Vol. 7, no. 18

Ressources / Resources

De la communauté / From the community

Succeed (Support Action Centre of Competence in Digitisation) Project - Training Materials

http://www.digitisation.eu/training/succeed-training-materials/

Article - Intrinsic Values: Archiving your work in the Digital Age (American Institute of Architects)

http://www.architectmagazine.com/architects/intrinsic-values_o.aspx

Publications

Digital Humanities Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 2 (2013)

http://www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/7/2/index.html

IFLA Journal, vol. 39, no. 4 (December 2013)

http://www.ifla.org/node/8256

Library of Congress Magazine, vol. 3, no. 1 (January-February 2014)

http://www.loc.gov/lcm/pdf/LCM_2014_0102.pdf

Book - LGBT People and the UK Cultural Sector: the Response of Libraries, Museums, Archives and Heritage since 1950

http://ow.ly/s59e7

Book - Open Data Now: the Secret to Hot Startups, Smart Investing, Savvy Marketing, and Fast Innovation

http://www.mcgrawhill.ca/professional/products/9780071829779/open+data+now:+the+secret+to+hot+startups,+smart+investing,+savvy+marketing,+and+fast+innovation/ 

Book - Information Governance, Electronic Discovery and Digital Evidence 2014

http://ow.ly/sdhqL

Book - Mining User Generated Content

http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781466557406 

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

Ontario Genealogical Society Open Forum

January 8, 2014

http://www.ogs.on.ca/ogsblog/?p=5187

ARMA International Virtual Conference

January 14, 2014

http://www.arma.org/r1/conferences/virtual-conference

Webinar - Automating Records Management with EDRMS

January 23, 2014

http://ow.ly/sbJrH

Information Architecture Summit 2014

March 26-30, 2014, San Diego

http://2014.iasummit.org/

Radical Archives Conference

April 11-12, 2014, New York

http://www.nyu-apastudies.org/2012/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/RADICAL-ARCHIVES-CONFERENCE-CFP-APA1.pdf

Sur le web / On the web

Library and Archives Canada - New version of the Naturalization Records, 1915-1951 database

http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/news/Pages/2013/new-version-naturalization-records.aspx

Internet Archives - Hundreds of Classic Console Games Can Now Be Played Online, Free

http://news.yahoo.com/hundreds-classic-console-games-now-played-online-free-192923281.html

Video - A lost art: Working to preserve silent films

http://www.msnbc.com/craig-melvin/watch/a-lost-art-working-to-preserve-silent-films-101961283782

Baladodiffusion de la Radio Télévision Suisse - Les archives sonores

http://www.rts.ch/docs/histoire-vivante/5480247-les-archives-sonores-1-4.html

Vidéo - Les trésors des archives nationales de France 

http://www.france5.fr/emission/les-tresors-des-archives-nationales/diffusion-du-02-01-2014-20h40

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

Federal departments consider banning USB keys in wake of dozens of security breaches

http://news.nationalpost.com/2014/01/01/federal-departments-consider-banning-usb-devices/

 

Canada's best kept souvenirs (a rare look inside the vaults of the Library and Archives Canada preservation centre in Gatineau)

http://video.theloop.ca/home/watch/-/2977833492001

What's Driving Chaotic Dismantling of Canada's Science Libraries?

http://m.thetyee.ca/News/2013/12/23/Canadian-Science-Libraries/

Secret Memo Casts Doubt on Feds' Claims for Science Library Closures

http://www.thetyee.ca/News/2013/12/30/Harper-Library-Closures/

Lac-Mégantic library could reopen in 2014

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Mégantic+library+could+reopen+2014/9332020/story.html

L'histoire de Longueuil en quelques clics

http://www.rivesudexpress.ca/Actualites/Societe/2013-12-29/article-3544311/Lhistoire-de-Longueuil-en-quelques-clics/1

 

Ontario - Amish Mennonite historian leaves a rich legacy

http://www.therecord.com/living-story/4292127-amish-mennonite-historian-leaves-a-rich-legacy/

Saguenay - Rendre hommage à nos ancêtres

http://www.lapresse.ca/le-quotidien/progres-dimanche/arts-et-spectacles/201312/28/01-4724493-rendre-hommage-a-nos-ancetres.php

Afrique / Africa

Le Centre de recherches et de documentation du Sénégal récupère des archives coloniales un fonds de 1.200 lots

http://www.aps.sn/articles.php?id_article=122862

Archives du Maroc: appel à la révision du statut des employés

http://www.lematin.ma/express/-archives-du-maroc--_appel-a-la-revision-du-statut-des-employes/194246.html

