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Documentary Heritage News
February 16, 2018May 2, 2021

Vol. 11, no. 24

Ressources / Resources

De l’État / From the State
Library and Archives Canada – Progress Report Q3 2017-2018 
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/about-us/three-year-plan/Pages/third-quarter-progress-report-2017-2018.aspx

Librarian Archivist of Canada Speech – Because it is 2017: Recent initiatives at Library and Archives Canada
http://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/news/2018/02/because_it_is_2017recentinitiativesatlibraryandarchivescanada.html

Ville de Gatineau – Documents sur l’entente avec Daniel J. Caron
Document 1: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1HC5PFx1ldJkXYgcdO4-AVH6H9bruHOdD
Document 2: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1fuwWd7isIPT2xeUFp7l2uJ3TTQmuGG41
Document 3: https://drive.google.com/open?id=18v9m6FRAPSan8AwQIqG9swMEe6ZXvEs4

Note : les documents ont été obtenus après une plainte formelle et plus de deux ans d’attente. Ils ont été transmis à quelques jours d’une audience prévue devant la Commission d’accès à l’information : https://drive.google.com/open?id=1hEZagD1rUZVqIhk4iqR3b4S4wQLpW2fu . Le dossier continuera à faire l’objet d’un suivi. 

Archives de France – L’archivage numérique en France (avec une bibliothèque de documents de référence)
http://francearchives.fr/fr/article/26287443

UK Department for International Development – Open Aid, Open Societies: a Vision for a Transparent World
http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679426/Open-Aid-Open-Societies.pdf

De la communauté / From the community
Canadian Association of Research Libraries – Brief on the Unsustainability of International Journal Costs
http://www.carl-abrc.ca/news/brief-unsustainability-international-journal-costs/

Association of Research Libraries – The Copyright Permissions Culture in Software Preservation and its Implications for the Cultural Record
http://www.arl.org/publications-resources/4468-the-copyright-permissions-culture-in-software-preservation-and-its-implications-for-the-cultural-record

Paul Getty Trust – Cultural Cleansing and Mass Atrocities: Protecting Cultural Heritage in Armed Conflict Zones
http://www.getty.edu/publications/pdfs/CulturalCleansing_Weiss_Connelly.pdf

Make Data Count – Code of Practice for Research Data Usage Metrics Release One
http://makedatacount.org/2018/02/12/code-of-practice-for-research-data-usage-metrics-release-1/

ISO – White Paper on the Objectives and Benefits of the MPEG-G Standard (Draft)
http://mpeg.chiariglione.org/sites/default/files/files/standards/docs/w17468_White_paper_on_the_objectives_and_benefits_of_the_MPEG-G_standard_final.docx

Spotlight on Digital Government Information Preservation: Examining the Context, Outcomes, Limitations, and Successes of the Datarefuge Movement
http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2018/information-preservation/

Publications
Archival Science, vol. 18, no. 1 (2018)
http://link.springer.com/journal/10502/18/1/page/1

International Journal on Digital Libraries, vol. 19, no. 1 (2018)
http://link.springer.com/journal/799/19/1/page/1

Journal of the Institute of Conservation, vol. 41, no. 1 (2018)
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rcon20/41/1

The Electronic Library, vol. 36, no. 1 (2018)
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/el/36/1

Wikimedia Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums Newsletter, vol. 8, no. 1 (2018)
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_2018

The Archival Spirit: the Archivists of Religious Collections Section of the Society of American Archivists Newsletter (February 2018)
http://www2.archivists.org/groups/archivists-of-religious-collections-section/the-archival-spirit-february-2018

London Metropolitan Archives Quarterly Newsletter, no. 32 (2018)
http://mailchi.mp/cityoflondon/fw4uu4pbje-813017

Master Thesis (University of Victoria) – An Evaluation of More Product Less Process (MPLP) Processing Methods at the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan
http://dspace.library.uvic.ca/handle/1828/7715

Report – International Survey on Research University Faculty: Data Management and Archiving Needs 
http://www.primaryresearch.com/AddCart.aspx?ReportID=477

