Ressources / Resources
De l’État / From the State
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec – Guide des archives judiciaires (édition révisée)
National Archives of Australia – Report on Australian Government Progress Towards Digital Information Management
Ministère de l’éducation (France) – Les enjeux du numérique concernant les ressources documentaires en sciences humaines et sociales
De la communauté / From the community
Archives Society of Alberta – Report on Use of Flood Recovery Funding
Society of American Archivists – Guide to Implementing Rights Statements
American Library Association – State of America’s Libraries Report 2017
Article – Organizational Resilience in Data Archives: Three Case Studies in Social Science Data Archives
Paper – Records in Contexts: Towards a New Level in Archival Description?
Publications
Archives and Manuscripts, vol. 45, no. 1 (2017)
Topics in Canadian Librarianship, vol. 1, no. 2 (2017)
Library Trends, vol. 65, no. 3 (2017)
The Electronic Library, vol. 35, no. 2 (2017)
Weave: Journal of Library User Experience, vol. 1, no. 6 (2017)
Bibliothèque nationale de France – Bulletin bibliographique de la conservation (Janvier-Mars 2017)
Broadsheet: Magazine of the Scottish Council on Archives, no. 41 (2017)
Quarterly Newsletter on Grey Literature, vol. 9, no. 2 (2017)
Wikimedia Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums Newsletter, vol. 7, no. 3 (2017)
Master’s Thesis (Archival Studies, University of Manitoba) – The Advocate’s Archive: Walter Rudnicki and the Fight for Indigenous Rights in Canada, 1955-2010
Book – Indigenous Archives: the Making and Unmaking of Aboriginal Art
Book – The Best of New York Archives: Selections from the Magazine, 2001-2011
Book – The Card Catalog: Books, Cards, and Literary Treasures
Book – War Memories: Commemoration, Recollections, and Writings on War
Book – The Politics of Online Copyright Enforcement in the European Union: Access and Control
Book – Digital Forensics Trial Graphics: Teaching the Jury through Effective Use of Visuals
Book – Interpreting Maritime History at Museums and Historic Sites
Book – Manual of Digital Museum Planning
Book – Printer’s Error: Irreverent Stories from Book History
Book – Tracing your Glasgow Ancestors: a Guide for Family and Local Historians
Book – The One-Cent Magenta: Inside the Quest to Own the Most Valuable Stamp in the World
Livre – L’oeil et l’archive : une histoire de l’histoire de l’art
Livre – Lorand Gaspar, archives et genèse de l’oeuvre
Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
Workshop: Planning Digitization Projects
April 27-28, 2017, St. John (Newfoundland)
Association for Manitoba Archives – Manitoba Day Awards
May 23, 2017, Winnipeg
Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Decolonization and Research Innovation in Canada
May 30, 2017, Toronto
Catholic Archives Group Annual Conference 2017
September 18-21, 2017, Mississauga (Ontario)
Research Data Alliance Tenth Plenary Meeting
September 19-21, 2017, Montreal
Webinar – Reading Old documents: Introduction to Medieval and Tudor
April 26, 2017
Ruining Preservation and Preserving the Ruins: Challenges in Archiving Sound Recordings
April 27, 2017, London (UK)
Novel Analytics from James Joyce to the Bestseller Code
May 10, 2017, London (UK)
2017 International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Metadata Summit
May 24, 2017, Reston (Virginia)
Digital Archives in the Commonwealth Summit
October 13, 2017, University of Virginia
The Future of the Archive: Performing the Jewish Archive and Beyond
January 14-16, 2018, London (UK)
Archives and Records Professionals for Research Data Interest Group Plenary (Notes and Slides Available)
April 5-7, 2017, Barcelona (Spain)
Sur le web / On the web
Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island Video – Eight Reasons you Should Consider Joining a Local Genealogical Society
HumaReC: a New Model for Humanities Research
Nouvelles du monde / News from the world
Canada
New National Gallery exhibitions celebrate diversity of Canadian photography from 1960 to 2000
Stories of Children, War, and Family Separation in the Oral History Collection at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Library and Archives Canada – Guest Curator: Arlene Gehmacher
Library and Archives Canada – The battle of Vimy ridge: the assault
