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Documentary Heritage News
April 17, 2020May 2, 2021

Vol. 13, no. 33

Ressources / Resources

De l’État / From the State
Vision for National Library of Finland’s Services in 2025: Smart and Participatory Access to Cultural and Scientific Materials for Everyone
http://www.kansalliskirjasto.fi/en/news/smart-and-participatory-access-to-cultural-and-scientific-collections-finnas-new-vision

Digital Scholarship at the Library of Congress: User Demand, Current Practices, and Options for Expanded Services
http://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2020/04/digital-scholarship-working-group-report-published/

Council of State Archivists – When to Trust your Eyes: How to Catch an Altered Image
http://www.statearchivists.org/connect/blog/2020/04/new-infographic-when-trust-your-eyes1/

NARA – Senior Agency Official for Records Management 2019 Annual Report
Department of Education: http://www.archives.gov/files/records-mgmt/agency/education-saorm-2019.pdf
Corporation for National and Community Service: http://www.archives.gov/files/records-mgmt/agency/cncs-saorm-2019.pdf
National Science Foundation: http://www.archives.gov/files/records-mgmt/agency/nsf-saorm-2019.pdf
Tennessee Valley Authority: http://www.archives.gov/files/records-mgmt/agency/tva-saorm-2019.pdf

United States Congressional Research Service – Effects of Covid-19 on the Federal Research and Development Enterprise
http://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46309

De la communauté / From the community
Canadian Association of Research Libraries – Data Visualization Toolkit
http://www.carl-abrc.ca/news/carl-data-visualization-toolkit/

Religious Archives Group – On-line Archival Resources for Religious History of United Kingdom (Verson 5 in Light of Covid-19 Restrictions)
http://religiousarchivesgroup.org.uk/2020/04/14/online-archival-resources/

Flanders Architecture Institute – SketchUp in Digital Archives: Software and File Format Analysis and Exploration of the Options for Digital Preservation
https://www.vai.be/volumes/general/VAI_SKP_report_2-0.pdf

Moving Archival and Special Collections Instruction Online: Teaching with Primary Sources Community Crowdsource Document
http://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q0vtGVzP_E3iQPqoZal_B46jGI13uH1il9VTOJcm8OY/edit

Research Data Alliance – FAIR Data Maturity Model: Specification and Guidelines (for Comments)
http://www.rd-alliance.org/group/fair-data-maturity-model-wg/outcomes/fair-data-maturity-model-specification-and-guidelines

2020 Public Sector Records Readiness Report: a Survey of Australian Government Agencies’ Maturity and Challenges in the Digital Era
http://avepointcdn.azureedge.net/pdfs/au/ebooks/records-readiness-report.pdf

Article – Blockchain Implementation to Verify Archives Integrity on Cilegon E-Archive
http://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/7/2621/pdf

Article – Building NED: Open Access to Australia’s Digital Documentary Heritage
http://www.mdpi.com/2304-6775/8/2/19

Publications
Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, vol. 71, no. 5 (2020)
http://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/23301643/2020/71/5

Fontes Artis Musicae: the Journal of the International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres, vol. 67, no. 1 (2020)
http://muse.jhu.edu/issue/42174

Manuscript Studies: a Journal of the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, vol. 5, no. 1 (2020)
http://mss.pennpress.org/about/current-issue-abstracts/

Signatures: the Magazine of Library and Archives Canada (Spring/Summer 2020)
https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/about-us/publications/signatures/Pages/signatures-spring-summer-2020.aspx

Free eBook – Library as Safe Haven: Disaster Planning, Response, and Recovery
http://www.alastore.ala.org/sites/default/files/LibraryAsSafeHavenPDF.pdf

Livre maintenant en édition ouverte – Une histoire de la mémoire judiciaire : de l’antiquité à nos jours
https://books.openedition.org/enc/1556

Book – Awful Archives: Conspiracy Theory, Rhetoric, and Acts of Evidence
http://ohiostatepress.org/books/titles/9780814214350.html 

Book – Secrets from the Black Vault: the Army’s Plan for a Military Base on the Moon and Other Declassified Documents that Rewrote History
http://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538134078/ 

Book – Where Caciques and Mapmakers Met: Border Making in Eighteenth-Century South America
http://uncpress.org/book/9781469655048/where-caciques-and-mapmakers-met/ 

Book – Theoretical Information Studies: Information in the World
http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/11191 

Book – Reading Popol Wuj: a Decolonial Guide
http://uapress.arizona.edu/book/reading-popol-wuj 

Book – Data Science for Librarians
http://www.abc-clio.com/ABC-CLIOCorporate/product.aspx?pc=A6093P 

Book – Handbook of Big Data Privacy
http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783030385569 

Book – The Right to Be Forgotten: a Comparative Study of the Emergent Right’s Evolution and Application in Europe, the Americas, and Asia
http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783030335113

