Vol. 6, no. 34

Ressources / Resources

De l'État / From the State

House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics - Privacy And Social Media In The Age Of Big Data

http://www.parl.gc.ca/Content/HOC/Committee/411/ETHI/Reports/RP6094136/411_ETHI_Rpt05_PDF/411_ETHI_Rpt05-e.pdf

Office of the Australian Information Commissioner - Australian Privacy Principles and National Privacy Principles: Comparison Guide

http://www.oaic.gov.au/publications/guidelines/privacy_guidance/comparison_app_npp_guide.html

Bibliothèque nationale de France - Guide pratique du catalogueur: citation des archives de l’Internet

http://guideducatalogueur.bnf.fr/ABN/GPC.nsf/A29C4BFF9781BAC0C1257B3C0029978A/$FILE/Citation%20archives%20internet.htm

De la communauté / From the community

International Council on Archives - Position Statements: Planning Freeze on the new Cologne City Archive Building

http://www.ica.org/14306/position-statements/planning-freeze-on-the-new-cologne-city-archive-building.html

New York Art Resources Consortium - Reframing Collections for a Digital Age: A Preparatory Study for Collecting and Preserving Web-based Art Research Materials

http://nyarc.org/mellon%20reports/ReframingFinalReport2013.pdf

 

Role of PDF and Open Data

http://www.w3.org/2013/04/odw/odw13_submission_52.pdf

Pew Internet - Civic Engagement in the Digital Age

http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Civic-Engagement.aspx

Article - Carbon Dating The Web: Estimating the Age of Web Resources

http://arxiv.org/pdf/1304.5213v1.pdf

Publications

Code4lib Journal, no. 20 (2013)

http://journal.code4lib.org/issues/issues/issue20

Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage, vol. 6, no. 1 (2013)

http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2442080&picked=prox

 

Ngā Tapuwae: the Newsletter of Archives New Zealand (April 2013)

http://archives.govt.nz/about/publications-media/ng-tapuwae/ng-tapuwae-april-2013

Book - Information Security Policy Development for Compliance

http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781466580589

Book - Dear Sir, I Intend to Burn Your Book: An Anatomy of a Book Burning

http://ow.ly/krbSK

Book - Photography, Memory, and Refugee Identity: The Voyage of the SS Walnut, 1948

http://www.ubcpress.ca/search/title_book.asp?BookID=299173903

Report - Institutional Digital Repository Benchmarks, 2013 Edition

http://www.primaryresearch.com/view_product.php?report_id=405

Livre - Le droit après la dématérialisation de l'oeuvre d’art

http://www.lespressesdureel.com/ouvrage.php?id=1905&menu=

 

Book - Memory and History: Understanding Memory as Source and Subject

http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415677127/

Book - Tracing Your Irish History on the Internet

http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-History-on-the-Internet/p/3889/

Book - Going Beyond Google Again: Strategies for Using and Teaching the Invisible Web

http://www.neal-schuman.com/googleagain

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

i-Society 2013: International Conference on Information Society

June 24-26, 2013, Toronto

http://www.i-society.eu/

 

Exhibit - The Practice of Everyday Freedom: Richard Hudler and Rupert Raj (Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives)

3 May - 5 June, 2013, Toronto

http://clga.ca/exhibitions/whats-next

Jewish Montreal Heritage Week

5-12 May, 2013, Montreal

http://www.jewishmontrealheritageweek.org/

See also: http://www.cjnews.com/index.php?q=node/105755

10th Conference of the European Society for Textual Scholarship

20-22 November 2013, Paris

http://www.allc.org/news-events/10th-conference-european-society-textual-scholarship-ests-2013

How to fit in? Integrating a web archiving program in your organization (report available)

26-30 November, 2012, Paris

http://www.netpreserve.org/sites/default/files/resources/Report%20and%20Evaluation%20of%20BnF%20IIPC%20Workshop%20on%20Web%20Archiving.pdf

Sur le web / On the web

British Library Labs Launch Event Report

http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digital-scholarship/2013/04/british-library-labs-launch-event-report.html

