Ressources / Resources
De l’État / From the State
Archives New Zealand – Appraisal Report and Disposal Schedule for Ministry of Defence
Appraisal Report: http://archives.govt.nz/files/APP2020%200016%20Ministry%20of%20Defence%20Appraisal%20Report
Disposal Schedule: http://archives.govt.nz/files/APP2020%200016%20Ministry%20of%20Defence%20Disposal%20Schedule
Archives nationales de Luxembourg – Tableau de tri de l’Administration des services techniques de l’agriculture
http://anlux.public.lu/dam-assets/pdf-statiques/ASTA-Convention-tableau-de-tri-V101.pdf
Institut national du patrimoine – Initiation à la conservation préventive : orientation bibliographique
http://mediatheque-numerique.inp.fr/Bibliographies/Initiation-a-la-conservation-preventive
Institut national du patrimoine – Metigo MAP: documenter, analyser, mesurer et quantifier avec aisance en 2 et 3 dimensions : orientation bibliographique
http://mediatheque-numerique.inp.fr/Bibliographies/Metigo-MAP
De la communauté / From the community
Association des archivistes du Québec – Rapport annuel 2020
http://archivistes.qc.ca/wp-content/uploads/Rapport-annuel-AAQ-2020-vf2021-05-14.pdf
Society of American Archivists Case Study – A Collaborative, Proactive Approach for the Electronic Records Lifecycle: the Alabama State Electronic Records Project (ASERP)
http://files.archivists.org/pubs/GovtRecordsCaseStudies/CASE-3-CollaborativeProactiveApproach.pdf
Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals – The Impact of AI, Machine Learning, Automation and Robotics on the Information Professions
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19gWoLV_rSP1qKS9Z8KOoorRAQuHmFN4u/view
Papering-Out: a Property Records Industry Association Position Paper
https://member.pria.us/i4a/doclibrary/getfile.cfm?doc_id=200
Software Sustainability Institute – How Reproducible should Research Software Be?
http://www.software.ac.uk/news/new-guide-how-reproducible-should-research-software-be-0
Texte – Cartographie de l’impact des ateliers wikipédiens en bibliothèque publique
http://papyrus.bib.umontreal.ca/xmlui/handle/1866/25005
Article – The Suffrage Postcard Project: Feminist Digital Archiving and Transatlantic Suffrage History
http://elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/vol8/iss1/8/
Publications
Archival Science, vol. 21, no. 2 (2021)
http://link.springer.com/journal/10502/volumes-and-issues/21-2
Archives and Manuscripts, vol. 49, no. 1-2 (2021)
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/raam20/49/1-2
Records Management Journal, vol. 31, no. 1 (2021)
http://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/0956-5698/vol/31/iss/1
New Review of Information Networking, vol. 25, no. 2 (2020)
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rinn20/25/2
Up the Gatineau: Journal of the Gatineau Valley Historical Sociey, vol. 47 (2021)
http://www.gvhs.ca/publications/utg-current-volume.html
Book – Archival Silences: Missing, Lost and, Uncreated Archives
http://www.routledge.com/product/isbn/9780367774820
Book – Sephardic Trajectories: Archives, Objects, and the Ottoman Jewish Past in the United States
http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/S/bo101918678.html
Book – The Palace Letters: the Queen, the Governor-General, and the Plot to Dismiss Gough Whitlam
http://scribepublications.com/books-authors/books/the-palace-letters
Book – Engaging your Community through Active Strategic Marketing: a Practical Guide for Librarians and Information Professionals
http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=303830
Book – State Secrecy and Security: Refiguring the Covert Imaginary
http://www.routledge.com/product/isbn/9781138285439
Book – Access and Control in Digital Humanities
http://www.routledge.com/product/isbn/9781032004396
Book – LIS Interrupted: Intersections of Mental Illness and Library Work
https://litwinbooks.com/books/lis-interrupted/
Book – Art and Copyright
http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/art-and-copyright-9781509934256/
Book – Living in Data: a Citizen’s Guide to a Better Information Future
http://www.mcdbooks.com/books/living-in-data
Book – The Peking Gazette in Late Imperial China: State News and Political Authority
http://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295748795/the-peking-gazette-in-late-imperial-china/