Book – A Short History of Writing Instruction: from Ancient Greece to the Modern United States (Fourth Edition)
http://www.routledge.com/product/isbn/9780367349806   

Book – Coding Democracy: how Hackers Are Disrupting Power, Surveillance, and Authoritarianism
http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/coding-democracy 

Livre – Abrégée d’archivistique (4e édition refondue et augmentée)
https://www.archivistes.org/A-paraitre-en-juin-l-Abrege-d-archivistique-4e-edition-refondue-et-augmentee

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
Canadian Association of Research Libraries – Webinars and Community Calls
April 20 – May 5, 2020
http://www.carl-abrc.ca/webinars-and-community-calls/

Free E-Course: Introduction to Archives
http://www.margotnote.com/blog/2020/04/13/introduction-to-archives

Society of Mississippi Archivists 2020 Annual Meeting
April 17, 2020
http://msstate.webex.com/webappng/sites/msstate/meeting/download/50dda2d79f6f4946a45124f4282496b4?siteurl=msstate&MTID=m52b089ddfbc50225c076cbca230b1ffd

Zoom Event – Exploring Digital Humanities Lecture: Social History in the Digital Age
April 20, 2020
http://calendar.colorado.edu/event/virtual_zoom_event-_exploring_digital_humanities_lecture_social_history_in_the_digital_age_-_dr_heather_froehlich_penn_state_university

Black, Indigenous and People of Color in Library and Information Sciences Summit Redux
April 21, 2020
http://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwucu6gqj8uPlOCjMofV1lIETF5NLEVFw

Webinar – Digital Public Library of America Intro to Wikimedia: Increased Discoverability and Use
April 21, 2020
http://dpla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mAIfVm3xS_ykVRTO09ndwg?mc_cid=d2962ada86&mc_eid=e3b7554888

Webinar – Constructing the Archive: Managing Art Practices
April 21, 2020
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/constructing-the-archive-managing-art-practices-tickets-102532738180

Webinar Series – Library of Congress: Topics in Preservation 
April 27 – May 1, 2020
http://www.eventbrite.com/o/library-of-congress-preservation-directorate-15978165672

Open Preservation Foundation – Spring Hackathon 2020
April 27 – May 11, 2020
http://openpreservation.org/events/spring-hackathon-2020/

UK National Archives Webinar – Manage your Collections in Discovery
April 28, 2020
http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/manage-your-collections-in-discovery-webinar-tickets-102778122130

Digital Public Library of America – SimplyE Introductory Webinar
April 29, 2020
http://dpla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VnVx-C3vRe-K91h8BiTemA?mc_cid=0c312f434a&mc_eid=e3b7554888
Webinar – Recent eDiscovery Case Law, Viewed from the Bench
April 29, 2020
https://thesedonaconference.org/Webinar_WG1_eDiscovery_Case_Law

Webinar – Advocacy Insights from EveryLibrary
April 30, 2020
http://tinyurl.com/vk3weqx

Information Awareness Month 2020 Launch Webinar (with David Fricker)
May 1, 2020
https://informationawarenessmonth.org/iam-2020-launch-panelists/

Webinar – Fire Protection Strategies for Collections & Museums
May 6, 2020
http://www.connectingtocollections.org/fire-protection-strategies/

Online Course – Introduction to Web Archiving
June 15 – July 26, 2020
http://ischool.wisc.edu/continuing-education/web-archiving

Sur le web / On the web
University of Toronto Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library – New Blog
http://fisher.library.utoronto.ca/revolving-door-blog

Toronto Public Library – 58 Lesson Plans from Archives and Museums for Ontario Educators
https://torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com/local-history-genealogy/2020/04/58-lesson-plans-from-archives-and-museums-for-ontario-educators.html

Historical Reminiscents Podcast – Pandemic Reading
http://kristamccracken.ca/?p=2695

Learning from Past Pandemics: Resources on the 1918-1919 Influenza Epidemic in Canada
http://activehistory.ca/2020/04/learning-from-a-past-pandemic-resources-on-the-1918-1919-influenza-epidemic-in-canada/

International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives – Survey about Knowledge Sharing within AV Archives
https://www.iasa-web.org/blog/survey-about-knowledge-sharing-within-av-archives

IFLA – Covid-19 and the Global Library Field
http://www.ifla.org/covid-19-and-libraries

International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property – Heritage in Times of Covid
http://www.iccrom.org/heritage-times-covid

Heritage Emergency National Task Force – Covid-19 Resource Hub
http://culturalrescue.si.edu/hentf/major-disasters/current-disasters/

Pandora: Australia’s Web Archives – Business and Industry Statements, Services and Economic Assessments (Covid-19)
http://pandora.nla.gov.au/col/17818

