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Documentary Heritage News
May 25, 2018May 2, 2021

Vol. 11, no. 38

Ressources / Resources

De l’État / From the State
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada – Guidelines for Obtaining Meaningful Consent + Guidance on Inappropriate Data Practices
https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/opc-news/news-and-announcements/2018/nr-c_180524/

Library and Archives Canada – Progress Report Q4 (January to March 2018)
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/about-us/three-year-plan/Pages/2017-2018-Q4.aspx

Archives New Zealand – Appraisal Report & Disposal Schedule: New Zealand Tourism Board (for Comments)
http://archives.govt.nz/advice/intentions-dispose/new-zealand-tourism-board-trading-tourism-new-zealand

Texas State Library and Archives Commission – Revised Local Schedule: Records of Public School Districts 
https://www.tsl.texas.gov/slrm/blog/2018/05/revised-local-schedule-sd-effective-may-23-2018/

De la communauté / From the community
Portage Network – Research Data Preservation in Canada 
http://portagenetwork.ca/news/portage-network-releases-white-paper-on-research-data-preservation-in-canada/

Society of American Archivists – Guidelines for Standardized Holdings Counts and Measures for Archival Repositories and Special Collections Libraries
https://www2.archivists.org/groups/saa-acrlrbms-joint-task-force-on-holdings-metrics/guidelines-for-standardized-holdings-counts-and-measures-for-archival-r

Association of Research Libraries – The General Data Protection Regulation: what Does it Mean for Libraries Worldwide?
http://www.arl.org/storage/documents/IssueBrief_GDPR_May2018.pdf

Sedona Conference – International Principles for Addressing Data Protection in Cross-Border Government & Internal Investigations
http://thesedonaconference.org/publication/International%20Investigations%20Principles

Article – Moving Toward a Reparative Archive: a Roadmap for a Holistic Approach to Disrupting Homogenous Histories in Academic Repositories and Creating Inclusive Spaces for Marginalized Voices
http://elischolar.library.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1045&context=jcas

Publications
Fontes Artis Musicae: the Journal of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres, vol. 65, no. 1 (2018)
http://muse.jhu.edu/issue/38548

Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, vol. 33, no. 2 (2018)
http://academic.oup.com/dsh/issue/33/2

Cri du Portail international archivistique francophone, no 17 (2018)
http://www.piaf-archives.org/le-cri-du-piaf/cri-du-piaf-n%C2%B017

Thèse de doctorat (Université de Montréal) – Émergence de normes dans les systèmes économiques et sociaux d’oeuvres numériques protégées par droit d’auteur
http://papyrus.bib.umontreal.ca/xmlui/handle/1866/19977

Book – Music Preservation and Archiving Today
http://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538102947/ 

Book – Exploring Research Data Management
http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=302789 

Book – Re-Envisioning the MLS: Perspectives on the Future of Library and Information Science Education
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/book/10.1108/s0065-2830201844a 

Book – Venice Illuminated: Power and Painting in Renaissance Manuscripts
http://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300226744/venice-illuminated 

Book – Alexander Hamilton: Documents Decoded
http://www.abc-clio.com/ABC-CLIOCorporate/product.aspx?pc=A5491C 

Book – Pests in Houses Great and Small: Identification, Prevention, Eradication
http://www.english-heritageshop.org.uk/books-media/pests-in-houses-great-and-small

Book – Participatory Archaeology and Heritage Studies: Perspectives from Africa
http://www.routledge.com/Participatory-Archaeology-and-Heritage-Studies-Perspectives-from-Africa/Schmidt/p/book/9781138496637  

Book – Shadow Libraries: Access to Knowledge in Global Higher Education
http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/shadow-libraries 

Book – Information Management and Big Data: Fourth Annual International Symposium
http://www.springer.com/fr/book/9783319905952 

Book – Interpreting Immigration at Museums and Historic Sites
http://rowman.com/ISBN/9781442263253/ 

Livre – Noms de lieux, noms de personnes : la question des sources
http://books.openedition.org/pan/951

Livre – Bibliothécaires, documentalistes : tous entrepreneurs ? 
http://www.editionsklog.com/product/bibliothecaires-documentalistes-:-tous-entrepreneurs 

