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Documentary Heritage News
April 10, 2026

Vol. 19, no. 32

Ressources / Resources

De l’État / From the State

National Archives of Australia – Understanding the Information Management Capability Framework
https://www.naa.gov.au/information-management/professional-development-and-support/capability-skills-and-professional-development/information-management-and-data-capabilities

United States Department of Justice – Constitutionality of the Presidential Records Act
https://www.justice.gov/olc/media/1434131/dl?inline

De la communauté / From the community

International Federation of Film Archives – Fundamental Archival Resources
http://www.fiafnet.org/pages/fundamental-archiving-resources/home.html

CAN/DGSI 100-9, Revised Edition: Data Governance – Part 9: Data Collaboration Framework
http://dgc-cgn.org/publication-of-can-dgsi-100-9-revised-edition-data-governance-part-9-data-collaboration-framework/

Society of Mississippi Archivists – Cultivating Empathy through Exhibit Design to Engage Students in the AI and Handheld Tech Era: Three Case Studies
http://aquila.usm.edu/theprimarysource/vol38/iss1/1/

Publications

Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, vol. 41, no. 1 (2026)
http://academic.oup.com/dsh/issue/41/1

Documents to the People, vol. 54, no. 1 (2026)
http://journals.ala.org/index.php/dttp/issue/view/906

Wikimedia Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums Newsletter, vol. 16, no. 3 (2026)
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2026

Mennonite Historian: a Publication of the Mennonite Heritage Archives (Manitoba), vol. 52, no. 1 (2026)
https://www.mennonitehistorian.ca/52.1.MHMar26.pdf

Book – Histories in Common: Native American Literatures, Extra Archives, and the Indigenous Transpacific
http://uncpress.org/9781469695662/histories-in-common/

Book – Passport Photo Service: an Unexpected Archive of Celebrity Portraits
http://www.phaidon.com/en-ca/products/passport-photo-service-an-unexpected-archive-of-celebrity-portraits

Book – Tracing your Ancestors Using Newspapers: a Guide for Family Historians
http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Ancestors-Using-Newspapers-Paperback/p/58519

Book – Methodologies and Strategies for Cultural Heritage Protection and Conservation Against Climate Changes, Natural and Anthropic Risks
http://link.springer.com/book/9783032123398

Book – The Idea of Cultural Heritage: a Liberal Perspective (Third Edition)
http://www.cambridge.org/ca/universitypress/subjects/archaeology/archaeology-general-interest/idea-cultural-heritage-liberal-perspective-3rd-edition?format=PB&isbn=9781009474931

Book – Heritage Literacy in the Lives of Chinese Muslims
http://www.bloomsbury.com/ca/heritage-literacy-in-the-lives-of-chinese-muslims-9781350497535/

Book – A Critical Look at Information Science and Librarianship in a New Age: Constellation of Insanity
http://www.emerald.com/books/edited-volume/21275/A-Critical-Look-at-Information-Science-and

Book – Data Protection, Privacy and Artificial Intelligence: the World is Watching
http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/data-protection-privacy-and-artificial-intelligence-volume-18-9781509993123/

Book – Zero Knowledge, Infinite Trust: the Evolution and Revolution of Blockchain Technology
http://www.wiley.com/en-ca/Zero+Knowledge%2C+Infinite+Trust%3A+The+Evolution+and+Revolution+of+Blockchain+Technology-p-9781394373826

Livre – Devoir de mémoire du King Mayessè et pérénisation du patrimoine spolié des Mabi par la colonisation allemande au Cameroun
http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/catalogue/livre/devoir-de-memoire-du-king-mayesse-et-perenisation-du-patrimoine-spolie-des-mabi-par-la-colonisation-allemande-au-cameroun/82340

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

A Discussion on Federal Funding Cuts to GLAMs in Canada
April 17, 2026
http://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/3lA13EZhTyexalubwI53Bg#/registration

Creative Commons 101: a Brief History
April 14, 2026
https://pro.gofundme.com/event/creative-commons-101-a-brief-history/e781950

Navigating the DAMS Buyer’s Journey with Nasher Sculpture Center
April 15, 2026
https://pages.terentia.io/dams-buyers-journey-with-nasher-041526

