Vol. 5, no. 30

Ressources / Resources

De l'État / From the State

National Library of Australia - Trove: the terrors and triumphs of service-based social media

http://www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/index.php/nlasp/article/view/2319/2757

Public Record Office Victoria - Recordkeeping Implications of Social Media

http://prov.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/PROV-Social-Media-Policy-Issues-Paper-2012.pdf

De la communauté / From the community

JISC - Future Proofing: enabling practical preservation of born-digital records

http://11kitbid.jiscinvolve.org/wp/files/2012/03/ULCC_FutureProofing_final_report_2012_V2.pdf

La gouvernance documentaire dans les organisations françaises

http://www.serdalab.com/article/2012/3/23/gouvernance-documentaire-lenjeu-majeur-et-dominant/

Law Society of Scotland - Cloud Computing: Advice for the profession

http://bit.ly/xZHnIH

Publications

Journal of the Society of Archivists, vol. 33, no. 1, 2012 (Special Issue: Community engagement and the Olympic and Paralympic Games)

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjsa20/33/1

Records Management Journal, vol. 22, no. 1 (2012)

http://bit.ly/GRaOoz

The Reference Librarian, vol. 53, no. 2 (2012)

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wref20/53/2

JISC Inform, no. 33 (Spring 2012)

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/inform/inform33/contents.html

British Standards Institution - PAS 198:2012 - Specification for managing environmental conditions for cultural collections

http://shop.bsigroup.com/en/ProductDetail/?pid=000000000030219669

See also: http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/690.htm

Booklet - Save As...: Basic Rules for Digital Preservation

http://www.guerrilla-innovation.com/archives/2012/03/000818.php

Book - Managing Canadian Electronic Records: Electronic Records Management, Document Management & E-Discovery in Canada

http://www.electronic-records-management.com/report_pages/canadian-electronic-records-mgmt-primer.htm

Book - Publishing, Digital Information and Society: New Models of Information Production, Distribution and Consumption

http://www.neal-schuman.com/publishing-digital-information-and-society

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management

4-7 October 2012, Barcelona

http://www.ic3k.org/

Semantic Technologies & Linked Data for Digitized Collections (video available)

March 7, 2012, New York

Part 1: http://vimeo.com/38582023

Part 2: http://vimeo.com/38586007

Part 3: http://vimeo.com/38590094

Part 4: http://vimeo.com/38592348

The book: history and practice workshop (video available)

March 12, 2012, Dublin 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL55B4360654AECB8D&feature=edit_ok

Sur le web / On the web

Library and Archives Canada Podcast - The Lest We Forget Project

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/podcasts/800001-1002-e.html

UK - New website for the archives sector launched

http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/689.htm

Archives Portal Europe (final version)

http://www.archivesportaleurope.eu/Portal/index.action

CURATE: The Digital Curator Game

http://www.digcur-education.org/eng/Resources/CURATE-Game

Video - CNI: Crowd Sourcing Metadata

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktsWNKt5MjE

Video - Oublier l'oubli : mémoire et traçabilité numérique

http://www.adbs.fr/oublier-l-oubli-memoire-et-tracabilite-numerique-une-conference-de-louise-merzeau-en-video-115007.htm

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

Budget - National museums, Canada Council spared cuts, Library and Archives, NAC, NFB, Telefilm see reductions over 3 years

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2012/03/29/ottawa-budget-museums-spared-cuts.html

Auditor-General battles B.C. for access to documents in corruption case

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-politics/auditor-general-battles-bc-for-access-to-documents-in-corruption-case/article2384998/?from=sec431

Judge upset by RCMP records backlog

http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/691305--judge-upset-by-rcmp-records-backlog

 

New Irish Famine documents shed light on incredible nuns and priests in Canada

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/New-Irish-Famine-documents-shed-light-on-incredible-nuns-and-priests-in-Canada-143951296.html

Ville de Québec - Gilles Lamontagne lègue ses «secrets»

http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-soleil/actualites/la-capitale/201203/23/01-4508914-gilles-lamontagne-legue-ses-secrets.php

Afrique / Africa

Google launches Nelson Mandela digital archive

http://www.nelsonmandela.org/news/entry/google-launches-nelson-mandela-digital-archive1

Zimbabwe - Chigwedere consults national archives

http://www.newsday.co.zw/article/2012-03-22-chigwedere-consults-national-archives/

Amériques / Americas

Obama administration unveils Big Data Initiative

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/big_data_press_release.pdf

Justice accused of hindering multi-agency Freedom of Information Act website

http://fcw.com/articles/2012/03/26/foia-watchdogs-justice-epa.aspx

Archives crowdsources advice on federal e-records management

http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20120327_7308.php

National Archives Announces Discovery of "Hitler Albums" Documenting Looted Art

http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2012/nr12-97.html

California - Council Votes To End Implementation Of $1.9 Billion Court Records System

http://sfappeal.com/news/2012/03/council-votes-to-end-implementation-of-19-billion-court-records-system.php

