Thursday 24 November 2016

Vol. 10, no. 13

Ressources / Resources

De l'État / From the State
Public Records Office Victoria (Australia) - Information Management Maturity: Current State Assessment 2015-2016

De la communauté / From the community
World Intellectual Property Organization - Study on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions for Educational Activities

UNESCO - Basics Texts of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2016 Edition)

Nordforsk - Open Access to Research Data: Status, Issues and Outlook 

Blockchain Technology for Recordkeeping: Help or Hype? 

International Telecommunication Union - Measuring the Information Society Report 2016

Article - The Rhetoric of Digitization and the Politicization of Canadian Heritage

Article - Privacy of the Internet of Things: a Systematic Literature Review

Publications
The Reading Room: a Journal of Special Collections, vol. 2, no. 1 (2016)

Imago Mundi: the International Journal for the History of Cartography, vol. 69, no. 1 (2017)

Journal of Map & Geography Libraries, vol. 12, no. 3 (2016)

Library Trends, vol. 65, no. 2, 2016 (Special Issue: Libraries in the Political Process)

International Journal of Information Management, vol. 37, no. 1 (2017)

Silhouettes: the Associates of the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick Newsletter, no. 42 (2016)

Bulletin d'information du Centre d'histoire et d'archives du travail, vol. 3, no. 4 (automne 2016)

Book - Archive Everything: Mapping the Everyday 

Book - Body Parts of Empire: Visual Abjection, Filipino Images, and the American Archive

Book - Memory, Forgetting and the Moving Image

Book - A Matter of Memory: Photography as Object in the Digital Age

Book - The Making of the Greek Genocide: Contested Memories of the Ottoman Greek Catastrophe

Book - Creating the High-Functioning Library Space: Expert Advice from Librarians, Architects, and Designers

Book - Taking your MLIS Abroad: Getting and Succeeding in an International Library Job

Book - Of Gods and Books: Cult and Donation of Knowledge in the Medieval Hindu Traditions

Book - Auschwitz and Birkenau: Rare Wartime Images

Book - Chokepoints: Global Private Regulation on the Internet

Book - Doughboys on the Western Front: Memories of American Soldiers in the Great War

Book - Describing Music Materials: a Manual for Resource Description of Printed and Recorded Music and Music Videos (Fourth Edition)

Book - Materializing the Web of Linked Data

Livre - Un présent infini: notes sur la mémoire et l'oubli

Livre - Décès, disparitions et successions en généalogie

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
Webinar - Containers: Best Practices and Data Management Services
December 7, 2016

Webcast - An Introduction to Electronic Signatures
December 8, 2016

Webinar - FAIR Data in Trustworthy Data Repositories
December 12, 2016

Ariadne: Unlocking the Potential of Digital Archaeological Data
December 15-16, 2016, Firenze (Italy)

Les nouveaux enjeux de la conservation du patrimoine documentaire
16-17 août 2017, Sierre (Suisse)

Digit_Hum 2016 (vidéos disponibles)
10-11 octobre 2016, Paris

Library and Information Technology Association 2016 Forum (Presentations Available)
November 17-20, 2016, Forth Worth (Texas)

Sur le web / On the web
Podcast - In their own Words (Using Letters from the First World War from The Rooms, Newfoundland)

New website - History of Madness in Canada: After the Asylum

Société d'histoire de Drummond - Exposition virtuelle : Académie de ballet de Drummondville 

Slidecast - The Diplomatic Acquisition Portfolio at Library and Archives Canada

Podcast - Copyright Notices for Illegal Downloading

Europeana Exhibition - The Colossus of Leonardo da Vinci: the Story of Leonardo's Monumental Never-completed Equestrian Bronze

Vidéo - Conférence internationale supérieure d'archives 2016 : la protection durable du patrimoine culturel 

Video - Broken Links, Broken Trust: why 404 Errors have the Power to Traumatise 

Podcast - Being Human: what the Archives Reveal

Présentation - Explorez les collections numérisées de Gallica sur une carte

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada
Calling all Canadians: our museums are counting on your commitment and leadership

