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Documentary Heritage News
March 6, 2026

Vol. 19, no. 27

Ressources / Resources

De l’État / From the State

Documents of a Colonial System: Day Schools Records at Library and Archives Canada
https://www.canada.ca/en/library-archives/collection/engage-learn/publications/documents-colonial-system.html

Université Laval – L’intelligence artificielle au service de la gestion de l’information documentaire : fondements et applications
http://zenodo.org/records/18758400

Archives de France – Observatoire des dérogations : données pour l’année 2024
https://francearchives.gouv.fr/fr/actualite/1134882710

UK National Archives – Case Studies on Capital Development Projects
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sector/advice-and-guidance/running-your-organisation/large-scale-projects/case-studies/

UK National Archives – Machinery of Government and Organisational Change
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/manage-information/planning/machinery-of-government-and-organisational-change/

Archives nationales de Luxembourg – Tableau de tri: Ministère des affaires intérieures
http://anlux.public.lu/dam-assets/pdf-statiques/maint-convention-tableau-de-tri-v101.pdf

Archives nationales de Luxembourg – Tableau de tri: Cellule de facilitation urbanisme et environnement
http://anlux.public.lu/dam-assets/pdf-statiques/cfue-convention-tableau-de-tri-v101.pdf

Archives nationales de Luxembourg – Tableau de tri: Kultur | lx – Arts Council Luxembourg
http://anlux.public.lu/dam-assets/pdf-statiques/kult-convention-tableau-de-tri-v101.pdf

Leibniz Institute of European History – Working Paper: Implementing Generative Artificial Intelligence in the Historical Studies
http://zenodo.org/records/14924737

NARA – 2024 Federal Electronic Records and Email Management Results
http://www.archives.gov/files/records-mgmt/email-management/2024-ferem-results-data-7-24-2025.xlsx

De la communauté / From the community

International Council on Archives Standards ArchivesSpace Crosswalks
http://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1limTJPoYFId_RmMfdEQT6jTDZZZqVevcYTS58N-RLCE/edit?pli=1&gid=2105569798#gid=2105569798

Archives and Records Association UK & Ireland – Glossary of Terminology Commonly Used across the Archives and Museum sectors in the UK & Ireland
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/60773266d31a1f2f300e02ef/t/69a16e7e24ddca0f5066ba02/1772187262722/ARA+Section+for+Archives+and+Museums+Glossary+-+January+2026.pdf

Australian Library and Information Association, Australian Society of Archivists and Records and Information Management Practitioners Alliance – Foundation Knowledge, Skills and Attributes for Information Professionals: Updated Joint Statement
https://www.alia.org.au/Web/News/Articles/2026/Foundation_Skills.aspx

Society of American Archivists – Archivists of Religious Collections Section Survey of Religious Archives, 2024
http://dataverse.unc.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.15139/S3/SWMC59

Digital Film-Related Documentation Taskforce – Cataloguing Born-Digital Film-Related Materials 2025
https://ace-film.eu/digital-film-related-documentation-taskforce-cataloguing-framework/

The EURODOC Producers’ Roadmap of Decolonial and Ethical Uses of Archive in Documentary
https://businessdoceurope.com/eurodoc-publishes-ethical-roadmap-for-use-of-archive-in-doc/

Research Libraries UK – Developing Inclusive Collections: a Self-paced Guide on Reflective Practice
http://www.rluk.ac.uk/inclusive-collections/

Knowledge Rights 21 – Safeguard Access, Empower Europe: an Action Plan to Let Libraries be Libraries
http://knowledgerights21.org/wp-content/uploads/kr21-library-action-plan.pdf

Article – Digitality and the African Photographic Archive: Towards a Practice of Futurity
http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/15/3/48

Publications

Digital Library Perspectives, vol. 42, no. 1 (2026)
http://www.emerald.com/dlp/issue/42/1

IFLA Journal, vol. 52, no. 1, 2026 (Special Issue: Indigenous Knowledge)
https://www.ifla.org/news/out-now-march-2026-issue-of-ifla-journal/

Burlington Historical Society (Ontario) Gazette, vol. 22, no. 3 (2026)
http://burlingtonhistorical.ca/march-2026-gazette/

Open Access Book – Unlocking Television Archives in the Digital Era: 16th Media Mutations International Conference
http://publishing.mediamutations.org/mediamutations/catalog/book/6

Livre en libre accès – Formuler l’hypothèse, établir la preuve : du travail sur les sources à l’écriture de l’histoire
http://www.chartes.psl.eu/sites/default/files/public/media/document/2026-02/cjm2020-def-ok_v2.pdf