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
University of British Columbia – Launch of the Habitat Conferences Digital Archive
May 31, 2018, Vancouver
http://apsc.ubc.ca/event/2018/launch-of-habitat-conferences-digital-archive

Vancouver Impressions (the Early 1960s): a Programme of Archival Films 
June 2, 2018, Vancouver
http://vanalogue.wordpress.com/2018/05/23/vancouver-impressions/

Repenser les humanités numériques
25 au 27 octobre 2018, Montréal
http://dlis.hypotheses.org/1677

Online Conference – Blockchain Applied: Impact on the Information Profession
June 7, 2018
http://www.library20.com/page/blockchain

Access to Digital Collections that Take Bitstreams Seriously: Hands-on with BitCurator, BitCurator Access and BitCurator NLP Software
June 7-8, 2018, London (UK)
http://openpreservation.org/event/access-to-digital-collections-that-takes-bitstreams-seriously-hands-on-with-bitcurator-bitcurator-access-and-bitcurator-nlp-software/

Webinar – The Power of Blockchain
June 27, 2018
https://ggf.webex.com/mw3300/mywebex/default.do?nomenu=true&siteurl=ggf&service=6&rnd=0.8594809157308806&main_url=https%3A%2F%2Fggf.webex.com%2Fec3300%2Feventcenter%2Fevent%2FeventAction.do%3FtheAction%3Ddetail%26%26%26EMK%3D4832534b00000004c8af41872b4fd23e50ba6326bec69aa331cd8713a1c7ef99d4fa930bff3c0ba3%26siteurl%3Dggf%26confViewID%3D95702494673373528%26encryptTicket%3DSDJTSwAAAARfH29sajpBq-C0s7lmKNBqxPDHfZPE6u_Yi9VD53AyPg2%26

Working with Digital Records: Studies in Archival Theory and Practice 
June 29, 2018, Jerusalem
http://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdCZ_hcNbdzKVTxhrNxmug8cKAGp-hTM_wf22uXU7OZWOaCKQ/viewform

Passive Aggressive? Changing the Climate in Archival and Museum Storage
July 9, 2018, Kew (UK)
http://catholicarchivesociety.org/2018/05/23/conference-on-archive-storage-climates/

Fake news : ce qu’en disent la philosophie, la sociologie, l’informatique, l’économie et le droit (présentations disponibles)
22 mai 2018, Paris
http://www2.cnrs.fr/presse/communique/5613.htm

Sur le web / On the web
InterPARES Trust – Terminology Database
http://interparestrust.org/terminology

Video – Handle with Care at the Canada Science and Technology Museum
http://youtu.be/gm6ehuG6MsQ

Centre de recherche en civilisation canadienne-française – Exposition virtuelle : Vie française 
http://arts.uottawa.ca/crccf/nouvelles/lexposition-virtuelle-vie-francaise-capitale-est-maintenant-accessible

Video – Thought Leaders in Privacy: Eloïse Gratton
http://www.eloisegratton.com/blog/2018/05/21/dataguidance-thought-leaders-in-privacy-eloi%CC%88se-gratton/

Historical Reminiscents Podcast – Representation and Making Space in Public History
http://kristamccracken.ca/?p=1893

Society of American Archivists – Archival History Timeline 
http://archivalhistorynews.wordpress.com/2018/05/23/announcing-archival-history-timeline-available-now/

Video – Treasured Items from the Boots UK Archive Help to Rekindle Memories in People with Dementia
http://youtu.be/ShIDoYPVS4M

Software Preservation Network Video – Software in Scholarly Communications
http://youtu.be/Lol-GIK1wr8

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada
Canadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part One: Making Sense of the Spending 
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2018/05/copyrightfairdealingeducationpartone/

Canadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part Two: the Declining Value of the Access Copyright Licence 
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2018/05/canadian-copyright-fair-dealing-and-education-part-two-the-declining-value-of-the-access-copyright-licence/

Canadian Copyright, Fair Dealing and Education, Part Three: Exploring the Impact of Site Licensing at Canadian Universities 
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2018/05/copyrightfairdealingeducationpartthree/

