-a-very-different-ireland-1.2922653

National Library of Ireland Flickr photostream reaches 50 million views
http://www.nli.ie/en/list/latest-news.aspx?article=2455f809-a571-4a67-9571-27dc07545b85

Mystery over King Billy declaration missing from Scotland’s National Library in Edinburgh
http://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/406870/mystery-over-king-billy-declaration-missing-from-scotlands-national-library-in-edinburgh/

National Library of Scotland – Restoring a 17th Century Map and the Stories it Tells us
http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2017/01/06/restoring-a-17th-century-map-and-the-stories-it-tells-us/

Is this Scotland’s oldest recipe book?
http://www.scotsman.com/news/is-this-scotland-s-oldest-recipe-book-1-4332873

Edinburg University – Building up our digital preservation service
http://libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk/bitsandpieces/2017/01/05/building-up-our-digital-preservation-service/

Jersey Heritage release new war-time archive documents
http://www.itv.com/news/channel/2017-01-05/jersey-heritage-release-new-war-time-archive-documents/

UK National Archives – Young, British and black: opposing race discrimination 
http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/young-british-black-case-race-discrimination-1970s-dance-halls/

British Library returns book stolen by the Nazis to its rightful owner
http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/arts/british-library-returns-book-stolen-by-the-nazis-to-its-rightful-owner-a3434006.html

British Library – Analysing the past: digital newspaper archives and history on a grand scale
http://blogs.bl.uk/thenewsroom/2017/01/analysing-the-past.html

British Library – Music Collections acquires Boosey & Hawkes archive
http://blogs.bl.uk/music/2017/01/music-collections-acquires-boosey-hawkes-archive.html

British Library – Malay literary manuscripts in the John Leyden collection
http://blogs.bl.uk/asian-and-african/2017/01/malay-literary-manuscripts-in-the-john-leyden-collection.html

British Library – The racy side of Jane Austen
http://www.bbc.co.uk/culture/story/20170110-the-teenage-writings-of-jane-austen

British Film Institute National Archive Opens its Doors to Archivists Around the World with Specialist Training Programme
http://www.fenews.co.uk/sector-news/bfi-national-archive-opens-its-doors-to-archivists-around-the-world-with-specialist-training-programme-13000

Alan Turing Institute’s Big Data ambitions boosted by cloud
http://diginomica.com/2017/01/04/alan-turing-institutes-big-data-ambitions-boosted-cloud-credits/

Cardiff University – 1000s of historic Shakespeare illustrations are now free to download and use
http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/illustration/1000s-of-historic-shakespeare-illustrations-are-now-free-download-use/

You might just find the story of a lifetime: archivists help to uncover our incredible history in Dorset
http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/15005579._You_might_just_find_the_story_of_a_lifetime___archivists_help_to_uncover_our_incredible_history_in_Dorset/

How Sherlock of the library cracked the case of Shakespeare’s identity
http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/jan/08/sherlock-holmes-of-the-library-cracks-shakespeare-identity

Alan Alexander Milne letter features in Imperial War Museum’s anti-war show
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jan/09/aa-milne-letter-features-in-imperial-war-museums-anti-war-show

What was the 1930s really like? We want to hear your family’s stories
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jan/09/what-life-really-like-1930s-share-your-stories-guardian-witness

The Antiques Roadshow discovering the lost objects of the Holocaust
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/antiques-roadshow-discovering-lost-objects-holocaust/

Princess Diana’s letters about Prince Harry getting into trouble at school sell for five times more than expected 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/06/princess-diana-letters-prince-harry-getting-trouble-school-sell/

Blast from the past: why collectors are investing in retro jukeboxes
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/09/luxury/sound-leisure-jukeboxes/index.html

Moyen-Orient / Middle East
Iran to honor Afghan manuscript expert Najib Mayel Heravi 
http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/409946/Iran-to-honor-Afghan-manuscript-expert-Najib-Mayel-Heravi

Turkey – The Evolution of Istanbul, in Maps
http://www.citylab.com/design/2017/01/istanbul-turkey-maps-through-history/512123/

International
Five More Compelling Digital History Projects we Loved in 2016
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2017/01/05/some_of_the_most_browsable_history_sites_we_encountered_in_2016.html

Five Information Governance Predictions for 2017
http://www.dataprivacyandsecurityinsider.com/2016/12/5-information-governance-predictions-for-2017/

Why long-term digital preservation tops the list of hottest topics for information management in 2017
http://www.itproportal.com/features/why-long-term-digital-preservation-tops-the-list-of-hottest-topics-for-information-management-in-2017/

Things to consider before undertaking a digitisation project
http://blog.cosector.com/when-you-shouldnt-digitise-a-collection-reasons-to-say-no-to-a-digitisation-project

Why publishers should bite the bullet and digitise archives 
http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/why-publishers-should-bite-the-bullet-and-digitise-their-archives-/s2/a565254/

Des nouvelles périssables? Pas question d’ordonner l’effacement des archives pour cause d’inconfort
http://www.ledevoir.com/societe/justice/488793/nouvelles-perissables

Information illiterate: challenges libraries face in this fake news era
http://www.salon.com/2017/01/06/the-challenges-libraries-face-in-the-era-of-fake-news_partner/

We’re paying with our data: why privacy can be a problem with apps
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/marketplace-apps-privacy-smartphone-1.3919832

Mesmerizing Depictions of Magic and Witchcraft Throughout History
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mesmerizing-depictions-of-magic-and-witchcraft-throughout-history.amp

Is predictive text robbing us of our ability to write?
http://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/2059254/predictive-text-robbing-us-our-ability-write

What’s Ahead for the Footage Industry?
http://www.stockfootagenewsroom.com/blog/2017/1/6/jim-pickerell-interview

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