Vol. 5, no. 17

Ressources / Resources

De la communauté / From the community

Article - Predicting Searcher Frustration

http://ciir-publications.cs.umass.edu/pub/web/getpdf.php?id=918

Publications

Association of Research Libraries SPEC kit - Reconfiguring Service Delivery

http://www.arl.org/news/pr/spec327-27dec11.shtml

Book - Academic Archives: Managing the Next Generation of College and University Archives, Records, and Special Collections

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

Book - Sometimes You Have to Make Your Own History: Documenting Feminist and Queer Activism in the 21st Century

http://litwinbooks.com/feminist-activism.php

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

Free IFLA Webinar - New Librarians Global Connection: best practices, models and recommendations

17 January 2012

http://bit.ly/rDQAnp

Sur le web / On the web

NARA - Citizen Archivist Dashboard

http://blogs.archives.gov/aotus/?p=3877

Video - Tour of the Louisiana State Archives 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1QycXD_sMY

Video - A Brief Look at the Apple Collection, Part of the Silicon Valley Archives at Stanford University

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/apple-archives-document-company-history/2011/12/29/gIQAdbTHOP_video.html

ActuaLitté ouvre une bibliothèque pour tous sur Internet

http://www.les-infostrateges.com/actu/11121341/actualitte-ouvre-une-bibliotheque-pour-tous-sur-internet

Outils / Tools

Emulation Framework version 1.1.0

http://emuframework.sourceforge.net/

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

Opening the vault - Legal Archives Society of Alberta

http://archivesalberta.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/opening-the-vault-lasa/

Christmas photographs from the Toronto Archives

http://www.blogto.com/city/2011/12/christmas_photographs_from_the_toronto_archives/

4 millions $ pour une bibliothèque et un centre d'archives flambants neufs à Nicolet

http://www.lecourriersud.com/Culture/2011-12-27/article-2844815/4-millions-$-pour-une-bibliotheque-et-un-centre-darchives-flambants-neufs-a-Nicolet/1

Amériques / America

Haïti - Port-au-Prince : Restauration des archives du Palais de Justice

http://minustah.org/?p=33413

US Lobbying Against New European Privacy Law

https://epic.org/2011/12/us-lobbying-against-new-europe.html

Library of Congress - 25 Films Selected to the 2011 National Film Registry

http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2011/11-240.html

Legislation prompts Wyoming public records debate

http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/legislation-prompts-wyoming-public-records-debate/article_2ce7d4aa-b08a-5e15-a031-33b0009ea69e.html

New Online Photo Collection Provides Glimpses into Delaware’s Past

http://news.delaware.gov/2011/12/28/new-online-photo-collection-provides-glimpses-into-delaware%E2%80%99s-past/

The $4.5 million photo album

http://www.startribune.com/local/136240423.html

Woody Guthrie archive to land in his native Oklahoma, focusing on artistry instead of politics

http://wapo.st/sr6y3P

Alexander Gardner: The mysteries of the Civil War’s photographic giant

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/alexander-gardner-the-mysteries-of-the-civil-wars-photographic-giant/2011/12/12/gIQAptHhDP_story.html

Occupy Wall Street becomes highly collectible

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hbfVQt-AOp1S6Tg-AmxIpFFP1OyA?docId=825b5fbe5da14101a08564af24ac8b2e

Private Owner of George Washington's Letter to Jews Wants to be Left Alone

http://forward.com/articles/148406/#ixzz1hlj5UoP2

Asie-Pacifique/Asia-Pacific

India - Archives Department takes up digitisation of Padmanabhaswamy temple records

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article2746895.ece

India - The digital picture: from reel to HD

http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/article2747724.ece?homepage=true

Europe / Europa

Netherlands - The National Library and the National Archives will be integrated into one organization

http://www.kb.nl/nieuws/2011/kbna-en.html

A human touch for ancient manuscripts in Italy

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iF6HlPwhYBpl8t8a7bCWGOktXPOg?docId=CNG.51879d3f2d1c38176a2bd02ade0f759e.1e1

Germany - Reconciliation is the goal, says Stasi Archives' Commissioner

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15635205,00.html

Vatican throws light on history as it opens secret archives

http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Vatican+throws+light+history+opens+secret+archives/5912349/story.html

