Ressources / Resources
De l’État / From the State
Finnish National Digital Preservation Services – Quality Report 2025
http://digitalpreservation.fi/en/2026-quality-report-2025-published-english
Bibliothèque nationale de France et Institut national de l’audiovisuel – Guide juridique sur l’utilisation des données patrimoniales dans le cadre de l’intelligence artificielle générative
https://www.bnf.fr/fr/actualites/publication-du-guide-juridique-sur-lutilisation-des-donnees-patrimoniales-dans-le-cadre
National Archives of Australia – Records Authority: National Reconstruction Fund Corporation
http://www.naa.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-04/RA-2026-01091486.pdf
NARA – Federal Agency Records Management: 2024 Annual Report
http://www.archives.gov/files/records-mgmt/resources/federal-agency-records-management-report-2024.pdf
Public Records Office Victoria (Australia) – Access Standard
http://prov.vic.gov.au/about-us/our-blog/new-access-standard
Public Records Office Victoria – Retention and Disposal Authority for records of Victorian Electoral Functions (for Comments)
http://prov.vic.gov.au/about-us/our-blog/feedback-new-rda-records-victorian-electoral-functions
De la communauté / From the community
Archives Association of British Columbia – Strategic Plan 2026-2029
http://aaobc.wildapricot.org/Strategic-Plan-2026-2029
Fédération des milieux documentaires – Planification stratégique 2026-2029
http://www.fmdoc.org/la-fmd-se-dote-dun-nouveau-plan-strategique/
International Council on Archives – Policy on Taking a Public Stand (for Comments)
http://www.ica.org/ica-policy-on-taking-a-public-stand-call-for-comments/
Archives and Records Association UK and Ireland – Distance Enquiry Survey 2025
http://www.archives.org.uk/distance-enquiry-survey-2025
Crossref and DataCite – Why Metadata Matters for Research Integrity and how to Contribute
http://zenodo.org/records/19695957
American Library Association – Guidance of the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Libraries (Draft for Comments)
http://acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/ala-draft-guidance-of-the-use-of-artificial-intelligence-in-libraries-comments-due-may-8/
Article – Transcribing Historical Canadian Weather Data
http://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-025-06036-y
Article – Reflections on Language and Translation: Toward a Translation Turn in Archival Studies
http://elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/vol13/iss1/11/
Publications
Arbido : revue professionnelle pour archivistes, bibliothécaires et documentalistes (2026/1)
http://arbido.ch/fr/edition-article/2026/archivierung-von-social-media
Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, vol. 41, supplement 1 (2026)
http://academic.oup.com/dsh/issue/41/Supplement_1
Archives Association of Ontario – Off the Record, vol. 42, no. 2 (2026)
https://aao-archivists.ca/News/13625650
Archivore : bulletin de l’Association des étudiants et diplômés en archivistique d’Angers, no 49 (2026)
http://aedaa.fr/2026/04/archivore-n49-avril-2026-28-p/
Livre en libre accès – Lecture littéraire et archives du personnage
http://books.openedition.org/epure/4997
Book – Primary Research and Writing: People, Places, and Spaces (Second Edition)
http://routledge.com/product/isbn/9781041025825
Book – Quest for Beauty: the Photographic Journey of Malak of Ottawa
http://press.uottawa.ca/en/9780776644998/quest-for-beauty/
Book – Knowledge Management and Quality Management in Reshaping Library and Information Services: a Synergistic Approach
http://link.springer.com/book/9783032117854
Book – The Failure of the White Cube: from the 19th Century Moralist Art Museum to the 21st Century Civic Art Museum
http://routledge.com/product/isbn/9781041128397
Book – Cultural Heritage through the Lens of Human Rights Bodies: Meaning, Rights, and Obligations
http://link.springer.com/book/9783658512026
Book – Public Libraries and Homelessness: a Practical Guide
http://facetpublishing.com/page/detail/public-libraries-and-homelessness/?k=9781783307760
Book – Executive Privilege: Presidential Power, Secrecy, and Accountability (Fifth Edition)
http://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700641574/
Book – Bridging Knowledge, Data, and AI: Harnessing the Semantic Layer Framework to Drive Intelligence
http://link.springer.com/book/9783032171771
Book – Mitigating the Risks of AI Deepfakes
http://routledge.com/product/isbn/9781032823508
