Ressources / Resources
De l’État / From the State
Privacy Commissioner of Canada – Interpretation Bulletin: Sensitive Information (Updated)
http://www.priv.gc.ca/en/privacy-topics/privacy-laws-in-canada/the-personal-information-protection-and-electronic-documents-act-pipeda/pipeda-compliance-help/pipeda-interpretation-bulletins/interpretations_10_sensible/
Cayman Islands – National Archive and Public Records Act (2026 Revision)
http://gov.ky/w/national-archive-and-public-records-act-2026-revision
National Library of Norway – Events/Preservation Metadata
http://digitalpreservation.no/docs/dps/api/submission/events/
UK Government – Guidelines and Best Practices for Making Government Datasets Ready for Artificial Intelligence
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/making-government-datasets-ready-for-ai/guidelines-and-best-practices-for-making-government-datasets-ready-for-ai
University of Virginia – Archival Artificial Intelligence Protocol: an AI Training and Access Standard for Archival Organizations
https://library.virginia.edu/news/2026/protecting-what-remains-introducing-uva-archival-ai-protocol
De la communauté / From the community
Benchmark Dataset for Text Line Segmentation in Palm Leaf Documents
http://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-026-06718-1
Coalition for Networked Information – Strategies for Acquiring Access to Generative Artificial Intelligence Services and Systems
http://www.cni.org/news/new-cni-executive-roundtable-report-strategies-for-ai-access
Publications
Journal of Documentation, vol. 82, no. 1 (2026)
http://www.emerald.com/jd/issue/82/1
International Council on Archives – New Professionals Newsletter, no. 27 (2026)
http://www.ica.org/newsletter/ica-new-professionals-newsletter-no-27-february-2026/
Archives Association of Ontario – Off the Record, vol. 42, no. 1 (2026)
https://aao-archivists.ca/News/13595022
Wikimedia Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums Newsletter, vol. 16, no. 1 (2026)
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_2026
Book – Currencies of Cruelty: Slavery, Freak Shows, and the Performance Archive
http://nyupress.org/9781479829569/currencies-of-cruelty/
Book – The London Foundling Hospital and Eighteenth-Century Objects of Charity: Recovering the Digital Archive
http://www.cambridge.org/ca/universitypress/subjects/psychology/biological-psychology/london-foundling-hospital-and-eighteenth-century-objects-charity-recovering-digital-archive?format=PB&isbn=9781009459907
Book – Blanking: an Annotated Archive of Projects and Thoughts on Architecture
http://www.park-books.com/en/product/blanking/1668
Book – Exposure: Contemporary Photographers in Australia and New Zealand
http://www.thamesandhudson.com/products/exposure
Book – Red Skin Dreams: Twenty Years of Curating Indigenous Art at the Venice Biennale
http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9781496234568/red-skin-dreams/
Book – Effective Data Governance: Design a Framework that Works for your Organization
http://www.koganpage.com/business-and-management/effective-data-governance-9781398624177
Book – The Quest for AI Sovereignty, Transparency and Accountability: Official Outcome of the UN IGF Data and Artificial Intelligence Governance Coalition
http://link.springer.com/book/9783032027610
Book – Conceptions of Data Protection and Privacy: Legal and Philosophical Perspectives
http://www.bloomsbury.com/ca/conceptions-of-data-protection-and-privacy-9781509983728/
Book – Distributed Ledger Technology in Communication: Integration of IoT, Blockchain and Metadata
http://link.springer.com/book/9783032076816
Livre – L’attentat de Marseille en 1934 : la vérité sur la mort du roi de Yougoslavie d’après les archives de l’avocat de la défense maître Georges Desbons