Report – International Survey of Research University Faculty: Satisfaction with Library & Other University Data Curation Services
http://www.primaryresearch.com/AddCart.aspx?ReportID=480
Book – Photography and Other Media in the Nineteenth Century
http://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-07916-5.html

Book – Subject: Writers: Selection from the Federal Bureau of Investigation Files on Authors of the Twentieth Century
http://www.muckrock.com/store/

Book – Library and Information Science 
http://www.willfordpress.com/homes/books_description?book_id=11036


Book – European Union Data Protection Law 
http://www.bloomsburyprofessional.com/uk/eu-data-protection-law-9781784515539/    

Book – Modern Data Strategy
http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319689920 

Book – Experiment Photography: New Bauhaus Chicago
http://www.hirmerverlag.de/uk/titel-20-20/experiment-1615/

Book – The Library Information Technology Association Guide to No- or Low-Cost Technology Tools for Libraries
http://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538103111/ 

Book – Jill Magid: a Letter Always Arrives at its Destination: the Barragán Archives 
http://www.artbook.com/9788417047207.html 

Book – Prison Pens: Gender, Memory, and Imprisonment in the Writings of Mollie Scollay and Wash Nelson, 1863
http://www.ugapress.org/index.php/books/prison_pens/ 

Book – Coding with XML for Efficiencies in Cataloging
http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=303694

Livre – Répertoire général des archives de la Marine : XVIe-XVIIIe siècles
http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/index.asp?navig=catalogue&obj=livre&no=58706

Livre – Correspondance d’Alfred Binet : archives familiales (1883-1916)
http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/index.asp?navig=catalogue&obj=livre&no=58850

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
Gatineau Valley Historical Society Annual General Meeting and Archives Open House
February 19, 2018, Chelsea
http://www.gvhs.ca/about/agm.html

Ontario Library Association Webinar – Building Political Support for Libraries
February 20, 2018
http://www.accessola.org/web/OLA/Event_Display.aspx?EventKey=EIW180220

Library & Archives Unshelved: Surrealism & Automatism in Québec Illustration
February 28, 2018, Toronto
https://ago.ca/events/library-archives-unshelved-surrealism-automatism-quebec-illustration

Webinaire – Tirer parti des mégadonnées pour développer votre entreprise
21 mars 2018
http://www.adriq.com/evenements/tirer-parti-megadonnees-developper-entreprise/

University of Alberta Bruce Peel Special Collections – Experiment: Printing the Canadian Imagination
April 27 – August 24, 2018, Edmonton
https://documentary-heritage-news.com/2018/02/experiment-printing-canadian-imagination.html

Quinzième congrès de l’Association profesionnelle des techniciennes et techniciens en documentation du Québec
27 avril 2018, Montréal
http://aptdq.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Programme-pr%C3%A9liminaire-du-congr%C3%A8s.pdf

Association for Information Science and Technology 2018 Annual Meeting
November 14-18, 2018, Vancouver
http://librarianship.ca/news/cfp-asist-2018/
Webinar – Customer Support through Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning
February 22, 2018
http://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/663/302651

Webinar – BitCurator Access and BitCurator NLP: Processing and Enabling New Forms of Access to Born-Digital Materials
February 22, 2018
http://openpreservation.org/event/bitcurator-access-and-bitcurator-nlp-processing-and-enabling-new-forms-of-access-to-born-digital-materials/

Cours en ligne massif et ouvert – Protection des données personnelles : le nouveau droit
À partir du 23 avril 2018
http://www.fun-mooc.fr/courses/course-v1:CNAM+01032+session01/about

First International Conference on Virtual Reality Technologies in Cultural Heritage
May 29-30, 2018, Brasov (Romania) 
http://www.digitalmeetsculture.net/article/vrtch18-1st-international-conference-on-vr-technologies-in-cultural-heritage/

Discovering Collections Discovering Communities 2018
November 19-21, 2018, Birmingham (UK)
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/call-for-papers-dcdc18/

@Risk North, Collections en péril (Summary Report Available)
November 10, 2017, Ottawa
http://www.carl-abrc.ca/news/summary-report-atrisk-north-released/

