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Documentary Heritage News
September 12, 2025

Vol. 19, no. 2

Ressources / Resources

De l’État / From the State

Archives New Zealand – Appraisal Report and Disposal Schedule: Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation
Appraisal Report: http://www.archives.govt.nz/files/etfoy87fj9he/ajtJJGxcJEV9QMopSlRIR/375f72e648032ea5bd5030a9b153dd16/app2023-0039-guardians-of-nz-superannuation-_gnzs_-appraisal-report.pdf
Disposal Schedule: http://www.archives.govt.nz/files/etfoy87fj9he/6Ue27CRulhGZgBBfzxaqVR/af856d6ac02e75cce1181942f6e2d452/app2023-0039-guardians-of-nz-superannuation-_gnzs_-disposal-schedule.pdf

Service interministériel des Archives de France – Évaluation des dossiers et registres de francisation et d’immatriculation des navires de commerce et de plaisance
http://francearchives.gouv.fr/fr/circulaire/DGPA_SIAF_2025_008

NARA – Best Practices for Role-Based Scheduling and Guide to Machine-Implementable Disposition Instructions
http://records-express.blogs.archives.gov/2025/09/09/new-scheduling-guidance/

Audit of NARA’s Compliance with Office of Management and Budget Memorandum M-23-07
http://naraoig.oversight.gov/reports/audit/audit-naras-compliance-office-management-and-budget-omb-memorandum-m-23-07

De la communauté / From the community

Canada’s National History Society and National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation – Indigenous Law and Legal Orders Edu Package
https://www.canadashistory.ca/education/classroom-resources/indigenous-law-and-legal-orders/indigenous-law-legal-orders-edu-package

Communia – Policy Paper for a General Scientific Research Exception
http://communia-association.org/2025/09/10/new-policy-paper-for-a-general-scientific-research-exception/

Boston Library Consortium – Evaluating Resource Sharing Software
http://blc.org/evaluating-resource-sharing-software

Article – Hybrid Conferences as the Standard Offering of Archival Organizations
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/westernarchives/vol16/iss1/5/

Publications

Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, vol. 40, no. 3 (2025)
http://academic.oup.com/dsh/issue/40/3

Journal of Cultural Heritage, vol. 75 (2025)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-cultural-heritage/vol/75/suppl/C

Library of Congress Magazine, vol. 14, no. 5 (2025)
http://loc.gov/lcm/pdf/LCM_2025_0910.pdf

Wikimedia Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums Newsletter, vol. 15, no. 8 (2025)
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/August_2025

Online Audiovisual Catalogers Newsletters, vol. 45, no. 2 (2025)
http://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/olac-newsletters/vol45/iss2/1/

Burlington Historical Society (Ontario) Gazette, vol. 21, no. 7 (2025)
http://burlingtonhistorical.ca/september-2025-gazette/

Book – Curating the Colonial Past: the Migrated Archives and the Struggle for Kenya’s History
http://www.cambridge.org/core/books/curating-the-colonial-past/454B2425AF386BE6AB582B816D74F511

Book – Re-activating Indigenous Knowledge from Oral History: Landscape and Intangible Cultural Heritage in Greenland
http://routledge.com/product/isbn/9781032774831

Book – Hans Sloane’s Library Collection and the Production of Knowledge
http://www.cambridge.org/ca/universitypress/subjects/literature/renaissance-and-early-modern-literature/hans-sloanes-library-collection-and-production-knowledge?format=HB&isbn=9781009497398

Book – Digital Content in Museums: Delivering Discoverable, Usable and Strategic Content in Museums, Galleries and Heritage Institutions
http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/page/detail/digital-content-in-museums/?k=9781783307180

Book – Introduction to Public Librarianship (Fourth Edition)
http://alastore.ala.org/PL4th

Book – Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-1985
http://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300283501/photography-and-the-black-arts-movement-1955-1985/

Book – Fundamentals of Metadata Management
http://www.oreilly.com/library/view/fundamentals-of-metadata/9781098162818/

Book – The Organization of Information
http://www.bloomsbury.com/ca/organization-of-information-9781440878619/