http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/catalogue/livre/l-attentat-de-marseille-en-1934/81839
Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
Provincial Archives of Alberta – Township Plans & Settlement Maps Online
February 26, 2026
https://provincialarchives.alberta.ca/whats-new#TMP
How it Started/How it’s Going: 25 Years of Web Archiving at the Library of Congress
February 19, 2026
http://www.dpconline.org/events/eventdetail/674/-/dpclinic-february-how-it-started-how-its-going-25-years-of-web-archiving-at-the-library-of-congress
International Federation of Film Archives – An Introduction to the Description Standards ISAD-G and SEDA
February 20, 2026
http://www.fiafnet.org/pages/training-events/Commissions-Thursday-Workshops-2026-02-26-registration.html
A Conversation with Dr. Colleen Shogan, 11th Archivist of the United States
February 20, 2026, College Park (Maryland)
http://ischool.umd.edu/events/deans-lecture-series-a-conversation-with-dr-colleen-shogan-11th-archivist-of-the-united-states/
Videogame Preservation: Practices and Approaches, an Online Symposium
March 12, 2026
http://digitalscholarship.web.ox.ac.uk/event/videogame-preservation-practices-and-approaches-an-online-symposium
Second Seminar Archives and Tourism
May 13-15, 2026, Lloret de Mar (Spain)
http://www.arxiusiturisme.org/en
Catholic Archives Society Annual Conference 2026
May 18-20, 2026, Stone (UK)
http://catholicarchivesociety.org/cas-annual-conference-2026/
BitCurator Consortium
June 17, 2026
http://bitcuratorconsortium.org/bitcurator-forum-2026/
Transkribus User Conference 2026
September 21-23, 2026, University of Passau (Germany)
https://tuc.transkribus.org/
Stage technique international d’archives
9-27 novembre 2026, Paris
http://www.inp.fr/agenda/integrez-cet-automne-stage-technique-international-darchives-stia-0
Sur le web / On the web
House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics – State of Access to Information (Library and Archives Canada at 17:11:30)
https://parlvu.parl.gc.ca/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20260212/-1/44430
Video – Caring for Collections of Software-Based Art
http://video.rhizome.org/w/kxi4LN7DYcR9GrQfADG988
Vidéo – Il a créé la bibliothèque d’Alexandrie du logiciel (Software Heritage)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSk2ky2NUC4
Coalition for Canadian Digital Heritage – Survey on Digitization Capacity across Canadian Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums
http://survey.ucalgary.ca/jfe/form/SV_b7t4GW95SKwkLWu
Survey on Users’ Expectations for Searching, Interpreting, and Trusting Digitised and Born-Digital Archives in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence
http://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/lboro/survey-on-users-expectations-for-searching
Nouvelles du monde / News from the world
Canada
Workforce reductions in the federal public service (phase 3 include Library and Archives Canada)
https://www.canada.ca/en/government/publicservice/workforce/workforce-adjustment/workforce-reductions-federal-public-service.html
Prime Minister’s Office should be covered by access law, info commissioner tells MPs
http://www.sudbury.com/national/prime-ministers-office-should-be-covered-by-access-law-info-commissioner-tells-mps-11856082
Ten students awarded the Price McIntosh Bursary from Library and Archives Canada
https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/ten-students-awarded-the-price-mcintosh-bursary-from-library-and-archives-canada-886112237.html
Library and Archives Canada – Stephen Harper’s archival collection includes one million photos, a quilt and a hockey card
http://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/sports/harpers-archival-collection-includes-one-million-photos-a-quilt-and-a-hockey-card/article_1f175a3f-d10a-5b8f-bb1a-b6a32decaa1f.html
