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Documentary Heritage News
January 30, 2026

Vol. 19, no. 22

Ressources / Resources

De l’État / From the State

United Nations – Intellectual Cooperation at the League of Nations: Shaping Cultural and Political Relations
https://www.un-ilibrary.org/content/books/9789211072808

United States Council of State Archivists – 2025 Annual Report
http://councilofstatearchivists.app.box.com/s/p8q95f7sj1gvyvqax6xflner0ylpcca0

De la communauté / From the community

Communauté de pratique en gestion de l’information gouvernementale – Nasviguer la complexité de l’information : piste pour une gestion de l’information actualisée
http://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:groupPost:9110134-7421623651046727681/

Canadian Federation of Library Associations – Climate Action Resources for Library Sector
http://librarianship.ca/news/cfla-climate-action-resources/

Archives and Records Associations UK and Ireland – Salary Recommendations 2026
https://www.archives.org.uk/salary-recommendations

IFLA – Guidelines for Green Libraries
http://www.ifla.org/news/ifla-guidelines-for-greeen-libraries/

IFLA – Guidelines for Inclusive Library Services for Persons with Print Disabilities
http://www.ifla.org/news/guidelines-for-inclusive-library-services-for-persons-with-print-disabilities-2/

The State of Open Data 2025: a Decade of Progress and Challenges
http://www.digital-science.com/blog/2026/01/2025-state-of-open-data-report/

International Metadata Recommendations and Platform-Specific Requirements for Open Access Books and Chapters
http://copim.pub/new-report-published-international-metadata-recommendations-and-platform-specific-requirements-for-open-access-books-and-chapters/

Article – Preservation and Representation of National Cultural Heritage by Archival and Library Institutions in the Context of Russia’s War Against Ukraine (2022–2025)
http://au.archives.gov.ua/index.php/au/article/view/299/262

Publications

Livre en libre accès – L’interdiction de la presse en langue étrangère en France au prisme des archives de la Sûreté générale
http://books.openedition.org/pan/7805

Book – Organizing Archival Records: a Guide for Both Physical and Digital Collections (Fifth Edition)
http://www.bloomsbury.com/ca/organizing-archival-records-9781538182383/

Book – Early Gaze: Unseen Photography of the 19th Century
http://hannibalbooks.be/en/early-gaze

Book – Safeguarding Cultural Heritage and Promoting Economic-Cultural Growth in the Digital Era
http://link.springer.com/book/9789819509294

Book – Practical Heritage Management: a Reasonable and Good Faith Effort
http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/practical-heritage-management-9781538179321/

Book – Inclusive Heritage: Hidden Pasts, Reconciling Presents, Diversifying Futures
http://link.springer.com/book/9783032073006

Book – Bibliotactics: Libraries and the Colonial Public in Vietnam
http://www.ucpress.edu/books/bibliotactics/paper

Book – Transparency in EU Law: from Legal Principles to a Food Sector Analysis
http://link.springer.com/book/9783032023445

Book – Reader Bot: what Happens when AI Reads and why it Matters
http://www.sup.org/books/media-studies/reader-bot

Book – Blockchain and Trustworthy Systems: 7th International Conference on Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, and Trustworthy Systems, BlockSys 2025, Zhuhai, China, May 30-31, 2025, Revised Selected Papers, Part II
http://link.springer.com/book/9789819534821

Livre – Archive de Berthe Bendler
http://www.grasset.fr/livre/archive-de-berthe-bendler-9782246835233/

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

Critical Cataloguing: Reparative Approaches to Heritage Documentation
February 4, 2026, Montreal
http://www.linkedin.com/posts/christian-gates-st-pierre-7b0055b9_the-next-as2-guest-lecture-note-that-the-share-7422368386531172352-D0wX/

Cantonese Opera in Art and Archives
February 18, 2026, Toronto
http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cantonese-opera-in-art-and-archives-tickets-1981208217110

Archives of Ontario – Illuminate Black: Shining Light on the Black Presence in Ontario
February 23, 2026 – March 2028, Toronto
http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/illuminate-black/

Guardians of Knowledge: Libraries and Information in Zimbabwe
January 31, 2026
http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/guardians-of-knowledge-libraries-and-information-in-zimbabwe-tickets-1977171513220

The European Network of Official Authorities in Charge of Secret Police Files: Managing Communist-era Secret Police Records in Central and Eastern Europe
February 3, 2026
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__HEBQtxsSVuoZSLuU_2WPQ#/registration

