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Documentary Heritage News
February 17, 2017May 2, 2021

Vol. 10, no. 25

Ressources / Resources

De l’État / From the State
Government of Canada – End-of-Term Self-Assessment Report on Action Plan on Open Government 2014-2016
http://open.canada.ca/en/end-of-term-self-assessment-report-action-plan-open-government-2014-2016

NARA – Guidance on Presidential Records (2016 Edition)
http://www.archives.gov/news/fra-pra-guidance

UK National Archives – Collecting Drivers for Higher Education Institutions with Archives and Unique and Distinctive Collections
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/archives/collecting-drivers-for-higher-education-institutions.pdf

Archives New Zealand – Archives 2057 Discussion Document: Summary of Submissions & Submissions
http://archives.govt.nz/about/news/2017/02/archives-2057-discussion-document-what-you-said

Statement of Dr. Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress Before U.S. House of Representatives on Priorities of the House Officers
http://docs.house.gov/meetings/HA/HA00/20170206/105520/HHRG-115-HA00-Wstate-HaydenD-20170206.pdf

De la communauté / From the community
Portage – Research Data Management Training Landscape in Canada: a White Paper
http://portagenetwork.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Portage_Training_White_Paper_EN.pdf

E-Ark – Final Reports
Pilot Documentation (Part 1): http://www.eark-project.com/resources/project-deliverables/87-d24docs-p1-1
Pilot Documentation (Part 2): http://www.eark-project.com/resources/project-deliverables/88-d24docs-p2-1
Recommended Practices and Final Public Report on Pilots: http://www.eark-project.com/resources/project-deliverables/97-d25-1
Records Export, Transfer and Ingest Recommendations and SIP Creation Tools: http://www.eark-project.com/resources/project-deliverables/93-d34-1
SIP-AIP Conversion Component: http://www.eark-project.com/resources/project-deliverables/89-d44
E-Ark Search, Access and Display Interfaces: http://www.eark-project.com/resources/project-deliverables/92-d54
Data Mining Showcase: http://www.eark-project.com/resources/project-deliverables/90-d63
The E-Ark Knowledge Centre Service: http://www.eark-project.com/resources/project-deliverables/94-d74-1
The E-Ark Information Governance Maturity Model: http://www.eark-project.com/resources/project-deliverables/95-d75-1   
Final Assessment of E-Ark Pilot Sites: http://www.eark-project.com/resources/project-deliverables/96-d76-1 

Recognition and Enrichment of Archival Documents – Reports 2016
http://read.transkribus.eu/2017/02/10/read-our-2016-reports/

Sunlight Foundation – Protecting Data, Protecting Residents: Ten Principles for Responsible Municipal Data Management
http://sunlightfoundation.com/2017/02/10/protecting-data-protecting-residents/

Australian Library and Information Association – Relevance 2020: Library and Information Science Research in Australia
http://alia.org.au/media-releases/launch-alia-report-relevance-2020-lis-research-australia

National Information Standards Organization – ResourceSync Framework Specification (Updated Version)
http://www.niso.org/news/pr/view?item_key=96962d7722cc13a1e20c40e2ca3c2ca8ca80359d

Article – Altmetrics and Archives
http://elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/vol4/iss1/1/

Article – Wikipedia Edit-a-thons: Thinking Beyond the Warm Fuzzies
http://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/perj/article/view/3802

Publications
Canadian Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres Review, vol. 44, no. 3 (2016)
http://caml.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/caml/issue/view/2309

Histoire Québec, vol. 22, no 3, 2017 (numéro spécial : état des lieux de la mémoire archivistique)
http://www.erudit.org/culture/hq1056841/hq02901/index.html

The Electronic Library, vol. 35, no. 1 (2017)
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/el/35/1

Library Management, vol. 38, no. 2-3 (March 2017)
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/toc/lm/38/2%2F3

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, vol. 68, no. 3 (March 2017)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asi.2017.68.issue-3/issuetoc

Culture et Recherche, no 134, hiver 2016-2017 (numéro spécial : les publics in situ et en ligne)
http://www.culturecommunication.gouv.fr/Politiques-ministerielles/Recherche-Enseignement-superieur-Technologie/La-revue-Culture-et-Recherche/Les-publics-in-situ-et-en-ligne

Nga Tapuwae: the Newsletter of Archives New Zealand (February 2017)
http://createsend.com/t/j-A609228D3EC7E521