Sur le web / On the web
Video – Collaboration and Platform Integration in Support of a Federated Research Data Management Service in Canada
http://youtu.be/BacSuETJiA4

Historical Reminiscents Podcast: Building Moderation Skills
http://kristamccracken.ca/?p=1684

Video – Conversation Series: Radical Archives
http://youtu.be/uBzatUZQxg0

Archivist’s Alley Podcast, Episode 2: Jarrett Drake, Respectability Boxes & Archiving Accountability
http://archivistsalley.com/archivists-alley-episode-2-jarrett-drake-respectability-boxes-archiving-accountability/

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada
Supreme Court rules CBC does not have to unpublish story
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/supreme-court-rules-cbc-does-not-have-to-unpublish-story/article37917720/

A Right to be Forgotten Online: a Response to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner Draft Position
http://ablawg.ca/2018/02/12/a-right-to-be-forgotten-online-a-response-to-the-office-of-the-privacy-commissioner-draft-position/

The Right to be Forgotten: Are there Two Solitudes in Quebec and the Rest of Canada?
http://www.fasken.com/en/knowledgehub/2018/02/the-right-to-be-forgotten-are-there-two-solitudes-in-quebec-and-the-rest-of-canada

Prime Minister of Canada nominates next Information Commissioner
http://pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2018/02/14/prime-minister-nominates-next-information-commissioner

Data deletion policy key to reducing breach risks, Canadian privacy pros told
http://www.itworldcanada.com/article/data-deletion-policy-key-to-reducing-breach-risks-canadian-privacy-pros-told/401280

La Norme canadienne d’information pour l’acquisition d’archives : un autre pas vers la normalisation du travail des archivistes
http://archives21.ebsi.umontreal.ca/2018/02/15/la-norme-nciaa-un-autre-pas-vers-la-normalisation-du-travail-des-archivistes/
Guy Berthiaume, National Librarian and Archivist of Canada: Interview by Pamela Lutzker
http://idnaproject.org/2018/02/11/guy-berthiaume-national-librarian-and-archivist-of-canada-interview-by-pamela-lutzker/

Library and Archives Canada – New additions to the Virtual Gramophone: band and instrumental music
http://thediscoverblog.com/2018/02/13/new-additions-to-the-virtual-gramophone-band-and-instrumental-music/

Library and Archives Canada – Joseph Gaetz’s letters 
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/unusual/stories/Pages/Joseph-Gaetz-letters.aspx

Parks Canada launches project in Nunavut to collect Inuit elder testimony on Franklin expedition
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/02/13/parks-canada-launches-project-in-nunavut-to-collect-inuit-elder-testimony-on-franklin-expedition.html

Parcs Canada installe ses artefacts à Gatineau
http://www.ledroit.com/actualites/parcs-canada-installe-ses-artefacts-a-gatineau-3af95491899f66890f968662dec5e2d3
You don’t have to sacrifice privacy for security, says former Ontario privacy commissioner
https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/you-dont-have-to-sacrifice-privacy-for-security-says-former-ontario-privacy-commissioner/401517

The Ontario Genealogical Society announces Redesigned GEDCOM Website
http://ogs.on.ca/the-ontario-genealogical-society-announces-redesigned-gedcom-website/

Archives of Manitoba – A valentine from Canada
http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/ww1blog/#feb12

Archives of Manitoba – The HBC and the Creation of Memorial Boulevard
http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/ww1blog/#feb19

Nova Scotia Government asked to rename Tillmann Brook, named after Nazi sympathizer and art thief
http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1543650-government-asked-to-rename-tillmann-brook-named-after-nazi-sympathizer-and-art-th

Québec – Les mémoires du Conseil des ministres resteront secrets
http://www.lequotidien.com/actualites/politique/les-memoires-du-conseil-des-ministres-resteront-secrets-0138f48669625367f0f366cec706c9a8

Restructuration à la Direction générale des Archives de BAnQ
http://blogues.banq.qc.ca/interactions/2018/02/15/restructuration-a-direction-generale-archives-de-banq/

