Ressources / Resources
De l’État / From the State
France – Projet de loi relatif à la restitution de biens culturels provenant d’États qui, du fait d’une appropriation illicite, en ont été privés
http://www.vie-publique.fr/loi/299715-restitution-de-bien-culturels-aux-etats-etrangers-projet-de-loi-cadre
Archives nationales de Luxembourg – Tableau de tri: Centre de gestion informatique de l’éducation
http://anlux.public.lu/dam-assets/pdf-statiques/cgie-convention-tableau-de-tri-v101.pdf
Archives nationales de Luxembourg – Tableau de tri: Office national de l’accueil
http://anlux.public.lu/dam-assets/pdf-statiques/ona-convention-tableau-de-tri-v101.pdf
De la communauté / From the community
Research Data Alliance Artificial Intelligence and Data Visitation Working Group – Four Recommendations
http://www.rd-alliance.org/news/shaping-responsible-ai-four-new-recommendations-from-the-aidv-working-group/
Research Data Alliance – The Value of RDA for National Persistent Identifier (PID) Strategies: White Paper
https://www.rd-alliance.org/news/the-value-of-rda-for-national-persistent-identifier-pid-strategies-white-paper/
IFLA Statement on Contract Override
https://www.ifla.org/news/time-to-stop-the-undermining-of-library-rights-ifla-statement-on-contract-override/
IFLA Statement on Network Usage Fees
https://www.ifla.org/news/pay-to-share-new-ifla-statement-on-network-usage-fees/
Chapter – Appraising Records
http://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/libr_pubs/77/
Publications
International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives Journal, no. 55 (2025)
http://journal.iasa-web.org/index.php/pubs/issue/view/15
Journal of the History of Collections, vol. 37, no. 2 (2025)
http://academic.oup.com/jhc/issue/37/2
Library Trends, vol. 73, no. 4 (2025)
http://muse.jhu.edu/issue/55500
Journal of Civic Information, vol. 7, no. 3 (2025)
https://journals.flvc.org/civic/issue/view/6527/408
Documents to the People, vol. 53, no. 2 (2025)
http://journals.ala.org/index.php/dttp/issue/view/893
Book – Reflections of War: Forgotten Photographic Archives of the Second World War
http://thehistorypress.co.uk/publication/reflections-of-war/
Book – Toward a Living Archive of African Poetry
http://www.akashicbooks.com/catalog/toward-a-living-archive-of-african-poetry/
Book – The New Holocaust Galleries at the Imperial War Museum London: Conception, Design, Interpretation
http://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isbn/9783111490274/html
Book – Ed Ruscha’s Streets of Los Angeles: Artist, Image, Archive, City
http://shop.getty.edu/collections/getty-publications/products/ed-ruscha-s-streets-of-los-angeles-artist-image-archive-city-978-1606069523
Book – Bridging the Gap: Corrosion Science for Heritage Contexts
http://shop.elsevier.com/books/bridging-the-gap/neff/978-0-443-18690-5
Book – Digitization of Built Heritage: Approaches and Methods for Data Acquisition, Analysis, and Intervention
http://link.springer.com/book/9783031965975
Book – Postcolonial Copyright Law: Lessons on Community and Coloniality from Thailand
http://routledge.com/product/isbn/9781032961118
Book – Canada’s Intelligence Oversight: Accountability, Transparency, Human Rights, and the Challenge of Foreign Interference
http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-98615-4
Novel – Infinite Archive
http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/609888/infinite-archive-by-mur-lafferty/
Livre – Les archives du PCF à Bobigny : histoire et bilan d’un dépôt aux Archives départementales de la Seine-Saint-Denis
http://gabrielperi.fr/librairie/notes-actes/les-archives-du-pcf-a-bobigny/
Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
Muslim in Canada Archives – Into the Archives’ Artist Workshop Series
Apply by September 15, 2025
https://www.muslimsincanadaarchives.ca/en/posts/into-the-archives-artist-workshops/
National Archival Appraisal Board Masterclass
November 17, 2025
http://naab.ca/event-6307920
DAMA Days Toronto 2025
November 26-27, 2025
http://www.irmac.ca/event-6289407
