Ressources / Resources
De l’État / From the State
Librarian and Archivist of Canada Speech – Memory Institutions in the Digital Age
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec – Rapport annuel 2017-2018
BAnQ – Fiche d’information sur le moissonnage des sites Web gouvernementaux
Institut de la statistique du Québec – Évolution de statistiques clés de la culture et des communications (mise à jour)
Archives New Zealand – Digital Transfer Work and Guidance
Institut national du patrimoine (France) – Gestion des archives et pratiques archivistiques : enjeux et perspectives : orientation bibliographique
De la communauté / From the community
Portage – Brief to the House of Commons INDU Committee on Text and Data Mining
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights – Draft Guiding Principles for the Search for Disappeared Persons
Balkan Investigative Reporting Network – After the ICTY: Accountability, Truth and Justice in the Former Yugoslavia
Association of Research Libraries – Advocacy and Public Policy Update
Publications
Canadian Journal of Library & Information Practice & Research, vol. 13, no. 2 (2018)
Italian Journal of Library, Archives and Information Science, vol. 10, no. 1 (2019)
San Jose State University School of Information Student Research Journal, vol. 8, no. 2 (2019)
Mémoire de maîtrise (Université de Montréal) – Stratégies pour encourager et soutenir l’exploitation des archives par des artistes dans les centres et les services d’archives au Québec
Mémoire de maîtrise (Université Laval) – L’autre par ses traces : les personnes endeuillées vis-à-vis des archives numériques de la personne décédée
Book – The Politics of Mass Digitization
Book – Inheritance: a Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love
Book – Engaging the Age of Jane Austen: Public Humanities in Practice
Book – Advanced Characterization, Diagnostics, and Evaluation in Heritage Science
Book – New Media Archaeologies
Book – Time, Doubt and Wonder in the Humanities: Between the Tick and the Tock
Book – Digital Humanities and Scholarly Research Trends in the Asia-Pacific
Book – Digital Copyright: Law and Practice (Fifth Edition)
Livre – La généalogie sur Internet : Geneanet.org (édition 2019)
Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
A Taste of the Archives: Staff Favourites from the University of Calgary Archives and Special Collections
Until February 28, 2019, Calgary
Coping with Complex Digital Objects: from Acquisition to Access
January 18, 2019, Montreal
Art Gallery of Ontario Library & Archives Unshelved: Printmaking Processes in Illustrated Books
January 30, 2019, Toronto
Toronto Area Archivists’ Group Winter Warmer Pub Night
January 31, 2019, Toronto
Unwieldy Archives: the Past, Narratives and History
May 2-3, 2019, Toronto
http://ischool.utoronto.ca/news/call-for-papers-unwieldy-archives-annual-graduate-history-symposium/
Webinar – The Fundamentals of Library Advocacy
January 23, 2019
In Search of Archives: Contemporary Approaches to the Past
January 23-26, 2019, Berlin
Getting started with Jhove
January 25, 2019, The Hague (Netherlands)
Webinar – Revealing Hidden Collections: the our Story Digitization Project at the Atlanta University Center: the Mechanics Part 2
February 5, 2019
Interpares Trust International Symposium
February 18, 2019, Havana (Cuba)
Vanishing Point: the Curation and Preservation of Virtual Reality
March 19, 2019, London (UK)
New Approaches to the Archive in the Middle Ages