Elsie MacGill records on the Canadian Commission Unesco Canada Memory of the World Register
http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/elsie-macgill/
Canadian Historical Association – Letter to Minister Marc Miller
https://cha-shc.ca/advocacy/cha-letter-to-minister-marc-miller/
Province broke its own access to information laws in withholding Alberta Next survey results
http://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/province-broke-its-own-access-to-information-laws-in-withholding-alberta-next-survey-results
Archives of Ontario – Service spotlight: Order a copy of a birth, marriage or death registration
https://www.archives.gov.on.ca/order-a-copy-of-a-birth-marriage-or-death-registration/
BAnQ – Pionnières québécoises et canadiennes en science
http://www.banq.qc.ca/explorer/articles/pionnieres-science/
Inquiets du climat politique, des Américains se ruent vers leurs origines canadiennes
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2225518/loi-citoyennete-filiation-usa-canada
Prise de position conjointe de l’Association des archivistes du Québec et du Réseau des services d’archives du Québec face aux compressions budgétaires de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
https://www.archivistes.qc.ca/fr/news/prise-de-position-conjointe-de-l-aaq-et-du-raq-face-aux-compressions-budgetaires-de-bibliotheque-et-archives-canada-213
University of Waterloo – Recovering Black legacies in Waterloo’s past
http://uwaterloo.ca/news/impact-stories/recovering-black-legacies-waterloos-past
Brock University – New archival collection sheds light on local Black history
https://brocku.ca/brock-news/2026/02/new-archival-collection-sheds-light-on-local-black-history/
R&B and soul performers take centre stage at Canada Black Music Archives showcase in Toronto
http://nowtoronto.com/culture/rb-and-soul-performers-take-centre-stage-at-canada-black-music-archives-showcase-in-toronto/
Nouveauté aux Archives de Montréal : Roger La Roche, photographe de l’Expo 67 à 13 ans
http://archivesdemontreal.com/2026/02/11/nouveaute-aux-archives-roger-la-roche-photographe-de-lexpo-67-a-13-ans/
Capturing Calgary’s skyline 20 years apart
http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/capturing-calgary-skyline-20-years-apart
History gallery: archival photos of winter sports in and around Vancouver
http://www.nsnews.com/local-news/history-gallery-archival-photos-of-winter-sports-in-and-around-vancouver-11863990
Kamloops Japanese Canadian Museum and Archives opens to the public after year-long remodel
http://cfjctoday.com/2026/02/11/kamloops-japanese-canadian-museum-and-archives-opens-to-the-public-after-year-long-remodel/
Greater Vernon Museum & Archives (British Columbia) – Frank Marshall and the Field that Bears his Name
http://vernonmuseum.ca/frank-marshall-and-the-field-that-bears-his-name/
Celebrate Humboldt exhibit opens Saskatchewan Archives Week at Humboldt Museum
http://www.thespec.com/news/canada/celebrate-humboldt-exhibit-opens-archives-week-at-museum/article_05c01348-5b04-5395-8552-2e7c9cf851ba.html
Naval Marine Archive (Ontario) – Preserving our Maritime Heritage
https://pictongazette.ca/post/preserving-our-maritime-heritage
Burlington (Ontario) – Library is more than books: Archives have the papers of some City Council members
https://burlingtongazette.ca/library-is-more-than-books-archives-have-the-papers-of-some-city-council-members/
Stratford-Perth Archives (Ontario) – Reflections: the Mysterious Death of Grace Stagg
http://www.stratfordbeaconherald.com/opinion/columnists/reflections-the-mysterious-death-of-grace-stagg
Eastern Townships Resource Centre – Happy birthday, Sherbrooke Record
http://www.etrc.ca/happy-birthday-sherbrooke-record/
Eastern Townships Resource Centre – Sleigh Bells Ring… Are you Listening?
