Ressources / Resources
De l’État / From the State
Canadian Conservation Institute – The ABC Method: a Risk Management Approach to the Preservation of Cultural Heritage
National Library of New Zealand – Born Digital in New Zealand: Report of Survey Results
NARA – Two New Draft General Records Schedules: Employee Health and Safety Records, Information Technology Records
NARA – Memorandum for Senior Agency Officials for Records Management
NARA – Records Management Contract Language
Archives de l’État du Valais (Suisse) – Rapport sur la surveillance des archives communales
De la communauté / From the community
Friends of the Saskatchewan Archives – 2015 Annual Report
OCLC – Collective Wisdom: an Exploration of Library, Archives and Museum Cultures
Association of Research Libraries – Statistics 2014–2015 and Updated Trends Graphs
PREservation FORMAts for Culture Information (PREFORMA) – Reports
Monitoring of the Open Source Project Implementation: http://www.digitalmeetsculture.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/PREFORMA_D8.8_Monitoring-of-the-Open-Source-Project-implementation_v2.1.pdf
Final Prototype Report: http://www.digitalmeetsculture.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/PREFORMA_D8.5.-Final-prototype-report_v1.0.pdf
Initial Version of Sustainability and Exploitation Plan: http://www.digitalmeetsculture.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/PREFORMA_D3-7-1_Initial-version-of-Sustainability-and-Exploiation-Plan_v1.0.pdf
OpenAire – Towards a Competitive and Sustainable Open Access Market in Europe
Article – Archival Movements: South Africa’s Gay and Lesbian Memory in Action
Article – Delayed Retirements and the Youth Movement among Association of Research Libraries Library Professionals
Publications
International Journal of Information Management, vol. 37, no. 3 (June 2017)
Fontes Artis Musicae: the Journal of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres, vol. 64, no. 1 (January-March 2017)
Mémoire d’avenir : le journal des Archives nationales de France, no. 26 (Avril-Juin 2017)
The Chronicle: the Newsletter of the Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia, vol. 23, no. 1 (2017)
La mémoire du travail : bulletin du Centre d’histoire et d’archives du travail, vol. 4, no. 1 (hiver 2017)
PhD Dissertation – Historians’ Experiences Using Digitized Archival Photographs as Evidence
Book – Fundamentals of Electronic Resources Management
Book – Building Histories: the Archival and Affective Lives of Five Monuments in Modern Delhi
Book – Children’s Literature Collections: Approaches to Research
Book – Staff-Less Libraries: Innovative Staff Design
Book – Data Protection and Privacy: (In)visibilities and Infrastructures
Book – Curators: Behind the Scenes of Natural History Museums
Book – Journalism after Snowden: the Future of the Free Press in the Surveillance State
Book – Museums in Motion: an Introduction to the History and Functions of Museums (Third Edition)
Book – Semantic Keyword-Based Search on Structured Data Sources
Livre – L’information à tout prix
Livre – Lettres de Sicile : un architecte belge à Palerme, 1919-1921
Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
Spring Fever: Vancouver Independent Archives 2017
March 18 – April 8, 2017, Vancouver
Jewish Museum & Archives of B.C. – The Chosen Food Supper Club
April 2 – September 17, 2017, Vancouver
Light the Lamp: Hockey Heritage with the Provincial Archives of Alberta
April 8, 2017, Edmonton
Archives of Manitoba – 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge
April 12, 2017, Winnipeg
IT in the Library: the Power of Networks
April 19, 2017, Vancouver
Regroupement des archivistes religieux – Assemblée générale annuelle 2017
5 mai 2017, Cap-de-la-Madeleine
http://regroupementarchivistesreligieux.wordpress.com/2017/03/17/assemblee-generale-annuelle-2017-2/
Webinar – What’s a Wikipedian in Residence? How Government Agencies are Using Wikipedia to Extend Reach of .Gov Research
March 27, 2017
Webinar – VeraPDF Policy Checking
March 30, 2017
Rescuing Lost History: Using Big Data to Recover Black Women’s Lived Experiences
March 31, 2017, Chicago
Webinar – Census Records
April 3, 2017
Archives Unleashed 4.0: Web Archive Datathon
June 11-13, 2017, London (UK)
Eudat & Research Data Management Summer School
July 3-7, 2017, Heraklion (Crete)
Sustaining Sound and Image Collections
July 9-23, 2017, Accra (Ghana)
Mediating Cultural Work: Texts, Objects and Politics
September 6-8, 2017, University of Leicester (UK)
Heritage, Decolonisation and the Field
January 26-28, 2018, London (UK)
Near but Far: Holocaust Education Revisited
February 22-24, 2018, University of Munich
Webinar – Logging, Tracking, Movement and Storage of Manual Records in the Health Sector
March 15, 2017
Sur le web / On the web
BAnQ – Maintenant sur Instagram
