Ressources / Resources
De l’État / From the State
Service interministériel des archives de France – Convention de mise en œuvre du contrôle scientifique et technique sur les archives du Centre national de la recherche scientifique
http://francearchives.gouv.fr/fr/circulaire/DGPA_SIAF_2025_016
National Archives of Australia – Records Authority: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet: Federal Executive Council Business Management
http://www.naa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-01/RA-2025-00922141.pdf
Report by the Keeper of the Records of Scotland 2024-2025
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/publications/report-by-the-keeper-of-the-records-of-scotland-2024-2025/
Audit of NARA’s Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Statements
http://naraoig.oversight.gov/reports/audit/audit-naras-fiscal-year-2025-financial-statements
De la communauté / From the community
Association of Canadian Archivists – Letter RE: Concern about Workforce Adjustment at Library and Archives Canada
https://surl.li/hddbgk
Digital Preservation Coalition – Coordinating an Interdepartmental Rapid Assessment Model (General Release)
http://www.dpconline.org/news/twgn-interdepartmental-ram-general-release
Conference of European National Librarians – Artificial Intelligence Meets Cultural Heritage: the Transformative Power of AI for and through National Libraries
http://www.cenl.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/ArtificialIntelligenceMeetsCulturalHeritage.pdf
Association for Intelligent Information Management – A Practical Guide to Managing Aging Content in the Artificial Intelligence Era
http://info.aiim.org/a-practical-guide-to-managing-aging-content-in-the-ai-era
Flickr Foundation Research – The State of Social Media Archiving Tools
http://docs.google.com/document/d/1yiQTbyhq4NZ3xR7F1m3qpX4dn82hkL5sEkhkBuW1ZlU/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.kbm75fimonkf
Communia – Submission to the Open Consultation on the European Research Area Act
http://communia-association.org/2026/01/13/submission-to-the-open-consultation-on-the-era-act/
Publications
La Gazette des archives, no 275 (2026)
http://www.archivistes.org/publications/le-sport-archives-et-histoire-avant-et-apres-les-jeux-de-paris-2024/
South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science, vol. 92, no. 1 (2026)
http://sajlis.journals.ac.za/pub/issue/view/146
Preservation, Digital Technology & Culture, vol. 54, no. 4 (2025)
http://www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/pdtc/54/4/html
View: Journal of European Television History and Culture, vol. 14, no. 28, 2025 (Special Issue: with and against the Grain: Creative Dialogues with Broadcast Archives)
http://viewjournal.eu/32/volume/14/issue/28
Wikimedia Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums Newsletter, vol. 15, no. 12 (2025)
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/December_2025
Appalachian Curator: a Newsletter about Appalachian Special Collections and Archives, vol. 6, no. 1 (2025)
https://libjournals.unca.edu/appalachiancurator/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Curator-Vol6No1-.pdf
Mennonite Historian: a Publication of the Mennonite Heritage Archives (Manitoba), vol. 51, no. 4 (2025)
http://www.mennonitehistorian.ca/51.4.MHDec25.pdf
Livre en libre accès – Explorer les bibliothèques du monde : lectures critiques et enjeux pratiques
http://books.openedition.org/pressesenssib/29348
Book – Indigenous Archives: the Maya Diaspora and Mobile Cultural Production
http://www.dukeupress.edu/indigenous-archives
Book – Tracing your Ancestors Using what they Left Behind: a Guide for Family Historians
http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Ancestors-Using-What-They-Left-Behind-A-Guide-for-Family-Historians-Paperback/p/57070
Book – Critical Infrastructure Studies and Digital Humanities
http://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517916084/critical-infrastructure-studies-and-digital-humanities/
Book – Remembering the Cajun Past: Memory, Race, and the Politics of Public History in Louisiana
http://www.umasspress.com/9781625349194/remembering-the-cajun-past/
Book – Monasticism and Manuscript Culture in Medieval Europe: Studies in Cluniac History, C. 900-1200
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501784668/monasticism-and-manuscript-culture-in-medieval-europe/
Book – The Future of Legal Knowledge Management: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence
http://www.globelawandbusiness.com/books/the-future-of-legal-knowledge-management-harnessing-artificial-intelligence
Book – Heritage Languages in the Digital Age: the Case of Autochthonous Minority Languages in Western Europe
http://www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/heritage-languages-in-the-digital-age/?SF1=work_id&ST1=CVIEW-651531485255d
Book – Metaverse Dynamics: Exploring the Intersection of Technology, Business Transformation, and User Experience
http://www.emerald.com/books/edited-volume/20429/Metaverse-DynamicsExploring-the-Intersection-of
Book – Challenges and Applications of Generative Large Language Models
http://shop.elsevier.com/books/challenges-and-applications-of-generative-large-language-models/pillai/978-0-443-33592-1
Livre/Book – Documents & Histoire / Documents & History : le faux, le simulacre et la copie: islam VIIe-XXe s. / the Fake, the Replica, & the Copy : Islam 7th-20th C.