Vatican Uses NASA Technology to Preserve Ancient Tomes

http://www.innovationnewsdaily.com/vatican-library-digital-star-scanning-2434/

France - Saint-Etienne : la Poste et les archives de l'Armée affectées par l'incendie géant

http://www.leparisien.fr/lyon-69000/saint-etienne-la-poste-et-les-archives-de-l-armee-affectees-par-l-incendie-geant-25-12-2011-1783428.php

Secret files from Northern Ireland’s Troubles launched online

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Secret-files-from-Northern-Irelands-Troubles-launched-online-136181583.html

Osama hunt software to create Northern Ireland Troubles database

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/osama-hunt-software-to-create-northern-ireland-troubles-database-16096067.html

Ireland - RTÉ to open archives to celebrate 50th anniversary

http://www.thejournal.ie/rte-to-open-archives-to-celebrate-50th-anniversary-314776-Dec2011/

Ireland - Dear Santa Letter sent 100 years ago found up chimney

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2011/1221/1224309341785.html

Scotland - Festive historic shopping archive set to go online

http://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2011/12/23/picture-special-festive-historic-shopping-archive-set-to-go-online/

UK - Freedom of information access to ministers' emails to be scrutinised

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/dec/28/freedom-information-access-ministers-emails

Freedom of Information requests cost councils £31million

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/12/23/freedom-of-information-requests-cost-councils-31billion-115875-23655059/

Stasi files row as Britain refuses to return documents to Germany

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/28/stasi-files-row-britain-germany

UK - Hockey archives museum launched

http://www.pushhockey.co.uk/club/hockey-archives-museum-launched

Moyen-Orient / Middle East

Zein Abdel-Hadi appointed head of the Egyptian Library and Archives

http://english.ahram.org.eg/~/NewsContentP/18/30072/Books/Zein-AbdelHadi-appointed-head-of-the-Egyptian-Libr.aspx

Rare Books Staff From American University of Cairo Help Restore Burned Institut d’Égypte Documents

http://www.aucegypt.edu/newsatauc/Pages/story.aspx?eid=785

Registration of Iran-Georgia joint cultural works highlighted

http://www.ibna.ir/vdccepqse2bqi18.-ya2.html

Turkey - The unusual hobby of a tomb photographer

http://www.todayszaman.com/news-266651-the-unusual-hobby-of-a-tomb-photographer.html

Oman - Minister to approve tools for documents management

http://main.omanobserver.om/node/77058

Algérie - Le ministre de la Justice inaugure le premier centre régional des archives

http://www.liberte-algerie.com/actualite/belaiz-inaugure-le-premier-centre-regional-des-archives-bechar-168834

International

The year in mobile apps: Where we’ve been, where we’re going

http://gigaom.com/2011/12/25/the-year-in-mobile-apps-where-weve-been-where-were-going/

Today’s digital documents are tomorrow’s dinosaurs: replacing paper records contains as much peril as promise

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/dec/22/todays-digital-documents-are-tomorrows-dinosaurs/

As Web sites come and go, so too could the information you entrust them with

http://wapo.st/vjQqgG

Vol. 5, no. 16

Ressources / Resources

De l'État / From the State

European Commission - National open access and preservation policies in Europe: analysis of a questionnaire to the European Research Area Committee

http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/document_library/pdf_06/open-access-report-2011_en.pdf

France - Décret du 19 décembre 2011 relatif au dépôt légal de l'Internet

http://bit.ly/uByJ64

De la communauté / From the community

OCLC - Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives and Museums: Part 2: Survey Analysis

http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2011/2011-03.pdf

IFLA - Revisionism and Professional Ethics II

http://www.ifla.org/en/publications/revisionism-and-professional-ethics-ii

Publications

Ngā Tapuwae: newsletter of Archives New Zealand (December 2011)

http://archives.govt.nz/about/publications-media/nga-tapuwae-december-2011

Library of Congress Digital Preservation Newsletter (December 2011)

http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/news/newsletter/201112.pdf

IFLA Section on Rare Books and Manuscripts Newsletter (January 2012)

http://www.ifla.org/en/news/january-2012-issue-of-the-rare-books-and-manuscripts-section-newsletter-is-now-available

Journal of Library Metadata, vol. 11, no. 3-4, July-December 2011 (Special Issue on Contextual Metadata)

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wjlm20/11/3-4

Book - User Studies for Digital Library Development

http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=7654 

Book - Complex Copyright: Mapping the Information Ecosystem

http://bit.ly/vXqUcB

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

DLM Forum Triennal Conference (presentations available)

