Ressources / Resources
De l’État / From the State
#Everynamecounts Works! a Study from the Hertie School in collaboration with the Arolsen Archives: International Center on Nazi Persecution
http://arolsen-archives.org/content/uploads/aa_flyer_enc-studie_en_digital.pdf
UK National Archives – Email Preservation Workflows
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sector/advice-and-guidance/managing-your-collection/preserving-digital-collections/email-preservation-workflows/
UK National Archives – Line of Business Systems
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sector/advice-and-guidance/managing-your-collection/preserving-digital-collections/line-of-business-systems/
Archives New Zealand – Report on the State of Government Recordkeeping 2023-2024
http://www.archives.govt.nz/about-us/whats-new/state-of-government-recordkeeping-annual-report-2023-24-tabled-in-the-house
NARA – Letter to Agency Heads Concerning Federal Records Management Responsibilities for Agencies
http://www.archives.gov/records-mgmt/memos/ac-22-2025
De la communauté / From the community
Digital Preservation Coalition – Registries of Good Practice Midpoint Review
http://www.dpconline.org/blog/public-release-of-the-registries-of-good-practice-midpoint-review
Archives and Records Association UK and Ireland – Survey of Visitors to Archives 2024
Headline Report: http://static1.squarespace.com/static/60773266d31a1f2f300e02ef/t/680b660800efc25469dd3a9c/1745577495121/ARA+Visitor+Survey+-+Headline+Report+2024_Final.pdf
Benchmarking Report: http://www.archives.org.uk/s/BenchmarkingReport.xlsx
Wikimedia Foundation – Artificial Intelligence Strategy
http://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2025/04/30/our-new-ai-strategy-puts-wikipedias-humans-first/
IFLA – Statement on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
http://www.ifla.org/news/realising-potential-supporting-users-ifla-statement-on-copyright-and-artificial-intelligence/
Understanding Need Among Digital Preservation Professionals
http://zenodo.org/records/15261502
Paper – Metadata Augmentation using NLP, Machine Learning and AI Chatbots: a Comparison
http://arxiv.org/abs/2504.17189
Article – Exploring Emerging Technologies in Archiving and Preservation: Leveraging 3D Models, Interactive Environments, and AI Tools
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/18758789251336085
Publications
Records Management Journal, vol. 35, no. 2 (2025)
http://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/0956-5698/vol/35/iss/2
Digital Library Perspectives, vol. 41, no. 2 (2025)
http://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/2059-5816/vol/41/iss/2
Journal of Documentation, vol. 81, no. 3 (2025)
http://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/0022-0418/vol/81/iss/3
International Journal on Document Analysis and Recognition, vol. 28, no. 1 (2025)
http://link.springer.com/journal/10032/volumes-and-issues/28-1
Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada, vol. 62 (2025)
http://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/bsc/issue/view/2848
Chroniques de la Bibliothèque nationale de France, no. 103 (2025)
http://multimedia-ext.bnf.fr/Chroniques/Chroniques_103.pdf
La mémoire du travail : bulletin du Centre d’histoire et d’archives du travail, vol. 11, no. 1 (2025)
http://archivesdutravail.quebec/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Bull.hiv_.2025.pdf
Burlington Historical Society (Ontario) Gazette, vol. 21, no. 5 (2025)
http://documentary-heritage-news.com/2025/04/vol-18-no-31/
Book – Antislavery in the Dissenting Atlantic: Archives and Unquiet Libraries, 1776-1865
https://lsupress.org/9780807183717/antislavery-in-the-dissenting-atlantic/
Book – Think Like a Curator: a Guide to Curatorial Practice in History Organizations
http://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538182826/
Book – Aries Arise Archive
http://www.rizzoliusa.com/book/9780847844791
Book – Digital Humanities and Laboratories: Perspectives on Knowledge, Infrastructure and Culture
http://www.routledge.com/product/isbn/9781032027654
Book – Studio Electrophonique: the Sheffield Space Age, from the Human League to Pulp
http://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526183231/
Book – Archaeology, Heritage, and Reactionary Populism
http://upf.com/book.asp?id=9780813079332
Book – Territorial Imaginaries: Beyond the Sovereign Map
http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/T/bo244151757.html
Book – The Art of the Scribe: Practical Projects Inspired by the Calligraphy and Illuminations of Medieval Manuscripts
http://utppublishing.com/doi/book/10.3138/9781487570286
Book – Data Security and Privacy Protection: a Comprehensive Guide
http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/14027
Livre – La bibliothèque de l’Assemblée nationale
http://www.beauxarts.com/produit/la-bibliotheque-de-lassemblee-nationale/
Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
