Vol. 5, no. 12

Ressources / Resources

De l'État / From the State

British Library and Research Information Network - Information handling in collaborative research: an exploration of five case studies

http://www.rin.ac.uk/our-work/using-and-accessing-information-resources/collaborative-research-case-studies

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat - Guideline for External Use of Web 2.0

http://bit.ly/rC6V9G

De la communauté / From the community

World Intellectual Property Organization - The Case for a Treaty on Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries and archives: Background Paper by IFLA, ICA, EIFL and INNOVARTE

http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/doc_details.jsp?doc_id=189639

A Surfboard for Riding the Wave: Towards a four country action programme on research data

http://www.knowledge-exchange.info/Default.aspx?ID=469

IFLA Code of Ethics for Librarians (Draft)

http://www.ifla.org/en/news/ifla-code-of-ethics-for-librarians-draft

Livre en ligne - L’historien, l’archiviste et le magnétophone : de la constitution de la source orale à son exploitation

http://phonotheque.hypotheses.org/5998

Publications

Records Management Journal, vol. 21, no. 3 (2011)

http://bit.ly/u3qSG7

 

VINE: The journal of information and knowledge management systems, vol. 41, no. 4 (2011)

http://bit.ly/vUEW2m

Passim: bulletin des Archives littéraires suisses, no. 9 (2011)

http://www.nb.admin.ch/sla/03131/03134/03260/03945/index.html?lang=fr

Livre - Archives incandescentes: écrire, entre la psychanalyse, l'Histoire et le politique

http://bit.ly/rpnWmQ

Book - Image Matters: Archive, Photography, and the African Diaspora in Europe

http://www.dukeupress.edu/Catalog/ViewProduct.php?productid=46813&viewby=title

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

OCLC - ArchiveGrid Webinar Recording Now Available

http://www.oclc.org/research/news/2011-11-18.htm

Storing and Preserving Family Archives and Artifacts

3 March 2012, Ottawa

http://ogsottawa.on.ca/?p=1993

Slides from 'Intellectual Property Rights and Digital Preservation' now available

21 November 2011, Bristol

http://www.dpconline.org/newsroom/latest-news/775-slides-from-intellectual-property-rights-and-digital-preservation-now-available

Présentations disponibles - La désacidification de masse : une technique de base pour la préservation des collections patrimoniales de bibliothèques et des archives 

29 mars 2011, Paris

http://www.bnf.fr/fr/professionnels/autres_journees_professionnelles/a.journee_desacidification_mars2011.html

Sur le web / On the web

NARA - What's Next in the Social Media Revolution? (video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g34x7eipMjI

L'intégralité des cours du Portail International Archivistique Francophone sont désormais disponibles en format PDF

http://www.piaf-archives.org/content/lint-gralit-des-cours-du-piaf-sont-d-sormais-disponibles-en-format-pdf

Video - Talking Cloud Privacy

http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2011/11/18/talking-cloud-privacy-in-washington-d-c.aspx

Outils / Tools

DAITSS (Dark Archive in the Sunshine State) software is available under a GPL v 3 license

http://daitss.fcla.edu/content/press-release-daitss-open-source-site

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

Watchdog criticizes plan to destroy gun registry data

http://winnipeg.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20111122/information-gun-registry-111122/20111122/?hub=WinnipegHome

Ottawa, churches playing hardball over residential school historical documents, TRC charges

http://aptn.ca/pages/news/2011/11/22/ottawa-churches-playing-hardball-over-residential-school-historical-documents-trc-charges/

New Brunswick - Right to information compliance deadline yet to be set

http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/front/article/1457503

Jack Shadbolt originals found at Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia

http://www.cjnews.com/index.php?q=node/88823 

Ottawa - City archives likely to be named for James Bartleman

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/City+archives+likely+named+James+Bartleman/5736020/story.html

BAnQ acquiert et met en ligne le fonds d'archives de Clémence DesRochers

http://communiques.gouv.qc.ca/gouvqc/communiques/GPQF/Novembre2011/23/c8693.html

University of Victoria - Digital libraries make community history accessible

http://www.timescolonist.com/Digital+libraries+make+community+history+accessible/5740431/story.html

