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Documentary Heritage News
July 3, 2020May 2, 2021

Vol. 13, no. 44

Ressources / Resources

De l’État / From the State
NARA – Procedures Relating to the Covid-19 Pandemic
http://www.archives.gov/foia-0

NARA – Digital Preservation Framework
http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2020/nr20-58

De la communauté / From the community
Association des archivistes du Québec – Rapport annuel 2019
http://archivistes.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2020-06-15-rapport-annuel-2019.pdf

Canadian Association of Research Libraries – Environmental Scan of Open Education Service and Support in Canada
http://www.carl-abrc.ca/news/oe-environmental-scan-released/

Unesco – Museums around the World in the face of COVID-19
https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000373530

International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property – Annual Report 2019
http://www.iccrom.org/sites/default/files/ICCROM_Annual_Report_2019_English.pdf

Educopia Institute – OSSArcFlow Guide to Documenting Born-Digital Archival Workflows
http://educopia.org/ossarcflow-guide-announcement/

Collecting Covid-19: an Research Libraries UK Report on Contemporary Collecting
http://www.rluk.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/RLUK-Collecting-Covid19-report.pdf

National Information Standards Organization – Open Discovery Initiative Revised Recommended Practice
http://www.niso.org/press-releases/2020/06/niso-open-discovery-initiative-revised-recommended-practice-now-published

Research Data Alliance – Covid-19 Recommendations and Guidelines for Data Sharing (Final Report)
https://www.rd-alliance.org/rda-recommendations-and-guidelines-data-sharing-covid-19

S’autoformer aux données de la recherche : guide à destination des professionnels de l’information et de la documentation
http://zenodo.org/record/3920869#.Xvo9bShKhPa

Libraries Connected – Library Recovery Toolkit
http://www.librariesconnected.org.uk/resource/library-recovery-toolkit-june-2020-pdf

OCLC – Open Content Activities in Libraries: Same Direction, Different Trajectories: Findings from the 2018 OCLC Global Council Survey
http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/2020/oclcresearch-open-content-activities-in-libraries.html

Artbase Re-design Documentation
http://sites.rhizome.org/artbase-re-design/

Publications
La Gazette des archives, no 257 (2020)
https://www.archivistes.org/L-archivistique-objet-de-recherche-Explorations-en-France-et-a-l-international

Archives and Manuscripts, vol. 48, no. 2 (2020)
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/raam20/48/2

Partnership: the Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, vol. 15, no. 1 (2020)
http://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/issue/view/384

The Moving Image: Journal of the Association of Moving Image Archivists, vol. 19, no. 1 (2020)
http://www.upress.umn.edu/journal-division/journals/the-moving-image

Fontes Artis Musicae: the Journal of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres, vol. 67, no. 2 (2020)
http://muse.jhu.edu/issue/42522

Cahiers de la Documentation 2020/2
http://www.abd-bvd.be/fr/cahiers-de-la-documentation/2020-2/

The Library, vol. 21, no. 2 (2020)
http://academic.oup.com/library/issue/21/2

Sub-Committee on Education and Research of the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme Newsletter (June 2020)
https://literaryarchives.files.wordpress.com/2020/07/scearnewsletter2020-1june30.pdf

Taiwan National Archives Administration – Archives Semiannual, vol. 19, no. 2 (2020)
https://www.archives.gov.tw/english/Publish.aspx?cnid=47&p=4074
Note: Abstracts Avalaible under “Publications”. 

e-Abhilekh: Quarterly Newsletter of the National Archives of India (2020) 
http://nationalarchives.nic.in/sites/default/files/new/Eabhilekh%2030062020%20(1).pdf

Mennonite Historian: a Publication of the Mennonite Heritage Archives (Manitoba), vol. 46, no. 2 (2020)
http://www.mennonitehistorian.ca/46.2.MHJun20.pdf

Open Preservation Foundation Newsletter (2020) 
http://mailchi.mp/648889c7e0d3/opf-summer-newsletter-2020