12-14 December 2011, Brussels

http://bit.ly/uBH9pB

Sur le web / On the web

U.S. - Petition to the Obama Administration - Start A National Effort To Digitize All Public Government Info

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/start-national-effort-digitize-all-public-government-info/15vthgVB

Top Ten Stories of the Year - The Archives Year in Review

http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2011/12/archives-year-in-review.html

New Wiki for DROID Consultation

http://www.dpconline.org/newsroom/latest-news/788-new-wiki-for-droid-consultation

Video - Save Library and Archives Canada - Student View

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk0xRzX3eQ4

Video - Dr Sada Mire on digital preservation of Somali heritage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrwhWAnxvbY

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

Normand Charbonneau est nommé conservateur et directeur général des archives de BAnQ

http://nouvelles.banq.qc.ca/archives/view.asp?ID=2325

Newfoundland Provincial archives shed light on seasonal traditions from the past

http://www.thenorwester.ca/News/2011-12-22/article-2844695/Provincial-archives-shed-light-on-seasonal-traditions-from-the-past/1

How open data is leading the way to Project Calgary

http://blogs.calgaryherald.com/2011/12/20/how-open-data-lead-the-way-to-project-calgary/

Lanark Archives (Ont.) drawing researchers from far and wide

http://www.emcperth.ca/20111215/news/Archives+drawing+researchers+from+far+and+wide

Derek Hayes has a passion for mapping our history

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw/2016900013_pacificphayesmaps18.html?cmpid=2628

Afrique / Africa

Kenya - State unveils system that will manage public records

http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000048536&cid=14&

Amériques / America

Cuban Archive Works on Preservation of Colonial Notary Records

http://bit.ly/udxQok

Archives Conservation in Haiti, Part 2: Audio and Video Collections

http://siarchives.si.edu/blog/archives-conservation-haiti-part-2-audio-and-video-collections

U.S. Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative – An Overview

http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2011/12/federal-agencies-digitization-guidelines-initiative-%e2%80%93-an-overview/

Obama Administration Memorandum Creates New Opportunities For Records Management SMBs

http://www.gaebler.com/News/Small-Business-Startup/Obama-Administration-memorandum-creates-new-opportunities-for-records-management-SMBs-900000041.htm

Boston College Must Release IRA Oral-History Records, but Court Will Review Them First

http://chronicle.com/article/Boston-College-Must-Release/130119/

Digital Data on Patients Raises Risk of Breaches

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/19/technology/as-patient-records-are-digitized-data-breaches-are-on-the-rise.html

Indian Records Repository in Kansas Preserves Indian Records

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/12/22/indian-records-repository-in-kansas-preserves-indian-records-69089

Vogue launches online archive of every American issue in its 119-year history

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/dec/16/vogue-launches-online-archive-magazines

Film archive craves Texas history films

http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/austin/film-archive-craves-texas-history-films

The Struggle For The Occupy Wall Street Archives

http://www.theawl.com/2011/12/the-struggle-for-the-occupy-wall-street-archives

Widener University scholars enhancing sex archive

http://www.vancouversun.com/life/University+scholars+enhancing+archive/5898544/story.html

Asie-Pacifique/Asia-Pacific

Hong Kong - Exhibition of archival holdings on Kai Tak Airport

http://7thspace.com/headlines/402312/exhibition_of_archival_holdings_on_kai_tak_airport.html

New Zealand - DigitalNZ's Mighty Big 2011

http://www.digitalnz.org/blog/digitalnzs-mighty-big-2011

India - Delhi to digitise archives

http://nvonews.com/2011/12/20/delhi-to-digitise-archives/

Indonesia - Lacking Archivist, City Lost at Court

http://bit.ly/vMVT52

Australia - Archives' new boss finds role perfect fit

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/archives-new-boss-finds-role-perfect-fit/2402417.aspx

Europe / Europa

EU - Public sector needs to improve quality of information, warns Eurim

http://www.guardian.co.uk/government-computing-network/2011/dec/19/eurim-report-data-sharing

