Vol. 17, no. 17

                                                         Ressources / Resources

De l’État / From the State
United States Congressional Research Service – Archival Records of Congress: Frequently Asked Questions (Updated)
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R47590

United States Congressional Research Service – The Presidential Records Act: an Overview (Updated)
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46129

United States Congressional Research Service – Access to Government Information: an Overview (Updated)
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R47058

United States Congressional Research Service – The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA): an Introduction (Updated)
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11450

State Records of South Australia – Operational Records Disposal Schedule: Office of the Governor
http://www.archives.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/974160/RDS-2023-13-Version-1-Office-of-the-Governor-Records-Disposal-Schedule-Endorsed-PDF.pdf

State Records of South Australia – Operational Records Disposal Schedule: Legal Profession Conduct Commissioner (and Predecessor Agencies)
http://www.archives.sa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/974155/RDS-2023-18-Version-1-Legal-Profession-Conduct-Commissioner-Records-Disposal-Schedule-Endorsed-PDF.pdf

De la communauté / From the community
Data Curation Network – Response to the National Science Foundation’s Public Access Plan 2.0
http://datacurationnetwork.org/2023/12/21/dcn-response-to-nsf-public-access-plan-2-0/

Article – Use of Social Media in Public Archives: Perspectives about Ghana’s Readiness and Perceived Challenges
http://elischolar.library.yale.edu/jcas/vol10/iss1/20/

Article – SoK: Memorization in General-Purpose: Large Language Models
http://vbinds.ch/sites/default/files/PDFs/arXiv23-Hartmann-Memorization.pdf

Publications
Review of the National Center for Digitization, no. 43 (2023)
http://elib.mi.sanu.ac.rs/pages/browse_issue.php?db=ncd&rbr=43

Journal of Documentation, vol. 80, no. 1 (2024)
http://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/0022-0418/vol/80/iss/1

Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, vol. 18, no. 12 (2023)
http://academic.oup.com/jiplp/issue/18/12

Taiwan National Archives Administration – Archives Semiannual, vol. 22, no. 2 (2023)
https://www.archives.gov.tw/english/Publish.aspx?cnid=47&p=5456
Note: Available under “Publications”

International Federation of Film Archives Bulletin Online, no. 26 (2023)
http://www.calameo.com/fiaf/read/0009185402f9f755f96fc

Bulletin du Centre d’histoire et d’archives du travail, vol. 9, no. 4 (2023)
http://archivesdutravail.quebec/2023/12/22/bulletin-automne-2023-nov-dec/

Ph. D. Thesis (Deakin University) – Kaleidoscopic Archives: a History about London Missionary Society Records, 1813-2022
http://dro.deakin.edu.au/articles/thesis/Kaleidoscopic_archives_a_history_about_London_Missionary_Society_records_1813-2022/24769320

Open Access Book – Manuscript Albums and their Cultural Contexts: Collectors, Objects, and Practices
https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111321462/html

Open Access Book – Classification and Data Science in the Digital Age
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-09034-9

Book – Racial Blackness and Indian Ocean Slavery: Iran’s Cinematic Archive
http://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/racial-blackness-and-indian-ocean-slavery

Book – Blood and Ink: the Barbary Archive in Early American Literary History
http://www.umasspress.com/9781625347411/blood-and-ink/

Book – Heritage, Indigenous Doing, and Wellbeing: Voices of Country
http://www.routledge.com/product/isbn/9780367706883

Book – What we Teach when we Teach DH: Digital Humanities in the Classroom
http://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/what-we-teach-when-we-teach-dh

Book – Museums and the Climate Crisis
http://www.routledge.com/product/isbn/9781032389417

Book – Selling Ancestry: Family Directories and the Commodification of Genealogy in Eighteenth Century Britain
http://global.oup.com/academic/product/selling-ancestry-9780192865960

Book – Practitioner Perspectives on Intangible Cultural Heritage
http://www.routledge.com/product/isbn/9780367682521

Book – Shadows of Reality: a Catalogue of W.G. Sebald’s Photographic Materials
http://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262548298/shadows-of-reality/

Book – Authors, Publishers and Politicians: the Quest for an Anglo-American Copyright Agreement, 1815-1854
http://www.routledge.com/product/isbn/9781032635620

Book – The Common Writer in Modern History
http://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526170750/the-common-writer-in-modern-history/

