Vol. 7, no. 18

Ressources / Resources

De la communauté / From the community

Succeed (Support Action Centre of Competence in Digitisation) Project – Training Materials

Article – Intrinsic Values: Archiving your work in the Digital Age (American Institute of Architects)

Publications

Digital Humanities Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 2 (2013)

IFLA Journal, vol. 39, no. 4 (December 2013)

Library of Congress Magazine, vol. 3, no. 1 (January-February 2014)

Book – LGBT People and the UK Cultural Sector: the Response of Libraries, Museums, Archives and Heritage since 1950
Book – Open Data Now: the Secret to Hot Startups, Smart Investing, Savvy Marketing, and Fast Innovation
Book – Information Governance, Electronic Discovery and Digital Evidence 2014
Book – Mining User Generated Content

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

Ontario Genealogical Society Open Forum
January 8, 2014

ARMA International Virtual Conference
January 14, 2014
Webinar – Automating Records Management with EDRMS
January 23, 2014

Information Architecture Summit 2014
March 26-30, 2014, San Diego

Sur le web / On the web

Library and Archives Canada – New version of the Naturalization Records, 1915-1951 database

Internet Archives – Hundreds of Classic Console Games Can Now Be Played Online, Free
Video – A lost art: Working to preserve silent films
Baladodiffusion de la Radio Télévision Suisse – Les archives sonores

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada
Federal departments consider banning USB keys in wake of dozens of security breaches
 

Canada’s best kept souvenirs (a rare look inside the vaults of the Library and Archives Canada preservation centre in Gatineau)


What’s Driving Chaotic Dismantling of Canada’s Science Libraries?

Secret Memo Casts Doubt on Feds’ Claims for Science Library Closures


Lac-Mégantic library could reopen in 2014


Saguenay – Rendre hommage à nos ancêtres

Afrique / Africa
Le Centre de recherches et de documentation du Sénégal récupère des archives coloniales un fonds de 1.200 lots


Amériques / Americas


With National Treasures At Risk, D.C. Fights Against Flooding


American Library Association – Conduct Unbecoming
The National Digital Stewardship Alliance at 3: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead


Sherlock Holmes Is in the Public Domain, American Judge Rules


Boston Strong 2014: City grapples with how to memorialize tragedy of 2013 Boston Marathon bombings


Iowan’s collection of old films reveals cinematic history

Harvard – A map for that: with guidance from students, librarian turns up cartographic gems
 

University of Iowa’s blog gains attention for tiny Bibles, hidden paintings



Never-before-seen pics of Mount St. Helens surface

Sound archivists digitize more than 3,000 hours of recordings



Letter Tied to Fight for Independence Is Found in Museum’s Attic
Interview with Kate Eichhorn, Author of The Archival Turn in Feminism


Trove of Information From the 1930s, Animated by the Internet: Lab in Richmond Animates Comprehensive 1932 U.S. Atlas

The first 3D printed organ – a liver – is expected in 2014

I, Glasshole: My Year With Google Glass

Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
100-Year-Old Box of Negatives Discovered by Conservators in Antarctica

All seal hunting and no letterpress printing makes Jack a dull boy (about the first book ever produced on the continent of Antarctica)



China Bans Archives Inquiry Charging
 

South Korea to permanently keep records of former sex slaves
 
Cambodia – Oldest known map of nation handed over to the archives
Pakistan – Shady deal: Capital Development Authority record of ‘loss price’ sale of commercial plot disappears
 
Exchange programme by the Citizens Archive of Pakistan facilitates dialogue between Indian and Pakistani students


India – Silent archivists: historians and newspapers

India – Odisha State Archives provides service to research scholars 

Europe / Europa
Ex-Stasi staff still work at archives of East Germany’s former secret police
 

Denmark – Demonstration against freedom of information act draws hundreds



France – Conflit aux archives nationales

Carolyn Carlson entre à la Bibliothèque Nationale de France
 

Cycling photographer’s rare pictures uncover the Ireland of old


UK – Tax exemption for public access to treasured artworks is ‘a racket’

UK National Archives Release: What The Documents Reveal
 

More than 800 incidents of data loss in National Health Service health boards


Celebrating Fifty Years of ‘Doctor Who’ with archivist Mark Ayres
Wellcome Library buys medieval medical almanac for £100,000


Moyen-Orient / Middle East

Serbia and Turkey to cooperate on Ottoman archives
Turkey – Opera and Ballet archive opens to public



The Iranian stars who were purged from history

International

Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation is signed between NPP Electronic Memory of the Arctic and Northern Forum
 
Death row in wartime: British Pathe releases harrowing archive footage of executions during conflicts across the world
 
Public Lab’s Maps are open source aerial images taken from kites and balloons
 
Can hidden information in photographs be used to spot criminals?


Facebook Is ‘Dead and Buried’ to Teens, and That’s Just Fine for Facebook
 

A Map of Hundreds of Noise Complaints in 1920s Manhattan, and Four Other Stupendous Digital History Projects
The year the book became a luxury object

Curating Science, Software and Strides in Digital Stewardship: A Personal 2013 Year in Review