Connecting Collections: a Finnish-United States Archival Collaboration
April 16, 2026
http://libnews.umn.edu/event/connecting-collections-a-finnish-u-s-archival-collaboration/

Encoded Archival Standards
April 23, 2026
http://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/JiVuSa3qSxaDFUghFGvy3A#/registration

Entangled Histories: Art and Archives between Algeria and France, c.1945 to the Present
April 24, 2026, University of St. Andrews
http://arthist.net/archive/52164

Building Digital Resilience: Digital Protection Strategies for Archivists
April 28, 2026
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/kiiV2DrTRCyaDa74ax27Aw#/registration

Digital Preservation & Library Education in Ghana
April 30, 2026
http://stanford.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NzNflZYRQFKgSDBmiEr5cA#/registration

Reclaiming Data: Art and Memory in the Age of Digital Archives
June 12-13, 2026, Berlin
http://koerber-stiftung.de/en/projects/ecommemoration/reclaiming-data/

Sur le web / On the web

Open-source OAIS Digital Preservation Simulator
http://gibco.github.io/digital-preservation-oais-simulator/

Gadgets et astuces sur les wiki pour les GLAM
http://patrimoine-et-numerique.fr/tutoriels/91-46-gadgets-et-astuces-sur-les-wiki-pour-les-glam

ePADD 11.1.1 Alpha
http://github.com/ePADD/epadd/releases/tag/v11.1.1-alpha

Podcast – In Pursuit with Colleen Shogan, Former Archivist of the United States
http://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-pursuit-with-colleen-shogan/id1885876008

National Security Archives Virtual Exhibit – A Disappearing Data Chronology
http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/special-exhibit/climate-change-transparency-project/2026-03-30/disappearing-data-chronology

Precarity in Libraries and Archives Research Survey
http://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/B9HJQVF

Survey – Preserving and Providing Access to Material on Conspiracy Theories in Libraries and Archives
http://kusurvey.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0ePquzLVsiJewaa

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

Bibliothèque du Parlement – Retirer des archives au lieu de les traduire
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/le-cafe-show/segments/rattrapage/2342545/bibliotheque-parlement-retire-archives-au-lieu-traduire

The United States isn’t happy about Canada’s quest for digital sovereignty
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-the-us-isnt-happy-about-canadas-quest-for-digital-sovereignty/

Trump says Canada should join America. These Americans are joining Canada instead
http://www.cicnews.com/2026/04/trump-says-canada-should-join-america-these-americans-are-joining-canada-instead-0473810.html

Seven types of documents Americans are using to prove their Canadian citizenship by descent
http://www.cicnews.com/2026/04/seven-types-of-documents-americans-are-using-to-prove-their-canadian-citizenship-by-descent-0473846.html

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation joins the Digital Preservation Coalition
https://www.dpconline.org/news/new-members-of-the-dpc/cbc-joins-dpc

How a virtual museum is preserving Igloolik culture from the 1960s and 70s
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/virtual-museum-perserving-igloolik-culture-from-1960s-70s-9.7151258

British Columbia Government May Use Artificial Intelligence to Redact Personal Information
http://thetyee.ca/News/2026/04/03/BC-Government-AI-Redact-Personal-Information/

Une loi leur permet de devenir Canadiens: des milliers d’Américains à la recherche de leurs racines… au Québec
http://www.journaldequebec.com/2026/04/03/une-loi-leur-permet-de-devenir-canadiens-des-milliers-damericains-a-la-recherche-de-leurs-racinesau-quebec

BAnQ – Mary McConnell Conroy : pionnière du monde des affaires
http://www.banq.qc.ca/explorer/articles/mary-mcconnell-conroy-pionniere-monde-affaires/

Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries Joins the Global Movement to Protect Digital Rights for Memory Institutions
http://internetarchivecanada.org/2026/04/07/coppul-joins-the-global-movement-to-protect-digital-rights-for-memory-institutions/

University of Toronto – As a book scientist I work with microscopes, imaging technologies and artificial intelligence to preserve ancient texts
http://theconversation.com/as-a-book-scientist-i-work-with-microscopes-imaging-technologies-and-ai-to-preserve-ancient-texts-278154