Slidecast - Everyone's A Mechanic: Building Simple E-Records Workflow 

http://www.slideshare.net/herodotusjr/everyones-a-mechanic-building-a-simple-erecords-workflow

DPLA and Europeana: a single search box for USA's & Europe's libraries, museums, archives

http://www.digibis.com/dpla-europeana/

Video - Library of Congress: Digital Preservation at the Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AE5yIaBdPY

Simple Data Format (version 1.0 beta)

http://www.dataprotocols.org/en/latest/simple-data-format.html

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

Canada Privacy Breaches: More Than A Million Canadians May Have Had Data Compromised

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/04/23/canada-privacy-breach-charlie-angus_n_3142560.html

Canadian Association of Law Libraries: Could Federal Budget Affect Access to Legislative Information?

http://www.slaw.ca/2013/04/18/canadian-association-of-law-libraries-federal-budget-could-jeopardize-access-to-legislative-information/

Comparing Science Communication in Canada and the USA

http://visual.ly/comparing-science-communication-canada-and-usa

Library and Archives Canada vs. Librarians and Archivists in Canada

http://llops.org/?p=5399

By-Request Microfilm Digitization at LAC

http://blog.hgsucalgary.ca/?p=423

Ottawa tourism - Getting lost in the national archives

http://www.ottawatourism.ca/en/visitors/plan-a-visit/news-and-tips/canada-travel-tips/1852-getting-lost-in-the-national-archives

Nunavut information and privacy czar to get more powers

http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavut_information_and_privacy_czar_to_get_more_powers/

Ontario embraces world-classstandard of privacy protection

http://www.ipc.on.ca/images/Resources/2013-04-15-PbD-COE-NR-e.pdf

Constitution: Trois demandes d’accès à l’information seront déposées auprès du gouvernement fédéral par le gouvernement du Québec

http://m.journaldemontreal.com/2013/04/24/trois-demandes-dacces-a-linformation-seront-deposees-aupres-du-gouvernement-federal

Online Toronto maps project puts the history of familiar streets a click away

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/04/23/online_toronto_maps_project_puts_the_history_of_familiar_streets_a_click_away.html

Whitby Archives (Ont.) receives $127,000 donation

http://www.durhamregion.com/news/article/1606950--whitby-archives-receives-127-000-donation  

B.C. filmmaker seeks Liberia's lost photos

http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/movie-guide/filmmaker+seeks+Liberia+lost+photos/8280832/story.html

À la recherche des manuscrits oubliés (de musique religieuse au Québec)

http://www.lapresse.ca/le-soleil/arts-et-spectacles/commentarts/201304/18/01-4642435-a-la-recherche-des-manuscrits-oublies.php

Afrique / Africa

South Africa - Changes to info bill, but debate continues

http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Politics/Changes-to-info-bill-but-debate-continues-20130423

South Africa - Archives and Human Rights: The Case of Slavery in the Cape

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

Algérie - La bibliothèque personnelle de Frantz Fanon dédiée au Centre national de recherches préhistoriques, anthropologiques et historiques

http://www.letempsdz.com/content/view/92115/1/

Tunisie - Lotfi Ben Jeddou : L’ouverture des archives politique plongera le pays dans le chaos

http://www.tuniscope.com/index.php/article/24332/actualites/tunisie/ouverture-250011#.UXNrU7VWySo

Maroc: Analyse du projet de loi sur le droit d'accès à l'information

http://ow.ly/kmchX

Amériques / Americas

U.S. House of Rep. Judiciary Committee Announces Comprehensive Review of Copyright Law

http://judiciary.house.gov/news/2013/04242013_2.html

Intelligence Satellite Imagery Declassified for Release

http://blogs.fas.org/secrecy/2013/04/kh9-imagery-declass/

Bush library, museum handed to National Archives

http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/texas/article/Bush-library-museum-handed-to-National-Archives-4460234.php

Maryland - Audit dings State Archives for poor record-keeping, outdated software

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/anne-arundel/bs-md-state-archives-audit-20130423,0,2465033.story