Computing Cultural Heritage: Re-imagining Search & Discovery
February 4, 2026
http://umd.zoom.us/meeting/register/qwAq0n4rRrSwiFHJWEcJPQ#/registration

University of Michigan – A Re-Introduction to the Social Media Archive: New Website, New Features, New Data
February 13, 2026
http://events.umich.edu/event/144425

Rooted in Memory Workshop Series II
February 19, 2026
http://www.theradicalarchive.com/event-details/rooted-in-memory-workshop-series-ii-live-january-2026-2026-02-19-13-00

Repositories and Digital Preservation
February 23, 2026
http://stanford.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_AQJF-oucQ26DubswLlHZyQ#/registration

Responsible and Effective Use of Artificial Intelligence in Records Management
March 10, 2026
http://www.rimpa.com.au/events/ems-events-calendar/webinar-responsible-and-effective-use-of-ai-in-records-management.html

The State of the United States: Safeguarding Knowledge: when Memory Becomes Political
March 12, 2026, London
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/2026/mar/state-united-states-safeguarding-knowledge-when-memory-becomes-political

Scottish Council on Archives – Metrics and Messaging: Promoting your Archive
March 19, 2026
http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sca-advocacy-workshop-metrics-and-messaging-promoting-your-archive-tickets-1980881472809

Twenty-fourth International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications
August 3-7, 2026, Seoul
http://www.dublincore.org/conferences/2026/cfp/

Archives in Times of Peace and War: Safeguarding Audiovisual Memory, Identity, and Authenticity
October 19-22, 2026, Vilnius (Lithuania)
http://www.ica.org/call-for-submissions-iasa-baac-2026-joint-conference/

Sur le web / On the web

UK National Archives Podcast – On the Record: Love Letters
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/on-the-record-podcast/on-the-record-love-letters/

Onomasticon : outil de consultation de dictionnaires d’onomastique grecque et latine
http://outils.biblissima.fr/fr/onomasticon/

University of Toronto Presentation – Considerations, Community, and Standards-Based Tools: Sustaining Digital Archives in a Library Setting
http://utoronto.scholaris.ca/items/f05921b6-cf23-4b45-87d4-ae3cffd61824

Public Comment on Proposed Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Term: Accessibility Note
http://www.dublincore.org/news/2026/01-21_accessibility-note-comment/

Stanford University – Survey on Digital Preservation Practices
http://stanforduniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1zROtUXaqoq7sWO

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

Government Reveals Digital Policy Priorities in Trio of Responses to Canadian Heritage Committee Reports
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/01/government-reveals-digital-policy-priorities-in-trio-of-responses-to-canadian-heritage-committee-reports/

List of suspected Nazi war criminals welcomed in Canada should stay secret, information watchdog rules
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-list-of-suspected-nazi-war-criminals-welcomed-in-canada-should-stay/

History, war museums to slash dozens of positions
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/war-history-museum-ottawa-gatineau-cuts-9.7059733

Inside the Canadian Museum of History’s experiment with artificial intelligence
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-inside-the-canadian-museum-of-historys-experiment-with-artificial/

Prioritizing privacy by design: Shared Services Canada’s Access to Information and Privacy Division leads the way
http://www.canada.ca/en/shared-services/campaigns/stories/tapi-ervpt.html

Associations of Canadian Archivists @50 – In Conversation with Catherine Bailey
https://archivists.ca/Blog/13591525

Manitoba Documentary Archive Launches to Showcase Local Films Worldwide
http://www.chrisd.ca/2026/01/27/manitoba-documentary-archive/

Archives of Ontario – From Stereoscopes to Avatar
http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/from-stereoscopes-to-avatar/

BAnQ – Cinq temps dans l’histoire des Nordiques de Québec
https://www.banq.qc.ca/explorer/articles/5-temps-dans-lhistoire-des-nordiques-de-quebec/

Retour sur le congrès du Conseil international des archives à Barcelone: visite guidée avec Cédric Champagne
http://archivistesqc.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/ica-barcelone/

University of Toronto library helps preserve Ukrainian voices as war rages on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCfv5rPGOuQ

University of British Columbia Library Welcomes Urban Forestry Students into the Archives
http://forestry.ubc.ca/news/ubc-library-welcomes-urban-forestry-students-into-the-archives/

From Enssib to McGill Libraries: an interview with Paloma Juno
http://news.library.mcgill.ca/from-enssib-to-mcgill-libraries-an-interview-with-paloma-juno/

