Ressources / Resources
De l’État / From the State
Librarian and Archivist of Canada Speech – Library Leadership in a Sea of Change
Government of Canada – Information Technology Strategic Plan (for Consultation)
National Archives of Australia – Draft Information Management Standard
Archives New Zealand – Disposal Schedule and Appraisal Report: New Zealand Police (for Comments)
European Commission – High Level Expert Group on the European Open Science Cloud
De la communauté / From the community
Association des archivistes du Québec – Rapport annuel 2015-2016
World Bank – Public Access to Information for Development : a Guide to Effective Implementation of Right to Information Laws
Europeana – Progress of the Search Improvement Plan & Search Strategy White Paper
Recognition and Enrichment of Archival Documents – Transkribus How to Guides
South Centre – Innovation and Global Intellectual Property Regulatory Regimes: the Tension between Protection and Access
Paper – Expanding #ArchivesForBlackLives to Traditional Archival Repositories
Paper – Detecting US Federal Documents to Expand Access
Article – Rediscovering the Lost Photographs of the Exhibitions of the Royal Photographic Society
Publications
Document numérique, vol. 19, no. 1 (2016)
Scandinavian Library Quarterly, vol. 49, no. 1-2 (2016)
National Archives of Australia – Government Agencies Information Network e-Bulletin, no. 6 (2016)
Surrey’s (B.C.) Stories: Sharing Community Stories of Surrey’s Past, Present and Future (Summer/Fall 2016)
Book – The Memory of Sound: Preserving the Sonic Past
Book – Project Management in Electronic Discovery: an Introduction to Core Principles of Legal Project Management and Leadership in eDiscovery
Book – The Accidental Taxonomist (Second Edition)
Book – Copyright and E-learning: a Guide for Practitioners (Second Edition)
Book – Debugging Game History: a Critical Lexicon
Book – Figures of Memory: the Rhetoric of Displacement at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Book – Photography in and out of Africa: Iterations with Difference
Book – An Eyckian Crucifixion Explored: Ten Essays on a Drawing
Book – Why Engagement Matters: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives of User Engagement in Digital Media
Book – The Arts Dividend: why Investment in Culture Pays
Livre – D’archives et de mémoire… faits politiques et socio-sanitaires au Congo-Brazzaville de 1957 à 2003
Livre – La numérisation des oeuvres littéraires par Google: enjeux et conséquences pour la France
Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
Portage: a Collaborative Research Data Management Network
July 14, 2016, Ottawa
Greek Manuscripts in the British Library
September 19, 2016, London (UK)
Business Archives Council 2016 Conference
November 21, 2016, London (UK)
VIIe Colloque des archivistes de l’arc occidental (actes disponibles)
2-3 juillet 2015, Chavannes-près-Renens (Suisse)
Information Architecture Summit 2016 (Recordings Available)
May 4-8, 2016, Atlanta
Webinar – Big Data: New Roles and Opportunities for New Librarians (Recording Available)
June 15, 2016
Sur le web / On the web
Library and Archives Canada Podcast – Peter Rindisbacher: Beauty by Commission
Slidecast – Government of Canada Enterprise Information Management Strategy
Provincial Archives of Alberta – Updated Website
Archives of Ontario – New Online Exhibit: Meet the Browns!