Book – Copyright as Personal Property
http://global.oup.com/academic/product/copyright-as-personal-property-9780192864420

Livre – Le loup des archives
http://www.archivesetculture.org/product-page/le-loup-des-archives

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

Association of Canadian Archivists – Kasaysayan, Karapatan, at Kalayan: Recordkeeping & Human Rights Webinar
September 22, 2025
https://archivists.ca/event-6337215

Government Information Day(s) 2025
December 16, 17 or 18, 2025
http://librarianship.ca/news/govinfo-days-east-2025/

2025 Curationist Metadata Summit: Metadata Outside the Box
September 18, 2025
http://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AUGuc7g6T4-xdtaS6TIBcA#/registration

Study Day on the Archiving of Born-digital Architecture
September 18, 2025, Rome
http://www.maxxi.art/en/events/digital-past-future-archives/

Black Cultural Archives – Unearthing your Roots: Introduction to Genealogy
September 30, 2025
https://blackculturalarchives.org/events/unearthing-your-roots-introduction-to-genealogy

Reactivating Archives in Contemporary Art
October 2-3, 2025, Lisbon
http://reactivatingarchives.wixsite.com/conference

Service interministériel des Archives – Référentiels et identifiants pérennes pour la description archivistique
2 octobre 2025
https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/ce075b6e-444c-4cce-918e-991b028ab7d7@5d0b42b2-7ba0-42b9-bd88-2dd1558bd190

Community Chat on Oral History Metadata Crosswalks
October 8, 2025
https://connect.archivists.org/discussion/save-the-date-108-community-chat-on-oral-history-metadata-crosswalks-1

UK National Archives – Extinction and Hope: Navigating Animal Encounters in the Archive
October 20, 2025
http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/extinction-and-hope-navigating-animal-encounters-in-the-archive-tickets-1673229086239

Babel hexadecimal : des archives nativement numériques pour la recherche
21 octobre 2025, Paris
http://www.fabula.org/actualites/129331/babel-hexadecimal-des-archives-nativement-numeriques-pour-la-recherche-seminaire-general-de-l-item-paris.html

Building Effective Workflows for Oral History Projects: Collaboration, Structure, and Innovation
October 21, 2025
http://www.oclc.org/research/events/2025/building-effective-workflows-for-oral-history-projects.html

National Archives of Australia – Australia’s Literary Landscape
October 23, 2025
http://www.naa.gov.au/visit-us/events-and-exhibitions/australias-literary-landscape

Trauma Informed Practices in Museums and Archives
October 24-25, 2025, St. Louis
http://www.arcsinfo.org/news-events/event/2438/0/mac-2025-fall-symposium-trauma-informed-practices-in-museums-and-archives

UK National Archives – Carbon Literacy Training for Archives
January 20, 22 and February 24, 26, 2026
January: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/carbon-literacy-training-for-archives-tickets-1654617177519
February: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/carbon-literacy-training-for-archives-tickets-1654646214369

Coordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations – Joint Technical Symposium 2026
March 3-4, 2026, Canberra
http://www.fiafnet.org/pages/Events/2026-jts.html

Sur le web / On the web

Vidéo de l’École nationale des chartes – La trajectoire atypique du fonds de l’Afrique occidentale française
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcY9T1NCGeQ

UK National Archives Podcast – On the Record: People of the Railways
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/on-the-record-podcast/people-of-the-railways/

Podcast – Preserving Government Information
http://futureknowledge.transistor.fm/episodes/preserving-government-information

Podcast – Building and Preserving the Library of Everything
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/podcast-episode-building-and-preserving-library-everything

Présentation – Pourquoi et comment gérer ses fonds d’archives sous forme de données liées au moyen de logiciels libres ?
http://cloud.sapa.swiss/s/M8gDZakYXDeYxgP

Archives Society of Alberta Demographic Survey
http://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2YFW2JK

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

How to Access Chinese Case Files at Library and Archives Canada (2025)
http://past-presence.com/2025/08/31/how-to-access-chinese-case-files-at-lac-2025/

Hearing to approve sale of Hudson’s Bay charter to Weston family adjourned
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-hudsons-bay-charter-sale-weston-hearing-adjourned/