http://www.etrc.ca/sleigh-bells-ring-are-you-listening/
Société d’histoire et de généalogie Maria-Chapdelaine – La gestion documentaire, qu’est-ce que c’est ? (et pourquoi vous en faites déjà… sans le savoir)
http://histoiregenealogie.ca/la-gestion-documentaire-quest-ce-que-cest-et-pourquoi-vous-en-faites-deja-sans-le-savoir/
Torbay History House (Newfoundland and Labrador) – One for the books: this scanning party documents the history of women’s labour
http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7079418
Afrique / Africa
Unesco backs efforts to safeguard Africa’s oral and written heritage through digitization
http://www.ecofinagency.com/news/1002-52764-unesco-backs-efforts-to-safeguard-africa-s-oral-and-written-heritage-through-digitization
When Africa Led: in Libraries, Archives & Knowledge Preservation
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/when-africa-led-in-libraries-archives-knowledge-preservationervation/
Inside the National Archives: Kenya’s Historical ‘Unknown’ treasure hub at the heart of the city
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JuApL6HNKM
Amériques / Americas
International Council on Archives and Latin American Regional Branch Renew Collaboration to Support the Spanish-Speaking Archival Community
http://www.ica.org/ica-and-ala-renew-collaboration-to-support-the-spanish-speaking-archival-community/
Mexico’s National Film Archives Workers Demand Dignity
http://mexicosolidarity.com/mexicos-national-film-archives-workers-demand-dignity/
Former chief archivist sounds alarm on Virgin Islands records
https://www.bvibeacon.com/commentary-former-chief-archivist-sounds-alarm-on-vi-records/
Society of American Archivists – Information on Appropriations (Budget Reductions for Federal Organizations)
https://connect.archivists.org/discussion/information-on-appropriations-2
NARA – Marco Rubio is out as archivist. His replacement will likely also flop
http://freedom.press/the-classifieds/marco-rubio-is-out-as-archivist-his-replacement-will-likely-also-flop/
Library of Congress – The Beatles Touch Down in Washington, D.C.
http://blogs.loc.gov/picturethis/2026/02/the-beatles-touch-down-in-washington-d-c/
Researching Code Girls at the Library of Congress
http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2026/02/researching-code-girls-at-the-library/
Grant Guidelines for Libraries and Museums Take Chilling Political Turn Under Trump
http://www.propublica.org/article/institute-of-museum-and-library-services-grant-guidelines-donald-trump
State Department Quietly Archives Democracy, Human Rights & Labor’s Facebook Page
http://www.newsweek.com/state-department-archives-democracy-human-rights-labor-facebook-page-11501905
Environmental Defence Fund Calls on Energy Secretary, National Archives to Ensure Proper Preservation of Records
https://www.edf.org/media/edf-calls-energy-secretary-national-archives-ensure-proper-preservation-records
Archives of American Art Acquires Rare Photographs of Andy Warhol’s Factory
http://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/archives-american-art-acquires-rare-photographs-andy-warhols-factory
North Carolina archivist discusses archives as participatory, vital; how the office will celebrate America’s 250th birthday
http://www.wfae.org/show/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins/2026-02-08/north-carolina-archivist-discusses-archives-as-participatory-vital-how-the-office-will-celebrate-americas-250th-birthday
Housing History: Indiana State Archives Building Takes Shape
http://www.buildingindiana.com/stories/housing-history-state-archives-building-takes-shape,71099
Who owns Pennsylvania Pennsylvania’s digitized history? We’re a step closer to an answer
http://www.post-gazette.com/news/state/2026/02/06/pennsylvania-digital-history-records/stories/202602060078
North Carolina Central University preserves the sound of generations of Black history through historic radio broadcasts
http://www.wral.com/news/local/nccu-black-history-radio-preservation-project-january-2026/
Washington University – Dowd Illustration Research Archive Acquires the Reynold Brown Collection
http://library.washu.edu/news/dowd-illustration-research-archive-acquires-the-reynold-brown-collection/
University of Alabama – Do you know what your electronic theses and dissertations are?