Chinese Canadian Archives and Community Accountabilities
May 9, 2025, Toronto
http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/chinese-canadian-archives-and-community-accountabilities-tickets-1312995317339
Jewish Historical Society of Southern Alberta – Sharing our Stories, Ourselves
May 20, 2025, Calgary
http://jhssa.org/sharing-our-stories-ourselves/
Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians Conference
June 2-3, 2025, Toronto
http://www.conference.capalibrarians.org/
TAATU 2025: the Archives And Technology Unconference
June 9, 2025, Ottawa
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1554mOXOyreJrcEeqQOB08XMDzWstFjBqLF0hGH8wnxI/edit?pli=1&tab=t.0
Connect to Collect: Preserving Social Digital Photography through Collaboration and Community Engagement
May 14, 2025
http://www2.archivists.org/groups/crisis-disaster-and-tragedy-response-working-group/connect-to-collect-preserving-social-digit
Photography and Archives: Discovery, Technology and Innovation
May 29, 2025
http://www.eui.eu/events?id=577412
Sur le web / On the web
Centre d’archives régional de Portneuf – Les chantiers de la mémoire
https://archivesportneuf.org/les-chantiers-de-la-memoire/
Community Owned Digital Preservation Tool Registry User Needs Survey 2025
http://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=MfK2XU29zki7zORXbFUlCSglVfcI6adPgq-W8CNaemdUOU9ZWEtCQ1ZFRlFGWUtZRUpOUFUwMVFTNS4u
Nouvelles du monde / News from the world
Canada
Carney says he’s open to a review of Canada’s broken access to information system
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-access-to-information-1.7518620
WW II postcard campaign reminds Canadian homeowners that fallen lived where you live
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/world-war-postcard-campaign-1.7518415
Association of Canadian Archivists Support of United States Archives, Libraries, Museums, & Cultural Institutions
https://archivists.ca/Latest-News-Announcements/13493540
Hudson’s Bay artifacts don’t belong in private hands, should be handed to the public: Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/hudson-s-bay-wab-kinew-1.7518908
Hudson’s Bay artifacts would be at home with prior Manitoba donations: archivists
http://www.thestar.com/business/hudsons-bay-artifacts-would-be-at-home-with-prior-manitoba-donations-archivists/article_1934012b-9756-5c1f-8cd8-65858c42592d.html
Legal Archives Society of Alberta – Ruth Gorman: a Fighter for Justice
https://legalarchives.ca/ruth-gorman-a-fighter-for-justice/
Innover pour la découvrabilité : les archives judiciaires : un trésor caché ?
https://www.archivistes.qc.ca/fr/news/innover-pour-la-decouvrabilite-les-archives-judiciaires-un-tresor-cache-116
Montreal welcomes representatives of the International Federation of Film Archives at the Cinémathèque Québécoise
http://www.archynewsy.com/montreal-welcomes-representatives-of-the-international-federation-of-film-archives-at-the-cinematheque-quebecoise/
Western University – Expert explainer: why is the Hudson’s Bay Company royal charter important to Canadian and Indigenous history?
http://news.westernu.ca/2025/04/imporantance-of-hudsons-bay-royal-charter/
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières – Partenariat pour la préservation du patrimoine documentaire des Ursulines de Trois-Rivière
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXC8CUEG-q8
University of Toronto – Archives as Data: Envisioning the Future
http://ischool.utoronto.ca/news/archives-as-data-envisioning-the-future/
University of British Columbia – Quon On: a Legacy of Travel, Trade, and Community in Chinese Canada
http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/2025/04/26/quon-on-a-legacy-of-travel-trade-and-community-in-chinese-canada/
University of Windsor – Uncovering history: how Leddy Library’s archives connect past and present
http://educationnewscanada.com/article/education/level/university/1/1137612/uncovering-history-how-leddy-library-s-archives-connect-past-and-present-.html
McGill University – Statement on Inclusive Description
http://www.mcgill.ca/library/about/edi/statement-inclusive-description
Toronto Metropolitan University – Two-thirds of Canadians have experimented with generative artificial intelligence, but most don’t understand its impacts
http://theconversation.com/two-thirds-of-canadians-have-experimented-with-generative-ai-but-most-dont-understand-its-impacts-254351
Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada Regimental Museum and Archive – 165 Years of Service: Honouring The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada
http://qormuseum.org/2025/04/26/165-years-of-service-honouring-the-queens-own-rifles-of-canada/
Archives de Montréal – Un nouveau fonds d’archives en ligne : Camille Chevalier, architecte chez Hydro-Québec
http://archivesdemontreal.com/2025/04/29/un-nouveau-fonds-darchives-en-ligne-camille-chevalier-architecte-chez-hydro-quebec/
