Ressources / Resources
De l’État / From the State
Canadian Conservation Institute – Framework for Preserving Heritage Collections: Strategies for Avoiding or Reducing Damage
Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board – Structuring a Justification of Outstanding Significance
BAnQ – Recueil des règles de conservation des documents des établissements de santé et de services sociaux du Québec (version 4)
Code for Viaduc: Online Access of the Swiss Federal Archives
Archives de l’État du Valais (Suisse) – Rapport annuel 2020
NARA – Senior Agency Official for Records Management 2020 Annual Report – Department of Agriculture and Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction
Department of Agriculture: http://www.archives.gov/files/records-mgmt/agency/usda-saorm-2020.pdf
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction: http://www.archives.gov/files/records-mgmt/agency/sigar-saorm-2020.pdf
U.S. Government Accountability Office – National Security: Department of Defence and State Have Processes for Formal and Informal Challenges to the Classification of Information
State Archives of North Carolina – Functional Schedule (2021 Drafts)
Bibliothèque nationale de France – Formats de données pour la préservation numérique
Michigan Supreme Court Decision – Ahmad v. University of Michigan (Access to Private Archives)
University of Missouri – Endangered but not too Late: the State of Digital News Preservation
De la communauté / From the community
International Federation of Film Archives – The Digital Statement Part III: Image Restoration, Manipulation, Treatment, and Ethics
Association des archivistes français et autres associations – Observations sur les dispositions portant modification de l’article L. 213-2 du Code du patrimoine (accès aux archives)
ePADD (free and open source software that supports the appraisal, processing, preservation, discovery, and delivery of historical email archives) for Preservation: ePADD+ (for Public Comments)
Article – Remembering is a Form of Honouring: Preserving the Covid-19 Archival Record
Publications
La Gazette des archives, no 259 (2020)
Fontes Artis Musicae: the Journal of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres, vol. 68, no. 1 (2021)
Book History, vol. 24 (2021)
Library and Archives Canada – Documentary Heritage and Official Language Minority Communities Newsletter, vol. 2, no. 6 (2021)
Archives News: a Publication of the City of Richmond (British Columbia) Archives, vol. 26, no. 1 (2021)
Book – Scratches and Glitches: Observations on Preserving and Exhibiting Cinema in the Early 21st Century
Book – The Princeton Guide to Historical Research
Book – Documentation and Argument in Early China: the Shàngshū 尚書 (Venerated Documents) and the Shū Traditions
Book – Committed: Remembering Native Kinship in and beyond Institutions
Book – Digital Forensics Explained (Second Edition)
Book – Music and Heritage: New Perspectives on Place-making and Sonic Identity
Book – Be the Thing of Memory
Book – Hope and a Future: Perspectives on the Impact that Librarians and Libraries Have on our World
Book – Radical Secrecy: the Ends of Transparency in Datafied America
Livre – Valoriser et diffuser les arts numériques en bibliothèque : pratiques et enjeux
Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
Basic Concepts of Oral History, Best Practices, and Standards
May 4, 2021
Témoigner en images : intermédialité, institution et politiques visuelles
10 au 21 mai 2021
Archives and Libraries in Official Language Minorities National Conference (Program Available)
May 12, 13, 20, 27, 2021
Alberta – Archives Week
June 7-11, 2021
Constructing Heritage in Canada’s South Asian Diasporas Symposium
June 16, 2021
Webinar on Introduction to Metadata for Research Data Management
April 29, 2021
NARA – Genealogy Series
May 4 – June 15, 2021
Sustainable Preservation: Quick Tips and Approaches for Museums, Libraries, and Archives
May 6, 2021
Research and Digital Cultural Heritage: New Impact Horizons
May 11-12, 2021
ePADD+ Open Meeting
May 13, 2021
Integrating Critical Race Theory and Teaching with Primary Sources
May 14, 2021
Digital Preservation Futures: Future of Storage Event
May 25-26, 2021
L’éthique face au traitement de la documentation et des sources historiques
27 mai 2021
Employing Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Cultural Institutions
July 7, 2021
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Virtual 2021
October 4-15, 2021
Sur le web / On the web
Video – Just, Temperate, and Brave: the Importance of Evidence, and Evidence Keepers, in Chaotic Times (with Laura Millar)
From the Vaults: Audio from Edmonton’s Past – An Interview with John Hogan
Baladodiffusion – Notre histoire en tête : Marie-Thérèse Lefebvre & Jonathan Lainey
Anglo-Celtic Connections Blog – New Version
Video – Caring for Digital Collections in the Anthropocene
Video – What’s Best for my Collection? New Approaches to Environmental Monitoring
Association of Research Libraries Video – Code of Best Practices in Fair Use/Fair Dealing for Open Education Resources: Webinar and Workshop
California Digital Library Video – Introducing Calisphere
Baladodiffusion de l’Institut national du patrimoine (France) – Le patrimoine au temps du confinement : conserver la mémoire d’une histoire à écrire
University of Southern California Shoah Foundation’s Memory Generation Podcast – Episode I: the First Testimony
Society of American Archivists at the University of Alabama Podcast – Josh Burford & Invisible Histories Project
Nouvelles du monde / News from the world
Canada
Highlights from Budget 2021 to the Canadian library and information management community
Library and Archives Canada receives funding in budget
Library and Archives Canada – Co-Lab Updates for April
À la découverte des archives de la Bibliothèque de l’Assemblée nationale du Québec : entretien avec Marise Falardeau et Pierre Skilling