Five years of blogging at Library and Archives Canada

Canada Has its own Fantastic Beasts, According to Library and Archives Canada

Library and Archives Canada - Sir Wilfrid Laurier: 175th anniversary of his birth

Laurier in Two Dimensions: Sir Wilfrid Laurier in the Canadian Museum of History's Archival Collections

Historic quilt stitches together Confederation story: 152-year-old quilt carefully restored by Canadian Conservation Institute in Ottawa

Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 - Resettling Child Refugees: Canada and Armenian Orphans, 1923-1927

Saskatchewan - Information commissioner raps government over emails

Nova Scotia - Government Commits to More Access to Information

Access to information in Alberta approaching crisis situation: privacy commissioner

Alberta - Government contacting people after privacy breach

Archives Society of Alberta - Access to Holdings Grant

Québec modernisera la Loi du livre à petites doses

BAnQ acquiert le fonds d'archives de Pauline Marois

BAnQ - Visite du premier ministre à la Grande Bibliothèque

BAnQ - Omer Létourneau, une vie toute en musique

BAnQ - À la recherche de ses ancêtres

Archives of Manitoba - One Manitoba Soldier: Family Connections

University of Waterloo - Library unveils new archive of digitized texts

University of Waterloo Archives 60th Anniversary Image Bank

Rare Book Collection unveiled at Queen's University

A look inside University of Toronto's massive archive of Leonard Cohen poems, letters and pictures

Fake science journals still catch the unwary or desperate in Canadian universities

Cambrian College, National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation partnership a big moment

Canadian researcher in legal battle to keep her interviews confidential

Chinese Canadian Archive Project: what's New?

Buyers scramble to get a piece of Leonard Cohen's literary legacy

Unique copy of first full-length audio book found in Canada

Jewish Historical Society of Southern Alberta - Archives Grant and Project

Jewish Museum and Archives of B.C. - Another Impressive Year

Société d'histoire du Lac-Saint-Jean - Lancement de la base de données généalogiques Genaise sur le Web

#WelcomeToBlackhurst: Curating a Black History of Toronto

Victoria - 1861 theatre ruckus sparked racism debate

Archives de la ville de Québec - Le microfilm : vie et mort d'une technologie

Saskatoon library dedicates space for truth and reconciliation

Archives immortalizes Saanich (B.C.) grads' sacrifice

Simcoe County Archives (Ontario) celebrates 50 years 

Township of Whitby (Ontario) Game Preserve has interesting history

Claude Béland répond présent à l'invitation d'Archives Bois-Francs

How one Google search proved we need to pay attention to Canada's black history more than ever

Archives et création : les archives sont-elles des matériaux physiques ou intellectuels dans l'art moderne?

Afrique / Africa
Togo - Les gardiens des archives s'adaptent au numérique

Cameroun - Archives nationales : la bibliothèque du Cameroun rééquipée

Tunisia human rights commission seeks reconciliation without revenge

South African History Archives - What's past is prologue: a look back at our requests in 2016

Amériques / Americas
Plugging the gaps: the fight to define what is a public record

Never mind the algorithms: the role of click farms and exploited digital labor in Trump's election

NARA - Metadata in Electronic Records Management

Digital Preservation 2016 Talk: Initiatives at the Library of Congress

Free Law Project Re-Launches RECAP Archive, a New Search Tool for PACER Dockets and Documents

NISO Announces New Publishers Enacting Phase Two of KBART Guidelines, Encourages Other Publishers to Seek Endorsement

From History to Politics, Arizona's New State Archivist Talks Records

Yale University - Freedom to Marry archives offer insight into a modern civil rights movement

Princeton University - Art museum undertaking massive digitization effort of artworks; Minor White's photography now available

University of California - Digital Archive Preserves Pioneering History of Punjabis in California

George Washington University Libraries Collect Millions of Election Tweets

University of Michigan - Women Composers Collection now online


Mickey Mouse is the secret force behind modern copyright law

Judge Allows Bid to Free "We Shall Overcome" from Copyright

George Eastman Museum digitizes and showcases online the beautiful collections about the artist

Archive at the National Museum of the Great Lakes contains 300 years of maritime history