Rare Book Collections in Today’s Life
September 11, 2025
http://www.journal.dsartistrylabs.com/home/collections/workshop-collections
Research Routes: Emotions, Senses and Feelings in the Archives
September 8, 23 and October 29, 2025
http://www.archivesportaleurope.net/blog/tna-workshops-research-routes-emotions,-senses-and-feelings-in-the-archives/
Strengthening Internship Pathways: Best Practices for Libraries, Archives, and Information Agencies
September 23, 2025
http://cdlc.libcal.com/event/15015951
Data Ethics for Archival Science and Historical Research
August 26-27, 2026, Marburg
http://www.archivschule.de/DE/forschung/archivwissenschaftliche-kolloquien/awk-cfp-en.html
Sur le web / On the web
Video – From Campus to Community Researchers: Evolving the Role of Institutional Repositories
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-GsaFp_elE
A Paper Monument: the Exhibition on the History of the Arolsen Archives: International Center on Nazi Persecution
https://arolsen-archives.org/en/dossiers/a-paper-monument/
Video – How to Archive the Web: Bellingcat’s Auto Archiver Tool
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUV8cj5RcVo
Nouvelles du monde / News from the world
Canada
Privacy Lost: how the Government Deleted Bill C-11’s Key Privacy Principle Just Two Months After Passing it into Law
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/08/privacy-lost/
Workforce Adjustment announced at Library and Archives Canada
https://www.reddit.com/r/CanadaPublicServants/comments/1n2kbay/wfa_announced_at_library_and_archives_canada/
News about Canada’s National Registration File of 1940
http://familytreeknots.blogspot.com/2025/08/news-about-canadas-national-registration-file-1940.html
Canadian Research Knowledge Network Adds Over 250 Issues of The Dawn of Tomorrow to Canadiana
http://www.crkn-rcdr.ca/en/crkn-adds-over-250-issues-dawn-tomorrow-canadiana
New support group formed for Northern residential school survivors
http://www.nunavutnews.com/home/new-support-group-formed-for-northern-residential-school-survivors-8213239
Alberta grants ministries more power to reject access-to-information requests
https://www.westernstandard.news/news/exclusive-alberta-grants-ministries-more-power-to-reject-access-to-information-requests/67082
BAnQ – Fouiller dans le garde-manger du Québec
http://www.lecourrierdusud.ca/fouiller-dans-le-garde-manger-du-quebec/
University of Winnipeg project aims to keep stories of Mennonite immigration to Canada in 1920 from disappearing
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/u-winnipeg-russian-mennonite-research-project-1.7616397
University of British Columbia Rare Books and Special Collections – New: Reading Room appointments
http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/2025/08/27/reading-room-appointments-required/
University of British Columbia – Yucho Chow, Part 1: “Rain or Shine, Anything, Anywhere, Anytime”
https://digitize.library.ubc.ca/carousel/yucho-chow-part-1-rain-or-shine-anything-anywhere-anytime/
Montréal – Trans+Archive de la joie trans malgré la discrimination et la dictature
http://www.fugues.com/2025/08/27/transarchive-de-la-joie-trans-malgre-la-discrimination-et-la-dictature/
Whistler Museum and Archives Society – The Lifty Olympics
https://whistlermuseum.org/2025/08/26/the-lifty-olympics/
Greater Vernon Museum & Archives (British Columbia) – The History of Peaches in Vernon
http://vernonmuseum.ca/the-history-of-peaches-in-vernon/
Summerland Museum (British Columbia) shares a photo from 1908 of an elegant private boat sailing Okanagan Lake
http://www.castanet.net/news/Summerland/568131/Summerland-Museum-shares-a-photo-from-1908-of-an-elegant-private-boat-sailing-Okanagan-Lake
Niagara-on-the-Lake – Arch-i-text: A few wins for heritage preservation and good development in our town
https://niagaranow.com/opinion.phtml/arch-i-text-a-few-wins-for-heritage-preservation-and-good-development-in-our-town/
Bruce County (Ontario) endorses investigating joint project to move archives to Lakeshore Hub during renovations