Belgique – Archives de quarantaine
http://archivesquarantainearchief.be/fr/

Vidéo du Service interministériel des archives de France – Plan de sauvegarde des biens culturels
Partie 1 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh8d40WGXoo
Partie 2 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ei6tOCKE3Q

Video – OCLC Virtual Town Hall: Libraries and the Covid-19 Crisis
http://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/town-hall-covid.html

Video – Cataloging Citizens’ Observatories Data and Results
http://youtu.be/kKK3I3QwxuE

Video – Designing an Inclusive Digital Exhibition Experience
https://youtu.be/gfaLU_pgFbA

Video – Collaboration and Community: Creating the Atla Digital Library for Collecting and Connecting in Religion and Theology
https://youtu.be/peWCKokduh0

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada
Ontario Parish Registers: Libary and Archives Canada and Héritage
https://documentary-heritage-news.com/2020/04/ontario-parish-registers-lac-heritage.html

New Brunswick Parish Registers: Libary and Archives Canada and Héritage
https://documentary-heritage-news.com/2020/04/new-brunswick-parish-registers-lac-and-heritage.html

Nova Scotia Parish Registers: Libary and Archives Canada and Héritage
https://documentary-heritage-news.com/2020/04/nova-scotia-parish-registers-lac-and-heritage.html

Old School Research with a Modern Twist
https://documentary-heritage-news.com/2020/04/old-school-research-with-modern-twist.html

Paper-based system is not going to exist anymore, Chief Justice Morawetz (Ontario) says of post-Covid-19 court
http://www.thelawyersdaily.ca/articles/18576/-paper-based-system-is-not-going-to-exist-anymore-chief-justice-morawetz-says-of-post-covid-19-court-

Ontario Historical Society Launches Ontario History Journal Digital Archive
http://ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/ohs-launches-ontario-history-journal-digital-archive/

Les Archives nationales du Québec et la transformation numérique des informations judiciaires
http://blogues.banq.qc.ca/interactions/2020/04/15/les-archives-nationales-du-quebec-et-la-transformation-numerique-des-informations-judiciaires/

BAnQ – Vitrine sur la vie d’Éléonore Gendreau : jeune femme, épouse et mère de famille
http://blogues.banq.qc.ca/instantanes/2020/04/15/vitrine-sur-la-vie-deleonore-gendreau-jeune-femme-epouse-et-mere-de-famille/

University of Alberta – Working with primary materials from home (Digital Peel)
https://documentary-heritage-news.com/2020/04/working-with-primary-materials-from.html

York University – Crowdsourcing the transcription of digitized archival records
http://deantiquate.blog.yorku.ca/2020/04/14/crowdsourcing-the-transcription-of-digitized-archival-records/

University of British Columbia – My Experiences as a Archival Processing Student Assistant
http://archives.library.ubc.ca/2020/04/15/my-experiences-as-a-archival-processing-student-assistant/

University of British Columbia Digitizers’ Blog – A Thank you to Healthcare Workers
http://digitize.library.ubc.ca/carousel/a-thank-you-to-healthcare-workers/

University of British Columbia and University of Victoria – BC COVID19 Soundwaves: an Open Collection of Sounds from BC During the Covid19 Pandemic
https://bccovid19soundwaves.wordpress.com/

Dalhousie University – Sharing our Library Collections with the World
https://www.dal.ca/news/2020/04/16/sharing-our-library-collections-with-the-world.html

University of Prince Edward Island – More newspapers now available at IslandNewspapers.ca
https://www.upei.ca/communications/news/2020/03/more-newspapers-now-available-islandnewspapersca

McMaster University – Library computing power being harnessed in the fight against Covid-19
http://library.mcmaster.ca/news/library-computing-power-being-harnessed-fight-against-covid-19

Concordia Library lends its 3D-printing technology and expertise to Montreal’s first responders
http://www.concordia.ca/news/stories/2020/04/15/concordia-library-lends-its-3d-printing-technology-and-expertise-to-montreals-first-responders.html

Ontario Jewish Archives – Covid-19 Documentation Project
http://ontariojewisharchives.org/Programs/COVID-19-Documentation-Project

Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia – Covid-19 Community Collection
https://jewishmuseum.ca/jmabc-covid-19-community-collection/

Vancouver museums and galleries build new virtual spaces
http://www.straight.com/arts/vancouver-museums-and-galleries-build-new-virtual-spaces

Historical exhibit features the photos of one of North Vancouver’s chroniclers
https://www.nsnews.com/community/historical-exhibit-features-the-photos-of-one-of-north-van-s-chroniclers-1.24112885

Museums, Libraries and Archives in Proximity to Hamilton, Ontario
http://ogs.on.ca/museums-libraries-and-archives-in-proximity-to-hamilton-ontario/

