Ressources / Resources
De l’État / From the State
European Public Sector Information Platform – Linked Data Validation and Quality
Archives New Zealand – General Disposal Authority 7 (Draft for Comments)
NARA – Guidance on NARA Bulletin Expiration Dates
De la communauté / From the community
Society of American Archivists – Issue Brief: Strengthening of Federal Records Authority
OCLC – The Library in the Life of the User
Confederation of Open Access Repositories – Strategy 2016-2018 and Work Plan 2016-2017
Sedona Conference – Commentary on Privacy and Information Security
Publications
Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, vol. 39, no. 3-4, 2015 (Special Issue on Archives, Libraries and Museums in the Era of the Participatory Social Web )
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/canadian_journal_of_information_and_library_science/toc/ils.39.3-4.html
Information Management, vol. 49, no. 6 (November-December 2015)
Preservation, Digital Technology & Culture, vol. 44, no. 3 (2015)
Journal of Documentation, vol. 72, no. 1 (2015)
Collection Management, vol. 40, no. 4 (2015)
Brant (Ont.) Historical Society Newsletter, no. 2 (November 2015)
Book – Truth Commissions: Memory, Power, and Legitimacy
Book – Exploring the C-SPAN Archives: Advancing the Research Agenda
Book – Databases for Small Business: Essentials of Database Management, Data Analysis, and Staff Training for Entrepreneurs and Professionals
Book – Commemorating the Seafarer: Monuments, Memorials and Memory
Book – Project Management for Information Professionals
Book – Becoming a Lean Library: Lessons from the World of Technology Start-ups
Book – Part of our Lives: a People’s History of the American Public Library
Book – Just Remembering: Rhetorics of Genocide Remembrance and Sociopolitical Judgment
Book – Access to Information and Social Justice: Critical Research Strategies for Journalists, Scholars, and Activists
Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
Reflecting the City (Redux): Movies from the City of Vancouver Archives
November 15, 2015, Vancouver
Section Association for Information and Image Management Montréal – Gestion documentaire
19 novembre 2015, Montréal
Centre régional d’archives de l’Outaouais – Le cheval Canadien, 350 ans à travers l’histoire
3 décembre 2015, Gatineau
Government Information Day in Ontario
December 7, 2015, Waterloo
Information Resource Management Association of Canada 2015 Open House
December 11, 2015, Toronto
Webinar – Expanding Data Potential with Statistics Canada’s Social Data Linkage Environment
December 15, 2015
Canadian Society for Digital Humanities Conference 2016
May 30 – June 1, 2016, Calgary
Workshop Automated Handwritten Text Recognition
November 27, 2015, The Hague (Netherlands)
Épistémologie et pratiques des Humanités numériques
15 janvier 2016 au 13 mai 2016, Paris
Digitization of Memories of Conflict
March 3-4, 2016, Lund University (Sweden)
Stage technique international d’archives 2016
Juin 2016, Paris
Sur le web / On the web
Library and Archives Canada – 100 Stories: Canadians who Served in the First World War
Library and Archives Canada – New Immigrants to Canada, Porters and Domestics, 1899–1949 Database
New Canada Art Bank Website Brings 17 000 Artworks to Canadians Online
Vidéo – La numérisation à BAnQ
Bibliothèque nationale de France – Portail Métiers du livre
Europeana New Online Exhibition – The Men on the Memorial
Digital Repository of Ireland – Magdalene Oral History Collection Published
Video – Microsoft Archives Part 1
Video – Introduction to JHOVE File Validation Tool
DPF Manager Version 1.2.1 (TIFF Conformance Checker)
American Archives of Public Broadcasting – Experimental API
Slidecast – Using PREMIS to Document Technical Art History
Slidecast – Europeana: Text Mining Cultural Heritage
Slidecast – Text Mining in Cultural Heritage: Challenges
Nouvelles du monde / News from the world
Canada
Statement from the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development on Communicating Science
Federal scientists eager to share their research now that muzzles are off
Trudeau considers re-muzzling scientists after 3 hour conversation about rare seaweed
Canadian security officials told to embrace big data to identify threats
Familiar territory: LAC’s National Presence Initiative
Familiar territory: LAC’s National Presence Initiative
Storify – Closure of Library & Archives Canada regional facilities: some potential impacts, especially for Indigenous people & communities
The Canadian Archival System and the Blueprint
Library and Archives asks Harper to donate records from his time in office
Multiple Contexts: Library and Archives Canada at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
Hockey memorabilia from 1948 Olympic gold medal RCAF Flyers at Library and Archives Canada
Library and Archives Canada – Daguerreotypemania! Revisit the phenomenon in new exhibit
http://ottawamagazine.com/arts-and-culture/daguerreotypomania-revisit-the-phenomenon-in-new-exhibit/
Notorious artifacts thief eligible for day parole
Virtual exhibit features letters of Nova Scotia soldiers in First World War
Newfoundland – Young man in WW I commemoration video gets surprise from Provincial Archives
Archives of Manitoba reading letters written by Manitoban soldiers during First World War
Archives Alberta – Could it be Cellulose Nitrate?