Book – Promises Beyond Memory: Archives, Art, and the Afterlives of Violence in Latin America
http://www.dukeupress.edu/promises-beyond-memory

Book – Tuning in: Acoustics of Emotion, Sound Archives, and Contemporary Aesthetics
http://www.epflpress.org/produit/1626/9782889157327/tuning-in

Book – Robert Altman’s Nashville: an Archival Exploration
http://press.umich.edu/Books/R/Robert-Altman-s-Nashville

Book – Becoming Alice Millard: Bookseller and Tastemaker
http://www.bloomsbury.com/ca/becoming-alice-millard-9798216195498/

Book – Curating Deviance: Programming the Queer Film Canon
http://www.dukeupress.edu/curating-deviance

Book – Hope in the Library: how Libraries Can Help Shape our Future with Artificial Intelligence
http://www.bloomsbury.com/ca/hope-in-the-library-9798765136188/

Book – Connected Diagnoses: IoT, Healthcare, and Digital Forensics
http://shop.elsevier.com/books/connected-diagnoses/kaushik/978-0-443-38299-4

Book – Managing Human and Artificial Knowledge: New Horizons in AI-Supported Knowledge Management
http://link.springer.com/book/9783032147202

Livre – Le patrimoine culturel en péril : état des lieux et solutions
http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/catalogue/livre/le-patrimoine-culturel-en-peril/82056

Livre – BanQ : visions pour une institution phare
http://pum.umontreal.ca/catalogue/banq

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

McMaster University – Arborum Cura: John Evelyn’s Sylva from Root to Branch
March 20, 2026
http://zoom.us/webinar/register/7017721321147/WN_uP5N7WNOTGCag_1J7dziGA#/registration

Archives Association of Ontario – Spotlight Discussion on Artificial Intelligence and Archives
March 26, 2026
https://www.aao-archivists.ca/event-6598174

Archives Society of Alberta 2026 Biennial Conference
May 21-23, 2026, Canmore
http://archivesalberta.org/professional-development/conference/

UK National Archives – Victoria’s Secret: the Private Passion of a Queen
March 18, 2026
http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/victorias-secret-the-private-passion-of-a-queen-tickets-1974335691200?aff=homepage

A Practical Framework for Implementing Māori Artificial Intelligence and Data Governance and Sovereignty within New Zealand Organizations
March 20, 2026
https://www.aranz.org.nz/blog/post/161181/webinar-series/

Virtual Lunch with Opioid Industry Document Archive
April 9, 2026
https://connect.archivists.org/discussion/virtual-lunch-with-the-opioid-industry-document-archive-april-9-2

The Medici Archive Project: Summer Seminars in Paleography and Archival Studies
May 25 – June 6, 2026, Florence
http://www.rsa.org/news/news.asp?id=721085

Sur le web / On the web

University of Toronto Podcast – The Unquiet Library
http://library.utoronto.ca/news/explore-stories-unquiet-library-0

UK National Archives Podcast – On the Record: Magna Carta
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/on-the-record-podcast/on-the-record-magna-carta/

Archives in Context Podcast – Christina Zamon, author of Alone in the Stacks: Succeeding as a Solo Archivist
http://archivesincontext.archivists.org/2026/03/02/season-9-episode-5-christina-zamon/

Victoria and Albert Museum Video – Unboxing the Smallest Books in the World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faN_yEghseo

University of Zurich – Tutorial: Automated Text Recognition: Making (Handwritten) Documents Accessible
http://www.adfontes.uzh.ch/tutorium/atr

Presentation – Digital Sovereignty in the Age of Software Forges: why Preserving Source Code Matters
https://zenodo.org/records/18848442

Archives Portal Europe – Users Satisfaction Survey
http://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSep-fAQ5yA4LAatTSJfikhNA-XgguxwMuMUM_RbjXKhHBoJuQ/viewform

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

Petition calls on Parliament to save files on residential school abuse before they’re destroyed
http://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/petition-residential-school-files-9.7114976

Why much of Canada’s national art collection isn’t online
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-public-art-collection-online-9.7107292

Archives of Society Alberta – Letter Re. Cancellation of Documentary Heritage Communities Program
http://archivesalberta.org/letter-re-cancellation-of-dhcp/

Archives Association of Ontario – Archives Awareness Week 2026: Submit your Stories of Resistance and Advocacy
https://www.aao-archivists.ca/News/13604073