Whistler Museum and Archives Society – Grace Woollard at Alta Lake
http://blog.whistlermuseum.org/2020/04/14/grace-woollard-at-alta-lake/

Heritage Abbotsford (British Columbia) Journal Project during Covid-19
http://heritageabbotsford.ca/community-journal-project/

Trail (British Columbia) archives asks you to start journaling: how is the pandemic affecting you?
http://www.trailtimes.ca/news/trail-archives-asks-you-to-start-journaling/

Fort Erie (Ontario) library calls on community to preserve Covid-19 history
http://www.niagarathisweek.com/news-story/9937838-fort-erie-library-calls-on-community-to-preserve-covid-19-history/

Arnprior and McNab/Braeside Archives – Daniel McLachlin’s Legacy: Exploring the Lumber Era of the Ottawa Valley
https://documentary-heritage-news.com/2020/04/daniel-mclachlins-legacy-exploring.html

Region of Waterloo museums want your help documenting Covid-19 history
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/region-of-waterloo-library-museums-archives-1.5528279

Centre d’archives régional des Îles-de-la-Madeleine – C’est quoi des archives? Parlons de spicilèges…
http://www.centredarchivesdesiles.org/2020/04/cest-quoi-des-archives-parlons-de.html

Deep listening and remote interviews with military families
http://activehistory.ca/2020/04/deep-listening-and-remote-interviews-with-military-families/

Métis dancers keep connected by putting a spin on a social media trend
http://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/metis-jigging-trend-tiktok-1.5528547

Reading Canadian History in Isolation
http://activehistory.ca/2020/04/reading-canadian-history-in-isolation/
Grippe espagnole – Du courrier pour Justine
http://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202004/11/01-5268965-du-courrier-pour-justine.php

Covid-19: an Archivist at Home (Part Two)
http://www.thingsimfondsof.com/covid-19-archivist-home-part-two/

Afrique / Africa
South Africa – The politics of guilt and the violence of the archive
http://mg.co.za/article/2020-04-14-the-politics-of-guilt-and-the-violence-of-the-archive/

Amériques / Americas
NARA – A Temple to American History
http://aotus.blogs.archives.gov/2020/04/13/a-temple-to-american-history/

NARA – The Percentage of Permanent Records in the National Archives: a 1985 Article Revisited
http://text-message.blogs.archives.gov/2020/04/14/the-percentage-of-permanent-records-in-the-national-archives-a-1985-article-revisited/

NARA – Spotlight: Saving Time with “A Step Saving Kitchen”
https://unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov/2020/04/16/spotlight-saving-time-with-a-step-saving-kitchen/

NARA – Mobile Libraries: Culture on the Go
http://unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov/2020/04/14/mobile-libraries-culture-on-the-go/

NARA – The Secrets of the Office of Strategic Services Personnel Records: Spotlight on Virginia Hall
https://text-message.blogs.archives.gov/2020/04/16/the-secrets-of-the-office-of-strategic-services-personnel-records/

Sailing ships, voter suppression, family farms: living history at the Seattle National Archives
http://www.dailyuw.com/news/article_2bfec004-7d3e-11ea-bf9c-3f7ad8749294.html

Peines et misères des archives nationales de Seattle
http://archivistesqc.wordpress.com/2020/04/13/seattle-2/

National Archives Report Someone Tried to Scrawl “Total Authority” with Sharpie on U.S. Constitution
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/national-archives-report-someone-tried-to-scrawl-total-authority-with-sharpie-on-us-constitution

Library of Congress – Parents! Dav Pilkey Shows the Kids (and you) how to Draw Flippy! Plus Music!
http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2020/04/parents-dav-pilkey-shows-the-kids-and-you-how-to-draw-flippy-plus-music/

Library of Congress – Cartography of Contagion in the 19th Century
http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2020/04/cartography-of-contagion-in-the-19th-century/

Library of Congress – The Breakdown: what Songwriters Need to Know about the Music Modernization Act and Royalty Payments
http://blogs.loc.gov/copyright/2020/04/the-breakdown-what-songwriters-need-to-know-about-the-music-modernization-act-and-royalty-payments/

The Washington Post and Library of Congress Spotlight Poets Laureate in New Weekly Video Series During National Poetry Month
http://www.loc.gov/item/prn-20-029/

The History Channel at the Library of Congress of Congress
http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2020/04/the-history-channel-at-the-library/

Library of Congress – By the People: Meet the Blackwells
https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2020/04/by-the-people-meet-the-blackwells/

Gina Jones and 20 Years of Web Archiving at the Library of Congress
http://blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2020/04/gina-jones-web-archiving/

Library of Congress – Archivists struggle to keep up with wild Web
http://www.dispatch.com/entertainmentlife/20200414/archivists-struggle-to-keep-up-with-wild-web