Livre – Une histoire mondiale des femmes photographes
http://www.editionstextuel.com/livre/une-histoire-mondiale-des-femmes-photographes
Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
Penser les archives à l’ère du numérique
21 mai 2021
https://mailchi.mp/221483fc3200/sminaire-cieq-tempora-les-archives-lre-du-numrique
Imagine this: a Walkthrough of EPL’s Stanley A. Milner Library
May 26, 2021
http://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfwVJaD7lmL0janaEu547fyiHrMTa2WCvHoz2IsWa6GwiRDbw/viewform
54th Annual Conference of Carto the Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives
June 14-16, 2021
http://acmla-acacc.ca/carto2021/schedule/
ListenOK and its Project Management: Challenges, Success and Best Practices
June 15, 2021
http://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScrMQub74fJRqNtr7m4Ip0I93zQY86ICGa5Tlw9fTHQ_Rckug/viewform
Gilles Hocquart et les origines des Archives nationales du Québec
17 juin 2021
http://www.banq.qc.ca/activites/detail.html?calItemId=119275
The Unsustainable Cost of Streaming Videos: Creating Openly Accessible Alternatives
May 20, 2021
http://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdlEVmpNeu9PjNZixB6YdZE2bJuZOH05RZCQenMpjS0Zrc7CQ/viewform
Implementing Reparative Description for Indigenous Collections
May 26, 2021
http://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMpcOCurzsoH9fwoipEiElwzaeXXqBzm6Qb
La justice au Moyen Âge : des archives à la scène judiciaire
26 mai 2021
http://univ-droit.fr/actualites-de-la-recherche/manifestations/37445-la-justice-au-moyen-age-des-archives-a-la-scene-judiciaire
Memoriav – Échange sur le conditionnement et le stockage des phototypes
2 juin 2021
http://memoriav.ch/fr/cafe-interactif-memoriav/
Society of American Archivists Webinar – Quo vadis, EAD? Current use cases of EAD
June 2 and 4, 2021
http://www2.archivists.org/groups/technical-subcommittee-on-encoded-archival-standards-ts-eas/webinar-quo-vadis-ead-current-use
Des archives de plus en plus secrètes
7 juin 2021
http://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZAI33kDeRUaKN7ZAmcvOwg
Memoriav – Projet de sauvegarde des jeux vidéo suisses
7 juin 2021
http://memoriav.ch/fr/2021ateliervideo1/
EmpoweringArchives! International Archives Week 2021 Webinars
June 7-11, 2021
http://www.ica.org/en/let-s-talk-about-empoweringarchives-iaw2021-webinars
National Archives of Australia – Red Flag Riots
June 15, 2021
http://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/red-flag-riots-tickets-154786319047
Committing to Documentation: Git Started
June 17, 2021
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/committing-to-documentation-git-started-tickets-153695783225
A DIY Approach to Data Recovery from Damaged 5.25” Floppy Disks
June 29, 2021
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-diy-approach-to-data-recovery-from-damaged-525-floppy-disks-tickets-153715169209
Introduction to PREMIS
July 14, 2021
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/introduction-to-premis-tickets-153681745237
Second International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Historical Image and Visual Cultural Artefacts Enrichment
September 1, 2021
http://chia.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/ai4hi-2021-workshop/
Linked Archives: International Workshop
September 13, 2021
http://linkedarchives.inesctec.pt/
Fantastic Futures: Third International Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Librairies, Archives and Museums
December 9-10, 2021, Paris and Online
http://easychair.org/cfp/FantasticFutures21
Sur le web / On the web
Video – Researching Indigenous Ancestors in Northern Ontario: an Introduction to Genealogical Research
https://youtu.be/mBrk-h4UF5w
From the Vaults: Audio from Edmonton’s Past – An Interview with George Cooper
http://fromthevaults.buzzsprout.com/1209881/8212531-an-interview-with-george-cooper
German National Library of Science and Technology – Conservation Metadata (to Record and Store the Finding of an Inspection of an Analogue Film)
https://github.com/TIB-Digital-Preservation/FilmConservationMetadata
Video – Using Vocabularies and Linked data: #ConnectingArchaeology
http://vimeo.com/547534057
Vidéos – Assises des archives en Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles. Quel futur pour la mémoire ?