September 13-14, 2019, St Andrews (Scotland)
Sur le web / On the web
Library and Archives Canada Podcast – Scapegoat: Francis Mackey and the Halifax Explosion
Podcast – Who’s Right on Copyright? An Interview with Canadian Copyright Lawyer Michael Geist
Video – Plan S and Repositories
Baladodiffusion – Le présent des archives : inventer nos vies
Baladodiffusion – L’archiviste et l’intime : patrimoine public et vie privée
Slides – Software Heritage: Building the Infrastructure to Track all Software Source Code
Nouvelles du monde / News from the world
Canada
New website helps residential school survivors preserve or destroy records
It’s got us very intrigued: Members of Parliament to study how Canada can learn from digitally advanced Estonia
Appointment of Canada’s New Minister of Justice Raises Concerns about Copyright Reform
Art Gallery of Ontario to sell up to 20 A.Y. Jackson paintings to make room for underrepresented artists
Manitoba – Requests for info from province increased in 2017
Nova Scotia privacy commissioner blames government department for data breaches
Meet the woman who shook New Brunswick’s right-to-information policy
Association des archivistes du Québec – Découvrez Maude Leclerc, directrice région Est
Revitalizing the Inuktitut language on social media, one word at a time
Take more selfies! Curator wants Indigenous people to flood social media with their photos
Iconic Indigenous imagery: how photos shape movements and connect us to history
No beads, no feathers: historical photos show strength, humour of Indigenous communities
Giant Indigenous Peoples Atlas floor map gives students a new perspective on Canada
Canadian Public Libraries Call on Multinational Publishers to Make More Content Available
University of British Columbia – Explore Open Collections: Uno Langmann British Columbia Postcards
Association of Canadian Archivists Student Chapter at the University of British Columbia – 2018-2019 Meeting Minutes
Université McGill – L’histoire de la médecine québécoise racontée au musée
Wikipedia to get respect at Concordia University
Digital story maps chief’s historic journey
Director’s Cut: 1914 Album: Archdiocese of Toronto property record
Toronto Public Library – Ontario’s Past: 8 Interesting Items
City of Vancouver Archives – New in the Public Domain 2019
The Montreal mission to restore once hidden, forbidden Afghan films
Winnipeg Foundation offers $5 million for faster archive, bridge construction
Saskatoon’s synchrotron saving photos one micron at a time
Red Deer (Alberta) city council approves preserving local televison history
City of Kamloops considering new fees around providing information
Coquitlam (British Columbia) archives continue to grow
Appartenance Mauricie – Archives photographiques du Nouvelliste: l’histoire de toute une collectivité
Peel museum and archives (Ontario) celebrates 50 years
Author looking to Newfoundland for help filling out Australian pioneer’s family tree
Canada Online Historical Newspaper Links
Afrique / Africa
Nigeria’s Information Management University Underway
Recognition and Enrichment of Archival Documents – ScanTent makes it to Mali, West Africa
Tunisie – Instance vérité et dignité : les archives seront transférées aux Archives nationales
Amériques / Americas
Brazil Dissolves its Ministry of Culture
Cancer-detecting artificial inteligence created from Costa Rican image archive
A Huge Win for Open Data in the United States
Did the CIA Change its Procedure for Reviewing Historical Records?