Livre – Du courage à l’honneur : trésors de la symbolique du Service historique de la Défense
http://www.servicehistorique.sga.defense.gouv.fr/actualites/du-courage-lhonneur-tresors-de-la-symbolique-du-service-historique-de-la-defense
Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
Archives Association of British Columbia – Hoping for the Best but Planning for the Worst: Navigating Fire Season
May 6, 2026
http://aaobc.wildapricot.org/event-6676058
Dématérialisation des dossiers de justice au Québec
4 juin 2026, Montréal
http://www.ajcact.org/2026/02/10/colloque-23-avril-pm-pour-une-approche-synergique-de-la-dematerialisation-des-dossiers-de-justice/
International Council on Archives – Growing, Connecting, and Collaborating: an Introduction to Early Career Professionals Provisional Section
May 11, 2026
https://www.ica.org/event/ica-ecaps-webinar-growing-connecting-and-collaborating-an-introduction-to-ecaps/
Gamifying Digital Preservation: an Introductory Twine Workshop
May 12, 2026
https://dri.ie/events/gamifying-digital-preservation-an-introductory-twine-workshop/
Scottish Council on Archives – Unlocking your Archive Collections using Digital Humanities
May 21, 2026
http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unlocking-your-archive-collections-using-digital-humanities-tickets-1987330283375
International Council on Archives – War, Typhoons, Cyberattacks: Protecting Archives for Justice
June 8, 2026
http://www.ica.org/event/iaw2026-fan-webinar-war-typhoons-cyberattacks-protecting-archives-for-justice/
International Council on Archives – Self-Determination and the Recognition of Non-Sovereign Peoples’ Archives
June 11, 2026
http://www.ica.org/event/iaw2026-egsah-webinar-self-determination-and-the-recognition-of-non-sovereign-peoples-archives/
International Council on Archives – Raising our Voice: what impact can the ICA Declaration for LGBTQI+ Archives and Archivists Have on the Profession?
June 12, 2026
http://www.ica.org/event/iaw2026-sagdaa-webinar-raising-our-voice-what-impact-can-the-ica-declaration-for-lgbtqi-archives-and-archivists-have-on-the-profession/
École nationale des chartes – École d’été sur les projets Wikipédia
29 juin – 4 juillet 2026, Paris
http://www.chartes.psl.eu/gazette-chartiste/agenda/une-ecole-dete-pour-se-laisser-surprendre-par-la-richesse-des-projets-wikipedia
Sur le web / On the web
Library and Archives Canada – ASMR: Paper Backing Removal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WutQhSOsZy4
Law Bytes Podcast – Justin Safayeni on the Ontario Government’s Overnight Evisceration of Access to Information
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/04/the-law-bytes-podcast-episode-266-justin-safayeni-on-the-ontario-governments-overnight-evisceration-of-access-to-information/
Podcast – Calling all Gamers across Quebec (to Chronicle the History of Video Games in the Province)
http://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-87-quebec-am/clip/16211606-calling-gamers-across-quebec
Video – Looking into the past at Dundas Museum & Archive (Ontario)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VIpdumOUXo
Garance : graphe des Archives nationales de France pour la recherche, l’accès et la navigation des connaissances enrichies
http://rdf.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/garance/pages/fr/
IIIF Universal Viewer – IIIF Universal Viewer
http://github.com/UniversalViewer/universalviewer/releases/tag/v4.3.0
Digital Preservation Coalition Video – Internet Archive Backup in Michigan Digital Preservation Network
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O77GjYcCqKE
Video – Videogame Preservation: Practices and Approaches
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuSH8QYlqUs
Podcast – Wayback Machine: the Internet’s Archive in Peril
http://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/sundayextra/wayback-machine/106604988
Survey – Digital Cultural Property
https://qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_0oLuoHPF6w11rcW
Étude sur les archives audiovisuelles
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGoX7k1wKYPIGHP5UZW_y0vJ7zPWLzIk0XBQwOVlUQNGSKug/viewform
Humanitarian Archive Emergency Project Discovery Form
http://odk.keyaidconsulting.com/f/gz3rQ5mbaVlxzSg94BfFleMIaoHznZC?st=avF73NDzmC3Th$t9qlJgaEEi3!ryD7qCOWnLKPXbjZhmvpcNyZAjqv1VTj6TZaq7
Nouvelles du monde / News from the world
Canada
Library and Archives Canada gets funding boost for access-to-information unit after it was targeted for cuts
