Vol. 5, no. 50

Ressources / Resources

De l'État / From the State

National Library of Australia - Testing Software Tools of Potential Interest for Digital Preservation

http://www.openplanetsfoundation.org/system/files/Digital%20Preservation%20Project%20Report%20-%20Testing%20Software%20Tools.pdf

De la communauté / From the community

Digital Curation Resource Guide

http://digital-scholarship.org/dcrg/dcrg.htm

International Council on Archives, Section on University and Research Institutions Archives - Draft Guidelines on Appraisal and Disposition of Student Records 

http://www.library.illinois.edu/ica-suv/StudentRecordsGuidelines.pdf

International Coalition of Sites of Conscience - From Memory to Action: A Toolkit for Memorialization in Post-Conflict Societies

http://www.sitesofconscience.org/wp-content/uploads/MemorializationToolkit_Final_Web.pdf

 

IFLA Code of Ethics for Librarians and other Information Workers

http://www.ifla.org/en/news/ifla-code-of-ethics-for-librarians-and-other-information-workers

MS Thesis - Visualizing Digital Collections at Archive-it

http://www.cs.odu.edu/~mweigle/papers/padia-thesis12.pdf

Educopia Institute - Aligning National Approaches to Digital Preservation (Final version)

http://www.educopia.org/sites/default/files/ANADP_Educopia_2012.pdf

Publications

Archives & Records Association Ireland newsletter (Summer 2012)

http://www.learnaboutarchives.ie/images/learnaboutarchives/newsletters/ara_ireland_newsletter_summer-2012.pdf

Report - The Survey of Institutional Digital Repositories, 2012-13 Edition

http://www.primaryresearch.com/view_product.php?report_id=358

Provincial Archives of Alberta Greetings Cards

https://sales.ccs.alberta.ca/paa/store/default.aspx?tagid=5&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1

 

Book - How to Manage Processing in Archives and Special Collections

http://saa.archivists.org/4DCGI/store/item.html?Action=StoreItem&Item=2663&LoginPref=1

Book - Archives of Authority: Empire, Culture, and the Cold War

http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9713.html

Book - Indexing: From Thesauri to the Semantic Web

http://www.woodheadpublishing.com/en/book.aspx?bookID=1757&ChandosTitle=1

 

Book - How to Find Out Anything: From Extreme Google Searches to Scouring Government Documents

http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780735204676,00.html?How_to_Find_Out_Anything_Don_Macleod

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

IFLA Round table on Linked Data (presentations available)

13 August 2012, Helsinki

http://www.ifla.org/en/news/presentations-from-oclc-linked-data-round-table-available

Sur le web / On the web

Library and Archives Canada - The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee: Caricatures, stamps and other documents

http://thediscoverblog.com/2012/08/14/queens-diamond-jubilee-caricatures-stamps-and-other-documents/

Video - Building the Grateful Dead Archive Online: The Golden Road to Unlimited Devotion

http://vimeo.com/44839434

Tutorial by ArchivesHub on using MS Excel to create EAD

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/blog/2012/08/excel-template/

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

Closing doors on Canada’s history

http://www.ipolitics.ca/2012/08/10/val-knowles-closing-doors-on-canadas-history/

Canadian Conservation Institute - 2012 Conservation and Restoration Treatments Services

http://www.cci-icc.gc.ca/ourservices-nosservices/typesservices/constreat-constratie-eng.aspx

Thousands of Alberta Court of Appeal records accidentally destroyed

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/edmonton/Thousands+Alberta+Court+Appeal+records+accidentally/7084578/story.html

Ontario - Archeologists go gaming: video game technology allows for virtual tour of village and its artifacts

http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2012/08/10/20091076.html

No new materials in Millet and District Museum (Alb.) archives due to funding cuts

http://www.wetaskiwintimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3600076

Rivière-du-Loup - Le Centre d’archives récipiendaire d'un Prix du patrimoine

http://ow.ly/d1TN9

Five reasons why Canadians should save the archives

http://cultmontreal.com/2012/08/five-reasons-why-canadians-should-save-the-archives/

Afrique / Africa

Tunisie - Des journalistes dénoncent la lenteur du gouvernement à dévoiler les dossiers de la «police politique»

http://www.babnet.net/cadredetail-52970.asp

Amériques / Americas

Mexico - Documentation Sciences Foundation Agreement with the National School of Librarianship and Archival Science

http://www.documentalistas.com/news-agreement-with-the-national-school-of-librarianship-and-archival-science-mexico/

NARA Sued Over Financial Crisis Documents

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/08/watchdog-group-sues-national-archives-over-financial-crisis-documents

National archives gets ready to taste first fruits of TechStat labor

http://www.federalnewsradio.com/493/2996063/NARA-gets-ready-to-taste-first-fruits-of-TechStat-labor

Efforts under way to make Nixon's White House tapes accessible

http://www.news10.net/news/local/article/204795/2/Efforts-under-way-to-make-Nixons-White-House-tapes-accessible