Irish groups vow to fight Boston College IRA interviews fight to stop Northern Ireland police access

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Irish-groups-vow-to-fight-Boston-College-IRA-interviews-fight-to-stop-NI-police-access-203416951.html

Transcript : CBC Radio’s As It Happens interview with Ed Moloney (journalist and former director of the Belfast Project)

http://bostoncollegesubpoena.wordpress.com/2013/04/21/transcript-ira-documents-cbc-radios-as-it-happens-interview-with-ed-moloney/

Every Genocide Leaves a Legacy: Rwandan Tutsi Genocide Testimonies Integrated Into USC Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive

http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130419-900032.html

Alexander Graham Bell’s voice identified in 130-year-old wax audio recording at Smithsonian

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/alexander-graham-bells-voice-identified-in-130-year-old-wax-audio-recording-at-smithsonian/2013/04/24/53f4ac68-ad11-11e2-a8e6-b6e4cc7c49d1_story.html

Florida - British raids destroyed historic Jewish archives

http://www.heritagefl.com/story/2013/04/19/news/british-raids-destroyed-historic-jewish-archives/542.html

Official, Authenticated, Preserved, and Accessible: The Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act

http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2013/04/official-authenticated-preserved-and-accessible-the-uniform-electronic-legal-material-act/

Google Execs Say 'The Power Of Information Is Underrated'

http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/04/23/178620215/google-execs-say-the-power-of-information-is-underrated

Born Digital Archival Materials at New York Public Library: An Interview with Donald Mennerich

http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2013/04/born-digital-archival-materials-at-nypl-an-interview-with-donald-mennerich/

Yahoo to feature 38-year 'Saturday Night Live' archive

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57581317-93/yahoo-to-feature-38-year-saturday-night-live-archive/

Tulsa Is New Home for Woody Guthrie Archives

http://kgou.org/post/tulsa-new-home-woody-guthrie-archives

A Peek Into the Jetsons Archive at Warner Brothers Animation

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2013/04/a-peek-into-the-jetsons-archive-at-warner-brothers-animation/

9 Letters from Young J.D. Salinger Unearthed

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/24/books/9-letters-from-young-j-d-salinger-unearthed.html

Asie-Pacifique/Asia-Pacific

West Australia's modern history records 'at risk'

http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/was-modern-history-records-at-risk-20130421-2i82y.html

South Australia Library to preserve war material

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/sa-library-to-preserve-war-material/story-fn3dxiwe-1226627238382

Australia - The good, the bad and the mouldy: a look inside a city (Victoria)

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/the-good-the-bad-and-the-mouldy-a-look-inside-a-city-20130419-2i5f6.html

New Zealand - Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte III's letters unearthed in Napier

http://www.stuff.co.nz/hawkes-bay-sun/news/8559257/Emperors-letters-unearthed-in-Napier

Indian startup looks to archive memories

http://www.zdnet.com/in/indian-startup-looks-to-archive-memories-7000014375/

India - Andhra Pradesh: Historic, rare records go digital

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/historic-rare-records-go-digital/article4647913.ece

Europe / Europa

Intelligence archives need to be given to secret files commission without delay: Bulgarian President

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n304578

Czech totalitarianism office director fires security archive head

http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-totalitarianism-office-director-fires-security-archive-head/931237

National History Museum of Belarus presents treasures of gentry’s archives

http://ow.ly/krggj

Poland - Historic files handed over by Foreign Ministry to state archives

http://www.thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/133657,Historic-files-handed-over-by-Foreign-Ministry-to-state-archives

Forged Hitler Diaries Now Part of Germany’s Archives

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/24/world/europe/forged-hitler-diaries-now-part-of-germanys-archives.html

One year later: Linked Open Data in the German National Library

http://openglam.org/2013/04/19/one-year-later-linked-open-data-in-the-german-national-library/

Photos show the incredible history of the Soviet space program

http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2013/04/22/Photos-show-the-incredible-history-of-the-Soviet-space-program