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/library-archives-canada-gets-funding-150033700.html
Six ans pour un accusé de réception d’Ottawa après avoir effectué des demandes d’accès à l’information
http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2026/04/26/six-ans-pour-un-accuse-de-reception-dottawa-apres-avoir-effectue-des-demandes-dacces-a-linformation
Canada risks losing its history
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-canada-history-archives-digital-management/
Ontario passes law shielding provincial ministers’ records from information requests
http://www.jurist.org/news/2026/04/ontario-passes-law-shielding-provincial-ministers-records-from-information-requests/
University of British Columbia – Punjabi Patrika : Local Newspapers as Windows into the Past
https://digitize.library.ubc.ca/2026/04/30/punjabi-patrika-local-newspapers-as-windows-into-the-past/
Grassroots Canadian Peace Museum grows with new digital archive partnerships
http://www.thewhig.com/news/canadian-peace-museum-new-digital-archive
Historic photos show Vancouver’s iconic Stanley Park seawall under construction 60 years ago
http://www.vancouverisawesome.com/history/historic-photos-vancouver-stanley-park-seawall-under-construction-60-years-ago-12180457
Vancouver – A Voynich Manifesto probes the unsolved mysteries of a medieval manuscript
http://www.createastir.ca/articles/voynich-manifesto-vancouver-new-music-annex
Whistler Museum and Archives Society – Just because it was documented, doesn’t mean we have it
http://whistlermuseum.org/2026/04/27/just-because-it-was-documented-doesnt-mean-we-have-it/
Greater Vernon Museum & Archives (British Columbia) – 37 Years of Books: a Look at Vernon’s Friends of the Library
http://vernonmuseum.ca/four-decades-of-books-a-look-at-vernons-friends-of-the-library/
Lethbridge (Alberta) museum exhibit explores Alberta’s prohibition era
http://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2026/04/24/lethbridge-museum-exhibit-explores-albertas-prohibition-era/
Lynnwood Arts Centre relocating to Norfolk County Archives (Ontario) building in Simcoe
https://www.simcoereformer.ca/news/local-news/lynnwood-arts-centre-relocating-to-norfolk-county-archives-building-in-simcoe
Centre d’archives régionales du Séminaire de Nicolet – Arthur Trahan un député voué à sa communauté
http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/26034996.blenheim-palace-digitises-centuries-old-archive-collection/
Centre d’archives régionales du Séminaire de Nicolet – Rosaire Crochetière seul aumônier mort au champ d’honneur
http://archivesseminairenicolet.wordpress.com/2026/04/29/rosaire-crochetiere-seul-aumonier-mort-au-champ-dhonneur/
Freshly Minted: Emily Maidment, Library and Information Technician (LIT) Student, Algonquin College
http://librarianship.ca/blog/emily-maidment/
Afrique / Africa
Djibouti : une politique nationale d’archivage définie
http://africa24tv.com/djibouti-une-politique-nationale-darchivage-definie/
Togo finance ministry expands archival training in digitization push
http://www.togofirst.com/en/economic-governance/2904-18847-togo-finance-ministry-expands-archival-training-in-digitization-push
Tunisia Speeds Up Archive Digitization to Safeguard National Memory
http://www.ecofinagency.com/news-digital/2404-55001-tunisia-speeds-up-archive-digitization-to-safeguard-national-memory
Amériques / Americas
Archival Science, Human Rights and Artificial Intelligence: The Luisa Cuesta Repository as a Specialized Archival Service in Uruguay
http://members.ica.org/page-18184/13625695
White House loosens rules for preserving presidential records
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/04/24/white-house-rewrites-rules-preserving-presidential-records/
Senate Democrats press White House over loosened record-keeping policy
http://abcnews.com/US/senate-democrats-press-white-house-loosened-record-keeping/story?id=132459396
NARA – Primary Sources Replaced with Vibes
http://apedaily.page.gd/2026/04/22/primary-sources-replaced-with-vibes/
Library of Congress – A Brief Legislative History of the United States-Canadian Border
http://blogs.loc.gov/law/2026/04/a-brief-legislative-history-of-the-u-s-canadian-border/
The Trump Administration Is Dismantling Freedom of Information Act
http://www.notus.org/trump-white-house/trump-administration-dismantling-foia
Will Trump’s Forest Service Upheaval Erase a Century of Precious Historical Documents?
