Vol. 8, no. 18

Ressources / Resources

De l'État / From the State

NARA - Strategy for Digitizing Archival Materials for Public Access, 2015-2024

http://blogs.archives.gov/online-public-access/?p=9355

Library of Congress - The Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices (Third Edition)

http://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2014/12/31/2014-30415/the-compendium-of-us-copyright-office-practices

Library of Congress - Foreign Intelligence Gathering Laws

http://www.loc.gov/law/help/foreign-intelligence-gathering/index.php

De la communauté / From the community

Digital Cultural Heritage Roadmap for Preservation - Final Version of the Roadmap

http://www.dch-rp.eu/getFile.php?id=380

Association des archivistes français - Fiche pratique: L’archivage électronique dans les communes et intercommunalités en 4 questions

http://archivistes.org/Mise-en-ligne-d-une-nouvelle-fiche-2492

Pew Research - Technology’s Impact on Workers

http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/12/30/technologys-impact-on-workers/

Publications

Journal of the Japan Society for Archival Science, no. 21 (2014)

Table of Contents: http://www.jsas.info/modules/publications01/index.php?id=35

Abstracts: http://www.jsas.info/modules/publications01/index.php?id=36

Chroniques de la Bibliothèque nationale de France, no. 72 (Janvier-Mars 2015)

http://multimedia.bnf.fr/chroniques/chroniques_72/

Archive Zones Journal, no. 92 (December 2014)

http://www.focalint.org/news-and-journal/archive-zones-journal/archive-zone-issue/96/winter-2014-issue-no-92

Book - Reimagining Process: Online Writing Archives and the Future of Writing Studies

http://www.siupress.com/product/Reimagining-Process,6089.aspx  

Book - Records Management (10th Edition)

http://shar.es/1HC7G2

Book - Library 3.0: Intelligent Libraries and Apomediation 

http://store.elsevier.com/product.jsp?locale=en_US&isbn=9781843347187  

Book - Disaster Planning for Libraries: Process and Guidelines

http://store.elsevier.com/product.jsp?locale=en_US&isbn=9781843347309 

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

National Genealogy Conference in Canada  

July 17-19, 2015, Halifax

http://www.visiontravel.ca/heidiwilker

Webinar - Using Discovery, UK National Archives Online Catalogue

January 19, 2015

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/events/webinar-using-discovery.htm

Free Live Broadcast - Storage, Disaster Recovery, and Archiving in the Cloud

January 22, 2015

http://www.njstatelib.org/news/storage-disaster-recovery-archiving-cloud-free-american-libraries-live-broadcast/

Materialities of American Texts and Visual Cultures

April 9-10, 2015, New York

http://networks.h-net.org/node/2602/discussions/56098/call-papers-materialities-american-texts-and-visual-cultures

Digital Heritage 2015

September 28 - October 2, 2015, Granada (Spain)

http://digitalheritage2015.org/

2015 Oral History Association Annual Meeting

October 14-18, 2015, Tampa (Florida)

http://www.oralhistory.org/call-for-papers/

Sur le web / On the web

UK Government - Find a Will

http://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills

See also: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-30609527

BitCurator 1.2.0 Virtual Machine and ISO 

http://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/bitcurator-users/oXJaiYT6w2U

Video - Preserving Arcade Games

http://youtu.be/2q_qXGIj-jg

Video - Jumping into the Digital Humanities 

http://youtu.be/LRKZd6jc1cg

France - Des sites d'archives dédiés à la Grande Guerre

http://www.rfgenealogie.com/s-informer/infos/1914-18/des-sites-d-archives-dedies-a-la-grande-guerre

Petition - Protect the Library of Birmingham's Unique Collections of Photographs

http://www.change.org/p/birmingham-city-council-protect-the-library-of-birmingham-s-unique-collections-of-photographs

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

Access law needs meaningful review, but not now, minister Tony Clement says

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/12/26/access_law_needs_meaningful_review_but_not_now_clement_says.html

