Vol. 6, no. 4

Ressources / Resources

De l'État / From the State

Library of Parliament Research Publication - Preserving Canada’s Digital Documentary Heritage

http://www.parl.gc.ca/Content/LOP/ResearchPublications/2012-47-e.htm

Response of Library and Archives Canada to the Round IX Management Accountability Framework: Action Plan 2012-2013

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/012/f2/012-1000-e.pdf

Questions and Answers: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/about-us/012-1011-e.html

Manitoba Ombudsman - User's Guide to FIPPA: Access to Information and Protection of Privacy

http://www.ombudsman.mb.ca/pdf/fippaguideweb.pdf

UK National Archives - Funding the Archives Sector Research Report

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archives-sector/funding-archives-sector.htm

Queensland Government Digital Continuity Strategy 

http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/Recordkeeping/DigitalContinuity/Pages/Default.aspx

De la communauté / From the community

Confederation of Open Access Repositories - Strategy 2012-2015 and Workplan 2012-2013

http://www.coar-repositories.org/files/COAR-Strategy-FINAL1.pdf

World Economic Forum - Big Data, Big Impact: New Possibilities for International Development

http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_TC_MFS_BigDataBigImpact_Briefing_2012.pdf

Position paper - The value dimensions of Digital Preservation

http://digitalpreservationchallenges.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/borbinha.pdf

Publications

Bulletin sur les ressources archivistiques numériques, n° 44, septembre 2012

http://www.archivesdefrance.culture.gouv.fr/static/6212

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, vol. 63, no. 10 (October 2012)

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asi.v63.10/issuetoc

Free e-book - Jefferson's Legacy: A Brief History of the Library of Congress

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/21/4842025/the-library-of-congress-releases.html

Livre - L'entreprise et sa mémoire: mélanges en l'honneur de Maurice Hamon

http://pups.paris-sorbonne.fr/pages/aff_livre.php?Id=1008

Book - Memory

http://ow.ly/e3iZm

Book - Heritage, Culture, and Politics in the Postcolony

http://cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-231-16018-6/heritage-culture-and-politics-in-the-postcolony

 

Book - How to Archive Family Keepsakes: Learn How to Preserve Family Photos, Memorabilia and Genealogy Records

http://beststoremall.com/genealogy-family-books/detail-1440322236.php

Book - Records Management For Dummies

http://www.dummies.com/store/product/Records-Management-For-Dummies.productCd-1118388089.html

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

McMaster University's 125th Anniversary - Archival Documents Exhibit

September - December 2012, Hamilton, Ontario

http://library.mcmaster.ca/news/22283

Emerging Trends in Book History and Print Culture Studies

March 28-29 2013, Sherbrooke

April 5-6 2013, Toronto

http://www.usherbrooke.ca/grelq/fileadmin/sites/grelq/documents/Colloques/Appel_de_communications_colloque_etudiant_du_GRELQ_2013.pdf

Applying for Funding for Your Archives Project Workshop

Six locations around Nova Scotia

http://www.councilofnsarchives.ca/node/390

Archiving 2013

April 2-5, 2013, Washington D.C.

http://www.imaging.org/ist/conferences/archiving/2013ArchivingCall_final.pdf 

Sur le web / On the web

Ryerson University Library & Archives - Remembering Jack Layton Website

http://library.ryerson.ca/blog/tag/jack-layton/

Slidecast - Archiving Media from the “Occupy” Movement

http://besser.tsoa.nyu.edu/howard/Talks/12mow-occupy-besser.pdf

Podcast - Open Government and trustworthy records

http://gov20radio.com/2012/09/opengov-records/

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

Governments falling short on access to information

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/governments-falling-short-on-access-to-information/article4565590/

Flights To Ottawa Will Soon Be Part Of B.C. Researching Expenses

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/vincent-gogolek/budget-cuts-national-archives-library-bc-research_b_1911191.html?utm_hp_ref=canada-british-columbia