Book – Privacy, Trust and Social Media
http://www.routledge.com/product/isbn/9781032437491

Book – A Blueprint for Implementing Best Practice Procedures in a Digital Forensic Laboratory: Meeting the Requirements of ISO Standards and Other Best Practices (Second Edition)
https://shop.elsevier.com/books/a-blueprint-for-implementing-best-practice-procedures-in-a-digital-forensic-laboratory/watson/978-0-12-819479-9

Book – Halo Data: Understanding and Leveraging the Value in your Data
https://www.alastore.ala.org/halodata

Book – The Privacy Fallacy: Harm and Power in the Information Economy
https://www.cambridge.org/ca/universitypress/subjects/law/e-commerce-law/privacy-fallacy-harm-and-power-information-economy?format=PB

Livre – Cinémas : un patrimoine français
http://jonglezpublishing.com/fr/produit/cinemas-un-patrimoine-francais/

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
To “Revive their Spirit”: Collecting Books and Shaping Archives in Nineteenth-Century New England
January 17, 2024
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DtXY84B_QRigbmdUIqBQMw#/registration

Sur le web / On the web
From the Vaults: Audio from Edmonton’s Past – Voices of Old Strathcona: Vonda Smith
http://fromthevaults.buzzsprout.com/1209881/12645154-voices-of-old-strathcona-vonda-smith

International Federation of Television Archives Video – A Case Study on the Digitisation of RTÉ Archives Audio Collections
https://youtu.be/Jh9ZXPa8EHk?si=IS2v0oyImBH5dTAh

Vidéo des Archives départementales du Val-de-Marne (France) – Maman, je suis coincée aux Archives
http://vimeo.com/897146013

Video – National Libraries in the Digital Era: Focusing on the Strategies of the National Library of the Netherlands
http://youtu.be/scMheBCsTOw?si=dTnOCpaYg6o-R9-S

Video – Metadata in Scholarly Research: Collection, Management, and Standardization
http://youtu.be/Q3qy8Azl2DU?si=Jzu6SxOmDxDwNIKE

Video – Legal Literacies for Text Data Mining: Cross-Border
http://youtu.be/6emnfcFBNyQ?si=7e2dkICHUBQillkS

Hiring Librarians Podcast – Meredith Lowe, Archives Gig
http://hiringlibrarians.com/2023/12/26/hiring-librarians-podcast-s01-e02-meredith/

The History of Cartography: Now Free Online
http://www.openculture.com/2023/12/the-history-of-cartography-the-most-ambitious-overview-of-map-making-ever-is-free-online.html

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada
Public Knowledge Project’s 25th Anniversary: Year in Review
https://pkp.sfu.ca/2023/12/27/year-in-review/

Fossils, paintings and a whole case of birds: here’s a peek inside this Nova Scotia museum’s archives
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2293158979878

Cartographier les Grands Lacs au 18e siècle sans avoir mis les pieds au Canada
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2028681/carte-grands-lacs-bellin-1700

Une découverte incriminante vieille de deux siècles ébranle les historiens de l’Outaouais
http://www.ledroit.com/actualites/actualites-locales/2023/12/26/une-decouverte-incriminante-vieille-de-deux-siecles-ebranle-les-historiens-de-loutaouais-2OP2677N4FEMDDWCMBKARJPYRY/

Université Laval – 2023, les facultés adoptent la gestion intégrée des documents
http://www.archives.ulaval.ca/nouvelles/2023-les-facultes-adoptent-la-gestion-integree-des-documents/

Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada Regimental Museum and Archive – First World War 3rd Battalion Executions
https://qormuseum.org/2023/12/21/first-world-war-3rd-battalion-executions/

Archive of recently-discovered tapes offer glimpse into Halifax Explosion
http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2294143555823

Fredericton airport teams up with library to open a ‘Flybrary’ for travellers
https://globalnews.ca/video/10191161/fredericton-airport-teams-up-with-library-to-open-a-flybrary-for-travellers

See some of the rare images of Vancouver in the 1940s and ’50s recently donated to city’s archives
http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/see-rare-vancouver-photos-1940s-50s-donated-archives

Whistler Museum and Archives Society – Cooking up Whistler
http://whistlermuseum.org/2023/12/26/cooking-up-whistler/