http://www.aml-cfwb.be/actualites/383
Baladodiffusion – Les archives, le secret défense et l’histoire
http://www.irsem.fr/le-collimateur/les-archives-le-secret-defense-et-l-histoire-18-05-2021.html
Baladodiffusion – Arlette Farge, historienne : personne ne reste indemne d’une entrée dans les Archives
http://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/une-journee-particuliere/une-journee-particuliere-16-mai-2021
Memobase: portail du patrimoine audiovisuel suisse (nouvelle version)
http://memobase.ch/
Archives of Space: a Crowd-Sourced Mapping Project
http://akimbo.ca/listings/archives-of-space-a-crowd-sourced-mapping-project/
Nouvelles du monde / News from the world
Canada
Over 4,000 access-to-information complaints still backlogged
http://ipolitics.ca/2021/05/14/over-4000-access-to-information-complaints-still-backlogged/
No independent oversight of federal obligation to routinely publish info: officials
https://www.thestar.com/politics/2021/05/20/no-independent-oversight-of-federal-obligation-to-routinely-publish-info-officials.html
Information watchdog investigates handling of archival spy files amid chronic delays
http://www.newwestrecord.ca/the-mix/information-watchdog-investigates-handling-of-archival-spy-files-amid-chronic-delays-3789493
Library and Archives Canada – Donald Nelson Baird and the 1945–46 Parliamentary Flag Design Committee
https://thediscoverblog.com/2021/05/20/donald-nelson-baird-and-the-1945-46-parliamentary-flag-design-committee/
Library and Archives Canada Co-Lab Updates for May
http://www.anglocelticconnections.ca/2021/05/19/lac-co-lab-updates-for-may/
Canadian Historical Association – Statement on the proposed destruction of the National Archives of India
https://cha-shc.ca/advocacy/cha-statement-on-the-proposed-destruction-of-the-national-archives-of-india-2021-05-20.htm
Recovering and reimagining Canada’s museums: how museums are evolving beyond Covid
http://ipolitics.ca/2021/05/18/recovering-and-reimagining-canadas-museums-how-museums-are-evolving-beyond-covid/
Canadian museums asked to return First Nation ancestral remains and burial items
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-museums-association-repatriate-remains-burial-items-canada-1.6033591
Québec – La révision de la Loi sur les archives: entretien avec Carol Couture (1)
http://archivistesqc.wordpress.com/2021/05/17/loi_archives-2/
How Indigenous people are promoting and learning their languages
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/unreserved/how-indigenous-people-are-promoting-and-learning-their-languages-1.6024472
University of Toronto Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library – Robert S. Kenny Oral History Project Now Online
http://fisher.library.utoronto.ca/news/kenny-oral-history-project-now-online
University of British Columbia – Archiving Hurts: Hospital Adventures
http://blogs.ubc.ca/hardfeelings/2021/05/14/archiving-hurts-hospital-adventures/
Plans unveiled for $18M Indigenous culture centre at Algoma University
http://northernontario.ctvnews.ca/plans-unveiled-for-18m-indigenous-culture-centre-at-algoma-university-1.5436597
Concordia University – Researcher to collect oral history on Quebec abstractionist Jean Paul Riopelle
http://www.newsoptimist.ca/researcher-to-collect-oral-history-on-quebec-abstractionist-jean-paul-riopelle-1.24320079
University of Waterloo, Lakehead University, and Trent University – First member of ill-fated 1845 Franklin expedition is identified by DNA analysis
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-05/uow-fmo050521.php
Ottawa Public Library-Library and Archives Canada Joint Facility – Release of main tender for the construction and final design drawings
http://inspire555.ca/updates/release-of-main-tender-for-the-construction-and-final-design-drawings/
Centre du patrimoine de Saint-Boniface – Passionate about preserving history: archive acquisitions growing during the pandemic
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/our-communities/lance/Passionate-about-preserving-history-574419311.html
Toronto Public Library – Creased Receipts: Historical Receipts from Digital Archive Ontario