Grey Litterature Network Services Quarterly Newsletter, vol. 9, no. 1 (2017)
http://www.greynet.org/images/Newsletter_V9N1,_2017.pdf

Mémoire de recherche – L’acculturation du records management dans la pratique archivistique française
http://www.enssib.fr/bibliotheque-numerique/documents/67292-l-acculturation-du-records-management-dans-la-pratique-archivistique-francaise.pdf

Book – Bit Rot: Preserving the Documents Most Important to you
http://www.rosenpublishing.com/title/Bit-Rot

Book – Localized Law: the Babatha and Salome Komaise Archives
http://www.oupcanada.com/catalog/9780198777335.html 

Book – The Ritual Landscape at Persepolis: Glyptic Imagery from the Persepolis Fortification and Treasury Archives 
http://www.oxbowbooks.com/dbbc/the-ritual-landscape-at-persepolis.html

Book – Vital Records (ARMA International TR 29-2017)
Available through the ARMA International Bookstore: http://members.arma.org/eweb/browse.aspx?site=ARMASTORE&type=Publication

Book – The Collection All Around: Sharing our Cities, Towns, and Natural Places
http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=11834 

Book – Secure Data Deletion
http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319287775 

Book – Dealing with the Yugoslav Past: Exhibition Reflections in the Successor States
http://cup.columbia.edu/book/dealing-with-the-yugoslav-past/9783838209531 

Book – MOOCs Now: Everything you Need to Know to Design, Set Up, and Run a Massive Open Online Course
http://www.abc-clio.com/ABC-CLIOCorporate/product.aspx?pc=A5090P 

Book – Monuments to Absence: Cherokee Removal and the Contest over Southern Memory
http://uncpress.unc.edu/browse/book_detail?title_id=3848

Book – Internet Surveillance and how to Protect your Privacy
http://www.rosenpublishing.com/title/Internet-Surveillance-and-How-to-Protect-Your-Privacy

Book – International Librarianship: Developing Professional, Intercultural, and Educational Leadership
http://www.sunypress.edu/p-6336-international-librarianship.aspx 

Livre – L’archiviste dans la cité : un ver luisant
http://eud.u-bourgogne.fr/sciences-sociales/526-l-archiviste-dans-la-cite-9782364412002.html

Livre – Les sources au coeur de l’épistémologie historique et littéraire
http://www.lcdpu.fr/livre/?GCOI=27000100450880&fa=description

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
Trent Valley Archives – Canadian 150 Lecture Series: Six Lectures
February 22, March 8, March 22, April 5, April 12, April 20, Peterborough (Ontario)
http://www.eventbrite.ca/e/canadian-150-lecture-series-6-lectures-tickets-31362391758?aff=es2

Library and Archives Canada – For the Love of Canadian Cinema: Free Screening of Tit-Coq 
February 27, 2017, Ottawa
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/about-us/events/Pages/2017/tit-coq-canada-screen.aspx

Centre régional d’archives de l’Outaouais – On nous appelait les Sauvages 
2 mars 2017, Gatineau
http://craoutaouais.ca/les-belles-soirees-du-crao-4/

Archives Lanaudière – Premier Spectacle-bénéfice
29 mars 2017, L’Assomption
http://www.lejournaldejoliette.ca/actualites/societe/307181/archives-lanaudiere-presente-son-premier-spectacle-benefice

Archives Society of Alberta – Archives Institute
June 19-24, 2017, Edmonton
http://archivesalberta.org/professional-development/archives-institute/

CanUX 2017
November 3-5, 2017, Gatineau
http://librarianship.ca/news/save-the-date-canux-2017/

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum Exhibit – Images of Internment: the Incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II
February 19 – December 31, 2017, Hyde Park (New York)
http://hudsonvalleyone.com/2017/02/12/images-of-internment-to-open-in-hyde-park/

Seeking Justice: Holocaust History and the Archives of the International Tracing Service
February 22, 2017, Jerusalem
http://networks.h-net.org/node/8378/discussions/166429/seeking-justice-holocaust-history-and-archives-international

Preservation of Photograph Collections 
March 29-31, 2017, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
http://britishphotohistory.ning.com/profiles/blogs/course-preservation-of-photograph-collections

Archives at Night: Sixties
May 19, 2017, Kew (UK)
http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archives-at-night-sixties-tickets-31922662543