Society of American Archivists Business Archives Section Quarterly, vol. 2, no. 2 (2020)
http://basnewsonline.com/

News from the Community Archives of Belleville and Hastings County (July 2020)
http://cabhc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CABHC-News-Jul-2020.pdf
Book – Archiving Websites (Second Edition)
http://www.alastore.ala.org/content/archiving-websites-second-edition     

Book – From Scrolls to Scrolling: Sacred Texts, Materiality, and Dynamic Media Cultures 
http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/513171 

Book – Baseless: my Search for Secrets in the Ruins of the Freedom of Information Act
http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/553978/baseless-by-nicholson-baker/9780735215757 

Book – Picturing Genocide in the Independent State of Croatia: Atrocity Images and the Contested Memory of the Second World War in the Balkans
http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/picturing-genocide-in-the-independent-state-of-croatia-9781350015968/  

Book – E-Textiles in Libraries: a Practical Guide for Librarians
http://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538130483 

Book – Fundraising for Academic Libraries: a Practical Guide for Librarians
http://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538131299 

Book – Systems Librarianship: a Practical Guide for Librarians
http://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538107133 

Book – Build your own Blockchain: a Practical Guide to Distributed Ledger Technology
http://www.springer.com/fr/book/9783030401412   

Book – Resource Discovery for the Twenty-First Century Library: Case Studies and Perspectives on the Role of IT in User Engagement and Empowerment
http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=301386

Book – Information Technology and Military Power
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501749568/information-technology-and-military-power/ 

Livre – Les archives du conseil municipal d’Hermoupolis Magna
http://www.degruyter.com/view/title/534647 

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
Archives Association of British Columbia Webinar – Setting up your Archives
July 8, 2020
http://aaobc.wildapricot.org/event-3868383

ARMA Vancouver – Avoiding the Pitfalls of Archival Digitization
July 9, 2020
http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/vccarma-avoiding-the-pitfalls-of-archival-digitization-tickets-109013363906

Conférence de l’Association des archivistes du Québec – L’évaluation monétaire
8 décembre 2020
http://archivistes.qc.ca/evenement/conference-levaluation-monetaire-en-ligne/

Webinar – Computational Archival Science
July 6, 2020
http://clirdlf.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_E69Tv7WHTG6ENL0K-bJNvA

Webinaire – Retour aux sources ! Recherche d’archives et archives de la recherche
6 juillet 2020
http://www.crfj.org/retour-aux-sources-recherche-darchives-et-archives-de-la-recherche/

Information and Records Management Society Webinar – Data Management and Governance: what’s the Difference & should I Care?
July 8, 2020
http://irms.org.uk/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1380536

Archiving and Language Documentation
July 11, 2020
http://youtu.be/uQY4dZnQKds

Webinar – Practice // Values : Situating Digital Forensics Tools in Archives
July 24, 2020
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/practice-values-situating-digital-forensics-tools-in-archives-tickets-109992887688

Society of Mississippi Archivists Virtual Table Talks – We have no leaders, we are all leaders!: Collecting and Celebrating the 1969 Black Student Sit-In at Delta State College
July 31, 2020
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf8nB58qX9zS77LwVSQ5WUXpGJInG3GL1K_5EbQMi0seHhiag/viewform

Creating, Using and Linking of Parliamentary Corpora with Other Types of Political Discourse (Proceedings Available)
May 11-16, 2020
http://euparl.net/parlaclarin-ii-went-virtual-yet-produced-real-work/

Sur le web / On the web
Video –  Canadian Association of Research Libraries Open Access Policy Template and Toolkit
https://youtu.be/AyO9CulQ1h4

University of Toronto Video – Stop the Presses: a Brief History of Literary Censorship in Canada
http://youtu.be/WFVWvZ-1HtM

LawBytes Podcast – Julia Reda on what Canada Should Learn from the European Battle over a Copyright Link Tax
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2020/06/lawbytes-podcast-episode-57/