New Brunswick – Museums urge province to maintain funding, warn cuts could spark closures
http://tj.news/new-brunswick/museums-ask-province-to-maintain-funding-in-budget

Council of Nova Scotia Archives – Call to Action: Help Save Provincial Archival Development Program
http://www.councilofnsarchives.ca/help-save-padp/

À l’Université de Saint-Boniface, des objets étudiants scellés dans une capsule temporelle jusqu’en 2076
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2234450/universite-saint-boniface-capsule-temporelle-2076

University of Victoria – Unlocking the past: GenAI in library archival research
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1118632

University of British Columbia Archives Website Update
http://archives.library.ubc.ca/2026/02/27/university-archives-website-update/

Université de Montréal – Lettre concernant la fermeture du Programme pour les collectivités du patrimoine documentaire de Bibliothèque et Archives du Canada
https://ebsi.umontreal.ca/public/FAS/ebsi/documents/notre-ecole/nouvelles/communiques/2026/lettre_pcpd_2026.pdf

Whistler Museum and Archives – The Bucking Bronco of Après: a not-so-Dusty-tale
http://whistlermuseum.org/2026/03/03/the-bucking-bronco-of-apres-a-not-so-dusty-tale/

Greater Vernon Museum & Archives (British Columbia) – Vernon’s Long-Lost Newspapers: The Early Years
http://vernonmuseum.ca/vernons-long-lost-newspapers-the-early-years/

Pitt Meadows Museum and Archives (British Columbia) – History of the Hoffmann Family
http://www.pittmeadowsmuseum.com/muse-news/history-of-the-hoffmann-family

Summerland Museum & Archives Society (British Columbia) shares look at wedding dress from 1899 that was passed down and worn again
http://www.castanet.net/news/Summerland/601204/Summerland-museum-shares-look-at-wedding-dress-from-1899-that-was-passed-down-and-worn-again

Esquimalt (British Columbia) event celebrates women who shaped the town’s history
https://vicnews.com/2026/03/04/esquimalt-event-celebrates-women-who-shaped-the-towns-history/

Galt Museum and Archives (Alberta) – The Heart of Old Lethbridge: Ella Emma Dunn
http://www.galtmuseum.com/news/the-heart-of-old-lethbridge-ella-emma-dunn

From Paper to Preservica: how the Simcoe County Archives (Ontario) is Migrating Metadata between Systems
https://www.dpconline.org/blog/blog-migrating-metadata-between-systems-olivia-white

Les archives du journal La Nouvelle Union préservées pour les générations futures
http://www.lanouvelle.net/actualites/les-archives-du-journal-la-nouvelle-union-preservees-pour-les-generations-futures/

Société d’histoire et de généalogie Maria-Chapdelaine – Comprendre les anciens formats audiovisuels… et comment nous les sauvegardons : l’audio
http://histoiregenealogie.ca/comprendre-les-anciens-formats-audiovisuels-audio/

Judging a Book by its Cover: Making Sense of Sources and Silences in the History of Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs in Rural Nova Scotia
https://activehistory.ca/blog/2026/03/05/judging-a-book-by-its-cover-making-sense-of-sources-and-silences-on-the-history-of-boys-and-girls-clubs-in-rural-nova-scotia/

Saskatchewan company says it developed the largest, fastest film scanner on market
http://www.cbc.ca/news/science/film-rescue-international-multi-spectral-scanner-9.7104239

Afrique / Africa

Numérisation des archives : un pas décisif pour l’héritage d’Amadou Hampâté Bâ
http://www.youtube.com/shorts/S7HFyhfZWfU

Amériques / Americas

Antigua and Barbuda – Archivist warns national archives closure threatens Antigua’s sovereignty and Eastern Caribbean history
https://antiguaobserver.com/archivist-warns-national-archives-closure-threatens-antiguas-sovereignty-and-eastern-caribbean-history/

Bradford P. Wilson Nominated by the White House for Archivist of the United States
http://jmp.princeton.edu/news/2026/bradford-p-wilson-nominated-white-house-archivist-united-states

The Declaration Of Independence, NARA & the Limits of Authoritative Artificial Intelligence Search Grounding from Government Sources
http://blog.gdeltproject.org/the-declaration-of-independence-nara-the-limits-of-authoritative-ai-search-grounding-from-government-sources/

Library of Congress – Preserving United States Indigenous Government Websites: from Directory to Digital Archive
http://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2026/03/preserving-u-s-indigenous-government-websites-from-directory-to-digital-archive/