McGill University – Partition by Dr. Diana Allan: Reclaiming British Archival Footage
http://www.mcgilldaily.com/2026/01/partition-by-dr-diana-allan-reclaiming-british-archival-footage/

Regroupement des archivistes religieux – Acquisition historique par la ville de Longueuil
http://regroupementarchivistesreligieux.wordpress.com/2026/01/23/acquisition-historique-par-la-ville-de-longueuil/

Montréal – L’archive comme matériau: trois expositions à voir au centre Vox cet hiver
http://www.ledevoir.com/culture/arts-visuels/950250/archive-comme-materiau

Cortes Island Museum and Archives (British Columbia) – A Century Back: who Was Bud Turner?
http://cortesmuseum.com/blog/a-century-back-who-was-bud-turner/

City of Mission’s (British Columbia) retiring archivist leaving big shoes to fill
http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7063411

Nelson archivist nominated for British Columbia Heritage award
http://www.mynelsonnow.com/76805/news/community/nelson-archivist-nominated-for-bc-heritage-award/

Prince Albert Historical Museum (Saskatchewan) – Archivists talk brings history to life at Coffee and Conversation
http://paherald.sk.ca/archivists-talk-brings-history-to-life-at-coffee-and-conversation/

Shaunavon celebrating Saskatchewan Archives Week with events
https://www.swiftcurrentonline.com/articles/shaunavon-celebrating-saskatchewan-archives-week-with-events

Sault Ste. Marie library breaking out its Roberta Bondar archives
http://www.sootoday.com/local-entertainment/sault-library-breaking-out-its-roberta-bondar-archives-11775973

Community Archives in Belleville (Ontario) celebrates significant community donation
http://www.inquinte.ca/2026/01/community-archives-in-belleville-celebrates-significant-community-donation/

Community archives foster sense of pride in Cumberland County (Nova Scotia)
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/community-archives-cumberland-county-pride-9.7058510

I wanted to save my family’s stories. Instead, I found a connection I didn’t know I was missing
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-first-person-andrew-stetson-9.7036224

Afrique / Africa

En visite en Algérie, Ségolène Royal plaide pour une restitution des biens culturels et des archives
http://www.rfi.fr/fr/afrique/20260128-en-visite-en-alg%C3%A9rie-s%C3%A9gol%C3%A8ne-royal-plaide-pour-une-restitution-des-biens-culturels-et-des-archives

Rhodes University (South Africa) – Scientific breakthrough uncovers hidden radio bursts in archival space data
http://www.ru.ac.za/latestnews/rims_radiobursts.html

Amériques / Americas

National Archives bets on artificial intelligence to modernize museum
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/29/national-archives-ai-semiquincentennial

American Oversight Seeks Trump 1.0 Records on First Day they Become Publicly Available Under Law
http://americanoversight.org/american-oversight-seeks-trump-1-0-records-on-first-day-they-become-publicly-available-under-law/

Library of Congress Names 25 Films to the National Film Registry for Preservation
http://newsroom.loc.gov/news/library-names-25-films-to-the-national-film-registry-for-preservation/s/54d2521d-cc42-4987-9c75-4a08d2d901e1

Library of Congress – White House Rush: how Books are Repaired for Congress
http://blogs.loc.gov/preservation/2026/01/white-house-rush-how-books-are-repaired-for-congress/

Smithsonian Exhibition Showcases Hidden Archives of Historically Black Colleges
http://www.theeduledger.com/demographics/african-american/article/15815428/smithsonian-exhibition-showcases-hidden-archives-of-historically-black-colleges

History Matters: Meet the Delaware Public Archives’ new director
http://www.delawarepublic.org/show/the-green/2026-01-23/history-matters-meet-the-delaware-public-archives-new-director

All the news that’s fit to save: two experts at the Harvard Law School Library outline the challenges of applying artificial intelligence to preserve historical newspapers
http://hls.harvard.edu/today/all-the-news-thats-fit-to-save/

University of Michigan – New Additions to the Thomas Gage Papers Digital Collection
http://clements.umich.edu/gage-digital-additions/

Computer History Museum Launches Digital Portal to Its Vast Collection
http://computerhistory.org/press-releases/computer-history-museum-launches-digital-portal-to-its-vast-collection/

Inside New York’s Grolier Club, where the Rare Book World Is Open to All
http://news.artnet.com/art-world/grolier-club-2738695