Canada's archives filed under neglect

http://www.leaderpost.com/life/Canada+archives+filed+under+neglect/10681408/story.html

B.C. - Resurrected treaty made history

http://www.nanaimodailynews.com/opinion/resurrected-treaty-made-history-1.1692398

Québec - Du papier et des fonds publics gaspillés pour des rapports tablettés

http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/politique/2014/12/26/001-assemblee-rapports-gaspillage.shtml

Ontario - Remembering the dead at Huronia Regional Centre

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/12/29/remembering_the_dead_at_huronia_regional_centre.html

Collection from Regina archival photographer on permanent display

http://globalnews.ca/news/1748997/collection-from-regina-archival-photographer-on-permanent-display/

Christmas war letters: my thoughts are wandering back home

http://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/letters/christmas-war-letters-my-thoughts-are-wandering-back-home

Suit of armour remains a mystery for Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, museum

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/suit-of-armour-remains-a-mystery-for-fort-smith-n-w-t-museum-1.2886531

Ottawa historian Tim Cook: an Order of Canada and a new lease on life

http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/tim-cook-an-order-of-canada-and-a-new-lease-on-life

Afrique / Africa

Crowdfunding saved Timbuktu’s manuscripts. What’s next?

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/01/crowdfunding-timbuktu-manuscripts-african-culture

South Africa - Sands of indifference bury Mbeki's Timbuktu dream

http://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2015/01/01/sands-of-indifference-bury-mbeki-s-timbuktu-dream

Tunisie - Sihem Bensedrine empêchée de sortir les archives de la présidence du Palais de Carthage

http://www.kapitalis.com/politique/26582-sihem-bensedrine-empechee-de-sortir-les-archives-de-la-presidence.html

Tunisie - Ridha Belhaj est derrière le report du transfert des archives présidentielles

http://www.kapitalis.com/politique/26637-ridha-belhaj-est-derriere-le-report-du-transfert-des-archives-presidentielles.html

Tunisie - Archives de la présidence de la République : réunion en vue de tous les intervenants

http://www.jawharafm.net/fr/article/archives-de-la-presidence-de-la-republique-reunion-en-vue-de-tous-les-intervenants/92/19228

Les Archives du Maroc vont déménager à Technopolis

http://www.medias24.com/ECONOMIE/ECONOMIE/151500-Les-Archives-du-Maroc-vont-demenager-a-Technopolis.html

Maroc - Mémoire du monde pour protéger les manuscrits anciens

http://www.le360.ma/fr/culture/memoire-du-monde-pour-proteger-les-manuscrits-anciens-28293

Virginia Tech creates digital repository for Kenya law archive

http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2014/12/121614-it-kenyalawarchive.html

Amériques / Americas

University of Chile Makes 150 Historic Chilean Films Available Online

http://www.alborada.net/chile-cinemateca-14

Supreme Court of the United States moving to electronic filing

http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/12/court-moving-to-electronic-filing/

Library of Congress offers window into baseball's evolution

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/104903848/library-of-congress-offers-window-into-baseballs-evolution

Smithsonian Digitizes 40,000 Artworks from Asia

http://hyperallergic.com/169930/the-smithsonian-has-digitized-40000-artworks-from-asia/

Virgina - Richmond officials planning to publish more government data online

http://www.richmond.com/news/local/city-of-richmond/article_348e27bb-7b4a-5994-bab2-6bdf2cb67b38.html

California - Promising new tool will allow public to easily search the dealings of Sacramento lawmakers

http://kcbx.org/post/promising-new-tool-will-allow-public-easily-search-dealings-sacramento-lawmakers

California - Suit over Facebook’s practice of scanning users’ messages to go forward

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/12/suit-over-facebooks-practice-of-scanning-users-messages-to-go-forward/

Iowa - Seed libraries struggle with state laws limiting exchanges

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2014/12/28/seed-exchange-conflict/20967061/

