Ressources / Resources
De l’État / From the State
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta – 2012-2013 Annual Report
European Commission – Study on Business Models for Linked Open Government Data
Plan d’action pour la France: charte du G8 pour l’ouverture des données publiques
Italy – Action Plan for the G8 Open Data Charter
BBC – Using the Past to Explain the Present : Interlinking Current Affairs with Archives via the Semantic Web
Ireland – Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Modernising Copyright
De la communauté / From the community
Council on Library and Information Resources – Research Data Management: Principles, Practices, and Prospects
Fédération des tiers de confiance – Guide de la signature électronique
Digital Engagement in Culture, Heritage and the Arts
Article – Copyright vs Accessibility: the Challenge of Exploitation
Article – Interprétation contextuelle et assistée de fonds d’archives numérisées : application à des registres de ventes du XVIIIe siècle
Publications
Library and Archives Canada – Governance and Recordkeeping Around the World Newsletter, vol. 4, no. 9 (November 2013)
Outlook: Hastings County Historical Society (Ont.) Newsletter, vol. 18, no. 10 (November 2013)
Report – Audiovisual Heritage 2.0
Book – Archives and Archivists 2: Fresh Thinking, New Voices
Book – Legal Aspects of Digital Preservation
Book – The Leningrad Blockade, 1941-1944: a New Documentary History from the Soviet Archives
Book – Metadata and Semantics Research
Book – Turning Back the Pages: 100 Years at Saskatoon Public Library
Livre – Quand les archives racontent Montréal: 100 pièces d’exception
Communiqué de presse: http://communiques.gouv.qc.ca/gouvqc/communiques/GPQF/Novembre2013/11/c5856.html
Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
Better off Forgetting? or Born Digital? Reflections on an Interdisciplinary Archival Practice
November 26, 2013, Halifax
Free Webinars on Collection Care
November 21, December, 5, 12 and 19, 2013
Webinar – Acquisition, Preservation and Distribution of Complex Scientific Data: the Researcher Perspective
November 26, 2013
British and Irish Sound Archives Conference Conference 2014
May 16-17, 2014, Dublin
Digitisation Days
May 19-20, 2014, Madrid
Sur le web / On the web
The UK National Archives launches new First World War portal
Slidecast – Votre ancêtre était une femme… à travers les archives militaires
Podcast – How News Sites Invent New Opportunities for Archive Content and Data
DataCite Releases Metadata Generator Tool
Video – Digital Preservation for Machine-Scale Access and Analysis
Nouvelles du monde / News from the world
Canada
Feds to stop asking ID category of requesters under access to information
Great Lakes Fishery Commission Launches Open-access, Online Video Database
A drink with City of Toronto archivist Carol Radford-Grant
The Canadian Gay Lesbian And Gay Archives Turn 40 This Year
Plus de 11 750 films, couvrant plus d’un siècle de cinéma, seront remis aux Bibliothèques de Montréal
Ryerson University Archives & Special Collections honours Remembrance Day
McMaster University library houses WW I aerial archive
Diocese of London (Ont.) – WWII scrapbook found in church basement put online
Wasaga Beach (Ont.) – Archivist’s columns published in new book
The Value of Historical Maps: Solving At Least Part of the Mystery of the Origins of the Acadians
Vic Copps memorabilia going on the block: lot offers a glimpse at the man behind the political dynasty
Québec – Des écrits échangés sur Facebook admis comme preuve d’un contrat
Drummondville – Un cahier exceptionnel que l’on devrait retrouver sur l’ensemble de notre terrritoire
Afrique / Africa
Uganda – Judiciary plans to e-archive court files
Rwanda’s New Online Archive Becomes a First in the Region
Amériques / Americas
Armed men burn records of agency dedicated to finding missing children of El Salvador war
Argentina – Dictatorship’s archives take centre stage
U.S. Department of Defense Special Access Records to Stay Classified at Least 40 Years
64 Federal Courts Now Publish Opinions on FDsys
How Do Postal Workers Decipher Really Sloppy Handwriting?
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Awards Library of Congress and WGBH with Stewardship of the American Archive of Public Broadcasting
Family Guy Creator Brings Carl Sagan Archive to Library of Congress
Smithsonian museum artifacts can now be 3D printed at home
An eye for history: archivist opens window on JFK assassination photos
Kennedy’s Assassination: How LIFE Brought the Zapruder Film to Light
Google prevails over authors in book-scanning U.S. lawsuit
Libraries applaud dismissal of Google Book Search Case
Fire at Internet Archive reaffirms need for an Internet archive
Harvard – A colonial goldmine: two digital projects aim to bring vast numbers of early documents, many unexamined, to light
Frank Lloyd Wright’s archives net millions, records indicate
The Tribal Libraries, Archives, and Museums (TLAM) Project
Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas Launches Digital Archive
Preserving Vintage Electronic Literature
Why we Need A Digital Database to Archive and Ultimately Preserve Films
Shelley-Godwin Archive Aims to Help ‘Citizen Humanists’ Crowd Source Digital Humanities
Bowdoin College’s Crystal Hall Reconstructs Galileo’s Library, Digitally
University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries and Lichtenstein Creative Media Announce the Launch of The American Revolution Documentary Archive
War-letter collector Andrew Carroll donating his trove for preservation and study
Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
Australian, New Zealand share archive of WWI
Australian National University – Astronomical Data and Astronomical Digital Stewardship: An interview with Brian Schmidt
Hong Kong documents hidden in UK archive include intelligence files
Librarians becoming ‘information mediators’: Lim Won-sun, chief executive of the National Library of Korea
South Korea to Issue Privacy Compliance Certifications
DAM delivers for Fiji National Archives
China’s Memory Hole: the Images Erased from Sina Weibo
Vietnam – Un portrait du général Giap en 8.800 photos d’archives
India – Bhupen Hazarika Photo and Film Archive to be set up
Europe / Europa
Venetian archives could turn into the oldest social network
European Commission – Vice-President Neelie Kroes applauds launch of Lithuanian National Digital Coalition
Building: The Dutch National Archives by Van Eijk & van der Lubbe
Bosnian War Memories Filmed for Oral History Archive
OSA Signs Public Archive Agreement with Office of the High Representative (the ad hoc international institution responsible for overseeing the implementation of civilian aspects of the 1995 Dayton Peace Agreement)
Scientists reveal ancient texts in medieval manuscripts
New partnership to map the public domain in France
Bibliothèque nationale de France – Les fonds sonores dans Gallica
Consulter les fonds des Brigades Internationales
Ireland – Eamon Donnelly: Nationalist MP’s family donates private collection to museum
Index of Doctors in Scotland During The First World War
Archives in UK and Ireland launch public awareness campaign
UK – Conservatives erase Internet history
British Library’s old maps become 3D virtual worlds
British Library obtains John Lennon lyrics and letters
Auction: National Maritime Museum secures Gibson archive of shipwreck images
Moyen-Orient / Middle East
The US archivist who saved the history of Iraq’s Jews
Iraq Ambassador Open to Loan Deal for Trove of Jewish Artifacts
42 Jewish Groups Urge Protection of Iraqi Jewish Archives
Memory Becomes Another Casualty of Egyptian Protests
International
International Committee of the Red Cross archive waiting to be brought back to life
Près de 4.000 archives audiovisuelles sur la Méditerranée accessibles en ligne
What does the future hold for ISO 15489?
Gartner Says Personal Worlds and the Internet of Everything Are Colliding to Create New Markets
Photobook Collecting in the Age of the Thousand-Dollar Zine
Archiviste : pourquoi j’aime ma profession