New evidences of the Armenian Genocide from Ottoman archives

http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/04/23/new-evidences-of-the-armenian-genocide-from-ottoman-archives/

Spain Admits New Copyright Law Is Designed To Keep It Off US's 'Naughty' List

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130415/03110122707/spain-admits-new-copyright-law-is-designed-to-keep-it-off-uss-naughty-list.shtml

 

Pontiff to open archives and settle 'Hitler's Pope' debate

http://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/pontiff-to-open-archives-and-settle-hitlers-pope-debate-29207256.html

France - Ces photos centenaires sauvées de la poubelle

http://www.leparisien.fr/essonne-91/en-images-ces-photos-centenaires-sauvees-de-la-poubelle-17-04-2013-2734409.php

 

Precious archive sheds light on life in Hitler's Germany after being found by Lincoln auctioneers

http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/Precious-archive-sheds-light-life-Hitler-s/story-18731832-detail/story.html

Files that may shed light on colonial crimes still kept secret by UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/apr/26/national-archives-colonial-documents-secret

UK National Archives - 20,000 County Durham Home Guard records available online

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/836.htm

Rare Poem by Amy Levy For Sale at Bonhams

http://www.finebooksmagazine.com/press/2013/04/rare-poem-by-amy-levy-for-sale-at-bonhams.phtml

Moyen-Orient / Middle East

Iran - National Library and Archives to safeguard historical Persian carpet patterns

http://tehrantimes.com/arts-and-culture/107026-national-library-and-archives-to-safeguard-historical-persian-carpet-patterns

Dubai - Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid praises Safa Park’s Archive Library

http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/general/shaikh-mohammad-bin-rashid-praises-safa-park-s-archive-library-1.1173738

Turkey - Ancient epic tales to go on display in Istanbul

http://ow.ly/krbgP

International

Metadata orchestration might be next generation of web solutions

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/348597

Digital curation cost models for everybody’ by Sabine Schrimpf

http://4cproject.net/2013/04/17/digital-curation-cost-models-for-everybody/

Why All Librarians Should Take an Introduction to Archives Class

http://archivesinfo.blogspot.ca/2013/04/why-all-librarians-should-take.html

Twitter hires first data editor to find stories in tweets

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57580353-93/twitter-hires-first-data-editor-to-find-stories-in-tweets/

The Rise of Big Data: How It's Changing the Way We Think About the World

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/139104/kenneth-neil-cukier-and-viktor-mayer-schoenberger/the-rise-of-big-data

Archivage : Aperçu du paysage normatif

http://blogresearch.smalsrech.be/?p=3284

Why Modern Musicians Should Care About Metadata

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/04/why-modern-musicians-should-care-about-metadata.html

Vol. 6, no. 33

Ressources / Resources

De la communauté / From the community

University of North Texas - Newspaper Metadata Manual

http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc155637/m2/1/high_res_d/NewspaperMetadataManual_1.0.pdf

Good practice guide to Electronic Discovery in Ireland

http://www.siliconrepublic.com/strategy/item/32312-new-e-discovery-guide-to/

Book Industry Study Group - Pilot Draft of Thema Global Subject Codes

http://www.bisg.org/news-5-828-press-release-pilot-draft-of-thema-global-subject-codes-published.php

Article - Archives Beyond the Pale: Negotiating Legal and Ethical Entanglements after the Belfast Project

http://fr.scribd.com/doc/135837476/Archives-Beyond-the-Pale

Publications

Archives and Manuscripts, vol. 41, no. 1 (2013)

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/raam20/41/1

Journal of Map & Geography Libraries, vol. 9, no. 1-2, 2013 (Special issue: Working Digitally with Historical Maps)

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wmgl20/9/1-2

Journal of Library Metadata, vol. 13, no. 1 (2013)

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wjlm20/13/1

Preservation, Digital Technology & Culture, vol. 42, no. 1 (2013)

http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/pdtc.2013.42.issue-1/issue-files/pdtc.2013.42.issue-1.xml