BAnQ souligne les 50 ans de la création de la Bibliothèque nationale du Québec et de l’entrée en vigueur du Règlement sur le dépôt légal
http://www.banq.qc.ca/a_propos_banq/salle_de_presse/nouvelles/nouvelle.html?n_id=1fb6f364-7c2a-4a35-9aec-c681ab8ee133

BAnQ – Il y a un siècle : incendie criminel aux conséquences tragiques à l’Hôpital général de Montréal
http://blogues.banq.qc.ca/instantanes/2018/02/14/y-a-siecle-incendie-criminel-aux-consequences-tragiques-a-lhopital-general-de-montreal/

Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives – What’s in the Archives? Sex, Women and Disability
http://clga.ca/newsfeed/wita-sex-women-disability/

Should access to scientific literature be free?
http://thevarsity.ca/2018/02/11/should-access-to-scientific-literature-be-free/

L’Université McGill acquiert les archives personnelles de Jean Drapeau
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/premiere/emissions/gravel-le-matin/segments/chronique/58651/archives-maire-montreal-jean-drapeau
Explore 200 years of Valentine’s Day cards with University of Toronto library’s new collection
http://www.utoronto.ca/news/explore-200-years-valentine-s-day-cards-u-t-library-s-new-collection

University of Toronto – Fisher Digital Collections have a new look
http://fisher.library.utoronto.ca/news/fisher-digital-collections-have-new-look

Concordia University – Sifting through the archives
http://theconcordian.com/2018/02/sifting-through-the-archives/

Université de Montréal – Dans le futur, la mémoire des jeux vidéo sera-t-elle sauvée par les youtubeurs ?
http://mobile.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2018/02/11/dans-le-futur-la-memoire-des-jeux-video-sera-t-elle-sauvee-par-les-youtubeurs_5255094_4408996.html

Archives of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto – Medal Metals: Bronze, Silver, and Gold
https://documentary-heritage-news.com/2018/02/medal-metals-bronze-silver-and-gold.html

Jewish Historical Society of Southern Alberta Archival Collections Accessibility Project
http://jhssa.org/update-jhssa-archival-collections-accessibility-project/

Legal Archives Society of Alberta – The Honourable J.V.H. Milvain, Q.C.
http://legalarchives.ca/the-honourable-j-v-h-milvain-q-c/

Peek into Victoria’s history gets easier with searchable online archive
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/peek-into-victoria-s-history-gets-easier-with-searchable-online-archive-1.23169319

Ottawa library considers signs to acknowledge Algonquin land claim
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-library-indigenous-art-reconciliation-1.4535409

Ottawa – Why a condo tower is going beside Pimisi Station instead of the central library
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/library-district-development-plan-pimisi-1.4535588

Step inside Hamilton’s massive cryptocurrency mining lab
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/hamilton-cryptocurrency-1.4526877

Lambton County Archives (Ontario) – Who’s that Guy Again? Writing Safely on your Photographs
https://documentary-heritage-news.com/2018/02/whos-that-guy-again-writing-safely-on.html

Sarnia Historical Society (Ontario) seeking local venue for City of Sarnia artifacts
http://www.theobserver.ca/2018/02/11/sarnia-historical-society-seeking-local-venue-for-city-of-sarnia-artifacts

South Peace Regional Archives (Alberta) Receives Donation of Archival Materials from the Beaverlodge Area Cultural Society
http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/ur/story/1315950

Centre d’histoire et d’archives du travail – Deux nouveaux fonds
Fonds Association internationale des machinistes et des travailleurs et travailleuses de l’aérospatiale, Section locale 712 (1940-2014):http://www.archivesquebecoisesdutravail.org/CHAT/PDF/AIMTA-712_intrum_rech.pdf
Syndicat des cols bleus regroupés de Montréal, section locale 301: http://www.archivesquebecoisesdutravail.org/CHAT/PDF/instr_rech_SCFP_301.pdf 