French Paper Negatives: Production, Characterization, Preservation
December 7-8, 2017, Paris
http://www.iccrom.org/classifieds/french-paper-negatives-production-characterization-preservation/

Webinar Series – Fixity (Video Available)
February 12, 2017
http://www.avpreserve.com/papers-and-presentations/avp-webinar-series-fixity/

Sur le web / On the web
Video – Library and Archives Canada in 90 seconds 
http://youtu.be/u7z5OBHfe1Q

Podcast – Migrating Heritage (Interview with the Editor of Global Mobilities: Refugees, Exiles, and Immigrants in Museums and Archives)
http://hiraethmagazine.com/podcast-episode-9-migrating-heritage/

Baladodiffusion – Dans la bibliothèque des présidents : une balade radiophonique dans la bibliothèque de Charles de Gaulle 
http://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/la-fabrique-de-lhistoire/dans-la-bibliotheque-des-presidents-24-une-balade-radiophonique

Présentation – Histoire et cinéma : limites de la représentation et usages créatifs des archives
http://cinemadoc.hypotheses.org/3743

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada
Here’s why reports of data breaches will skyrocket this year
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/cyber-attacks-data-breaches-reporting-canada-privacy-law-1.3972862

When Canadian Scientists Were Muzzled by their Government
http://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/opinion/when-canadian-scientists-were-muzzled-by-their-government.html

Environment Canada claws back docs released through access to information
http://www.nationalobserver.com/2017/02/13/news/environment-canada-claws-back-docs-released-through-access-information

RCMP watchdog’s probe into review of northern B.C. policing thwarted by poor record keeping
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/rcmp-northern-bc-records-report-1.3984112

L’affaire Globe24h: publier ne signifie pas diffuser
http://www.eloisegratton.com/blog/2017/02/10/laffaire-globe24h-publier-ne-signifie-pas-diffuser/

Library and Archives Canada – Newly transcribed finding aids
http://thediscoverblog.com/2017/02/16/newly-transcribed-finding-aids/

How Library and Archives Canada Implemented Trump’s Agenda
https://documentary-heritage-news.com/2017/02/how-lac-implemented-trumps-agenda.html

Field Notes: Items found at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
http://news.umanitoba.ca/field-notes-2/

Saskatchewan Archives Week comes to an end
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/saskatchewan-archives-week-2017-1.3977871

Newfoundland – Former Ocean Ranger medic gives rare photos to the Rooms
http://www.thetelegram.com/news/local/2017/2/14/former-ocean-ranger-medic-gives-rare-photos-to-the-rooms0.html

Enquête statistique sur les centres et les services d’archives au Québec
http://archivisteraq.com/2017/02/14/enquete-statistique-sur-les-centres-et-les-services-darchives-au-quebec/

Une première enquête sur les données ouvertes au Québec
http://www.cefrio.qc.ca/salle-presse/communiques/une-premiere-enquete-sur-les-donnees-ouvertes-au-quebec/

BAnQ – Dans le cadre du mois de l’histoire des noirs : l’Affaire Christie c. York : une saga judiciaire méconnue au Québec
http://blogues.banq.qc.ca/instantanes/2017/02/15/cadre-mois-de-lhistoire-noirs-laffaire-christie-c-york-saga-judiciaire-meconnue-quebec-2/

Innu Nikamu : le récit d’une longue guérison
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1016765/innu-nikamu-le-recit-dune-longue-guerison

Archives of Manitoba – One Manitoba Soldier: Billeted in a Big Town
http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/ww1blog/#feb13

Canadian Civil Liberties Association – Rights Group Launches Freedom of Information Request on U.S. Border Agency Travel Ban Actions at Canadian Airports
http://ccla.org/rights-group-launches-foi-request-u-s-border-agency-travel-ban-actions-canadian-airports/

Dalhousie University – Digital Preservation, Eh?
http://saaers.wordpress.com/2017/02/14/digital-preservation-eh/

University of Victoria – Curling up with History
https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/theopenbook/2017/02/16/curling-up-with-history/

How six undergrads saved University of Toronto’s rare books
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/02/16/how-six-first-year-students-saved-u-of-ts-rare-books.html

Bringing LGBTQ Authors out of the Darkness: Meet the Concordia University Library’s First Researcher in Residence
http://thelinknewspaper.ca/article/bringing-lgbtq-authors-out-of-the-darkness