National Library of Medicine – The New World Ahead
http://nlmdirector.nlm.nih.gov/2020/04/14/the-new-world-ahead/

Suspend the Freedom of Information Act? Even during a pandemic, that’s a horrible idea
http://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/9/21214891/suspend-illinois-freedom-information-act-wrong-move-coronavirus-pandemic

Race against time: saving the largest archive of Chinese American history from fire
http://www.cnn.com/style/article/chinatown-moca-nyc-fire-museum-of-chinese-in-america/index.html

Open Letter to Society of American Archivists Council on Job postings Decision
http://docs.google.com/document/d/1uzNfkJCBaJBROq4eJfKfM9JBtUFR_CxbP8XnXDS–8Y/edit

Texas State Library and Archives Commission – Covid-19 Records and How Long to Keep them
http://www.tsl.texas.gov/slrm/blog/2020/04/covid-19-records-and-how-long-to-keep-them/

Vermont Historical Society documents pandemic through eyes and ears of Vermonters
http://www.vermontbiz.com/news/2020/april/14/vermont-historical-society-documents-pandemic-through-eyes-and-ears-vermonters

Michigan launches history collecting initiative to capture Covid-19 experiences for future generations
http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/content/news/Michigan-launches-history-collecting-initiative-to-capture-COVID-19-experiences-for-future-generations-569544941.html

Harvard University – Explore Widener Library in all its glory, from your desk or phone
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/04/360-degree-virtual-tour-simulates-walk-through-widener-library/

Harvard University – Photography and Corporate Public Relations: the Case of U.S. Steel, 1930-1960” at the Baker Library Special Collections
http://slis.simmons.edu/blogs/lis476/2020/04/09/photography-and-corporate-public-relations-the-case-of-u-s-steel-1930-1960-at-the-baker-library-special-collections/

Mexican American religious life will be preserved in University of California at Los Angeles archive collection
http://www.ncronline.org/news/people/mexican-american-religious-life-will-be-preserved-ucla-archive-collection

An Open Knowledge Rapid Response to Covid-19: an interview with Micah Vandegrift at the North Carolina State University Libraries
http://www.clir.org/2020/04/an-open-knowledge-rapid-response-to-covid-19-an-interview-with-micah-vandegrift-at-the-nc-state-university-libraries/

University of Minnesota Duluth – Preserving the Story of an Unprecedented Time
http://news.d.umn.edu/news-and-events/news/covid-19-archives-project

University of Wisconsin Oshkosh archivist: Preserve records when life moves from historical to historic
http://uwosh.edu/today/84037/uwo-archivist-preserve-records-when-life-moves-from-historical-to-historic/

East Tennessee State University – Archives of Appalachia to document Covid-19 effects
http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/Education/2020/04/10/Archives-of-Appalachia-to-document-COVID-19-effects

Archiving Covid-19: a Georgetown University Student Exhibition Archiving the Present
https://www.archivingcovid19.com/

University of Utah Creates Digital Archive for Coronavirus History
http://ksltv.com/435322/u-of-u-creates-digital-archive-for-coronavirus-history/

Documenting history as it happens: Brown University archivists collect Covid-19 stories, experiences from community
http://www.browndailyherald.com/2020/04/13/documenting-history-happens-brown-archivists-collect-covid-19-stories-experiences-community/

With an Instinct for Preserving History, Bowdoin College Archivists Seek Stories of COVID-19
https://www.bowdoin.edu/news/2020/04/bowdoin-archives-collects-stories-of-covid-19.html

University of Virginia – Mellon Foundation Grant to Fund Completion and Expansion of the Social Networks and Archival Context Cooperative
http://news.library.virginia.edu/2020/04/13/mellon-foundation-grant-to-fund-completion-and-expansion-of-the-social-networks-and-archival-context-cooperative/

Florida State University Special Collections and Archives – The History of the Ku Klux Klan in Miami
http://fsuspecialcollections.wordpress.com/2020/04/15/the-history-of-the-ku-klux-klan-in-miami/

University of Nevada-Las Vegas preserving Howard Hughes’ Hollywood archives
http://www.reviewjournal.com/entertainment/movies/unlv-preserving-howard-hughes-hollywood-archives-2002890/

Finlandia University – Finnish Farmers Milling Company ledger book donated to Finnish American Heritage Center Archives
http://www.mininggazette.com/news/local-news/2020/04/finnish-farmers-milling-company-ledger-book-donated-to-finnish-american-heritage-center-archives/

Seton Hall University – The Mystery of the Missing Lock at Monsignor William Noé Field Archives and Special Collections Center  
http://www.shu.edu/news/the-mystery-of-the-missing-lock.cfm

What Historians will See when they look back at the Covid-19 Pandemic
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/us/coronavirus-pandemic-historians-archive.html

An oral history of the coronavirus pandemic
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/national/coronavirus-oral-history/