Arnprior & McNab/Braeside Archives (Ontario) Virtual Exhibit – White Pine College: Gillies Mill and the Village of Braeside
http://www.adarchives.org/learn-explore/exhibits/white-pine-college-gillies-mill-and-the-village-of-braeside/

Society of American Archivists Video – Protocols Series (3): Providing Context through Centering Indigenous Voices
https://vimeo.com/430898728

Society of California Archivists – New YouTube Channel
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEi9K46vrx7Vbu3jwjKOM0g

Vidéo des Archives cantonales vaudoises (Suisse) – Remonter le temps avec Smapshot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJZNzjipNLM
Texas State Library and Archives Commission Video – Disposition 101
http://www.tsl.texas.gov/slrm/webinars/disposition101

Videos – Wikidata and Cultural Heritage Collections
http://thesciencemuseum.github.io/heritageconnector/events/2020/06/22/wikidata-and-cultural-heritage-collections-webinar.html

Video – Meet the Archives! Celebrating 50 Years of the Walt Disney Archives
https://youtu.be/4e98nSAukJ0

Baladodiffusion – 2020 : Comment archiver le temps présent ?
http://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/le-cours-de-lhistoire/2020-comment-archiver-le-temps-present

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada
Copyright and Users’ Rights: an Issue at Home and Abroad, but not yet in International Trade
http://www.fasken.com/en/knowledge/2020/06/16-covid-19-ott-newsletter-copyright-and-users-rights/

Library and Archives Canada – 100 Years of the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada
http://thediscoverblog.com/2020/07/02/100-years-of-the-office-of-the-chief-electoral-officer-of-canada/

Update from Library and Archives Canada Reference Services
https://documentary-heritage-news.com/2020/06/update-from-lac-reference-services.html

Library and Archives Canada – Five newly digitized Indigenous archival records
http://canadiangeographic.ca/article/five-newly-digitized-indigenous-archival-records

Canadian Research Knowledge Network Launches Pilot Transcription Project
http://www.crkn-rcdr.ca/en/crkn-launches-pilot-transcription-project

Canadian-style reconciliation commissions draw mixed reaction across Scandinavia
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/sami-truth-commissions-1.5633569

New Brunswick Provincial Archives – Archives Covid-19 FAQs
https://archives.gnb.ca/Documents/Archives_Instructions_Covid19_en.pdf

Prince Edward Island – Archives Reopens at the Atlantic Technology Centre
http://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/information/education-and-lifelong-learning/archives-reopens-atc

La Fédération des milieux documentaires condamne toute forme de racisme
http://fmdoc.org/?p=9475
BAnQ – Mémoire d’une époque : plus de 800 enregistrements sonores maintenant en ligne!
http://blogues.banq.qc.ca/instantanes/2020/06/23/memoire-dune-epoque-plus-de-800-enregistrements-sonores-maintenant-en-ligne/

Réouverture progressive de la Grande Bibliothèque le 2 juillet
http://www.banq.qc.ca/a_propos_banq/salle_de_presse/nouvelles/nouvelle.html?n_id=91009b1a-90fd-4dfd-b884-0b8a6e37467a

BAnQ – Référence patrimoniale : à votre service pour vous accompagner dans vos recherches
http://blogues.banq.qc.ca/carnetbibliothequenationale/2020/06/25/reference-patrimoniale/

BAnQ – La drave en Outaouais, une région bâtie avec l’eau et le bois
http://blogues.banq.qc.ca/instantanes/2020/06/24/la-drave-en-outaouais-une-region-batie-avec-leau-et-le-bois/

BAnQ – La potence pour un Sicilien à Chicoutimi
http://blogues.banq.qc.ca/instantanes/2020/07/02/la-potence-pour-un-sicilien-a-chicoutimi/

Les chantiers Wiki du Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
http://www.mnbaq.org/blogue/2020/06/25/les-chantiers-wiki-du-mnbaq