Winnipeg – Newly digitized photos provide glimpse of 1950 flood relief effort
http://www.winnipeg.ca/people-culture/our-city-our-stories/newly-digitized-photos-provide-glimpse-1950-flood-relief-effort
Centre du patrimoine de Saint-Boniface – Un hommage vibrant à l’engagement des femmes francophones du Manitoba
https://shsb.mb.ca/un-hommage-vibrant-a-lengagement-des-femmes-francophones-du-manitoba/
Whistler Museum and Archives Society – The Inn Crowd
http://whistlermuseum.org/2025/04/29/the-inn-crowd/
Lake Country Museum and Archives (British Columbia) – For the Love of Dogs: Portraits of Lake Country Pets and Their People
http://lakecountrymuseum.com/for-the-love-of-dogs-portraits-of-lake-country-pets-and-their-people/
Chambly : l’intelligence artificielle au service de la généalogie
http://www.journaldechambly.com/actualite/chambly-lintelligence-artificielle-au-service-de-la-genealogie/
Société d’histoire de la Baie-James – De la vallée de l’or à la vallée du cuivre
http://www.shbj.ca/fr/component/content/article/100-blog/archives/159-de-la-vall%C3%A9e-de-l%E2%80%99or-%C3%A0-la-vall%C3%A9e-du-cuivre
Vandalisme, littérature et barbarie: entretien avec Philippe Junod
http://archivistesqc.wordpress.com/2025/04/28/vandalisme/
Afrique / Africa
UNESCO Honours Africa’s Rich Documentary Heritage with New Inscriptions to Memory of the World Register
http://www.unesco.org/en/articles/unesco-honours-africas-rich-documentary-heritage-new-inscriptions-memory-world-register
Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) gives rare manuscripts of Ibn Battua, Ibn Majid to Morocco
http://www.gulftoday.ae/culture/2025/04/30/sharjah-gives-rare-manuscripts-of-ibn-battua-ibn-majid-to-morocco
Amériques / Americas
Argentina Releases Declassified Post-WWII Nazi-Related Files
http://www.newsweek.com/argentina-releases-trove-declassified-nazi-documents-2065654
British Film Institute America launches as BFI National Archive celebrates its 90th anniversary in Los Angeles
http://www.bfi.org.uk/news/bfi-america-bfi-national-archive-90th-anniversary
NARA – Haste: Operation Frequent Wind and the Fall of Saigon
http://unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov/2025/04/29/haste-operation-frequent-wind-and-the-fall-of-saigon/
The National Archives needs your help transcribing UFO and John F. Kennedy files
http://www.popsci.com/diy/national-archives-transcribe-ufo-jfk-files/
Library of Congress – Documenting Industry in a Changing World: Inside the Industry Associations Web Archive
http://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2025/04/documenting-industry-in-a-changing-world-inside-the-industry-associations-web-archive/?loclr=eadpb
The Smithsonian Purge: Trump Team Removes Artifacts of Black Resistance
http://blackpressusa.com/the-smithsonian-purge-trump-team-removes-artifacts-of-black-resistance/
Trump administration fires Holocaust Museum board members picked by Biden
http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2025/04/29/holocaust-memorial-museum-board-trump/
Major European institutes join race to save United States science data
http://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01309-3
First 100 days: the race to save digital records from the Trump administration
http://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250429-first-100-days-race-to-save-digital-records-from-trump-administration-dei
American Oversight Urges Congress to Protect and Strengthen Freedom of Information Act During Unprecedented Attacks on Transparency
http://americanoversight.org/american-oversight-urges-congress-to-protect-and-strengthen-foia-during-unprecedented-attacks-on-transparency/
What it really takes to migrate COBOL, and why Department of Government Efficiency will fail
http://www.wethebuilders.org/posts/what-it-really-takes-to-migrate-cobol
Positioning National Digital Stewardship Alliance for Long-Term Sustainability
https://ndsa.org//2025/04/30/positioning-ndsa-for-long-term-sustainability.html
Washington University staff and students work against the clock to preserve disappearing federal data
https://www.stlpr.org/education/2025-05-01/washu-staff-students-preserve-federal-data
University of Mississippi – Reconstructing William Faulkner: Project Digitizes Author’s Personal Library
http://www.thelocalvoice.net/oxford/reconstructing-faulkner-project-digitizes-authors-personal-library/
There’s no right time: Florida State University collects memorials around campus for archives after shooting
http://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/fsu-news/2025/04/25/fsu-to-archive-memorial-items-on-campus-after-recent-mass-shooting/83273359007/
Rare Recordings of Los Angeles Choirs to Be Part of Baylor University’s Black Gospel Archive
http://lasentinel.net/rare-recordings-of-l-a-choirs-to-be-part-of-baylor-universitys-black-gospel-archive.html
The Getty’s Provenance Index Makes More than 12 Million Records Publicly Available
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/getty-provenance-index-update-1234740290/