Electronic Frontier Foundation – Sharing our Common Culture in Uncommon Times
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/04/sharing-our-common-culture-uncommon-times

All your Books Are Belong to us
http://www.jurist.org/commentary/2020/04/brian-frye-emergency-library/

The Met’s Online Archive of America’s Favorite Pastime
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/20/the-mets-online-archive-of-americas-favorite-pastime

How Much Is an Unkosher Torah Worth?
http://www.typeinvestigations.org/investigation/2020/04/13/how-much-is-an-unkosher-torah-worth/

Calculating electronic records storage costs
http://saarmrt.wordpress.com/2020/04/14/calculating-electronic-records-storage-costs/

How the San Diego Air & Space Museum is coping with Covid-19 pandemic
http://www.kusi.com/how-the-air-space-museum-is-coping-with-covid-19-pandemic/

Love Letter: Letterform Archive Goes Digital
http://www.finebooksmagazine.com/blog/love-letter-letterform-archive-goes-digital

It Broke: Dispatch from a Homeschooling Conservator
http://www.artic.edu/articles/815/it-broke-dispatch-from-a-homeschooling-conservator

Crowdsourcing in the Age of Covid
http://herownright.pacscl.org/2020/04/07/crowdsourcing-in-the-age-of-covid/
Dance Magazine – What Archivists Want you to Know about Preserving your Records
http://www.dancemagazine.com/dance-archives-2645671107.html

Serendipity Brings Letterform Archive Online Just when it’s Needed Most
http://www.artfixdaily.com/artwire/release/6202-serendipity-brings-letterform-archive-online-just-when-its-needed

Denver Public Library – How do Archivists Work from Home?
http://history.denverlibrary.org/news/how-do-archivists-work-home

Society of American Archivists – Dispatches from a Distance: Flexing Priorities
http://saaers.wordpress.com/2020/04/15/dispatches-from-a-distance-flexing-priorities/

Society of American Archivists – Steering Shares: Advice your Current Professional Self would Tell to your Young Professional Self Regarding a Particular Issue
https://issuesandadvocacy.wordpress.com/2020/04/16/steering-shares-advice-your-current-professional-self-would-tell-to-your-young-professional-self-regarding-a-particular-issue/

Archival Identity and Popular Culture: an Interview with Samantha Cross, Creator of the Pop Archives Blog
http://archivesaware.archivists.org/2020/04/14/archival-identity-and-popular-culture-an-interview-with-samantha-cross-creator-of-the-pop-archives-blog/

Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
Australia – We are witnessing a critical time in history. You should keep a diary
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/14/we-are-witnessing-a-critical-time-in-history-you-should-keep-a-diary

Public Record Office Victoria (Australia) – Changes to the Vers Certification Program
http://prov.vic.gov.au/about-us/our-blog/changes-vers-certification-program

Island Culture Archival Support – Shelter in Place Reading
http://islandculturearchivalsupport.wordpress.com/2020/04/12/shelter-in-place-reading/

South Korea – Prosecutors Raid Presidential Archives in Sewol Interference Probe
http://world.kbs.co.kr/service/news_view.htm?lang=e&Seq_Code=152683

South Korea approves 680 mln won for digital archiving of inter-Korean excavation project
http://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20200330002400325

Chinese museum collects anti-epidemic objects from overseas Chinese
http://www.china.org.cn/china/2020-04/12/content_75922037.htm

Europe / Europa
European Association of Research Libraries – Europe must Take Urgent Copyright Law Action to Support Distance Learning & Research During the Coronavirus Pandemic
http://libereurope.eu/blog/2020/04/14/copyright-coronavirus-statement/

Historical Archives of the European Union – A new file plan for the archives of the European Commission
http://www.eui.eu/Research/HistoricalArchivesOfEU/News/2020/04-14-A-new-file-plan-for-the-archives-of-the-European-Commission

Europeana – What does it stand for? Understanding corporate abbreviations in Europe
http://blog.europeana.eu/2020/04/what-does-it-stand-for-understanding-corporate-abbreviations-in-europe/

Russian Historical Society Declassifies New Archival Materials on Nazi Crimes in Europe
http://sputniknews.com/world/202004111078921464-russian-historical-society-declassifies-new-archival-materials-on-nazi-crimes-in-europe/

Forgotten document found hidden in Minsk archive could reveal secrets of “Belarusian List”: an NKVD death list of nearly 4,000 murdered Poles
https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/forgotten-document-found-hidden-in-minsk-archive-could-reveal-secrets-of-belarusian-list–an-nkvd-death-list-of-nearly-4000-murdered-poles-11997

Libraries, archives and museums working together on copyright: the Dutch example
http://pro.europeana.eu/post/libraries-archives-and-museums-working-together-on-copyright-the-dutch-example