Vermont State Archives opens court records for research

http://vtdigger.org/2012/08/13/vermont-state-archives-opens-court-records-for-research/

California - Bill would make public records easier to search

http://californiawatch.org/dailyreport/bill-would-make-public-records-easier-search-17592

Scanning history – a visit to the conservation lab at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania

http://www.theartblog.org/2012/08/scanning-history-a-visit-to-the-conservation-lab-at-the-historical-society-of-pennsylvania/

New York Raids its Attic and Finds US History

http://www.longislandpress.com/2012/08/11/new-york-raids-its-attic-and-finds-us-history/

University of Texas at Austin - Foundations of Modern Cartography Now Visible Online and in Detail

http://www.utexas.edu/news/2012/08/15/foundations-modern-cartography-online-in-detail/

 

Southern Methodist University archivist stands the test of time

http://www.smudailycampus.com/news/smu-archivist-stands-the-test-of-time-1.2883999#.UCuhp_vleSo

Kansas State University launches digital archive of lost towns

http://www.ccenterdispatch.com/news/local/article_a5d942da-e7cf-11e1-a9c9-0019bb30f31a.html

University of North Texas Libraries to host gay history archives in deal with Resource Center Dallas

http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/2012/08/unt-libraries-to-host-gay-history-archives-in-deal-with-resource-center-dallas.html/

Rare Otto Frank Archive to Be Auctioned in New York

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/14/rare-otto-frank-archive-to-be-auctioned-in-new-york/

American Radio Archives is a refuge for the time when the medium ruled

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/aug/11/a-refuge-for-the-days-when-radio-ruled/

Truman Capote Murder Archives: A chilling glimpse behind a bestseller

http://www.classicdriver.com/uk/magazine/3800.asp?id=16239

Digging Up the Recent Past: An Interview With Doug Reside (Digital Curator with the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts)

http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2012/08/digging-up-the-recent-past-an-interview-with-doug-reside/

Asie-Pacifique/Asia-Pacific

Tokyo professor creates digital maps of A-bombed cities

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/people/AJ201208110014

Sri Lanka archives international commitments

http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?nid=914926211

Vietnam - Les documents des rois Nguyên se dévoilent en majesté

http://fr.vietnamplus.vn/Home/Les-documents-des-rois-Nguyen-se-devoilent-en-majeste/20128/24629.vnplus

State Archives of New South Wales - Digital archives team drops its warez on Github

http://futureproof.records.nsw.gov.au/digital-archives-team-drops-its-warez-on-github/

Europe / Europa

Benedict XVI Dreamed of Becoming Vatican's Librarian

http://www.ncregister.com/blog/edward-pentin/benedict-xvi-dreamed-of-becoming-vatican-librarian

Switzerland - Archivist serves up expat history on a platter

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/Archivist_serves_up_expat_history_on_a_platter_.html?cid=33269652

Italy - At Root of Italy Library’s Plunder, a Tale of Entrenched Practices

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/12/world/europe/naples-librarys-plunder-highlights-entrenched-dealings.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

France - Recel de vieux documents aux archives départementales du Nord

http://www.actualitte.com/insolite/recel-de-vieux-documents-aux-archives-departementales-du-nord-35938.htm

Scotland - 700-year-old letter belonging to William Wallace to go on display

http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/700-year-old-letter-belonging-to-william-wallace-to-go-on-display-1-2461152

 

UK National Archives - Design through research: The concepts behind Discovery

http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/design-through-research-the-concepts-behind-discovery/

Hedgehog Street and Linked Open Data

http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/hedgehog-street-and-linked-open-data/

Historic archive saved for the nation

http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2012-08-10/historic-archive-saved-for-the-nation/

Helmsley’s past brought to life by photographs

http://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/9874727.Helmsley___s_past_brought_to_life_by_photographs/

Moyen-Orient / Middle East

Lebanon - Challenges in archiving living memory

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Culture/Art/2012/Aug-11/184200-challenges-in-archiving-living-memory.ashx#axzz23J31v0Nt

Algeria TV gives Palestinian Authority archival records of Palestinian struggle

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=512386

International

New MPEG standard halves video bandwidth with no quality loss

http://www.itwire.com/business-it-news/technology/56199-new-mpeg-standard-halves-video-bandwidth-with-no-quality-loss

Why You Should Always Rotate Original JPEG Photos Losslessly

http://www.petapixel.com/2012/08/14/why-you-should-always-rotate-original-jpeg-photos-losslessly/

OCLC provides downloadable linked data file for the 1 million most widely held works in WorldCat

http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/2012/201252.htm

Movies: The tectonic shift

http://www.wbez.org/blogs/bez/2012-08/movies-tectonic-shift-101601

How Big Data Became So Big

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/08/12/business/how-big-data-became-so-big-unboxed.xml?single=1