Ressources / Resources
De l’État / From the State
NARA – Federal Agency Records Management 2019 Annual Report
NARA – Social Media Strategy Fiscal Years 2021-2025
NARA – Guidance on Scheduling the Early and Late Transfer of Permanent Records
State Records of South Australia – Appraisal Standard (for Comments)
Software Sustainability Institute – Sustaining Digital Humanities: Important Developments in the UK Landscape
National Library of Scotland – Reaching People: Library Strategy 2020-2025
Australia Council for the Arts – Protocols for using First Nations Cultural and Intellectual Property in the Art (Updated Version)
De la communauté / From the community
Association des archivistes du Québec – Analyse du projet de loi 64 : Loi modernisant des dispositions législatives en matière de protection des renseignements personnels
Portage Covid-19 Working Group – Research Data Management Guidances
Society of American Archivists – Guidelines on Access to Research Materials in Archives and Special Collections Libraries (Revised Edition)
Council of Australasian Archives and Records Authorities – Government Accountability in the Digital Age: an Independent Review of Government Records and Information Management in Australia and New Zealand
Open Preservation Foundation – 2019-2020 Digital Preservation Community Survey
OCLC – Transitioning to the Next Generation of Metadata
Sparc Europe – Open Access: an Analysis of Publisher Copyright and Licensing Policies in Europe, 2020
Social Media Handbook for Cultural Institutions & Professionals
Association of Research Libraries – Implementing Effective Data Practices: Stakeholder Recommendations for Collaborative Research Support
Former les professionnels de l’information et de la documentation aux données de la recherche en 45 minutes
Publications
Anglia: Journal of English Philology, vol. 138, no. 3, 2020 (Special Issue on Archives)
Library Hi Tech, vol. 38, no. 3 (2020)
Bulletin des bibliothèques de France, no. 18 (2020)
Mennonite Historian: a Publication of the Mennonite Heritage Archives (Manitoba), vol. 46, no. 3 (2020)
Grey Litterature Network Services Quarterly Newsletter, vol. 12, no. 4 (2020)
London Metropolitan Archives Newsletter, no. 42 (2020)
Archives Association of Ontario – Municipal Archive Interest Group’s MAIGazine, no. 16 (2020)
Ph. D. Dissertation (Old Dominion University) – Bootstrapping Web Archive Collections from Micro-Collections in Social Media
Ph. D. Dissertation (Old Dominion University) – A Framework for Verifying the Fixity of Archived Web Resources
Mémoire de maîtrise (Enssib) – Évaluation en bibliothèque : au-delà des divergences
The Game of Heritage Destruction
Book – Dark Archives: a Librarian’s Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
Book – Fire, Folly and Fiasco: why it Took 100 Years to Build the Manitoba Museum
Book – Mennonite Village Photography: Views from Manitoba 1890-1940
Book – Big Data Applications for Improving Library Services
Book – Too Much Information: Understanding what you Don’t Want to Know
Book – Holocaust Narratives: Trauma, Memory and Identity across Generations
Book – International Perspectives on Disability Exceptions in Copyright Law and the Visual Arts: Feeling Art
Book – Recommendation Engines
Book – Making Time for Digital Lives: Beyond Chronotopia
Livre – Généalogie : remonter son arbre par Internet et en Archives
Livre – Le patrimoine martyr : destruction, protection, conservation et restauration dans l’Europe post bellica
Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
Europeana – Archival Webinar Series 2020-2021
September 30, 2020 – February 24, 2021
Understanding the Mechanical Behavior of Library and Archive Materials with Changes in Relative Humidity
October 5, 2020
The Remote Archivist: Alternative Archival Workspaces
October 6, 2020
Building a Discourse of Reciprocity in Archival Science
October 6, 2020
UK National Archives – Making a Mark: the Early Black Press 1817-1948
October 8, 2020
Transitional Archives: Power, Voice and Archival Violence in Transitional Justice
October 19, 2020, University of Oxford
Creatives Commons Global Summit
October 19-23, 2020
Unesco – Documentary Heritage at Risk: Policy Gaps in Digital Preservation
October 27, 2020
Basic Archive Skills Training Day Online Course
November 10, 2020
Archival Arrangement and Description Explained Online Course
November 11, 2020
Managing Photographs in the Archives Online Course
November 12, 2020
Archival Resources for Catholic Collections Symposium Series
November 12, 2020
Vitam (programme interministériel archivage numérique) en ligne (présentations disponibles)
25 septembre au 2 octobre 2020
Sur le web / On the web
Saskatchewan Archival Information Network – MemorySask (New Version)
Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville – Nouveau Portail Archives
Historical Reminiscents Podcast – Grant Adjudication
Unesco Video – Access to Information implementation and Crisis Resolution during Covid-19 Outbreak
