Ressources / Resources
De l’État / From the State
Archives nationales de France – Bilan du projet scientifique, culturel et éducatif (2013-2016)
Bibliothèque nationale de Fance – Rapport d’activité 2016
Medical Research Council (UK) – Retention Framework for Research Data and Records
Australian Information Commissioner – Privacy Governance Code (for Comments)
De la communauté / From the community
Canadian Scholarly Publishing Working Group Final Report
Réseau des archives du Québec – État financier au 31 août 2016
Research Libraries UK – Research Libraries & Digital Humanities Tools
Association of Research Libraries – Spec-kit: Campus-wide Entrepreneurship
Research Data Infrastructures in the UK
Ebsi – Enquête sur la gestion des documents produits et/ou reçus par les services et les centres d’archives du Québec
Publications
Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, vol. 68, no. 7 (2017)
I2D: Information, données & documents, vol. 54, no 2 (2017)
In situ: revue des patrimoines, no 31 (2017)
IFLA Metadata Newsletter, vol. 3, no. 1 (June 2017)
Archives Society of Alberta Newsletter, vol. 36, no. 3 (2017)
The Halcyon: the Newsletter of the Friends of the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library (University of Toronto), no. 59 (2017)
Preserve: Hallmark (B.C.) Heritage Society Newsletter, vol. 45, no. 2 (2017)
Draft Book – Theory & Craft of Digital Preservation
Book – Digitization: Theories and Concepts for Empirical Cultural Research
Book – A History of Archival Practice
Book – The Darkening Web: the War for Cyberspace
http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/318518/the-darkening-web-by-alexander-klimburg/9781594206665
Book – Injustice, Memory and Faith in Human Rights
Book – Digital Forensics and Incident Response
Book – Writing & Illuminating & Lettering: with 250 Illustrations (Reprint)
Livre – Robert Damien, du lecteur à l’électeur : bibliothèque, démocratie et autorité
Livre – La dématérialisation des procédures administratives
Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
Yukon Archives Exhibit – Alaska Highway: the Archival Record
July 6 – October 28, 2017, Whitehorse
University of Waterloo Special Collections and Archives Exhibit – University of Waterloo at 60
Waterloo
Information Access and Protection of Privacy for Archives
September 15, 2017, Calgary
Care and Handling of Photographic Materials Workshop
September 19-20, 2017, Humboldt (Saskatchewan)
Webinar Series – Wikipedia as Outreach and Activism for Canadian History
Dates to be Announced
Webinar – It’s All about the Metadata
July 20, 2017
Massive Open Online Course – Early Modern Scottish Palaeography: Reading Scotland’s Records
Starting August 21, 2017
International Council on Archives Annual Conferences 2018 and 2019
November 26-30, 2018, Yaoundé (Cameroon)
October 21-23, 2019, Edinburgh (Scotland)
2017 International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres Congress (Presentations Available)
June 18-22, Riga (Latvia)
Sur le web / On the web
150 stories for 150 years: Canada’s National, Provincial and Territorial Archives New Online Exhibition
Library and Archives Canada Podcast – Healing Journey: Project Naming at 15
Tedx Talk Video – Director of the National Archives of Fiji: Nurture our Knowledge
UK National Archives Podcast – Bombs, Bulls and Civilian Bravery
American Archive of Public Broadcasting New Online Exhibit – Structuring the News: the Magazine Format in Public Media
Slidecast – Digging Documents out of the Archived Web
Slidecast – The Challenges of File Formats
Nouvelles du monde / News from the world
Canada
The holes in the Access to Info system
Federal Court of Appeal speaks on impact of a consent to disclose third-party information under the Access to information act
NDP MP Angus seeks probe of continued Justice Canada obstruction on St. Anne’s residential school file
150 ans d’histoire résumés en six documents
Centennial swag: Memorabilia from Canada’s last big bash
Behind closed doors: a look at Canada’s historic homes
Capital Wishlist: Guy Berthiaume on the value of our museums and libraries
Migration of holdings data from Library and Archives Canada to OCLC
Library and Archives Canada – The first European settlers in Montréal
Library and Archives Canada – It’s not easy putting Canada on stage: the Centennial Play
Library and Archives Canada – Guest curator: Jeff Thomas
Opinion – To know Canada, visit our fascinating national archive online
Archives of Manitoba – Celebrating Canada’s 50th birthday in France 100 years ago
Community Albums: Looking into the Past 150 Years of Nova Scotian Communities
Bear house? Lumber camp? Experts ponder origins of New Brunswick’s lunch box graveyard
Québec – Changeons l’accès à l’information pour mieux protéger le patrimoine
Association des archivistes du Québec – Une belle histoire de mentorat
Trous de mémoire aux archives de BAnQ
BAnQ fait une importante acquisition de 7000 cartes postales anciennes de Montréal
BAnQ – 1970 ou la décennie consacrée à l’inventaire du patrimoine culturel québécois
BAnQ – C’est si merveilleux la propreté
Garth Drabinsky, Ryerson University in legal battle over his archives
Pioneering biologist’s work now available to all: University of Victoria library has assembled 50 years of observations by Ian McTaggart Cowan
University of British Columbia – The library is crowdfunding to buy a $25,000 copy of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone
Université de Montréal – Portrait de Valérie D’Amour, directrice de l’ouest du Québec, BAnQ
How to Access Digital Files from the Nineties: a Case Study by Tim Walsh (Canadian Centre for Architecture)
Archives of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto – One Dominion Under the Name of Canada
Pakistani Heritage in Toronto: Faith and Family
Archives de Montréal – Expo 67 au jour le jour : du 1er au 30 juin
Archives de Montréal – Expo 67 au jour le jour : les 1er et 2 juillet
Vancouver – Chinatown storefront photos offer glimpse into the past
Harbour watcher shares images from 51 years of Halifax port life
Archives de la ville de Québec – 50 ans de festival d’été de Québec
Québec – Défilé d’images d’archives autour du chantier du Diamant
La Commission d’accès à l’information conclut que la Ville de Sherbrooke n’a pas enfreint la loi
A snapshot in time: capsule buried in Calgary’s Confederation Park in 1967 opened on Canada Day
Surprise Party at the South Peace Regional Archives (Alberta)
Archives Bois-Francs en effervescence
The Accidental Archivist: meet Philippa Ootoowak, Pond Inlet’s (Nunavut) nurse-turned-librarian-turned-archivist
Hippies vs. Yuppies: Is Archival Profession Splitting Up?