Ukrainian Museum of Canada – From the Director: Fall 2025
http://umcnational.ca/from-the-director-fall-2025/

Canadian peace advocate’s archives on display in China
http://english.news.cn/20250909/17f3b24b93fd4725bccf77d03ab9ae85/c.html

Aux marges de l’archivistique: entretien avec Annaëlle Winand
http://archivistesqc.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/marges_archivistique/

University of British Columbia – Yucho Chow, Part 2: Chow’s Enduring Impact
https://digitize.library.ubc.ca/carousel/yucho-chow-part-2-chows-enduring-impact/

Archives des Jésuites au Canada – Des princes de la famille Bourbon-Parme au Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf
http://archivesjesuites.ca/des-princes-de-la-famille-bourbon-parme-au-college-jean-de-brebeuf/

United Farmers Historical Society – Farmers in the Oil Business
http://unitedfarmershistoricalsociety.wordpress.com/2025/09/10/farmers-in-the-oil-business/

Whistler Museum and Archives Society – Reporting on Rainbow
http://whistlermuseum.org/2025/09/09/reporting-on-rainbow/

Greater Vernon Museum & Archives (British Columbia) – From City Hall to Headlines: Vernon’s Early Mayors
http://vernonmuseum.ca/from-city-hall-to-headlines-vernons-early-mayors/

The Galt Museum and Archives receives Recognized Museum Designation with the Alberta Museums Association
http://www.galtmuseum.com/news/the-galt-receives-recognized-museum-designation-with-the-alberta-museums-association-ama

Museums and libraries are GLAM
http://www.countyweeklynews.ca/opinion/columnists/museums-and-libraries-are-glam

Stranded on Prince Edward Island: Uncovering my Ancestors’ Hidden Story
http://afterlavinia.substack.com/p/stranded-on-prince-edward-island

Canadian doc-maker Ben Proudfoot wants to preserve Ghanaian records of liberation movement
http://toronto.citynews.ca/2025/09/05/canadian-doc-maker-ben-proudfoot-wants-to-preserve-ghanaian-records-of-liberation-movement/

Montreal man spends 50 years tracking down his ancestor’s lost paintings
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/william-raphael-ancestor-paintings-1.7626289

Afrique / Africa

Ghana – How Paul Ninson’s Dikan Center Is Preserving Africa’s Lost History
http://www.okayafrica.com/paul-ninson-dikan-center-preserving-africa-lost-history-archives/

Gestion des archives au Bénin sous Patrice Talon (2016–2026) : bilan et perspectives
http://archivinfos.com/gestion-archives-benin-sous-patrice-talon-2016-2026-bilan-perspectives/

Nelson Mandela Foundation – Navigating artificial intelligence while preserving and mobilising legacy
http://www.nelsonmandela.org/news/entry/navigating-ai-while-preserving-and-mobilising-legacy

Amériques / Americas

NARA – Deaf Historical Sites in the National Register of Historic Places
http://text-message.blogs.archives.gov/2025/09/09/deaf-historical-sites-in-the-national-register-of-historic-places/

Impacts of the Trump Administration on archives and archival workers: Impacts on National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Employees
http://awefund.wordpress.com/2025/09/08/impacts-on-national-archives-and-records-administration-nara-employees/

Joe Biden to build presidential library in Delaware with fundraising set to start soon
http://www.cnn.com/2025/09/06/politics/biden-presidential-library-delaware-fundraising

Library of Congress – A New Box Maker for the Conservation Division
http://blogs.loc.gov/preservation/2025/09/a-new-box-maker-for-the-conservation-division/

Polish Foreign Minister to receive the Katyń Archive in New York
http://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7784/Artykul/3575658,polish-foreign-minister-to-receive-the-katyn-archive-in-new-york

White House review of Smithsonian’s content could reach into classrooms nationwide
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/education/white-house-review-smithsonian-content-reach-classrooms-nationwide-rcna229747

American Archive of Public Broadcasting – Practical Steps to Preserving your Station’s Programming: a Guide
http://blog.americanarchive.org/2025/09/08/practical-steps-to-preserving-your-stations-programming-a-guide/