Getty Images and Ancestry Partner to Digitally Preserve Historic Archives of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
http://newsroom.gettyimages.com/en/getty-images/getty-images-and-ancestry-partner-to-digitally-preserve-historic-archives-of-hbcus
Simpson College – The past and the present: 47 years of preserving history
http://thesimpsonian.com/36854/news/the-past-and-the-present-47-years-of-preserving-history/
Vietnam War Song Project: how protest music fueled a movement
http://www.dw.com/en/vietnam-war-how-protest-music-fueled-a-movement/a-72321527
As History Erasure Intensifies, Independent Internet Archives Are Helping Fortify the Digital Preservation Infrastructure
http://www.eurasiareview.com/25042025-as-history-erasure-intensifies-independent-internet-archives-are-helping-fortify-the-digital-preservation-infrastructure-oped/
Trump’s D.C. Prosecutor Threatens Wikipedia’s Tax-Exempt Status
http://www.thefp.com/p/trump-prosecutor-threatens-wikipedia
Groundbreaking archive in Ohio aims to preserve the history of U.S. women religious
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/263701/groundbreaking-archive-in-ohio-aims-to-preserve-the-history-of-us-women-religious
Inside the Archives: Preserving and Saving At-Risk Films Takes a Village
http://www.sundance.org/blogs/inside-the-archives-preserving-and-saving-at-risk-films-takes-a-village/
Superman Clears the Way for Global Release as Warner Bros. Wins Estate’s Copyright Lawsuit Dismissal
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/superman-clears-way-global-release-184046670.html
Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
Archives New Zealand – Patent specifications show the storied history of Kiwi ingenuity
http://www.archives.govt.nz/discover-our-stories/patent-specifications-show-the-storied-history-of-kiwi-ingenuity
Staff Cuts Threaten New Zealand Government Record-keeping Progress
http://idm.net.au/article/0015135-staff-cuts-threaten-nz-government-record-keeping-progress
New Zealand – Police warned over shifting information to Microsoft cloud services
http://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/559244/police-warned-over-shifting-information-to-microsoft-cloud-services
Japan – The Game Preservation Society is in Danger of Shutting Down
http://www.vice.com/en/article/the-game-preservation-society-is-in-danger-of-shutting-down/
Two Historical Heritages of Mongolia Inscribed on the Memory of the World International Register
http://montsame.mn/en/read/367640
China’s oldest silk manuscripts come to life in new documentary series
http://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-04-25/China-s-oldest-silk-manuscripts-come-to-life-in-new-documentary-series-1CRd1NWuP7O/p.html
Why the Chu Silk Manuscripts should be returned to China
http://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-04-29/Why-the-Chu-Silk-Manuscripts-should-be-returned-to-China-1CYkLmp3luM/p.html
Chinese students recreate 2,000-year-old rice recipe from ancient manuscript
http://www.jpost.com/archaeology/archaeology-around-the-world/article-851921
Indonesia – State Secretariat Ministry Hands Over Presidential Archives to National Archives of the Republic
http://setkab.go.id/en/state-secretariat-ministry-hands-over-presidential-archives-to-anri/
National Archives of India acquires private paper collections of former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
http://www.newsonair.gov.in/national-archives-of-india-acquires-private-paper-collections-of-former-president-dr-apj-abdul-kalam/
Europe / Europa
Historical Archives of the European Union – The complete archives of the Ortoli cabinets deposited together in Florence
http://www.eui.eu/news-hub?id=the-complete-archives-of-the-ortoli-cabinets-deposited-together-in-florence
The Jewish Archival Survey in Ukraine Receives Additional Funding
http://www.jtsa.edu/news/the-jewish-archival-survey-in-ukraine-receives-additional-funding/
African films at the Yugoslav Film Archive
http://www.serbianmonitor.com/en/african-films-at-the-yugoslav-film-archive/
Netherlands – Rubenshuis Library Acquires Anne-Marie Logan’s Archive on Rubens Drawings
http://www.codart.nl/research-study/rubenshuis-library-acquires-anne-marie-logan-archive-on-rubens-drawings/
Scanning the Horizon: Documenting Berlin’s queer spaces
http://www.the-berliner.com/berlin/scanning-the-horizon-benjamin-busch-an-immersive-archive-queer-spaces/
Marie-Françoise Limon-Bonnet, nouvelle directrice des Archives nationales de France
http://www.archimag.com/archives-patrimoine/2025/04/30/marie-francoise-limon-bonnet-nouvelle-directrice-archives-nationales
La Bibliothèque nationale de France signe un protocole d’accord avec le Council on Library and Information Resource
http://www.bnf.fr/fr/actualites/la-bnf-signe-un-protocole-daccord-avec-clir
Mathias Auclair : de quelle musique la Bibliothèque nationale de France est-elle la gardienne ?