http://torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com/local-history-genealogy/2021/05/receipts-in-our-digital-archives.html
Red Deer history buff plumbs digital archives to share old memories, make new ones
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/red-deer-history-buff-plumbs-digital-archives-to-share-old-memories-make-new-ones-1.6026271
Saskatchewan – Cultural project preserves francophone history through local newspaper
http://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/leau-vive-launches-initiative-to-preserve-francophone-history
South Peace Regional Archives (Alberta) – Cooking with Betty: Expenses and (More) Pickles
http://southpeacearchives.org/2021/05/19/cooking-with-betty-expenses-and-more-pickles/
Oxford County Archives (Ontario) – Oxford Rifles and the Boer War
http://oxfordcounty.ca/Explore-Oxford/Libraries-museums-and-archives/Archives/Blog
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies (Banff) – Archival Highlights: Malcolm Geddes
http://www.whyte.org/post/archival-highlights-malcolm-geddes
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies – Harnessing the Power of Digitization
http://www.whyte.org/post/harnessing-the-power-of-digitization
Whistler Museum and Archives Society – Why Is that Named Horstman?
http://blog.whistlermuseum.org/2021/05/18/why-is-that-named-horstman/
Whistler Museum and Archives Society – Whistler’s Answers: May 20, 1982
https://blog.whistlermuseum.org/2021/05/20/whistlers-answers-may-20-1982/
The past and the present: Greater Vernon Museum and Archives (British Columbia) video looks at Vernon Then and Now
http://www.castanet.net/news/Vernon/334037/Greater-Vernon-Museum-and-Archives-video-looks-at-Vernon-Then-and-Now
Heritage Abbotsford (British Columbia) – The Punjabi Patrika
http://heritageabbotsford.ca/patrika
Galt Museum and Archives (Alberta) awarded for capturing the stories behind the collection
http://lethbridgeherald.com/news/lethbridge-news/2021/05/18/galt-museum-awarded-for-capturing-the-stories-behind-the-collection/
City of Brampton (Ontario) once again violates freedom of information legislation
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/city-brampton-once-again-violates-151527208.html
Okotoks Museum and Archives (Alberta) pays respects to Spanish flu, celebrates front-line workers
http://www.airdrietoday.com/beyond-local/okotoks-museum-pays-respects-to-spanish-flu-celebrates-front-line-workers-3784530
ACA 2021 Conference: an Interview with Annaëlle Winand
https://archivists.ca/Blog/10526181
Afrique / Africa
Archives nationales du Congo : les Congolais s’approprient les pans de leur histoire centenaire à travers une exposition
http://www.adiac-congo.com/content/archives-nationales-du-congo-les-congolais-sapproprient-les-pans-de-leur-histoire-centenaire
Maroc – Accès à l’information : l’Agence nationale de réglementation des télécommunications dresse son bilan préliminaire
http://leseco.ma/maroc/acces-a-linformation-lanrt-dresse-son-bilan-preliminaire.html
Amériques / Americas
Stolen manuscripts of Hernán Cortés put auction houses back on the pillory
http://aldianews.com/articles/culture/social/stolen-manuscripts-hernan-cortes-put-auction-houses-back-pillory/64662
Lesser-Known and Hidden Newsreels of NARA
http://unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov/2021/05/18/lesser-known-and-hidden-newsreels-of-nara/
NARA – Mark Twain Goes Overseas in the 1950s
https://text-message.blogs.archives.gov/2021/05/20/mark-twain-goes-overseas-in-the-1950s/
NARA – Tee it Up! Golf Courses in the National Register of Historic Places
http://text-message.blogs.archives.gov/2021/05/18/tee-it-up-golf-courses-in-the-national-register-of-historic-places/
Herencia, the Library of Congress Spanish-Language Crowdsourcing Project, Has Banner First Year
http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2021/05/herencia-the-librarys-spanish-language-crowdsourcing-project-has-banner-first-year/
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and 84 other groups urge Department of Homeland Security to withdraw records destruction plans
http://www.citizensforethics.org/legal-action/legal-complaints/crew-84-groups-dhs-nara-withdraw-records-destruction-plans/