Documentaliste Sciences de l'Information, vol. 50, no. 1, 2013 (numéro spécial : Gouvernance de l'information)

http://www.cairn.info/revue-documentaliste-sciences-de-l-information-2013-1.htm

SCRIPTed: a Journal of Law, Technology and Society, vol. 10, no. 1

http://ow.ly/kcX7X

CILIP Rare Books Newsletter, no. 94 (April 2013)

http://www.cilip.org.uk/filedownloadslibrary/groups/rbsc/issue%2094.pdf

ebook - Files that Last: Digital Preservation for Every Geek

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/307057

Book - Using Photographs in Social and Historical Research

http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book235025

Book - Time and Project Management Strategies for Librarians

https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780810890527

Book - Memorylands: Heritage and Identity in Europe Today

http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415453349/

Book - Democracy of Sound: Music Piracy and the Remaking of American Copyright in the Twentieth Century

http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199858224.do#.UTO2ojBWySo

Livre - Qu’est-ce que l’identité numérique? Enjeux, outils, méthodologies

http://books.openedition.org/oep/332

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

Council of Archives New Brunswick Annual General Meeting 2013

May 24, 2013, Fredericton

http://canbarchives.ca/canb/532/Upcoming-Events

Compliance with the Treasury Board Secretariat Recordkeeping Directive in the Canadian Army: From Theory to Implementation

April 30, 2013, Gatineau

http://www.armancr.ca/home/1-news/104-announcing-our-april-program-meeting.html

Leaside's 100th Anniversary Celebration: Archival Exhibit

April 23-28, 2013, Toronto

http://www.northleaschool.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/1-Apr-flyer-archival-exhibit.pdf

Free Webinars - Using Collections Images in Online Exhibits & Using Collections Images in Educational Materials

June 3 & 5, 2013

http://www.connectingtocollections.org/webwisereprise2013/

Free Webinar: Involving the Public in Your Preservation Efforts

April 24, 2013

http://preservationweek.ala.org/content/heritage-preservation-involving-public-your-preservation-efforts-0

South African Digitisation Initiative Workshop on Digitisation and Digital Libraries (report available)

27 February - 1 March, 2013, Johannesburg (South Africa)

http://www.archivalplatform.org/news/entry/sadi_workshop/

Sur le web / On the web

Digital Public Library of America (now live)

http://dp.la/

Base des reliures numérisées de la Bibliothèque nationale de France

http://reliures.bnf.fr/

Video - Coalition for Networked Information: From the Version of Record to a Version of the Record

http://vimeo.com/63941159

Slidecast - Archives participatives... parce que nous le valons bien

http://fr.slideshare.net/archivesmasala/archives-participatives-parce-que-nous-le-valons-bien

Video - New England Archivists Spring 2013 Plenary: DNA and the Future of Archival Storage

http://vimeo.com/64095819

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

American Library Association - Letter regarding LAC Code of conduct

http://www.cla.ca/Content/NavigationMenu/CLAatWork/Advocacy/ALA_LAC_Code_of_Conduct_Letter.pdf

Federal treatment of history in sad state

http://www.niagarathisweek.com/opinion/columns/article/1605494--federal-treatment-of-history-in-sad-state

Quebec parties unanimous in calling on Ottawa to release Constitution archives

http://www.680news.com/2013/04/16/quebec-parties-unanimous-in-calling-on-ottawa-to-release-constitution-archives/

L'histoire s'écrit avec des archives: l'auteur du livre La bataille de Londres réplique à l'éditorial d'André Pratte

http://www.lapresse.ca/debats/votre-opinion/201304/15/01-4641152-lhistoire-secrit-avec-des-archives.php

A drink with... Ed Conroy, video archivist and curator of Retrontario

http://www.thestar.com/life/food_wine/2013/04/12/a_drink_with__ed_conroy_video_archivist_and_curator_of_retrontario.html

Bishop's University - New Sheet Music Collection

http://www.ubishops.ca/library/new-sheet-music-collection.html

Collections - Dans le coffre aux trésors du cinéma québécois

http://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/375546/dans-le-coffre-aux-tresors-du-cinema-quebecois

