Ressources / Resources
De l’État / From the State
Government of Canada – Consultation on How to Implement an Extended General Term of Copyright Protection in Canada
Library and Archives Canada – Lingua Franca: a Common Language for Conservators of Photographic Materials (Third Edition)
City of Coquitlam (British Columbia) Archives – Annual Report 2020
Guide to Family History Research at Simcoe County Archives (Ontario)
Quick Guide: Black History Resources at Simcoe County Archives
NARA – Example Statement of Objectives for a Needs Assessment
National Library of Finland – Digitisation Programme 2021-2024 and Collections Policy
Library of Congress, Office of Inspector General – IT Modernization Evaluation Report
Smithsonian Institution Archives – Color our Collections for 2021
Institute of Museum and Library Services – Annual Performance Report Fiscal Year 2020
De la communauté / From the community
EA-PDF Working Group – A Specification for Using PDF to Package and Represent Email
REopening Archives, Libraries, and Museums Project – Test 7 and 8 Results
Open the Government – Accountability 2021: Recommandations for Restoring Accountability in the Federal Government
Getty Conservation Institute – The Twentieth-Century Historic Thematic Framework: a Tool for Assessing Heritage Places
Publications
Esarbica Journal: Journal of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives, vol. 39, no. 1 (2020)
International Journal on Digital Libraries, vol. 22, no. 1 (2021)
Code4lib Journal, no. 50 (2021)
International Journal of Information Management, vol. 57 (2021)
IFLA Journal, vol. 46, no. 4 (2020)
Wikimedia Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums Newsletter, vol. 11, no. 1 (2021)
Actualités du patrimoine autobiographique, no 10 (2021)
Mémoire de fin d’études (Institut national du patrimoine) – Astres errants : étude et conservation-restauration de deux éditions d’un traité à volvelles de Jacques Bassantin sur la pratique des mouvements célestes
Livre maintenant en libre accès – Une histoire de l’archivistique
Open Access Book – Archives and Human Rights
Book – Uncertain Archives: Critical Keywords for Big Data
Book – People in Spite of History: Stories Found in an Attorney Archive in the Banat Region
Book – Forgery and Memory at the End of the First Millennium
Book – The New Enlightenment and the Fight to Free Knowledge
Book – Boolean Functions for Cryptography and Coding Theory
Book – Natural Language Processing: a Machine Learning Perspective
Book – VR Integrated Heritage Recreation: Using Blender and Unreal Engine 4
Book – Places of Traumatic Memory: a Global Context
Book – Text Analytics: Advances and Challenges
Book – Security, Privacy and User Interaction
Livre – Quand la donnée arrive en ville : open data et gouvernance urbaine
Livre – Les hommes de l’écrit : agents princiers, pratiques documentaires et développement administratif dans le comté de Flandre (1244-1305)
Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
Introduction to Web Archiving
February 16, 2021
Free Virtual Tour of Eisenhower Presidential Library
February 17, 2021
Cultural Artificial Intelligence Lab Webinar
February 17, 2021
Change Management for Information Governance
February 18, 2021
Coffee Chat: Email Archiving
February 19, 2021
Conservation Advice Handling and Storage of Photographic Material
February 22, 2021
Archives at a Crossroads Series Part One: Diversity in Practice
February 22, 2021
Conservation is Not Neutral: Emotion and Bias in our Work
February 22, 2021
Information and Records Management Society – GDPR Article 30: Dismiss it at your Peril
February 23, 2021
The Importance and Use of Digital Primary Sources in Teaching and Research
February 24, 2021
Best Practices for Preserving Oral Archives
February 24, 2021
Online Copyright Classes
February 24 – April 27, 2021
Information Governance Education and Leadership
February 25, 2021
Archival No Nos
March 1, 2021
Coding Historical Papers: Identifying Sameness and Difference in Watermarks, Chain Lines, and Laid Lines
March 1-5, 2021
How to Address Conservation Needs in your Collection
March 10, 2021
Journée d’études – Mémoir(chives)
12 mars 2021
Data Protection: the Impact of Brexit on Community Archives and Heritage Groups
March 15, 2021
Sécurité de l’information en temps de COVID
16 mars 2021
Indigenous Collections Symposium 2021
March 24-26, 2021