http://www.pentictonherald.ca/spare_news/article_eedb6757-b724-56af-8cf5-a00007af9883.html
Stratford-Perth Archives (Ontario) – Summer Drinks from 1908
https://www.perthcounty.ca/en/living-here/archives-blog.aspx#Drinks
Société d’histoire et de généalogie Maria-Chapdelaine – Des archives de Colombie à celles de Maria-Chapdelaine
http://histoiregenealogie.ca/des-archives-de-colombie-a-celles-de-maria-chapdelaine/
Société d’histoire et de généalogie Maria-Chapdelaine – Un second été au cœur des archives des Pères Trappistes
http://histoiregenealogie.ca/un-2e-ete-archives-peres-trappistes/
Société historique Pierre-de-Saurel – Guévremont contre Paul-Hus
http://shps.qc.ca/guevremont-contre-paul-hus/
Afrique / Africa
International Day for People of African Descent: Keeping Legacies Alive through Digital Heritage
http://www.unesco.org/en/articles/international-day-people-african-descent-keeping-legacies-alive-through-digital-heritage
Government to Move Kenya National Archives From Nairobi CBD to Safer, Quiet Location
http://www.kenyans.co.ke/news/115521-govt-move-kenya-national-archives-nairobi-cbd-safer-quiet-location
Kenya’s archival heritage comes back after decades abroad
http://www.kbc.co.ke/kenyas-archival-heritage-comes-back-after-decades-abroad/
Tchad: un sous-préfet aux arrêts pour avoir incinéré des archives
https://fr.apanews.net/news/tchad-un-sous-prefet-aux-arrets-pour-avoir-incinere-des-archives/
Sénégal – Une archiviste alerte sur la crise du dépôt légal
http://aps.sn/une-archiviste-alerte-sur-la-crise-du-depot-legal/
Sénégal : adoption des lois sur les lanceurs d’alerte et sur l’accès à l’information
https://www.medi1tv.com/fr/reportage/363773/S%C3%A9n%C3%A9gal–adoption-des-lois-sur-les-lanceurs-d-alerte-et-sur-l-acc%C3%A8s-%C3%A0-l-information
Nigeria – National Council for Arts and Culture celebrates UNESCO’s induction of Christopher Okigbo archives
https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2025/08/28/ncac-celebrates-unescos-induction-of-christopher-okigbo/
Susquehanna University Professor leads archiving workshop in Sierra Leone
https://www.susqu.edu/professor-leads-archiving-workshop-in-sierra-leone/
La preuve par les archives: l’Algérie a instrumentalisé le Polisario au Mali et d’autres pays du Sahel
http://fr.le360.ma/monde/la-preuve-par-les-archives-lalgerie-a-instrumentalise-le-polisario-au-mali-et-dautres-pays-du-sahel_BCSOWSCVENDR3OEJLRUENUM7RM/
Fermeture de l’instance nationale d’accès à l’information en Tunisie : la société civile s’inquiète
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5DHY_LZPYk
Amériques / Americas
Barbados government buys historical Banyan archives
http://newsday.co.tt/2025/08/24/barbados-government-buys-historical-banyan-archives/
NARA – Scheduling Records
http://records-express.blogs.archives.gov/2025/08/27/scheduling-records/
NARA – A View of Telecommunication in 1948: Past, Present, and Future
http://text-message.blogs.archives.gov/2025/08/26/a-view-of-telecommunication-in-1948-past-present-and-future/
United States releases Emmett Till investigation records ahead of 70th anniversary of his killing
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2025/08/22/emmett-till-records-released/c9dc2ec2-7fab-11f0-971c-6c8e53bd2f21_story.html
Announcing Library of Congress Leadership for the FADGI Still Image Working Group
https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2025/08/fadgi-still-image-group-leadership/
Library of Congress – An Interview with Ashley Rose Young, Curator of American History
https://blogs.loc.gov/bibliomania/2025/08/28/an-interview-with-ashley-rose-young-curator-of-american-history/
Library of Congress – Maps on Fabric: a Selection of Textile Cartography
http://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2025/08/maps-on-fabric-a-selection-of-textile-cartography/
Library of Congress acquires only known lyrics sketch of Over the Rainbow
http://www.npr.org/2025/08/25/nx-s1-5511391/library-of-congress-wizard-of-oz
Is Department of Homeland Security Saving its Texts or Not?
