Vol. 19, no. 38

Ressources / Resources

De l’État / From the State

Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (France) – Rapport annuel 2025
http://www.cnil.fr/fr/rapport-annuel-2025

De la communauté / From the community

Réseau presse – Les journaux franco-canadiens : état des collections et candidats à l’océrisation
http://reseaupresse.media/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Rapport-Ocerisation.pdf

Manifeste pour la promotion et la reconnaissance de la profession de technicien·ne en documentation
https://www.fmdoc.org/manifeste-tech-doc/

Future-Proofing the AV Archive: Pathways to Resilient Heritage in Uncertain Times
http://publications.beeldengeluid.nl/pub/2571

Memoriav : association pour la sauvegarde de la mémoire audiovisuelle suisse – Rapport d’activité 2025
https://memoriav.ch/fr/actualite/rapport-dactivite-memoriav-2025

Article – Orphan Works, Mass-Digitisation of Cultural Heritage, and Licensing Barriers: Lessons from the United Kingdom’s Experience
http://or.niscpr.res.in/index.php/JIPR/article/view/28459/5834

Publications

Book History, vol. 29, no. 1 (2026)
http://muse.jhu.edu/issue/56884

Library of Congress Magazine, vol. 15, no. 3 (2026)
http://loc.gov/lcm/pdf/LCM_2026_0506.pdf

Report – Survey of Academic Library Special Collections: Storage Problems and Policies
http://primaryresearch.com/AddCart.aspx?ReportID=888

Report – Survey of Academic Library Special Collections: Reading Room Best Practices
https://primaryresearch.com/AddCart.aspx?ReportID=890

Ph. D. Thesis (University of Bologna) – Diving into Artworks Interpretations through the Lenses of Semantic Data: an Application on Panofsky’s Iconological Studies
http://books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de//arthistoricum/catalog/book/1462

Open Access Book – Automated Text Recognition: Theory, Platforms, Best-Practices
http://bielefelduniversitypress.de/publikationen/automated-text-recognition

Book – Digital Preservation for Libraries, Archives, and Museums (Third Edition)
http://www.bloomsbury.com/ca/digital-preservation-for-libraries-archives-and-museums-9781538186343/

Book – The Story of Us: Independent Ireland and the 1926 Census
http://nationalarchives.ie/engage-and-learn/census-1926-public-programme/the-story-of-us-independent-ireland-and-the-1926-census/

Book – Poetry as Knowledge in Librarianship: Inquiry, Identity, and PRAXIS
http://www.emerald.com/books/edited-volume/21425/Poetry-as-Knowledge-in-LibrarianshipInquiry

Book – The Information Literacy Handbook: Charting the Discipline
http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/page/detail/the-information-literacy-handbook/?k=9781783306343

Book – Britain and the International Medieval Manuscript Trade, 1896-1945
http://www.arc-humanities.org/9781802703245/britain-and-the-international-medieval-manuscript-trade-18961945/

Book – The Book in the Cathedral: the Last Relic of Thomas Becket
http://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/677948/the-book-in-the-cathedral-by-christopher-de-hamel/9780141994246

Book – Knowledge of the Stasi in the East German Literary Sphere: Surveillance, Secrecy, and Revelation
http://boydellandbrewer.com/book/knowledge-of-the-stasi-in-the-east-german-literary-sphere-9781640141957/?v=5435c69ed3bc

Book – Scottish Surnames
http://birlinn.co.uk/product/scottish-surnames/

Novel – The Archivist of Forgotten Vows
https://notionpress.com/in/read/the-archivist-of-forgotten-vows

Livre – Humanités numériques : le savoir et l’enseignement à l’heure de l’IA
http://www.editions-hermann.fr/livre/humanites-numeriques-alexandre-gefen

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

Les archives du hip-hop à Québec
23 mai 2026, Québec
http://animee.ville.quebec.qc.ca/activites/les-archives-du-hip-hop-a-quebec/