Library and Archives Canada – Captain Thain Wendell MacDowell, Private William Johnstone Milne and Lance-Sergeant Ellis Wellwood Sifton
Library and Archives Canada – Private John George Pattison, VC
Highlights from Manitoba Budget 2017: Cuts to Public Library Services and the Archives of Manitoba
Archives of Manitoba – 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge: a Soldier’s Diary
Provincial Archives of Alberta keep history alive for 50 years
Provincial Archives of Alberta – Marguerite Sigur fonds
Granddaughters of Alberta pioneer and feminist model grateful for Provincial Archives
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec veut mieux diffuser ses vidéos
BAnQ – L’affaire Delorme 1922 : un procès qui souleva les passions
Newfoundland – Where’s the report? Months after consultations, libraries waiting for plan
Newfoundlanders serving with the Canadian Corps and at Vimy Ridge
http://archivalmoments.ca/2017/04/newfoundlanders-serving-with-the-canadian-corps-and-at-vimy-ridge/
New York Times photos donated to Ryerson University Image Centre
Western librarians publish first-ever online privacy guide by a Canadian university
Coming up and Happening Now at Blockchain@UBC
University of Toronto Fisher Library Shakespeare catalogue wins prestigious Leab Award
AMIA @ University of Toronto Lends a Helping Hand at the 2017 Toronto Silent Film Festival
University and the Military Museums of Calgary commemorate 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge
University of Waterloo Special Collections and Archives – New collection open for research: Robert Dorney fonds
Historic Negro Community Centre given new life at Concordia University archives
Ancient Arctic ice cores damaged in University of Alberta freezer failure
Historic Negro Community Centre given new life at Concordia University archives
You simply have to stand and take artillery fire: soldiers’ letters in virtual University of Victoria to Vimy collection
York University professor donates documentary collection to Canadian Lesbian & Gay Archives
Jesse Thistle (York University) – The healing power of public archives
Archives As Activism
Archives of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto – Archives Awareness Week 2017: the Results Are in
Dazzling colour photographs of 1950s and 60s Toronto at night
Toronto in photos from the 1920s
Toronto Public Library – The Battle of Vimy Ridge, April 1917: One Hundred Years of Memory and Myth
Ottawa – Will the new central library be an open book or a closed one?
Photos of lost Halifax start social media hunt for clues
Clue in: Halifax theatre group combines mystery, technology in unique library performance Archive of Missing Things
Secrets of the night: former Winnipegger digs lost film out of his basement after 30 years
First Elder in Residence appointed to Edmonton Public Library
Regina project building virtual timeline of Indigenous oral history
Help wanted: Diocese of Hamilton seeking $200K Bible handler
Waterloo – The role of archives in our communities
Soldier’s letters from Battle of Vimy Ridge front lines found in North York basement
Vimy Ridge remembered in clippings inside 100-year-old scrapbook in Clementsport (Nova Scotia)
Weyburn (Saskatchewan) Remembers: the Battle of Vimy Ridge
Commander’s journals capture momentous day for Canadians on Vimy Ridge
Le Centre d’interprétation de Maniwaki poursuivra le traitement des archives
Colourized photos put First World War battlefield in a new light
Saskatchewan author’s novella views Vimy Ridge era through the eyes of his grandfather
A century later, Canada still identifying its WWI dead
How facial recognition software is slowly eroding privacy
Catherine Dugas – Un blogue, ça peut être utile
Afrique / Africa
Eritrea launches inventorying of intangible cultural heritage
Namibia – New legislation to facilitate access to information
Gabon – Les administrations provinciales à l’école de l’archivage
Amériques / Americas
Jamaica – National Library receives Anthony Winkler archives
Top Bolivian NGO facing eviction: given just days to move archive
White House says it is keeping deleted presidential tweets
NARA – Accessing World War I Photos in the Digital Age
NARA – World War I Foreign Policy Records
Part I: the Department of State: http://text-message.blogs.archives.gov/2017/04/04/world-war-i-foreign-policy-records-part-i-the-department-of-state/