Netherlands – The Lost Diaries of War
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/15/arts/dutch-war-diaries.html

Germany – The University of Hamburg launches corona archive
http://www.themayor.eu/en/the-university-of-hamburg-launches-corona-archive

Italy – Use of digital collections in libraries in the pandemic: some figures from Media Library Online
http://against-the-grain.com/2020/04/the-rumors-blog-use-of-digital-collections-in-libraries-in-the-pandemic-some-figures-from-mlol/

University of Luxembourg – Covid-19 memories
http://covidmemory.lu/
The Ambitious Plan to Digitize 100,000 Historic Texts in Belgium
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/antwerp-archives-online

Université catholique de Louvain (Belgique) – Collecter les (futures) archives du confinement
http://uclouvain.be/fr/decouvrir/archives/actualites/collecter-les-futures-archives-du-confinement.html

Coronavirus : en France, l’administration a été forcée à une numérisation accélérée pour gérer l’épidémie
https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2020/04/15/covid-19-le-sursaut-des-administrations-pour-fournir-des-donnees-chiffees_6036687_4355770.html

France – Offrir un accès en ligne à des archives sensibles : le cas des fonds des réfugiés nansen à l’Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides
http://alma.hypotheses.org/3168

Malta – Personal diaries of life during the pandemic to be kept by the National Archives
http://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/personal-diaries-of-life-during-the-pandemic.784337

Isle of Man – Coronavirus: online newspaper archive made free during outbreak
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-52231798

National Library of Ireland – Web archiving the Irish experience of Covid-19
http://www.nli.ie/en/list/latest-news.aspx?article=b45de186-4b40-4024-b3e0-520e93cefcde

Cork Folklore Project (Ireland) – A project to archive people’s experiences of Covid19 era seeks submissions
http://www.thecork.ie/2020/04/13/be-part-of-history-a-project-to-archive-peoples-experiences-of-covid19-era-seeks-submissions/
Scottish Council on Archives – Preservation and Covid-19: FAQs
http://www.scottisharchives.org.uk/latest/preservation-and-covid-19-faqs/

National Trust for Scotland – Rare Gaelic songs can now be heard online to mark the 274th anniversary of the Battle of Culloden
http://inews.co.uk/culture/arts/battle-of-culloden-bonnie-prince-charlie-rare-gaelic-songs-2539841

University of Glasgow – Environmentally sustainable digital preservation
http://universityofglasgowdigitalpreservation.wordpress.com/2020/04/15/environmentally-sustainable-digital-preservation/

UK National Archives – Don’t get trampled in the online rush: advice for making archive collections accessible during the shutdown
http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/dont-get-trampled-in-the-online-rush/

How might we use Design Thinking at the UK National Archives?
https://medium.com/the-national-archives-digital/how-might-we-use-design-thinking-at-the-national-archives-da70cecdb326

UK National Archives – Exploring our family history resources
https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/exploring-our-family-history-resources/

UK National Archives – “Last term my rolls were painted very ill”: an early modern poem hidden among the records of the King’s Bench
http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/last-term-my-rolls-were-painted-very-ill-an-early-modern-poem-hidden-among-the-records-of-the-kings-bench/

UK National Archives – Ruling the waves without waving the rules: waging war on trade
http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ruling-the-waves-without-waving-the-rules-waging-war-on-trade/

British Library – In the Temporary Absence of Libraries
http://blogs.bl.uk/americas/2020/04/in-the-temporary-absence-of-libraries.html

British Library – Coronavirus brings science and engineering under the media spotlight
http://blogs.bl.uk/living-knowledge/2020/04/coronavirus-brings-science-and-engineering-under-the-media-spotlight.html

British Library – Research, anywhere, anytime
http://blogs.bl.uk/living-knowledge/2020/04/research-anywhere-anytime.html

British Library – Digitised music collections online
https://blogs.bl.uk/music/2020/04/digitised-music-collections-online.html

British Library – Adding Poetry Websites to the UK Web Archive
http://blogs.bl.uk/webarchive/2020/04/addingpoetrywebsitesotheukwebarchive.html

British Library – Collecting Literature on the Web: a Q&A
http://blogs.bl.uk/english-and-drama/2020/04/collecting-literature-on-the-web-a-qa.html

British Library – Medieval rabbits: the good, the bad and the bizarre
http://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2020/04/medieval-rabbits-the-good-the-bad-and-the-bizarre.html

British Library – Labs Artistic Award Winner 2019: the Memory Archivist: Lynda Clark
http://blogs.bl.uk/digital-scholarship/2020/04/bl-labs-artistic-award-winner-2019-lynda-clark.html

Social Distancing Medieval Style: a Petition of the Commons in the Parliament of 1439
http://thehistoryofparliament.wordpress.com/2020/04/14/social-distancing-medieval-style-a-petition-from-the-commons-in-the-parliament-of-1439/

