Ressources / Resources
De l’État / From the State
Librarian and Archivist of Canada Speech – Saving the World: one Record at a Time
Politique et cartographie des actions menées par les Archives de France en matière d’archivage numérique
Archives de France – Préconisations de sélection et de conservation relative au traitement des archives produites et reçues par les juridictions administratives de droit commun
Ireland – Data Protection Office – Guidance on Location Data
De la communauté / From the community
Pericles – Design Practices and Operational Sustainability for Data Preservation Systems
Harvard University – Converting Scholarly Journals to Open Access: a Review of Approaches and Experiences
Prospects and Strategies for Deep Collaboration in the Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums Sector
Paper – Born Digital News Collections: New Formats, New Approaches
Paper – Online News and Privacy: are Online News Archives Affected by a Right to Be Forgotten?
Publications
Preservation, Digital Technology & Culture, vol. 45, no. 2 (2016)
Journal of Map & Geography Libraries, vol. 12, no. 2 (2016)
Journal of Documentation, vol. 72, no. 6 (2016)
Collection Management, vol. 41, no. 3 (2016)
Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and Technology, vol. 42, no. 6 (August/September 2016)
National Library of Finland Bulletin (2016)
Wikimedia Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums Newsletter, vol. 6, no. 7 (2016)
Ph. D. Dissertation – Encoding Power: the Scripting of Archival Structures in Digital Spaces Using the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) Reference Model
Book – Digital Library Programs for Libraries and Archives: Developing, Managing, and Sustaining Unique Digital Collections
Book – Atlantic Canada’s Irish Immigrants: a Fish and Timber Story
Book – The Book in History, the Book as History: New Intersections of the Material Text: Essays in Honor of David Scott Kastan
Book – From Parchment to Cyberspace: Medieval Literature in the Digital Age
Book – Crime Scene Photography (Third Edition)
Book – The Return of Curiosity: what Museums are Good for in the Twenty-first Century
Book – A User’s Guide to Data Protection (Second Edition)
Livre – La gestion intégrée des documents d’activité (GID) technologiques et en format papier
Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
Introduction to Basic Archives Workshop
September 17, 2016, Regina
Designing Libraries for the 21st Century
September 18-20, 2016, Calgary
Italian-Canadian Archives Project 2016 National Conference
October 14-15, 2016, London (Ontario)
Free Online Course – Empire: the Controversies of British Imperialism
Starting August 8, 2016
Webinar – Copyright Issues in Institutional Repositories and Digital Archives
August 18, 2016
Teleconference – Archives and Records Professionals for Research Data Interest Group
August 23, 2016
Webinars – American Library Association Task Force on the Context of Future Accreditation
August 25 – September 2, 2016
eCourse – Social Media for my Institution: from “mine” to “ours”
September 21 – October 19, 2016
Webinar – Beyond Usage Statistics: how to Use Google Analytics to Improve your Repository
October 11, 2016
Workshop on Scientific Archives 2016
November 1-2, 2016, Heidelberg (Germany)
Midwest Archives Conference 2017 Annual Meeting
April 5-8, 2017, Omaha (Nebraska)
Sur le web / On the web
Canadian Historical Association Conference – Recording of the Panel on Access to Information: Historical Research under Bill C-59
Archives de la ville de Québec – Nouveau blogue
Society of American Archivists – Video: Presidential Address at 2016 Annual Conference
National and State Libraries Australasia Video – Born Digital 2016: Truth and history with John Birmingham
National and State Libraries Australasia Video – Born Digital 2016: Indigenous Voices with Dr Rachael Ka’ai-Mahuta
Video – Safar 2016: Hundred Years Old Recording Returns to Afghanistan
Nouvelles du monde / News from the world
Canada
Editorial: Revisiting the census
Government-Backed Study Finds Piracy Fight a Low Priority for Canadian Rights Holders
Exhuming history: censored Jewish text brought to light by Library and Archives Canada
Library and Archives Canada – Opening the vaults: 20 million pages and counting
Library and Archives Canada – Are we missing part of the historical record regarding Oronhyatekha?
Library and Archives Canada – Ghost towns, roads less travelled, and even lesser known places: how to find them, how to research them
Library and Archives Canada – The XXI Summer Olympic Games opened July 17, 1976 in Montréal
Has a national portrait gallery’s time come, again?
Canadiana.org recognized among Best International Genealogy Websites
Ontario Inviting Public Feedback on Open Government Initiatives
Nova Scotia archive network gets $50,000 cash infusion
Substantial increase in access to information requests since 2015 says new Newfoundland and Labrador privacy commisioner
Alberta – Investigation finds leaked provincial government documents broke Freedom of Information Act
Alberta – Three little words underlined in original government documents at centre of power purchase arrangement lawsuit
Archives Alberta – Tracking Acidity in your Collection
Archives of Manitoba – One Manitoba Soldier: it is great fun in one of these holes
BAnQ – Un manuscrit bien particulier
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library – Summertime, and the Livin’ is easy… (Visit to Campobello Island, New Brunswick)
Five things I liked about the B.C. Archives
UBC’s First Archivist Releases Memoir
UBC – Spotlight on the Records Management Office
More than 500 of UBC radio station’s historic audio tapes find new audience online
Vancouver history on your phone: app shows city’s look, then and now
Ville de Québec – Découvrez vos archives
Centre du patrimoine de Saint-Boniface – Archives exposées
Winnipeg Art Gallery gets $15 million for Inuit Art Centre
Le rapport du Père Paradis : un trésor national et le premier plaidoyer en faveur de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Prince Rupert (B.C.) – U.S. century-old photo sent to archives
New Oak Bay (B.C.) archivist plans myriad projects
Another $10,000 toward photo archives at the Reach (B.C.)