http://www.resmusica.com/2025/04/28/mathias-auclair-directeur-du-departement-de-la-musique-de-la-bibliotheque-nationale-de-france/
France – Si au moins les féministes étaient jolies: la lutte pour le droit de vote des femmes en archives
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2V84dX4EMs
France – Une lettre de Napoléon sur l’arrestation du pape Pie VII vendue pour 26 360 euros aux enchères à Fontainebleau
http://www.lemonde.fr/argent/article/2025/04/27/une-lettre-de-napoleon-sur-l-arrestation-du-pape-pie-vii-vendue-pour-26-360-euros-aux-encheres-a-fontainebleau_6600608_1657007.html
University of Dundee – Left on the drawing board: unbuilt design records in archival holdings
http://aranewprofessionals.wordpress.com/2025/04/09/left-on-the-drawing-board-unbuilt-design-records-in-archival-holdings/
UK Parliamentary Archives – 1951: a Year Like no Other
http://archives.blog.parliament.uk/2025/04/25/1951-a-year-like-no-other/
UK National Archives – Reflections on History and Practice 2025: Working with Memory
http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/reflections-on-history-and-practice-2025-working-with-memory/
UK Information Commissioner’s Office calls for protections for 23andMe customer data
http://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2025/05/ico-calls-for-protections-for-23andme-customer-data/
Government transparency hits new record low, again
http://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/government-transparency-hits-new
Unredacted – Five Eyes Intelligence Sharing
http://unredacted.uk/projects/five-eyes/
Black Cultural Archives – Honouring Len Garrison: Three MA Studentships in Local History
http://blackculturalarchives.org/blog/honouring-len-garrison-three-ma-studentships-in-local-history
What’s in a name?: Reading the Register at the Stationers’ Company Archive
http://blog.archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/2025/05/01/whats-in-a-name-reading-the-register-at-the-stationers-company-archive/
London Zoo archivists ask for public’s help to uncover contents of mystery film reels
http://apnews.com/video/london-zoo-archivists-ask-for-publics-help-to-uncover-contents-of-mystery-film-reels-52876d5aa6524ecfbfc93b3eddfffd69
Accessibility and archives: a working man is only of any value as long as he can do a hard day’s work
http://www.archives.org.uk/diversity-allies-blog/accessibility-and-archives-a-working-man-is-only-of-any-value-as-long-as-he-can-do-a-hard-days-work
Moyen-Orient / Middle East
National Library of Israel – Orr Blumovitz, the Soldier Who Never Stopped Reading: Even in the Tank
http://blog.nli.org.il/en/orr-blumovitz/
National Library of Israel – Revealed: who Was the State of Israel’s First Baby
http://blog.nli.org.il/en/israel_first_baby/
Rare handwritten diary entry by David Ben-Gurion from Israel’s founding day revealed
http://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-851783
Egypt – Press Release Issued by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Regarding Gamal Abdel Nasser’s Digital Archive
http://www.bibalex.org/en/news/details?documentid=45521&
Egypt’s Nasser said in 1970 he had no interest in Palestinian cause, recording reveals
http://www.timesofisrael.com/egypts-nasser-said-he-had-no-interest-in-palestinian-cause-recording-reveals/
Qatar National Library and the Bibliothèque Nationale de France sign new Memorandum of Understanding
http://www.zawya.com/en/press-release/companies-news/qatar-national-library-and-the-bibliotheque-nationale-de-france-sign-new-memorandum-of-understanding-apuic4af
International
Open repositories are being profoundly impacted by artificial intelligence bots and other crawlers: results of a Confederation of Open Access Repository survey
http://coar-repositories.org/news-updates/open-repositories-are-being-profoundly-impacted-by-ai-bots-and-other-crawlers-results-of-a-coar-survey/
Navigating the Archipelago of Digital Preservation Standards
http://substack.com/inbox/post/162284241
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