Campagne électorale 2012 : Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec collecte et conserve les sites Web

http://communiques.gouv.qc.ca/gouvqc/communiques/GPQF/Septembre2012/25/c9428.html

 

100-year-old artifacts on display at Sask. Legislative Building

http://www.leaderpost.com/travel/Historic+display+Legislative+Building/7299516/story.html

Victoria - Archive grows, thanks to donors

http://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/Archive+grows+thanks+donors/7284870/story.html

Bowen’s community Archives (B.C.) are looking for interviewers

http://www.bowenislandundercurrent.com/community/171044691.html

Archives help connect the dots and bring King’s (Ont.) history to life

http://www.kingsentinel.com/news/2012-09-26/News/Archives_help_connect_the_dots_and_bring_Kings_his.html

Hamilton - Crack the door on city’s archives

http://www.thespec.com/opinion/editorial/article/806997--crack-the-door-on-city-s-archives

« Je vis au jour le jour »: À 80 ans, Dominique Michel lègue tous ses souvenirs aux Archives du Québec

http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2012/09/23/je-vis-au-jour-le-jour

Plan to relocate UBC’s music library opposed

http://www.straight.com/article-788306/vancouver/ubc-library-plan-opposed

University of Winnipeg gets $500,000 GRANT for Residential School Research

http://www.firstperspective.ca/news/1922-uwinnipeg-gets-500000-grant-for-residential-school-research

Afrique / Africa

South Africa - Overcoming Legacies of the Past?: The National Oral History Programme

http://www.archivalplatform.org/blog/entry/overcoming_legacies/

L'Égypte détient une grande partie de documents relatifs à la révolution algérienne

http://www.algeriesoir.com/algerie/240912-legypte-detient-une-grande-partie-de-documents-relatifs-a-la-revolution-algerienne.html

Algérie - L’accès aux archives relève des libertés publiques

http://www.elwatan.com/actualite/l-acces-aux-archives-releve-des-libertes-publiques-27-09-2012-186786_109.php

Madagascar - Des enregistrements pour les scientifiques

http://www.lexpressmada.com/patrimoine-madagascar/37312-des-enregistrements-pour-les-scientifiques.html

Amériques / Americas

In Kennedy Recordings, History’s Raw Materials

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/us/in-kennedy-secret-recordings-historys-raw-materials.html?_r=0

Yes, The Library of Congress Has Video Games: An Interview with David Gibson

http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2012/09/yes-the-library-of-congress-has-video-games-an-interview-with-david-gibson/

Lincoln letter a little too good to be true

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/lincoln-letter-a-little-too-good-to-be-true-tt6uev2-170605376.html

Lesser-known Emancipation document gets spotlight

http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2012/09/22/3074062/lesser-known-emancipation-document.html

Budget Cuts to Archives Put History Out of Reach

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/27/us/budget-cuts-to-limit-public-access-to-georgia-archives.html?_r=0

Georgia's Secretary of State - Why I’m closing the State Archives

http://www.thomastontimes.com/view/full_story/20262774/article-Why-I%E2%80%99m-closing-the-State-Archives?instance=popular

Alaskan cartography influenced by Native mapmakers

http://www.kcaw.org/2012/09/26/alaskan-cartography-influenced-by-native-mapmakers/

Warhol’s archives undergo a reorganisation: the Andy Warhol Museum faces problems in preserving the documents of his life

http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Warhol%E2%80%99s-archives-undergo-a-reorganisation/27206

Exhibiting Video Games: An interview with Smithsonian’s Georgina Goodlander

http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2012/09/exhibiting-video-games-an-interview-with-smithsonians-georgina-goodlander/

West Roxbury detective's Boston Strangler archive is focus of documentary

http://www.wickedlocal.com/west-roxbury/news/x551365319/West-Roxbury-detectives-Boston-Strangler-archive-is-focus-of-documentary#axzz27KOUooBi

Emory digital scholars archive Occupy Wall Street tweets

http://news.emory.edu/stories/2012/09/er_occupy_wall_street_tweets_archive/campus.html