There and Back Again: the Journey of a Book Request at the Library of Congress
http://blogs.loc.gov/preservation/2026/03/there-and-back-again-the-journey-of-a-book-request-at-the-library-of-congress/

United States Supreme Court declines to take up artificial intelligence-generated art copyright dispute
http://americanbazaaronline.com/2026/03/02/us-supreme-court-declines-to-take-up-ai-generated-art-copyright-dispute-476155/

Excellence: Smithsonian exhibit celebrates Historically Black Colleges and Universities amid attacks on Black history
http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/mar/03/smithsonian-black-history-museum-exhibit-hbcus

Race to save Asian American Art Centre archives after pipe burst
http://asamnews.com/2026/03/04/nyc-asian-art-centre-water-damage-pipe-burst/

Archives of Michigan receives $274K grant to expand on Save Michigan History program
http://www.michigan.gov/dtmb/about/newsroom/all-news/2026/02/26/archives-of-michigan-receives-274k-grant-to-expand-on-save-michigan-history-program

Delaware Public Archives – Riding North: Captain Isaac Carty and the Delaware Militia
http://archives.delaware.gov/2026/02/27/captain-isaac-carty-of-kent-county/

Five University Libraries Collaborate on Mass Book Digitization Pilot Project
http://library.ucdavis.edu/news/libraries-collaborate-on-mass-book-digitization-pilot-project/

Yale University – At the Beinecke, students explore archives from the dawn of the Nuclear Age
http://news.yale.edu/2026/03/02/beinecke-students-explore-archives-dawn-nuclear-age

John Hopkins University – Why do archives and preservation matter today?
http://washingtondc.jhu.edu/news/the-importance-of-black-archives/

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – Artificial intelligence powers research into film’s past
http://college.unc.edu/2026/03/ai-film-research/

University of Minnesota – The Immigration History Research Center Archives at 60 is showing how immigration shapes society
http://libnews.umn.edu/2026/02/the-ihrca-at-60-shows-how-immigration-shapes-society/

New York University Acquires Ancient Torahs from Soviet Union
http://www.jta.org/archive/new-york-university-acquires-ancient-torahs-from-soviet-union

Purdue University Archives and Special Collections announces digitization of Gilbreth film and audio recordings
http://blogs.lib.purdue.edu/news/2026/02/23/purdue-university-archives-and-special-collections-announces-digitization-of-gilbreth-film-and-audio-recordings/

Alabama A&M University museum reopens: a new era for the Alabama State Black Archives
http://hvilleblast.com/the-doors-are-open-a-new-era-for-the-alabama-state-black-archives/

University of La Verne Student Leads Effort to Digitize Campus Times Archives
http://laverne.edu/news/2026/03/03/ulv-student-leads-effort-to-digitize-historic-campus-times-archives/

Preserving Parkside: University at Buffalo Archives Bring Neighborhood History Online
http://library.buffalo.edu/news/stories/2026/03/parkside-news.html

Boston University Libraries Officially Home to Nikki Giovanni’s Papers
http://www.bu.edu/articles/2026/nikki-giovannis-papers/

Re-engaging the Space: a Conversation with Lexy deGraffenreid, Princeton University
http://saadescription.wordpress.com/2026/03/03/engaging-the-space-a-conversation-with-lexy-degraffenreid/

Getty Acquires Photographer Irving Penn’s Cuzco Work
http://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-news/getty-acquires-photographer-irving-penns-cuzco-work

Preserving Black History in the Trump Era
http://contrarian.substack.com/p/preserving-black-history-in-the-trump

Bud Smith’s Atlanta archive: 1.2M photos seek a permanent home
http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/bud-smith-photographer-atlanta-history

Nomadic Archives Project Archivists we Love: L. S. Alexander Gumby
http://www.nomadicarchivistsproject.com/post/nap-archivists-we-love-l-s-alexander-gumby

From attics to online archives, Scout leaders built a 13,500-item virtual museum
http://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2026/03/03/from-attics-to-online-archives-scout-leaders-built-a-13500-item-virtual-museum/

Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific

National Archives of Australia – In Real Life Myra Farrell
http://www.naa.gov.au/blog/real-life-myra-farrell

New Zealand – Exemption from keeping war records sent back to the drawing board
http://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/588629/exemption-from-keeping-war-records-sent-back-to-the-drawing-board

Vietnam – Conversion et numérisation de millions d’archives administratives de district
http://www.vietnam.vn/fr/chuyen-doi-luu-tru-so-hoa-hang-trieu-trang-ho-so-cap-huyen-cu