University of Guelph’s 13,000-volume cookbook arsenal

http://www.guelphmercury.com/news/local/article/629039--university-of-guelph-s-13-000-volume-cookbook-arsenal

Ontario - Elgin County Archives receives funding for new digitization project

http://www.thechronicle-online.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3379037

Le Fonds d’archives photographiques du Centre d’arts Orford accessible au public

http://www.estrieplus.com/contenu-0404040431373131-17461.html

Nouveau service au Centre d’Archives de la région de Rivière-du-Loup

http://bit.ly/w1RwfL

Afrique / Africa

Saving Ghana's flooded music archive

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15797338

L'Algérie a récupéré 50 tonnes d'archives à partir de la Tunisie

http://www.lexpressiondz.com/actualite/143111-l-algerie-a-recupere-50-tonnes-d-archives.html

Amériques / America

National Security Archive: Brazil Takes Steps on Truth, Human Rights, and the Right to Know

http://nsarchive.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/brazil-takes-steps-on-truth-human-rights-and-the-right-to-know/

White House inaction stalls Freedom of Information Act recommendations

http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20111121_1823.php?oref=topnews

U.S. - Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act: A Law We All Can Love

http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2011/11/uelma-a-law-we-all-can-love/

National Library of Medicine Launches YouTube Channel

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/youtube_nlm_channel.html

Digital Preservation and the 1963 Kennedy Assassination Study

http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2011/11/digital-preservation-and-the-1963-kennedy-assassination-study/

A Museum Perspective on Digital Preservation

http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2011/11/a-museum-perspective-on-digital-preservation/

Indiana University - Kinsey Institute gets archives of pioneering researchers

http://www.ibj.com/kinsey-institute-gets-archives-of-pioneering-researchers/PARAMS/article/30880

Yale Provides Access to Stalin’s Papers in Digital Archive

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/49582-yale-provides-access-to-stalin--s-papers-in-digital-archive.html

Protesters call on Getty to relinquish medieval manuscripts

http://www.burbankleader.com/the818now/tn-818-1119-protesters-call-on-getty-to-relinquish-medieval-manuscripts,0,2080444.story

Asie-Pacifique/Asia-Pacific

China - Beijing Municipal Archives

http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/643

Philippines - We need a film archive

http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php/opinion/17850-we-need-a-film-archive

Le Vietnam aide le Laos à valoriser ses archives

http://fr.vietnamplus.vn/Home/Le-Vietnam-aide-le-Laos-a-valoriser-ses-archives/201111/19656.vnplus

Images of World War I Australian servicemen

http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/explore/defence/service-records/servicemen-images.aspx

Ford Australia Archive Opens In Melbourne

http://www.themotorreport.com.au/52929/fords-australian-historic-document-archive-one-of-four-in-the-world

Europe / Europa

Copyright isn't working, says European Commission

http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/communication-breakdown-10000030/copyright-isnt-working-says-european-commission-10024835/

Armenian expert advises Turkish MP to check their archives

http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/84400/

Govt saves stamp archive for Gibraltar

http://www.chronicle.gi/headlines_details.php?id=23283

Communist-era police files still elusive in Czech Republic

http://www.praguepost.com/news/11119-communist-era-police-files-still-elusive-in-cr.html

Fashion Designer Valentino launches online museum archive

http://www.harpersbazaar.co.uk/fashion/new/valentino-launches-online-museum-002

New Archive of Nazi Exhibitions Complicates Our Understanding of Hitler's Art History

http://artinfo.com/news/story/750882/new-archive-of-nazi-exhibitions-complicates-our-understanding-of-hitlers-art-history

National Archives of Ireland to merge into National Library of Ireland

http://www.archives.org.uk/sections/interest-groups/regions/ireland/42-merger.html

Ireland - IRA archive reveals peace contact's role

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/1123/1224308000263.html

UK - Local authorities 'need to improve data management'

http://www.qas.co.uk/company/data-quality-news/local_authorities_need_to_improve_data_management__8151.htm

UK - Announcing JISC eCollections: A new community-owned content service providing access to collections of historical books, journal archives and multimedia content

http://www.infotoday.eu/PressRelease/Announcing-JISC-eCollections-A-new-community-owned-content-service-for-UK-HE-and-FE-institutions--_23668.aspx

Anthony Burgess archive reveals vast body of previously unseen work

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/nov/20/anthony-burgess-archive-opened