Amériques / Americas

Jamaica - $50 million to begin electronic medical records system

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/-50-million-to-begin-electronic-medical-records-system_15688808

U.S. Federal Agencies Lack E-Discovery Savvy

http://www.informationweek.com/security/compliance/federal-agencies-lack-e-discovery-savvy---/d/d-id/1113271

 

U.S. can plant spyware in IT equipment before delivery: Report

http://www.itworldcanada.com/post/u-s-can-plant-spyware-in-it-equipment-before-delivery-report

With National Treasures At Risk, D.C. Fights Against Flooding

http://kanw.com/post/national-treasures-risk-dc-fights-against-flooding

Judge Scolds Government Over Immigrant Documents

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/judge-scolds-government-immigrant-documents-21369150

Authors Guild Appeals Google Decision

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/digital/content-and-e-books/article/60492-authors-guild-appeals-google-decision.html

American Library Association - Conduct Unbecoming

http://ablogonlist.wordpress.com/2013/12/30/conduct-unbecoming/

The National Digital Stewardship Alliance at 3: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead

http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2013/12/the-ndsa-at-3-taking-stock-and-looking-ahead/

Sherlock Holmes Is in the Public Domain, American Judge Rules

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/27/sherlock-holmes-is-in-the-public-domain-american-judge-rules/

Debate rages over Connecticut Freedom of Information response times

http://www.registercitizen.com/general-news/20140101/debate-rages-over-connecticut-freedom-of-information-response-times

Boston Strong 2014: City grapples with how to memorialize tragedy of 2013 Boston Marathon bombings

http://www.masslive.com/news/boston/index.ssf/2013/12/remembering_tragedy_boston_gra.html

Iowan's collection of old films reveals cinematic history

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20131221/NEWS/312210047/Iowan-s-collection-of-old-films-reveals-cinematic-history

Harvard - A map for that: with guidance from students, librarian turns up cartographic gems

http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/12/a-map-for-that/

 

University of Iowa’s blog gains attention for tiny Bibles, hidden paintings

http://thegazette.com/2013/12/29/university-of-iowas-blog-gains-attention-for-tiny-bibles-hidden-paintings/

Columbia Rare Book Library Gets the Kitchen Sink

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/31/columbia-rare-book-library-gets-the-kitchen-sink/

Oakland librarian collects ephemera left behind

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Oakland-librarian-collects-ephemera-left-behind-5097100.php

Never-before-seen pics of Mount St. Helens surface

http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/53927475/

Sound archivists digitize more than 3,000 hours of recordings

http://www.kentucky.com/2013/12/29/3008796/tom-eblen-sound-archivists-digitize.html

British archives show cost of Revolutionary War in Georgia

http://jacksonville.com/news/georgia/2013-12-30/story/british-archives-show-cost-revolutionary-war-georgia

Early Lagerfeld Designs up for Auction in Florida

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/early-lagerfeld-designs-auction-florida-21379049

Letter Tied to Fight for Independence Is Found in Museum’s Attic

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/02/nyregion/letter-tied-to-fight-for-independence-is-found-in-museums-attic.html

Interview with Kate Eichhorn, Author of The Archival Turn in Feminism

http://criticalmargins.com/2014/01/01/interview-kate-eichhorn-author-archival-turn-feminism/

Trove of Information From the 1930s, Animated by the Internet: Lab in Richmond Animates Comprehensive 1932 U.S. Atlas

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/26/arts/lab-in-richmond-animates-comprehensive-1932-us-atlas.html

The first 3D printed organ - a liver - is expected in 2014

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9244884/The_first_3D_printed_organ_a_liver_is_expected_in_2014

I, Glasshole: My Year With Google Glass

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/12/glasshole/

Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific

100-Year-Old Box of Negatives Discovered by Conservators in Antarctica

http://petapixel.com/2013/12/27/100-year-old-box-exposed-negatives-discovered-conservators-antarctica/

All seal hunting and no letterpress printing makes Jack a dull boy (about the first book ever produced on the continent of Antarctica)

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/houghton/2013/12/27/all-seal-hunting-and-no-letterpress-printing-makes-jack-a-dull-boy/

Australia - Archives reveal Queensland's response to AIDs

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/archives-reveal-queenslands-response-to-aids-20131231-30491.html

China Bans Archives Inquiry Charging

http://english.cri.cn/6909/2013/12/27/2361s805441.htm

 

South Korea to permanently keep records of former sex slaves

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2013/12/30/21/0302000000AEN20131230001700315F.html

 

