Ressources / Resources
De l’État / From the State
Remarks by the Information Commissioner of Canada – Striking the Right Balance for Transparency: Recommendations to Modernize the Access to Information Act
National Archives of Ireland – Digital Imaging Policy
U.S. Government Publishing Office – National Plan for Access to U.S. Government Information
Archives New Zealand – Appraisal Report and Disposal Schedule: Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
De la communauté / From the community
Canadian Libraries’ Response to Chapter 18 of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
Canadian Association of Research Libraries – Canadian Universities and Sustainable Publishing
Prise de position de l’Asssociation des archivistes suisses concernant la révision de la Loi sur le droit d’auteur
Manifeste des archivistes italiens 2016
IFLA – Statement on Right to be Forgotten
Decolonising Archives
University of Melbourne – When Magnets Collide: Digital Preservation and Access of At-Risk Audiovisual Archives in a Remote Aboriginal Community
National Information Standards Organization – Recommended Practice on Altmetrics Data Quality (for Public Comment)
Article – Crowdsourcing, Open Data and Precarious Labour
Publications
Restaurator: International Journal for the Preservation of Library and Archival Material, vol. 37, no. 1 (March 2016)
International Journal on Digital Libraries, vol. 17, no. 1 (March 2016)
Program, vol. 50, no. 2 (2016)
IFLA Journal, vol. 42, no. 1 (2016)
Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, vol. 67, no. 3 (March 2016)
Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage, vol. 9, no. 1 (February 2016)
Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania Newsletter, no. 85 (February 2016)
Book – Preserving Electronic Evidence for Trial: a Team Approach to the Litigation Hold, Data Collection, and Preservation of Digital Evidence
Book – Bletchley Park: the Secret Archives
Book – Mapping Space, Sense, and Movement in Florence: Historical GIS and the Early Modern City
Book – Consuming History: Historians and Heritage in Contemporary Popular Culture (Second Edition)
Book – The Hacked World Order: how Nations Fight, Trade, Maneuver, and Manipulate in the Digital Age
Book – Privacy: a Short History
Book – The Family Tree Polish, Czech, and Slovak Genealogy Guide: how to trace your Family Tree in Eastern Europe
Book – Fifty Specialty Libraries of New York City: from Botany to Magic
Book – The War on Leakers: National Security and American Democracy, from Eugene V. Debs to Edward Snowden
Livre – Petites histoires de l’Histoire : quinze ans d’entrées extraordinaires aux archives départementales de l’Oise (2000-2015)
Livre – Bretagne du bout du monde: 150 ans de photographies du littoral en Finistère
Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
Digitization Workshop
February 29, 2016, Winnipeg
Signatures Series: Secrets of Canada’s Archives with Jacques Godbout
March 10, 2016, Ottawa
Lancement de la traduction française des Principes de tenue des enregistrements d’ARMA International
23 mars 2016, Montréal
Free Online Course – Seeing Through Photographs
Starting February 10, 2016
Massive Open Online Course – Unlock Value in Massive Datasets
Starting February 22, 2016
Free Webinar – Optimizing your Freedom of Information Act Request Process from Start to Finish
March 10, 2016
L’histoire des musées à la source : le Louvre et ses archives
24 mars 2016, Paris
Gerald Aylmer Seminar 2016: the Experience of the Archive
April 29, 2016, London (UK)
Archives Unleashed: Web Archive Datahon
June 14-15, 2016, Washington D.C.