Université de Montréal – Les enseignants de l’École de bibliothéconomie et sciences de l’information se dotent d’un outil terminologique
http://archives21.ebsi.umontreal.ca/2017/02/15/les-enseignants-de-lebsi-se-dotent-dun-outil-terminologique/

Reflections on the ACA@UBC Symposium
http://www.thingsimfondsof.com/reflections-aca-at-ubc/

Canada, UFOs, and Wishful Thinking
http://activehistory.ca/2017/02/canada-ufos-and-wishful-thinking/

Slavery in Quebec: shedding light on a largely unknown history
http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/slavery-in-quebec-shedding-light-on-a-largely-unknown-history

Canada 150: James Matthews became Vancouver’s first city archivist
http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/canada-150-james-matthews-became-vancouvers-first-city-archivist

Part of our legacy: photography project gives Edmonton refugees new family portraits
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/passport-photo-project-refugees-newcomers-1.3976664

Les textes officiels des sept premiers évêques de Montréal maintenant en ligne
http://presence-info.ca/article/livres/les-textes-officiels-des-7-premiers-eveques-de-montreal-maintenant-en-ligne

Hidden treasures: the allure of Montreal’s Midget Palace
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/hidden-treasures-montreal-philippe-nicole-midget-palace-1.3923626

Archives de la ville de Québec – Le grand tournoi des 11-12 ans
http://www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/culture_patrimoine/archives/blogue/billet_tournoi_peewee.aspx

Exhibit at Peel Art Gallery (Ontario) tells the grim story of slavery in Canada
http://m.bramptonguardian.com/community-story/7144883-exhibit-at-peel-art-gallery-tells-the-grim-story-of-slavery-in-canada

Société d’histoire de la Haute-Yamaska – Un passé en héritage : recherchés : photos et documents du milieu rural
http://www.shhy.info/histoire/un-passe-en-heritage-recherches-photos-et-documents-du-milieu-rural

Barrie Historical Archive (Ontario) seeking public input and support
http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/2017/02/02/barrie-historical-archive-seeking-public-input-and-support

C’est le temps des vacances au Centre d’archives de Vaudreuil-Soulanges
http://www.viva-media.ca/culture/cest-le-temps-des-vacances-au-centre-darchives/

Love letters in the Hamilton Public Library: the courtship of Bob and Marion
http://www.therecord.com/living-story/7138586-paul-wilson-love-letters-in-the-library-the-courtship-of-bob-and-marion/

Un Québécois aurait découvert les premières images filmées de Marcel Proust
http://www.ledevoir.com/culture/livres/491793/proust-retrouve

Images de Marcel Proust: une Française revendique la découverte
http://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/nouvelles/201702/16/01-5070199-images-de-marcel-proust-une-francaise-revendique-la-decouverte.php

Rewriting their narratives: local libraries are becoming hubs of technology
http://www.cbc.ca/news/ontario-toronto-public-library-technology-innovation-1.3964375

Freshly Minted: Caroline Moynihan, Community Librarian for Children, Burlington Public Library
http://librarianship.ca/blog/caroline-moynihan/

Bomb shelter sales skyrocket in response to Trump presidency
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-february-15-2017-1.3982434/bomb-shelter-sales-skyrocket-in-response-to-trump-presidency-1.3982469
Afrique / Africa
Mauritanian Manuscripts Preserved through Digital Technology
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2430791&CategoryId=13936

Nigeria to liaise with Google, others to recapture archival materials
http://pulse.ng/local/lai-mohammed-nigeria-to-liaise-with-google-others-to-recapture-archival-materials-id6197616.html

Guinée – Bibliothèque nationale sous la révolution : le directeur passait pour un fieffé démagogue
http://mosaiqueguinee.com/2017/02/10/bibliotheque-nationale-sous-la-revolution-le-directeur-passait-pour-un-fieffe-demagogue/

Cameroun – Archives nationales : un séminaire de formation pour reconstituer le fonds allemand
http://camer.be/58118/1:11/cameroun-archives-nationales-un-seminaire-de-formation-pour-reconstituer-le-fonds-allemand-cameroon.html

Is Tunisia Rolling Back Freedom of Information?
http://globalvoices.org/2017/02/10/is-tunisia-rolling-back-freedom-of-information/

Algérie – Récupération de près de 600 vieux actes wakfs à Contantine
http://www.maghrebemergent.com/actualite/breves/fil-maghreb/69287-algerie-recuperation-de-pres-de-600-vieux-actes-wakfs-a-contantine.html