Minnesota Historical Society laying off 36 workers amid challenging economic environment
http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/minnesota-historical-society-laying-off-36-workers-amid-challenging-economic-environment/ar-AA1JFTCF

Indiana University – Black Film Center & Archive announces acquisition of The Michelle Materre Collection
http://www.idsnews.com/article/2025/09/pr-black-film-center-and-archive-julie-dash-09052025

University of Arizona – Center for Creative Photography receives renowned photographer Benn Mitchell’s archive, $1 million gift
http://news.arizona.edu/news/ccp-receives-renowned-photographer-benn-mitchells-archive-1-million-gift

Carnegie Mellon University – Archiving physics and math history
https://www.cmu.edu/125/stories/physics-and-mathematics-archive.html

Special Collections and University Archives at Iowa State University – Newly Processed Records: the naming of Catt Hall from President Jischke
http://isuspecialcollections.wordpress.com/2025/09/09/newly-processed-records-the-naming-of-catt-hall-from-president-jischke/

Arkansas history archive goes digital, offers decades of KATV footage online
http://katv.com/news/local/arkansas-history-archive-goes-digital-offers-decades-of-footage-online

The New York Public Library Acquires the CameraPlanet Archive, Historic 1,200 Hours of September 11 Video Archives
http://www.nypl.org/press/new-york-public-library-acquires-cameraplanet-archive-historic-1200-hours-september-11-video

Documenting Sacramento music history: free online archive contains decades of melodic memories
http://www.kcra.com/article/sacramento-music-archive-free-online/65998961

Artificial Intelligence Rewrites History: Reconstructing Orson Welles’ Lost Vision in 80 Years
http://www.ainvest.com/news/ai-rewrites-history-reconstructing-welles-lost-vision-80-years-2509/

24 McDonald’s Secrets their Official Archivist Served up that Made me Question Everything I Thought I Knew about the Golden Arches
http://www.buzzfeed.com/kelley_greene/mcdonalds-facts-from-their-archivist

He remains a beloved figure: Archivists, historians preserve Jim Morrison’s Tallahassee ties
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU5HCLtCUQI

Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific

Our fight with Australia’s broken freedom of information system
http://www.choice.com.au/shopping/consumer-rights-and-advice/your-rights/articles/broken-foi-system

New Zealand – Defence won’t have to keep some war records under law change
http://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/572705/defence-won-t-have-to-keep-some-war-records-under-law-change

Vietnam – Exhibition of archival documents and images of President Ho Chi Minh’s activities in the Russian Federation
http://www.vietnam.vn/en/trung-bay-tai-lieu-luu-tru-hinh-anh-ve-hoat-dong-cua-chu-tich-ho-chi-minh-tai-lien-bang-nga

Vietnam – Musée des vestiges de guerre : un espace de dialogue et de réconciliation
http://www.vietnam.vn/fr/bao-tang-chung-tich-chien-tranh-khong-gian-doi-thoai-va-hoa-giai

Japan’s National Diet Library says Switch 2 Game-Key Cards aren’t eligible for preservation
http://gonintendo.com/contents/52111-japan-s-national-diet-library-says-switch-2-game-key-cards-aren-t-eligible-for

National Archives of Korea fabricates liberation history through photo manipulation
http://www.chosun.com/english/opinion-en/2025/09/07/S6MHZLQNHFHJ3FSJQNMRFWJC6Y/

Kazakhstan receives rare artifact depicting ancient capital of Oghuz tribe on map of 11th century
http://qazinform.com/news/kazakhstan-receives-rare-artifact-depicting-ancient-capital-of-oghuz-tribe-on-map-of-11th-century-1c6315

Myanmar – Because no one asked: Archiving the Rohingya past
http://www.thedailystar.net/slow-reads/unheard-voices/news/because-no-one-asked-archiving-the-rohingya-past-3979531

India – Centre to launch artificial intelligence mission to decode ancient manuscripts, experts flag tech limitations
https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/centre-to-launch-ai-mission-to-decode-ancient-manuscripts-experts-flag-tech-limitations-prnt/cid/2122382