NATO files on the Martial Law handed over to Poland

http://www.neurope.eu/article/nato-files-martial-law-handed-over-poland

Spain - A New Andalucian Law for Records and Archives

http://www.ica.org/?lid=12062

National Library of Sweden - No deal with OCLC

http://www.kb.se/english/about/news/No-deal-with-OCLC/

Opening Government Data in Bulgaria

http://blog.okfn.org/2011/12/16/opening-government-data-in-bulgaria/

Innovation dans le processus de versement aux Archives fédérales suisses

http://bit.ly/sxLVCs

Italian Parliamentary Linked Data

http://epsiplatform.eu/content/italian-parliamentary-linked-data

Ireland - National Library gets visitor boost from its online activity

http://www.thejournal.ie/national-library-gets-visitor-boost-from-its-online-activity-305218-Dec2011/

Seamus Heaney papers bound for National Library of Ireland 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16275858

Scotland - Archive body starts debate on smiling for photographs

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16219211

UK - Unusual discoveries in the National Archives

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/652.htm

Jane Austen family books made digital for first time

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-16251430

Scholar discovers 16th-century love poem written by an Englishwoman

http://earlymodernengland.com/2011/12/scholar-discovers-16th-century-love-poem-written-by-an-englishwoman/

Moyen-Orient / Middle East

Library fire in Egypt clashes destroys 'irreplaceable' 200-year-old documents

http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/17/world/africa/egypt-unrest/index.html

Blue Shield 2nd Statement on Egypt

http://www.ifla.org/en/news/blue-shield-2nd-statement-on-egypt

Turkey ready to open its archives

http://news.az/articles/turkey/51196

Georgian manuscripts center director visits Iran National Library and Archives

http://www.tehrantimes.com/arts-and-culture/93596-georgian-manuscripts-center-director-visits-inla-

Iran - As oral history: interviews with dignitaries, historical figures

http://www.ibna.ir/vdcdfo0f5yt0xn6.em2y.html

International

Digital Formats, part 1: Lots of ‘Em and More to Come

http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2011/12/digital-formats-part-1-lots-of-em-and-more-to-come/

Mapping Profits: Cartography and Fine Art Investment

http://www.cnbc.com/id/45734591

How Smartphones Are Changing Photography: The Numbers Are In

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/12/smartphone-photography-2011/

Vol. 5, no. 15

Ressources / Resources

De l'État / From the State

European Commission's Open Data Strategy: Questions & answers

http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/11/891&format=HTML&aged=0&language=en&guiLanguage=en

Press release on the Open Data Strategy : http://epsiplatform.eu/content/european-open-data-strategy-announced

France - Proposition de loi adoptée par le Sénat relative à l'exploitation numérique des livres indisponibles du XXe siècle

http://www.senat.fr/petite-loi-ameli/2011-2012/54.html

New South Wales Government - The problems of identifying which digital records to keep and which to throw away: survey shows digital disposal is hard

http://futureproof.records.nsw.gov.au/the-problems-of-identifying-which-digital-records-to-keep-and-which-to-throw-away-survey-shows-digital-disposal-is-hard/

De la communauté / From the community

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) - The PROV Ontology: Model and Formal Semantics

http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-prov-o-20111213/

The Legal Case for PDF/A

http://www.pdfa.org/2011/12/the-legal-case-for-pdfa/

Publications

Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, vol. 38, no. 2 (December/January 2012)

http://asis.org/Bulletin/Dec-11/Bulletin_DecJan12_Final.pdf

First Monday, vol. 16, no. 12 (December 2011)

http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/ issue/view/354

Arbido (revue de l'Association des Archivistes suisse et de Bibliothèque Information Suisse), 4/11 (Décembre 2011)

http://www.arbido.ch/userdocs/documents/arbido%204-2011-Titel%20und%20Inhalt.pdf

Book - Open Access

http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=12862

Book - Visual Orgasm: The Early Years of Canadian Graffiti

http://www.visualorgasm.com/store/book.html

Book review: http://calgary.openfile.ca/blog/curator-blog/curated-news/2011/graffiti-book-archive-canadian-art-or-vandalism

Book - Getting Started with GIS (Geographic information system): A Library and Information Technology Association Guide

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

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

Actes - Congrès des milieux documentaires du Québec

30 novembre au 2 décembre 2011, Montréal

https://milieuxdoc.ca/2011/congres-des-milieux-documentaires-corporatif.php?id=13363

Society of American Archivists Webinar - Information Architecture for Electronic Records

February 09, 2012 

http://saa.archivists.org/4DCGI/events/313.html?Action=Conference_Detail&ConfID_W=313&Time=33040552