How to Preserve Social Media: Applying Principles of Digital Preservation to Facebook Archiving
March 29, 2021
Archives and Records Association UK & Ireland Conference
September 1-3, 2021
Library and Research Services for Parliaments: Innovation and Inspiration during a Global Pandemic (Recording Available)
December 2 and 9, 2020
Sur le web / On the web
Video – Conversations Between the German National Library and Library and Archives Canada
From the Vaults: Audio from Edmonton’s Past – An Interview with Maude Page
Historical Reminiscents Podcast – When Technology Goes Sideways
University of Toronto – Museum Professionals of Colour Website
Digital Repository of Ireland – Event Videos Collection
Videos – eArchiving: Tansform the Way you Preserve Data
Video – The Danish Format and Tool to Preserve Statistical Data (Survey Data)
Video – Wikipedia and Cultural Knowledge Production
Video – Controlled Digital Lending Explained
Video – A No-Nonsense, PIDtastic Guide to Implementing Effective Data Practices
Baladodiffusion de l’Institut national du patrimoine – Penser le patrimoine en République populaire de Chine : l’histoire et les pratiques culturelles au service de la nation dans la longue durée
Baladodiffusion de l’Institut national du patrimoine – Des patrimoines subalternes ? Collections publiques et privées en Afrique de l’Ouest
Society of American Archivists Podcast – Archivists Call-in
Slides – Introduction to Technology Watch and Preservation Planning
Nouvelles du monde / News from the world
Canada
Government of Canada Launches Consultation on How to Implement its CUSMA Commitment to Extend Canada’s General Copyright Term of Protection
Federal Cabinet recognized for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy
The Conundrum at the Heart of Public Domain Day
Ottawa Public Library–Library and Archives Canada joint facility: a landmark cultural infrastructure project pointing the way to a greener future
Library and Archives Canada – Pushing Back: the Ongoing History of Black Activism in Canada
Library and Archives Canada – Don’t fear virtual conferences
Covid-19 lockdowns limit access to national library and archive collections
Government Law Libraries SIG Profile: the Supreme Court of Canada Library
Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan Celebrates Archives Week
“Teaching Wigwam” The Reclaiming Shingwauk Hall Project continues to build Archive Collection
The British Columbia Archives collection of women artists among the most inclusive in Canada
University of Saskatchewan Archives and Special Collections – Sharing Some of our Favourites
University of Saskatchewan Archives and Special Collections – Oldest and Newest
University of Victoria – Graphic novels illuminate vivid memories of the Holocaust
McGill University – Art & Image: ongoing research in the Gwillim Project
It feels slimy: University of Regina fights prof on access to information request about research funding
Anglican Church of Canada – A narrative of light, hope and truth: Jubilee Commission launches archival history research project
Vancouver Public Library’s new Indigenous storyteller in residence goes virtual
Archives de la ville de Québec – 1894 et 1896 : les premiers grands carnavals de Québec
How Coquitlam is sharing its past online
British Columbia – Know anyone in this photo? Delta Heritage Society and Delta Archives want to hear from you
Galt Museum and Archives (Alberta) – 100 Years Ago: Czech Army Goes to Canada
Whistler Museum and Archives Society – Early Freestyle on Whistler
Le centre d’archives de Vaudreuil-Soulanges documente la pandémie
Sur la route des archives : le Lac-Saint-Jean
Lambton County Archives (Ontario) – Avalanche of memories contribute to Snowmageddon archive
Oxford County Archives (Ontario) – Black Doctors vs. the Medical Profession
Reflections: a ‘go-to’ source at the Stratford-Perth Archives (Ontario)
A missing link in history: rare image found of Quebec’s famous, Black, high-society barbers of the 1800s
Afrique / Africa
Maroc – Droit d’accès à linformation : voici la teneur du guide de la direction des collectivités territoriales
Archives du Maroc abrite les oeuvres de Sidi Mohamed Ben Moulay Ahmed El Amrani
Sénégal – Ministère de la Sante et de l’Action social, paradoxe ou privilège ? Les archives hospitalières constituent un sujet que les gouvernants cernent encore mal
Why do hundreds of apartheid files on freedom fighters remain secret, 26 years into democracy?