http://brill.com/display/title/73178
Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
University of Toronto Exhibit – Arctic Fever: Image and Narrative in North Circumpolar Voyaging of the Long Nineteenth Century
January 26, 2026 – April 24, 2026, Toronto
http://library.utoronto.ca/exhibit/arctic-fever-image-and-narrative-north-circumpolar-voyaging-long-nineteenth-century
Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists – Archives Week
February 1-7, 2026
http://www.scaa.sk.ca/public-awareness/archives-week
McGill University – Hinge Points: Gabor Szilasi’s Photographic Angle
February 3 – June 20, 2026, Montreal
https://libraryrooms.mcgill.ca/event/3988036
Canadian Conservation Institute and Canadian Heritage Information Network Conference Day
February 4, 2026
https://forms-formulaires.alpha.canada.ca/en/id/cmj7ai24v0000kw0cp4ntqtz3
Society of American Archivists – Virtual Discussion on Federal Advocacy and the Appropriations Process
January 28, 2026
http://connect.archivists.org/discussion/join-us-virtual-discussion-on-federal-advocacy-and-the-appropriations-process-2
Archives and Records Association Ireland – The Playwright on the Stairs
January 29, 2026
http://www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-playwright-on-the-stairs-tickets-1976730061827
Digital Preservation Summit 2026: Securing Cultural Heritage in the Digital Age
February 5, 2026
http://www.dpconline.org/news/digital-preservation-summit-2026-securing-cultural-heritage-in-the-digital-age
British Library – Web Archive Research in an Age of Smart Data
February 9, 2026
http://events.bl.uk/events/web-archive-research-in-an-age-of-smart-data
UK National Archives – Does the Perfect Parchment Exist? Sensing the Value of Tangible Heritage
February 10, 2026
http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/does-the-perfect-parchment-exist-sensing-the-value-of-tangible-heritage-tickets-1979969763863?aff=oddtdtcreator
Health Hazards relating to Book and Paper Objects in Libraries and Archives
February 12, 2026
http://www.iccrom.org/classifieds/event/health-hazards-relating-book-and-paper-objects-libraries-and-archives
Society of American Archivists – Outreach Event on Ethics and Artificial Intelligence
February 25, 2026
http://connect.archivists.org/discussion/committee-on-ethics-and-professional-conduct-outreach-event-on-ethics-and-ai-4
Safeguarding Humanitarian Memory: Challenges and a Practical Toolkit for Digital Archives
March 2, 2026
https://alnap.org/about/events-listing/hnpw-2026-safeguarding-humanitarian-memory/
Promoting European Joint Nominations to the Unesco Memory of the World International Register
April 20-22, 2026, Madrid
http://www.ica.org/call-for-participation-eurbica-icdh-korea-workshop/
Save the Games: a Digital Preservation Symposium
July 29-30, 2026, Rochester
http://www.museumofplay.org/save-the-games-a-digital-preservation-symposium/
International Council on Archives, Section on Business Archives Conference
September 21-22, 2026, Brussels
http://www.ica.org/event/deadline-call-for-papers-ica-sba-2026/
International Council on Archives Congress 2025 (Slides Available)
October 27-30, 2025, Barcelona
https://www.ica.org/slides-from-ica-barcelona-congress-2025-now-available/
Sur le web / On the web
Thematic Network on Decolonization of Arctic Library and Archives Metadata – Digital Library
http://www.uarctic.org/news/2026/1/the-thematic-network-on-decolonization-of-arctic-library-and-archives-metadata-dalam-launches-digital-library/
OpenRefine : présentation pour le comité de formation de la Fédération des milieux documentaire
http://vimeo.com/1141217333
Vidéo – Rassembler et soutenir : l’Association des archivistes du Québec en action
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsjlQgW7LeE
Scottish Council on Archives Video – Warhammer, Records, and the Art of Engagement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R8g9trFMTw
D’Archive Podcast – Raid the Archive with Janet Pritchard
http://whus.org/2026/01/episode-58-raid-the-archive-with-janet-pritchard/
Nouvelles du monde / News from the world
Canada
Amid United States redaction scandal, Carney government developing artificial intelligence systems to black out sensitive documents
http://ottawacitizen.com/public-service/ai-redaction-carney-government-documents