Historical Society digitizes three decades of Minnesota’s longest-running Black-owned newspaper
http://www.twincities.com/2021/05/13/historical-society-digitizes-three-decades-of-minnesotas-longest-running-black-owned-newspaper/
Covid-19 memories to be showcased in new Wyoming archives and museum website
http://buckrail.com/a-new-wyoming-archives-and-museum-website-showcases-covid-19-memories/
University of Texas – Dylan Thomas Digital Collection Launched Online
http://news.utexas.edu/2021/05/14/dylan-thomas-digital-collection-launched-online/
University of California, Berkeley – A long journey: richly detailed, fully searchable Chinese treasures will be made available for free online
http://news.lib.berkeley.edu/chinese-treasures
Asian American Archive tells Vietnamese refugee stories at Rice University
http://abc13.com/society/asian-american-archive-tells-vietnamese-refugee-stories-at-rice-university/10645847/
Web Archiving Many Voices: Documenting Covid-19 and Marginalized Communities at Arizona State University
http://webarchivingrt.wordpress.com/2021/05/19/web-archiving-many-voices-documenting-covid-19-and-marginalized-communities-at-arizona-state-university/
Beyond the Archives: how Remote Projects Benefit Ohio University Libraries Collections and Staff
http://www.ohio.edu/library/about/news-events/all-news/beyond-archives-how-remote-projects-benefit-ohio-libraries-collections-and-staff
Dotson Donates Historical Company Archives to Minnesota State University
http://www.southernminnesotanews.com/dotson-donates-historical-company-archives-to-msu/
Brown University – With new special collections policy, John Hay Library aims to diversify the historical canon
http://www.brown.edu/news/2021-05-11/policy
Provenance: how an object’s origin can facilitate authentic, inclusive storytelling
https://www.miragenews.com/provenance-how-an-objects-origin-can-facilitate-563858/
The digital archives of Black life are transforming how we document our history
https://theundefeated.com/features/the-digital-archives-of-black-life-are-transforming-how-we-document-our-history/
At Reebok’s Archive, Erin Narloch Keeps Sneaker History Alive
http://www.complex.com/sneakers/reebok-archive-sneaker-history-erin-narloch
Detroit Historical Society is collecting stories from metro Detroiters for massive oral history archives
http://www.metrotimes.com/the-scene/archives/2021/05/14/detroit-historical-society-is-collecting-stories-from-metro-detroiters-for-massive-oral-history-archives
The Digital Museum of the History of Japanese in New York
http://newsdirect.com/news/the-digital-museum-of-the-history-of-japanese-in-new-york-406735654
Houston – Preserving history for those who should not be forgotten
http://news.yahoo.com/preserving-history-those-not-forgotten-094532692.html
Webster Groves (Missouri) Library Seeking Submissions for Covid-19 Archive
http://www.timesnewspapers.com/webster-kirkwoodtimes/webster-library-seeking-submissions-for-covid-19-archive/article_51d9bfd8-b3ff-11eb-9eef-875f5b7543df.html
Inventor of Post-it Note adhesive made something people didn’t know they needed, says wife
http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-friday-edition-1.6026987/inventor-of-post-it-note-adhesive-made-something-people-didn-t-know-they-needed-says-wife-1.6027098
Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
National Archives of Australia passes the hat in desperate bid to save Australia’s history
http://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/archive-passes-the-hat-in-desperate-bid-to-save-australia-s-history-20210516-p57sb3.html
National Archives of Australia fight to preserve the old, and the new
http://www.innovationaus.com/archives-fight-to-preserve-the-old-and-the-new/
Australian Museum gears up for most important show in its history
http://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/why-captain-cook-is-only-a-footnote-in-australian-history-20210507-p57pud.html
Digitised Australian Jewish News archives now available
https://ajn.timesofisrael.com/digitised-ajn-archives-now-available/
Archives New Zealand – Updates on the disposal moratorium
http://archives.govt.nz/manage-information/updates-for-information-managers/updates-on-the-disposal-moratorium