Pemberton & District Museum & Archives Society (B.C.) – May Walker Interview
Software Heritage: the Universal Software Archive
Fiji National Archives – New Website
UK National Archives Podcast – Writer of the Month: Richard Barnett on Crucial Interventions
Lesson – The Evolution of the Book
Slidecast – The New Role of Public Libraries in Local Communities
Slidecast – OCLC Research Update
Nouvelles du monde / News from the world
Canada
Canada’s privacy law ill-suited to 21st century, watchdog warns Trudeau
How a file-sharing lawsuit against Rogers threatens your Internet privacy
B.C. advocacy group decries document redactions in federal spying case
Federal government prepares biggest refresh of its web offerings ever
Canadian Content in a Digital World: Expert Advisory Group Announced
National Research Council: a century of invention inside the Temple of Science
Virtual Museum of Canada announces approval of 11 new projects
Library and Archives Canada – Newfoundland and the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of the Somme
Newfoundland – Ensuring a Long-Term and Sustainable Library System (Library Closure Suspended)
New Brunswick – Stories from now-deceased Maliseet elders published despite copyright issue
Ontario – Information and Privacy Commissioner Calls for Modernization of Access and Privacy Legislation
Archives Association of Ontario Student Membership Update
A brief guide to Nova Scotia’s freedom of information law
Nova Scotia – Province Announces Fund to Celebrate Canada 150
Archives Alberta – The start line business continuity planning
Archives of Manitoba – One Manitoba soldier: nine days in the trenches
You can help add to the newly created archive of Jewish physicians in Manitoba
Québec, centre mondial du big data : des mesures concrètes sont déjà en place
BAnQ – Les origines d’une légende irlandaise… montréalaise
Japanese-Canadians’ stolen history brought to light
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/japanese-canadians-stolen-history-brought-to-light-1.2289970
Opening doors, gathering communities: Making archives active through events
University of Alberta – Bruce Peel Special Collections library reopens after renovations, students can now read rarest books on campus
Ryerson University helps LGBTQ history come out of the closet
University of Toronto – Inaugural Marshall McLuhan Centenary Fellowship in Digital Sustainability awarded to Prof. Ian Milligan
Summer in the City of Light: University of Toronto students interning in Paris
University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab and Open Effect develop privacy watchdog tool for Canadian consumers
Adventures in the Archive – From Earnscliffe to St. Alban’s
Canadian veteran’s WWII love letters give his daughter insight towards the father she never knew
Memorialized as lost at sea, but he lived to tell the tale: a WWI survivor’s incredible story
Nanaimo (B.C.) city hall adds employee to deal with freedom of information requests
Old documents will be ditched on Brock (Ont.) Township’s new site
Flooding damages Barrie Historical Archive (Ont.)
Une exposition qui témoigne de l’histoire maritime du Bic
Oliver and District Heritage Society (B.C.) – New funding for shelves
Archival Research Tips
Bibliocracy – Impostor Syndrome
Selfies and the Social Media Culture: how Museums are Responding?
Afrique / Africa
Cameroun – La déclassification et le rapatriement des archives coloniales pour la réécriture de l’histoire
Au Liban, la mémoire de la guerre civile refait surface sur Internet
Mali : Tombouctou : Plus de 60 000 manuscrits sauvés de la crise au Nord
Morocco – The oldest library in the world just opened to the public: here’s a look inside
South Africa – Apartheid’s Urban Legacy, in Striking Aerial Photographs
Amériques / Americas
Jamaica – Falmouth Pier Documents Could Be Released After Major Court Ruling
Ecuador making progress towards consolidating its public policies to help safeguard living heritage
Chile to preserve Colonia Dignidad cult archive
When Did Clinton Destroy this Email?
Digitization spurs future at Franklin D. Roosevelt Library
President Obama Signs Freedom of Information Act Improvement Act
The 50th Anniversary of the Freedom of Information Act?
Nine of the most surreal UFO documents from the CIA archive
Archaeologists Are Spotting Ancient Ruins in Cold War Spy Photos
Smithsonian – I Read Dead People’s Mail: Mysteries of the Darwin Letter
How the Smithsonian is preparing to stage a national conversation on race
US Customs wants to collect social media account names at the border
Researchers Sue the Government Over Computer Hacking Law
American Historical Association – Archiving the Internet: How Historians can Help #SaveTheWeb
California – State archives accessible online with new Google partnership
Texas State Library and Archives Commission – What Records should Be Considered for Back-up Tapes?