Centre d’archives régionales Séminaire de Nicolet – Maintenant sur Facebook
National Archives of Ireland – Out of the Box, National Neighbourhood Project
Archives de France – Nouveau site Web
National Library of Ireland Video – Manuscript Collections of the Genealogical Office of Ireland
Podcast – Potential Reigning in of Right to Be Forgotten
Présentation – Les archives Prelinger : réemploi, archive(s), préservation
Nouvelles du monde / News from the world
Canada
Feds postpone initial Access to Information reforms, cite need to get it right
Canada, Italy, South Africa, and South Korea Elected to Lead the Open Government Partnership
Scare Tactics Down Under: the Ongoing Global Effort to Mislead on Canadian Copyright
Information Management Highlights from the 2017-2018 Departmental Plans
Liberals urged to scrap 19th century rule that requires laws be printed in books
Budget 2017 promises additional billions to Indigenous communities (including $14.9 million to Library and Archives Canada)
Library and Archives Canada – A new library management system to share Canada’s published documentary heritage
Library and Archives Canada – Block review reaches 25 million pages
Library and Archives Canada: Departmental Plan 2017-2018
Railway accident records at Library and Archives Canada
Library and Archives Canada – Guest Curator: Tania Passafiume
Satisfaction with Library and Archives Canada Services
Canada Council announces $88.5-million Arts in a Digital World fund
Explore Canadian Music History Online with New National Music Centre Collection Archive
41 Photos of the Inuit People before and after Canada Ravaged their Way of Life
La présidente-directrice générale de BAnQ fait le saut dans le domaine de l’éducation
BAnQ – Enquête publique : mode d’emploi
B.C. Left without Information and Privacy Commissioner
British Columbia Library Association to sign historic MOU formalizing cooperation amongst the province’s GLAM sector
Archived pamphlets and photos show B.C. Socreds knew how to brag
Information Management Highlights from Alberta Budget 2017
Archives Alberta – Wrapping up the Flood Advisory Programme
Do you love handwriting and history? The Nova Scotia Archives has a job for you
Nova Scotia Archives – Isaac Deschamps
The quietly profound pleasure of the Public Archives of Nova Scotia
MuseFund established to assist museums in Nova Scotia
Archives of Manitoba – 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge: a soldier’s diary
Archives of Manitoba – One Manitoba Soldier: Remember me to Anybody that I Know
Saskatchewan – Province cuts money for libraries
New maps to depict pre-colonial Turtle Island Canada
University of Saskatchewan – Link Exhibit: the History of Veterinary Literature
University of Alberta library exhibit shows off the collection of RCMP Staff Sgt. Al Lund
We want to be transparent: University of Prince Edward Island creates new access to information policy
Canada 150: University of Toronto’s Fisher Library exhibit tracks Canada’s struggles to become a welcoming place
From Ignorance Towards Reconciliation
Toronto Ward Museum – New interactive game highlights shortcomings in census data
Toronto – Staff-less public library pilot project raising concerns about safety
Secrets under the dome: Edmonton mysteries revealed
Edmonton – City art conservation staff take great steps to save 50-year-old Norman Yates mural hidden in Stanley Milner Library
Newspaper donates its library to Thunder Bay’s museum
Découverte de documents centenaires à La Broquerie (Manitoba)
Surrey Archives (B.C.) to showcase Surrey Leader
Read archived stories, letters and wills by New Brunswick women
Archives Bois-Francs a désormais pignon sur rue
New tech company helping preserve the history of Sydney Steel (Nova Scotia)
Waterloo resident uncovers stories of long ago neighbours
Community cookbooks help tell the story of Canada’s past
Doing History – Krista McCracken, Archives Supervisor at Algoma University
Afrique / Africa
Confederation of African Football to archive football history
Burkina Faso: un député français demande l’ouverture des archives sur Thomas Sankara
Algérie : les archives foncières seront numérisées dès la semaine prochaine
Rwanda: Experts Push for Archiving to Preserve Genocide Memory
South Africa – Steve Biko Centre preserving legacy in liberation struggle
South Africa – Web archives open up the truth about Marikana
South Africa – Who owns a photograph? Goldblatt archive should remain in Cape Town
Amériques / Americas
Open the government, coalition express concern over data provisions in immigration Orders
Experts find what may be the earliest color film of the White House grounds
Classified US nuclear test films saved for posterity
Always appeal, and more pro tips from a dozen Freedom of information act experts
Quand la CIA s’intéressait de près à Foucault, Derrida et Althusser
