Vol. 5, no. 4

Ressources / Resources

De l'État / From the State

Interoperability Solutions for European Public Administrations - Towards Open Government Metadata 

http://www.semic.eu/semic/view/documents/towards_open_government_metadata.pdf

France - Amélioration de la relation numérique à l'usager: rapport issu des travaux du groupe "Experts Numériques"

http://www.ladocumentationfrancaise.fr/rapports-publics/114000574/

De la communauté / From the community

OCLC - Taking Stock and Making Hay: Archival Collections Assessment

http://www.oclc.org/research/news/2011-09-26.htm

Publications

Cineaste, vol. 36, no.4, Fall 2011 (Special Issue on Film Preservation)

http://amia.typepad.com/newsbriefs/2011/09/cineaste-fall-issue-on-film-preservation.html

Program: electronic library and information systems, vol. 45, no. 4 (2011)

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=0033-0337&volume=45&issue=4

Service interministériel des Archives de France - Bulletin sur les ressources archivistiques numériques, no 43 (septembre 2011)

http://www.archivesdefrance.culture.gouv.fr/static/5236

Book - The future of looking back (first book in the Microsoft Research series from Microsoft Press)

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/events/20anniversary/future-of-looking-back.aspx

Book - Essential Law for information Professionals, 3rd edition 

http://facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=7692

Livre - Les livres dans l'univers numérique 

http://www.ladocumentationfrancaise.fr/catalogue/3303331953395/

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

Exhibiting Archival Materials

November 4, 2011, Edmonton

http://www.archivesalberta.org/default.asp?V_ITEM_ID=162 

Digital Humanities Summer Institute 

5-8 June 2012, University of Victoria

http://dhsi.org/events.php

2011 CBA Privacy Law Conference and 7th International Conference of Information Commissioners

October 3-5, 2011, Ottawa

http://www.cba.org/pd/details.aspx?id=NA_PRV11

ARMA International 57th Annual Conference & Expo

September 21 – 26, 2012, Chicago

https://www.arma.org/learningcenter/proposals/call/index.cfm?type=2

Actes du 39e congrès de l'Association des Archivistiques du Québec

3 au 5 juin 2010, Victoriaville

http://www.archivistes.qc.ca/congres2010/actes2010/index.html

Sur le web / On the web

Podcast - Nova Scotia Public Archives at CBC discussing the @Photopolis crowdsourcing project 

http://www.cbc.ca/informationmorningns/2011/09/28/are-your-ancestors-in-the-picture/

The Digital Dead Sea Scrolls

http://dss.collections.imj.org.il/project

See also: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/from-desert-to-web-bringing-dead-sea.html

NARA Now Available on iTunes

http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2011/nr11-182.html

Guardian's Tech podcast: Creating a digital public space

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/audio/2011/sep/28/tech-weekly-digital-public-space-audio

Video - A Brief History of Digital Data

http://vimeo.com/29589433

Outils / Tools

Free Your Metadata 

http://freeyourmetadata.org/

See also: http://bit.ly/qdAG4z

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

Feds appeal judge's order to open up RCMP security file on Tommy Douglas

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/feds-appeal-judges-order-to-open-up-rcmp-security-file-on-tommy-douglas--130807383.html

Library and Archives Canada digitizes past issues of the Canada Gazette (1841-1997)

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-541-e.html

P.E.I. shines in national access to information audit

http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2011-09-27/article-2761104/P.E.I.-shines-in-national-access-to-information-audit/1

Newfoundland - NDP Promise Overhaul of Access to Information Act

http://www.vocm.com/newsarticle.asp?mn=2&ID=17197

Members lament B.C. Freedom of Information Act is a shell of what it once was

http://www.theprovince.com/news/Members+lament+Freedom+Information+shell+what+once/5459656/story.html

Burnaby played role in Freedom of information laws

http://www.burnabynow.com/technology/Burnaby+played+role+laws/5449253/story.html

BANQ - Des certificats d'agrément remis à trois sociétés d'histoire du Lac-Saint-Jean

http://www.banq.qc.ca/a_propos_banq/salle_de_presse/communiques_de_presse/2011/communique.html?c_id=4baf8eae-c105-42a2-989d-ea1cda80b90c

Ted Harrison donates archives to University of Victoria

http://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/Harrison+donates+archives+UVic/5469292/story.html

