Ressources / Resources
De l’État / From the State
NARA – Open Source Tools for Records Management (Final Version)
UK National Archives – A Review of Lessons Learned from the Information Management Assessment Programme, 2008-2014
UK National Archives – Information Managament Assessment: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Report: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/fco-ima-reassessment-report.pdf
Action Plan: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/fco-ima-reassessment-summary-action-plan.pdf
Québec – Orientations gouvernementales pour un gouvernement plus transparent
U.S. Department of Justice – Proactive Disclosure of Non-Exempt Agency Information: Making Information Available without the Need to File a Freedom of Information Act Request
De la communauté / From the community
Canadian Library Association – A Proposed New Vision for our National Association: Frequently Asked Questions
Canadian Historical Association – The Quality of Historical Knowledge Tested by Technical Innovation
National Security Archive 2015 E-Freedom of Information Act Audit
Association of College & Research Libraries – New Roles for the Road Ahead: Essays Commissioned for ACRL’s 75th Anniversary
http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/publications/whitepapers/new_roles_75th.pdf
Association of College & Research Libraries – Environmental Scan 2015
Paper – Memory Politics: Ottawa’s Monument to the Victims of Communism
Publications
D-Lib Magazine, vol. 21, no. 3-4 (March-April 2015)
Preservation, Digital Technology & Culture, vol. 44, no. 1 (March 2015)
Journal of Library Metadata, vol. 15, no. 1 (2015)
Archimag, no 282, Mars 2015 (Dossier: La GED s’habille en collaboratif)
Mémoire d’avenir: en direct des Archives nationales de France, no. 18 (février-avril 2015)
Library of Congress Magazine, vol. 4, no. 2 (March 2015)
Museum News: Newsletter of the Princeton & District (B.C.) Museum & Archives (March 2015)
Mémoire – Les données de la recherche en sciences humaines et sociales : enjeux et pratiques
Book – Guide to Reference in Genealogy and Biography
Book – Carrying off the Palaces: John Ruskin’s Lost Daguerreotypes
Book – Leading the 21st-Century Academic Library: Successful Strategies for Envisioning and Realizing Preferred Futures
Book – Big Data and Analytics: Strategic and Organizational Impacts
Book – The Fate of Anatomical Collections
Book – Atlas of Knowledge: Anyone can Map
Book – Cultural Heritage as Civilizing Mission: from Decay to Recovery
Book – Data Mining and Predictive Analytics (2nd Edition)
Book – Capturing the Moment: 150 Years of Photography in Cheltenham
Book – Understanding Gamification
Livre – Archives du concert: la vie musicale française à la lumière de sources inédites (XVIIIe-XIXe siècle)
Livre – Trois bibliothèques européennes face à Google: aux origines de la bibliothèque numérique (1990-2010)
Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
Leviathan North: Long-term Access to Government Information in the Digital Era
May 14-15, 2015, Toronto
BBC TV Show – Portillo’s State Secrets (with Previously Classified Documents from The National Archives)
Starting March 17, 2015
Webinar – Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World
March 25, 2014
New York State Archives – Spring 2015 Foundations of Records Management Webinar Series
April 1 – July 22, 2015
Webinar – Approaches to Making Dynamic Data Citable: Recommendations of the RDA Working Group
April 8, 2015
Online Course – Managing Digital Content Over Time: an Introduction to Digital Preservation
April 23 – May 11, 2015
Archiving the Arts
June 13, 2015, Buffalo
1st Digital Humanities Early Career Conference
June 18, 2015, London (UK)
Workshop on Research at German Memorial Sites and Documentation Centers
July 20-24, 2015, Washington D.C.
International Federation of Television Archives 2015 Annual Conference
October 7-10, 2015, Vienna
Association of Moving Image Archivists 2015 Annual Conference
November 14-18, 2015, San Francisco
Colloque Internetational des sciences et métiers de l’information documentaire
3-4 décembre 2015, Yaoundé (Cameroun)
Sur le web / On the web
Library and Archives Canada Podcast – Celia Franca: Shall we Dance?
Vidéos – Chantier des archives des Musées de la civilisation
Un devoir de mémoire: http://youtu.be/ihu6MCH7AL4
Le traitement des cartes et plans: http://youtu.be/T9GS1RFfv9E
Le diagnostic: http://youtu.be/mkSqujQDKi8
Podcast – Who Killed Canadian History?
National Archives of India – New Portal for Access to Archives and Learning
Archimag, 1985-2010 maintenant en ligne
UNESCO’s New Transparency Portal
UK National Archives Podcast – Big Ideas: Rapid Response Collecting
Video – Falling though the Cracks: Digital Preservation and Institutional Failures
Video – Who Owns your Data?