Fédération des milieux documentaires – L’intelligence artificielle au service de la médiation documentaire
26 mai 2026
http://www.fmdoc.org/evenement/lia-mediation-documentaire-valoriser-orienter-recommander-ressources/

Introduction to Open Refine
June 4, 2026
http://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/EbS9VrM-R-qUqPjmYnvWHg#/registration

Identification, Appraisal, and Selection of Digital Data
May 27, 2026
http://eden-fidelis.eu/form/eosc-eden-identification-apprais

Conseil international des archives – Le rapport 2025 du Rapporteur Spécial de l’ONU sur la collecte d’informations
2 juin 2026
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4fsek2CDSLaIS1kNC8sOiA#/registration

Research Data Alliance Web Accessibility
July 7-8, 2026
http://www.rd-alliance.org/news/rda-web-accessibility-event-with-dr-kim-ferguson/

BitCurator Consortium: Forum 2026
June 17, 2026
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bitcurator-consortium-forum-2026-tickets-1986204793003?aff=oddtdtcreator

La voix des jeunes dans les spectacles vivants et leurs archives (XXe-XXIe siècles) : quelles auctorialités ?
19 octobre 2026, Rennes
http://calenda.org/1401596

Sur le web / On the web

Video – Marking 44 Years of the Charter: Minister of Justice Sean Fraser Visits Library and Archives Canada
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it7QrNkrOXg

Videos – The Lifecycle of 3D Data in Cultural Heritage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I5k7zFiTEI&list=PLl032Y25p240z234jGGKEHRp66ieMmVsa&index=2

ePADD – Version 11.1.2
http://github.com/ePADD/epadd/releases/tag/v11.1.2

Canadian Council on Archives – Survey on the use of Rules of Archival Description
http://form.jotform.com/261324717590054

Association des archivistes français – Enquête intelligence artificielle pour et par les métiers des archives
http://www.archivistes.org/intelligence-artificielle-pour-et-par-les-metiers-des-archives-laaf-lance-son-enquete/

Survey – On the Money: Funding Inclusive Digital Scholarship and Careers in GLAM Settings
http://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe1aheGGLQ5scjRfNF6GkSV6jU2PdzwaYunAeOuYR4cx8JdLg/

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

Chad Digitises 68 Years of Government Archives through New Official Journal Portal
http://techafricanews.com/2026/05/15/chad-digitises-68-years-of-government-archives-through-new-official-journal-portal/

Society of Nigerian Archivists Holds 2026 Annual Conference in Ilorin
http://independent.ng/society-of-nigerian-archivists-holds-2026-annual-conference-in-ilorin/

La Cinémathèque algérienne veut numériser ses archives
http://twala.info/fr/fil-actualite/cinematheque-algerienne-numerisation-archives-filmiques/

Amériques / Americas

Peru – Revitalizing Indigenous languages through film: the story of Runa Simi
https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/revitalizing-indigenous-languages-through-film-story-runa-simi

Javier Ponce Gambirazio, être archiviste marica au Pérou
http://www.fugues.com/2026/05/20/javier-ponce-gambirazio-etre-archiviste-marica-au-perou/

Taking the Fight for Trump’s Records to Court
http://americanoversight.org/newsletter/trump-presidential-records-doge-secrecy-05152026/

Judge Grants Emergency Order Blocking Trump Administration from Disregarding Presidential Records Act
http://americanoversight.org/emergency-order-presidential-records-act/

Will Donald Trump Be Allowed to Destroy His Records?
http://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/will-donald-trump-be-allowed-to-destroy-his-records

NARA – Current Status of the JFK Records Collection
http://transforming-classification.blogs.archives.gov/2026/05/18/current-status-of-the-jfk-records-collection/

Library of Congress – Jewish Life in 1776: a Revolutionary Moment
http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2026/05/jewish-life-in-1776-a-revolutionary-moment/

