Ressources / Resources
De l’État / From the State
UK National Archives – Information Management Assessment: Crown Prosecution Service
National Archives of India – List of Sanskrit Manuscripts: Collection Number One
UK Information Commissioner’s Office – The Data Protection Fee: a Guide for Controllers
De la communauté / From the community
UNESCO – Persist Guidelines for Digital Heritage (Available in Six Languages)
Transkribus – New How to Guides
Queensland University of Technology – Imagination Foregone: a Qualitative Study of the Reuse Practices of Australian Creators
OCLC – An Exploration of the Irish Presence in the Published Record
Engaging the Collection: by the Numbers: HathiTrust Growth and Usage in 2017
Article – The Rijksmuseum Collection as Linked Data
Publications
International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives Journal, no. 48 (2018)
Synoptique: an Online Journal of Film and Moving Image Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, 2018 (Special Issue: Institutionalizing Moving Image Archival Training)
International Journal of Information Management, vol. 39 (2018)
Library Trends, vol. 66, no. 2 (2017)
International Council on Archives – Section of Professional Associations Newsletter, no. 1 (February 2018)
Master Thesis (Archival Studies, University of Manitoba) – Records on the Go: the Intersection of Mobile Devices and Archives
Book – Global Photographies: Memory, History, Archives
Book – Practical Preservation and Conservation Strategies for Libraries
Book – Photography in India: from Archives to Contemporary Practice
Book – The Family Tree Historical Newspapers Guide: how to Find your Ancestors in Archived Newspapers
Book – Planning Optimal Library Spaces: Principles, Processes, and Practices
Book – Copyright Law for Librarians and Educators: Creative Strategies and Practical Solutions (Fourth Edition)
Book – Liverpool: Unique Images from the Archives of Historic England
Book – Images in Social Media: Categorization and Organization of Images and their Collections
Book – The Bookworm: a Novel
Livre – Licences ouvertes et exceptions au droit d’auteur dans l’environnement numérique : subvertir ou réformer ?
Livre – Médiation numérique des savoirs : des enjeux aux dispositifs (maintenant en libre accès)
Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
Diefenbaker Canada Centre – Hockey: a Common Goal
Until April 22, 2018, Saskatoon
Motion Pictures: Immigration Films from the Vaults of Toronto’s Archives
March 8, 2018, Toronto
Le privacywashing
14 mars 2018, Montréal
Wallot-Sylvestre Seminar: Laurence Engel, president of the Bibliothèque nationale de France
March 26, 2018, Ottawa
iSchool University of British Columbia – Experiential Learning Day
April 13, 2018, Vancouver
Archives Society of Alberta Annual General Meeting and Institutional Forum
June 6, 2018, Edmonton
Webinar – Can’t you Just Say Yes: Answering Copyright Questions About Fair Use for Faculty Colleagues
February 28, 2018
National Forum on Ethics and Archiving the Web
March 22-24, 2018, New York
Living Archives Research Project Final Event
April 11-13, 2018, Malmö (Sweden)
At Risk? Towards Resilient Preservation of Documentary Heritage in Latin America and the Caribbean
October 22, 2018, Panama
Sur le web / On the web
Library and Archives Canada Podcast – Mackenzie King: Against his Will
B.C. Archives – Archives Games
Historical Reminiscents Podcast – Leadership, Admin, and the Things they Didn’t Teach you in Grad School
Stanford University Archives Video – American Architecture Urbanim Lectures
Parthenos Video – Why Standards? : the Adventures of Mork & Tork
Vidéo – L’histoire à l’heure du big data: la Venice Time Machine
Baladodiffusion – Les humanités numériques
Slides – Web Archiving Analysis Workshop (by Ian Milligan, University of Waterloo)
Nouvelles du monde / News from the world
Canada
Ottawa is blurring lines on privacy as it looks for new ways to collect data: watchdog
Information watchdog blasts Liberals ahead of her retirement
How a Polish Holocaust Story Became the Basis of a Controversial Copyright Case in Canada’s Federal Court
Rewriting Canada’s memory banks: archivists decolonize collections