Société d’histoire de la Rivière-du-Nord – La mémoire des Laurentides pourrait disparaître
http://www.journallenord.com/memoire-laurentides-pourrait-disparaitre/

Most items stolen by art thief Tillmann now back in owners’ hands: RCMP
http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1544146-most-items-stolen-by-art-thief-tillmann-now-back-in-owners’-hands-rcmp

Why a U.K. police officer is honouring the life of a London, Ont., soldier
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/william-sanborn-london-soldier-wwi-1.4524517

Michel Prévost reçoit le prix Bernard Grandmaître
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1082987/michel-prevost-prix-bernard-grandmaitre

Afrique / Africa
Literary Archives in Cameroon
http://www.diasporicarchives.com/literary-archives-in-cameroon/

Record Management and Document Applications Committees working together in South Africa
http://committee.iso.org/sites/tc46sc11/home/news/content-left-area/news-about-standarization-in-t-1/record-management-and-document-a.html

Amériques / Americas
Society of American Archivists – White House Budget Again Zeroes Out Key Humanities Agencies
http://www2.archivists.org/news/2018/white-house-budget-again-zeroes-out-key-humanities-agencies

U.S. Government Publishing Office Issues Digital Release of Federal Register for the 1960s
http://www.gpo.gov/who-we-are/news-media/news-and-press-releases/gpo-issues-digital-release-of-federal-register-for-the-1960s

CIA declassifies more of Zendebad, Shah!: internal study of 1953 Iran coup
http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/iran/2018-02-12/cia-declassifies-more-zendebad-shah-internal-study-1953-iran-coup

Olmsted vs. Obama: Inside the Pushback Against the Presidential Library
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/March-2018/Olmsted-vs-Obama-Inside-the-Pushback-Against-the-Presidential-Library/

Is NARA Rubber-Stamping Potentially Damaging Records Retention Schedules? 
http://unredacted.com/2018/02/15/is-nara-rubber-stamping-potentially-damaging-records-retention-schedules-frinformsum-2-15-2018/

Library of Congress – Free to Use and Reuse: Making Public Domain and Rights-Clear Content Easier to Find
http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2018/02/free-to-use-and-reuse-making-public-domain-and-rights-clear-content-easier-to-find/

Library of Congress – Digital Scholarship Resource Guide: Network Analysis (part 6 of 7)
http://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2018/02/digital-scholarship-resource-guide-network-analysis-part-6-of-7/

Matters of the heart: the Library of Medicine’s role in heart health and understanding
http://nlmdirector.nlm.nih.gov/2018/02/13/matters-of-the-heart/

The Tennessee State Library and Archives Continues to Be a Treasure
http://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pith-in-the-wind/article/20992033/the-tennessee-state-library-and-archives-continues-to-be-a-treasure

Arkansas – State archives director resigns; unhappiness with job cited
http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/feb/08/state-archives-director-resigns-unhappi-1/

Blockchain, Open Civic Data, and TV White Space
http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/blogs/the-scoop/blockchain-open-civic-data-tv-white-space/

Harvard University – With help from Hutchins Center, Schlesinger Library acquires papers of scholar-activist Angela Davis
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/02/radcliffe-acquires-papers-of-activist-angela-davis/

Yale University – Project revives old software, preserves born-digital data
http://news.yale.edu/2018/02/13/project-revives-old-software-preserves-born-digital-data

What Archival Silence Conceals and Reveals: Recovering Princeton University’s 19th-Century African American Graduate Alumni
http://blogs.princeton.edu/mudd/2018/02/what-archival-silence-conceals-and-reveals-recovering-princeton-universitys-19th-century-african-american-graduate-alumni/

Florida A&M University – Murell Dawson: the woman behind the Black Archives
http://www.thefamuanonline.com/news/view.php/1032078/Murell-Dawson-The-woman-behind-the-Black

University of Minnesota – Uncovering the Walker Archives
http://www.mndaily.com/article/2018/02/a-uncovering-the-walker-archives

University of Maine at Fort Kent – Acadian Archives to host five-week history course
http://fiddleheadfocus.com/2018/02/09/news/acadian-archives-to-host-five-week-history-course/

