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Ressources / Resources De l'État / From the State L'État français publie une licence pour la libre réutilisation des données publiques http://www.etalab.gouv.fr/pages/licence-ouverte-open-licence-5899923.html De la communauté / From the community PREMIS OWL (Preservation Metadata: Implementation Strategies, Web Ontology Language) ontology available for public review http://www.librarytechnology.org/ltg-displaytext.pl?RC=16195 Research Information Network and Digital Curation Center - The role of data management for various professions http://www.dcc.ac.uk/news/career-profiles-data-management-skills-various-professions Report to the Australian National Data Service: Costs and Benefits of Data Provision http://ands.org.au/resource/houghton-cost-benefit-study.pdf   The Global eBook Market: Current Conditions & Future Projections  http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920022954.do Publications Journal of Documentation, vol. 67, no. 6 (2011) http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=0022-0418&volume=67&issue=6   La Gazette des archives n°222, 2011 (Numéro spécial sur L’archiviste dans la cité)  http://www.archivistes.org/L-archiviste-dans-la-cite Lettre d’information de l’Association des Archivistes Francophones de Belgique, no. 13 (Octobre 2011) http://www.archivistes.be/PDF/Info-AAFB_13.pdf Book - Records Management and Knowledge Mobilisation: A handbook for regulation, innovation and transformation http://www.woodheadpublishing.com/en/book.aspx?bookID=2449&ChandosTitle=1 Book - Information Consulting: Guide to good practice http://www.woodheadpublishing.com/en/book.aspx?bookID=2510&ChandosTitle=1 Book - Building Your Library Career with Web 2.0 http://www.woodheadpublishing.com/en/book.aspx?bookID=2390&ChandosTitle=1 Conférences et événements / Conferences and events 7th International Digital Curation Conference  5-7 December 2011, Bristol http://www.dcc.ac.uk/node/9260 Call for Abstracts - High-tech Heritage: How Are Digital Technologies Changing Our Views of the Past? May 2-4, 2012, University of Massachusetts http://scholarworks.umass.edu/hightechheritage/callforpapers.html Call for papers : Archives of Post-Independence Africa and its Diaspora June 20-23, 2012, Dakar, Senegal http://www.codesria.org/spip.php?article1494 Sur le web / On the web International Council on Archives - Open Knowledge Exchanges http://oke.ica.org/ British Library Apps for smartphones and tablet computers: Royal Manuscripts http://www.bl.uk/app/ Open Online Research Data Management Course http://datalib.edina.ac.uk/mantra/ National Archives of Australia and Museum of Australian Democracy - Discovering Mildenhall’s Canberra: photographs from the birth of our Capital http://mildenhall.moadoph.gov.au/ Nouvelles du monde / News from the world Canada Access to information commission in legal battle with government departments http://www.vancouversun.com/news/open+access+badly+written+CRTC+head+tells+Parliament/5567940/story.html CBC Access To Information Battle: CRTC Chairman Konrad Von Finckenstein Says Unclear Laws To Blame http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/10/18/lawmakers-should-revisit-laws-access-to-information-cbc-crtc-konrad-von-finckenstein_n_1017717.html Halifax - Council must stand by assurances on Calderdale Central Library and Archives http://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/community/your-say/letters-and-emails/council_must_stand_by_assurances_on_archives_1_3881051 Le futur centre d'archives dans le Vieux-Lévis? http://icilevis.com/fr/index-lecture.aspx?sortcode=1.34.39&id_article=5570 Ottawa can learn Halifax library lesson: Consultation sets standard http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Ottawa+learn+Halifax+library+lesson/5577808/story.html Afrique / Africa Making Access to Information a Reality in Africa http://allafrica.com/stories/201110140912.html Silver Halide Martyrs - Eritrean revolutionary archives  http://trenthead.com/2011/10/silver-halide-martyrs-%E2%80%93-eritrean-revolutionary-archives/ http://www.gregmarinovich.com/BLOG/2011/10/silver-halide-martyrs-2/ Archivist notes importance of South African history http://dukechronicle.com/article/archivist-notes-importance-south-african-history Les archives de la révolution algérienne de Mohammed Harbi : un éclairage historique inédit http://www.elmoudjahid.com/fr/actualites/18033 Amériques / America Society of American Archivists Council Endorses ICA Universal Declaration on Archives http://www2.archivists.org/news/2011/council-endorses-ica-universal-declaration-on-archives Library of Congress - Information or Artifact: Digitizing a Book  Part 1: http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2011/10/information-or-artifact-digitizing-a-book-part-1/ Part 2: http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2011/10/information-or-artifact-digitizing-a-book-part-2/ Library of Congress - Information or