University of Toronto – How this old parchment unlocked a piece of ‘Spider King’ history
http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7152222

Arquives: Canada’s LGBTq2+ Archives – Sisters in the Struggle: Creativity, Collectivity and Community
http://arquives.ca/sisters-in-the-struggle/

Arquives – Community and Creativity in Practice: a Conversation with the curators of we Were Never Lost
http://arquives.ca/conversation-with-the-curators-of-we-were-never-lost/

Get in, Loser: we’re Going to the ArQuives
https://arquives.ca/get-in-loser-were-going-to-the-arquives/

United Farmers Historical Society – United Farm Women of Alberta and the U.F.A. Newspaper: 1922-1933
http://unitedfarmershistoricalsociety.wordpress.com/2026/04/08/united-farm-women-of-alberta-and-the-u-f-a-newspaper-1922-1933/

Flamborough (Ontario) community council approves $15K grant for Archives operations
http://www.flamboroughtoday.com/local-news/flamborough-community-council-approves-15k-grant-for-archives-operations-12107949

Centre d’archives régionales du Séminaire de Nicolet – 1905 : convention de districts des institutrices à Nicolet
http://archivesseminairenicolet.wordpress.com/2026/04/07/1905-convention-de-districts-des-institutrices-a-nicolet/

Afrique / Africa

Les archivistes comoriens jettent les bases de leur association
http://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=889367024148213&id=100092247712691&rdid=P9hSWahhIddlVkcV#

Senegal – Exhibition: Dakaroises by Roger Da Silva retraces women of 1960s Dakar
http://africa-news-agency.com/exhibition-dakaroises-by-roger-da-silva-retraces-women-of-1960s-dakar/

Maroc – Les archives, pilier discret mais vital de la souveraineté et du savoir
http://quid.ma/chroniques/les-archives-pilier-discret-mais-vital-de-la-souverainete-et-du-savoir-par-abdeljlil-lahjomri

Maroc – Premières Assises nationales sur les archives : protège la mémoire et la souveraineté numérique
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS2pkY18bs0

Algérie – Lancement du projet de documentation des archives du Théâtre régional de Saïda
http://www.horizons.dz/2026/04/lancement-du-projet-de-documentation-des-archives-du-theatre-regional-de-saida/

Amériques / Americas

Bermuda – New head of libraries and archives announced
http://www.royalgazette.com/general/news/article/20260406/new-head-announced-for-libraries-and-archives/

Paper Coup: how a Department of Justice Opinion Could Erase Evidence of Election Suppression and Solidify Presidential Authoritarianism
http://www.cato.org/blog/paper-coup-how-justice-department-opinion-could-erase-evidence-election-suppression-solidify

Society of American Archivists Statement on Department of Justice Office Legal Counsel’s Presidential Records Act Opinion
https://www2.archivists.org/news/2026/saa-statement-on-doj-office-of-legal-counsels-presidential-records-act-opinion

American Oversight Slams Trump’s Attempted Evasion of Presidential Records Act
http://americanoversight.org/american-oversight-slams-trumps-attempted-evasion-of-presidential-records-act/

American Historical Association Files Lawsuit to Defend the Presidential Records Act
https://www.historians.org/news/aha-files-lawsuit-to-defend-the-presidential-records-act/

Library of Congress – What’s Blooming in the Map Division
https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2026/04/whats-blooming-in-the-map-division/

Library of Congress – Fix-It+ Interview: Volunteer-powered Human-In-The-Loop transcription for the American Archive of Public Broadcasting
https://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2026/04/aapb-sorenson-interview/

Trump administration withdraws appeal, securing historic victory for libraries and Institute of Museum and Library Services
http://www.ala.org/news/2026/04/trump-administration-withdraws-appeal-securing-historic-victory-libraries-and-imls

This Is What Institutional Fragility Looks Like: the Institute of Museum and Library Services case, the courts, and the thin line between process and breakdown
http://metaarchivist.substack.com/p/this-is-what-institutional-fragility