https://saaers.wordpress.com/2026/02/11/do-you-know-what-your-etds-are/
Lafayette College – Largest known collection of Lafayette/Washington letters now available digitally
http://news.lafayette.edu/2026/02/04/largest-known-collection-of-lafayette-washington-letters-now-available-digitally/
Could artificial intelligence save endangered archives? A Kenyon College cohort aims to find out
http://www.wyso.org/2026-02-09/could-artificial-intelligence-save-endangered-archives-a-kenyon-college-cohort-aims-to-find-out
200 love letters found in a Nashville home tell the story of a couple’s courtship during WWII
http://srnnews.com/letters-from-a-wwii-soldier-to-his-sweetheart-offer-an-intimate-picture-of-love-during-wartime/
Oldest known whale song recordings discovered in Cape Cod archives
https://www.wbur.org/news/2026/02/11/oldest-whale-song-humpback-recordings-discovered-whoi
Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
Public Record Office Victoria (Australia) – From audit to impact: key ANAO lessons, insights and IMMAP results
https://prov.vic.gov.au/about-us/our-blog/audit-impact
Vietnam – Les archives historiques préservent l’héritage du savoir et le chemin parcouru pour raviver ce patrimoine intellectuel
http://www.vietnam.vn/fr/su-da-luu-danh-va-hanh-trinh-danh-thuc-di-san-khoa-bang
À Taïwan, le bibliothécaire vietnamien qui voulait sauver les livres interdits dans son pays
http://www.courrierinternational.com/article/reportage-a-taiwan-le-bibliothecaire-vietnamien-qui-voulait-sauver-les-livres-interdits-dans-son-pays_238711
Frontière avec la Thaïlande : le Cambodge sollicite les archives françaises
http://lepetitjournal.com/cambodge/frontiere-avec-la-thailande-le-cambodge-sollicite-les-archives-francaises-434331
Malaysian Chinese Association and Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman join hands to digitise party’s historical records
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAEtm5KkBx4
India – Jammu and Kashmir identifies over 33,000 rare manuscripts; household survey planned to help preserve heritage
http://www.mid-day.com/lifestyle/culture/article/jammu-and-kashmir-identifies-over-33000-rare-manuscripts-till-now-to-preserve-indias-vast-manuscript-heritage-23615396
India – Rare British-era Shahabad records digitised, opening new window into Bihar’s colonial history
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/rare-british-era-shahabad-records-digitised-opening-new-window-into-bihars-colonial-history/articleshow/128068163.cms
Europe / Europa
The State Archival Service of Ukraine is establishing a Hub for potential evidence holders and contributors Archive of the War for Independence and invites documentation organizations to collaborate
http://archives.gov.ua/en/2026/02/10/the-state-archival-service-of-ukraine-is-establishing-a-hub-for-potential-evidence-holders-and-contributors-archive-of-the-war-for-independence-and-invites-documentation-organizations-to-collabora/
When the work you do truly matters, that helps you endure: interview with Natalia Svitla, Director of the V. H. Zabolotnyi Library in Kyiv
http://arolsen-archives.org/en/news/when-the-work-you-do-truly-matters-that-helps-you-endure/
National Library of Finland – Collecting online material on security policy from 2025
https://www.kansalliskirjasto.fi/en/news/collecting-online-material-security-policy-2025
András Riedlmayer, Voice of Bosnia’s Destroyed Libraries at The Hague, Has Passed Away
https://sarajevotimes.com/andras-riedlmayer-voice-of-bosnias-destroyed-libraries-at-the-hague-has-passed-away/
Technical Information Library (Germany) – Science & Heritage Infrastructure for Enduring Long-term Data project launched: decentralised data protection for endangered research data
http://www.tib.eu/en/news/details/shield-project-launched
Netherlands – A museum just opened in Rotterdam with millions of photographs and it shows you how they survive
http://www.domusweb.it/en/art/2026/02/05/nederlands-fotomuseum-rotterdam-archive-architecture.html
Cyprus – From ancient manuscripts to online scripture: Preserving sacred texts in the digital age
https://cyprus-mail.com/2026/02/12/from-ancient-manuscripts-to-online-scripture-preserving-sacred-texts-in-the-digital-age
Pope Leo Flips through Italy’s most precious illuminated manuscript
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxNjdHscPr8
Belgium denies private access to Congo colonial mining archives
http://www.belganewsagency.eu/belgium-denies-private-access-to-congo-colonial-mining-archives
Ces cartes, atlas et globes extraordinaires patiemment restaurés pour une prochaine exposition à la Bibliothèque nationale de France
http://www.beauxarts.com/reportages/ces-cartes-atlas-et-globes-extraordinaires-patiemment-restaures-pour-une-exposition-prochaine-a-la-bnf/
Barbara se dévoile à la Bibliothèque nationale de France : un trésor d’archives pour revivre l’artiste
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5w9ODTfzSI
Maison Margiela is opening up its archive to the public via Dropbox
http://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/69597/1/maison-margiela-opening-its-archive-aw26-show-shanghai-glenn-martens
Historic Church Manuscript Donated to Bulgarian Consulate in Edinburgh to Be Returned to Bulgaria
http://www.bta.bg/en/bg-world/1060206-historic-church-manuscript-donated-to-bulgarian-consulate-in-edinburgh-to-be-ret
UK National Archives – Advisory Council on National Records and Archives appointments and reappointments
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/advisory-council-on-national-records-and-archives-appointments-and-reappointments/
UK National Archives – Prototyping digital technology for collaboration and exploration
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blogs/digital/prototyping-digital-technology-for-collaboration-and-exploration/
UK National Archives – Subhas Chandra Bose and India at war
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/professional-guidance-and-services/our-research-and-academic-collaboration/our-research-projects/research-projects/subhas-chandra-bose-and-india-at-war/
British Library – Documenting artificial intelligence-created/enhanced records in catalogues/metadata/displays?