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/04/trump-us-forest-service-restructuring-historical-documents-archive-preservation-rewrite-history/
Court blocks Iowa’s plan to move historic artifacts from Iowa City
http://www.kwwl.com/news/court-blocks-iowas-plan-to-move-historic-artifacts-from-iowa-city/article_40efc2df-fc86-434f-b5f8-c21d13240e84.html
University of Michigan – Verbiest’s Complete Map of the World Pt I: the Map
http://clements.umich.edu/verbiests-map-pt-i-the-map/
Get Oil out! Offers Public Access to Archive Collection at University of California Santa Barbara
http://www.noozhawk.com/get-oil-out-offers-public-access-to-archive-collection-at-ucsb/
Lost history recovered: Kansas University digital humanities team adds missing pages to the Call archives
http://news.ku.edu/news/article/lost-history-recovered-ku-digital-humanities-team-adds-missing-pages-to-the-call-archives-ARTICLE-ZVQRH8-ARTICLE-ZVQRH8
Northeastern University – Making Black Voices Visible: Confronting Archival Silences through Digital Humanities Exhibits
http://cssh.northeastern.edu/nulab/confronting-archival-silences/
Mainers scramble for Canadian citizenship under new law expanding eligibility through ancestry
http://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/04/30/state/state-culture/maine-canadian-citizenship-ancestry/
Archivist Restores Rare Footage of the Velvet Underground at Vietnam War Protest
http://petapixel.com/2026/04/29/archivist-restores-rare-footage-of-the-velvet-underground-at-vietnam-war-protest/
Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
National Archives of Australia – Layered like a pearl: the life of Yasukichi Murakami
http://www.naa.gov.au/blog/layered-pearl-life-yasukichi-murakami
Australia – Catalpa captain George Anthony’s descendants share historic family heirlooms with Fremantle Prison
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-26/catalpa-captains-descendant-digitised-documents/106583708
Vietnam – Naval Museum archives national history of maritime sovereignty
http://vovworld.vn/discovery-vietnam/naval-museum-archives-national-history-of-maritime-sovereignty-2431024.vov5
Vietnam launches upgraded National Database on Legal Documents
http://vietnamnet.vn/en/vietnam-launches-upgraded-national-database-on-legal-documents-2509483.html
Nepal manuscripts return home from Germany
http://nepalitimes.com/news/nepal-manuscripts-return-home-from-germany
China – Rare archives of Tokyo Trials prosecutor added to Nanjing Massacre memorial hall collection
http://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202604/1360107.shtml
University of Hong Kong – The Hong Kong Chinese Merchants Collection: an Introduction and its Potential Applications
http://digitalorientalist.com/2026/04/24/the-hong-kong-chinese-merchants-collection-an-introduction-and-its-potential-applications/
National Library of Malaysia gathers 5,405 Malay manuscripts, strengthens knowledge heritage
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/04/26/national-library-gathers-5405-malay-manuscripts-strengthens-knowledge-heritage
India – Over 200 million invaluable documents digitised: Prime Minister Modi hails National Archives’ database, urges people to visit Abhilekh Patal to access India’s historical legacy
http://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/over-200-million-invaluable-documents-digitised-pm-modi-hails-national-archives-database-urges-people-to-visit-abhilekh-patal-to-access-indias-historical-legacy20260426130949/
Europe / Europa
European Union – How could the Digital Omnibus save Public Domain books from exclusive arrangements?