Preliminary Thoughts on Canada’s Copyright Review
https://awayofhappening.wordpress.com/2018/05/23/preliminary-thoughts-on-canadas-copyright-review/

Europe’s tough new data privacy laws will benefit Canadians, too
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/gdpr-benefits-canadians-too-1.4675076

16% of Canada’s physical artefacts and records converted to digital
https://documentary-heritage-news.com/2018/05/16-of-canadas-physical-artefacts-and.html

The Supreme Court is being unjustifiably secretive about its internal deliberations
http://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/supreme-court-embargo-1.4667476

Library and Archives Canada Access to Information Request Response January-March 2018
https://documentary-heritage-news.com/2018/05/library-and-archives-canada-access-to.html

Library and Archives Canada – St. Eugene Indian Residential School: Repurposing an Indian Residential School
http://thediscoverblog.com/2018/05/18/st-eugene-indian-residential-school-repurposing-an-indian-residential-school/

Library and Archives Canada – My darling dearest Jeanie: the Joseph Gaetz fonds
http://thediscoverblog.com/2018/05/22/my-darling-dearest-jeanie/

Library and Archives Canada – Found in translation: discovering Canadian literary translations
https://thediscoverblog.com/2018/05/24/found-in-translation-discovering-canadian-literary-translations/

France – Un partenariat autour des archives en arts visuels du Centre culturel canadien 
https://www.univ-rennes2.fr/archives-critique-art/info/partenariat-autour-archives-arts-visuels-centre-culturel-canadien

Yukon government reveals proposed access to information changes
https://www.yukon-news.com/news/yukon-government-reveals-proposed-access-to-information-changes/

Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy legislation tabled in Prince Edward Island legislature
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-foipp-legislation-tabled-post-secondary-and-municipalities-1.4673492

British Columbia premier apologizes for government’s deletion of email records
http://vancouversun.com/news/politics/premier-apologizes-for-governments-deletion-of-email-records

New Brunswick – Why you may not have to throw out your flood-damaged documents
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-provincial-archives-restoring-damaged-flood-items-1.4671286

Nova Scotia Museum Celebrates 150 Years of Telling Nova Scotians’ Stories
http://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20180518001

Ontario lawyers receive guide to Indigenous legal rights, history and culture
http://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/ontario-lawyers-receive-guide-to-indigenous-legal-rights-history-and-culture

What we’ve Learned about Ontario’s Multicultural History
http://activehistory.ca/2018/05/what-weve-learned-about-ontarios-multicultural-history/

Archives of Manitoba – The S.S. Nascopie: Wartime Supply Vessel in the Arctic
http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/ww1blog/#may22

Québec a imposé Jean-Louis Roy au conseil d’administration de BAnQ 
http://www.ledevoir.com/culture/528401/jean-louis-roy-n-est-pas-le-choix-de-banq

BAnQ – Le testament politique de Chevalier De Lorimier ou l’histoire d’un document clandestin
http://blogues.banq.qc.ca/instantanes/2018/05/18/le-testament-politique-de-chevalier-de-lorimier-ou-lhistoire-dun-document-clandestin/

La plus ancienne copie connue du testament politique du patriote de Lorimier est à Rimouski
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1101983/testament-politique-patriote-de-lorimier-archives-rimouski

BAnQ – Sommet historique tenu au Manoir Richelieu en mai 1977
http://blogues.banq.qc.ca/instantanes/2018/05/23/sommet-historique-tenu-au-manoir-richelieu-en-mai-1977/

Le Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec propose de revivre le séjour du journaliste Jules Fournier dans l’ancienne prison de Québec avec une immersion sonore en 360 degrés
http://www.lefil.ulaval.ca/incursion-au-mitard/

Mali delegation taps Canadian expertise documenting human rights abuses
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-peacekeeping-mali-meetings-1.4670032

Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives – What’s in the Archives? Supporting our Youth
https://clga.ca/newsfeed/whats-in-the-archives-soy/

Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives – Dis/patches from the Foreign Office: Part 3
https://clga.ca/newsfeed/dis-patches-from-the-foreign-office-part-3/

