Ressources / Resources
De l’État / From the State
Federal Court of Canada Decision – The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency v. York University
UK National Archives – Information Management Assessment: her Majesty Revenue & Customs
Action Plan: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/hmrc-ima-reassessment-summary-action-plan.pdf
UK National Archives – Home Office Appraisal Report, 1953-2016 (Draft for Public Consultation)
Bibliothèque nationale suisse – Rapport annuel 2016
De la communauté / From the community
International Committee of the Red Cross – Handbook on Data Protection in Humanitarian Action
Paper – A Bibliometric Model for Identifying Emerging Research Topics
Publications
Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada, vol. 54, no. 1-2 (2016)
Mennonite Historian, vol. 43, no. 2 (2017)
The Electronic Library, vol. 35, no. 3 (2017)
Cri du Portail international archivistique francophone, no 15 (2017)
Library of Congress Magazine, vol. 6, no. 4 (July-August 2017)
Archives Outlook (July/August 2017)
Wikimedia Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums Newsletter, vol. 7, no. 6 (2017)
A Lapel Pin for Archivists
Maritime History Archive (Memorial University of Newfoundland) – 2018 Heritage Calendar
Book – Archival Arrangement and Description: Analog to Digital
Book – The Manuscript Hunter: Brasseur de Bourbourg’s Travels through Central America and Mexico, 1854-1859
Book – Miss Confederation: the Diary of Mercy Anne Coles
See also: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/miss-confederation-book-journal-mercy-anne-coles-1.4196498
Book – Dis-eases of Secrecy: Tracing History, Memory and Justice
Book – A User’s Guide to Copyright (Seventh Edition)
Book – Commonplace Witnessing: Rhetorical Invention, Historical Remembrance, and Public Culture
Book – Real-time Strategy and Business Intelligence: Digitizing Practices and Systems
Book – The Library Staff Development Handbook: how to Maximize your Library’s Most Important Resource
Book – Kilmarnock: the Postcard Collection
Livre – Droit(s) et street art : de la transgression à l’artification
Livre – Retracer la carrière d’un instituteur ou d’un professeur (deuxième édition)
Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
Digital Gold: Nunatsiavummiut Media, Archives and Heritage
July 19, 2017, St. John’s (Newfoundland)
Freemasonry: a History in Plain Sight
July 20, 2017, Grande Prairie (Alberta)
Building Community: a Walking Tour of Historic Jewish Calgary
July 30 and August 3, 2017, Calgary
History on the Humber: a One-day Theatrical Event Exploring Some of the Personalities of the West Toronto’s Past
August 5, 2017, Toronto
Tales from the Trenches: WWI Soldier of Little Lake Cemetery
August 9, 2017, Peterborough (Ontario)
Gatineau Valley Historical Society – 54th Annual Auction, Silent Auction and Bake Sale
August 19, 2017, Chelsea
Université de Moncton – Nouveau programme court en gestion documentaire en ligne
À partir de septembre 2017
Webinar – Wikipedia for Libraries: Preview the Possibilities, Discover the Opportunities
July 19, 2017
Walk – The City’s Lost Libraries
August 9, 2017, London (UK)
Historic Document Analysis Using p-XRF: Pitfalls and Possibilities
September 11, 2017, Richmond (UK)
The Data Dilemma: a Risk or an Asset?
November 10, 2107, Zagreb (Croatia)
Email Preservation: how Hard Can it Be? (Presentations Available)
July 6, 2017, Kew (UK)
Sur le web / On the web
Updated Webpage – The Government Records Disposition Program of Library and Archives Canada
Canada Conservation Institute Videos – Risk Management for Collections on Display and in Storage
Vidéo – Archiviste de famille : making of
South African History Archive – Images of Defiance: Posters of the Struggle Virtual Exhibition
American Archive of Public Broadcasting – Wiki: a Technical Preservation Resources Guide for Public Media Organizations
Digital Library of Georgia – Georgia Historic Newspapers
Vidéo – Les archives du Négus : re-découverte d’un fonds inédit en Éthiopie
Slidecast – The Canadian Linked Data Initiative: what is Happening with Linked Data in Canada?