Promoting National Library of Indonesia’s Rare Collection During the Pandemic Era
http://www.ifla.org/node/93888
India – Proposed Demolition of National Archives Raises Concerns of Grave Risk to Heritage and History
http://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/9/20374/Proposed-Demolition-of-National-Archives-Raises-Concerns-of-Grave-Risk-to–Heritage-and-History
India – Government is responsible for records, no change proposed at National Archives building: Minister Prahlad Singh Patel
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/govt-is-responsible-for-records-no-change-proposed-at-national-archives-building-minister/article34603530.ece
The colonial hangover of official secrecy
http://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/news/the-colonial-hangover-official-secrecy-2094509
Europe / Europa
How a Forbidden Russian Epic Finally Got Published
http://daily.jstor.org/how-a-forbidden-russian-epic-finally-got-published/
Conserving slides and negatives at the Nederlands Fotomuseum
http://iconphmgblog.wordpress.com/2021/05/18/conserving-slides-and-negatives-at-the-nederlands-fotomuseum/
Netherland – Dozens come forward as Rotterdam City Archive searches for 1940 Nazi bombardment victims
http://nltimes.nl/2021/05/14/dozens-come-forward-rotterdam-city-archive-searches-1940-nazi-bombardment-victims
Freedom of Information: the Austrian proposal is very retro
http://netzpolitik.org/2021/freedom-of-information-the-austrian-proposal-is-very-retro/
The Belgian professor in search for Armenian manuscripts
http://mediamax.am/en/news/society/43180/
Suisse – Phonothèque nationale: nouvel outil en ligne
http://www.fonoteca.ch/wordpress/?p=5065
France – Réaction des associations à l’origine des recours devant le Conseil d’état à l’article 19 consacré aux archives dans le projet de loi relatif à la prévention d’actes de terrorisme et au renseignement
http://www.archivistes.org/Reaction-des-associations-a-l-origine-des-recours-devant-le-Conseil-d-Etat-a-l
France – Histoire : découverte d’un film tourné en 1941 dans le camp de Beaune-la-Rolande
http://www.francebleu.fr/infos/societe/histoire-decouverte-d-un-film-tourne-en-1941-dans-le-camp-de-beaune-la-rolande-1620747903
France – Guerre d’Algérie: un historien militaire poursuivi pour violation du secret-défense
http://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/140521/guerre-d-algerie-un-historien-militaire-poursuivi-pour-violation-du-secret-defense
France – Souviens-toi du confinement, ou comment préserver les traces d’une crise sanitaire exceptionnelle
http://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2021/05/16/souviens-toi-du-confinement-comment-archivistes-et-musees-tentent-de-preserver-la-memoire-de-la-crise-sanitaire_6080333_1650684.html
Ireland – No one to be denied access to birth data under new law
http://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0511/1221008-birth-certificates-adopted/
Church of Ireland Gazette Digital Archive Complete (1856-2010)
http://churchofirelandhist.org/church-of-ireland-gazette-digital-archive-complete-1856-2010/
Irish Women at Work Archive
http://dri.ie/irish-women-work-archive
UK – Cabinet Office blocks publication of Lord Mountbatten’s diaries
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/may/15/cabinet-office-blocks-publication-of-lord-mountbattens-diaries
National Data Strategy Forum launched to help UK become the world’s number one data destination
http://www.gov.uk/government/news/national-data-strategy-forum-launched-to-help-uk-become-the-worlds-number-one-data-destination
UK Parliamentary Archives – The Origin of the House of Lords’ Standing Orders
http://archives.blog.parliament.uk/2021/05/18/the-origin-of-the-house-of-lords-standing-orders/
UK Parliamentary Archives – Flaming Renee! How Renee Short MP Blazed a Trail
http://archives.blog.parliament.uk/2021/05/14/flaming-renee-how-renee-short-mp-blazed-a-trail/
UK National Archives – Connecting through Collections: Dementia activists meet the new generation
http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/connecting-through-collections-dementia-activists-meet-the-new-generation/
UK National Archives – High morals and low lifes: British cinema and the government after World War Two