Library support for Open Access outside scholarly communications departments
The costs of open access, as calculated on a napkin
Ten Resources to Contextualize Archives and Archival Labour
Afrique / Africa
Saving the digital remains of the Tunisian revolution
211 elements of the Malian intangible cultural heritage inventoried for their urgent safeguarding
Algeria, France to resume talks over historical archives recovery in September
Nelson Mandela Foundation digitally preserve, share Mandela history
South Africa’s first Green Star museum is an eco-friendly literary treasure
Amériques / Americas
Forgotten archives reveal street-level impact of 1918 Puerto Rico earthquake and tsunami
NARA – A New Model for Preserving Presidential Records
National Archives new photo could be clue to Amelia Earhart mystery
Library of Congress – Veterans History Project Launches Part Two of Web Series on World War I Veterans
Topic Shifts Between Two US Presidential Administrations
Archive photographs of US troops in action during the Korean War
Holocaust Museum beats $250K diary preservation goal
As Elites Switch to Texting, Watchdogs Fear Loss of Transparency
Big Lincoln collection goes to Mississippi State University
Indiana University – Recently launched home movie collection shows world through Herman B Wells’ eyes
Indiana University librarian’s behind-the-scenes work makes thousands of music recordings accessible
A Deep Digital Archive of Social Transformation in 1970s Berkeley
Into the Heart of Patagonia’s Secret Archives
257-Year-Old Coloring Book Rediscovered in St. Louis
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/257-year-old-coloring-book-rediscovered-st-louis-180963745/
The False Advertising of Sophistically Decorated, 19th-Century Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
Johnny Depp apparently bought the archives of author Nick Tosches by sealing a document with his blood
Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
National Archives of Australia celebrates successful move to Mitchell
Jan Müller named as new Australia National Film and Sound Archive boss
Australia’s first flag forgotten, found and restored all in 100 years
Australia – Indigenous photographer Mervyn Bishop marks life-and-death dash behind the lens
Australia – First Nations Digital Language Archive Launched
Australia – New map records massacres of Aboriginal people in Frontier Wars
State Archives and Records Authority of New South Wales (Australia) – Our machine learning road trip to Canberra
Records come round again: Sony to open vinyl factory in Japan
Keeping alive Singaporeans’ stories
India – National archive gets a gift of 1,000 rare photos of Marathi films
India – Archives dept to preserve rare Gandhi records
India – Nagaland launches e-Archive project
India – Court Seeks Forensic Aid to Recover Lost Digital Evidence in 5-yr-old Case
Pakistan – Lost in archives
Europe / Europa
News about information and records management standardisation from Estonia
Trolls and water spirits: transcribing Swedish folklore records with Handwritten Text Recognition
Author of mysterious Voynich manuscript was Italian Jew, says scholar
Belgium – Historic images of Tour of Flanders reveals impact of climate change
19th century letter to inventor of the saxophone fetches more than $8K
Keyword searching in Handwritten Text: new breakthrough with French medieval records
Les Archives nationales de France rendent hommage à Simone Veil
France – Ouverture des archives du procès de Klaus Barbie
France – Transmettre ou disparaître : l’importance des archives
National Archives of Ireland – New files now available on Conflict Archive on the Internet
Donation of Special Education Archival Material to Dublin City University
Internship experience at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
Obituary – Christian Kay, Glasgow professor who created the world’s largest thesaurus
UK National Archives – Relationship building: records management and cyber security
UK National Archives – Manorial Documents Register for Northamptonshire now available online
The UK Government Web Archive is now even better
British Library – The Web Archive and the Catalogue
British Library – Photographic Portraits of Tribal Leaders of the Trucial Coast c. 1939
European Union law blocks Britons from the Truth about UFO sightings across UK skies
Fascinating first ever images of Britain give insight into the daily lives of people 150 years ago
Women’s Voluntary Services records reveal grassroots wartime life
Transport for London builds digital archive to preserve London history
Unbuilt Liverpool: the city that might have been
Boer War hero’s haunting photos unearthed showing slain enemies, a British serviceman’s funeral and troops among the rubble
Charles Dickens artist’s sketches found in school textbook
Moyen-Orient / Middle East
Why Are Countless Palestinian Photos and Films Buried in Israeli Archives?
United Arab Emirates – The National Archives discusses strengthening cooperation with the Arabian Horse Center
International
Monsieur Mor Dieye entre au Comité de pilotage du Portail international archivistique francophone
Madame Laurence Maroye entre au Comité de pilotage du Portail international archivistique francophone
Custodians of Digital Memories: Digital Preservation in museums
Text-mining tool seeks out hidden data
Against Linked Open Data
Can a Web Archive Lie?
Data Breaches Often Come from where you Expect it Least
How to Create a Retention Policy and Apply it to User Mailboxes in Exchange Online
How to recover deleted photos from your Android smartphone/tablet