Collecting Digital Content at the Library of Congress
Library of Congress Acquires Archive of Civil Rights Movement Photos
National Archives and Mellon Foundation Partner to Create Digital Edition Publishing Cooperatives
Building a 21st Century Archival Collection at the National Library of Medicine
Council of State Archivists from the Inside Out
Louisiana’s archives in state of emergency, historians say
Digitizing History: Maine Seeks Volunteers to Help With Daunting Task
Texas State Library and Archives Commission – Clyde and Thelma See Glass Plate negatives collection are now digitalized
North Carolina – Texts are public records but access to them remains tricky
New York’s unconstitutional right to be forgotten bill sparks concern
Stanford University students praise new hands-on approach to archival research
20,000 unfairly deleted University of California at Berkeley lectures are now available for free
Papers of Nobel laureate Saul Bellow open for research at University Chicago Library
Coders and librarians team up to save scientific data
Meet the man who manages all New York Court records from the 1600s and 2000s
Dance Icon David Gordon’s Delightful Archives Inspire at an New York Public Library Gallery
Pittsburgh Symphony Launches Online Archives Portal
The world’s first official gaming-company newsletter, now preserved online
Teen’s scrapbook amazes Smithsonian curators
Dilemma for librarians: keep thousands of books or donate them?
Soup is good history: Sarah Rice, Campbell Soup archivist
In Cold Blood’ Killer’s Never-Published Memoir Raises Questions about His Motive
Million-dollar holiday snaps? Andy Warhol’s China photographs up for auction
Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
Australia – Bad records management no excuse for stonewalling freedom of information: Information Commissioner
Australia – Attorney-General George Brandis finally releases ministerial diary after three-year legal battle
Australia Copyright Safe Harbour Provision Backed By Prime Minister
https://torrentfreak.com/australia-copyright-safe-harbour-provision-backed-by-prime-minister-170313/
Taiwan – National Archives proposes amendment to clear out thousands of gifts, records
Island Culture Archival Support Next Project: Tuvalu
Des centaines de photos du Japon féodal révélées gratuitement
South Korea – Exploring the history of archiving : exhibit examines the evolution of technology used to record memories
India – Browse Satyajit Ray’s notes on National Digital Library app
Pakistan – Iranian Delegation Visits Archives, Reviews Three Crore Persian Records
Europe / Europa
Germany – New Federal Archives Act (Bundesarchivgesetz) enters into force
Albania – Are communism-era films worth preserving?
This Jewish Photographer Documented a Nazi-Controlled Ghetto
Preserving Culture: Italy’s New Digital Library
Twitter users volunteer to be Russia’s latest weapon in the information wars
Romania and access to information: a law that works
A Holy Grail of Personal Computing Hits the Auction Block
Suisse – Vers une politique des données de la Confédération
Suisse – Le plan pour libérer un document de Calvin à New York
France – Présidentielle 2017 : les sites et les comptes des réseaux sociaux des candidats archivés pour l’Histoire
Des tablettes gravées vieilles de 14 000 ans découvertes dans le Finistère
Bankrupt French company’s huge stock of precious manuscripts to go on sale
Scotland – Experts restore rare Dutch Golden Age map found stuffed up a chimney
National Museum of Scotland discovers ancient mummy shroud in archives
Ancestry launches south Wales digital mugshots archive
UK – Info Commish marks own homework, says it didn’t break law over Prince Charles request
UK National Archives – Nazi persecution claim case files released
UK National Archives – Tracing the political history of Cairo’s coffeehouses
Eight million photographs: how can science help? Jacquie Moon, the National Archives
British Library – In Search of Zoroastrian Manuscripts in Iran
British Library Launches OCR Competition for Rare Indian Books
British Library – First Impressions: the Beginnings of Ottoman Turkish Publishing
British Library – Old issues in new guises: Dame Anne McLaren and the embryo research debate
Bodleian buys historic ledgers of Oxford shoemakers Ducker & Son, revealing purchases of literary guests
Archivists appeal for yesterday’s witness to 1980s Docklands protests on Isle of Dogs
Oldest photo studio shows rediscovered images
Moyen-Orient / Middle East
The first book on the Afghan Access to Information act is published
United Arab Emirates – National Archives Receives Members of the Deaf Association in a Scientific Journey
How Mosul’s last librarian is preparing for when his city is free from Isis
International
The meaning of the term archive
Sept raisons d’adopter la gouvernance de l’information