Amériques / Americas
Défis et temporalités d’archives au Mexique : l’Archivo General de la Nación et le sexennat
Fire Destroys 70-Year Photo Archive of Famous Venezuelan Explorer
NARA – Records Related to African American History in the National Register of Historic Places
NARA – Air Force and EPA Officials Discuss Need for Data Standards and the Benefits of Automating Classification
Library of Congress – Free to Use and Reuse Pictures and Prints: Black Women Changemakers
Library of Congress – Rubén Darío: Latin Poet Still an Icon a Century After his Death
Private Library Containing Rare Books by Authors, Artists Donated to Library of Congress
Three Things you Might Not Know about Presidential Records and Transitions
Federal Courts Issue Orders Modifying Procedures for Highly Sensitive Documents
Texas State Library and Archives Commission – Getting the Most Out of Your State Records Retention Schedule Part II: Agency Identification Numbers
2021 Update to the Retention and Disposition Schedule for University of North Carolina System Institutions
Discredit, disrupt and destroy: University of California Berkeley Library acquires FBI records of surveillance of Black leaders
Pennsylvania – One Lens project seeks to archive state residents covid-19 experience
Share your Covid-19 stories with University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Archives
Archives seeks stories for Covid-19 Youngstown State University Experience collection
Florida State’s history documented by university archivists
Technical Report Archive & Image Library Celebrates 15 Years
Witnessing the Revolution: the Hoover Archives Acquires More Francis E. Stafford Rare Photos
Thanks to the Internet Archive, the history of American newspapers is more searchable than ever
A Priceless Archive of Ordinary Life
Forgotten 20th-Century Photography Studio Found in New York Attic
Archivists launch survey to hear what Black Chicagoans need to preserve family history
New Orleans police to move record-keeping to cloud
Elizabeth Stauber on the Hogg Foundation Archives Winning an Advocacy Award
Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
National Archives of Australia – Japanese war brides
Australia – National Film and Sound Archive seeking new chief executive
New South Wales (Australia) premier’s office broke state record-keeping laws in reckless destruction of documents
Cambodia – Unesco and the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum launch a digital database to access the largest archive of the Khmer Rouge regime’s prison system
Honouring Paul Cravath: Cambodia’s ideal archivist
Lost and found: the struggle to preserve Nepal’s linguistic heritage
Singapore unveils general fair use exception in copyright reforms
India – Ministry: Heritage building of National Archives to be retained
India – Delhi Archives still awaiting old records from government offices
Europe / Europa
Announcing the EuropeanaTech Challenge for Europeana Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning datasets
Historical Archives of the European Union – Günter Burghardt’s private archives open for consultation
Facebook has once again blocked a post by the Institute of National Remembrance regarding German crimes against Polish children
Poland – The February 1971 victory that Łódź textile industry workers won over the communist authorities in the archives kept by the Institute of National Remembrance
Poland – Firefighters continue battling fire in Kraków city archives
Digital Yiddish Theatre Project – When Corona Came to the Party
Astounding Detail: a 10 Billion Pixel Panorama of Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring
Swiss funds help protect cultural archives in post-earthquake Albania
http://indiaeducationdiary.in/swiss-funds-help-protect-cultural-archives-in-post-earthquake-albania/
Lettre de l’Association des archivistes suisses au Conseil fédéral
Archives de l’État en Belgique – Les archives de la Société nationale des chemins de fer belges pendant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale
France – Rwanda: les archives de l’Élysée, déclassifiées, parlent enfin
Paroles de chartistes : les anciens élèves de l’École des chartes témoignent
France – Le Plateforme d’inventaire des archives et des actions alternatives en archives lance sa plateforme d’inventaire et de valorisation d’archives alternatives
France – Claude Bochurberg dépose 40 ans d’archives sonores au Mémorial de la Shoah
Yes Equality Visual Digital Archive donated to the National Library of Ireland
Archive Update: the Irish Jesuit Archives
The Catholic Archives Society: Preserving the Nation’s Catholic Heritage
Archive Update: Managing the Society of the Holy Child Jesus European Province Archives during Lockdown
British government slammed by regulator over unacceptable Freedom of Information failures
UK Parliamentary Archives – A Man Like Manny
UK National Archives – The makings of manuscripts: more than what’s written on the page
UK National Archives – Five Photos: Exploring a Mindful Archive
UK National Archives – Winners of our creative writing competition announced
UK National Archives – Queer history: a history of Queer
Making the UK Government Social Media Archive even better
British Library – Two treaties: Waitangi Day in conversation
British Library – Sir Robert Preston and the East India Company
British Library – An Earl, a collection, and a shopping list: Mail-order military manuscripts
The Victoria and Albert Museum shares over 1.2m objects as it revolutionises digital access to its collections
The Postal Museum’s Case Study of the Digital Preservation Coalition Rapid Assessment Model
Lancaster University project captures the glamour and glitz of cinema in the 1930s and beyond
Archiving oral histories of black queer collectives in London
Woman discovers her long lost family when she sells her heirlooms on eBay
Moyen-Orient / Middle East
National Library of Israel – Lost Letter on Zionism from Father of the Chinese Nation Surfaces
National Library of Israel – Was One of Catholic Spain’s Prominent Religious Scholars Secretly Jewish?
Egypt – National Library & Archives receives valuable possessions of late Sheikh Nofal Abdel Gawad Nofal
International
International Committee of the Red Cross Library and Archives – Red Cross and Red Crescent Statutory Meetings
International Committee of the Red Cross Library and Archives – Drafting history of the 2005 Additional Protocol
Arolsen Archives: International Center on Nazi Persecution – Interest in the fates of Nazi victims continues to grow
Confederation of Open Access Repositories is pleased to announce the launch of a new project: Notify: the Repositories and Services Interoperability Project
A brief history of electronic document and records management systems and related standards
ISO 27701: a Pathway to Privacy and Regulatory Compliance
Connections and Gaps Between Artists’ and Institutions’ New Media Preservation Efforts
The Four Lies Destroying Records Management: Lie #1: Information vs Data
Information Seeking Behavior in Archives
How to Achieve Business Process Integration in Archives
Wikipedian in Residence Programs
Digital hoarders: our terabytes are put to use for the betterment of mankind
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