Library of Congress – Laissez les Bons Temps Rouler: the American Folklife Center Down in the French Quarter
http://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2026/05/laissez-les-bons-temps-rouler-the-american-folklife-center-down-in-the-french-quarter-part-2/

Library of Congress – A Colonial Agent and his Caribbean Clients: a Story from the Manuscript Division’s Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection
https://blogs.loc.gov/manuscripts/2026/05/a-colonial-agent-and-his-caribbean-clients-a-story-from-the-manuscript-divisions-miscellaneous-manuscripts-collection/

Mississippi – KKK cache is available to the public at Archives and History
http://mississippitoday.org/2026/05/20/kkk-materials-archives-history/

Texas State Library and Archives Commission – Records of Life
http://www.tsl.texas.gov/slrm/blog/2026/05/records-of-life/

Hawai’i – Historian searches state archives to trace 100-year-old expedition voyage
http://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/the-conversation/2026-05-14/historian-searches-state-archives-to-trace-100-year-old-expedition-voyage

National Security Archives – Cuba: Declassified Records on the Brothers to the Rescue Shootdown
http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/cuba/2026-05-19/cuba-declassified-records-brothers-rescue-shootdown

Yale University – Artificial Intelligence & Description: a Critical Perspective
http://saadescription.wordpress.com/2026/05/18/ai-description-a-critical-perspective/

Inside Yale University’s Fascinating Collection of Magic Books Making Sense of the Medieval World
http://mymodernmet.com/yale-hidden-magic-manuscripts/

University of Michigan Accused of Hiding Records Linked to Architect of Modern Immigration Crackdown Movement
http://www.michigannewssource.com/2026/05/u-m-accused-of-hiding-records-linked-to-architect-of-modern-immigration-crackdown-movement/

University of Pennsylvania – Archives: History in your Hands (an Illustrated Pamphlet)
http://uniqueatpenn.wordpress.com/2026/05/13/archives-history-in-your-hands-an-illustrated-pamphlet/

University of Alabama – How Artificial Intelligence is Advancing Handwriting Text Recognition for Cultural Heritage
http://saaers.wordpress.com/2026/05/20/how-ai-is-advancing-handwriting-text-recognition-for-cultural-heritage/

University of Nevada, Las Vegas – A Curator’s Guide to her Own History in the Archives
http://www.unlv.edu/news/article/curators-guide-her-own-history-archives

Sustainable efficiency: how the University of Georgia transcribed 20,000 pages in two months
http://www.transkribus.org/blog/sustainable-efficiency-how-the-university-of-georgia-transcribed-20000-pages-in-two-months

Carnegie Mellon University – Digitizing Student Theater History: Fifth Year Scholar’s Archive Project Brings the Past Online
http://www.cmu.edu/dietrich/news/news-stories/2026/digitizing-student-theater-history

A living archive: the University of Washington Ethnomusicology Archives
http://dailyuw.com/article/a-living-archive-the-uw-ethnomusicology-archives-20260504

Hoover Institution – The Ippei Nomoto (Keizō Norimoto) Papers: A Cornerstone of Japanese American Intellectual and Community History
http://www.hoover.org/ippei-nomoto-keizo-norimoto-papers-cornerstone-japanese-american-intellectual-and-community-history

This Maine professor is the first granted access to Stephen King’s archives
http://www.newscentermaine.com/video/news/local/207/this-maine-professor-is-the-first-outsider-granted-access-to-stephen-kings-archives-heres-what-she-found/97-21e52ec0-7cfc-4575-9326-483cc61417be

This United States church is helping citizens trace their Canadian roots to claim citizenship
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/american-church-helped-man-uncover-154857553.html

Getty donates $1.8 million to increase access to Black visual arts archives
http://wavepublication.com/getty-donates-1-8-million-to-increase-access-to-black-visual-arts-archives/

Miami residents sue to block Trump Presidential Library
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQzN8_IhEOU