Ontario Council of University Libraries – Permafrost Digital Preservation Service: Call for Subscribers
http://ocul.on.ca/permafrost-call-for-subscribers

McGill University – Mapping 375 years of progress: rare Montreal maps from 1556-1946
http://news.library.mcgill.ca/mapping-375-years-of-progress-rare-montreal-maps-from-1556-1946/

University of Ottawa – New: the Graduate Diploma in Information Management
http://arts.uottawa.ca/sis/news/new-graduate-diploma-information-management

Université du Québec à Montréal – Recréer un monde intellectuel : un site web propose de reconstruire la bibliothèque du Collège royal de La Flèche, l’un des centres intellectuels de la modernité
http://www.actualites.uqam.ca/2018/recreer-univers-centre-intellectuel-modernite

Archives of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto – Missionaries on Wheels
https://documentary-heritage-news.com/2018/05/missionaries-on-wheels.html

Ottawa – More than a museum: LGBTQI2+ space coming to LeBreton Flats in 2021
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/more-than-a-museum-lgbtqi2-space-coming-to-lebreton-flats-in-2021

100th anniversary of Winnipeg’s 1919 General Strike will be marked with monument, movie, books
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/1919-winnipeg-general-strike-centenary-1.4669345

Winnipeg – City archive building deemed ‘endangered’: national heritage advocates
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/city-archive-building-deemed-endangered-national-heritage-advocates-483518303.html

Saskatoon – City Archives digitizes colour film of 1939 royal visit
http://www.saskatoon.ca/news-releases/city-archives-digitizes-colour-film-1939-royal-visit

Our Missing Heritage: Vancouver Police HQ
http://evelazarus.com/our-missing-heritage-vancouver-police-hq/

Twelve gorgeous photos of what Toronto hip hop looked like before Drake
http://torontolife.com/culture/what-toronto-hip-hop-looked-like-before-drake/

City of Nanaimo pursues leaker of confidential report
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/city-of-nanaimo-pursues-leaker-of-confidential-report-1.23307933

Why Kelowna won’t release information about surveillance camera privacy concerns
https://infotel.ca/newsitem/why-kelowna-wont-release-information-about-surveillance-camera-privacy-concerns/it52777

300 ans d’histoire à l’abri dans les voûtes du Centre du patrimoine de Saint-Boniface
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1101775/300-ans-histoire-voutes-centre-patrimoine

Stratford Festival Archives Trust receives over $80 thousand in funding
https://www.mystratfordnow.com/51533/stratford-festival-archives-trust-receives-over-80-thousand-in-funding/

Dundas Museum & Archives (Ontario) closing June 10 for six week project
http://www.hamiltonnews.com/news-story/8618390-dundas-museum-archives-closing-june-10-for-six-week-project/

Digitization project preserves local history: Grimsby (Ontario) Independent papers will soon be available online
http://www.niagarathisweek.com/community-story/8600989-digitization-project-preserves-local-history/

Letter in Whitby (Ontario) archives raises more questions than answers
http://www.durhamregion.com/opinion-story/8615811-letter-in-whitby-archives-raises-more-questions-than-answers/

Grande restructuration pour relancer les archives de la Beauce
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1101787/grande-restructuration-relancer-archives-beauce-spb-banq

Archives Lanaudière – Plus de 100 000 photos historiques à numériser
http://www.hebdorivenord.com/culture/2018/5/17/pres-de-100-000-photos-historiques-a-numeriser.html

Don d’archives à la Société historique de la Côte-Nord
http://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2018/05/23/don-darchives-a-la-societe-historique-de-la-cote-nord

Le centre d’archives de la région de Rivière-du-Loup a maintenant son certificat d’agrément
http://www.infodimanche.com/actualites/actualite/335831/le-centre-darchives-de-la-region-de-riviere-du-loup-a-maintenant-son-certificat-dagrement

86 mille $ pour le Centre d’archives régional des Îles-de-la-Madeleine
http://cfim.ca/86-mille-cardi/

New Brunswick man reunited with family photos that washed away in flood
http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/n-b-man-reunited-with-family-photos-that-washed-away-in-flood-1.3924521