Part II: the Inquiry: http://text-message.blogs.archives.gov/2017/04/05/world-war-i-foreign-policy-records-part-ii-the-inquiry/
Part III: the American Commission to Negotiate Peace: http://text-message.blogs.archives.gov/2017/04/06/world-war-i-foreign-policy-records-part-iii-the-american-commission-to-negotiate-peace/
Rarely Seen Literary Treasures from the Library of Congress Archives
National Library of Medicine – The Future’s So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades
National Library of Medicine – Digitizing Material Culture: Handwritten Recipe Books, 1600–1900
Society of American Archives – Federal Funding Impact Story #2
Louisiana’s archives in state of emergency, historians say
A deep dive into the Maine State Archives
Tennessee State Library and Archives – Andrew Jackson Collection Now Available Online
San Jose State University – iSchool Professors and Students Create First International Directory of National Archives
Mapping Early American Elections Launches
Historyit partners with leading map library to launch cutting-edge digital collection
Non-governmental Military Libraries: a Look at San Diego’s Midway Library
Masters in crime, killers of slime: Chicago gang business cards in pictures
Unseen Sylvia Plath letters claim domestic abuse by Ted Hughes
James Baldwin’s Archive, Long Hidden, Comes (Mostly) Into View
David Letterman’s Unlikely Archivist
Investor wins $42M judgment against former North Little Rock photo archivist John Rogers
Rare Alcoholics Anonymous manuscript expected to fetch millions at auction
Resourceful Records Managers #1: Laurence Brewer
Tabitha Soren, the unlikely baseball archivist
End of Year Steering Share: Tales of an Engaged Archivist
Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
Australia – ACT government moves to delay start date for new freedom of information laws
Archivist: Research Support or Researcher?
A crime against local history: Cambodia’s lost manuscripts
Philippines – Is film archiving important?
Malaysia – National Archives wants public to use documents as reference on history
India – Centuries old genealogical records of Bihar’s Mithila region to be digitised
Pakistan – Lok Virsa joins hands with US institute for strengthening its archives
Pakistan – Sindh governor approves Right to Information bill
Europe / Europa
Why Humanities Need a Research Infrastructure
Millions Spent on Dutch Police’s Problematic Digital Archive
Poland – University of Warsaw Selects Avere to Deliver Seamless Access to Active Archive Object Storage
Spain – Appearing in Stock Photos Was the Biggest Mistake of my Life
Netherlands – Biblioteca ets haim: the world’s oldest Jewish library was founded by Sephardic Jews in 17th century Amsterdam
France – Le casse-tête des archives d’État
Original Tintin drawing fetches 753,000 euros at Paris auction
Ireland – Diary of Dubliner who lived through 1916 and World War One online
Major funding boost enables National Library of Scotland to partner with the British Library in a new national network to preserve our sound heritage
UK National Archives – Latest MI5 files released
UK National Archives – Paddy Costello: soviet spy or political intellectual?
UK National Archives – 17th century Japan through English eyes
UK National Archives – Anatomy of a disaster: the Bombay Docks Explosion
UK National Archives – Peter Vannes, Henry VIII and early modern marriage
British Library announces partnership to extend its iconic London building
British Library – The man who found the straight banana
The Domesday Book: Lessons in Digital Preservation
Not Your Usual Oral History: the Listening Project One Thousand
Archivematica camp York: some thoughts from the lake
Can you judge a book by its odour?
Moyen-Orient / Middle East
How was Emperor Humayun received by Shah Tahmasp of Iran? Manuscripts offer contrasting views
A Jordan Bookseller’s 24-Hour Emergency Room for the Mind
International
La gestion électronique des documents, c’est fini
Forgotten audio formats: the flexi disc
Records Management: the Future of the Profession
Différence entre numérisation et dématérialisation
What’s the Issue with Nitrate Film Stock? It’s Combustible
How Google Book Search Got Lost
Images d’archives, un avenir prometteur
The Quest to Better Describe the Scent of Old Books