Slidecast – Using Social Media to Centre Women’s Stories in Digital Repository of Ireland Collections
Slidecast – Sustainable Scientific Software Development
Nouvelles du monde / News from the world
Canada
Eight Facts About Canadian Copyright Law
The Trudeau government redacted the details of its own transparency plan
Federal government to downsize failing Canada.ca project
North Bay’s Norad bunker may house country’s endangered archives
Government looking to build a home for Canada’s next 500 years of history
Buttery discoveries at Library and Archives Canada
Book your tour of the Library and Archives Canada Preservation Centre in Gatineau
Library and Archives Canada – Montréal: Mount Royal and Frederick Olmstead
Library and Archives Canada – Lady Macdonald Diary Transcription Excellent Progress
The place truth can be found: museums seek renewed relevancy to combat fake news
A Conversation with Dr. David Morrison, Director of Research and Content, Canadian Museum of History
Centuries of New Brunswick border history on display in Fredericton
Mark Critch to host “Flavours of Newfoundland” dinner at The Rooms
Archives of Manitoba – Enemy fire: the Nascopie encounters a German submarine
A new exhibit from the Provincial Archives of Alberta marks Canadian milestones
Provincial Archives of Alberta – New Fonds: Moler Barber School
La Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec demande une modernisation de la loi québécoise sur l’accès à l’information
BAnQ – Visite parmi les trésors cachés de l’histoire
BAnQ – La médecine au temps de la Nouvelle-France
BAnQ – Le polémiste est outré
University of Waterloo – Games institute uses VR to explore historical wrongs
University of Waterloo’s Special Collections & Archives – An Arab past
University of York’s Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections – Out of the Box: Winter 2017: Helen Lucas & Yorkville Folk Music Scene
University of York’s Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections – Out of the Box: Summer 2017: Mariposa Folk Festival book, Joyce Wieland installation, & exhibition on immigration
University of Alberta’s Bruce Peel Special Collections – Remembering Sandy Mactaggart
Dalhousie University’s School of Information Management Launches Gallery Honouring Louis Vagianos & his Namesake Medal
Journeys through the Past: Nicole Dalrymple, Intern at the Pier 21 Scotiabank Family History Centre
Archives of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto – The Lure of the Big Screen
Archives de Montréal – Expo 67 au jour le jour : du 1er au 9 juillet
St. John’s (Newfoundland) events commemorate Great Fire of 1892
South Peace Regional Archives (Alberta) Welcomes New Executive Director
Prince Edward Island – Municipalities to put more government information online
Rivière-du-Loup – Jumeler sa passion pour l’histoire et les cartes anciennes
Ajax (Ontario) man upset at fate of his medical records
Lucy Maud Montgomery’s secret dark side revealed in republished, uncensored, journals
Cultural gem or tax grab? $20M in Annie Leibovitz photos caught in Canadian quandary
Sur les traces des Québécois en Champagne-Ardenne (France)
http://www.lest-eclair.fr/31540/article/2017-07-09/sur-les-traces-des-quebecois-en-champagne-ardenne
Inuk woman finds trail to Scottish great-great grandfather
Part of our heritage: Ottawa couple aims to road trip all 87 Heritage Minutes
Afrique / Africa
Full dématérialisation en Côte d’Ivoire : les archivistes s’inquiètent, les prestataires rassurent
Amériques / Americas
White House Historical Association dives into more digitization
Why does NARA ask for additional metadata for email records?
National Archives to honor Tom Hanks for his illumination of the American story
National Archives and Library of Congress Join PDF Association
Experts Cast Doubt on that New Photo Alleged to Show Amelia Earhart
Blogger discredits claim Amelia Earhart was taken prisoner by Japan
NARA – The Japanese Government’s Offer of Assistance to Help Find Amelia Earhart, July 1937
First filmed evidence of comfort women found in US National Archives
Is National Library of Medicine Building a Library on Mars?