Province launches virtual museum highlighting Franco-Ontarian heritage
How children at an English elementary school came to care for 18 Newfoundland graves
The Trans-Pacific Partnership vs. Municipal Archives
Canadian Family History Societies: More Women Leaders than the Trudeau Cabinet
Handwritten copy of In Flanders Fields remains in Montreal McGill archives
Librarians and archivists reach tentative agreement with Western University
McMaster University – Artifacts of war
AMS calls on BC government to stop UBC’s dangerous practice of hiding public documents behind private corporations
University of Manitoba – College of Medicine Launches Digital Archives
University of Waterloo Special Collections & Archives – Anti-suffrage bud vase
Ryerson University Archives and Special Collections – It is most strange to know that the invasion has begun… Remembrance Day 2015
Find history at the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives
Vancouver Public Library introduces new Criterion Collection streaming service
City of Vancouver under investigation over Freedom of Information requests
Toronto – Library Opens Vinyl Collection to Public
Behind Expozine and Archive Montreal is a man driven to protect the past
Archives of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto – Record of the Week: Insulin is Discovered at the University of Toronto
Hamilton’s public library – Hamilton at War
Hope you will miss me: Saskatoon nurse’s love letters survive the Great War
Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Sites (B.C.) – My Dearest Belle: First World War Letters
Deseronto (Ont.) – First World War project brings names of veterans to forefront
http://www.napaneeguide.com/2015/11/06/first-world-war-project-brings-names-of-veterans-to-forefront
Red tape snarls search for Canadian WWII airmen: researcher says he is close to resolving where two Canadian airmen died in a wartime crash
Prairie Crocus Regional Library (Manitoba) archives are growing
Société d’histoire et de généalogie des Mille-Îles: le service des archives déménagé au musée Joseph-Filion
Le Centre d’archives régional des Îles de la Madeleine toujours en course pour le prix Aviva
Les archives du Nord (France) dévoilent un fonds inédit venu du Québec de Marguerite Yourcenar
Revelstoke Museum & Archives (B.C.) launches avalanche education website
http://www.torontosun.com/2015/11/09/revelstoke-museum–archives-launches-avalanche-education-website
Wreck of Saint-Simon found, say citizens of namesake New Brunswick village
Congrégation des Sœurs des Saints Noms de Jésus et de Marie – Des archives pour se raconter
Mégadonnées, petits secrets?
Association des archivistes du Québec – Lancer sa carrière : développer son réseau
Afrique / Africa
Liberia – President Tubman’s Book of Condolences and Other Important Historical Artifacts Lie in Ruins
Zambia – Thieves Terrorise Lusaka Magistrate Courts Targeting Records
Moroccan Cinematographic Center to Digitize 100 Years of Moroccan Film Archives
U.S. envoy urges unfettered access to information to grow Nigeria’s democracy
Madagascar – Université d’Antananarivo : patrimoine photographiques : mise en ligne de 1854 photos d’archives
http://www.newsmada.com/2015/11/06/patrimoine-photographique-mise-en-ligne-de-1854-photos-darchives/
Mali – Préservation des manuscrits de Tombouctou : l’ambassade des États-Unis offre 100 millions de franc CFA à l’IHERI-AB
La Bibliothèque nationale d’Algérie, un fleuron architectural
Amériques / Americas
Information freedom new era for Mexico
Judge Clears CIA in JFK Records Case
A decade into a project to digitize U.S. immigration forms, just 1 is online
FBI Claims Bureau Can’t Locate Manual Used to Process Freedom of Information Act Requests
National Archives offers military databases online
Library of Congress – Flipping through the Card Catalog
Congrès 2015 de la Society of American Archivists : épisode 3 : intégrer les fonctions dans la description archivistique
Congrès 2015 de la Society of American Archivists : épisode 4 : le programme de Coopérative Social Networks and Archival Context
Q&A: Kansas Historical Society Archivist gives advice on preserving veterans’ stories, memories
University of California – An Archive of 10,000 Cylinder Recordings Readied for the Spotify Era
http://hyperallergic.com/249190/an-archive-of-10000-cylinder-recordings-readied-for-the-spotify-era/
University of Southern California’s secret archive of horror films features work by John Carpenter, Dan O’Bannon
Indiana University starts media digitization and preservation initiative
University of Denver archives home to rare photo collection of Native American life
World War II Division’s Archives, Website Has New Home at University of Southern Mississippi
Lehigh University – Transcribing hand-written letters of historical figures
The Guggenheim Launches its First Ever Online Exhibition
Time Inc.’s Record of the 20th Century, in Thousands of Boxes, Is Moving
A family’s photo trove offers a window into WWII Japanese-American internment camp life
A historical treasure trove: social justice tradition runs through Catholic archives
After 25 years, thousands of images, Utah Ski Archives still collecting
New online portal archives Chicago’s history and culture
Before government records, families tracked important life events in family Bibles like this one
Monkey See, Monkey Sue… Defendants Ask Judge to Toss Out Ridiculous Monkey Copyright Lawsuit
Hand-Painted Daguerreotypes from the 1850s Capture the Color of Nudity
Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
Australia – Archive records shed new light on UK role in Primer Minister Gough Whitlam’s dismissal
The rise and rise of Asia Art Archive
China – Instant Access at Hubei Provincial Archives
India – Declassifying Netaji’s Archives: Government Transparency or Just a Clever Move?
India – Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority to Digitise All Records
Europe / Europa
Leaked copyright communication: a more modern copyright framework for Europe?
Holocaust historians run into political opposition in Brussels over data protection law
Historical Archives of the European Union – Inventory for the Council of the European Communities archives for 1972 now available online
Watch Rarely Seen Footage of Life in Nazi Austria, Thanks to a New Video Archive
Russia – Birchbark Message Tells Story of Medieval Traveler
Netherlands – Undelivered letters shed light on 17th-century society
Netherlands – Leiden University digitises 80,000 pages of medieval manuscripts
Shining a new archival light on times of darkness in Malta
Sweden – Digisam’s Recommendation on Extended Collective License for images under copyright
National Library of Sweden – Remote access across borders
Luxembourg – Archives nationales : un pas en avant
France – Aux Archives nationales, la mémoire juive en réparation
Fontainebleau : vers une fermeture des Archives nationales
France – Un an après son lancement, le Grand Mémorial enrichi
France – Dématérialisation : l’État et les collectivités adoptent une feuille de route commune
Claude Lévi-Strauss, le don des archives
A Summer Navigating the French Archives
Behind the House: a Tour of Cartier’s Secret Archives
Ireland – Operation Motorman: top secret files reveal reasons behind invasion of nationalist areas
It’s a Scottish national treasure, says First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, as she relaunches Glasgow Women’s Library
Scottish Court service explains divorce records restrictions
Parliamentary speeches which have made history go online in Glasgow University archive
Scotland – Archive of Virginia Woolf letters acquired by St Andrews University
National Library of Wales shares 2nd Century Ptolemy map image
If the UK government collects browsing data, one day it will be public
Historians and the Freedom of Information Act
UK Parliamentary Archives – The First World War: Personal Connections
UK National Archives – Thousands of Second World War home front heroes remembered online
British Library – Unlocking India’s printed heritage: 200,000 pages of historic books to be made available online
British Library – Introducing our newest Digital Curator
Earliest Battle of Waterloo images secured for the nation by British Museum
Royal Institute of British Architects Makes 90,000 Archival Images Available to View Online
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust set to open its archives to the public
Historians searching for Victorian crimes
The Forgotten Kaleidoscope Craze in Victorian England
Moyen-Orient / Middle East
New Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre for Arabic speaking countries
One Year of Qatar Digital Library
United Arab Emirates – Ruler of Sharjah visits House of Manuscripts
Palestinian Cabinet to consider new law providing greater access to government documents
International
Companies will Be Able to Sue Governments for Breaking Trans Pacific Partnership Copyright Rules
Nine Historical Archives that will Spill New Secrets
What we talk about when we (don’t) talk about accessioning
Caméras, films familiaux… : une promesse qui ne se réalise jamais
Digitizing the World’s Libraries Using Smartphones
So you’re a Historian who Wants to Get Started in Web Archiving
Sony says goodbye to Betamax tapes
Using Personal Email for Government Business is a Bad Idea: Here’s Why
What Open-Access Publishing Actually Costs
Museums Focus on Digitisation Strategies to Increase Engagement: new research shows websites, social media and smartphone usage are the key priorities for creating public value
Afrocrowd Brings a Diversity of Voices to Wikipedia