L’archiviste et les médias sociaux : communautés de pratiques et défis pour les institutions de mémoire relevant du secteur public
http://archivistesqc.wordpress.com/2020/06/29/archivage_medias_sociaux/

La gouvernance de l’information au Québec 
http://www.archimag.com/demat-cloud/2020/06/30/gouvernance-information-quebec

New Agreement Between New Digital Research Infrastructure Organization and Canadian Association of Research Libraries Supports Portage and Research Data Management in Canada
http://www.carl-abrc.ca/news/ndrio-carl-agreement/

Japanese charring process one element of striking Anishinabek Discovery Centre
http://canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/projects/2020/06/japanese-charring-process-one-element-of-striking-anishinabek-discovery-centre

University of Toronto Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library – The Famous 41
http://fisher.library.utoronto.ca/revolving-door-blog-post/9074

Ryerson Archives & Special Collections – These are a few of our favourite things… Birth of a Campus
https://library.ryerson.ca/asc/2020/07/these-are-some-of-our-favourite-things-birth-of-a-campus/

McGill University – Are we there yet? Piece together rare & colourful travel illustrations
http://news.library.mcgill.ca/are-we-there-yet-piece-together-rare-colourful-travel-jigsaw-puzzles/

Concordia University – The path to better organization: how to name your documents
http://www.concordia.ca/cunews/main/stories/2020/06/02/the-path-to-better-organization-how-to-name-your-documents.html

Database containing three centuries of British Columbia artists published
http://www.castanet.net/news/BC/303702/Database-containing-three-centuries-of-B-C-artists-published

Archives de la ville de Québec – Printemps 1845 : Québec s’embrase
http://www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/citoyens/patrimoine/blogue/2020/billet-quebec-sembrase.aspx

The Reopening in Ottawa – Maybe
https://documentary-heritage-news.com/2020/06/the-reopening-in-ottawa-maybe.html

Alberta – The Galt Museum and Archives’ Vaults: Actively collecting Pride materials
http://www.galtmuseum.com/articles/the-galts-vaults-actively-collecting-pride-materials

Centre d’archives régional des Îles-de-la-Madeleine – Un long confinement affecte la santé mentale du premier gardien du phare du Rocher-aux-Oiseaux (1872-1874)
http://www.centredarchivesdesiles.org/2020/06/un-long-confinement-affecte-la-sante.html

COVID-19: Simcoe County Archives (Ontario) to Document Pandemic
https://www.southsimcoetoday.ca/2020/07/02/44817/

Ontario – Wellington County to reopen museum and archives 
http://www.wellingtonadvertiser.com/county-to-reopen-museum-an-archives-in-two-weeks/

Peterborough Museum and Archives set to reopen
http://globalnews.ca/news/7125627/peterborough-museum-archives-reopen-july/

Heritage Abbotsford Society (British Columbia) – History of Racism in Abbotsford
http://heritageabbotsford.ca/history-of-racism-in-abbotsford/

Whistler Museum & Archives Society – We’ve Reopened
http://blog.whistlermuseum.org/2020/07/01/weve-reopened/

Centre d’archives du Séminaire de Nicolet – Le journal d’un médecin de campagne à Saint-Germain-de-Grantham
https://archivesseminairenicolet.wordpress.com/2020/07/02/le-journal-dun-medecin-de-campagne-a-saint-germain-de-grantham/

Indigenous languages could be at forefront of reconciliation process, says Winnipeg community organizer
http://globalnews.ca/news/7093930/indigenous-languages-winnipeg/

CTV news – This is a public record: these are the pandemic moments Canadians are documenting
http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/this-is-a-public-record-these-are-the-pandemic-moments-canadians-are-documenting-1.4967202

Afrique / Africa
Access to Mitterrand’s archives; what don’t Rwandans know?
http://www.newtimes.co.rw/opinions/access-mitterrands-archives-what-dont-rwandans-know