Carla Hayden (Library of Congress) and Roly Keating (British Library) in Conversation
National Library of Finland – Online Tour
http://www.kansalliskirjasto.fi/en/news/welcome-to-an-online-tour-of-the-national-library-of-finland
Society of Mississippi Archivists Virtual Table Talk – Community Collaboration: the Margaret Walker Center and Scott Ford House
American Historical Association – A Bibliography of Historians’ Responses to Covid-19
Nouvelles du monde / News from the world
Canada
Covid-19 pandemic highlights need to document decisions: information commissioner
Complaints from Access to Information users more than doubled last year: info czar
Government of Canada Introduces Legislation to Establish National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Minister Guilbeault Announces Support for 200 Projects Aimed at Commemorating the History and Legacy of Residential Schools
Unfinished Business: Implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Canada
Library and Archives Canada provides funding to support First Nations, Inuit and Métis Nation culture and language recordings
Library and Archives Canada – Molly Lamb Bobak, Canada’s first female official war artist overseas: a Co-Lab challenge
Canadian Federation of Library Associations – Canadians Need Unfettered Access to Government Publications in Face of COVID-19
Three Inscriptions Added to the Canada Memory of the World Register
Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety – Paper-to-Paperless Transportation of Dangerous Goods Project Explores Impact on First Responders
New energy-efficient building to protect British Columbia’s history
Ontario Continues to Strengthen and Secure Public Sector Cyber Security
BAnQ toujours présente pour ses usagers malgré d’importantes modifications à l’accès dans certains de ses édifices
BAnQ – Protection du saumon : plus de cent ans de lutte à Restigouche
Crise d’Octobre: débat à Québec sur des excuses d’Ottawa (et l’ouverture des archives)
Looking back on Covid-19: how university archives are preserving this moment in history
Concordia University – Sharing archival material to make Black existence visible
Concordia University undergrads explore Montreal’s Black history through the Negro Community Centre Archives
Blackface in the Kodak Archive, Ryerson University’s Special Collections: Context for Reading Racist Images
University of British Columbia – B.C. Healthcare on Open Collections
Les archives privées méritent plus d’attention de la part du gouvernement
Japanese Canadian internment exhibit Broken Promises to open in Burnaby before traveling across Canada
Whistler Museum and Archives Society – Getting Ready for Blackcomb’s First Season
Greater Vernon Museum and Archives (British Columbia) offers a brief history of pandemics in the Okanagan
Strathcona County Museum and Archives (Alberta) – Micro exhibit displays parallels between Covid 19 and 1918 influenza pandemics
New Exhibition Opens at Chilliwack Museum and Archives (British Columbia)
Galt Museum and Archives (Alberta) offering back-to-school photos
Oxford County Archives (Ontario) – Tragedy at Standard White Lime
La Société d’histoire de Chambly à la défense des archives des Sulpiciens
Du Suzor-Coté de Serge Giguère chez Archives Bois-Francs
Les archives de Vaudreuil-Soulanges relocalisées à Saint-Polycarpe
Société d’histoire de la Haute Yamaska – De Patrick Hackett à Michel Duchesneau : ces hommes qui gouvernaient Granby
Nouvelles acquisitions au Centre d’archives régionales Séminaire de Nicolet
British Columbia – Hidden signs of Sandon’s internment years
Yukon Ancestors: Find your Yukon ancestors with the Yukon & Alaska Geneaology Centre
Que lisait Réjean Ducharme? Un inventaire de sa bibliothèque de 1800 livres publié
Nova Scotia man’s lost military ID tags find their way back to his family 60 years later
Afrique / Africa
Plongée dans les archives de la Radio nationale du Mali
Archives du Maroc enrichit ses archives d’architecture avec le fonds d’Abderrahim Sijelmassi
Maroc – Les demandes d’accès à l’information ont triplé en quatre mois
Amériques / Americas
Hernán Cortés manuscript stolen from Mexico’s General Archive is auctioned in New York City
NARA – Review of Agency Records Schedules Approved Before January 1, 1990
NARA – The Electoral College: it’s a Process, Not a Place
NARA – FDR and Diplomatic Security, 1935
Letter to National Archives and Records Administration on Department of Homeland Security Document Destruction Proposal
Library of Congress – Designing for the (Citizen) DJ
Library of Congress – Volunteer Vignette: transcribe without fear, don’t be intimidated
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs completes digitization of archived Vietnam-era deck logs
Records management is about to get harder
How Richard Nixon Became an Accidental Archivist