http://americanoversight.org/is-dhs-saving-its-texts-or-not/
American Oversight Sues Federal Housing Finance Agency for Records on Weaponization of Agency Against Fed’s Independence, Targeting of Lisa Cook
https://americanoversight.org/american-oversight-sues-fhfa-for-records-on-weaponization-of-agency-against-feds-independence-targeting-of-lisa-cook/
Freedom of the Press Foundation – Most classified records don’t deserve protection, or justify an FBI raid
http://freedom.press/the-classifieds/most-classified-records-dont-deserve-protection-or-justify-an-fbi-raid/
Ideas of our Time, Preserved for Tomorrow: Welcoming to the Best of Our Knowledge to the American Archive of Public Broadcasting
https://blog.americanarchive.org/2025/08/28/ideas-of-our-time-preserved-for-tomorrow/
Ithaka S+R – Preserving At-Risk Public Data: an Interview with the Data Rescue Project Steering Committee
http://sr.ithaka.org/blog/preserving-access-for-at-risk-public-data/
Digital Library of Georgia – Black-Owned Georgia Newspapers Now Available Online
http://blog.dlg.galileo.usg.edu/?p=9351
University of California – Exploring how Artificial Intelligence Can Help Research Data Management
http://uc3.cdlib.org/2025/08/21/exploring-how-ai-can-help-research-data-management/
University of California San Diego Library Preserves the Sounds and Stories of Oceania with Recordings at Risk Grant
http://today.ucsd.edu/story/uc-san-diego-library-preserves-the-sounds-and-stories-of-oceania-with-recordings-at-risk-grant
Iowa State University Special Collections and Archives – Guest Post: Processing as a Library School Intern
http://isuspecialcollections.wordpress.com/2025/08/26/guest-post-processing-as-a-library-school-intern/
Auburn University archivist preserving history with scrapbook project
http://www.wsfa.com/video/2025/08/23/auburn-university-archivist-preserving-history-with-scrapbook-project/
Through lens and legacy: New Mexico State University Archives and Special Collections acquire works of beloved alumnus photographer Sterling Trantham
http://newsroom.nmsu.edu/news/through-lens-and-legacy–nmsu-archives-and-special-collections-acquire-works-of-beloved-alumnus-phot/s/9b70918b-afdb-487b-92eb-57544ff3ae62
Hoover Institution – Teens Discover the Excitement and Joy of Archival Research: Hoover History Skills Academy
http://www.hoover.org/news/teens-discover-excitement-and-joy-archival-research-hoover-history-skills-academy
Public Librarians Partner with Internet Archive to Preserve Local Digital Heritage
https://blog.archive.org/2025/08/27/public-librarians-partner-with-internet-archive-to-preserve-local-digital-heritage/
Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
Australia – Calls to protect Indigenous intellectual property from artificial intelligence cultural theft
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-23/calls-to-protect-indigenous-intellectual-property-from-ai-cultur/105680182
Japan’s National Library Says Game-Key Cards Are Not Eligible For Preservation
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/08/japans-national-library-says-game-key-cards-are-not-eligible-for-preservation
Vietnam – Diffuser toujours plus le patrimoine culturel dans la société moderne
http://www.vietnam.vn/fr/de-di-san-van-hoa-ngay-cang-lan-toa-trong-xa-hoi-hien-dai
National Library of Philippines explores use of artificial intelligence for archiving, translations
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2099553/national-library-explores-use-of-ai-for-archiving-translations
A living archive: 42 Indigenous languages in Bangladesh preserved under one online portal
http://globalvoices.org/2025/08/24/a-living-archive-42-indigenous-languages-preserved-under-one-online-portal/
Europe / Europa
Explore the Historical Archives of the European Union
http://www.photoconsortium.net/explore-the-historical-archives-of-the-european-union/
European Holocaust Research Infrastructure – Fragmented Collections: Connecting the Dots Between the Filderman-Carp Archives and Reveal the History of the Holocaust in Romania
http://www.ehri-project.eu/ehri-document-blog-fragmented-collections-connecting-the-dots-between-the-filderman-carp-archives-and-reveal-the-history-of-the-holocaust-in-romania/
Ukraine – In Mykolaiv, 300 exhibits from the collections of two museums will be digitized