Oxford professor arrested on suspicion of ancient papyrus theft
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/apr/16/oxford-professor-arrested-ancient-papyrus-bible-theft-dirk-obbink

Coronavirus: Museums will not survive virus lockdown
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-52215097

Why did it take the coronavirus pandemic to open football’s glorious archives?
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/why-did-it-take-the-coronavirus-pandemic-to-open-footballs-glorious-archives-7zv8jwnn8

The Beatles’ handwritten Hey Jude lyrics sell for $910,000 at auction
http://ottawacitizen.com/pmn/entertainment-pmn/the-beatles-handwritten-hey-jude-lyrics-sell-for-910000-at-auction-2/wcm/43d0d787-de38-4781-bf8c-5375aadbb811/

Moyen-Orient / Middle East
National Library of Israel – The Roots of the Passover Blood Libel
https://blog.nli.org.il/en/passover-blood-libel/

Egypt’s Bibliotheca Alexandrina to provide live tours online
http://egyptindependent.com/egypts-bibliotheca-alexandrina-to-provide-live-tours-online/

International
International Conference of Information Commissioners – Access to Information in the Context of a Global Pandemic Statement
http://www.informationcommissioners.org/covid-19

Arolsen Archives: International Center on Nazi Persecution – 26 million documents about victims of Nazi persecution online
https://arolsen-archives.org/en/news/26-millionen-dokumente-ueber-ns-verfolgte-online/

A living archive that is growing all the time: the Arolsen Archives Online
https://www.jwire.com.au/a-living-archive-that-is-growing-all-the-time-the-arolsen-archives-online/

International Committee of the Red Cross Library and Archives – Hugo Pratt and ICRC in Ethiopia
https://blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/hugo-pratt-and-icrc-in-ethiopia/

Sound and audiovisual researchers and archivists launch a Spanish language open access training initiative
http://www.iasa-web.org/blog/sound-and-audiovisual-researchers-and-archivists-launch-spanish-language-open-access-training

Oral History Association – Letter from the President
http://www.oralhistory.org/2020/04/13/letter-from-the-president/

Archive-It – Announcing the Covid-19 Web Archiving Special Campaign
http://archive-it.org/blog/post/covid-campaign/

How do you preserve records from within an Electronic document and records management system?
http://www.dpconline.org/blog/how-do-you-preserve-records-from-within-an-edrms

Digital Preservation Coalition – The Greatest Hits: Vol. 2, Storage
http://www.dpconline.org/blog/greatest-hits-vol-2-storage

Convert me if you can: preservation Planning with malicious PDFs
http://openpreservation.org/blogs/convert-me-if-you-can-preservation-planning-with-malicious-pdfs/

The Difficult Preservation of Digital Art
http://www.abadpassword.com/2020/04/13/the-difficult-preservation-of-digital-art/

Open Covid Pledge: Removing Obstacles to Sharing Intellectual Property in the Fight Against Covid-19
http://creativecommons.org/2020/04/07/open-covid-pledge-removing-obstacles-to-sharing-ip-in-the-fight-against-covid-19/

The key advantages of digital archiving
http://www.mirrorweb.com/blog/the-advantages-of-digital-archiving

Archival Program Management
http://lucidea.com/blog/archival-program-management/

OCLC – Knowledge Management and Metadata
http://hangingtogether.org/?p=7845

Free Public Data File of 112+ Million Crossref Records
http://www.crossref.org/blog/free-public-data-file-of-112-million-crossref-records/

The Covid-19 Impact on Museum Consulting
http://leadershipmatters1213.wordpress.com/2020/04/06/the-covid-19-impact-on-museum-consulting/

What the humanities do in a crisis
http://medium.com/@halperta/what-the-humanities-do-in-a-crisis-a7ae63263b0e

Librarians Create Conditions for Researchers to Tackle Grand Challenges with Data Science
http://www.arl.org/librarians-create-conditions-for-researchers-to-tackle-grand-challenges-with-data-science/

Metadata Literacy: what Every Librarian Needs to Know About the Changing Landscape
http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/dec19/Adamich–Metadata-Literacy-What-Every-Librarian-Needs-to-Know.shtml

Improving open access and discovery during the pandemic
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/clever-tricks-to-find-open-access-content-during-the-pandemic-09-apr-2020

Coronavirus Tests Science’s Need for Speed Limits
http://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/science/coronavirus-disinformation.html

Reel librarians and archivists in 16 sci-fi films
http://reel-librarians.com/2020/03/11/reel-librarians-and-archivists-in-16-sci-fi-films/

Digital hoarders: our terabytes are put to use for the betterment of mankind
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/04/digital-hoarders-our-terabytes-are-put-to-use-for-the-betterment-of-mankind/

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