Vietnam – Promouvoir le patrimoine documentaire mondial et les documents d’archives nationaux représentatifs
http://www.vietnam.vn/fr/quang-ba-di-san-tu-lieu-the-gioi-va-tai-lieu-luu-tru-quoc-gia-tieu-bieu

Un nouvel espace valorise le patrimoine documentaire mondial du Vietnam
https://vietnam.vnanet.vn/french/tin-tuc/un-nouvel-espace-valorise-le-patrimoine-documentaire-mondial-du-vietnam-432530.html

Vietnam – Admirez la réplique des archives impériales de la dynastie Nguyen et vivez l’expérience « Laisser votre empreinte sur les blocs de bois »
https://www.vietnam.vn/fr/chiem-nguong-phien-ban-chau-ban-trieu-nguyen-va-trai-nghiem-luu-dau-moc-ban

Predicting public opinion, preserving historical texts: new National University of Singapore centre marries humanities with artificial intelligence
http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/parenting-education/predicting-public-opinion-preserving-historical-texts-new-nus-centre-marries-humanities-with-ai?ref=search-results

Timor-Leste’s history brought back to life through its media archives
http://www.abc.net.au/abc-international-development/timor-leste-digitisation/106101586

Guangdong Provincial Archives exhibits evidence of Japanese war crimes in China
http://www.chinadailyasia.com/hk/article/629594

Duke Kunshan University (China) – WeChat and Me: a Web Archiving Journey
https://saaers.wordpress.com/2026/03/05/wechat-and-me/

Europe / Europa

Norwegian Digital Prisoner Archive 1940-1945, Fanger.no: a Database on WWII Captivity
http://blog.ehri-project.eu/2026/02/27/norwegian-digital-prisoner-archive/

Moldovia – More than 7 million lei invested in the microclimate of archival repositories
http://logos-pres.md/en/news/more-than-7-million-lei-invested-in-the-microclimate-of-archival-repositories/

The Vatican Secret Archives: what Rome Has Been Hiding for Centuries
http://www.ancient-origins.net/vatican-secret-archives-rome-has-been-hiding-centuries-00102555

France – Lack of archival space leaves Directorate General for External Security with stacks of classified documents on its hands
http://www.intelligenceonline.com/europe-russia/2026/03/03/lack-of-archival-space-leaves-dgse-with-stacks-of-classified-documents-on-its-hands,110671300-art

Enssib – Rencontre avec Jean-François Blanchette, responsable scientifique du diplôme d’établissement Gouvernance responsable des données
http://www.enssib.fr/interview-jean-francois-blanchette-diplome-gouvernance-responsable-donnees

Irish film Institute Announces the Launch of the Amharc Éireann: a View of Ireland Collection
https://ifi.ie/2026/03/ifi-announces-the-launch-of-the-amharc-eireann-a-view-of-ireland-collection/

Historic Irish newsreels digitised and made available for free online
http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/2026/03/03/historic-irish-newsreels-digitised-and-made-available-for-free-online/

UK National Archives – Allocating collections accepted in lieu of tax 2024-2025
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/allocating-collections-accepted-in-lieu-of-tax-2024-5/

British Library’s Business & Intellectual Property Centre celebrates 20 years
http://www.bl.uk/about/press/releases/business-and-ip-centre-celebrates-20-years

British Library Selects Preservica for Large-Scale Digital Preservation Program
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/british-library-selects-preservica-large-140000504.html

The 17th Century document that nearly became a lampshade
http://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp32n93np87o

Should stolen Shakespeare folio be repaired?
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg5n722vj4ro

Moyen-Orient / Middle East

National Library of Israel – Sherlock Holmes and the High Priest’s Breastplate
https://blog.nli.org.il/en/sherlock_holmes_high_priest/

Turkey – One of world’s rarest epics: Nearly 400-year-old Dede Korkut manuscript emerges
http://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/one-of-worlds-rarest-epics-nearly-400-year-old-dede-korkut-manuscript-emerges-3215241

International

How to digitise newspapers with Transkribus
http://www.transkribus.org/blog/en/how-to-digitise-newspapers-with-transkribus

The Anxiety of the Archive: the Heavy Burden of Digital Hoarding
http://fstoppers.com/opinion/anxiety-archive-heavy-burden-digital-hoarding-722296

Retro game archive with 390 TB worth of data is shutting down in March
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Retro-game-archive-with-390-TB-worth-of-data-is-shutting-down-in-March.1238159.0.html

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