Amériques / Americas
Les Archives nationales d’Haïti : entre hors jeu, favoritisme et affront à la souveraineté
http://rezonodwes.com/les-archives-nationales-dhaiti-entre-hors-jeu-favoritisme-et-affront-a-la-souverainete/

FBI can’t find its files on the investigation into Reagan’s “Debategate”
https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2017/feb/16/fbi-buries-file-republican-theft-democratic-presid/

Defining a Record under Freedom of Information Act
http://causeofaction.org/defining-record-foia/

NARA – Presidents’ Day Research Guide
http://reagan.blogs.archives.gov/2017/02/06/presidents-day-research-guide/

Lyndon B. Johnson Museum and Library archivist makes home for herself in between the shelves
http://www.dailytexanonline.com/2017/02/09/archivist-makes-home-for-herself-in-between-the-shelves

With So Much Public Interest in our Judicial System, it’s Time to Free up Access to Court Documents
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170211/22490236690/with-so-much-public-interest-our-judicial-system-time-to-free-up-access-to-court-documents.shtml

Diehard Coders Just Rescued NASA’s Earth Science Data
http://www.wired.com/2017/02/diehard-coders-just-saved-nasas-earth-science-data/

The Hidden Chamber of Historic Records Behind Mount Rushmore
http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2017/02/10/there_s_a_hall_of_records_hidden_behind_lincoln_s_head_in_mount_rushmore.html

My tale of Andrew Puzder’s “Oprah” tape
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/puzder-oprah-tape-235077

Yale-developed software program boosts cultural preservation efforts
http://news.yale.edu/2017/02/07/yale-developed-software-program-boosts-cultural-preservation-efforts

Protect and preserve: University of North Carolina at Greensboro professor’s postcard project is now online 
http://www.greensboro.com/news/local_news/protect-and-preserve-uncg-professor-s-postcard-project-is-now/article_c515c734-5e66-5297-8562-e5095863ecf1.html

University of Texas – One document at a time: Professor helps preserve Cuban history
http://www.theshorthorn.com/news/one-document-at-a-time-professor-helps-preserve-cuban-history/article_2cf7c354-e0d7-11e6-b782-ebfef4ea9a01.html

Illinois State University – This Archive Is Digitizing the History of the Circus
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archive-digitizing-history-circus-180962100/

Archives have never been neutral: an National Digital Stewardship Alliance Interview with Jarrett Drake, Princeton University
http://ndsa.org/2017/02/15/archives-have-never-been-neutral-an-ndsa-interview-with-jarrett-drake.html

Winston Churchill essay on the possibility of alien life discovered in US college
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/feb/15/winston-churchill-essay-alien-life-discovered-us-college-are-we-alone-in-the-universe

IEEE Big Data Conference 2016: Computational Archival Science
http://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2017/02/ieee-big-data-conference-2016-computational-archival-science/

Le choix du Metropolitan Museum et les pathologies du domaine public
http://scinfolex.com/2017/02/12/le-choix-du-metropolitan-museum-et-les-pathologies-du-domaine-public/

Digirati to build Indigenous Digital Archive platform
http://digirati.com/updates/news/digirati-to-build-indigenous-digital-archive-platform/

Jesuits’ archives under construction in St. Louis
http://www.stltoday.com/business/columns/building-blocks/jesuits-archives-under-construction-in-st-louis/article_cd3296f3-40e0-5955-9f57-425e6e972d95.html

Discovered cache: Jackie Kennedy’s letters to the man she declined to marry
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/nation-world/nation/article/Discovered-cache-Jackie-s-letters-to-the-man-she-10918907.php

SNES preservation project dead after $10k of games lost in the post 
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-02-14-snes-preservation-project-dead-after-package-lost-containing-usd10k-of-games
Ghost Signs Before they were Ghosts: Preserving a Rare Photo Album for the Coca-Cola Archives
http://www.coca-colacompany.com/stories/ghost-signs-before-they-were-ghosts

Anthology Film Archive’s Jonas Mekas Talks Preserving Avant Garde Film and his Cathedral of Cinema
http://www.papermag.com/anthology-film-archives-jonas-mekas-talks-preserving-avant-garde-film–2253595143.html

The Conversationalist: from PhD to Librarian and Archivist
http://www.historians.org/publications-and-directories/perspectives-on-history/february-2017/the-conversationalist-from-phd-to-librarian-and-archivist