Her father pretended he could use a thimble to get into Canada. His father stitched together the scheme. Now a project has brought them together
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/05/21/her-father-pretended-he-could-use-a-thimble-to-get-into-canada-his-father-stitched-together-the-scheme-now-a-project-has-brought-them-together-project-aims-to-stitch-together-stories-of-jewish-tailors-who-found-refuge-in-canada.html

Témoignage : des archives qui changent une vie
http://archivistesqc.wordpress.com/2018/05/21/temoignage/

Singing the heavenly music of 18th century Quebec nuns
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition/the-sunday-edition-may-20-2018-1.4663712/singing-the-heavenly-music-of-18th-century-quebec-nuns-1.4668781

Canadian soldiers ID’d a century after they fell in WWI Battle of Hill 70
http://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/national-today-newsletter-wwi-soldiers-identified-duterte-1.4672544

More controversy over Stern exhibit in Germany as Canadian curators withdraw
http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/more-controversy-over-stern-exhibit-in-germany-as-canadian-curators-withdraw

Seattle man arrested in connection with 1987 slayings of British Columbia high school sweethearts: DNA genealogy match leads to arrest 
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/seattle-man-arrested-in-connection-with-1987-slayings-of-b-c-high-school-sweethearts-1.4669139

Afrique / Africa
Djibouti – Le ministre des affaires musulmanes, de la culture et des biens waqfs : pour une meilleure conservation des archives nationales
http://www.lanationdj.com/mamcbw-pour-une-meilleure-conservation-des-archives-nationales/

Why the debate continues over repatriating looted Ethiopian treasures
https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-05-24/why-debate-continues-over-repatriating-looted-ethiopian-treasures

Nigeria – Kano State Government is in the process of adopting the Freedom of Information Act 
http://www.thenigerianvoice.com/news/266468/kano-state-government-is-in-the-process-of-adopting-the-free.html

South Africa – Judges’ access to Juta archive restored as justice minister apologises 
http://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2018-05-18-judges-access-to-juta-archive-restored-as-justice-minister-apologises/

Amériques / Americas
Saint Kitts and Nevis – National Archives completes conservation of Cleghorn Journals
http://www.thestkittsnevisobserver.com/featured/national-archives-completes-conservation-of-cleghorn-journals/

NARA’s Federal Electronic Records Modernization Initiative: an Overview
https://saarmrt.wordpress.com/2018/05/24/naras-federal-electronic-records-modernization-initiative-an-overview/

NARA – Email System Features and Records Management
http://records-express.blogs.archives.gov/2018/05/23/email-system-features-and-records-management/

Citizen scientists are unearthing climate data from old ships’ logs 
https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/2018/05/volunteers-unearth-climate-data-in-ships-logs/

In Defense of Presidential Libraries: why the Failure to Build an Obama Library Is Bad for Democracy
http://tph.ucpress.edu/content/40/2/96.full.pdf+html

Getting records from a presidential library can take longer than their term in office
https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2018/may/22/presidential-libraries/

GoFundMe makes saving Abraham Lincoln artifacts hip, accessible 
http://www.heraldcourier.com/news/gofundme-makes-saving-lincoln-artifacts-hip-accessible/article_6173ee6d-824b-5d87-b8db-aaed0169308a.html

From 14 million photos in the Library of Congress, she chose 440 to tell the story of America
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-ca-cm-anne-wilkes-tucker-20180518-htmlstory.html

National Library of Medicine – Public Libraries: Partners in Health
http://nlmdirector.nlm.nih.gov/2018/05/22/public-libraries-partners-in-health/

Society of American Archivists Praises Introduction of ACCESS to Recordings Act
https://www2.archivists.org/news/2018/saa-praises-introduction-of-access-to-recordings-act

Library Copyright Alliance applauds new ACCESS to Recordings Act
https://www.districtdispatch.org/2018/05/library-copyright-alliance-applauds-new-access-to-recordings-act/

Society of American Archivists – Welcome to the World of Tomorrow: Technology that should Give Archivists Nightmares (or at Least Indigestion)
http://saaers.wordpress.com/2018/05/22/welcome-to-the-world-of-tomorrow-technology-that-should-give-archivists-nightmares-or-at-least-indigestion/