Le manuscrit de la vie de sainte Catherine d’Alexandrie, trésor national, entre dans les collections de la Bibliothèque nationale de France

http://www.bnf.fr/documents/cp_sainte_catherine.pdf

Procès Carlos: le cercle des amateurs d'archives de la Stasi s'agrandit

http://www.lepoint.fr/societe/proces-carlos-le-cercle-des-amateurs-d-archives-de-la-stasi-s-agrandit-24-11-2011-1400091_23.php

Moyen-Orient / Middle East

Iraq informs int'l community readiness to hand over some archives to Kuwait

http://bit.ly/vFMUyQ

Oman - National Records and Archives Authority’s expo showcases 1,000 historial items

http://www.muscatdaily.com/Archive/Oman/NRAA-s-expo-showcases-1-000-historial-items

Turkey - CHP leader fails to apologize for Dersim, calls for opening state archives

http://www.todayszaman.com/news-263757-chp-leader-fails-to-apologize-for-dersim-calls-for-opening-state-archives.html

International

The Big Data Boom Is the Innovation Story of Our Time

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/11/the-big-data-boom-is-the-innovation-story-of-our-time/248215/

Quietly, Google Puts History Online

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/21/technology/quietly-google-puts-history-online.html

RFID for Archives: Or "Why QR Codes Are Becoming So Appealling As An Alternative"

http://archivalpendium.blogspot.com/2011/11/rfid-for-archives-or-why-qr-codes-are.html

PDF/A-2: what it is, what it can do, what it cannot do, and what to expect in the future

http://digitaalduurzaam.blogspot.com/2011/11/pdfa-2-what-it-is-what-it-can-do-what.html

Vol. 5, no. 11

Ressources / Resources

De l'État / From the State

Library and Archives Canada - Governance and Recordkeeping Around the World (November 2011)

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/government/news-events/007001-111100-e.html

Bibliothèque nationale de France - Actualités de la conservation (novembre 2011)

http://www.bnf.fr/fr/professionnels/lettre_conservation/x.lettre_conservation_30.html

De la communauté / From the community

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) - First Draft of Standard for Online Privacy

http://www.w3.org/2011/11/dnt-pr.html.en

Article - Email Preservation Options

http://e-records.chrisprom.com/?p=2351

Publications

D-Lib Magazine, vol. 17, no. 11-12 (November/December 2011) 

http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november11/11contents.html

LIBER Quarterly, vol. 21 No. 1 (2011)

http://www.libereurope.eu/news/liber-quarterly-vol-21-no-1-is-now-available

Journal of Archival Organization, vol. 9, no. 2 (2011)

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wjao20/9/2

Book - Making the Archives Talk: New and Selected Essays in Bibliography, Editing, and Book History

http://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-05067-6.html

Book - Digital Records Management 

http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=7449&category_code=817

Book - Closed Stacks, Open Shutters: An Archivist Photobook

http://www.archivesnext.com/?p=2410

Book - Legal Ontology Engineering: Methodologies, Modelling Trends, and the Ontology of Professional Judicial Knowledge

http://www.springer.com/law/book/978-94-007-1496-0

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

International Conference of Tribal Archives, Libraries and Museums

June 4-7 2012, Catoosa (Oklahoma)

http://www.atalm.org/node/22

Semaine internationale des archives francophones

22-24 novembre 2011, Hanoï, Vietnam

http://calenda.revues.org/nouvelle21638.html

Free ARMA Webinar - Records Management Policies and Practices in a Social Media World

http://bit.ly/sCsZ23

Report on the Data Curation Research Summit

9 December 2010, Chicago

https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/handle/2142/28355

Sur le web / On the web

Mise en service de la Salle des inventaires virtuelle des Archives nationales de France

http://sia.archivesnationales.culture.fr/siv/accueil/saisieDemande.action;jsessionid=C838BDBAA66CDAB5F2BE54EFE849C100

Library of Congress - Conversations about Digital Preservation (podcast)

http://www.loc.gov/podcasts/digitalpreservation/podcast_goethals.html

Slideshare - Cooperating with Google for the Digitlization of Austrian National Library Holdings

http://www.slideshare.net/maxkaiser/cooperating-with-google 

New U.S. National Library of Medicine Online Exhibition - Building a National Medical Library on a Shoestring: 1872, the First Year