Portland Black Memory Lab preserves community history through free workshops
http://www.oregonlive.com/living/2026/01/portland-black-memory-lab-preserves-community-history-through-free-workshops.html

Archives, Memory, and the Power of Data: a Conversation with Savannah Wood, Executive Director of Afro Charities, and Teri Henderson, curator, writer, and founder of Black Collages
http://diff.wikimedia.org/2026/01/26/archives-memory-and-the-power-of-data-a-conversation-with-savannah-wood-and-teri-henderson/

Inside a artificial intelligence start up’s secretive plan to destroy millions of books
http://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2026/01/27/anthropic-ai-scan-destroy-books/

Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific

National Archives of Australia – Corset wars
https://www.naa.gov.au/blog/corset-wars

National Film and Sound Archive’s restoration of Mount Gambier edition of Life in Australia film given new life
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-26/nfsa-restoration-of-mount-gambier-life-in-australia/106117106

Archives New Zealand – Holding memories
https://architecturenow.co.nz/articles/holding-memories/

Lancement d’un espace pour la présentation du patrimoine documentaire mondial du Vietnam
http://www.vietnam.vn/fr/ra-mat-khong-gian-gioi-thieu-di-san-tu-lieu-the-gioi-cua-viet-nam

Vietnam – Rapprocher le patrimoine documentaire national et les documents d’archives du public
http://www.vietnam.vn/fr/dua-di-san-tu-lieu-va-tai-lieu-luu-tru-quoc-gia-den-gan-hon-voi-cong-chung

Malaysia launches digital archive of British colonial records for public access
http://thesun.my/news/malaysia-news/malaysia-british-colonial-records/

India – Odisha pharmacist rewrites ancient palm-leaf manuscripts to preserve heritage
http://odishatv.in/odisha/odisha-pharmacist-rewrites-ancient-palm-leaf-manuscripts-to-preserve-heritage-11028139

Europe / Europa

Council on Europe, Commissioner for Human Rights – Holocaust Remembrance Day: paths of memory and action, preserving the past, protecting the future
http://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/-/holocaust-remembrance-day-paths-of-memory-and-action-preserving-the-past-protecting-the-future

Under Europe’s seal: Historical Archives of the European Union trainee brings archival artefacts to light
http://www.eui.eu/news-hub?id=under-europes-seal-haeu-trainee-brings-archival-artefacts-to-light

Historical Archives of the European Union – European Medicines Agency makes first archival transfer
https://www.eui.eu/news-hub?id=european-medicines-agency-makes-first-archival-transfer

Arolsen Archives: International Center on Nazi Persecution – International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Milestone for the Online Archive
http://arolsen-archives.org/en/press-releases/international-holocaust-remembrance-day-milestone-for-the-online-archive/

European Holocaust Research infrastructure – On Holocaust Memorial Day: Launch of the web applications MemoMap Pacov and MemoMap Říčany
http://www.ehri-project.eu/ehri-cz-on-holocaust-memorial-day-launch-of-the-web-applications-memomap-pacov-and-memomap-ricany/

Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities – Toward digital descriptive models for the performing arts: Spotlight on the Working Group Theatralia
http://www.dariah.eu/activities/spotlight/toward-digital-descriptive-models-for-the-performing-arts-spotlight-on-the-working-group-theatralia/

National Archives of Estonia, Memnon Digitization Project Preserves 4,300 Hours of Video
http://tvnewscheck.com/tech/article/national-archives-of-estonia-memnon-digitization-project-preserves-4300-hours-of-video/

Italy – Unidroit Archive and Library declared of National Interest
http://www.unidroit.org/unidroit-archive-and-library-declared-of-national-interest/

Belgique – Ces petites informations, c’était immense pour moi : quand les archives de la police des étrangers recollent les morceaux de mémoire de la Shoah
http://www.lesoir.be/724795/article/2026-01-26/ces-petites-informations-cetait-immense-pour-moi-quand-les-archives-de-la-police

Belgique – Les « Acta Sanctorum » et leurs archives inscrits au registre « Mémoire du monde » de l’Unesco
https://www.lesoir.be/725545/article/2026-01-29/les-acta-sanctorum-et-leurs-archives-inscrits-au-registre-memoire-du-monde-de