Les archives, une histoire vivante

http://histoireengagee.ca/les-archives-une-histoire-vivante/

The end of the tourist: A short history of guidebooks to Montréal

http://www.cca.qc.ca/en/cca-recommends/2032-the-end-of-the-tourist-a-short-history-of-guidebooks-to

British Library - Picturing Canada: going live (gradually)

http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/americas/2013/04/picturing-canada-going-live-gradually.html

Afrique / Africa

Nigeria - Freedom of Information Act Exempts Some Records: Minister of Justice

http://tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/news/item/9434-foi-act-exempts-some-records-adoke

East African Legislative Assembly Backs Rwanda's Quest for International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Archives

http://allafrica.com/stories/201304180338.html

Amériques / Americas

Haïti - Wilfrid Bertrand poursuit la modernisation des Archives Nationales 

http://www.metropolehaiti.com/metropole/full_une_fr.php?id=22026

NARA Investigators Detail Brazen Theft

http://historians.org/Perspectives/issues/2013/1304/NARA-Investigators-Detail-Brazen-Theft.cfm

G.W. Bush's 103.6 million missing email messages and the IT archiving challenge

http://www.zdnet.com/special-report-g-w-bushs-103-6-million-missing-email-messages-and-the-it-archiving-challenge-7000013975/

Supreme Court rejects appeal over secret IRA tapes

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2013/04/15/court-rejects-appeal-over-secret-ira-tapes/2Jv7Z3M60XJr60ZawFou9H/story.html

Library of Congress wins special Grammy Award for work to preserve historic audio recordings

http://www.news1130.com/2013/04/17/library-of-congress-wins-special-grammy-award-for-work-to-preserve-historic-audio-recordings/

Robert Darnton: Free to All (about the Digital Public Library of America)

http://chronicle.com/blogs/conversation/2013/04/18/free-to-all/

Big data could uncover clue on marathon

http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/04/16/boston-marathon-and-big-data-column/2087145/

Boston's JFK Library closed 'indefinitely' for probe into whether fire was linked to marathon bombings

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2310468/Bostons-JFK-Library-closed-indefinitely-probe-linked-marathon-bombings.html

Smithsonian, National Archives adjusting summer hours because of budget cuts

http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/smithsonian-national-archives-adjusting-summer-hours-because-of-budget-cuts/2013/04/16/ace6bf26-a6ba-11e2-8302-3c7e0ea97057_story.html

Farmers participate in Smithsonian’s ag heritage archive

http://www.iowafarmertoday.com/news/regional/farmers-participate-in-smithsonian-s-ag-heritage-archive/article_aca31e3a-a3a2-11e2-b209-0019bb2963f4.html

College of William & Mary - Connecting across the centuries: archives reveal answer to 170-year-old mystery

https://swem.wm.edu/news/2013/04/connecting-across-centuries

Rare Psalm book may sell for $30 million

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/13/us/new-york-psalm-auction/index.html

The Contemporary Archives of Outsider Art: Barkan’s collection of Chicano murals shed light on California public art

http://ieweekly.com/2013/04/feature-stories/the-contemporary-archives-of-outsider-art/

Rare films uncovered in University of Georgia media archives

http://www.redandblack.com/ugalife/rare-films-uncovered-in-uga-media-archives/article_c06d5e56-a705-11e2-bc78-001a4bcf6878.html

As Film Labs Wind Down Prints Business, Job of Preservation Falling to Archivists

http://variety.com/2013/film/news/as-film-labs-wind-down-prints-business-job-of-preservation-falling-to-archivists-1200375856/

Asie-Pacifique/Asia-Pacific

New Zealand - InternetNZ funding supports sign language archive

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1304/S00302/internetnz-funding-supports-sign-language-archive.htm

Arts Centre Melbourne Acquires Opera Australia Archives

http://australia.broadwayworld.com/article/Arts-Centre-Melbourne-Acquires-Opera-Australia-Archives-20130416