U.S. Public Schools Have Lost Nearly 20% of their Librarians Since 2000
http://www.forbes.com/sites/adamrowe1/2018/05/21/u-s-public-schools-have-lost-20-of-their-librarians-since-2000/

Alabama – Arrest records of Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King to be preserved 
http://www.stltoday.com/news/national/arrest-records-of-rosa-parks-mlk-to-be-preserved/article_5e2ca0c0-f5e7-5685-b0fc-6be4f707fd9c.html

Spending habits of South Carolina Chambers of Commerce not subject to Freedom of Information Act
http://wpde.com/news/local/spending-habits-of-sc-chambers-of-commerce-not-subject-to-freedom-of-information

Texas State Library and Archives Commission – Electronic Records Resources Now Available
http://www.tsl.texas.gov/slrm/blog/2018/05/electronic-records-resources-now-available/

University of Texas – Discover the world of writers’ computer files, newly made available
http://sites.utexas.edu/ransomcentermagazine/2018/05/11/discover-the-world-of-writers-computer-files-newly-made-available/

Ohio – Project STAND Highlights Student Activism Archives
https://lj.libraryjournal.com/2018/05/academic-libraries/project-stand-highlights-student-activism-archives/

Marquette University home to original J.R.R. Tolkien manuscripts
http://www.wisn.com/article/marquette-university-home-to-original-j-r-r-tolkien-manuscripts/20746762

Q&A: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center’s archivist closes a chapter
http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/qa-slacs-archivist-closes-a-chapter

Computer History Museum – The Eudora Email Client Source Code
http://www.computerhistory.org/_static/atchm/the-eudora-email-client-source-code/

Digital journalism’s disappearing public record, and what to do about it
http://www.cjr.org/tow_center/disappearing-public-record-policy-exchange-forum.php

Natives Photograph Wants to Help you Tell Authentic Indigenous Stories
http://resourcemagonline.com/2018/05/natives-photograph-wants-to-help-you-tell-authentic-indigenous-stories/89444/

American Film Institute Founder George Stevens Jr. Donates Archive to Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
http://scvnews.com/2018/05/21/afi-founder-george-stevens-jr-donates-archive-to-ampas/

The long-lost Laws of Base Ball, and one fan’s outsize bid to get them
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/05/18/the-long-lost-laws-of-base-ball-and-one-fans-outsized-bid-to-get-them/

World Trade Center blueprints found in pile of trash on Denver street
http://www.9news.com/article/news/local/next/world-trade-center-blueprints-found-in-pile-of-trash-on-denver-street/73-553345021

Repatriating the American Archive in the Antebellum U.S.
http://archivalhistorynews.wordpress.com/2018/05/23/repatriating-the-american-archive-in-the-antebellum-u-s/

Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
National Archives of Australia confirms 10 jobs to go, admits to decline in access to records
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/act/national-archives-confirms-10-jobs-to-go-admits-to-decline-in-access-to-records-20180523-p4zh1w.html

Queensland State Archives (Australia) – The Prickly Pear problem
http://blogs.archives.qld.gov.au/2018/04/24/the-prickly-pear-problem/

Public Records Office Victoria (Australia) – What is appraisal?
http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/recordkeeping-government/a-z-topics/appraisal

Three 100-year-old diaries returning home to New Zealand
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1805/S00252/three-100-year-old-diaries-returning-home-to-new-zealand.htm

New Zealand – Play gives historic archive modern look
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=12056223

New Zealand – Patea archivist Cameron Curd wins international research scholarship
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503426&objectid=12055626

Papua New Guinea –  Website for War Memories Launched
http://www.emtv.com.pg/website-for-war-memories-launched/

Japan – The National Diet Library Digital Collections is now compliant with Image Interoperability Framework
http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/news/fy2018/180523_01.html

Taiwan – Le gouvernement approuve le projet de loi sur les archives politiques
http://fr.rti.org.tw/archives/54744

Frame by frame, China’s film restorers revive classics
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1103301.shtml