France – Notre fonds d’archives peut devenir un garant de la vérité : comment l’Institut national de l’audiovisuel veut servir de rempart contre la désinformation à l’ère de l’intelligence artificielle
http://www.lefigaro.fr/medias/notre-fonds-d-archives-peut-devenir-un-garant-de-la-verite-comment-l-ina-veut-servir-de-rempart-contre-la-desinformation-a-l-ere-de-l-ia-20260126

National Library of Ireland has obtained Autism Friendly Accreditation
http://www.nli.ie/news-stories/news/national-library-ireland-has-obtained-autism-friendly-accreditation

From the shadows to the spotlight: a reflection on the Irish Queer Archive
https://gcn.ie/from-the-shadows-to-the-spotlight-a-reflection-on-the-irish-queer-archive/

UK Parliament – Crossing the Floor: Tales from the Oral History Project
http://historyofparliament.com/2026/01/16/crossing-the-floor/

UK National Archives – Pupils in North East England get hands-on with history
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/pupils-in-north-east-england-get-hands-on-with-history/

UK National Archives – A place of refuge in the colonies
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/the-collection-blog/a-place-of-refuge-in-the-colonies/

Education programme in North East England launches with support from the National Archives Trust
http://www.nationalarchivestrust.org.uk/education-programme-in-north-east-england-launches-with-support-from-the-national-archives-trust/

Artificial intelligence systems could use Met Office and National Archives data under UK plans
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/26/ai-systems-met-office-national-archives-data-uk-government-plans

British Library – The UK Web Archive: continuing our work behind the scenes
https://www.bl.uk/stories/blogs/posts/the-uk-web-archive-continuing-our-work-behind-the-scenes

British Library – The correspondence of Harold Pinter and Henry Woolf
http://www.bl.uk/stories/blogs/posts/the-correspondence-of-harold-pinter-and-henry-woolf

British Library – Fantastic Futures 2025: highlights and resources
http://www.bl.uk/stories/blogs/posts/fantastic-futures-2025-highlights-and-resources

Victoria and Albert Museum – Archival files, materiality and stories
http://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/museum-life/archival-files-materiality-and-stories

Black Cultural Archives – Black Liberator Magazine and Visual Arts
http://blackculturalarchives.org/blog/exploring-black-british-periodicals

University of Manchester – Re:Collect: have your say on discovering and accessing our Digital Collections
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/recollect-have-your-say-on-discovering-and-accessing-our-digital-collections/

Moyen-Orient / Middle East

National Library of Israel – The Jewish Chemist who Dissolved Nobel Prizes to Hide them from the Nazis
https://blog.nli.org.il/en/george-de-hevesy/

National Library of Israel – Remembering Judith Resnik, the First Jewish-American in Space
https://blog.nli.org.il/en/judith_resnik/

Turkish Historical Society opens free access to 50,000 digital books
http://www.dailysabah.com/turkiye/turkish-historical-society-opens-free-access-to-50000-digital-books/news/amp

International

International Internet Preservation Consortium – Get Involved in Web Archiving the Winter Games: Milano Cortina 2026
http://netpreserveblog.wordpress.com/2026/01/27/get-involved-in-web-archiving-the-winter-games-milano-cortina-2026/

Digital Preservation Coalition – Registries of Good Practice: Project Closure & Legacy Plan
http://anjackson.net/2026/01/29/registries-of-good-practice-project-closure-report/

Re-launching Community-Owned Digital Preservation Tool Registry
http://anjackson.net/2026/01/26/coptr-dpclinic/

IFLA and librarians’ impact at the United Nations: historical overview and compilation of resources
http://www.ifla.org/news/ifla-and-librarians-impact-at-the-united-nations-historical-overview-and-compilation-of-resources-updated-january-2026/

Researchers Use Artificial Intelligence to Find Astronomical Anomalies Buried in Archives
http://www.universetoday.com/articles/researchers-use-ai-to-find-astronomical-anomalies-buried-in-archives

Roadmap to Smarter Records Management with Artificial Intelligence
http://magazine.arma.org/2026/01/roadmap-to-smarter-records-management-with-ai/

The Wild West of Artificial Intelligence? Why Data Governance Matters more than Ever
http://fedscoop.com/federal-agencies-artificial-intelligence-governance/

Game Preservation in the Digital Age: what Happens when Servers Die?
https://editorialge.com/game-preservation-in-the-digital-age/

Microsoft discontinues automatic recovery of CD metadata in classic Windows Media Player
http://www.mixvale.com.br/2026/01/23/microsoft-discontinues-automatic-recovery-of-cd-metadata-in-classic-windows-media-player-en/amp/

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