Archive numérique : un parcours à travers administrations et entreprises

9 février - 16 novembre 2012, France

http://calenda.revues.org/nouvelle22064.html

Sur le web / On the web

Podcast - Copyright & Commerce: Orphan Works & Fair Use in a Digital Age

http://beyondthebookcast.com/orphan-works-and-fair-use-in-a-digital-age/

A new website for Asociación Latinoamericana de Archivos

http://www.ica.org/?lid=11961

Audio Slidecast - Creating a Blueprint for Building a National Digital Public Library

http://www.slideshare.net/DigPubLib/1-palfrey-john?from= ss_embed

Outils / Tools

Archiving websites with the Web Curator Tool

http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/webarchive/2011/12/web-curator-tool.html

OCLC releases FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) as Linked Data

http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/2011/201171.htm

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

Canada gets moving on Open Government

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/inside-politics-blog/2011/12/-governments-treasure-the-values.html

Library and Archives Canada - New First World War digitized content available via the Microform Digitization application

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/index-e.html

Charitable donation tax-credit scheme raises many questions

http://www.vancouversun.com/opinion/Charitable+donation+ credit+scheme+raises+many+ questions/5841613/story.html

British Columbia - Custody and control of Ministers electronic calendars

http://informationandprivacylaw.com/information-and-privacy-law/public-sector/custody-and-control-of-electronic-calendars/

From the archives: the roots of Calgary’s pathway system

http://blogs.calgaryherald.com/2011/12/09/from-the-archives-the-roots-of-calgarys-pathway-system/

Edmonton - Recognition of the Importance of Archives in Society

http://www.transformingedmonton.ca/index.php/2011/12/13/recognition-of-the-importance-of-archives-in-society/

Ottawa - New archives will be named after Bartleman

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/archives+will+named+after+Bartleman/5860063/story.html?id=5860063&cid=megadrop_story

Dalhousie University - Recent Archival Acquisitions at Archives and Special Collections

https://blogs.dal.ca/libraries/2011/12/15/recent-archival-acquisitions-at-archives-and-special-collections/

Records privatization okayed: Niagara Region opts to hire out management of inactive files

http://www.niagarathisweek.com/news/article/1261586--records-privatization-okayed

Afrique / Africa

Madagascar - Le photographe malgache Dany-Be ouvre ses archives

http://www.rfi.fr/emission/20111211-daniel-rakotoseheno-dit-dany-be-photographe-malgache-ouvre-archives

Amériques / America

Archives Conservation in Haiti, Part 1

http://siarchives.si.edu/blog/archives-conservation-haiti-part-1

Washington seals records that might embarrass insiders

http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/2011/12/washington-seals-records-might-embarrass-insiders/1989516

The C-SPAN Campaign: How Online Video Archives Are Changing the Game in 2012

http://swampland.time.com/2011/12/14/the-c-span-campaign-how-online-video-archives-are-changing-the-game-in-2012/

Data.gov goes global

http://www.federalnewsradio.com/239/2666225/Datagov-goes-global

Eisenhower museum staffer honored by federal archivist for efforts to tell history

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/8c60ac14ed9f4c248f9b4292813cd3 a1/KS--Archivist-Honored/

Washington State Archives - Budget cuts cause concerns over digital record preservation

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Budget-cuts-cause-concerns-over-digital-record-2393399.php

Non-profit uses big data to track big government

http://gigaom.com/cloud/non-profit-uses-big-data-to-track-big-government/

Hollywood firm to help restore Cuban classic films

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/entertainment/2011-12/09/c_131296937.htm

From a shoebox of forgotten tapes, a folk music collection emerges

http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/9346223-452/from-a-shoebox-of-forgotten-tapes-a-folk-music-collection-emerges.html

Apple founding papers sold at auction for nearly $1.6m

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16170953

Asie-Pacifique/Asia-Pacific

Taiwan -  National Archives must open files: association

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/12/10/2003520406

India - Digitization of Books at National Library

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=78705

New Delhi - Researchers to preserve city’s oral history

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/ Researchers-to-preserve-citys-oral-history/articleshow/11066367.cms

Online window to Cambodian history

http://asiancorrespondent.com/71814/online-window-to-cambodian-history/

Treasures of Australia's past lost from the National Archives

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/treasures-of-australias-past-lost-rare-items-missing-from-the-national-archives/story-fn7x8me2-1226220439496

Australia’s Public Broadcaster (ABC) to Open Access to Digital Archives

http://www.itnews.com.au/News/284553,abc-to-open-access-to-digital-archives.aspx

Digitized archive of Korean War to be unveiled this week

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2011/12/14/13/0301000000AEN20111214000100315F.HTML