Europe / Europa

Historical Archives of the European Union – Additional European Science Foundation files now open for consultation
http://www.eui.eu/news-hub?id=additional-european-science-foundation-files-now-open-for-consultation

Iceland – Film and Audio Archives to Join National Library in 2026
http://www.icelandreview.com/news/film-and-audio-archives-to-join-national-library-in-2026/

Inside the Devil’s Bible, the Largest Medieval Manuscript Ever Made
http://news.artnet.com/art-world/huge-codex-gigas-2674262

Les brevets perdus d’Alfred Nobel découverts dans une maison isolée en Suède, plus d’un siècle après sa mort
http://www.science-et-vie.com/science-et-culture/archeologie/les-brevets-perdus-dalfred-nobel-decouverts-dans-une-maison-isolee-en-suede-plus-dun-siecle-apres-sa-mort-210571.html

Spain – Technology reveals the stories erased from ancient manuscripts
http://english.elpais.com/technology/2025-09-06/technology-reveals-the-stories-erased-from-ancient-manuscripts.html

Flemish government awards quality label to museums, archives and library
http://www.belganewsagency.eu/flemish-government-awards-quality-label-to-museums-archives-and-library

Trial of Gérard Lhéritier, once dubbed the king of manuscripts, gets underway in Paris
http://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/09/08/trial-of-gerard-lheritier-once-dubbed-the-king-of-manuscripts-gets-underway-in-paris

Ireland – Unique hand-made prison journals from Long Kesh published by Galway University
http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/unique-hand-made-prison-journals-from-long-kesh-published-by-galway-university-1804005.html

Gresford Colliery documents head for Wrexham in first for the UK National Archives
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/gresford-colliery-documents-head-for-wrexham-in-first-for-the-national-archives/

David Bowie’s secret last project is discovered locked in his study by archivists
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15068531/David-Bowies-secret-project-study-archivists.html

The South London lock up home to one of the world’s best cultural archives
http://www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-south-london-lock-up-home-to-one-of-the-worlds-best-cultural-archives/

Moyen-Orient / Middle East

National Library of Israel – The Inner Workings of a Library … and a Person
https://blog.nli.org.il/en/to_the_internal_libraries/

National Library of Israel – Louis Armstrong’s Star of David
https://blog.nli.org.il/en/louis_armstrong_star_of_david/

New digital archive gives global access to Israel’s archaeological treasures
http://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/digital-archive-gives-global-access-153009257.html

Preserving History: Esraa and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Archives
http://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/features/preserving-history-esraa-and-unrwa-archives

National Archives of Qatar launches training programme in archiving
http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/05/09/2025/national-archives-of-qatar-launches-training-programme-in-archiving

Armenian Corner Opens at Iran’s National Library and Archives
http://massispost.com/2025/09/armenian-corner-opens-at-irans-national-library-and-archives/

International

Information and Records Management Society and Association for Intelligent Information Management Announce Formal Collaboration to Advance Information Management Excellence
https://irms.org.uk/news/709876/IRMS-and-AIIM-Announce-Formal-Collaboration-to-Advance-Information-Management-Excellence.htm

Creative Commons – Understanding Barriers to Accessing Heritage
http://creativecommons.org/2025/09/10/understanding-barriers-to-accessing-heritage/

IFLA – Libraries participating in crucial conversations towards a national artificial intelligence strategy
http://www.ifla.org/news/libraries-participating-in-crucial-conversations-towards-a-national-ai-strategy/

Re-indexing iPRES 2022
https://anjackson.net/2025/09/11/re-indexing-ipres-2022/

Proving War Crimes: Archives, Truth Commissions and Transitional Justice
http://medium.com/@cecilechemin.ireland/archives-and-human-rights-fb9342c2e478

Artificial intelligence in Cultural Preservation: Digitizing Ancient Manuscripts with Machine Learning
http://techbullion.com/ai-in-cultural-preservation-digitizing-ancient-manuscripts-with-machine-learning/

DNA cassette tape can store every song ever recorded
http://www.newscientist.com/article/2495758-dna-cassette-tape-can-store-every-song-ever-recorded/

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