In Wisconsin, a Backlash Against Using Data to Foretell Defendants’ Futures
Paramilitaries misled over Boston College tapes confidentiality
Yale University – Introducing the Digital Accessioning Service
Hidden in Plain Sight: the University of Virginia scours the stacks for valuable marked books
How to Write a History of Writing Software
The Digital in the Humanities: an Interview with Pamela Fletcher, professor of art history at Bowdoin College
Politics, Transparency, and Email: Lessons Learned from Trying to Preserve the Historical Record
Jewish Museum of Maryland – Oral History: Connecting through time
Daughters of the Republic of Texas settle archives suit with General Land Office
The American Genre Film Archivists on the War for Exploitation Preservation and Against so Bad, it’s Good
The Washington Post is launching a crowdsourced Black history project on Tumblr
Old New York Police Surveillance Is Found, Forcing Big Brother Out of Hiding
Meet the Preservationists who Are Cataloging New York City’s LGBT History
San Antonio – Solving a Neighborhood Mystery Reveals Forgotten African-American History
A Wonderful Archive of Historic Transit Maps: Expressive Art Meets Precise Graphic Design
Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
Australia donates rare 1920 film to the Irish Film Institute Irish Film Archive
University of Queensland – Creating the digital for the Centre for Digital Scholarship
Sri Lankan Lawmakers Approve Freedom of Information Law
India – Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign visits spark interest in India’s past: National Archives gets more foreign visitors
India – Top diplomat bowled over by French institute of Pondicherry
Pakistan – Lawyers vow to resist abolishing of data centre, archive project
Europe / Europa
Does your records management and retention policy comply with the General Data Protection Regulation
Are you in Europeana? How I found out about my relative who fought in the WWI
Greek foundation unveils new opera, national library
Nazi-looted art rescued by US monuments men was sold for profit by Bavarian government
Netherlands – 200,000 Rijksmuseum Works of Art to See via Google
http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/press/press-releases/200,000-rijksmuseum-works-of-art-to-see-via-google
Luxembourg – Littérature 2.0 à la Bibliothèque nationale: (re)découvrez les 450 ouvrages luxembourgeois numérisés et gratuitement accessibles en ligne
Suisse – Un nombre record de requêtes en matière de transparence en 2015
Projet de loi pour une République numérique : l’Association des Archivistes français a écrit aux membres de la commission mixte paritaire
France – Pour un nouvel élan des Archives nationales
L’Institut national de l’audiovisuel renforce sa contribution à l’exploitation suivie des oeuvres audiovisuelles en signant l’accord interprofessionnel droits échus
The Service Historique de la Défense at Rochefort
Pourquoi Wikipédia entre en campagne contre le gouvernement français
Strasbourg – Des enquêteurs allemands dans les archives des Malgré-nous
French police hit by security breach as data put online
Tout le monde n’a pas la chance d’avoir eu des ancêtres communistes
Ireland – Commission examines law to allow reporters protect sources
National Library of Ireland – Exhibition Evaluation Project: Survey
Gaelic Athletic Association – 1913-1923 Online Digital Archive
A small Belfast house is home to treasured war memories
Jersey – Archiving work to be hit by States cuts
UNESCO recognition for one of the National Library of Wale’s treasures
UK Brexit Leaves Intellectual Property Community with Many Questions
Press Statement from the Information and Records Management Society on the outcome of the European Union Referendum
Statement on collaboration and the European Union from the Digital Preservation Coalition
British Library – Capturing and Preserving the European Union Referendum Debate (Brexit)
British Library partners with Google to help small businesses make an impact online
UK National Archives – Prisoner of war records now available online
UK National Archives – 1716: the year of the MacGregor
UK National Archives – Saxhorns and serpentcleides: a history of musical instruments
Museums, galleries and archives join forces at Pride 2016
Hi-tech imaging reveals the secrets of the Bodleian Library’s treasures
New app brings to life the sights and sounds of 19th century Jewish East London
Transforming Archives: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre
How Deleted Yahoo Emails Led to a 20-Year Drug Trafficking Conviction
Moyen-Orient / Middle East
National Library of Israel – Celebrating the Digitization of the Palatina Library’s Hebrew Manuscript Collection
The world’s oldest paycheck was cashed in beer
International
Actually, Yes, it Is a Discovery if you Find Something in an Archive that no one Knew Was there
Displaced Voices, Forgotten Narratives? How can archives document, preserve and make accessible the material culture and first-hand testimonies of refugees through civic engagement?
Getting stakeholder buy-in for your digitisation project
How managing business archives can help business to grow
Internet Archive Is a Beautiful Storage Bin for our Online Memories
New Storage Networking Industry Association SFF Technology Affiliate Technical Work Group is Launched
Movie written by algorithm turns out to be hilarious and intense
How WASD became the standard PC control scheme
Is Blockchain a world-changing technology?