Columbia University – Crowdsourced online database traces the global footsteps of Jewish texts
Yale University – Fortunoff Archive receives Delmas grant to transcribe earliest Holocaust testimonies
http://web.library.yale.edu/news/2017/07/fortunoff-archive-receives-delmas-grant-transcribe-earliest
Harvard scientists pioneer storage of video inside DNA
Hoover Archives Acquires Papers of Poland’s Ambassador to Russia, Stanisław Ciosek
North Carolina State University – Describing Archived Web Content
Curating History: Brigham Young University Library Archivists Gather Historical Treasures
Claflin University students digitize 30k images from Cecil Williams archives
Society of American Archivists – Digital Archivist in Disguise
Plant Bible Revival: the Conservation of a 15th-Century Herbal, then and Now
Lessons from the Scaffold controversy: museums are inherently colonial institutions
City of Tampa to Release Two Newly Digitized Historic Photo Collections
The Unfinished Work of Alan Lomax’s Global Jukebox
Forgotten Children’s Book by Maurice Sendak will Be Published in 2018
Life on the road: Incredible archive of photos shows weird and wonderful roadside attractions across America from the “It’ll Do” motel to dinosaur statues
Featuring: Matthew Fisher, Archives Researcher, Miami
Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
The Afghan files: defence leak exposes deadly secrets of Australia’s special forces
Australia – Is Your Collecting Institution Culturally Appropriate?
Western Australia – State Records Office: Archives cost-cutting bid sparks fears of another ‘WA Inc
South Library of New South Wales (Australia) – So what are we doing with the Fairfax Business Archive?
Happy Anniversary New Zealand Hansard: Celebrating 150 Years of Openness and Transparency
New Zealand – Truth and reconciliation for state abuse survivors
Japan – Poor handling of government documents
Japan – National Diet Library to Implement a New Search System in January 2018
Japan – Newly digitized footage shows Hiroshima before A-bomb
Japan – Archive of books censored before end of war can now be viewed
Hand-Colored Photographs from 19th Century Japan: 110 Images Capture the Waning Days of Traditional Japanese Society
Taiwan museum makes exhibit images free to download
South Korea Releases Rare Footage of Korean Sex Slaves of Japanese Soldiers in WWII
Why Preserving Pakistan’s Cultural Heritage Should Matter to the United States
Europe / Europa
Research Data Alliance Europe supports the statement by LIBER, CESAER, EUA, LERU and Science Europe in their statement on the European Union Copyright reform
Establishment of a Truth Commission in Finland takes a step forward
Spain – Inventing the Recording
From Paper Mill to Archives: the Jerusalem documents in the National Library of Bulgaria
Russie – 240 ans de ballet: les archives du Bolchoï numérisées
Pirate-hunter manuscript offered in selection of Venetian documents at Christie’s
Italy – Surf through Newly Digitized Images to See Rome’s Ever-Changing History
A Sicilian Photographer of the Mafia and her Archive of Blood
Suisse – À Genève, le coffre diabolique de l’archiviste d’État
Suisse – Infographie : les archives de la ville de Genève en chiffres
France – Dans les archives audiovisuelles du ministère de la Défense
France – La communicabilité des informations environnementales
France-Rwanda : Dominique Bertinotti, la gardienne des archives
National Library of Ireland – Major redevelopment programme announced
UK National Archives – In our minds: responding to archives through creative practice
UK National Archives – London’s greatest bohemian rendezvous: the Caravan Club
Help the British Library to preserve and catalogue UK digital comics
The British Library’s Romanian collections
British Library – Gay UK: Love, Law, Liberty and Literature?
Digital Archiving at the University of York – Preserving Google docs: decisions and a way forward
Cambridge University – Six Priority Digital Preservation Demands
Oxford University – Personal archive of labour politician Denis Healey allocated to Bodleian Libraries
New Cache of Roman letters discovered at Hadrian’s wall
Literary notes by Mao Zedong sell at UK auction for 10 times estimated price
Moyen-Orient / Middle East
Author of 10th-century Hebrew biblical text is identified
Egypt: Rare Manuscript Discovered in Saint Catherine Monastery
Archival images of European refugees in the Sinai desert
Iran Launches Portal to Promote Freedom of Information
Iraq – ISIS Burns Biggest Archive of Its Secret Documents, Data
International
Cloudy culture: preserving digital culture in the cloud
The future is hybrid: the hybrid archivist
Preservation, presentation, and possibility: oral histories in a complex age
Le Big Data libère le potentiel des archives d’entreprises
Over 83,500 Vintage Sewing Patterns Are Now Available Online
Emoji, Texting and Social Media: how Do they Impact Language?
We’re Not Dumb: Brands Worry Twitter Underestimates Its Bot Problem