http://www.openobjects.org.uk/2026/02/documenting-automatic-text-transcription-tools-in-catalogues-metadata-displays/
Postal Museum – The Pathway to Public Access
http://www.dpconline.org/blog/blog-pathway-public-access-helen-dafter
Oxford’s Story Museum launches free 1001 Stories digital collection for families and schools
http://oxfordshireguardian.co.uk/oxfords-story-museum-launches-free-1001-stories-digital-collection-for-families-and-schools/
University of Exeter welcomes Dubai documentary crew for new programme on its archival collections of the Arab world
http://news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences/arab-and-islamic-studies/university-welcomes-dubai-documentary-crew-for-new-programme-on-its-archival-collections-of-the-arab-world/
University of Manchester – New online collection of Arabic manuscripts I: the Glorious Qurʿan
http://rylandscollections.wpcomstaging.com/2026/02/03/new-online-collection-of-arabic-manuscripts-i-the-glorious-qur%ca%bfan/
University of Liverpool – Obituary: Professor Michael Cook
http://news.liverpool.ac.uk/2026/02/11/obituary-professor-michael-cook/amp/
Birmingham – Exploring the archives
http://theironroom.wordpress.com/2026/02/09/exploring-the-archives/
Moyen-Orient / Middle East
National Library of Israel – Natan Sharansky’s Meal of Gratitude: 40 Years of Freedom
https://blog.nli.org.il/en/natan_sharansky_40_years/
Egypt – 1,300-year-old world chronicle unearthed in Sinai
http://www.heritagedaily.com/2026/02/1300-year-old-world-chronicle-unearthed-in-sinai/156948
International
International Committee of the Red Cross Library and Archives – Reprisals: another battlefield of the First World War
http://blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/reprisals-first-world-war/
Navigating Digital Preservation in the Cloud: Community Good Practices from iPRES 2025
http://aptrust.org/2026/02/11/navigating-digital-preservation-in-the-cloud-community-good-practices-from-ipres-2025/
How to archive web pages in bulk using the Internet Archive Google Sheets service
https://ws-dl.blogspot.com/2026/02/2026-02-12-how-to-archive-web-pages-in.html
Follow the Changes: Nine Ways Web Archives are Used in Digital Investigations
http://blog.archive.org/2026/02/02/follow-the-changes/
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Voir aussi les Nouvelles archivistiques francophones : http://www.piaf-archives.org/nouvelles-archivistiques-francophones
Bibliographie Archives numériques / Digital Archives Biliography: http://www.zotero.org/groups/1649718/digital_archives__archives_numriques/items
Archival Bibliography / Bibliographie archivistique (2017-2023):
http://drive.google.com/file/d/1xEYck9l30WJa5DHrcb-32wbeYwv9dZBH/view
Archival Bibliography / Bibliographie archivistique (2024-2026):
http://www.zotero.org/groups/1663921/archives_dhn