Meditations on Leaving the Archival Profession
http://lindsayzaborowski.wordpress.com/2017/02/08/meditations-on-leaving-the-archival-profession/

Eros, Amor, and Caritas for Archives
http://archivesoldmole.wordpress.com/2017/02/13/eros-amor-and-caritas-for-archives/
Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
National Archives of Australia – Funds for research into NT Chinese merchants and women in Australian politics
http://www.naa.gov.au/about-us/media/media-releases/2017/02.aspx

South Korea – National Library launches archive with 192 million pre-1950s news articles
http://m.koreatimes.co.kr/phone/news/view.jsp?req_newsidx=224111

India – The art of the curator
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/The-art-of-the-curator/article17286631.ece

India – Hyderabad’s archive department in fix as Persian records untranslated
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/no-one-to-decode-persian-records/articleshow/57157754.cms

India – Jammu and Kashmir government puts rare manuscripts on public display
http://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/jk-govt-putsrare-manuscripts-on-public-display/986448

Europe / Europa
Europeana – Help Transcribe World War I Love Letters
http://hyperallergic.com/357999/help-transcribe-world-war-one-love-letters/

Continued Holocaust Research a necessity for Europe
http://ehri-project.eu/sites/default/files/downloads/ehri_downloads/EHRI%20presentations/press%20release%20EHRI%20European%20Parliament%20def.pdf

Kosovo to Form Truth Commission to Heal Scars from War
http://thewire.in/108508/kosovo-to-form-truth-commission/

Award for Latvian National Archives’ use of open source
http://joinup.ec.europa.eu/node/159028

Reaction of the investigative department of the Institute of National Remembrance to the complaint about the killings of Polish citizens on the Czechoslovak-Austrian border
http://ipn.gov.pl/en/news/905,Reaction-of-the-investigative-department-of-the-IPN-to-the-complaint-about-the-k.html

An uncensored look behind the Iron Curtain: Long-lost images of Stalinist Russia snapped by a U.S. diplomat
http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/an-uncensored-look-behind-the-iron-curtain-long-lost-images-of-stalinist-russia-snapped-by-a-u-s-diplomat

The most expensive library in the world? Book Capella opens for Russian elite
http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2017/feb/15/the-most-expensive-library-in-the-world-book-capella-opens-for-russian-elite

ISO 15489(2016) adopted as national standard in Spain
http://committee.iso.org/sites/tc46sc11/home/news/content-left-area/news-about-standarization-in-t-1/iso-154892016-adopted-as-nationa.html

Greece’s National Library prepares for transition to new era
http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/22955-greece-s-national-library-prepares-for-transition-to-new-era.html

Les photos censurées de la Grande Guerre
http://www.linternaute.com/actualite/histoire/1362075-ces-images-censurees-pendant-la-grande-guerre/

First, and likely only, footage of French novelist Marcel Proust surfaces
http://www.france24.com/en/20170215-france-literature-marcel-proust-footage-wedding-clip

Significant new W.B. Yeats and James Joyce material acquired by the National Library of Ireland
http://www.nli.ie/en/list/latest-news.aspx?article=216f3d70-7633-427d-9dce-2fca29a1e4ad

How I Started, Part 1: Learning from the Archives & Records Association (UK)’s Section for New Professionals e-Magazine
http://learningaboutarchives.wordpress.com/2017/02/11/how-i-started-part-1-learning-from-the-archives-records-association-uks-section-for-new-professionals-e-magazine/

UK government plans gallery for its off-duty art
http://theartnewspaper.com/news/gallery-for-government-s-off-duty-art/

UK National Archives – Digitising and conserving black cultural history
http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/digitising-conserving-black-cultural-history/

UK National Archives – Loyalty and dissent in the First World War
http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/south-asia-first-world-war-loyalty-dissent/

British Library – The beauty within: conservation of manuscript Delhi Arabic 1928
http://blogs.bl.uk/collectioncare/2017/02/the-beauty-within-conservation-of-manuscript-delhi-arabic-1928.html

British Library – Love me Do: Medieval Love Spells
http://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2017/02/love-me-do.html

British Library – How Maps Got Into the Movies
http://blogs.bl.uk/magnificentmaps/2017/02/how-maps-got-into-the-movies.html

National archive for nuclear industry opens in Wick
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-38855127