Queens College – Teaching Personal Digital Archiving through Community Digitization
http://saaers.wordpress.com/2018/02/12/teaching-personal-digital-archiving-through-community-digitization/

The Getty Museum Announces Gift of Rare Illuminated Manuscript Leaves
http://www.finebooksmagazine.com/press/2018/02/the-getty-museum-announces-gift-of-rare-illuminated-manuscript-leaves.phtml

Getty – Six Lessons Learned from our First Crowdsourcing Project in the Digital Humanities
http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/six-lessons-learned-from-our-first-crowdsourcing-project-in-the-digital-humanities/

American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee dedicates home for century of historical records
https://www.timesofisrael.com/jdc-dedicates-home-for-century-of-historical-records/

Inside the desperate fight to keep old TVs alive
http://www.theverge.com/2018/2/6/16973914/tvs-crt-restoration-led-gaming-vintage

Historic WRVR-FM Archives to be Digitized, Preserved and Made Available in the American Archive of Public Broadcasting
http://americanarchivepb.wordpress.com/2018/02/08/historic-wrvr-fm-archives-to-be-digitized-preserved-and-made-available-in-the-american-archive-of-public-broadcasting/

A history of Seattle’s African American community: in pictures
http://www.theguardian.com/culture/gallery/2018/feb/09/a-history-of-seattles-african-american-community-in-pictures

Photos a powerful glimpse into Atlantic City’s black history
http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/atlantic_city/photos-a-powerful-glimpse-into-atlantic-city-s-black-history/article_c3ff8f17-c813-5be7-8a83-6b68fda33cc0.html

How Tom Tryniski digitized nearly 50 million pages of newspapers in his living room
http://www.cjr.org/the_profile/tom-tryniski-fultonhistory.php

Here Are Lucasfilm Archivist Madlyn Burkert’s Five Favorite Star Wars Artifacts
http://www.starwars.com/news/here-are-lucasfilm-archivist-madlyn-burkerts-5-favorite-star-wars-artifacts

There’s an Archivist for that! Interview with Teresa Hedgpeth, United States Olympic Committee Archivist & Historical Steward
http://archivesaware.archivists.org/2018/02/13/theres-an-archivist-for-that-interview-with-teresa-hedgpeth-united-states-olympic-committee-archivist-historical-steward/

Reflections on Privilege in the Archives
http://issuesandadvocacy.wordpress.com/2018/02/09/archivists-on-the-issues-reflections-on-privilege-in-the-archives/

Private libraries and the treasure troves they hold
http://www.capecodtimes.com/lifestyle/20180205/private-libraries-and-treasure-troves-they-hold

The photos that changed America: celebrating the work of Lewis Hine
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2018/feb/15/lewis-hine-photographs-child-labor-ellis-island

Collecting Yoko Ono’s Artist Books 
https://blog.bookstellyouwhy.com/collecting-yoko-onos-artist-books

Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
Pacific countries set up single civil registration network
http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/349783/pacific-countries-set-up-single-civil-registration-network

National Archives of Australia looks for new IT chief
http://www.cio.com.au/article/633379/national-archives-australia-looks-new-it-chief/

Stories of the Stolen Generations preserved in Bringing them Home archive at National Library of Australia
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-13/stolen-generations-oral-histories-in-national-library/9422430

Revealed: how Australian spies filmed Indigenous activists during the cold war
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/feb/14/revealed-how-australian-spies-filmed-indigenous-activists-during-the-cold-war

How copyright law is holding back Australian creators
http://theconversation.com/how-copyright-law-is-holding-back-australian-creators-91390

UFO culture: State Library of Queensland (Australia) collects its own X-Files
http://www.theage.com.au/national/queensland/ufo-culture-state-library-of-queensland-collects-its-own-x-files-20180205-p4yzfu.html

State Archives and Records of New South Wales (Australia) – The business and recordkeeping benefits of digitising approval processes
http://futureproof.records.nsw.gov.au/the-business-and-recordkeeping-benefits-of-digitising-approval-processes/