Vidéo – La restauration des chartes scellées du département des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque nationale de France
Slidecast – Designing Metadata to Meet User Needs for Special Collections
Nouvelles du monde / News from the world
Canada
Government still grappling with data breaches
What your Canada Border Services Agency file looks like
Update on Canadian Copyright Board Matters: what is Happening and not Happening
Canadian Library Association Statement on Bill C-51, the Anti-terrorism Act, 2015
Library and Archives Canada – The rare book collection: recent additions
After 35 years, federal government (Library and Archives Canada) takes jobs from developmentally disabled workers
National Capital Commission expert panel says the communism memorial isn’t Canadian enough. Expert panel is then disbanded
StoryCorps wins $1 million TED Prize for ambitious oral history project
Un Québec ouvert, à la discrétion des ministères
Nouvel appui pour la Cinémathèque québécoise
BAnQ – Les archives du capitaine Bernier
Newfoundland’s early Welsh settlers seldom recognized
The Manitoba Legislative Building: Photographing a Work in Progress
Royal Ontario Museum – The Anatomy of a Book: Saving The Naturalist’s Library
Yukon’s garden culture sprouts new roots at seed library
New photo archive captures Mennonite life around the world
Gaming reaches into far corners of academic world as University of Calgary builds huge collection
McGill University – Ancient Receipt Proves Egyptian Taxes Were Worse than Yours
New Brunswick – Bathurst bishop discovers 16th century books in diocese basement
Colouring the past: B.C. artist revives vintage photos
Vancouver – Third wave of B.C. Sugar records now available
New Vancouver Public Library map reveals hidden Literary Landmarks
Edmonton – Oral history project documents city’s ‘smaller stories
Google adopte les murales montréalaises
The Montreal Jewish Public Library Archives announce the addition of the Irving Massey Fonds to its collections
Archives of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto – Wish You Were Here! Postcards in the Archives
United Church of Canada, Hamilton – Preparing your treasured photos for Archives
Victoria – Original plans from century ago guide makeover for Union Club
http://www.timescolonist.com/original-plans-from-century-ago-guide-makeover-for-union-club-1.1793284
Quebec – Souvenir album looks back at Roxboro’s 100 years
Niagara Falls – Help honour First World War veterans
La Société rimouskoise du patrimoine recherche des photos d’époque
Un centre de consultation aux archives d’Adélard Lambert à Berthierville
Dis-moi : Du macro au micro : une passionnée d’archives partage le secret de ses joies (Theresa Rowat, directrice aux Archives des jésuites au Canada)
Eloquent Systems (Vancouver) – Archives Management Starter Kit for Digital Assets
Afrique / Africa
Senegal improves the safeguarding of traditional music thanks to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Fund
Tunisie – Disparition de plusieurs documents des archives de la présidence
Congo – Memorial Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza : les archives enrichies par une collection de lettres originales de l’explorateur
Nomination du nouveau directeur des Archives nationales du Mali
http://www.piaf-archives.org/content/nomination-du-nouveau-directeur-des-archives-nationales-du-mali
Tanzania: Kikwete Extols Virtues of Presidential Archives
Rwanda: Rwf750 Million Earmarked for Gacaca Archives
South Africa – Court documents should be open to all, Cape Town argues
Amériques / Americas
National Archive of Cuba begins scanning its collections
Argentina opens all files on 1994 Jewish community centre bombing
Brazil – Building the world’s biggest record collection
White House office to delete its Freedom of Information Act regulations
The George W. Bush email scandal the media has conveniently forgotten
Awash in Information, Historians Fear Loss of Rich Material
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/13/us/awash-in-information-historians-fear-loss-of-rich-material.html
The real scandal behind Hillary Clinton’s email: we are losing a generation of historical records because the National Archives has failed to do its job
National Archives, union press State Department for answers over Clinton email
US sets new record for denying federal files under Freedom of Information Act
National Archives crowdsources transcription of CIA files
NARA – What Are you Working on, Jessica Sims (Audio-Video Preservation Specialist)?