In dreamy photographs, the artist Widline Cadet tells the complex story of her family’s migration
http://www.cnn.com/haitian-artist-widline-cadet-hyphenated

Queer art, bowler hats and an Annie Hall script: inside Diane Keaton’s archive as treasures go on sale
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/19/diane-keaton-archive-exhibition

San Francisco woman gets photographer’s old number. It changes both their lives
http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/bay-area-proud/san-francisco-woman-gets-photographers-old-phone-number-it-changes-both-their-lives/4079035/

Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific

National Archives of Australia – Eyewitness to a shipwreck
https://www.naa.gov.au/blog/eyewitness-shipwreck

Vietnam – Young Hanoian colorizes archival footage of President Ho Chi Minh
http://vovworld.vn/saturday-report/young-hanoian-colorizes-archival-footage-of-president-ho-chi-minh-2435364.vov5

University of Hong Kong – How archivists set the record straight, preserving items to tell an institution’s story
http://www.youngpostclub.com/yp/learning-zone/life-after-secondary/career-advice/article/3353367/how-archivists-set-record-straight-preserving-items-tell-institutions-story

China – National security ever present at sites of Party archives
http://www.intelligenceonline.com/asia-pacific/2026/05/15/national-security-ever-present-at-sites-of-party-archives,110764788-art

Unesco and China open a new chapter of strategic cooperation
http://www.unesco.org/en/articles/unesco-and-china-open-new-chapter-strategic-cooperation

Europe / Europa

Historical Archives of the European Union – Science, cultural heritage and risk experts inform archives resilience
http://www.eui.eu/news-hub?id=science-cultural-heritage-and-risk-experts-inform-archives-resilience

Arolsen Archives: International Center on Nazi Persecution – 70 Years of Eurovision: from persecution into the spotlight: The life stories of Walter Andreas Schwarz and Freddy Quinn
http://arolsen-archives.org/en/news/70-years-of-eurovision/

Ukraine demands Russia open Soviet-era archives on NKVD crimes
http://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/4124384-ukraine-demands-russia-open-sovietera-archives-on-nkvd-crimes.html

Ukraine – Culture Ministry claims archives, libraries lacks digitization, State Archival Service head Khromov denies this
http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/1169100.html

Finland – The new Archiving Act has been approved
https://kansallisarkisto.fi/en/-/the-new-archiving-act-has-been-approved

Inside France’s €1 billion manuscripts fraud
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIKYKT3GA-g

France – Le chasseur de manuscrits perdus
https://lejournal.cnrs.fr/articles/le-chasseur-de-manuscrits-perdus

National Archives of Ireland – Recent updates to the 1926 Census database
http://nationalarchives.ie/collections/search-the-1926-census/recent-updates-to-the-1926-census-database/

Ireland Military Service Pensions Archive – Understanding the Irisih Republican Army Nominal Rolls
http://militarypensions.wordpress.com/2026/05/12/understanding-the-ira-nominal-rolls/

UK National Archives – Exploring archival value: Does the perfect parchment exist?
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/professional-guidance-and-services/our-research-and-academic-collaboration/our-research-projects/research-projects/exploring-archival-value-does-the-perfect-parchment-exist/

UK National Archives – Using our records to connect through nature
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blogs/community-outreach/using-our-records-to-connect-through-nature/

UK National Archives – Research Discovery: Imported silks and medieval seal bags
http://www.linkedin.com/pulse/research-discoveryimported-silks-medieval-seal-ijbqe/

UK National Archives – 200th UK archive awarded accredited status
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/200th-uk-archive-awarded-accredited-status/

UK National Archives – The A–Z of the Royal Navy Captains’ letters project – ‘N’ to ‘Z’
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-collection/the-collection-blog/the-az-of-the-royal-navy-captains-letters-project-n-to-z/

British Library to open major exhibition on Agatha Christie
http://www.bl.uk/about/press/releases/british-library-to-open-major-exhibition-on-agatha-christie