Software Preservation Network 2016 Forum
August 1, 2016, Atlanta
Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities 2016
October 10-12, 2016, Salford, Greater Manchester (England)
Webinar – Winter School for Audiovisual Archiving (Videos Available)
February 17-18, 2016
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Spain): http://youtu.be/SVu5Svc7tIc
United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals: http://youtu.be/KG9FCw4T8IU
Irish Film Institute Archive: http://youtu.be/r2JCJfpXC0A
Sur le web / On the web
Canada Council for the Arts – Opening Doors to Canadian Art Data
Library and Archives Canada Podcast – Hiding in Plain Sight: the Métis Nation
Application – Albums de la Bibliothèque nationale de France
App – WudMobile: Customised Search Engine for Europeana and the Digital Public Library of America
Digital Public Library of America – Open eBooks
E-Ark Project – Database Preservation Toolkit (New Version)
Introducing Getty Scholars’ Workspace, an Open-Source Humanities Research Tool
Slidecast – Digital Perspectives on the Archives of Immigration
Étude sur l’audience des blogs généalogiques francophones
Nouvelles du monde / News from the world
Canada
Fairness Confirmed: Copyright Board Deals Another Blow to Access Copyright
Canadian Crown Copyright Conundrum
Shared Services’ other big problem: data centres
Health Canada kept predatory publisher despite warning from government expert
Cultural accounting: museums, National Arts Centre report on their successes and challenges
Library and Archives Canada – Prime Ministers’ Speeches
The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage, visits Library and Archives Canada
How will LAC archive Canada’s news?
Canadian Heritage Information Network – Link Rot Is Impeding Research & Conservation
Dark history of Canada’s First Nations pass system uncovered in documentary
Why Non-Indigenous Canadians Need to Share the Burden of the Residential School System
Assimilation des francophones : l’Ontario présente des excuses historiques au sujet du Règlement 17
Prince Edward Island – Privacy ruling major setback to public, media access to information
North Preston residents fight Nova Scotia government for land titles
Alberta RCMP find letters written as far back as the 1940s in stolen car
BAnQ – Les archives : ressources plurielles
L’UQAM interdit l’accès aux archives de Claude Jutra
Communiqué de l’UQAM – Informations concernant le Fonds Claude-Jutra
L’importance des archives : le cas du cinéaste Claude Jutra
University of Toronto’s Culinaria Research Centre acquires 10,000 Chinese restaurant menus
Simon Fraser University – Aerial Photos Capture Campus Landscape & Photographer’s Legacy
Canada’s ice archive finds new home at the University of Alberta
Molson Coors Canada recreates 1908 ale from recipe found in company archives
Exhibit celebrates Jewish architect’s imprint on nearly 100 Toronto buildings
Toronto – The TTC’s Bloor-Danforth Line turns 50 years old
Grande Prairie (Alb.) – Family history unveils surprises
Grande Prairie (Alb.) – Bedbug detection dogs sweep library
Découverte de documents historiques sur les débuts du Témiscouata
Le Saint-Laurent Portage sur microfilms
Cornwall (Ont.) – SD&G donates treasure trove of Glengarry artifacts
Mount Forest Museum and Archives (Ont.) Reopens
Libraries and justice: providing legal information in Ontario’s libraries
Gender in librarianship
Afrique / Africa
Sénégal – À Dakar, un musée des civilisations pour rendre les Africains fiers de leurs racines
Sénégal – Des archives sonores pour confondre le non-respect à un engagement
Sénégal – Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba à travers les archives
Amériques / Americas
President Obama Announces his Intent to Nominate Carla D. Hayden as Librarian of Congress
President Obama’s nominee to lead the Library of Congress draws support from library groups
Digitized collection of Rosa Parks is online, thanks to Library of Congress
NARA gets a jump on 2020 deadline for social media archiving
NARA Releases New Version of Online Catalog
Smithsonian American Art Museum launches effort to create national art database
Society of American Archivists – Advocacy: One Destination, Many Roads
Society of American Archivists – Articulating the Value of your Archives to Resource Allocators
Texas State Library and Archives Commission – FAQ: What is Routine or Transitory Email?
Texas State Library and Archives Commission – FAQ: Is Email Always Correspondence?