http://communia-association.org/2026/04/27/how-could-the-digital-omnibus-save-public-domain-books-from-exclusive-arrangements/
Arolsen Archives: International Center on Nazi Persecution – Dance, Resistance, and Persecution in the Nazi State: the Lives of Dancers Julia Marcus and Tatjana Barbakoff
http://arolsen-archives.org/en/news/dance-resistance-and-persecution-in-the-nazi-state/
Blue Shield International Delivers Capacity Building Project for Investigation of Heritage-related War Crimes in Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast
http://theblueshield.org/bsi-delivers-capacity-building-project-for-investigation-of-heritage-related-war-crimes-in-ukraines-donetsk-oblast/
Declassified Chernobyl archives released ahead of 40th anniversary
http://unn.ua/en/amp/declassified-chernobyl-archives-released-ahead-of-40th-anniversary
Fires in Berlin Destroyed Hundreds of Paintings During World War II. Now, a Museum Will Publish Photo Archives of the Lost Artworks Online
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fires-in-berlin-destroyed-hundreds-of-paintings-during-world-war-ii-now-a-museum-will-publish-photo-archives-of-the-lost-artworks-online-180988621/
Lost copy of seventh-century poem in Old English discovered at Rome library
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/29/lost-copy-of-seventh-century-poem-old-english-discovered-rome-library-dublin
Ireland – What Census 1926 reveals about lives of children 100 years ago
http://www.irishtimes.com/history/2026/04/27/something-very-strange-about-how-census-1926-treats-mother-and-baby-homes/
UK National Archives – How the design of our new online catalogue puts users first
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blogs/digital/new-online-catalogue-blog/how-the-design-of-our-new-online-catalogue-puts-users-first/
UK National Archives – Clues from the high seas: tracing Suriname’s textile histories in the Prize Papers
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/professional-guidance-and-services/our-research-and-academic-collaboration/our-research-projects/research-projects/from-our-students/tracing-suriname-textile-histories/
British Library – Collection care upskilling with the Endangered Archives Programme
http://www.bl.uk/stories/blogs/posts/collection-care-upskilling-with-the-endangered-archives-programme
British Library – The Otto Haas Archive: beginnings in England
https://www.bl.uk/stories/blogs/posts/the-otto-haas-archive-beginnings-in-england
Crime in Worcestershire Archives and Archaeology Service
http://www.exploreyourarchive.org/crime-in-worcestershire-archives-and-archaeology-service/
United States archives on rare public display in City of London to commemorate 250th anniversary of Declaration of Independence
https://news.cityoflondon.gov.uk/us-archives-on-rare-public-display-in-city-of-london-to-commemorate-250th-anniversary-of-declaration-of-independence/
Moyen-Orient / Middle East
Turkey – Hebrew gold manuscript on python skin seized in Gaziantep antiquities bust
http://www.turkiyetoday.com/nation/hebrew-gold-manuscript-on-python-skin-seized-in-gaziantep-antiquities-bust-3218827
International
Where heritage meets resilience: UNESCO’s work with Small Island Developing States
http://www.unesco.org/en/articles/where-heritage-meets-resilience-unescos-work-small-island-developing-states
Researchers reconstruct 42 missing pages from a major early Christian manuscript, revealing text unseen for centuries
http://www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/article-15761775/Researchers-reconstruct-missing-pages-Christian-manuscript.html
Ramblings of a File Format researcher – Be dead
http://preservation.tylerthorsted.com/2026/04/24/be-dead/
Winding down at Orcfax: a retrospective
http://exponentialdecay.co.uk/blog/winding-down-at-orcfax-a-retrospective/
Halo Fan Project Has Archived Millions of Old Gamertags, Stats
http://www.thegamer.com/halo-fan-project-halo-archive-preservation/
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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