Here, there and everywhere: Coquitlam’s (British Columbia) history also lies outside its borders
http://www.tricitynews.com/local-news/here-there-and-everywhere-coquitlams-history-also-lies-outside-its-borders-8000835

For London library officials, cyberattack underscores need for budget hike
https://lfpress.com/news/for-london-library-officials-cyberattack-underscores-need-for-budget-hike

British Home Children: antique box tells heart-breaking history
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67809153

Long-time Red Deer historian (and archivist) and city councillor Michael Dawe dies
http://www.reddeeradvocate.com/news/long-time-red-deer-historian-and-city-councillor-michael-dawe-dies-7289963

Dress code: how a Winnipeg codebreaker cracked one of the world’s top unsolved messages
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/dress-code-winnipeg-codebreaker-cracked-090000636.html

Vancouver woman discovers DNA kits bring surprises: not all of them are good
http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/dna-kits-bring-surprises-not-all-are-good

Afrique / Africa
Good morning, Mogadishu! Preserving Somalia’s cultural history, one tape at a time
http://news.un.org/en/story/2023/12/1143962

Zambia – A New Era of Transparency: Access to Information Bill Becomes Law
http://bnnbreaking.com/politics/a-new-era-of-transparency-access-to-information-bill-becomes-law/

Burkina Faso – Gestion des archives : Souleymane Soaré propose une méthode endogène
http://lefaso.net/spip.php?article126786

South Africa – The study of history is a powerful lens to understand the present
http://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/opinion/the-study-of-history-is-a-powerful-lens-to-understand-the-present-33149fc9-a9a4-4726-90d9-1f4c387bf26d

Amériques / Americas
Brazilian museums now have a common place on the web
http://josemurilo.com/2023/09/21/brasiliana-museums-in-brazil-now-have-a-common-place-on-the-web/

Trinidad & Tobago – The Caribbean Corona Chronicles Oral History digital archive
http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/the-caribbean-corona-chronicles-oral-history-digital-archive-6.2.1884441.e42dfa1358

NARA – Records Management Updates to General Services Administration’s Multiple Awards Schedule
http://records-express.blogs.archives.gov/2023/12/26/records-management-updates-to-gsas-multiple-awards-schedule/

NARA – Sergeant Dennis Fisher and Marine Corps Combat Photography in Vietnam
https://unwritten-record.blogs.archives.gov/2023/12/28/sergeant-dennis-fisher-and-marine-corps-combat-photography-in-vietnam/

Library of Congress – Holiday Cheer? Try These Seasonal Favorites
http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2023/12/holiday-cheer-try-these-seasonal-favorites/

Library of Congress – Black Dressmakers for First Ladies
http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2023/12/black-dressmakers-for-first-ladies/

Mickey Mouse, Long a Symbol in Copyright Wars, to Enter Public Domain: its Finally Happening
http://variety.com/2023/tv/news/mickey-mouse-public-domain-disney-copyright-lawsuits-1235844322/

Texas Library and Archives Commission – New Online: Recent Updates to Finding Aids and Digital Images
http://www.tsl.texas.gov/outofthestacks/new-online-recent-updates-to-finding-aids-and-digital-images-2/

History Colorado’s State Historical Fund Awards more than $5 Million toward Historic Preservation Projects
http://www.historycolorado.org/press-release/2023/12/22/history-colorados-state-historical-fund-awards-more-5-million-toward

Inside the Pennsylvania court case pitting a genealogist against Ancestry.com
http://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2023/12/ancestry-genealogy-pennsylvania-historical-records-court-fight/

How genealogists got millions of Maryland records online for all to see
http://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/12/25/maryland-genealogical-records/

Plans for a New District of Columbia Archives Include Fossil Fuels that Might Break District of Columbia Law
http://www.washingtoninformer.com/dc-archives-fossil-fuel-plan/

Delaware Public Archives – 2023: Fourth Quarter Accessions
https://archives.delaware.gov/2023/12/27/2023-fourth-quarter-accessions/

How does Oklahoma maintain its state archives?
http://www.energyportal.eu/how-does-oklahoma-maintain-its-state-archives/

How does Hawaii manage its historical archives?
http://www.energyportal.eu/how-does-hawaii-manage-its-historical-archives

How does Colorado maintain its state archives?
http://www.energyportal.eu/how-does-colorado-maintain-its-state-archives/