Crown-Indigenous Relations Ministry ordered to release files on children’s graves
https://torontosun.com/news/national/crown-indigenous-relations-ministry-ordered-to-release-files-on-childrens-graves
Canada cancelled its plans for a National Portrait Gallery, so I built my own
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-case-for-national-portrait-gallery-canada/
Documentary Heritage Communities Program
http://www.anglocelticconnections.ca/2026/01/12/documentary-heritage-communities-program-dhcp/
Ontario school board invokes secrecy provision to withhold records on $34K fine art collection
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-ontario-fine-art-school-board-thames-valley-9.7038832
Archives Association of Ontario Archeion Coordinator News
https://aao-archivists.ca/News/13583199
Legal Archives Society of Alberta – Why is Legal History Important: the Early Calgary Contribution
https://legalarchives.ca/why-is-legal-history-important-the-early-calgary-contribution/
BAnQ – Pierre-Étienne Fortin : la petite histoire d’un grand homme
http://www.banq.qc.ca/explorer/articles/pierre-etienne-fortin-petite-histoire-grand-homme/
BAnQ – Québec : la cité des objets perdus
http://www.banq.qc.ca/explorer/articles/quebec-la-cite-des-objets-perdus/
Inside University of Toronto’s Film Library & Media Archives, where archivists preserve rare and classic films
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-7M0EOkveg
Les capucins donnent des livres anciens et rares à l’Université du Québec à Montréal
http://presence-info.ca/article/actualite/patrimoine/les-archives-des-capucins-sont-donnees-a-luqam/
Jewish Public Library – A prelude to Archives: Records and knowledge Management
https://jpl-curates.org/blog/jan2026
How is Ottawa’s new central library like the LRT? Delays, cost overruns and secrecy
http://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/adisoke-delayed-secrecy
City of Vancouver Archives – Satellite Site Renovations Now Complete
https://www.vancouverarchives.ca/2026/01/15/satellite-site-renovations-now-complete/
Africville (Halifax) Genealogy Society shares vision for community
http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7044161
Whistler Museum and Archives Society – The original Black Tusk Snowmobile Club
http://whistlermuseum.org/2026/01/13/the-original-black-tusk-snowmobile-club/
Summerland Museum and Archives (British Columbia) shares a look back at a photo of unknown Chinese man, sparking conversation of hidden history
http://www.castanet.net/news/Summerland/593111/Summerland-museum-shares-a-look-back-at-a-photo-of-unknown-Chinese-man-sparking-conversation-of-hidden-history
Japanese Legacies exhibit showcases Revelstoke’s (British Columbia) Japanese Canadian stories
https://revelstokemountaineer.com/japanese-legacies-exhibit-showcases-revelstokes-japanese-canadian-stories/
Décès de Marc Comby, historien et archiviste
https://archivesdutravail.quebec/2026/01/14/deces-de-marc-comby-historien-et-archiviste/
Afrique / Africa
Putting Nigeria in a Global Archiving Spotlight
http://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/01/11/putting-nigeria-in-a-global-archiving-spotlight/
National Archives launches Five-Year Plan to Modernize Liberia’s Documentary Heritage
http://gnnliberia.com/national-archives-launches-five-year-plan-to-modernize-liberias-documentary-heritage/
Sénégal – Plaidoyer pour une meilleure appropriation des archives audiovisuelles
http://aps.sn/plaidoyer-pour-une-meilleure-appropriation-des-archives-audiovisuelles/
Togo : l’Alliance nationale pour le changement exige la déclassification des archives françaises sur l’assassinat de Sylvanus Olympio
https://lanouvelletribune.info/2026/01/togo-lanc-exige-la-declassification-des-archives-francaises-sur-lassassinat-de-sylvanus-olympio/
Amériques / Americas
Library of Congress Celebrates America’s 250 Years
https://newsroom.loc.gov/news/library-of-congress-celebrates-america-s-250-years/s/f24d73a1-2beb-4ca8-bbb7-49ebc3f65145
What’s New Online at the Library of Congress: January 2026
http://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2026/01/new-loc-jan-2026/
Web Archiving at the Library of Congress after 25 Years
http://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2026/01/web-archiving-at-the-library-after-25-years/
United States health data is disappearing with potentially serious consequences