No more shushing: retiring state librarian broadcasting changes to Maine’s libraries

http://bangordailynews.com/2015/01/01/news/augusta/no-more-shushing-retiring-state-librarian-broadcasting-changes-to-maines-libraries/

Author of Mohegan journal identified as tribe minister: 238-year-old manuscript recounts deathbed words

http://www.wcvb.com/news/author-of-mohegan-journal-identified-as-tribe-minister/30387720

Expert keeps track of Dallas Cowboys’ attic

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/28/expert-keeps-track-of-dallas-cowboys-attic/

Boston College tapes: timeline of the project

http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/regional/boston-tapes-timeline-of-the-project-1-6490449

Boston College tapes: College says no-one can question project intention

http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/regional/boston-tapes-college-says-no-one-can-question-project-intention-1-6490455

Boston College tapes: professor takes College to task over saga

http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/regional/boston-tapes-professor-takes-college-to-task-over-saga-1-6490448

Boston College tapes: I was man on ground, says Anthony McIntyre

http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/regional/boston-tapes-i-was-man-on-ground-says-mcintyre-1-6490460

Boston College tapes: victims speak on saga

http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/regional/boston-tapes-victims-speak-on-saga-1-6492877

Boston College tapes: where are the interviews now?

http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/regional/boston-tapes-where-are-the-interviews-now-1-6490463

University of Southern California Shoah Foundation to Add Testimonies from Armenian Survivors to Commemorate 100th Anniversary of Armenian Genocide

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/usc-shoah-foundation-to-add-testimonies-from-armenian-survivors-to-commemorate-100th-anniversary-of-armenian-genocide-300014389.html

A Piece of Yale’s Library is Brought Back to Life

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/27/nyregion/yale-university-library-revives-entrance-hall.html

Managing Research Data at Tufts University: an National Digital Stewardship Residency Project Update

http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2014/12/managing-research-data-at-tufts-university-an-ndsr-project-update/

Archives technician makes Naval War College thesis papers searchable online

http://www.providencejournal.com/news/content/20141225-archives-technician-makes-naval-war-college-thesis-papers-searchable-online.ece

McKendree University turns archives into museum

http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/EXCHANGE-McKendree-turns-archives-into-museum-5979392.php

Preserving the future: a rare glimpse inside the EMP Museum vault

http://www.geekwire.com/2014/preserving-the-future-a-look-inside-the-emp-museum-vault/

Internet Archive Posts 1849 Diary of a New York City Girl

http://laughingsquid.com/diary-of-a-little-girl-in-old-new-york-internet-archive-posts-1849-diary-of-a-new-york-city-girl/

New York - Book discovery brings distant voices of Christmas

http://shelterislandreporter.timesreview.com/2014/12/25/book-discovery-brings-distant-voices-of-christmas/

History center harbors 65,000 artifacts from Tampa’s past

http://tbo.com/news/politics/hidden-treasures-20141227/

Baltimore - City collects Mt. Clare Mansion artifacts in dispute

http://www.baltimorebrew.com/2014/12/29/city-collects-mt-clare-mansion-artifacts-in-dispute/

Five More Digital Archives and Historical Exhibits we Loved in 2014

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2014/12/30/historical_documents_online_five_digital_archives_we_loved_in_2014.html

How two bloggers re-purpose centuries-old recipes for modern cooks

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/food/how-two-bloggers-re-purpose-centuries-old-recipes-for-modern-cooks/2014/12/26/7dc33d5c-7a65-11e4-84d4-7c896b90abdc_story.html

Meet Vice News’s Jason Leopold, the Freedom of Information Act Terrorist

http://ajr.org/2014/12/23/meet-vices-jason-leopold-foia-terrorist/

Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific

Australia - Secret Cabinet documents 1988 and 1989

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/25883180/secret-cabinet-documents-1988-and-1989/