British Library – When peace goes out of stock: the Kodak Historical Archive at the British Library and the hidden lives of commercial images
https://www.bl.uk/stories/blogs/posts/when-peace-goes-out-of-stock

British Library – British volunteers in First World War Italy: part two
https://www.bl.uk/stories/blogs/posts/british-volunteers-in-first-world-war-italy-part-two

Rediscovering the story of an Ethiopian manuscript at the Victoria and Albert Museum
http://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/rediscovering-the-story-of-an-ethiopian-manuscript-at-the-vanda

UK museum to return over 2,000 15th-Century manuscripts to Jain community
http://www.livemint.com/news/world/uk-museum-to-return-over-2-000-15th-century-manuscripts-to-jain-community-11778863068494.html

London School of Economics – Barakar in the archives: reading a town through colonial letters
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/2026/05/20/barakar-in-the-archives-reading-a-town-through-colonial-letters/

What a list of Black Death survivors reveals about the way people recovered from plague
http://theconversation.com/what-a-list-of-black-death-survivors-reveals-about-the-way-people-recovered-from-plague-275622

Blackpool’s exhilarating, terrifying history of dance
http://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgz1359630o

Moyen-Orient / Middle East

National Library of Israel – Abe Foxman: a Life Fighting Hate and Shaping Jewish Leadership
https://blog.nli.org.il/en/abe_foxman/

National Library of Israel – Rare 180-year-old cookbook reveals secrets of kosher cuisine at the Victorian Jewish table
http://www.ynetnews.com/jewish-world/article/s1mauhfkge

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees secretly rescued Nakba archive from Gaza amid Israeli bombardment, transferred it to Jordan
http://www.newarab.com/news/unrwa-secretly-rescued-nakba-archive-gaza?amp

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees: Preserving refugee archives part of protecting Palestinian identity
http://english.wafa.ps/Pages/Details/170652

Despite war, Lebanon reopens film archive celebrating cinematic history
http://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/05/despite-war-lebanon-reopens-film-archive-celebrating-cinematic-history

Dubai Archive launched to preserve emirate’s history and heritage while strengthening readiness for the future
http://economymiddleeast.com/news/dubai-archive-launched-to-preserve-emirates-history-and-heritage-while-strengthening-readiness-for-the-future/

International

International Council on Archives – The First Tuesday Talks: 2021-2026
https://members.ica.org/page-18184/13634263

Digitizing and Activating UNESCO’s Audiovisual Heritage: a partnership with France and Monaco
http://www.unesco.org/en/articles/digitizing-and-activating-unescos-audiovisual-heritage-partnership-france-and-monaco

World Council of Churches archivist reflects on refining history, preserving memory
https://www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-archivist-reflects-on-refining-history-preserving-memory

Digital Preservation Coalition – Supporting digital preservation work through Consultancy
http://www.dpconline.org/news/supporting-digital-preservation-work-through-dpc-consultancy

Digital Preservation Coalition – Notes from Every Object an Orchestra
http://www.dpconline.org/blog/notes-from-every-object-an-orchestra

30 years of digital preservation, issue 5: CPA/RLG report
http://digitalpreservation.nl/seeds/30-years-of-digital-preservation-issue-5-cpa-rlg-report/

Porting SafeText and analyzing digital content with Apache Tika
http://exponentialdecay.co.uk/blog/porting-safetext-and-analyzing-digital-content-with-apache-tika/

Internet archival sites struggling to preserve the internet because of skyrocketing hard drive prices due to the artificial intelligence boom
http://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/internet-archival-sites-struggling-to-preserve-the-internet-because-of-skyrocketing-hard-drive-prices-due-to-the-ai-boom-wayback-machine-and-wikimedia-punished-by-stratospheric-storage-pricing-and-stricter-anti-scraping-measures-blocking-the-wrong-bots

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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