Maps of historical Azerbaijani territories found in world archives

http://www.azernews.az/azerbaijan/52132.html

Japan - Wartime archive lists secret codes disguised as weather forecasts

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/social_affairs/AJ201304140030

Memory hole: Public records in Hong Kong

http://www.economist.com/blogs/analects/2013/04/public-records-hong-kong

India does not have the culture of archiving: `Celluloid Man`  

http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/art-and-theatre/india-does-not-have-the-culture-of-archiving-celluloid-man_132107.htm

Europe / Europa

Sweden - SVT opens up archive of programmes to public

http://www.digitaltveurope.net/47371/svt-opens-up-archive-of-programmes-to-public/

Denmark - Opposition to freedom of information act gathering momentum

http://cphpost.dk/politics/opposition-freedom-information-act-gathering-momentum

Armenia - National Archives director: No work done in Iranian archives in connection with Armenian Genocide

http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2013/04/18/virabyan-iran/

Swiss Federal Archives team up with Wikimedia CH

http://ow.ly/kd3RR

France - La numérisation des archives de l'audiovisuel s'achève

http://www.lesechos.fr/entreprises-secteurs/medias/actu/0202698546686-la-numerisation-des-archives-de-l-audiovisuel-s-acheve-557639.php

Web français : 1,133 milliards de fichiers archivés en 2012

http://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2013/04/11/web-francais-1-133-milliards-de-fichiers-archives-en-2012_3158419_1650684.html

5 questions à... l'Association des Archivistes Français sur le projet de règlement européen sur les données personnelles

http://enenvor.fr/eeo_actu/aaf/cinq_questions_a.html

France - Archives de la Société nationale des chemins de fer : un trésor en bonne voie

http://www.ouest-france.fr/region/paysdelaloire_detail_-Archives-de-la-SNCF-un-tresor-en-bonne-voie-_8620-2183934_actu.Htm

UK National Archives - Unpaid Royal Navy pension claims now online

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/831.htm

UK Web Archive - Just what is the UK web domain anyway ?

http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/webarchive/2013/04/just-what-is-the-uk-web-domain-anyway-.html

Thatcher library plans take leaf out of Reagan's archive

http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2013/04/13/thatcher-library-plans-take-leaf-out-of-reagan-s-archive

French Prose Brut Chronicles in the British Library (And How to Find Them)

http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2013/04/french-prose-brut-chronicles-in-the-british-library-and-how-to-find-them.html

Zandra Rhodes design archive launched online

http://www.fashionunited.co.uk/fashion-news/fashion/zandra-rhodes-design-archive-launched-online-2013041117373

Newly-discovered 12th century recipes to be recreated at Durham University event

http://www.dur.ac.uk/news/newsitem/?itemno=17380

Jack the Ripper Letter' Tells Grisly Tale

http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=81200&page=1

Moyen-Orient / Middle East

Facility for Israel State Archives to Be Built in Jerusalem

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/167093#.UWtg-7VWySo

Albert Einstein’s Israel Independence Day Speech Revealed For First Time

http://ca.shalomlife.com/news/19158/albert-einsteins-israel-independence-day-speech-revealed-for-first-time/

Could Digital Documentation Become a Profitable Business in Egypt?

http://www.wamda.com/2013/04/can-digital-documentation-be-a-profitable-business-in-egypt

United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi Media digitalise 3m rare historical records

http://ow.ly/kaOKo

International

Keeping Up With...Digital Humanities

http://www.ala.org/acrl/publications/keeping_up_with/digital_humanities

The Internet Archive's trove of historical software dwarfs all others, archivist claims

http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=A27EED62-9CE6-66FF-72B7430C78BFAEE0

The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=reading-paper-screens

Your precious family photos are going to die

http://www.edicy.com/blog/your-precious-family-photos-are-going-to-die

Fujitsu Develops Technology That Turns Paper Into a Touchscreen

http://mashable.com/2013/04/16/fujitsu-paper-touchscreen/

Why All Archivists Should Take a Library Reference Class

http://archivesinfo.blogspot.ca/2013/04/why-all-archivists-should-take-library.html