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/news/hmd_exhibit_NML_firstyear.html

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

Minister Clement Announces Progress on Key Open Government Initiatives

http://news.gc.ca/web/article-eng.do?nid=638049

 

Researchers work to build a national online library to house Canada's history

http://www.macleans.ca/article.jsp?content=e14487580

Ukrainian Canadian Archives and Museum of Alberta set to go after eight-year wait

http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/Ukrainian+museum+Jasper+after+eight+year+wait/5725583/story.html

HistoryPinning Halifax

http://halifax.openfile.ca/blog/curator-blog/map/2011/historypinning-halifax

Vancouver Archives - Eight years in the making: Proudly documenting Dunbar

http://www.vancouverarchives.ca/2011/11/eight-years-in-the-making-proudly-documenting-dunbar/

Ottawa - Une présence francophone bien ancrée (première d'une série de chroniques historiques en collaboration avec l’archiviste en chef de l’Université d’Ottawa)

http://www.expressottawa.ca/Opinion/Chroniques/2011-11-16/article-2806453/Une-presence-francophone-bien-ancree/1

EMC Heritage Trust Project Grant to Help University of Western Ontario Library Digitize and Preserve Largest Collection of Canadian Company Annual Reports

http://www.exchangemagazine.com/morningpost/2011/week45/Friday/111107.htm

Girl Guides archives a treasure trove of members' contributions to war effort

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/girl-guides-archives-a-treasure-trove-of-members-contributions-to-war-effort-133652858.html

Follow exploits of Calgary’s Second World War heroes in Herald archives

http://blogs.calgaryherald.com/2011/11/11/follow-exploits-of-calgarys-second-world-war-heroes-in-herald-archives/

York University - Remembrance Day exhibit

http://deantiquate.blog.yorku.ca/2011/11/11/remembrance_day_2011/

University of Waterloo librarians create digital historical street map

http://www.therecord.com/local/news/article/625623--uw-librarians-create-digital-historical-street-map

Afrique / Africa

The Archive of the Tunisian Political Police: How does it Contribute to the Democratic Transition?

http://www.tunisia-live.net/2011/11/16/the-archive-of-the-tunisian-political-police-how-does-it-contribute-to-the-democratic-transition/

Cameroon: National Archives Annex Buea Undergoes Modernization

http://allafrica.com/stories/201111150397.html

Kenya Open Data Initiative (KODI) Heralds a New Era for Access to Information

http://ptfund.org/kenya-kodi-information-access/

Interview with a Librarian/Archivist at South African Broadcasting Corporation Platfontein

http://sabcmedialib.blogspot.com/2011/11/interview-with-librarianarchivist-at.html

Amériques / America

Mexico's Largest University to Post Online Nearly All Publications and Course Materials

http://chronicle.com/article/Mexicos-Largest-University-to/129772/

U.S. Government - NARA has one of the Lowest Scores for Employee Satisfaction and Commitment

http://bestplacestowork.org/BPTW/rankings/overall/large

NARA - Demystifying Declassification

http://blogs.archives.gov/foiablog/2011/11/10/demystifying-declassification/

NARA - Records Lost and Found, or, Dresden on the Eve of Destruction

http://blogs.archives.gov/TextMessage/2011/11/14/records-lost-and-found-or-dresden-on-the-eve-of-destruction/

Archives.com Partners with the National Archives to Unveil the 1940 Census

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/archivescom-partners-with-the-national-archives-to-unveil-the-1940-census-134031823.html

 

Library of Congress - It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like… Election Archiving Season

http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2011/11/it%E2%80%99s-beginning-to-look-a-lot-like%E2%80%A6-election-archiving-season/

Opposition Grows To Meaningful Use Metadata (In Electronic Health Records)

http://www.informationweek.com/news/healthcare/policy/231901070

Historic Exxon Valdez spill documents to be made available to the public

http://juneauempire.com/local/2011-11-11/historic-exxon-valdez-spill-documents-be-made-available-public#.Tr15uUOE9GV

Lost JFK assassination tapes on sale

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/dallas/headlines/20111115-ap-exclusive-lost-jfk-assassination-tapes-on-sale.ece