Australian diplomat was possible suspect in Moscow embassy bug case: cabinet papers

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-01/soviet-espionage-revealed-in-hawke-cabinet-documents/5994334

Australia - Crowdsourcing is our latest weapon against nationalism and Anzackery

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/29/crowdsourcing-is-our-latest-weapon-against-nationalism-and-anzackery

Vietnam - Destins d'archivistes: Ngo Dinh Nhu (1910-1963), un archiviste hors du commun

http://alma.hypotheses.org/1399

China - Rare photos offer snapshot of Qingdao at turn of the century

http://english.cntv.cn/2014/12/26/VIDE1419526199743138.shtml

India blocks 32 websites, including GitHub, Internet Archive, Pastebin, Vimeo

http://www.zdnet.com/article/india-blocks-32-websites-including-github-internet-archive-pastebin-vimeo/

India - Land records to soon go online in Jammu and Kashmir 

http://www.dailykashmirimages.com/news-land-records-to-soon-go-online-in-jammu-and-kashmir-70056.aspx

India - First ever private archive that has good, bad and ugly of Indian art

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/first-ever-private-archive-that-has-good-bad-and-ugly-of-indian-art/article6734588.ece

Europe / Europa

Historical Archives of the European Parliament - 2014 at a glance

http://epthinktank.eu/2014/12/23/historical-archives-2014-at-a-glance/

Can Iceland become the Switzerland of data?

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/12/can-iceland-become-switzerland-data-20141228113345770287.html

Italy looks for help with heritage

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11379141

Forgotten fairytales slay the Cinderella stereotype: stories lost in Bavarian archive for 150 years and newly translated into English offer surprisingly modern characters

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/dec/26/fairytale-ending-forgotten-folklorist-schonwerth

Greece Votes to Preserve Its Audiovisual Heritage

http://greece.greekreporter.com/2014/12/25/greece-votes-to-preserve-its-audiovisual-heritage/

Russia wants to collect the DNA of every creature

http://www.engadget.com/2014/12/27/russia-dna-noahs-ark/

200,000 Additional Gravestone Records from Poland Now Searchable on JRI-Poland

http://blog.eogn.com/2014/12/28/200000-additional-gravestone-records-from-poland-now-searchable-on-jri-poland/

Pologne: Des chaussures de déportés ont été volées au musée du camp nazi de Majdanek

http://www.20minutes.fr/monde/1487795-20141125-pologne-chaussures-deportes-volees-musee-camp-nazi-majdanek

Belgique - La couverture originale d'un album de Tintin mise en vente pour 2,5 millions d'euros

http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/encheres/2014/12/27/03016-20141227ARTFIG00080-tintin-la-couverture-originale-d-un-album-mise-en-vente-pour-25-millions-d-euros.php

France - Les Archives des musées nationaux rejoignent les Archives nationales en 2015

http://www.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/fr/web/guest/archives-des-musees-nationaux

Livres rares et livres d’art s’ouvrent à la Bibliothèque nationale de France

http://www.lemonde.fr/arts/article/2014/12/26/livres-rares-et-livres-d-art-s-ouvrent-a-la-bnf_4546225_1655012.html

France - Tout ce temps passé pour une note que personne ne lira : les secrets de la Pléiade

http://bibliobs.nouvelobs.com/actualites/20141227.OBS8891/tout-ce-temps-passe-pour-une-note-que-personne-ne-lira-les-secrets-de-la-pleiade.html

Les archives du Nord, premier bâtiment d’archives à énergie positive de France

http://www.latroisiemerevolutionindustrielleennordpasdecalais.fr/2014/12/26/les-archives-du-nord-premier-batiment-darchives-energie-positive-france/

Archeologia, un jeu de société sur l'archéologie made in France

http://mobile.francetvinfo.fr/economie/tendances/video-archeologia-un-jeu-de-societe-sur-l-archeologie-made-in-france_778743.html