Incredible archive from the British father of photography goes online to celebrate his birthday
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4209750/Incredible-archive-world-s-photos.html

University of York – Harvesting EAD from AtoM: a collaborative approach
https://documentary-heritage-news.com/2017/02/harvesting-ead-from-atom-collaborative.html

University of York – What have we got in our digital archive?
https://documentary-heritage-news.com/2017/02/what-have-we-got-in-our-digital-archive.html

Thieves steal £2m of rare books by abseiling into warehouse
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/feb/12/thieves-steal-2m-of-rare-books-by-abseiling-into-warehouse

List of Stolen Rare Books in London Heist
http://www.bookbinding.co.uk/News/ABA%20List%20of%20Stolen%20Books%20January%202017.pdf

Mission impossible: trying to flog a stolen 500-year-old Dante manuscript 
http://www.theguardian.com/books/shortcuts/2017/feb/13/heist-tome-raiders-stolen-rare-books

A unique insight into the First World War through the eyes of London’s Jewish children
http://www.satprnews.com/2017/02/12/a-unique-insight-into-the-first-world-war-through-the-eyes-of-londons-jewish-children/

Great War wounded captured in photo
http://www.macclesfield-express.co.uk/incoming/great-war-wounded-captured-photo-12511132

Vintage mugshots show the faces of WWI era criminals
http://metro.co.uk/2017/02/16/vintage-mugshots-show-the-faces-of-wwi-era-criminals-6453145/

Doctor Who composer Delia Derbyshire’s archive to be digitized
http://www.factmag.com/2017/02/10/doctor-composer-delia-derbyshires-archive-digitized/

Alan Turing Postcard with hidden riddle sells for £28,000
http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/postcard-with-hidden-riddle-sells-for-%C2%A328000/ar-AAmODet

Moyen-Orient / Middle East
Rare Islamic manuscripts stolen by ISIS restored in Libya
http://en.abna24.com/news/africa/rare-islamic-manuscripts-stolen-by-isis-restored-in-libya.html

Photographer in Mesopotamia: Incredible pictures taken by Agatha Christie reveal how she helped uncover Iraq’s lost city of Nimrud
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4095210/Photographer-Mesopotamia-Incredible-pictures-taken-Agatha-Christie-reveal-helped-uncover-Iraq-s-lost-city-Nimrud-archaeologist-husband-writing-detective-novels.html

Iraq Goes Against the Odds with New Museum
http://www.harpersbazaararabia.com/art/exhibitions/news/iraq-goes-against-the-odds-with-new-museum

International
The UNESCO PERSIST Digital Heritage Selection Guidelines: Endorsed by IFLA, ICA and ICOM
http://unescopersist.org/2017/02/10/the-unesco-persist-digital-heritage-selection-guidelines-endorsed-by-ifla-ica-and-icom/

International Committee of the Red Cross – Love Agency : Love Letters during the Second World War
http://blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/love-agency-love-letters-second-world-war/

Votre collection de CD est en train de pourrir, lentement mais sûrement
http://mobile.lesinrocks.com/2017/02/10/musique/collection-cd-pourrir-lentement-mais-surement-11911608/

Why auctioneers are buying into forensics 
http://theartnewspaper.com/market/auctioneers-buy-into-forensics-to-expose-the-fakes-and-frauds/

New digital resource to reveal the hidden possibilities for library collections
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/new-digital-resource-to-reveal-the-hidden-possibilities-for-library-collections-08-feb-2017

Détruire des données, ce n’est pas si simple
http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/rue89/sur-le-radar/20170216.OBS5386/detruire-des-donnees-ce-n-est-pas-si-simple.html

Voici quelques incroyables cartes et infographies du XIXe siècle
http://www.slate.fr/grand-format/incroyables-cartes-infographies-xixeme-siecle-136793

Wikimedia Foundation releases first transparency report of 2017
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/02/13/sixth-transparency-report/

The True History of Fake News
http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2017/02/13/the-true-history-of-fake-news/

Exploring #WomensMarch
http://medium.com/on-archivy/exploring-womensmarch-dcc30221101c

Mapping Countries that Censor the Internet
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/02/ooniprobe-censorship-mapping/516051/

A battle rages for the future of the Web
http://arstechnica.co.uk/information-technology/2017/02/future-of-the-www-timbl-drm/

How the art world airbrushed female artists from history
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/feb/06/how-the-art-world-airbrushed-female-artists-from-history

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