Le récit des Autochtones plus accessible
Half of Canada’s government scientists still feel muzzled
Library and Archives finally releases 98-year-old document on sick First Nations children
Library and Archives Canada – The beginning of the conclusions: documenting the exercise of power
Library and Archives Canada – Rosemary Gilliat’s Arctic Diary
Library and Archives Canada – Local newspapers at the heart of Canadian life
Local newspapers from Library and Archives Canada
Radio-Canada va numériser et détruire 151 000 disques compacts
RCMP locks access to information gun registry release to protect data
Government gives Canadians six month’s grace to buy historic Victoria Cross
The Institute of National Remembrance (Poland) delegation in Canada
Royal B.C. Museum and Archives – Historian captured sounds of First Nations
Our history has been covered up: facing New Brunswick’s past on slavery
Nova Scotia cabinet minister, bureaucrats regularly used minister’s private email: documents
Québec – La Commission d’accès à l’information se prononce sur les données généalogiques diffusées par le ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux
Réforme de l’accès à l’information: Québec s’engage à faire partie des premiers de classe
BAnQ – L’oeuvre de Jordi Bonet au Grand Théâtre de Québec
L’Association pour l’avencement des sciences et des techniques de la documentation s’inquiète du retard de la nomination d’un(e) PDG à BAnQ
Imagining a Better Future: an Introduction to Teaching and Learning about Settler Colonialism in Canada
Canadian Association of Research Libraries and Bureau de coopération interuniversitaire Reach Agreement for the Advancement Research Data Management and Digital Preservation in Canada
Memorial University of Newfoundland – New Acquisitions
University of Toronto iSchool Proposes Changes to Inforum; Replace On-Site Collection with Additional Study Spaces
McGill University acquires personal archives of Jean Drapeau
Centre d’archives de la grande zone argileuse – Les carnavals et les joies de l’hiver
Some Thoughts on Archival Assignements for Students
Prolégomènes à un jeu sur le libre accès
Archives of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto – Record of the Week: Lenten Regulations, 1928
Toronto Public Library – Remembering the First Organized Hockey Game in Toronto
Getting a mugful: Winnipeg police mug shots from the early 1900s
Antiques Roadshow rolling into Gibsons: Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives (B.C.)
Archives des Soeurs des Saints Noms de Jésus et de Marie – Spécial 175e
Plonger dans l’histoire de la région des Laurentides
Trials are open on Canadian Cattlemen’s Association record-keeping app
Windsor – Valentine’s Day surprise as vet’s treasured photos found in school
Ontario Korean War vet’s long-lost letter discovered in a 1939 Buick in B.C.
Freshly Minted: Mark Schlosser, MISt Candidate, School of Information Studies, McGill University
Bibliothèques en mutation et profession menacée
Afrique / Africa
Mali : les archives du ministère des affaires étrangères en flammes
Namibia – Development Plans for Museum to Archive Local Music and Memorabilia Enters First Stage
Namibia – Archives hold key historical records: Dr. Ellen Ndeshi Namhila
Le musée de la photo de Madagascar ouvre ses portes à Antananarivo
Un fonds de documents sahraoui versé aux Archives du Maroc
South Africa – Facebook and Nelson Mandela Foundation to Publish Madiba Archive Online
Amériques / Americas
National Archives Authority of Saint Lucia to launch second special collection Sports Archive
Donald Trump declassification of GOP memo could lead to cascade of disclosures
Democrats using new majority to erode Public Records Act
U.S. Copyright Office: Abandoned Online Video Games to Possibly Receive Exemptions
The Pentagon Has the Worst PowerPoint Slides you’ve Ever Seen
Advocacy group sues Department of Justice for prison policy files
Federal Depository Library Program – 2016 End of Term Presidential Web Archive Now Available
Nixon, Thieu, and the Bomb: CIA Report Sheds Light on Richard Nixon’s Madman Diplomacy
A rare copy of the Declaration of Independence survived the Civil War hidden behind wallpaper. Later it was tossed in a box.