Artifact: Digitizing Photographic Negatives and Transparencies  Part 1: http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2011/10/information-or-artifact-digitizing-photographic-negatives-and-transparencies-part-1/ Part 2: http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2011/10/information-or-artifact-digitizing-photographic-negatives-and-transparencies-part-2/ National Archives Digitization Tools Now on GitHub http://blogs.archives.gov/online-public-access/ Really big data: The challenges of managing mountains of information http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220504/Really_big_data_The_challenges_of_managing_mountains_of_information The Shrinking Orphan Works Problem http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2011/10/18/the-shrinking-orphan-works-problem/ Archives of American Art contributes photo collection to Wikimedia commons http://bit.ly/pjzEX2 Lost and found: 5,000 court files found in staffers’ homes http://tribune.com.pk/story/274329/lost-and-found-5000-court-files-found-in-staffers-homes/ Washington State Archives releases names on anti-gay rights petition after judge rules harassment unlikely http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/washington-releases-names-on-anti-gay-rights-petition-after-judge-rules-harassment-unlikely/2011/10/17/gIQAkEjOsL_story.html Bruce Springsteen archives find a university home http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iJllsqnsQGcjOYD5ZQf3hD3FyMAQ?docId=CNG.3454d73d3d7682777e93c5791d44d6c6.7b1 Asie-Pacifique/Asia-Pacific Australia - Government proposes update to copyright laws http://www.news.com.au/business/breaking-news/government-proposes-update-to-copyright-laws/story-e6frfkur-1226166782219 Archives New Zealand - New display for Treaty of Waitangi under consideration http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1110/S00318/new-display-for-treaty-of-waitangi-under-consideration.htm The National Library of New Zealand Beta is open http://www.natlib.govt.nz/about-us/news/national-library-beta?body_language=en   Japan - About 340,000 digitized materials will be added to the digital archives of the National Diet Library http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/news/fy2011/1192352_1671.html   Japanese Prime Minister to transfer 5 volumes of ancient Korean archives during visit http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/10/120934.html The UK National Archives launches online exhibition of personal stories of British India Partition http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/630.htm Europe / Europa Italy Launches National Open Data Strategy http://epsiplatform.eu/content/italy-launches-national-open-data-strategy Suisse - Genève met ses trésors du passé sur le web http://www.lematin.ch/actu/suisse/geneve-met-ses-tresors-du-passe-sur-le-web# France - Gallimard dévoile ses archives et les états d’âme de ses écrivains http://www.midilibre.fr/2011/10/16/gallimard-devoile-ses-archives-et-les-etats-d-ame-de-ses-ecrivains,403156.php France - Nantes garde ses archives diplomatiques  http://www.ouest-france.fr/region/paysdelaloire_detail_-Nantes-garde-ses-archives-diplomatiques-_8620-2002014_actu.Htm British Library attacked for Amazon link http://www.thebookseller.com/news/british-library-attacked-amazon-link.html British Library and the Open Innovation Project: working with others to make new ideas fly http://ninfield.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/british-library-and-the-open-innovation-project-working-with-others-to-make-new-ideas-fly/ Parliament Week Curator's Choice: The Magna Carta at the British Library http://bit.ly/p7vM89 British Film Institute launches searchable archive of ancient film clips http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2011-10/14/bfi-search-film-archives Moyen-Orient / Middle East Israel - Computers Piece Together Scattered Medieval Scrolls http://www.livescience.com/16620-digitized-cairo-genizah-texts.html Iran's National Library and Archives Organization: "Participating in Int'l assemblies; our main goal" http://www.ibna.ir/vdcdkn0f9yt0fx6.em2y.html Iraqi Official Urges U.S. To Return Archives http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq_united_states_archives/24364123.html Turkey - ‘Military archives should be opened to shed light on Dersim massacre’ http://www.todayszaman.com/news-260224-military-archives-should-be-opened-to-shed-light-on-dersim-massacre.html International Can computers solve mystery of bible’s ‘ghostwriters’? http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/thinking-tech/can-computers-solve-mystery-of-bibles-8216ghostwriters/8882 Dithering Digitally on Preservation http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/PWxyz/?p=7420 Reorganize Your Past, Online: A Web service developed by Microsoft Research lets people curate their own personal history http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/38931/?mod=chfeatured