Cambodia - Oldest known map of nation handed over to the archives

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/lifestyle/oldest-known-map-nation-handed-over-archives

Pakistan - Shady deal: Capital Development Authority record of ‘loss price’ sale of commercial plot disappears

http://tribune.com.pk/story/652045/shady-deal-cda-record-of-loss-price-sale-of-commercial-plot-disappears/

 

Exchange programme by the Citizens Archive of Pakistan facilitates dialogue between Indian and Pakistani students

http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/south-asia/an-exchange-for-change-between-india-and-pakistan/article5515557.ece

India - Silent archivists: historians and newspapers

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1131228/jsp/opinion/story_17717033.jsp

India - Odisha State Archives provides service to research scholars 

http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=46884

Europe / Europa

Ex-Stasi staff still work at archives of East Germany's former secret police

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/27/stasi-officers-still-employed-east-german-secret-police-archives

 

Denmark - Demonstration against freedom of information act draws hundreds

http://cphpost.dk/news/demonstration-against-freedom-of-information-act-draws-hundreds.8207.html

Read an 18th-Century Eyewitness Account of 8-Year-Old Mozart’s Extraordinary Musical Skills

http://www.openculture.com/2013/12/read-an-18th-century-eyewitness-account-of-8-year-old-mozarts-extraordinary-musical-skills.html

The Year Ahead: Pope Francis and the Pius Archives

http://www.thejewishweek.com/special-sections/year-review/year-ahead-pope-francis-and-pius-archives

France - Conflit aux archives nationales

http://www.memorial-14-18.net/?p=1738

Carolyn Carlson entre à la Bibliothèque Nationale de France

http://www.lefigaro.fr/arts-expositions/2013/12/26/03015-20131226ARTFIG00145-carolyn-carlson-entre-a-la-bnf.php

 

Cycling photographer’s rare pictures uncover the Ireland of old

http://www.thejournal.ie/franz-haselbeck-photos-limerick-clare-1243455-Dec2013/

UK - Tax exemption for public access to treasured artworks is 'a racket'

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/dec/27/tax-exemption-public-access-treasured-artworks-racket

UK National Archives Release: What The Documents Reveal

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/national-archives-release-what-documents-6447994

 

More than 800 incidents of data loss in National Health Service health boards

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/258774-more-than-800-incidents-of-data-loss-in-nhs-health-boards/

Celebrating Fifty Years of ‘Doctor Who’ with archivist Mark Ayres

http://www.examiner.com/article/exclusive-celebrating-fifty-years-of-doctor-who-with-archivist-mark-ayres

Wellcome Library buys medieval medical almanac for £100,000

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/dec/29/wellcome-library-medieval-medical-almanac

Moyen-Orient / Middle East

Serbia and Turkey to cooperate on Ottoman archives

http://ow.ly/sbHzr

Turkey - Opera and Ballet archive opens to public

http://ow.ly/sbHua

Al-Qaida officials sticklers for careful record keeping

http://www.abqjournal.com/328385/news/world/alqaida-officials-sticklers-for-careful-record-keeping.html

The Iranian stars who were purged from history

http://observers.france24.com/content/20131230-iranian-stars-purged-history-archives

International

Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation is signed between NPP Electronic Memory of the Arctic and Northern Forum

http://www.emaproject.com/post.html?id=93 

 

Death row in wartime: British Pathe releases harrowing archive footage of executions during conflicts across the world

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2510614/Death-row-wartime-British-Pathe-releases-harrowing-archive-footage-executions-conflicts-world.html

 

Public Lab’s Maps are open source aerial images taken from kites and balloons

http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2013/12/27/public-labs-maps-are-open-source-aerial-images-taken-from-kites-and-balloon

 

Can hidden information in photographs be used to spot criminals?

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-the-eye-of-the-beholder-20131226,0,3872290.story

Top Art News Stories of 2013

http://www.artfixdaily.com/news_feed/2013/12/29/7377-top-art-news-stories-of-2013-on-artfixdaily

Facebook Is ‘Dead and Buried’ to Teens, and That’s Just Fine for Facebook

http://www.wired.com/business/2013/12/facebook-teens-2/

 

A Map of Hundreds of Noise Complaints in 1920s Manhattan, and Four Other Stupendous Digital History Projects

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2013/12/30/digital_archives_five_great_historical_sites_of_2013.html

The year the book became a luxury object

http://www.salon.com/2013/12/29/the_year_the_book_became_a_luxury_object/

Curating Science, Software and Strides in Digital Stewardship: A Personal 2013 Year in Review

http://www.trevorowens.org/2013/12/2013-year-in-review/