NARA – Help Contribute by Scanning U.S. Coast Guard Records from the Vietnam War in the Innovation Hub!
Library of Congress – New Acquisition: Leo Matiz, History and Fiction through Photography
Power and Finesse: the National Library of Medicine Board of Regents
Here’s the Time the Environmental Protection Agency Used Duct Tape to Redact a Freedom of Information Act Request
The FBI’s Forgotten War on Black-Owned Bookstores
Yale University – Now that most artifacts are digital, software experts need to play archeologist
University of Minnesota crowdsourcing project transcribes Supreme Court justices’ handwritten notes
Pacific Pride Foundation donates its archives to University of California at Santa Barbara Library
Bowling Green State University – Digital Accessibility in the Archives
Establishing Mass Film Digitization and Preservation at Indiana University
Missouri Universities’ Libraries Move to Digital Collections
University of Connecticut – Archives to House Maurice Sendak Artwor
Wake Forest University – Records in (Processing) Action
George Washington’s hair found in old college book
Jewish Women’s Archive launches #MeToo project
At Paramount Pictures, Movies Don’t Preserve Themselves
Conservators race against time to save film cels of classic Disney characters
Boston Athenaeum – Exit Interview: I Curated Rare Books for a 200-Year-Old Library
Transparency in eDiscovery? Save it for your clients
Erasing history
Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
National Archives of Australia to cut 40 jobs in two years as budget tightens
Queensland Government (Australia) – The tale that was the digitisation disposal policy
Digital Preservation in the Philippines
Myanmar – Archiving the lives of others
India – A treasure trove of ancient Vedic manuscripts
Europe / Europa
Russia’s archives still open for business
Croatia – Century-Old Photos From Korcula Stumbled Upon
Iceland and Denmark lead the way in digitalisation
Germany – There isn’t actually a Stasi file on Jeremy Corbyn, Stasi archives announce
Le numérique est-il la réponse à tout nos problèmes ?
Ireland – Saved for posterity … 40,000 memories of the Troubles
Writer Anthony Jordan donates archive to the National Library of Ireland
Ireland – Kerry Babies transcripts will not be put on public record to avoid distress to Joanne Hayes
The mystery of the secret Lockerbie file borrowed by the Scotland Office for nearly a decade
Cuts to Welsh libraries see paid staff fall by 20%
Librarians slam publisher’s move to charge extra for old content
UK Parliamentary Archives – King Charles II: Restoration Means Retribution
The UK National Archives joins the Open Preservation Foundation
UK National Archives – Hosting the Suffrage flag
UK National Archives – The day an English king covertly avoided catastrophe: Calais 1350
UK National Archives – Royal weddings in history: dynasty and diplomacy
British Library – Digitising books as objects: the invisible made visible
British Library – Conceal yourself, your foes look for you: revealing a secret message in a piece of music
British Library – Percy Grainger’s collection of ethnographic wax cylinders
Network Rail selects Preservica to create new cloud-based business archive
Police Are Struggling to Cope with an Avalanche of Digital Evidence
Fragments of Famed UFO Discovered in Archives of London Museum
Are the credits rolling for London’s Cinema Museum?
Linnean Society of London – Recognising Linnaeus’ handwriting
How I Started: James Lowry, Lecturer, Liverpool University Centre for Archive Studies
Moyen-Orient / Middle East
Now in Jerusalem, rare George Washington thumb Bible goes online
Iran – Ambassadors to attend National Library’s 80th anniversary
Iraq thwarts smuggling of ancient antiquity, manuscripts in Kirkuk
International
Représenter l’absence : le cas des personnes disparues dans les archives du Comité international de la croix-rouge
The International Tracing Service is a perfect place for research
IFLA – Copyright for Libraries in 2018: Part 1
The Incredibly Compelling Case to Rethink Records Retention in 2018 and Beyond
Drafting an Information Governance Program Charter
Destroying the Gutenberg galaxy of books will leave a black hole
How to Identify and Date Photographs
The retro gaming industry could be killing video game preservation
Brief Talk at Video Game Preservation Workshop
What can data visualization learn from feminism?
Preserve this Podcast!
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