University of Western Ontario Librarians and Archivists Strike Ends As Both Sides Ratify New Agreement

http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/892147-264/uwo_librarian_strike_ends_as.html.csp

Afrique / Africa

African Platform on Access to Information adopted at conference in Cape Town

http://www.starafrica.com/en/news/detail-news/view/african-platform-on-access-to-informatio-191630.html

Numérisation des archives audiovisuelles de la TV tunisienne

http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/201109201353.html

Amériques / Americas

Bermuda's archivist put on administrative leave

http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20110929/NEWS/709299985/0

U.S. Federal Player of the Week: Archivist of the presidential gifts and records

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2011/09/26/gIQA4Hz2yK_story.html

NARA - Online Access To The Founding Fathers Papers

http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2011/nr11-190.html

The Fight Over the Future of Digital Books

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/09/the-fight-over-the-future-of-digital-books/245577/

Former National Archives employee accused of stealing from agency that safeguards US records

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/former-employee-accused-of-stealing-from-the-agency-that-safeguards-the-nations-records/2011/09/29/gIQAZKGT7K_story.html

Presidential historian accused in document theft case wants to sell Warhol print, other art

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/apnewsbreak-presidential-historian-accused-in-document-theft-case-seeks-to-sell-assets/2011/09/26/gIQAJWvbyK_story.html

Frank Driggs, Collector of Jazz Photos, Dies at 81

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/26/arts/music/frank-driggs-jazz-age-historian-and-photo-collector-dies-at-81.html?_r=1

Billionaire Donates Elliott Erwitt's Print Archive to Ransom Center (Texas)

http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/news/Billionaire-Donates--3740.shtml

Asie-Pacifique/Asia-Pacific

National Archives a window to a compassionate Australia

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/national-archives-a-window-to-a-compassionate-australia-20110927-1kvb8.html

Europe / Europa

EU - TV Archives Join Linked Open Data Movement

http://bufvc.ac.uk/2011/09/29/tv-archives-join-linked-open-data-movement

Armenia’s National Archive contains 350 million documents

http://news.am/eng/news/75122.html

Belgium Launches Data Portal

http://epsiplatform.eu/news/news/belgium_launches_data_portal

France - Archives diplomatiques : transfert ou... pas ?

http://www.nantes.maville.com/actu/actudet_-Archives-diplomatiques-transfert-ou...-pas-_loc-2000492_actu.Htm?xtor=AL-151

France - Les Archives nationales choisissent le Groupe Numen pour numériser leur 23 327 instruments de recherche

http://www.archimag.com/node/1997

France - Les messages secrets du général de Gaulle

http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/2011/09/27/03004-20110927ARTFIG00546-de-gaulle-les-messages-secretsdes-annees-de-guerre-refont-surface.php

 

La chorégraphe Carolyn Carlson fait don de ses archives à la Bibliothèque nationale de France

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5irTv4Kl4HQSPIkuP02hEikGHnD3Q?docId=CNG.85612d4651688c7e6dcd58818919be73.421

Scotland - Note from author Rudyard Kipling found after 40 years on shelf

http://www.scotsman.com/news/Note-from-author-Rudyard-Kipling.6842814.jp

 

British Postal Museum and Archive under threat

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/sep/27/british-postal-museum-archive-under-threat

The University of London, the British Library and JISC make ancient music books accessible to all

http://www.rhul.ac.uk/aboutus/newsandevents/news/newsarticles/ancientmusicbooksaccessibletoall.aspx

Alice in Wonderland manuscript released as ebook

http://www.iwr.co.uk/professional-and-library/3011116/Alice-manuscript-released-as-ebook

UK - Saxophonist Peter to set up national Blues Archive

http://www.yellowad.co.uk/news.cfm?id=35324&headline=Saxophonist%20Peter%20to%20set%20up%20national%20Blues%20Archive

Archives of England's oldest swimming club unearthed in Brighton library

http://www.culture24.org.uk/history+%26+heritage/art364940

International

Steve Fuller: it's time for Humanity 2.0

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/sep/25/steve-fuller-time-for-humanity

Managing Information Risk and Archiving Social Media

http://www.forbes.com/sites/benkerschberg/2011/09/28/managing-information-risk-and-archiving-social-media/