Island Culture Archival Support – Traditional Pacific Storytelling in New Zealand
http://islandculturearchivalsupport.wordpress.com/2018/02/13/traditional-pacific-storytelling-in-new-zealand/

New Zealand – Archival Activism: the Editors fighting Wikipedia’s Sexism Problem
http://thewireless.co.nz/articles/archival-activism-the-editors-fighting-wikipedia-s-sexism-problem

India – With rare photos and letters, a web archive is piecing together the life of film historian BD Garga
http://scroll.in/reel/865671/with-rare-photos-and-letters-a-web-archive-wants-you-to-piece-together-the-life-of-bd-garga

Europe / Europa
Improving discoverability with new entities in Europeana Collections
http://pro.europeana.eu/post/improving-discoverability-with-new-entities-in-europeana-collections

Le Big Data au coeur du modèle numérique le plus visionnaire du cerveau humain: le Human Brain Project 
http://www.decideo.fr/Le-Big-Data-au-coeur-du-modele-numerique-le-plus-visionnaire-du-cerveau-humain-le-Human-Brain-Project-HBP_a9932.html

European Holocaust Research Infrastructure – Using Wikidata to build an authority list of Holocaust-era ghettos
http://blog.ehri-project.eu/2018/02/12/using-wikidata/

Germany – Heir Donates Estate of Hitler’s Filmmaker, Leni Riefenstahl
http://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2018-02-12/estate-of-hitlers-filmmaker-leni-riefenstahl-donated

Hungary – National Authority for Data Protection to declassify files of socialist spy case before election
http://budapestbeacon.com/national-authority-data-protection-declassify-files-socialist-spy-case-election/

Romania investigates crimes of Ceausescu’s orphanages
http://www.trtworld.com/europe/romania-investigates-crimes-of-ceausescu-s-orphanages-15063

Czech Archives Cited in Reports of Labour Leader’s Meeting with Spy
http://www.radio.cz/en/section/news/czech-archives-cited-in-reports-of-labour-leaders-meeting-with-spy

National Library of Latvia open a collection of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty broadcasts for World Radio Day 2018
http://www.iasa-web.org/notice_board/national-library-latvia-open-collection-radio-free-europeradio-liberty-world-radio-day

Estonia technically ready to exchange data with Finland through X-Road
http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/baltic_states/?doc=137600

Macedonia’s historic archives under threat as museum staff battle flooding
http://www.calvertjournal.com/news/show/9634/macedonias-historic-archives-facing-destruction-new-building-leaks

Switzerland – Modeling human behavior with Airbnb
http://actu.epfl.ch/news/modeling-human-behavior-with-airbnb-2/

La France remet les archives de l’ETA à l’Espagne
http://www.lexpressiondz.com/linformation_en_continue/285890-la-france-remet-les-archives-de-l%26%23039%3Beta-%C3%A0-l%E2%80%99espagne.html

Le contexte de la fondation des Archives nationales en France (1790-1794) : interprétation de l’événement en regard à la conservation des documents sous l’Ancien Régime? (1600-1789)
http://archivistesqc.wordpress.com/2018/02/12/archives_nationales_de_france/

Art : l’incroyable trésor de la Bibliothèque nationale de France 
http://www.lepoint.fr/arts/art-l-incroyable-tresor-de-la-bnf-11-02-2018-2194000_36.php

France – Gardez tous vos documents administratifs, toujours
http://www.village-justice.com/articles/gardez-tous-vos-documents-administratifs-toujours,27120.html

Ireland – State involvement in Magdalene Laundries illustrated in new online archive
http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/state-involvement-in-magdalene-laundries-illustrated-in-new-online-archive-827247.html

Writing the Troubles (Ireland) – In Defence of Interviews
http://writingthetroublesweb.wordpress.com/2018/01/30/in-defence-of-interviews/

Isle of Man – Where Old, Unreadable Documents Go to Be Understood
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/transcribe-old-documents-unreadable-handwriting

UK National Archives – Beyond 2022: Ireland’s Virtual Record Treasury
http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/beyond-2022-irelands-virtual-record-treasury/