Library of Congress – New Online: Rare Autobiography in Arabic by Enslaved American
Library of Congress – An Interview with Abigail Grotke, Web Archiving Team Lead
National Library of Medicine – In Support of Sick Leave
Census Resources for Libraries: help achieve a complete count in 2020
A Dedicated Workgroup Takes on the Challenge of Archival e-Records Identification, Description and Preservation at the State Archives of Florida
New bill in Oregon would require requesters to state intended use for records
Database chronicles 400 years of Virginia House of Delegates and gender disparity
Some Nevada governments using blockchain for public records
Browse and search historical publications with new Washington State Digital Newspapers website
Missouri – Archives processing nearly 53K death certificates
18th century manuscripts reveal life in Louisiana under French rule
Eastern Orthodox leaders file lawsuit against University of Princeton for stolen manuscripts
Harvard University – A new vision for Houghton Library
University of Texas – Archive Examines Creative Process in Photography
The opposite of lost: Indiana University library claps back at the New Yorker over Sylvia Plath story
University of Maryland – Archive Recovers Speeches from Marginalized Groups
Archive of Hate: Ethics of Care in the Preservation of Ugly Histories
http://www.ladyscience.com/blog/archive-of-hate-ethics-of-care-in-the-preservation-of-ugly-histories
Wikipedia Has a Diversity Problem, but these Librarians Want to Help
The Freedom Archives and Decolonizing the Past
Itahaka S+R – Announcing a New Project on Teaching with Primary Sources
A Digital Archive Is Making History in African-American Studies
For many hospitals, the fax machine is still the dominant information sharing tech
Urban Libraries Take a Leading Stance to Advance Equitable Data Governance and Literacy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
San Diego Delivers Zero-Energy Archive Facility
À New York, une collection de rares manuscrits français dévoilée
Giving Voice to Archivists: an Interview with Geof Huth and Karen Trivette, Hosts of the Podcast an Archivist’s Tale
Unearthing Photography’s Time Capsule
Dorothy Beam, 94, LGBT-rights activist and archivist of son Joseph Beam’s writings
The forgotten legacy of gay photographer George Platt Lynes
Bob Dylan’s signed, handwritten lyrics to Like a Rolling Stone will be auctioned
Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
Taming the tiger: New Zealand’s digital chief on harmonious e-government
Archives New Zealand – New Year greetings from Chief Archivist Richard Foy
Japan – Atomic bomb publications database released online
Protecting Intangible Cultural Heritage in Vanuatu
India – This school sets up archive of missives by famed authors
India – Jews call for preserving culture
National Library of Pakistan Digitalizes Two Million Pages of Rare Books, Manuscripts So Far
Europe / Europa
What’s Next for Google in European Union’s Right to Be Forgotten Dispute?
Europeana – From cuddly toys to tea leaves: a child’s view of migration
What to Expect from European Holocaust Research Infrastructure in 2019
2,000th Archival Institution Integrated into the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure Portal
Latvia – People named in KGB archives offer explanation
Finland – Helsinki Central Library Oodi topped with translucent book heaven
Dissertations Never Die: the Archivist by Mukhtar Magauin, a short story translated from Kazakh about the horrors of academic obsession
The Hunt for the Nazi Loot Still Sitting on Library Shelves
Germany – The library of forbidden books
Illuminating women’s role in the creation of medieval manuscripts
Comment contribuer modestement au débat démocratique et à la préservation de la mémoire collective à l’ère numérique ? Quelques actions menées par l’Association des archivistes francophones de Belgique
Belgique : des délais de consultation raccourcis pour les archives
Le fonds Eugen Gomringer déposé aux Archives littéraires suisses
Uncovering forgotten female artists: French archive aims to rewrite art history
Scotland – Periodic table found at St Andrews University is world’s oldest
UK National Archives – New feedback form for our research guides
The Story Garden: temporary community garden to open on British Library site
Something to hide? Mystery over removal of archive papers detailing Britain’s nuclear testing in Australia during 1950s and 1960s
The 250-year-old subscription library thriving in a digital world
A Few Thoughts on the Authenticity of Peter Jackson’s “They shall Not Grow Old”
Moyen-Orient / Middle East
Intellectual Property Law In Israel
Opening the National Library of Israel’s Digital Doors
Au Liban, les trésors manuscrits retrouvent une seconde jeunesse
United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi to host first-ever manuscripts conference, exhibition
International
International Tracing Service – Original Files Preserved for the Future
Bibliothécaires, archivistes et documentalistes : vos lectures professionnelles à la loupe
Handwriting & Speech Recognition: Unlocking the potential of digital archives
Multimedia Preservation Application Format Supports Digital Archives
Too much metadata?
No invoices? Cool. Art, Artifacts, and Money Laundering
How to Easily Convert Old Cassette Tapes to Modern MP3 Files
Why you should be paying more attention to dark data
The Exaggerated Promise of So-Called Unbiased Data Mining
Blockchain’s Occam problem
The secret to deep time projects that do good for future generations