http://odessa-journal.com/in-mykolaiv-300-exhibits-from-the-collections-of-two-museums-will-be-digitized
Arolsen Archives: International Center on Nazi Persecution – Crowdsourcing project seeks volunteers: Help digitize Ukrainian postcards from the Nazi era
http://arolsen-archives.org/en/news/crowdsourcing-initiative-invites-volunteers-to-digitize-ukrainian-postcards-from-the-nazi-era/
Smiling miniature figurine thought to be first Viking portrait unveiled in Denmark
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/figurine-first-viking-portrait-denmark/
Sámi Parliament presses Finland to extend Truth and Reconciliation support services
http://www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-arctic/2025/08/25/sami-parliament-presses-finland-to-extend-truth-and-reconciliation-support-services/
Spain – The Municipal Archive of Xàbia recovers historical documents lost in a fire almost a century ago
http://www.javea.com/en/el-archivo-municipal-de-xabia-recupera-documentos-historicos-perdidos-en-un-incendio-hace-casi-un-siglo/
Yves Saint Laurent and Photography Explores an Enduring Legacy through Archival Photographs
http://nuvomagazine.com/daily-edit/yves-saint-laurent-and-photography-explores-an-enduring-legacy-through-archival-photography
National Library of Malta’s Facebook profile hacked
http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/136645/national_librarys_facebook_profile_hackednational_librarys_facebook_profile_hacked
The British Library as a Global Archive
http://blogs.bl.uk/americas/2025/08/the-british-library-as-a-global-archive.html
UK archive uncovers histories of wartime alliance between China, other allied forces
https://english.news.cn/20250828/3b0c1b364b3840b2b16e60dd5f5455ae/c.html
Historians dismayed by scandal of BBC cutting access to written archives
http://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/historians-dismayed-scandal-bbc-cutting-access-written-archives
Cambridge Colleges’ Conservation Consortium – Chronicles of a Book Detective: the case of MS 328
https://www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/chronicles-book-detective-case-ms-328
Make ’em laugh: a look into the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive
https://www.exploreyourarchive.org/make-em-laugh-a-look-into-the-british-stand-up-comedy-archive/
Hear the Long-Lost Chants of English Monks Whose Monasteries Were Dissolved by Henry VIII
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hear-the-long-lost-chants-of-english-monks-whose-monasteries-were-dissolved-by-henry-viii-180987204/?lctg=92906449
David Bowie unseen: inside his archive of 90,000 personal treasures
http://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/david-bowie-the-man-who-collected-the-world-sj2br32q9
Moyen-Orient / Middle East
National Library of Israel – Michel Kichka Illustrates our World
https://blog.nli.org.il/en/michel_kichka/
National Library of Israel – Bringing Medical Care to the Desert: Wilhelmina Cohen and the Early Years of Soroka Hospital
https://blog.nli.org.il/en/soroka_wilhelmina_cohen/
Egypt – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates reviews progress of plan for documenting historically valuable papers
http://www.sis.gov.eg/Story/212625/FM-reviews-progress-of-plan-for-documenting-historically-valuable-papers?lang=en-us
Malaysia, Turkiye Ink Memorandum of Understanding to Boost Cooperation Between National Archival Institutions
http://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=2461099
International
Creative Commons Becomes an Official UNESCO NGO Partner
https://creativecommons.org/2025/08/21/creative-commons-becomes-an-official-unesco-ngo-partner/
World Council of Churches releases Life and Work Digital Collection
http://www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-releases-life-and-work-digital-collection
Architecting M365 for Enterprise-Scale Information Management: a Guide for IM Professionals
https://info.aiim.org/aiim-blog/architecting-m365-for-enterprise-scale-information-management-a-guide-for-im-professionals
Ramblings of a File Format researcher – Page Perfect
http://preservation.tylerthorsted.com/2025/08/22/page-perfect/
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