Canadian music library to open Victoria branch
The Parrsborough Shore Historical Society (Nova Scotia) to receive provincial funding
Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives (Ontario) Embraces Pokémon Go
The Hemmingford Archives (Quebec) Find a Permanent Home
Five Tips on Getting your Archival Images Shared on Social Media
Gestion des documents d’activité : vision pour la prochaine décennie
Michel Roberge – Dernier billet/partage de veille sur la gestion intégrée des documents d’activité
Afrique / Africa
Maroc : les historiographes du royaume sont les gardiens de la mémoire royale, mais jusqu’à quand ?
Guinea: why Reconciliation Is Crucial
Côte d’Ivoire – Accès à l’information d’intérêts publics et documents : ce qui pose problème
South Africa composer Philip Miller uses archive material for new project
Amériques / Americas
Cayman Islands – Government to end paper shuffle by 2019
U.S. to give Argentina declassified papers on America’s role in military dictatorship
CIA to Release Declassified Nixon and Ford President’s Daily Briefings
US Government Now Has an Official Open Source Software Policy
Preserving History: Honeywell Helps the National Archives Boost Sustainability While Safeguarding National Treasures
National Archives at Boston Collaborates to Digitize Over 900 Popular Photos
Why the U.S. President Needs a Council of Historians
For records preservation, Arkansas turns to the cloud
Harvard-acquired Pentecostal collection offers up gold mine
Cornell University – Maps Made to Influence and Deceive
University of Rochester – 19th-century cyclist captures views of Rochester
The Strange Affliction of Library Anxiety and what Librarians Do to Help
Supporting Sci-Hub vs. Explaining Sci-Hub
Getty Images says $1 billion lawsuit is based on misconceptions
Hammer Museum Launches Digital Archive with Now Dig This! Exhibition About Black Artists in Los Angeles
Historic Photos Mark 150th Birthday of Pioneering Black Explorer
Mapping Indigenous Los Angeles: Uncovering Native Geographies through Digital Storytelling
Six rules for creating an oral history: the original chroniclers of punk on how they did it
A $45 Garage Sale Haul Snares Ansel Adams Photos Valued at $200 Million
Birdman of Alcatraz’s personal bird atlas to go to auction
Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
Australia – Census website cracks after malicious attack by hackers
Australian Bureau of Statistics – The census should be delayed to restore trust and confidence
Australia – Census 2016: Reluctant senators to defy rules and leave names off survey
Australia – Why I’m taking leave of my census: a privacy expert’s reluctant boycott
Australia – Turnbull government faces battle to persuade millions to complete census
The Nauru files: 2,000 leaked reports reveal scale of abuse of children in Australian offshore detention
Australia – Documents immigration is fighting to keep secret accidentally released
National Library of Australia – Accessing Born-digital Content: a Look at the Challenges of Born-Digital Content in our Collection
National Library of Australia – Managing your Digital Records: Four Simple Things that Digital Archivists Want you to Do
State Library of Victoria – Digital forensics at galleries, libraries, archives and museums
State Library of Victoria – Game-changer: Collecting born-digital manuscripts
Digital archives the object of State Library of Victoria’s time capsule
State Library of New South Wales – What is Digital Preservation ?
State Library of New South Wales – The race to preserve sound
He Tohu will be the new home of New Zealand’s founding documents
http://archives.govt.nz/about/news/2016/08/he-tohu-will-be-new-home-new-zealand-s-founding-documents
OpenText Appointed to Digitize Document Management for Vital, the Singapore Government’s Centre for Shared Services
Europe / Europa
Sarajevo, Srebrenica to Host Hague Tribunal Archives
Mysterious magic spells unearthed by archaeologists in Serbia
Warsaw ghetto’s secret archive goes Hollywood
Literary Archives in Austria
Armenia – Digitization process of National Archives’ movies to be completed this year
Georgia Plans to Build National Film Archives
500-year-old Albrecht Dürer engraving found in French flea market
Visualizing data to detect semantic change: interview with Peter Wittek, University of Borås (Sweden)
L’état civil ancien de Monaco est en ligne
How the City of Paris Preserves 13 Million Photographs
Secret documents published as part of Northern Ireland Conflict Archive
Scottish Jews memories of the holocaust to feature in new heritage centre
UK – Government launches digital record management tender
Blockchain-as-a-service approved for use across UK government
UK copyright extension on designed objects is direct assault on 3D printing
UK National Archives – Giving the Turks a drubbing: the Battle of Romani
UK National Archives – The Battle of the Seine: Henry V’s unknown naval triumph
UK National Archives – A Most Lamented Princesse: an English princess at Versailles
Harry Potter exhibition set for British Library
Founder and CEO of the Cambridge Satchel Company announced as Entrepreneur in Residence at the British Library
Poignant letters reveal young Queen Mother’s friendship with wounded WW1 soldier
WW2 codebreakers: the final secret
Transforming Archives: Manchester and Wigan Archives
Moyen-Orient / Middle East
Franz Kafka literary legal battle ends as Israel’s high court rules in favor of library
United Arab Emirates – The National Archives in cooperation with the National Newspaper are releasing a supplement
Jordan Media Institute to document media legacy of Great Arab Revolt
Turkey – Light renovation of historic Istanbul library better preserves rare treasures
International
Paquets d’archives (AIP) et les technologies Cloud
Why save a computer virus?
Les archives dans les jeux vidéo
Nintendo Power Magazines Taken Down from Online Archives
Who Needs Historians?
Blockchain technology to improve press freedom
Is Blockchain-Powered Copyright Protection Possible?