Springfield Library returns “Lost” 1789 document to New Jersey State Archives
University of Southern Maine – A Map Library Is Digitizing Its Rarest Globes as 3D Models
Mario Puzo Godfather Archive Sold at Auction for $625,000
Never-Before-Seen Photographs of David Bowie to Be Revealed With Charity Auction
Demystifying Digital Preservation for the Audiovisual Archiving Community
Symmetrical Web Archiving with Webrecorder, a Browser-based Tool for Digital Social Memory: an Interview with Ilya Kreymer
Minnesota – Hmong archives getting settled in new home
Legal fight over century-old Korean papers found in Los Angeles ends
New record-keeping guidelines proposed at Los Angeles City Hall
Historical society launches Detroit Video History Archive
General Mills boosting archive for 150th anniversary
Van with $350,000 of rare books stolen; man arrested but books are missing
The man who made the worst video game in history
Community Memory: Precedents in Social Media and Movements
Visiting the oldest bookstore in America and its resident ghost
Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
Australia – Budget cuts will have a grave impact on the National Library, staff told
Budget cuts bite National Library of Australia’s digital archiving ambitions
Treasure Trove: why defunding National Library’s Trove leaves Australia poorer
National Library of Australia – We’re making digital history: legal e-deposit service now available
Australia – Copyright Guide for Street Art and 3D Printing
New Zealand – New tool makes Public Records Act compliance cheaper
National Library of New Zealand – Digging for treasure in the photo archives
Japan – Handwritten manuscripts found for Ozaki novel
Korea – Missionary’s archive on independence unveiled
China collecting sensitive personal data through Android apps: report
China to build database of cultural relics
China – Science goes in search of your lost files
Les archives mondiales aux mains des Chinois
India – Like Netaji’s, make Gandhi papers public too: civil right activist Teesta Setalwad
India needs more archives to cater to expanding film industry
India – Panjab University to share Corbusier archives with French foundation
Europe / Europa
Fair use and the importance of flexible copyright exceptions
Polish state archive releases secret file on Lech Walesa
Keeping Russia’s history safe for the ages: inside a Moscow archive
Wikimedia Sweden – Bringing the world’s cultural heritage online
Ukrainian Parliament endorses the Declaration on Parliamentary Openness
http://blog.openingparliament.org/post/139565661178/ukrainian-parliament-endorses-the-declaration-on
Cyprus to investigate Red Cross archives on missing
Publication de photos inédites de Trotski
Suisse – Vé-ri-di-que : création d’un Centre international d’archivage d’anecdotes
Lancement des développements de FranceArchives.fr
France – Ouverture au grand public des Archives diplomatique de Nantes
Radio France vend une partie de son immense collection de disques
L’Association des archivistes français se félicite : les missions d’archivage des centres de gestion bientôt consacrées dans la loi
Les archives secrètes de la CIA en Corse
La délicate utilisation des archives intimes
Ireland – Department of Finance reprimanded by information watchdog for failing to follow guidelines
UK National Archives – Files from 1986-88 released
UK National Archives – The Records of this Nation
Emmaus Mossley passes on rare football records donation to national archives
Pride of Place: putting LGBT history on the map
Art UK launches online database with 200,000 paintings
Cambridge University Library celebrates 600 years
How the York Museums Trust started opening up its collection: OpenGLAM Case study
London School of Economics releases archives on BR Ambedkar
Moyen-Orient / Middle East
The Coolest Place in Jerusalem? It’s the National Library of Israel
Classified: Politicizing the Nakba in Israel’s state archives
Dead Sea scrolls to be digitized in new Israeli-German collaboration
United Arab Emirates National Archives holds leadership retreat on Shaping the National Archives Future
Turkey’s largest women’s archive and library go digital
Five minutes with… A 19th-century Islamic manuscript
International
ISO TC46/SC11 – Working group on implementation guidelines for disposition of records
How Digital Storage Is Changing the Way we Preserve History
Librarians Find Themselves Caught Between Journal Pirates and Publishers
Google Unveils Neural Network with “Superhuman” Ability to Determine the Location of Almost Any Image
Les métadonnées, un enjeu crucial pour la vidéo
Business value of data modeling
Testing the Possibilities of Online Education with Museum MOOCs
Elsevier CEO Using Unique Data Sets and Analytic Processes to Maintain Competitive Edge