Online project aims to preserve voices, knowledge of First Nations elders
Tamil Canadian Centre for Civic Action – Images of Resistance: an Archive of Action
University of Toronto Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library – Genre Terms by iSchool Students: the Geographic Atlas: Maps Through a Colonial Lens
University of Toronto Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library – World Book Day: Reading Without Words: the Novels of Frans Masereel
University of British Columbia – The 2020 (Re)Collection
Concordia University – Launched: A database of anti-racist educational videos and learning materials
Student publishes guide to Indigenous resources at New Brunswick archives
Le riche héritage archivistique des soeurs de Sainte-Anne
Les archives, ces grandes négligées
Archives de Montréal – Le développement des chemins de fer à Montréal
Galt Museum and Archives (Alberta) – Blackfoot and Blanche
New administrator at Summerland Museum and Archives (British Columbia)
Whistler Museum and Archives Society – Whistler’s Answers: April 22, 1982
Oxford County Archives – Conservation of the Forests of Ontario
Numériser la vie fransaskoise, une page à la fois
Prince Albert (Saskatchewan) – Preserving history
Des archives uniques de Michel Louvain
WW II medals found during home inspection in Halifax returned to sailor’s family
Afrique / Africa
Bénin – Fin du séminaire des agents parlementaires en charge du secrétariat sur l’archivage électronique des documents administratifs : vers la mise en place d’un plan de numérisation et digitalisation des archives
Procès Thomas Sankara : la France remet le dernier lot d’archives au Burkina Faso
Maroc – Les archives de Casablanca détruites par les rongeurs
University of Cape Town (South Africa) – Recognising the loss of the Jagger Reading Room
University of Cape Town – Library fire and the Bleek and Lloyd Collection
IFLA Statement on University of Cape Town Library Fire
Amériques / Americas
Brazil – The National Library website falls victim to a ransomware attack and goes offline
NARA – The Importance of Acknowledging History
NARA – Panama Canal Zone Photographs
National Archives Wants to Use Artificial Intelligence to Improve Unsophisticated Search and Create Self-Describing Records
MetTel to modernize National Archives networks
How Government Agencies Archive the White House’s Electronic Records
Federal Agencies Face April Deadline on Secret John F. Kennedy Files
Library of Congress – Curating as Artistic Act: Selecting Items for Speculative Annotation
Library of Congress – African American Genealogy: Searching for Yesterday
Library of Congress – Joining By the People: an interview with Abby Shelton
Into the future: what Network of the National Library of Medicine has in store
Los Alamos National Laboratory – New artificial intelligence tool tracks evolution of Covid-19 conspiracy theories on social media
Inside the New Tennessee State Library and Archives
University of California at Los Angeles – Reframing Reparative Description Initiatives through Critical Race Theory and Black Feminism
University of North Carolina – Triad Covid-19 collection
Digital time capsules: University of North Carolina Story Archive preserves oral histories for future generations
Archive of Marconi Papers and Correspondence Acquired by California Museum
These Native American women are reclaiming a stolen part of their identity: their language
Century-old KKK ledgers for Denver are now digitized and available to the public
Elvis Presley: what’s inside Graceland’s attic? Archivist allowed upstairs shares secrets
Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
Queensland State Archives (Australia) – Escape from St Helena Island
National Library of New Zealand – A mammoth newspaper delivery
India – Freedom Struggle Museum to house hi-tech archival section
How Soviet Children’s Books Became Collectors’ Items in India
Europe / Europa
Monument unveiled to remember buried Warsaw Ghetto archive
Center for Research Libraries and East View Release Open Access Imperial Russian Newspapers
National Archives of Finland – Updated Europeana Heraldica database and Ontology of Heraldry opened
Historians call for opening of secret Northern Ireland files to mark centenary
University of Stirling – Political archive appeals for election campaign material
British Library – Introducing the Internet of Musical Events: a project to capture the history of live performance
British Library – Two women, a lawyer and a book chest
British Library – Maps and the Canals
Bodleian Library – Advancing and expanding access to our archives
A Decolonial Approach to Historic Archives
Images by one of history’s earliest photographers fetch almost $2M
Moyen-Orient / Middle East
National Library of Israel – The First Person to Photograph the Land of Israel from the Air
National Library of Israel – Rabbi Löw’s “Kiss” from Prison
National Library of Israel to get floral neighbor with new park
More than one scribe wrote the text of a Dead Sea Scroll, handwriting shows
The Palestinian Museum launches phase two of its Digital Archive project to include more than 360,000 items
International
International Committee of the Red Cross Library and Archives – A controversial emblem
Remembering Dr Charles Kecskemeti, former Secretary General of the International Council on Archives
International Campaign #ProtectTheFacts: Honouring the Past. Safeguarding the Future
Reflection on Recordkeeping theory, models & strategies and today’s workplace
Pitching Web Archiving to your Institution: where to Begin?
NFTs and Web Archiving
NFTs and Artificial Intelligence Are Unsettling the Very Concept of History
Classifying records in Microsoft 365
Why in Place Information Management is Not a Complete Solution
Communication and Collaboration through CMS Email Integration
Fundamentals of the Appraisal Process in Archives
ES Broadcast acquires Sony’s archiving firm Memnon