http://federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2026/01/u-s-health-data-is-disappearing-with-potentially-serious-consequences/
Keeping up with… Institute of Museum and Library Services Elimination: Impacts Beyond Grants
https://www.ala.org/acrl/publications/keeping_up_with/imls
Archives Are Participatory: Talking With North Carolina’s New State Archivist
http://indyweek.com/news/culture/talking-with-north-carolinas-new-state-archivist-kelly-policelli/
Stanford University – Descriptive Challenges with Technical Drawings and Audiovisual Objects in Related Collections
https://saadescription.wordpress.com/2026/01/15/descriptive-challenges-with-technical-drawings-and-audiovisual-objects-in-related-collections/
University of Pennsylvania – Q&A: in the Archives, a Student Uncovers how Music Shaped Presidential Campaigns
http://www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/news/qa-archives-student-uncovers-how-music-shaped-presidential-campaigns
Broadway legend Tommy Tune donates his costumes, scripts, letters to University of Houston
http://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/arts-culture/2026/01/09/540392/tommy-tune-uh-university-of-houston-md-anderson-library/
University of Nebraska-Lincoln – Archives and Special Collections launches new request syste
http://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/teacherconnect/19749/105225
From courthouse books to artificial intelligence: a message to the next generation of record keepers from a former court clerk
http://cardinalnews.org/2026/01/09/from-courthouse-books-to-artificial-intelligence-a-message-to-the-next-generation-of-record-keepers-from-a-former-court-clerk/
The Archive of Tom Verlaine, Frontman of Television, Has Been Acquired by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
http://www.nypl.org/press/archive-tom-verlaine-frontman-television-has-been-acquired-new-york-public-library-performing
The nightlife archivist of New York’s cultural moment
http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2026/01/13/the-nightlife-archivist-of-new-yorks-cultural-moment/
Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
Vietnam – Renforcer la numérisation et la transformation numérique dans la préservation du patrimoine de l’ancienne capitale de Hué
http://www.vietnam.vn/fr/tang-cuong-so-hoa-va-chuyen-doi-so-trong-bao-ton-di-san-o-co-do-hue
Vietnam – President Hồ Chí Minh Relic Site receives 30 rare archival photos from Russian Embassy
https://vietnamnews.vn/life-style/1763782/president-ho-chi-minh-relic-site-receives-30-rare-archival-photos-from-russian-embassy.html
Japan to pay royalties to artists, record labels for background music use
http://japantoday.com/category/national/japan-to-pay-royalties-to-artists-record-labels-for-background-music-use
Japanese Game Preservation Society turns to Patreon after government cuts, aims for United States sister organization
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Japanese-Game-Preservation-Society-turns-to-Patreon-after-government-cuts-aims-for-US-sister-organization.1201796.0.html
Europe / Europa
Delivering metadata to Europeana via the IIIF Change Discovery API
http://pro.europeana.eu/post/delivering-metadata-to-europeana-via-the-iiif-change-discovery-api
Arolsen Archives: International Center on Nazi Persecution – Consistent Action Against Artificial Intelligence-generated Holocaust Distortions on Social Media Platforms
http://arolsen-archives.org/en/news/consistent-action-against-ai-generated-holocaust-distortions-on-social-media-platforms/
Russian national to face charges over rare book thefts from Warsaw University library
http://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7789/Artykul/3631278,russian-national-to-face-charges-over-rare-book-thefts-from-warsaw-university-library
More than 100 traditional Moravian folk shawls preserved in new digital collection
http://english.radio.cz/more-100-traditional-moravian-folk-shawls-preserved-new-digital-collection-8874392
Germany – When Records Bear Witness, Survivors of the Shoah Give Testimony through Compensation Proceedings Files
https://blog.ehri-project.eu/2026/01/15/when-records-bear-witness/
L’Allemagne restitue deux fragments de la tapisserie de Bayeux prélevés en 1941 par un scientifique nazi