60 ans après son indépendance, la République démocratique du Congo continue à évoluer sans évaluation et sans ses repères
http://www.mediacongo.net/article-actualite-71353_60_ans_apres_son_independance_la_rdc_continue_a_evoluer_sans_evaluation_et_sans_ses_reperes.html

Amériques / Americas
Celebrate July 4th Online with the National Archives
http://aotus.blogs.archives.gov/2020/07/01/celebrate-july-4th-online-with-the-national-archives/

NARA – From Sea to Shining Sea: Lighthouses of America in the Records of the National Register of Historic Places
http://text-message.blogs.archives.gov/2020/06/30/from-sea-to-shining-sea-lighthouses-of-america-in-the-records-of-the-national-register-of-historic-places/

NARA – Spotlight: Dorothea Lange
http://unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov/2020/06/30/spotlight-dorothea-lange/

Library of Congress – World War II: Voices of War
http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2020/07/world-war-ii-voices-of-war/

Library of Congress – The Most Mysterious Woman… Identified!
http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2020/06/the-most-mysterious-woman-identified/

Library of Congress – The Statue of Liberty: a Copyright Inspiration
https://blogs.loc.gov/copyright/2020/07/the-statue-of-liberty-a-copyright-inspiration/

Smithsonian – Reconciling Sexual Identity in Legacy Archival Collections
http://gardens.si.edu/learn/blog/reconciling-sexual-identity-in-legacy-archival-collections/

Smarsh Introduces Groundbreaking Text Message Archiving Solution for Federal Government
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200701005044/en/Smarsh-Introduces-Groundbreaking-Text-Message-Archiving-Solution

Columbia University Just Launched: Muftiships Web Archive
http://blogs.cul.columbia.edu/spotlights/2020/06/25/muftiships-web-archive/

Archive of Paul Revere Williams acquired by University of Southern California School of Architecture
http://www.archpaper.com/2020/06/archive-of-paul-revere-williams-acquired-by-usc-and-getty-research-institute/

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee – Making History: Digital Archive Documents Life In Milwaukee During Covid-19
http://spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee/news/2020/06/26/making-history–digital-archive-documents-life-in-milwaukee-during-covid-19

What was it like to live through the pandemic, grandpa? University archives seek items that capture Covid-19 history
http://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/26/metro/what-was-it-like-live-through-pandemic-grandpa-university-archives-seek-items-that-capture-covid-19-history/

Weber State University wants your COVID-19 pandemic stories
http://kjzz.com/news/local/weber-state-university-wants-your-covid-19-pandemic-stories

St. Lawrence University – Special Collections and the COVID-19 Return to Campus
http://acrlog.org/2020/06/29/special-collections-and-the-covid-19-return-to-campus/

Boston Creates Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission
http://www.wbur.org/news/2020/06/30/boston-truth-justice-reconciliation-commission

Queer Art Workers Reflect: Mo Romney Is Archiving Uncharted Areas of Black Art History
http://hyperallergic.com/572862/mo-romney-archiving-black-art-history/

A New Archive Digitizes More than a Century of Black American Funeral Programs
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/black-american-funeral-records

Moving Towards Healing: a Trauma-Informed Librarianship Primer
http://acrlog.org/2020/06/23/moving-towards-healing-a-trauma-informed-librarianship-primer/

Dispatches from a Distance: my Mom, Project Archivist
https://saaers.wordpress.com/2020/07/02/dispatches-from-a-distance-my-mom-project-archivist/

Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
National Archives of Australia – Empire of the air: the dawn of international aviation in Australia
https://www.naa.gov.au/blog/empire-air-dawn-international-aviation-australia

$8 million boost to enhance Australia’s Trove portal
http://minister.infrastructure.gov.au/fletcher/media-release/8-million-boost-enhance-australias-trove-portal

National Film and Sound Archive receives funding to digitise collection
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6813140/tv-and-radio-treasures-preserved-for-nation/

Australian government to move to Azure-based records management
http://www.zdnet.com/article/australian-government-to-move-to-azure-based-records-management/