Europe / Europa

The discovery of two rare 18th-century books from Amsterdam's Jewish community has left archivist Stefan Litt looking for answers

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/the-mystery-of-amsterdam-s-jewish-community-1.400730

Suisse - Les archives russes proposées à l’Hôtel des Ventes centuplent leur estimation

http://www.tdg.ch/actu/culture/archives-russes-proposees-hotel-ventes-centuplent-estimation-2011-12-13

Carlos : peut-on croire aux archives communistes ?

http://balkans.blog.lemonde.fr/2011/12/14/carlos-peut-on-croire-aux-archives-communistes/

France - Atos première grande société informatique agréée par le Ministère de la Culture et de la communication pour l'archivage de documents électroniques

http://bourse.lci.fr/bourse-en-ligne.hts?urlAction=bourse-en-ligne.hts&idnews=HUG111214_01571307&numligne=2&date=111214

Charlotte Brontë manuscript bought for £690,000 by Paris museum

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/dec/15/charlotte-bronte-manuscript-paris-museum

Brightsolid data centre handles huge demand for British Newspaper Archive site

http://www.thecourier.co.uk/Living/Digital/article/19588/brightsolid-data-centre-handles-huge-demand-for-british-newspaper-archive-site.html

International Cotton Association Liverpool Record Office to house ‘cotton archive’

http://www.fibre2fashion.com/news/textile-news/newsdetails. aspx?news_id=106003

Interactive maps reveal London’s history in unprecedented detail

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/stories/2011/12/locatinglondonspast.aspx

Sir Isaac Newton's handwritten notes about momentous discovery of laws of motion and gravity now available online

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2072992/Sir-Isaac-Newtons-handwritten-notes-laws-motion-gravity-online.html

The Data-Mining's The Thing: Shakespeare Takes Center Stage In The Digital Age

http://www.fastcompany.com/1800987/shakespeare-data-mining-michael-witmore-folger-library

UK - 104,000 paintings from the nation's collection now online

http://www.thepcf.org.uk/what_we_do/48/reference/543

Moyen-Orient / Middle East

Israel - German archive, vying for Kafka manuscripts, presents odd claims in Tel Aviv court

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/german-archive-vying-for-kafka-manuscripts-presents-odd-claims-in-court-1.400426

National Library: Kafka writings belong in Israel

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/national-library-kafka-writings-belong-in-israel-1.400715

Egypt - Naguib Mahfouz archive sale rouses anger

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2011/dec/14/naguib-mahfouz-archive-sale

Mahfouz materials withdrawn from Sotheby's auction

http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/550201

Iran - New national library branches to open

http://www.ibna.ir/vdcdzo0foyt0xs6.em2y.html

International

Deal on Shoah-era archive expands access

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4159466,00.html

Supporting Open Source Tools for Digital Preservation and Access

http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2011/12/supporting-open-source-tools-for-digital-preservation-and-access/

UNESCO endorses the IFLA Manifesto for Digital Libraries

http://www.ifla.org/en/news/unesco-endorses-the-ifla-manifesto-for-digital-libraries

Pangea Archival Network embarks on Docu/Trip

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

Recording Everything: Digital Storage as an Enabler of Authoritarian Governments

http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2011/1214_digital_storage_villasenor.aspx

Five big data predictions for 2012

http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/12/5-big-data-predictions-2012.html

Vol. 5, no. 14

Ressources / Resources

De l'État / From the State

Archives fédérales suisses - Actualités de l’histoire: La Confédération, le Parlement et les sièges

http://www.bar.admin.ch/dokumentation/00445/01508/01510/index.html?lang=fr&download=NHzLpZeg7t,lnp6I0NTU042l2Z6ln1ae2IZn4Z2qZpnO2Yuq2Z6gpJCDeHt,gmym162epYbg2c_JjKbNoKSn6A--

NARA - FAQ About Presidential Memorandum

http://blogs.archives.gov/records-express/?p=1482

De la communauté / From the community

Redefining the Academic Library: Managing the Migration to Digital Information Services

http://www.theconferencecircuit.com/wp-content/uploads/Provosts-Report-on-Academic-Libraries2.pdf