Florida - Digitalizing Duval courthouse making up for loss of manpower, clerk of court says

http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2012-03-26/story/digitalizing-duval-courthouse-making-loss-manpower-clerk-court-says

San Francisco State University’s Labor Archives and Research Center earns RUSA award for preservation and promotion of labor history

http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2012/03/28/2012-sessionsawardwinner/

 

An Archival History of Women’s Education at Harvard

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2012/3/28/radcliffe-agassiz-women-harvard/

Getty gets NEH grant to organize huge contemporary art archive

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2012/03/getty-neh-grants-art-.html

Transmissions from The Timothy Leary Papers: Applying Archival Processing

http://www.nypl.org/blog/2012/03/26/transmissions-timothy-leary-papers-archival-processing

 

Unpublished Letters Written by Ernest Hemingway Made Available for the First Time by JFK Library

http://www.jfklibrary.org/About-Us/News-and-Press/Press-Releases/Unpublished-Letters-Written-by-Ernest-Hemingway-to-be-Made-Available.aspx

“Empire Strikes Back” and “Raiders of the Lost Ark” Visual Effects Producer Thomas Smith donates collection

http://www.utexas.edu/opa/blogs/culturalcompass/2012/03/29/tom-smith-collection/

Talking about Storage Solutions for the “Lone Arrangers”

http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2012/03/talking-about-storage-solutions-for-the-%E2%80%9Clone-arrangers%E2%80%9D/

Asie-Pacifique/Asia-Pacific

The Parsis, Once India’s Curators, Now Shrug as History Rots

http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/23/the-parsis-once-indias-curators-now-shrug-as-history-rots/

China - Protection of old footage has long way to go

http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2012-03/23/content_24972601.htm

Historian uncovers Australia's censored books

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-23/historian-uncovers-australias-censored-books/3908234/?site=sydney

Philippine - Archdiocesan Archives’ digital collection launched

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/pampanga/local-news/2012/03/25/archdiocesan-archives-digital-collection-launched-213091

Malaysia - National archives to digitise collections

http://www.nst.com.my/latest/national-archives-to-digitise-collections-1.67896

Japan releases POW files

http://www.psnews.com.au/Page_psn306f2.html

Europe / Europa

European Computer and Video Game Archives and Museums Joining Forces to Preserve Gaming Legacy

http://www.softpres.org/news:2012-03-26

Spain moves toward freedom of information law amid widespread disgust over corruption

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/spain-moves-toward-freedom-of-information-law-amid-widespread-disgust-over-corruption/2012/03/23/gIQAdrohVS_story.html

Dutch Broadcaster Releases Footage for Re-use

http://epsiplatform.eu/content/dutch-broadcaster-releases-footage-re-use

Historians call for faster access to Václav Havel archives

http://www.ceskapozice.cz/en/news/society/historians-call-faster-access-vaclav-havel-archives

France - Échec de la vente d'un manuscrit de Jean Jaurès faute d'offre suffisante

http://www.leparisien.fr/toulouse-31000/echec-de-la-vente-d-un-manuscrit-de-jaures-faute-d-offre-suffisante-25-03-2012-1923996.php

France: Law on Digital Exploitation of Unavailable Books

http://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403052_text

UK - Government consults on revised archive plans for 'non-print' content

http://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2012/march/government-consults-on-revised-archive-plans-for-non-print-content/

UK National Archives - Discover more than 300,000 naturalisation records

http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/688.htm

British Film Institute National Archive acquires over 20,000 COI films

http://www.televisual.com/news-detail/BFI-National-Archive-acquires-over-20000-COI-films_nid-1418.html

Make your history part of Kent’s history

http://www.kentnews.co.uk/news/make_your_history_part_of_kent_s_history_1_1325146

Victorian Newcastle brought to life in photographic treasure trove

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/mar/29/19th-century-newcastle-photographic-plates

Exeter Cathedral: How do you move 70,000 archives?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-17435494

New George Harrison guitar solo uncovered

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/mar/28/new-george-harrison-guitar-solo

Moyen-Orient / Middle East

Le gouvernement israélien privatise les archives nationales

http://www.israelvalley.com/news/2012/03/25/35296/israelvalley-le-gouvernement-israelien-privatise-les-archives-nationales-le-site-des-archives-sera-transfere-de-jerusalem

American University in Cairo digitial library preserves Egypt’s cultural treasures

http://bikyamasr.com/64008/aucs-digitial-library-preserves-egypts-cultural-treasures/

International

Adobe Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) becomes an ISO standard

http://www.iso.org/iso/pressrelease.htm?refid=Ref1525&utm_source=ISO&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=News

Drowning in Email, Photos, Files? Hoarding Goes Digital

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303404704577305520318265602.html

Google Apps Debuts Archiving And Records Management System For Businesses, Vault

http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/28/google-apps-debuts-archiving-and-records-management-system-for-businesses-vault/

As 60th anniversary nears, tape reinvents itself

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9225514/As_60th_anniversary_nears_tape_reinvents_itself

 

The Value of a Broken Link

http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2012/03/the-value-of-a-broken-link/