Society of American Archivists Statement on Changes Being Made at National Parks and Monuments
http://www2.archivists.org/news/2026/saa-statement-on-changes-being-made-at-national-parks-and-monuments

More Than 10,000 Federal Scientists Left the United States Government in 2025, During Trump’s Second Term
http://theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/more-than-10000-federal-scientists

American Alliance of Museums – Artificial Intelligence in Museums and Community Trust: a 2025 Annual Survey of Museum-Goers Data Story
http://www.aam-us.org/2026/03/30/ai-in-museums-and-community-trust-a-2025-annual-survey-of-museum-goers-data-story/

American Institute of Physics – Digitizing the Legacy of Women in Physics: Genesis Boykin and the Gloria Lubkin Papers
http://www.aip.org/foundation/digitizing-the-legacy-of-women-in-physics-genesis-boykin-and-the-gloria-lubkin-papers

Harvard University – Time has not been kind to VHS
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/04/time-has-not-been-kind-to-vhs/

Too Good to Be True? Indiana University Acquires Legendary Magic Collection
http://libraries.indiana.edu/davidben

Bowdoin College – Arctic Museum Acquires Bryan and Cherry Alexander Photographic Archive
http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/2026/04/arctic-museum-acquires-bryan-and-cherry-alexander-photographic-archive.html

Copy that Floppy: how a Workshop Handout Turned into a Community Guide
http://saaers.wordpress.com/2026/04/08/copy-that-floppy-how-a-workshop-handout-turned-into-a-community-guide/

San Francisco – How local archivists preserve Asian American history
http://www.axios.com/local/san-francisco/2026/04/07/bay-area-archivists-preserve-asian-american-history

Saving local news also means saving the archives
https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2026/saving-local-news-also-means-saving-the-archives/

Why the $3B Genealogy Market Is About to Be Disrupted by Artficial Intelligence
http://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinesscouncil/2026/04/02/why-the-3b-genealogy-market-is-about-to-be-disrupted-by-ai/

Volunteers turn a fan’s recordings of 10,000 concerts into an online treasure trove
http://ru24.net/english/424962331/

Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific

National Archives of Australia – A government in exile
http://www.naa.gov.au/blog/government-exile

National Film Sound Archive of Australia – The sound of our cities: why the Australian pedestrian button belongs in our archives
http://theconversation.com/the-sound-of-our-cities-why-the-australian-pedestrian-button-belongs-in-our-archives-279559

Vietnam – Préserver la mémoire grâce aux documents d’archives
http://www.vietnam.vn/fr/gin-giu-ky-uc-tu-nhung-trang-tu-lieu

South Korea – Yanghwajin Archives in Seoul opens digital archive, releasing more than 7,000 missionary records
http://www.christiandaily.com/news/yanghwajin-archives-in-seoul-opens-digital-archive-releasing-more-than-7-000-missionary-records

India – Citizens Urged to Contribute Manuscripts, Photos and Archival Records for Digitisation and Preservation
http://nicobartimes.com/local-news/citizens-urged-to-contribute-manuscripts-photos-and-archival-records-for-digitisation-and-preservation/amp/

India – Haryana Government to launch statewide mission to preserve ancient manuscripts
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/haryana-government-to-launch-statewide-mission-to-preserve-ancient-manuscripts/

Pakistan – Forced to shed blood: unseen files in Lahore archives reveal Bhagat Singh’s literary genius
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/top-headlines/forced-to-shed-blood-unseen-files-in-lahore-archives-reveal-bhagat-singhs-literary-genius/

Europe / Europa

Poland – Stolen 18th century document saved after stitch mark reveals vital clue
http://tvpworld.com/92465251/poland-recovers-stolen-1754-archive-document-after-it-appears-on-collector-website

Transkribus – Natural History Museum of Vienna: Eduard Hackel and his Italian correspondents
http://www.transkribus.org/sites/eduard-hackel-and-hisitalian-correspondents

The library of the Hellenic Survey of Geology and Mineral Exploration is being digitized
http://eagme.gr/pages/pshfiopoieitai-h-bibliothhkh-ths-eagme?language=en