Cornell University – Digitized images illuminate U.S. colonial period in the Philippines
http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2023/12/digitized-images-illuminate-us-colonial-period-philippines

University of San Diego – Archive preserves culture of lowriding history in California
http://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/human-interest/2023/12/25/archive-preserves-culture-of-lowriding-history-in-ca

Yellowstone Project: University of Montana Student Takes 3d Odyssey through the Wolf Skull Archives
http://www.umt.edu/news/2023/12/122623wolf.php

Eastern Illinois University’s digital archive, the Keep, reaches major milestone
http://jg-tc.com/news/local/education/eastern-illinois-universitys-digital-archive-the-keep-reaches-major-milestone/article_36439c8a-9f75-11ee-9fde-c7200e4c6e13.html

Sul Ross State University – Archives of the Big Bend welcomes three new collections
http://library.sulross.edu/archives-of-the-big-bend-welcomes-three-new-collections/

What is antisemitism? Scholars use the archives as a guide and a warning
http://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-779148

Houston Public Library’s Latino archive is a trove of Hispanic history. Critics say it’s neglected.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/article/houston-latino-archives-languished-critics-say-18418034.php

The New Yotk Times Sues OpenAI and Microsoft Over Artificial Intelligence Use of Copyrighted Work
http://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/business/media/new-york-times-open-ai-microsoft-lawsuit.html

HistoryMakers oral history archive seeks to protect stories of Black lived experience
https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2023/12/28/historymakers-black-stories

Preserving Indigenous cultures and languages with the help of artificial intelligence
http://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace-tech/preserving-indigenous-cultures-and-languages-with-the-help-of-ai/

Microsoft 365 Copilot is here. What are the legal risks of using it?
http://richmond.com/zzstyling/column/microsoft-365-copilot-is-here-what-are-the-legal-risks-of-using-it/article_9004342e-9f9c-11ee-9b82-df3d9f4cc1df.html

There is no end to the museum exodus
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/12/28/there-is-no-end-to-the-museum-exodus

How Librarian Spies Helped Win World War II
http://www.voanews.com/a/how-librarian-spies-helped-win-world-war-ii-/7406071.html

There Is so Much More to See if we Are Brave Enough: Firelei Báez on Mining Memory, Myth, and Colonial Archives
http://news.artnet.com/art-world/firelei-baez-memory-2366610

Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific
Vietnam – La sauvegarde des précieux patrimoines culturels immatériels au menu d’un atelier
http://lecourrier.vn/la-sauvegarde-des-precieux-patrimoines-culturels-immateriels-au-menu-dun-atelier/1223829.html

China opens 4,010 items of Mao Zedong’s manuscripts to public
http://english.news.cn/20231226/f9dfbd23718d4cf48946c5ed339af6e5/c.html

China – Shanghai Archives highlights Belt and Road Initiative
http://www.shine.cn/news/metro/2312235042/

China – Jiading Archives unveils new building, partnership deal
http://www.shine.cn/feature/district/2312252868/

India – Jammu and Kashmir: listening and learning to heal history’s wounds
http://www.hindustantimes.com/opinion/listening-and-learning-to-heal-history-s-wounds-101703340641825.html

India – Workshop on traditional manuscript paintings of Assam organized
http://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/assam-news/workshop-on-traditional-manuscript-paintings-of-assam-organized-683098

India – Preserving private records
http://telanganatoday.com/opinion-preserving-private-records

Europe / Europa
Digital archive captures charms of Ukraine’s cultural heritage through collation of historic Xmas cards
http://news.yahoo.com/digital-archive-captures-charms-ukraines-112800793.html

Battle for the past: the Ukrainians trying to save their archaeological treasure amid war
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/dec/26/battle-for-the-past-the-ukrainians-trying-to-save-their-archaeological-treasure-amid-war

Swedish post office archives over a century of Santa letters and they’re not all from children
http://www.news24.com/fin24/international/swedish-post-office-archives-over-a-century-of-santa-letters-and-theyre-not-all-from-children-20231222

Spanish-Moroccan letters of forbidden love that were never received
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-67630044

Espagne – Le livre énigmatique caché dans la cathédrale de Burgos
http://fr.eseuro.com/livres/1521288.html

Des signatures de soldats américains gravées dans le béton découvertes par hasard en Normandie
http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/normandie/calvados/caen/des-signatures-de-soldats-americains-gravees-dans-le-beton-retrouves-par-hasard-en-normandie-2896856.html

