Vol. 5, no. 38

Ressources / Resources

De l’État / From the State
UK National Archives – How to research and develop signatures for file format identification

UK – Social media guidance for civil servants

De la communauté / From the community

Digital Curator Vocational Education Europe Project – Report and analysis of the survey of Training Needs
IFLA – Strategic plans for 2012
England Arts Council – Measuring the economic benefits of arts and culture

Publications
Library and Archives Canada – Governance and Recordkeeping Around the World, vol. 4, no. 3 (May 2012)
Book – Burdens of Proof: Cryptographic Culture and Evidence Law in the Age of Electronic Documents

Book – User Studies for Digital Library Development 
Book – Demystifying FRAD: Functional Requirements for Authority Data
Book – Privacy: Management, Legal Issues and Security Aspects
Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

City of Toronto Archives Open Door
May 26, 2012, Toronto

Webinar – Metadata for Managing Scientific Research Data
August 22, 2012


Sur le web / On the web

Podcast – Prof. Carol Couture (BAnQ) : parcours d’un archiviste
Video – Communicating Personal Digital Archiving to the General Public
Queen Victoria’s Journals
Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

Association des archivistes français – La situation des Archives au Canada
New director for Ontario Jewish Archives
Stampede seeks missing posters to complete collection
Rare 18th-century Bible acquired by York University archives
 
Simon Fraser University – Guides make cultural archives accessible
Terrace and District (B.C.) Museum builds up digital photo collection
North Van Museum and Archives feels the pinch after federal funding cut
Uncovered archives offer a peek into Port Perry (Ont.) High School’s past
Afrique / Africa
Amériques / Americas
Brazil Freedom Of Information Law Passed
Haïti/Archives nationales : La livraison d’extraits à l’étranger enfin une réalité
Obama intervenes to toughen government e-discovery rules
National Archives at San Francisco Opens Immigration Files and Dedicates Tom Lantos Research Center
The Library of Congress Announces Modeling Initiative
 
Presidential Libraries, Museums Are Dark Horses on Campus, Students Say
 
Smithsonian Institution – Web-enabling Archive Digital Content
Activist seeks to archive black history
Vietnam Project Archive receives national funding
Asie-Pacifique/Asia-Pacific

Indonesia – Jakarta’s film archive in dire condition
Sri Lanka – Guardian Angel of the National Archives
Shanghai – Archives given German’s old city photos
New South Wales – State Records social media and recordkeeping survey results

Europe / Europa

Russian library discovers hidden treasure
An Interview with Giovanna Fossati, Film Archivist and Curator at EYE Film Institute Netherlands
Archive details children’s flight from Spanish war
France – 385.600 euros pour un brouillon du Petit Prince

France – Les Archives nationales déménagement du Marais parisien à Pierrefitte-sur-Seine

Scotland – National archives set for Aberdeen move
Rare theatre archive captures London life stories

Moyen-Orient / Middle East

Egypt’s National Library and Archives sees protest as chief pushed out
Iraqi Foreign Minister on the Missing Kuwait Archives

International

Advice for The New Archivist: Veterans In The Field Explain How To Survive

Digital archivists: technological custodians of human history
A Vision of the Role and Future of Web Archives
The Web Archive in Today’s World