Spanish police find historical manuscript missing for a century for sale online
http://www.euronews.com/2026/04/06/spanish-police-find-historical-manuscript-missing-for-a-century-for-sale-online

Meemoo: Flemish Institute for Archives – The digital memory in 2025: more support and greater reach
https://meemoo.be/en/news/the-digital-memory-in-2025-more-support-and-greater-reach

Meemoo: Flemish Institute for Archives – Nearly 13% less funding for Flanders’ digital memory
https://meemoo.be/en/news/nearly-13-less-funding-for-flanders-digital-memory

National Industrial Property Institute of France Historical Archives Portal Now Available in English
https://www.ica.org/inpi-historical-archives-portal-now-available-in-english/

Ireland’s Easter Rising: archives reveal hardship faced by the families of those killed in 1916
http://theconversation.com/irelands-easter-rising-archives-reveal-hardship-faced-by-the-families-of-those-killed-in-1916-279872

National Library of Ireland – Part of the Night: the Lee Dunne Papers
https://www.nli.ie/news-stories/stories/part-night-lee-dunne-papers

UK National Archives – Addressing offensive terminology in our catalogue
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/professional-guidance-and-services/our-research-and-academic-collaboration/our-research-projects/research-projects/addressing-offensive-terminology-in-our-catalogue/

University of York – Seven centuries’ worth of history made available online
http://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq593w27v50o

Two lost 1965 Doctor Who episodes released after being found in private collection
http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/apr/03/two-lost-1965-doctor-who-episodes-released-after-being-found-in-private-collection

Rare Cecil French archive secured for Hammersmith & Fulham art collection
http://www.lbhf.gov.uk/news/2026/04/rare-cecil-french-archive-secured-hf-art-collection

Moyen-Orient / Middle East

An Audience in Pajamas: Viewing National Library of Israel Treasures in a Train Station Turned Shelter
https://blog.nli.org.il/en/audience_in_pajamas/

Iranian Crypto-Jewish treasures feature at National Library of Israel
https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/iranian-crypto-jewish-treasures-at-national-library-of-israel/

Archive Launched to Honour Palestinian Scholars Killed in Gaza
http://al-fanarmedia.org/2026/04/archive-launched-to-honour-palestinian-scholars-killed-in-gaza/

Curators Examined the Book of the Dead—and Found a 3,300-Year-Old Version of Wite-Out
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a70738155/book-of-the-dead-wite-out/

International

International Committee of the Red Cross Library and Archives – What did he really see? An ICRC delegate’s visit to Theresienstadt on 23 June 1944
http://blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/theresienstadt-1944/

International Center for Research on Women – Preserving our Past, Safeguarding our Future
http://www.icrw.org/preserving-our-past-safeguarding-our-future/

OCLC – The Importance of Being Ernest Hemingway: Measuring Literary Popularity and Impact with WorldCat Data
https://www.oclc.org/en/learn/data-insights/measuring-literary-popularity-with-worldcat-data.html

OCLC – The invisible infrastructure: why metadata is now a C-level strategic asset
https://www.researchinformation.info/viewpoint/metadata-infrastructure-he-libraries/

Les bibliothécaires, archivistes et documentalistes sur la liste des victimes collatérales de l’intelligence artificielle ?
http://www.archimag.com/archives-patrimoine/2026/04/03/bibliothecaires-archivistes-documentalistes-victimes-collaterales-ia

Ramblings of a File Format researcher – Turbotax
http://preservation.tylerthorsted.com/2026/04/03/turbotax/

LibreOffice – Document formats: a mystery to many
http://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/04/02/document-formats-a-mystery-to-many/

Preserving history: importance of recording older loved ones’ family stories
http://www.wafb.com/2026/04/07/preserving-history-importance-recording-older-loved-ones-family-stories/

Occasionally a picture can change the course of history: 33 scandalous photos that shocked the world
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/apr/04/occasionally-a-picture-can-change-the-course-of-history-33-scandalous-photos-that-shocked-the-world

Scriptorium: Master of Manuscripts Launches April 16 on Steam
http://monstervine.com/2026/04/scriptorium-master-of-manuscripts-release-date-april-16-steam/

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