https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2026/01/15/l-allemagne-restitue-deux-fragments-de-la-tapisserie-de-bayeux-preleves-en-1941-par-un-scientifique-nazi_6662429_3246.html
Florence University launches digital library showcasing rare historical materials
http://www.theflorentine.net/2026/01/09/florence-university-digital-library/
Université de Lausanne (Suisse) – La cartographie est un dialecte visuel en constante évolution
http://actu.epfl.ch/news/la-cartographie-est-un-dialecte-visuel-en-consta-2/
France – Le Sénat ouvre ses Archives aux historiens
http://www.senat.fr/salle-de-presse/communiques-de-presse/presse/12-01-2026/le-senat-ouvre-ses-archives-aux-historiens.html
National Library of Ireland – Acquisition of McMonagle Family Letter Collection (1860–1903)
http://www.nli.ie/news-stories/news/acquisition-mcmonagle-family-letter-collection-1860-1903
National Library of Ireland – Alice Stopford Green Navigates the Publishing Process
https://www.nli.ie/news-stories/stories/alice-stopford-green-navigates-publishing-process
UK National Archives – Archive Rambler: from Hartland to Clovelly
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/professional-guidance-and-services/our-research-and-academic-collaboration/our-research-projects/research-projects/archive-rambler-from-hartland-to-clovelly/
The UK National Archives and the Royal Institute of British Architects to partner
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/the-national-archives-and-riba-to-partner/
British Library acquires archive of Ronald Blythe, writer and essayist
http://www.bl.uk/about/press/releases/british-library-acquires-archive-of-ronald-blythe
BAFTA-nominated filmmaker Tina Gharavi donates personal collection to the British Film Institute National Archive
http://www.bfi.org.uk/news/bafta-nominated-filmmaker-tina-gharavi-donates-personal-collection-bfi-national-archive
Natural History Museum – Newly Digitized Records Reveal how Indigenous People Shared their Knowledge of New Zealand’s Plants with Captain Cook’s Crew
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/newly-digitized-records-reveal-how-indigenous-people-shared-their-knowledge-of-new-zealands-plants-with-captain-cooks-crew-180987953/
Archives and Records Association UK and Ireland – Accessibility and Archives: she Has a Place in History
http://www.archives.org.uk/diversity-allies-blog/accessibility-and-archives-she-has-a-place-in-history
Moyen-Orient / Middle East
National Library of Israel – Maimonides, the Christian Artist, and the Censor: the Story of a Revolutionary Manuscript
http://blog.nli.org.il/en/maimonides_mishneh_torah/
National Library of Israel – Raoul Wallenberg: the Mysterious Disappearance of a Hero
https://blog.nli.org.il/en/raoul_wallenberg/
International
International Committee of the Red Cross – Digitization of General Archives: our Frequently Asked Questions
http://blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/digitization-of-archives-our-faq/
The League of Nations archives go online, reopening history to the world
http://genevasolutions.news/global-news/the-league-of-nations-archives-go-online-reopening-history-to-the-world
Why Preserving Ancient History Now Depends on Invisible Digital Defenses
http://popular-archaeology.com/article/why-preserving-ancient-history-now-depends-on-invisible-digital-defenses/
After the PDF: a new unit of knowledge for the artificial intelligence era
http://www.researchinformation.info/analysis-opinion/after-the-pdf-a-new-unit-of-knowledge-for-the-ai-era/
Hacker Factor Blog – A Typical PDF
http://hackerfactor.com/blog/index.php?/archives/1085-A-Typical-PDF.html
Repairing Brittle Plastic Retro Computer Cases
http://hackaday.com/2026/01/08/repairing-brittle-plastic-retro-computer-cases/
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Voir aussi les Nouvelles archivistiques francophones : http://www.piaf-archives.org/nouvelles-archivistiques-francophones
Bibliographie Archives numériques / Digital Archives Biliography: http://www.zotero.org/groups/1649718/digital_archives__archives_numriques/items
Archival Bibliography / Bibliographie archivistique (2017-2023):
http://drive.google.com/file/d/1xEYck9l30WJa5DHrcb-32wbeYwv9dZBH/view
Archival Bibliography / Bibliographie archivistique (2024-2026):
http://www.zotero.org/groups/1663921/archives_dhn