Queensland State Archives (Australia) launches new ArchivesGateway portal for agencies
http://grkblog.archives.qld.gov.au/2020/06/30/news-qsa-launches-new-archivesgateway-portal-for-agencies/

University of Melbourne Archives 60th Anniversary
http://archives.unimelb.edu.au/explore/feature-images/university-of-melbourne-archives-60th-anniversary

Australia – Indigenous languages map goes viral
http://www.miragenews.com/indigenous-languages-map-goes-viral/

Oldest surviving photograph of Maori discovered in Australia
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/30/oldest-surviving-photograph-of-maori-discovered-in-australia

News Corp closures create fear for newspaper archives after decades’ of material already destroyed
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-02/news-corp-regional-newspaper-archive-fears/12413736

National Library of New Zealand – Collecting Covid-19: your history, your voices
http://natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/collecting-covid-19-your-history-your-voices

Saving memories: Filipinas Heritage Library calls for submissions to its Philippine Covid Archive
http://www.bworldonline.com/saving-memories-filipinas-heritage-library-calls-for-submissions-to-its-philippine-covid-archive/

China unveils 22 areas for preservation of revolutionary heritage
http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-07/01/c_139180982.htm

Europe / Europa
European Holocaust Research Infrastructure in an Upside-Down World: Covid-19 and Holocaust Research and Education
https://ehri-project.eu/ehri-upside-down-world

Europeana – Protecting and preserving nature and culture: photographer Hilding Mickelsson in Hälsingland
http://blog.europeana.eu/2020/07/protecting-and-preserving-nature-and-culture-photographer-hilding-mickelsson-in-halsingland/

Maxim Dondyuk rebuilds a lost archive of life in Chernobyl
https://www.bjp-online.com/2020/07/maxim-dondyuk-chernobyl/

From pilot to portal: a year of web archiving in Hungary
http://netpreserveblog.wordpress.com/2020/06/26/a-year-of-web-archiving-in-hungary/

New Israeli-Italian project will catalog all Hebrew texts in Italy
http://www.jpost.com/diaspora/new-israeli-italian-project-will-catalog-all-hebrew-texts-in-italy-633320

Vatican – Cardinal’s notes give depth to research in Venerable Pius XII archives
https://angelusnews.com/arts-culture/cardinals-notes-give-depth-to-research-in-venerable-pius-xii-archives/

Switzerland – Montreux digs into its treasured archives for virtual festival
https://www.cnnmoney.ch/news/montreux-digs-into-its-treasured-archives-for-virtual-festival/

Association des archivistes français – Municipales : la continuité démocratique passe par les archives
https://www.archivistes.org/Municipales-la-continuite-democratique-passe-par-les-archives

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland – Stay Home Memories Archive Launched
http://news.causewaycoastcommunity.co.uk/local-news/stay-home-memories-archive-launched/

Ireland – Public can access documents destroyed during Civil War
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/public-can-access-documents-destroyed-during-civil-war-1.4291969

National Library of Scotland – Cine Cycles: women, bicycles and a sense of freedom
http://blog.nls.uk/cine-cycles-women-bicycles-and-a-sense-of-freedom/

Document Scotland seeks support
http://britishphotohistory.ning.com/profiles/blogs/document-scotland-seeks-support

Digital Preservation at University of Glasgow – Quantifying Digital Preservation Risk
http://universityofglasgowdigitalpreservation.wordpress.com/2020/06/29/quantifying-digital-preservation-risk/

New project launched to preserve student and staff memories of Abertay University for future generations
https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/nostalgia/1413431/new-project-launched-to-preserve-student-and-staff-memories-of-abertay-university-for-future-generations/

The living archive of LGBTQ+ life in the UK and Ireland
http://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/k7q7bw/the-living-archive-of-lgbtq-life-in-the-uk-and-ireland

UK National Archives – In their own write: three million words!
http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/in-their-own-write-three-million-words/