Reaching Out and Moving Forward: Revising the Library of Congress’ Recommended Format Specifications
Edgar Allan Poe: Using Primary Sources from the Library of Congress to Deepen Understanding of The Raven
Data.gov now enables the public to open data directly with apps
U.S. Geological Survey – Technical Announcement: Explore Thousands of Coastal and Seafloor Images
Regional Archival Associations Consortium
Paper printouts are the norm under California Legislature’s open records law
Bill would limit destruction of public records in Montana
New York Attorney General Suspends Automatic Email Purge in his Office
Michigan archives makes 1921-1939 death certificates available online
Arkansas History Commission and State Archives mark 110th anniversary
Alabama archives to release rare color film footage, aerial photos of 1965 civil rights march
Yale Law School is Deleting its Admissions Records, and there’s Nothing Students can do about it
University of California, Los Angeles – Ethnomusicology Archive’s efforts to preserve cultural memory are threatened
University of Northern Iowa project creates digital archive of 20th Century photos
Student Chapter of the Society of American Archivists, University of North Carolina – Saving our Social Lives (Part I) : the Challenges and Benefits of Social Media Archiving
Student Chapter of the Society of American Archivists, University of North Carolina – Saving our Social Lives (Part II): Tools that can Help you with Social Media Archiving
The good, the bad and the illegible: deciphering handwriting of early Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Church scribes
Collectors share a passion for Southern California’s past
Man once convicted of spying pleads guilty to naval archive document theft
More records lost after North Idaho courthouse sewage backup
Historic Menus Go Digital, Tapping Into New Yorkers’ Food Memories
Historic book will be returned to Vermont
Creating Workflows for Born-Digital Collections: a National Digital Stewardship Resident Project Update
Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
The Australian government’s data retention scheme is not 1984 come to life
Preserving Nepal’s soul
Malaysians should stop looking for differences, says former archive dept director
Tycoon Liu Yiqian pays record US$14m for Ming Dynasty Buddhist art album
India – Murder, rape and shattered families: 1947 Partition Archive effort underway
Rare books showcasing India’s printing history up for sale
India – Bihar Frees Revolutionary Bhagat Singh Image Banned by British
India – Mumbai: Today’s document becomes tomorrow’s record and the day after’s archive
Europe / Europa
European cultural industries unite against copyright reform
Reinventing Optical Character Recognition for early printed books
Head of the Russian State Archive suggests to exhume remains of the tzar family to examine them again
Russian Government Plans to Make Soviet-Era Films Public Property
Spain finds Don Quixote writer Cervantes’ tomb in Madrid
Italian scientists recreate DNA of fascist warrior-poet from semen stains
Italy’s Cineteca Di Bologna to Restore All of Buster Keaton’s Silent Films
Greece to use Nazi army archives for reparation claim
Dutch national TV and film archive choose Viz One for MAM
Poland – Breathing new life into archival material with interactive documentary player
Germany – A Sexologist and his two Archives: Erwin J. Haeberle
Georgian archive showcases women in politics
France – École des chartes : les gardiens de la mémoire française
Enchère Tintin décevante: l’expert de chez Christie’s riposte
Université de France-Comté – Une bibliothèque de la renaissance à portée de clic
Les frères Lumière tournaient leur premier film il y a 120 ans
How Irish Tape Saved Civilization
UK mapped out by genetic ancestry
France – UK: complementary views on web archiving
The management of e-mail in UK Government: the comments of a civil servant
British Library displays the Declaration of Independence and the US Bill of Rights in the UK for the first time
UK National Archives – Find an archive in Discovery, our catalogue
UK National Archives – Infinite variety: archiving the Arts
British Museum – Conserving Dürer’s Triumphal Arch (enormous print): a moving experience
UK nuclear archive at Wick recommended for approval
Book that helped Henry VIII annul his marriage and challenge the Pope discovered in Cornwall
Arthur Conan Doyle was the victim of a police conspiracy: evidence that Staffordshire police fabricated letters to the Sherlock Holmes creator revealed at auction
Mertonian’s family archive lends Bodleian insight into Anglo-German history
Carlisle archivists save piece of religious history (architectural drawings for one of the first purpose-built mosques in Britain)
Moyen-Orient / Middle East
United Arab Emirates – Archive of documents gives invaluable glimpse into Ajman’s past
Turkey – Ataturk’s will is not missing: archives official
Turkey – Erdogan calls on Armenia and Armenia Diaspora to open archives
Israel – Heir and Museum Fight over Schindler’s List Documents
L’étude des manuscrits azerbaïdjanais conservés aux archives israéliennes ont fait l’objet des discussions
Les archéologues sollicitent l’Unesco pour la préservation du patrimoine libyen contre le pillage
Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (France) – Destructions archéologiques par Daesh: cri d’alerte et travail d’inventaire
3D printing used to recreate ancient artifacts destroyed by ISIS
International
Associated Press CEO: Government undermining right to know laws
Slack, the Office Messaging App that May Finally Sink Email
The Historian of the Web : Crawler, Browser or Lurker?
Photographers are sleepwalking into a photographic Armageddon, warn experts
A practical approach to email records management
Why Historians Should Use Twitter
Open Data’s Next Move
Historians need to address the threat to footnotes by wholesale adoption of the permalink
Tagging an Image with Metadata
Unusual Library Collections Around the World
How do you Handle 500 Truckloads of Emails?
Best way to archive old photos? An expert has a surprising suggestion
This App Makes your Phone Buzz when you Approach Places where Women Made History
National Information Standards Organization (NISO) Launches New Projects to Develop Standards for Bibliographic Vocabulary Exchange