HathiTrust Defendents - Joint answers and response with Court

http://thepublicindex.org/docs/cases/hathitrust/answer.pdf

OCLC - Libraries at Webscale

http://www.oclc.org/us/en/reports/webscale/default.htm

Publications

Association of Research Libraries - SPEC Kit: Digital Humanities

https://app.e2ma.net/app/view:CampaignPublic/id:11423.10972503074/rid:50644dc83983e8d8d9c6958228164aad

Research paper - Research on Model of E-government Archive Knowledge Management Based on Semantic Ontology

http://www.it-paper.com/research-on-model-of-e-government-archive-knowledge-management-based-on-semantic-ontology.html

Book - Archives on the Web: Experiences, Challenges, Visions

http://bit.ly/t8ofVp

Book - Defending Professionalism: A Resource for Librarians, Information Specialists, Knowledge Managers, and Archivists

http://www.abc-clio.com/product.aspx?isbn=9781598848694

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

With Constant Care… the Business Archivist in the 21st Century

16-17 April 2012, Copenhagen

http://businessarchivesscotland.blogspot.com/2011/12/business-archivist-in-21st-century.html

Sur le web / On the web

National Library of Sweden - From Grolier binding to book object: The history of book bindings in pictures

http://www.kb.se/english/about/news/From-Grolier-binding-to-book-object/

Outils / Tools

EADitor December 2011 (.1112) beta (XForms framework for Encoded Archival Description)

http://eaditor.blogspot.com/2011/12/eaditor-december-2011-1112-beta.html

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat - Expansion of Open Data Portal

http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/media/nr-cp/2011/1202-eng.asp

Library and Archives Canada digitizes the Lord Elgin Collection

http://thediscoverblog.com/2011/12/02/whats-new-lac-digitizes-the-lord-elgin-collection/

Museums go digital to woo young adults

http://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/story.html?id=5807251

The history of Toronto in photos

http://www.blogto.com/city/2011/12/the_history_of_toronto_in_photos/

B.C. newspaper archive now online

http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/travelleisure/article/1460727

New MemoryBC descriptions for November 2011

http://aabc.ca/resources/news/2011/12/5/new-memorybc-descriptions-for-november-2011/

Committee approves naming for Ottawa archives

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2011/12/06/ottawa-city-archives-facility-naming.html

Records storage contract eyed: private records management could save Niagara Region $563,000 over five years

http://www.niagarathisweek.com/news/article/1256755--records-storage-contract-eyed

Chatham (Ont.) - 'A Queer Archive' to kick off

http://www.chathamdailynews.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3390567

Don d’archives inestimable pour la Société d’histoire et de généalogie Maria-Chapdelaine (Lac St-Jean)

http://lepoint.canoe.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=217676&id=1182&classif=Nouvelles

Afrique / Africa

Freedom of Information, poverty and promotion of Freedoms in Zambia

http://www.zambianwatchdog.com/archives/27351

Côte d'Ivoire - Protection des documents : Les archivistes au secours de l’administration

http://news.abidjan.net/h/418646.html

Amériques / America

Guatemala - Archives on Decades of Police Terror Accessible Online

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106078

U.S. - National Archives works on declassifying massive backlog of documents

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/national-security/national-archives-needs-to-declassify-a-backlog-of-nearly-400-million-pages/2011/11/29/gIQAMAYmPO_story.html

New National Archives video gives fresh look at Pearl Harbor attack

http://www.examiner.com/art-travel-in-washington-dc/new-national-archives-video-gives-fresh-look-at-pearl-harbor-attack-70-years-ago

Library of Congress to receive entire Twitter archive

http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=493&sid=2658996

Diversity of Access to Digital Preservation Collections; first results from the National Digital Stewardship Alliance Storage Survey

http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2011/12/diversity-of-access-to-digital-preservation-collections-first-results-from-the-ndsa-storage-survey/

Smithsonian Institution Archives - Digital Dilemma: Preserving Computer Aided Design (CAD) Files

http://siarchives.si.edu/blog/digital-dilemma-preserving-computer-aided-design-cad-files

 

Smithsonian museum collects Occupy Wall Street memorabilia: Cultural timepieces or archival ephemera?