Association of Research Libraries Files Amicus Brief in Michigan Supreme Court Case Ahmad v. University of Michigan (for Access Conditions Negotiated in a Deed of Gift)
Note: Court of Appeal Decision is here: http://publicdocs.courts.mi.gov/opinions/final/coa/20190620_c341299_49_341299.opn.pdf
University of California Davis College of Letters and Science – Historians to Digitize Endangered Peruvian Archive
University of Utah – Marriott Library digital exhibit finds echoes of today’s pandemic news in century-old headlines
Preserving as Much as we Can: the Washington and Lee University library is preserving documents relating to Covid-19 and diversity and inclusion
College of DuPage Covid-19 Digital Archive Illustrates Daily Life During Global Pandemic
Archival Innovators: Bridgett Kathryn Pride, the Reference Librarian of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives, and Rare Books Division and Art and Artifacts Division within the New York Public Library
Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
First dictionary preserves rare Indigenous Australian language
Western Australia – Release of Guide to 1989 State Cabinet Records
National Library of New Zealand – Papers Past data has been set free
Oldest writing about teachings of Confucius found in Japan
Japan – Tohoku University: Digitized Works from Kokichi Kano Collection Now Open to General Public
Pax Tokugawa et insouciance: essai sur les pratiques documentaires japonaises durant Edo (1603-1868)
Malaysia – Sultan Nazrin: important to archive history to protect nation’s sovereignty
Bhagat Singh archives in Pakistan show he was not to hang initially, Pak has Bhagat Singh archives in custody
Pakistan Sufi organisation transfers Sikh manuscripts to gurdwara
Europe / Europa
Europeana – Animating culture: Gif it up is back and bigger than ever
Connecting the Records of the Soviet Extraordinary State Commission
The Institute of National Remembrance (Poland) has recovered nearly 300 documents drafted by German occupation authorities from persons unauthorized to possess them
Beba’s Story Tells of Jewish Life Before the Nazis
YouTubers are upscaling the past to 4K. Historians want them to stop
Shakespeare’s last play discovered hidden in archives in Spain
Belgium – Dighimaps : Digital Maps and Archives : Activating Cartographic Collections in a Digital World
Archives de l’État en Belgique – Il y a 190 ans : la Révolution belge
Le chèque de 10 euros du Goncourt de Pascal Quignard montré à la Bibliothèque nationale de France
Malta – Technological investment in Customs and National Archives is paying off
Archives in the UK/Republic of Ireland & AI (AURA): Bringing Together Digital Humanists, Computer Scientists & Stakeholders To Unlock Cultural Assets
UK National Archives – Five Photos: New online resource launched
UK National Archives – My remote student placement at the National Archives
UK National Archives – Escape from Colditz
Transforming the British Library
British Library – Making Data into Sound
British Library – The World of Food and the UK Web Archive
British Library – The truth behind the myth: the colonial legacy of the Mayflower voyage: no.2 who were the so-called Pilgrims?
British Library – Request for Information: Metadata Management Tool for the UK Web Archive
British Library – Can you sign this for me? Collecting the autographs of famous 17th century figures
Courtauld acquires rare Gauguin manuscript through acceptance in lieu scheme
Weston – Historical archive of coronavirus stories to be set up as community trove
Moyen-Orient / Middle East
National Library of Israel – Sukkot During World War I: Open Roofs and ‘Mysterious’ Ditches
National Library of Israel – A Belated Kaddish for the Unnamed Victims of the Annaberg Transport
The Archaeologists who Unlocked Cold War Spy Photos of Israel
United Arab Emirates – New York University Abu Dhabi Library acquires rich archive of Egyptian poet, publisher and bee scientist Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi
Iraq – Looted Christian manuscripts discovered in Mosul kitchen
Iraq – Syriac manuscripts recovered from suspected Islamic State fighter in Mosul
Iraqi Archbishop who preserves historic manuscripts nominated for Sakharov Prize
International
International Council on Archives becomes a member of the Climate Change Heritage Network
ISO – TC46 SC11 Resolves to Assess Case Studies on the Use of the Metadata for Records Standards
Creative Commons – In Support of the Wikimedia Foundation World Intellectual Property Organization Application
Communia – Blocking Wikimedia from becoming a World Intellectual Property Organization observer is unacceptable
The Marrakesh Treaty: challenging GLAMs to generate readable documents for people with disabilities
Celebrating feminist ancestors with a living archive of hope
How to digitize your lab notebooks
Public Service Fundamentals for Archivists
Information Seeking Behavior in Archives
The Microsoft 365 experience: Teams, Exchange, Outlook, Edge: where did SharePoint Go?