Andorra’s Leap Towards Cultural Preservation: Archival Transcription Project Underway
http://bnnbreaking.com/arts/artists/andorras-leap-towards-cultural-preservation-archival-transcription-project-underway/

Lost 1,750-Year-Old Bible Translation Fragment Found Inside Vatican Library Manuscript
http://www.iflscience.com/lost-1750-year-old-bible-translation-fragment-found-inside-vatican-library-manuscript-72141

Irish state papers: how Prince Andrew smoothed over Lord Mandelson’s gaffe
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-67770674

Diana apparently believed Northern Ireland part of the Republic, archive shows
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/dec/27/diana-apparently-believed-northern-ireland-part-of-the-republic-archive-shows

National Library of Scotland – You can now explore The Listener magazine for free
http://blog.nls.uk/you-can-now-explore-the-listener-magazine-for-free/

National Library of Scotland buys first Broons annual after 10-year hunt
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-67822581

Wills are valuable historical testimonies worth preserving
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/dec/22/wills-are-valuable-historical-testimonies-worth-preserving

Finding new ways to connect: Jeff James of the UK National Archives on reaching out to students
https://www.civilserviceworld.com/in-depth/article/finding-new-ways-to-connect-jeff-james-of-the-national-archives-on-reaching-out-to-students

Interim information sources for British Library manuscripts
http://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2023/12/interim-information-sources-for-british-library-manuscripts.html

University of York – New archive reveals snapshot of a wartime Christmas in York
http://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2023/campus/wartime-christmas-york/

Moyen-Orient / Middle East
National Library of Israel – Prayer’s Light in Wartime’s Darkness
https://blog.nli.org.il/en/prayer-in-war/

National Library of Israel – The State’s Watchful Guardians: Female Field Observers on the Border
https://blog.nli.org.il/en/hoi_field_observers/

National Library of Israel – Nir Oz will Blossom Again: the Story of a Legendary Kibbutz Gardener
https://blog.nli.org.il/en/hoi_nir_oz/

Israel’s National Library was set to reopen in October. Then Hamas attacked.
http://www.deccanherald.com/world/israels-national-library-was-set-to-reopen-in-october-then-hamas-attacked-2825196

Mohanad Yaqubi, cinéaste palestinien : produire des archives, c’est de la résistance
http://www.humanite.fr/monde/cinema/mohanad-yaqubi-cineaste-palestinien-produire-des-archives-cest-de-la-resistance

International
The International Committee of the Red Cross photographic archives: an action oriented collection
https://blogs.icrc.org/cross-files/the-icrc-photographic-archives-an-action-oriented-collection/

International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives – The Lars Gaustad Award 2023 Recipient: Somaya Langley
http://www.iasa-web.org/blog/lars-gaustad-award-2023-recipient-somaya-langley

International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives – The Carl Fleischhauer Award 2023 Recipient: Ezekiel Korley
https://www.iasa-web.org/blog/carl-fleischhauer-award-2023-recipient-ezekiel-korley

Number of countries with open science policies has almost doubled since adoption of UNESCO Recommendation
http://www.unesco.org/en/articles/number-countries-open-science-policies-has-almost-doubled-adoption-unesco-recommendation

Global Press Archive Center for Research Libraries Alliance Launches Second Ukrainian Collection
http://www.crl.edu/news/global-press-archive-crl-alliance-launches-second-ukrainian-collection

Converting your retention schedule into a model of Microsoft 365 retention labels
http://www.robbath.co.uk/post/converting-your-retention-schedule-into-a-model-of-microsoft-365-retention-labels

Gramps, un logiciel incontournable pour les généalogistes
http://www.justgeek.fr/gramps-logiciel-genealogie-117823/

What is Computational Social Science?
https://acastroaraujo.github.io/blog/posts/2023-12-27-what-is-computational-social-science/

Why artificial intelligence is a disaster for the climate
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/23/ai-chat-gpt-environmental-impact-energy-carbon-intensive-technology

A song of hype and fire: the 10 biggest artificial intelligence stories of 2023
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/12/a-song-of-hype-and-fire-the-10-biggest-ai-stories-of-2023/

How the music business is putting a green spin on vinyl records
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/vinyl-records-lp-environment-recycling-1.7066945