University of South Carolina Library acquires rare Hemingway selections

http://thetandd.com/news/state-and-regional/usc-library-acquires-rare-hemingway-selections/article_7a1d32ca-a4f6-509c-9f8f-610821853359.html

Stanford Scholars Search For Documents About Chinese Railroad Workers

http://paloalto.patch.com/articles/stanford-scholars-search-for-documents-about-chinese-railroad-workers-f47c7e49

 

Asie-Pacifique/Asia-Pacific

Archives of China's political advisory body put into operation

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90785/7957312.html

Pakistan - Key sources of national history gathering dust in Karachi University library

http://dawn.com/2012/09/24/key-sources-of-national-history-gathering-dust-in-ku-library/

New Zealand - University establishing quake archive

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/canterbury-earthquake/116739/university-establishing-quake-archive

Australia - Treasure Trove: WWI service dossier

http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/09/27/3599266.htm

Europe / Europa

Finland is about to start using crowdsourcing to create new laws

http://gigaom.com/europe/online-crowdsourcing-can-now-help-build-new-laws-in-finland/

Netherlands - Ordina wins application management and development contract for National Archives and Education Inspectorate

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/24/idUS43849+24-Sep-2012+HUG20120924

 

Czech Republic - Golden Bull of Sicily goes on display at National Archive

http://praguemonitor.com/2012/09/25/armoured-vehicle-drives-rare-medieval-bull-prague-exhibition

Armenian National Archive will publish digitized materials on Armenian Genocide in Internet

http://armenpress.am/eng/news/694114/armenian-national-archive-will-publish-digitized-materials-on-armenian-genocide-in-internet.html

Berlin - Program learns to recognize rough sketches of objects

http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/09/program-learns-to-recognize-rough-sketches-of-objects/

France - Il faut sauver les manuscrits d’Émilie du Châtelet (traductrice de Newton)

http://sciencesetavenir.nouvelobs.com/fondamental/20120924.OBS3385/il-faut-sauver-les-manuscrits-d-emilie-du-chatelet.html

Ireland National Library seeks help to digitise collection

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2012/0924/1224324323147.html

Glasgow University brings the history of science back to life

http://local.stv.tv/glasgow/magazine/191507-reliving-history-glasgow-university-archives-team-reflect-on-r-d-laing/

UK National Archives - Update on Discovery, our new catalogue

http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/767.htm

Brazil official condemns theft of London Olympic files

http://espn.go.com/olympics/story/_/id/8422055/brazil-official-calls-theft-london-olympic-files-unacceptable

London Metropolitan Archives offer new insight into daily life of Epping Forest dwellers

http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/9943382.EPPING_FOREST__Archives_offer_glimpse_into_bygone_days_of_donkey_drivers_and__disgusting_behaviour_/

Historian uncovers rare writings by 18th century political icon, Edmund Burke

http://phys.org/news/2012-09-historian-uncovers-rare-18th-century.html

Evolution theorist Alfred Russel Wallace goes online

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19744135#

Moyen-Orient / Middle East

Iraq archives chief moves to seal Saddam-era files

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j87QnzusKS-29FhUUB17uq_PhUig?docId=CNG.8b0c80feab3681e6d5086ee6f2821030.2c1

Lebanon - Parliament begins to discuss freedom of information law

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2012/Sep-27/189341-parliament-begins-to-discuss-freedom-of-information-law.ashx#axzz27i3DTa00

International

Hitachi unveils glass slivers that store data forever

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world_business/view/1227752/1/.html

Twitter Building Tweet-Downloading Archive Feature by Year's End

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2410062,00.asp

Pas de numérique en héritage

http://www.internetactu.net/2012/09/24/pas-de-numerique-en-heritage/

Data Centers Waste Vast Amounts of Energy Belying Industry Image

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/technology/data-centers-waste-vast-amounts-of-energy-belying-industry-image.html?_r=0