UK National Archives – Bridging the digital gap
http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/bridging-digital-gap/

Archives Unleashed at the British Library: Study of gender distribution in National Olympic Committees
http://netpreserveblog.wordpress.com/2018/02/09/archives-unleashed-at-the-british-library-study-of-gender-distribution-in-national-olympic-committees/

Behind the scenes in the British Museum’s archives
http://blog.britishmuseum.org/behind-the-scenes-in-the-museums-archives/

Software spots Shakespeare’s lost source
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/software-spots-shakespeare-s-lost-source-a-brief-discourse-of-rebellion-rebels-by-george-north-r2chrlpfs

Previously unseen J.R.R. Tolkien works to go on display
http://home.bt.com/news/showbiz-news/previously-unseen-tolkien-works-to-go-on-display-11364250255357

The UK Web Archive Ebola Outbreak collection
http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/archivesandmanuscripts/2018/02/09/the-uk-web-archive-ebola-outbreak-collection/

University of Oxford – A scientist captured an impossible photo of a single atom
http://qz.com/1205279/photo-of-an-atom-a-scientist-captured-an-incredible-photograph/amp/

Manchester – Scores of confidential files with personal details about abuse survivors were left in our office and nobody seemed to care
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/scores-confidential-files-personal-details-14292760

Darwin photography albums available for the first time
http://britishphotohistory.ning.com/profiles/blogs/darwin-photography-albums-available-for-the-first-time

Decades after tragic loss, elderly couple publish manuscript revealing heartache
http://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/decades-after-tragic-loss-elderly-couple-publish-manuscript-revealing-heartache/

Georgian-era sex manual to go under the hammer
http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/national/15989439.Georgian_era____sex_manual____to_go_under_the_hammer/

Was early modern writing paper expensive?
http://collation.folger.edu/2018/02/writing-paper-expensive/

A New Professional’s Experience Working as an Assistant Digital Records Manager: Aoife Morrissey
http://aranewprofessionals.wordpress.com/2018/01/31/a-new-professionals-experience-working-as-an-assistant-digital-records-manager-aoife-morrissey/

Moyen-Orient / Middle East
Clay tablets from the cradle of civilisation provide new insight to the history of medicine
http://sciencenordic.com/clay-tablets-cradle-civilisation-provide-new-insight-history-medicine

UNESCO launches flagship initiative to revive the spirit of Mosul (Iraq)
http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/1783

Twenty-five Legal Experts Urge Iranian Official to Address Public Archive of Abuses Against Baha’is
http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2018/02/25-legal-experts-urge-iranian-official-to-address-public-archive-of-abuses-against-bahais/

International
International Tracing Service – New campaign launched to return personal effects to victims of Nazi persecution
http://www.timesofisrael.com/new-campaign-launched-to-return-personal-effects-to-victims-of-nazi-persecution/

Internet architect Vint Cerf talks data preservation in a digital age
http://cuindependent.com/2018/02/11/internet-architect-vint-cerf-talks-data-preservation-in-a-digital-age/

Don’t Call it Retro. Archival Is the Hottest Thing in Fashion
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-08/archival-is-the-hottest-thing-in-fashion-retail

Valentine’s patron saints of metadata
http://thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/melissa/tag/valentines/

Dipping in the Hardware Emulation Archives
http://www.electronicdesign.com/test-measurement/dipping-hardware-emulation-archives

Open Access in the Francophone Global South: Between Collective Empowerment and Neocolonialism
http://blog.doaj.org/2018/02/14/open-access-in-the-francophone-global-south-between-collective-empowerment-and-neocolonialism/

Back-Up & Storage Solution & File Naming Samples + What Drives I Use
http://www.slrlounge.com/back-up-storage-solution-file-naming-samples-what-drives-i-use/

How Blockchain Can Empower Content Creators
http://www.forbes.com/sites/shermanlee/2018/02/12/how-blockchain-can-empower-content-creators/

Cloudflare Terminates Service to the Pirate Bay of Science
http://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/59kgv5/cloudflare-terminates-service-to-the-pirate-bay-of-science

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