China – A single page manuscript from Karl Marx’s Capital sold for USD 523,000
http://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2018/may/23/a-single-page-manuscript-from-karl-marxs-capital-sold-for-usd-523000-1818509.html

Bangladesh Film Archive celebrates 40th anniversary
http://www.theindependentbd.com/post/150452

India – Digitise drive for Odisha state archives
http://www.telegraphindia.com/states/odisha/digitise-drive-for-state-archives-231681

India – Oral Testimonies Help Partition Survivors Break Taboos and Heal Old Wounds
http://www.newsdeeply.com/peacebuilding/articles/2018/05/21/oral-testimonies-help-partition-survivors-break-taboos-and-heal-old-wounds

Pakistan – Prime Minister calls for formation of Truth and Reconciliation Commission
https://nation.com.pk/24-May-2018/pm-calls-for-formation-of-truth-and-reconciliation-commission

Europe / Europa
Time Machine Takes One Step Closer to FET Flagship Success
http://read.transkribus.eu/2018/05/23/time-machine-step-to-flagship/

Auschwitz trial files designated UNESCO heritage
http://www.timesofisrael.com/auschwitz-trial-files-designated-unesco-heritage/

Poland asks Germany to return archival documents about war crimes and saving Jews
http://www.jta.org/2018/05/21/news-opinion/poland-asks-germany-return-archival-documents-war-crimes-saving-jews

Germany presents code of conduct on handling colonial-era artefacts
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/germany-presents-code-of-conduct-on-handling-colonial-era-artefacts

Bosnia and Herzegovina – Hague Tribunal Archive Centre Opens in Sarajevo
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/hague-tribunal-archive-centre-opens-in-sarajevo-05-23-2018

Sofia: Exhibition of Bulgarian manuscript tradition opens in National Library
http://www.focus-fen.net/news/2018/05/24/430777/sofia-exhibition-of-bulgarian-manuscript-tradition-opens-in-national-library.html

Munch Museum in Oslo Creates Online Archive of Artist’s Drawings
http://www.artforum.com/news/munch-museum-in-oslo-creates-online-archive-of-artist-s-drawings-75472

University of Vienna – How the Right Governance Can Strengthen Audiovisual Broadcast Archives 
http://blog.euscreen.eu/2018/05/how-the-right-governance-can-strengthen-audiovisual-broadcast-archives/

Online archive brings light to Soviet Jewry movement 
https://www.thejewishadvocate.com/articles/online-archive-brings-light-to-soviet-jewry-movement/

Hidden treasure discovered from a Russian photographer: Masha Ivashintsova
http://www.photoconsortium.net/hidden-treasure-discovered-from-a-russian-photographer-masha-ivashintsova/

Italy – Damaged Verdi letters seized from descendants
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/damaged-verdi-letters-seized-from-descendants-6tns5c5kp

An Interactive Map Shows Just How Many Roads Actually Lead to Rome
http://www.openculture.com/2018/05/an-interactive-map-shows-just-how-many-roads-actually-lead-to-rome.html

University of Florence – How gel and X-rays are helping us fix art and read thousand-year-old manuscripts
http://www.theverge.com/2018/5/21/17376576/art-restoration-x-ray-documents-tape-removal

Suisse – Après la disparition de documents, Berne veut revoir la gestion de ses archives
http://www.rts.ch/info/suisse/9584868-apres-la-disparition-de-documents-berne-veut-revoir-la-gestion-de-ses-archives-.html

France-Rwanda: l’amiral Jacques Lanxade pour l’ouverture des archives militaires
http://www.challenges.fr/top-news/france-rwanda-lanxade-pour-l-ouverture-des-archives-militaires_588825

Hungarian map-robbing gang face jail time in France
http://www.thelocal.fr/20180517/hungarian-map-robbing-gang-face-jail-time-in-france

Second tranche of Aristophil’s manuscripts collection to be sold in Paris, but will it flood the market?
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/second-round-of-aristophil-s-manuscripts-collection-to-be-sold-in-paris-but-will-it-flood-the-market

Marcel Proust’s love letters to composer go on display before Paris auction
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/22/prousts-love-letters-to-composer-go-on-display-before-paris-auction