UK National Archives – The Archivists’ Guide to Film: the Great Escape
http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/the-archivists-guide-to-film-the-great-escape/

British Library to reopen its Reading Rooms
http://www.bl.uk/press-releases/2020/july/british-library-to-reopen-its-reading-rooms

British Library – Researching Women Social Reformers in the Modern Manuscript Collections
http://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2020/06/researching-women-social-reformers-in-the-modern-manuscript-collections.html

British Library – Remembering the Vere Street Coterie: a story of gay community, a police raid and library censorship
http://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2020/06/remembering-the-vere-street-coterie-a-story-of-gay-community-a-police-raid-and-library-censorship.html

Black Cultural Archives – Celebrating Olive Morris
http://blackculturalarchives.org/blog/olive

Aberdeen – Unesco status helps unlock £800,000 for research into historic city records
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen/2289617/unesco-status-helps-unlock-800000-for-research-into-historic-city-records/

Arch-I’ve created: archives and 3d modelling
http://eastridingarchives.blog/2020/06/18/arch-ive-created-archives-and-3d-modelling/

Author of a book on mushrooms lets the mushrooms grow on his manuscript and eats them
https://intallaght.ie/author-of-a-book-on-mushrooms-lets-the-mushrooms-grow-on-his-manuscript-and-eats-them/

Moyen-Orient / Middle East
Israel – New Yad Vashem Campaign Harnesses Crowd-sourcing to Create Personal Files for Holocaust Victims
http://ehri-project.eu/new-yad-vashem-campaign-harnesses-crowd-sourcing-create-personal-files-holocaust-victims

National Library of Israel – The Jews who Treated the Hindenburg Survivors
https://blog.nli.org.il/en/lbh_hindenburg/

National Library of Israel – Revealed: Photos of Macedonian Jews Who Perished in the Holocaust
https://blog.nli.org.il/en/macedonian-jewry/

United Arab Emirates – National Archives discusses future of archives post-COVID-19
https://www.wam.ae/en/details/1395302852472

Qatar National Library Puts Preservation and Conservation of Region’s Heritage in the International Spotlight
https://www.albawaba.com/business/pr/qatar-national-library-puts-preservation-and-conservation-region%E2%80%99s-heritage

Centuries-Old Copy of Quran Donated to Iran’s National Library
http://iqna.ir/en/news/3471842/centuries-old-copy-of-quran-donated-to-iran%E2%80%99s-national-library

International
Wikimedia – Announcing a new wiki project! Welcome, Abstract Wikipedia
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Abstract_Wikipedia/June_2020_announcement

Buddhist Digital Resource Center to Launch New Online Library of Buddhist Works
http://www.buddhistdoor.net/news/buddhist-digital-resource-center-to-launch-new-online-library-of-buddhist-works

What I wish I knew about Digital Preservation: Part II
http://www.dpconline.org/blog/wiwik-webinar-pt2

Five facts about digital heritage on portable media
https://www.dpconline.org/news/5-facts-about-portable-media

Here’s a riddle: how can you work in an Archive Centre when you can’t work in an Archive Centre?
http://blog.archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/2020/07/01/heres-a-riddle-how-can-you-work-in-an-archive-centre-when-you-cant-work-in-an-archive-centre/

How artificial intelligence helps historians solve ancient puzzles
https://www.ft.com/content/2b72ed2c-907b-11ea-bc44-dbf6756c871a

How the Digital Camera Transformed our Concept of History
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/silicon-revolution/how-the-digital-camera-transformed-our-concept-of-history

Some museums might not reopen post-Covid. Here’s why that matters
http://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/06/why-some-museums-might-not-reopen-post-covid19/

The world’s biggest stolen data archive is about to reach 10 billion personal records
https://www.standard.co.uk/tech/worlds-biggest-stolen-data-trove-nears-10-billion-records-a4485241.html

The value of Tor and anonymous contributions to Wikipedia
http://blog.torproject.org/the-value-of-anonymous-contributions-wikipedia

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