http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/high-morals-and-low-lifes-british-cinema-and-the-government-after-world-war-two/
British Library – Reflections on a virtual placement with endagered archives program
http://blogs.bl.uk/endangeredarchives/2021/05/over-the-past-two-weeks-we-have-had-hosted-five-ucl-archives-and-records-management-ma-students-as-part-of-their-placement.html
British Library – Personal Reflections on the Indian Political Service: Part One: an Overview
https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2021/05/personal-reflections-on-the-indian-political-service-part-one-an-overview.html
British Library – Thomas Becket: manuscripts showing the making of a saint
https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2021/05/becket-exhibition.html
British Library – Digital resources on the 17th, 18th and 19th century Caribbean
http://blogs.bl.uk/americas/2021/05/digital-resources-on-the-17th-18th-and-19th-century-caribbean.html
British Library – Introducing Elizabeth Blackwell to Hans Sloane
http://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2021/05/introducing-elizabeth-blackwell-to-hans-sloane.html
BBC making 1,000-strong Shakespeare archive available to students
http://www.centralfifetimes.com/news/national-news/19307157.bbc-making-1-000-strong-shakespeare-archive-available-students/
Information and Records Management Society – ISO and Disposition: from our Professional Standards Director
http://irms.org.uk/news/565660/ISO-and-Disposition—from-our-Professional-Standards-Director….htm
The Passenger: Lost German novel makes UK bestseller list 83 years on
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-57141856
Moyen-Orient / Middle East
National Library of Israel – The Story of the Star of David
http://blog.nli.org.il/en/star-of-david/
National Library of Israel – In Photos: Jewish Africa
https://blog.nli.org.il/en/in-photos-jewish-africa/
Iran – 90 manuscripts donated to National Library last year
http://en.irna.ir/news/84332398/90-manuscripts-donated-to-National-Library-last-year
Introduction to Yazd Central Library, Iran
http://www.ifla.org/node/93886
International
The Council on Library and Information Resources Becomes Administrative Home for the International Internet Preservation Consortium
http://netpreserveblog.wordpress.com/2021/05/18/clir-becomes-administrative-home-for-the-iipc/
Lessons from cultural institutions and libraries that went open access in 2020-2021
http://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/05/18/an-overview-of-open-access-among-glams-in-2020-2021/
Archivists Want to Make Sci-Hub Un-Censorable
http://gizmodo.com/archivists-want-to-make-sci-hub-un-censorable-1846898276
Creative Commons – The Future of Museums Is Open
http://creativecommons.org/2021/05/18/the-future-of-museums-is-open/
Digital Preservation Futures: your questions answered
http://www.dpconline.org/blog/dpf2021-questions-answered
How to Use Tech to Capture your Family History
http://www.wired.com/story/how-to-use-tech-capture-family-history/
We Are Losing the Global War on Records Management… This is what you Can Do to Change that
https://nextgenrm.com/2021/05/20/we-are-losing-the-global-war-on-records-managementthis-is-what-you-can-do-to-change-that/
Using Archival Standards to Make Data Exportable
http://lucidea.com/blog/using-archival-standards-to-make-data-exportable/
Leadership and your Organization’s History
http://www.margotnote.com/blog/leadership-and-history
Flickr Commons Revitalization: May Update
http://blog.flickr.net/en/2021/05/18/flickr-commons-revitalization-may-update/
It’s a Crazy Issue: the Bizarre World of Scam Audiobooks
http://www.vice.com/en/article/dyvgaq/bot-gibberish-audio-books-scam
Clarivate to Acquire ProQuest
http://about.proquest.com/en/news/2021/clarivate-to-acquire-proquest/
Microsoft is (finally) killing off Internet Explorer entirely
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/05/internet-explorer-is-going-away-for-good-in-2022/
The Charlie bit my finger video is being auctioned as an NFT, then deleted forever
http://www.theverge.com/2021/5/17/22437088/charlie-bit-my-finger-video-nft-deletion-youtube-auction