Exhibition offers rare glimpse of early medieval Ireland
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/exhibition-offers-rare-glimpse-of-early-medieval-ireland-1.3499479

Epric the Irish Emigration Museum launches campaign to collect emigrant stories with Europeana
http://epicchq.com/epic-launches-campaign-emigrant-stories/

Files on Tamil Tigers and MI5 in Sri Lanka erased at Foreign Office
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/23/files-on-tamil-tigers-and-mi5-in-sri-lanka-erased-at-foreign-office

General Data Protection Regulations, the British Records Association and the Future of Archives
http://www.britishrecordsassociation.org.uk/uncategorized/gdpr-the-bra-and-the-future-of-archives/

UK National Archives – St George’s Chapel: history of a royal wedding venue
http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/st-georges-chapel-history-of-a-royal-wedding-venue/

UK National Archives – Using archives to improve mental wellbeing
http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/using-archives-improve-mental-wellbeing/

UK National Archives – 1618 and the Great Confessional War
http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/1618-and-the-great-confessional-war/

Liz Jolly to be new Chief Librarian of the British Library 
https://www.bl.uk/press-releases/2018/may/liz-jolly-to-be-new-chief-librarian-of-the-british-library

Sounds from beyond the Iron Curtain: Soviet classical recordings at the British Library Sound Archive
http://blogs.bl.uk/sound-and-vision/2018/05/sounds-from-beyond-the-iron-curtain-soviet-classical-recordings-at-the-british-library-sound-archive.html

Secret history: uncovering stories that never officially happened
http://blog.oup.com/2018/05/secret-history-uncovering-stories-never-officially-happened/

Digital Preservation at Oxford and Cambridge – Digital preservation with limited resources
http://www.dpoc.ac.uk/2018/05/18/digital-preservation-with-limited-resources/

Cambridge University – Dirt, Dust and Dodgy Joists, or, Memoirs of a Determined Archivist
http://specialcollections-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=16230

Bristol Museum and Art Gallery – Preserving the digital
http://www.labs.bristolmuseums.org.uk/preserving-the-digital/

Rare handwritten volume of Ted Hughes poems bought by Huddersfield University for almost £12,000
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/rare-handwritten-volume-ot-ted-14684358

Moyen-Orient / Middle East
What’s New in Ancient Archives? Part I: the Ancient Near East
http://archivalhistorynews.wordpress.com/2018/05/23/whats-new-in-ancient-archives-part-i-the-ancient-near-east/

Mapping Palestine Before Israel
http://www.citylab.com/life/2018/05/mapping-palestine-before-israel/560696/

International
Message from David Fricker, International Council on Archives President, for International Archives Day 2018
http://www.ica.org/en/iad-2018-message-from-david-fricker

International Committee of the Red Cross – Prosecuting War Crimes after the Second World War: the Nuremberg and Tokyo Trials
http://blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/prosecuting-war-crimes-after-the-second-world-war-the-nuremberg-and-tokyo-trials/

The internet’s collective memory has no backup: the Wayback Machine depends on good will and ignorance
https://theoutline.com/post/4653/the-internet-s-collective-memory-is-unstable-as-hell?zd=3&zi=oruiujp4

Collaboration in Digital Preservation
http://dpconline.org/blog/collaboration-in-digital-preservation

Libraries that speak loudly: you can learn a lot about countries’ priorities from their national libraries, as demonstrated in Athens, Riga and Doha
http://www.economist.com/prospero/2018/05/14/libraries-that-speak-loudly?fsrc=scn/li/te/bl/ed/librariesthatspeakloudlyshelfawareness

3D Scans Help Preserve History, but who Should Own them?
http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2018/05/21/609084578/3d-scans-help-preserve-history-but-who-should-own-them

The Ultimate Analog Music Is Back: Reel-to-reel Tape Deck
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-08/the-ultimate-analog-music-is-back-ballfinger-reel-to-reel-tape

Tech firms can’t keep our data forever: we need a Digital Expiry Date
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/19/online-privacy-digital-expiry-date

Numérique : le grand gâchis énergétique
http://lejournal.cnrs.fr/articles/numerique-le-grand-gachis-energetique

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