Archive of Oscar de la Renta maintains the designer's memory and runway looks 

Mayor: Database of undocumented New Yorkers could be deleted

Boston City Archives shares yearbooks and school newspapers

New Hip-Hop Archive is a Time Machine Back to the Electrifying Early Days of Boston Rap

The Past Is Present: Discoveries of a WWII Museum Archivist

Mystery Solved: a Michigan Woman Says she Mailed Civil War Letters to the Post Office

Kentucky - Messy mystery: Confederate time capsule found

A military historian's find could unlock the mystery of 136 sailors missing since WWII

Unseen H.G. Wells ghost story published for first time

World's Earliest 10 Commandments Tablet Rises to $850,000 at Auction

Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
National Archives of Australia - Iconic Australian houses

New South Wales State Records (Australia) - The Magic Touch: balancing autonomy and automation

Online archive of New Zealand historic bills is now complete

Hong Kong - Open attitude on archive law

Island Culture Archival Support - Help Us Preserve Culture in the Pacific Islands

National Library of China to create database of Japan's historic investigations of China

National Film Archive of India Unveils the First-of-its-kind Virtual Reality Film Museum

Europe / Europa
Europe: access to information in practice, not just on paper

Europeana - Movember: the Art of Mustraction

How right to be forgotten puts privacy and free speech on a collision course

E-Ark Pilots 

Documents from Moscow archives become available online

11 Polish Documents Added to UNESCO's Memory of the World Programme

Spain - 337-year-old book returned to Ecija archives after 30-year absence

Anne Frank poem sells for $148,000

The Archive of the Sorbian Institute in Germany

Nazis on retreat: the SS holiday camp near Auschwitz: in pictures

Vatican taps space technology to preserve its treasures

French law on digital versions of out-of-print books flouts European Union directive

France adds African perspective to colonial period archives

French probe on defense secret after president met reporters

Service interministériel des archives de France - Préparation des versements : Metadata Extraction Tool

The Bank of France opens up

La bibliothèque de Jean Giono sauvée grâce à la souscription nationale

Tintin décroche la lune lors d'une vente aux enchères à 1,55 million d'euros

The right to be forgotten and consent education: the gaps in Ireland's protection of children

The Digital Repository of Ireland joins Hydra Project

Victoria's Secrets: what the Royal Archives Didn't Want you to Know About England's Queen

UK Parliamentary Archives - Researching Parliament as a court of law: Westminster and Dublin, 1603 – c. 1730

UK National Archives - Cyber security: three steps senior managers need to take

UK National Archives - Explore Sir Geoffrey Howe's Private Office papers

UK National Archives - Battle of the Ancre 

From a 52-metre scroll to the Golden Haggadah: 1,300 British Library Hebrew manuscript treasures now online

British Library - The Conservation and Spectroscopic Analysis of a Burmese Concertina Binding

British Library - Applications of Image Processing Software to Archival Material

Documentary archives from London's Imperial War Museum to be presented in Belarus for first time

Amateur Swimming Association - Swimming history preserved in new archives

Battle of Somme soldier's notebook reveals his lost love

Beethoven musical score row between Sotheby's and expert

Charlotte Bronte rare letter envelopes to friend up for auction

Hampshire County - Who said archives are outdated and old fashioned? Meet our new archivist

The Cost(s) of Being an Archivist

Moyen-Orient / Middle East
Israel - KAN project will digitize Channel One's archives

National Library of Israel - Adolf Eichmann's Clandestine Visit to Palestine

National Library of Israel - If Judaism is a Tragedy, Let us Live it: Stefan Zweig's Letters Revealed

Inside the new Lebanese National Library

United Arab Emirates - Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid issues decree establishing largest library in Arab world

Piecing back together an Iraqi archaeological gem blown sky-high by Isis

International
Librarians, Archivists, Call on World Intellectual Property Office Members to Create Safe Harbour Against Copyright Liability

IFLA Promotes Library and User Interests at World Intellectual Property Organisation 

International Association of Music Libraries Archives and Documentation Centres - Two new resources for traditional Irish music

United Nations Depository Libraries Are Facing Severe Problems

The NATO Archives revisits the Hungarian Revolution on its 60th anniversary

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