Ireland - National archives release state documents from 1984

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/national-archives-release-state-documents-from-1984-304136.html

Margaret Thatcher’s intransigence in Irish talks revealed in archive files

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/dec/27/margaret-thatcher-irish-talks-archives

Ireland - Archivist says Stormont politicians can’t block declassification of files

http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/regional/video-archivist-says-stormont-politicians-can-t-block-declassification-of-files-1-6493644

Ireland - New Oral History Archive must be Independent, Especially from Sinn Fein

http://thepensivequill.am/2014/12/new-oral-history-archive-must-be.html

Irish priest’s first World War diary to be published

http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/irish-priest-s-first-world-war-diary-to-be-published-1.2048909

First Scottish Cabinet papers released to the public on January 1st

http://www.theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2015/01/first-scottish-cabinet-papers-released-to-the-public-today/

Scotland - Leith soldier’s war tale revealed by archivists

http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/leith-soldier-s-war-tale-revealed-by-archivists-1-3644205

History of Welsh miners to be saved and made available to public

http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/History-Welsh-miners-saved-available-public/story-25793306-detail/story.html

Wales - Campaign to save Newport Arthur Machen archive gathers momentum

http://www.teleread.com/library/campaign-save-newport-arthur-machen-archive-gathers-momentum/

UK - More than 400,000 Freedom of Information requests made since 2005

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-30632221

UK National Archives - Newly released files from 1985 and 1986

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/newly-released-files-1985-1986/

National Archives: revelations from the released documents

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/dec/30/national-archives-revelations-released-documents

KGB defector pleaded in vain for help getting family out of USSR, files reveal

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/dec/30/kgb-defector-family-ussr-oleg-gordievsky

Thatcher archives: UK withholds Punjab papers

http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/chandigarh/thatcher-archives-uk-withholds-punjab-papers/article1-1301897.aspx

Just how important is Magna Carta 800 years on?

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30641742

Wills of Charles Dickens, Winston Churchill and Beatrix Potter now available online

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/11313652/Wills-of-Charles-Dickens-Winston-Churchill-and-Beatrix-Potter-now-available-online.html

Waterloo's 'war photographers' showcased in 200th anniversary exhibition at Windsor Castle

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/11296539/Waterloos-war-photographers-showcased-in-200th-anniversary-exhibition-at-Windsor-Castle.html

Picture Sheffield celebrates 60,000th image and 15th birthday

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-30476448

Moyen-Orient / Middle East

Iran - Culture minister elaborates on Free Access to Information Act

http://www.tehrantimes.com/arts-and-culture/120535-culture-minister-elaborates-on-free-access-to-information-act

Turkish cinema archive collected under one roof

http://www.dailysabah.com/cinema/2014/12/30/turkish-cinema-archive-collected-under-one-roof

International

Top Ten Cultural Heritage Stories of 2014

http://archivesinfo.blogspot.ca/2015/01/top-ten-cultural-heritage-stories-of.html

UNESCO launches Open Access Curricula for Researchers and Librarian

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/news-and-in-focus-articles/all-news/news/unesco_launches_open_access_curricula_for_researchers_and_librarians/

Who Owns what in the Genealogy World?

http://www.gouldgenealogy.com/2014/12/who-owns-what-in-the-genealogy-world/

20 Ways to Make People Fall in Love With Your Instagram: a Guide for Libraries and Other Cultural Institutions

http://www.nypl.org/blog/2014/12/23/20-ways-make-people-fall-love-your-instagram-guide-libraries-and-other-cultural

How Copyright Makes Culture Disappear

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141229/10521029540/how-copyright-makes-culture-disappear.shtml

Yahoo Directory Closes, Five Days Early

http://searchengineland.com/yahoo-directory-closes-211784

Your hidden Facebook photos aren't so hidden anymore

http://www.dailydot.com/technology/facebook-app-reveals-photos/

The Walkman turns 35

http://daily.jstor.org/the-walkman-turns-35/