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/nov/30/national-museum-of-american-history-collects-occup/

Documenting the Occupy protests: Data mining for instant history

http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2011/12/documenting-occupy-protests

Massachusetts opens long-hidden Romney archives

http://www.timesleader.com/news/Massachusetts_opens_long-hidden_Romney_archives_12-06-2011.html

Western Soundscape Archive Preserves the Sounds of Nature

http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/audio-archive-captures-soundscapes-nature.html

Chicago Film Archives Join The Internet Archive

http://chicagoist.com/2011/12/06/chicago_film_archives_join_the_inte.php

New Digital Collection From Pepperdine University Libraries: Anti-Communism Films of the Early 1960s

http://library.pepperdine.edu/news/index.php/2011/11/new-digital-collection-anti-communism-films-of-the-early-1960s/

For the record: Museum of Modern Art’s oral history project

http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/For-the-record:-MoMA%E2%80%99s-oral-history-project/25184

Asie-Pacifique/Asia-Pacific

An Interactive Digital Archive of the Japan Earthquake

http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/34950/east-japan-archive/

Japan to send 1,200 Korean royal archives to S. Korea on Tuesday

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20111205p2g00m0dm126000c.html

China - Hangzhou Municipal Archives

http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/771

Vietnam - Communiqué sur les lois sur les archives, mesures, réclamations et dénonciations

http://fr.vietnamplus.vn/Home/Communique-sur-les-lois-sur-les-archives-mesures-reclamations-et-denonciations/201112/19959.vnplus

New Zealand social media policy world's best: Gartner

http://www.itworldcanada.com/news/nz-social-media-policy-worlds-best-gartner/144432

Victoria (Australia) - New watchdog to guard public right to information

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/new-watchdog-to-guard-public-right-to-information-20111203-1ocme.html

Europe / Europa

Poles shot in Katyn have not been legally rehabilitated due to lack of documents

http://www.kyivpost.com/news/russia/detail/118122/

Vatican's Secret Archives to show documents of the Immaculate Conception and of St. Bernadette

http://bit.ly/sjYp8Y

Summary of the inaugural event of the Swiss Chapter of ARMA 

http://jhagmann.twoday.net/stories/55771297

UK - Foreign and Commonwealth Office to release colonial administration records

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/645.htm

UK National Archives -  Cataloguing grants awarded to open up valuable archive collections

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/644.htm

British Library plans website overhaul

http://www.guardian.co.uk/government-computing-network/2011/dec/06/british-library-website-project

UK Web Archive - Twittervane: Crowdsourcing selection of websites

http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/webarchive/2011/12/twittervane.html

Results of publicly funded research will be open access – science minister

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/dec/08/publicly-funded-research-open-access

Dickens manuscript illuminates author's workings

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/dec/08/dickens-manuscript-great-expectations

York to create online database of city archives

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-16051379

Christmas card history on display at Shropshire museum

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-16090915

France to Launch Open Data Portal 

http://www.futuregov.asia/articles/2011/dec/02/france-launch-open-data-portal/

France Numérique 2012 : objectif zéro papier pour 2020

http://pro.01net.com/editorial/547656/france-numerique-2012-objectif-zero-papier-pour-2020/

France - Les Archives nationales s’apprêtent à quitter Paris pour Pierrefitte

http://www.la-croix.com/Culture-Loisirs/Culture/Actualite/Les-Archives-nationales-s-appretent-a-quitter-Paris-pour-Pierrefitte-_NG_-2011-12-04-743514

France - La Toile retrouve la mémoire (sur l'archivage du web)

http://www.ecrans.fr/La-Toile-retrouve-la-memoire%2C13683.html

Moyen-Orient / Middle East

Preserve the state security records, Arab Spring countries urged

http://www.sofiaecho.com/2011/12/03/1218220_preserve-the-state-security-records-arab-spring-countries-urged

Israel's National Library puts collection online

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/israel-s-national-library-puts-collection-online-1.399377

Oman - Education minister approves archives system

http://main.omanobserver.om/node/74302

Maroc - Valorisation et promotion des archives nationales : des experts appellent à Rabat à une action intense et soutenue

http://www.libe.ma/Valorisation-et-promotion-des-archives-nationales-Des-experts-appellent-a-Rabat-a-une-action-intense-et-soutenue_a23309.html

International

Library and Archive Groups Delighted by Conclusions on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions at WIPO

http://www.ifla.org/en/news/library-and-archive-groups-delighted-by-progress-on-copyright-limitations-and-exceptions-at-wip

International Council on Archives - Archives and Human rights in Malaga: a fruitful seminar

http://www.ica.org/?lid=11794

OCLC introduces OCLC WorldShare

http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/2011/201170.htm

Do you feel lucky? Google Books is at heart a catalogue of errors

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=418378&c=1