State government electronic records in the news

http://larchivista.blogspot.com/2011/11/state-government-electronic-records-in.html

North Carolina - Museum gets tips from state's traveling archivist

http://www.thefranklinpress.com/articles/2011/11/16/news/02news.txt

 

X-Men Writer Chris Claremont Donates Archive to Columbia University 

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/book-news/comics/article/49499-x-men-writer-chris-claremont-donates-archive-to-columbia-university.html

Asie-Pacifique/Asia-Pacific

The New Zealand Film Archive Brings Local Films Home To Northland

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1111/S00227/nzfilm-archive-brings-local-films-home-to-northland.htm

India - A police station reaches into forgotten archives to honour Mahatma Gandhi

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/a-police-station-reaches-into-forgotten-archives-to-honour-mahatma/875269/

Television Broadcasts Limited hands over treasured films to Hong Kong Film Archive

http://7thspace.com/headlines/400055/tvb_hands_over_treasured_films_to_hong_kong_film_archive.html

Thailand - Our heritage in film

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/life/Our-heritage-in-film-30170131.html

Europe / Europa

Europe's archived trove of rare Great War documents goes online

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/13/first-world-war-british-library?newsfeed=true

Polish Literary Treasure Found in Russia

http://www.krakowpost.com/article/2638

 

Archives on the role of the Church during the Spanish Civil War are published

http://www.romereports.com/palio/archives-on-the-role-of-the-church-during-the-spanish-civil-war-are-published-english-5389.html

Vatican - La « Pénitencerie apostolique » ouvre ses archives

http://www.zenit.org/article-29489?l=french

Les Archives littéraires suisses mettent d’autres inventaires en ligne

http://www.nb.admin.ch/aktuelles/03147/03569/03938/index.html?lang=fr

National Dance Archive of Ireland Opens at University of Limerick

http://www.ul.ie/news-centre/news/national-dance-archive-of-ireland-opens-at-ul/

UK Government calls for public data app developers

http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/public-sector/3318782/government-calls-for-public-data-app-developers/

UK - National Videogame Archives aim to save games

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/archives-aim-to-save-games-6262992.html

BBC releases American culture archive

http://bufvc.ac.uk/2011/11/16/bbc-releases-american-culture-archive

The Rolling Stones Launch The Rolling Stones Archive

http://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/168982/9

Norwich charity’s £600,000 boost to create carnival archive

http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/norwich_charity_s_600_000_boost_to_create_carnival_archive_1_1126195

La Maison de l’histoire de France entend développer une stratégie numérique ambitieuse

http://cblog.culture.fr/2011/11/15/la-maison-de-l%e2%80%99histoire-de-france-entend-developper-une-strategie-numerique-ambitieuse-2

Agathe Sanjuan : conservatrice-archiviste de la Comédie-Française

http://www.toutpourlesfemmes.com/conseil/Agathe-Sanjuan-conservatrice.html

France - Dignes de Molière, des procès quittent l'étagère des archives pour les planches

http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/Locales/Lille/actualite/Secteur_Lille/2011/11/16/article_dignes-de-moliere-des-proces-quittent-l.shtml

International

New ISO management system standards for records facilitate transparency in corporate governance

http://www.iso.org/iso/pressrelease.htm?refid=Ref1487

Farewell to paper? Companies discover efficiency in managing information without documents

http://www.southbendtribune.com/business/tbw/sbt-farewell-to-paper-20111114,0,2957297.story

Cultural Artifacts In an Impermanent Digital World

http://danielmillsap.com/blog/culture/cultural-artifacts-in-an-impermanent-digital-world/

Associated Press Impact: Right-to-know laws often ignored

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/AP-Impact-Right-to-know-laws-often-ignored-2273612.php

Vivian Norris: Our Cinematic History is at Stake: Film Archives and Apocalypse in 0's and 1's

http://www.americansuperstarmag.com/celebrity-news/vivian-norris-our-cinematic-history-is-at-stake-film-archives-and-apocalypse-in-0s-an

Infographic: Data Deluge - 8 Zettabytes of Data by 2015

http://www.readwriteweb.com/enterprise/2011/11/infographic-data-deluge---8-ze.php

Vol. 5, no. 10

Ressources / Resources

De l'État / From the State

Australasian Digital Recordkeeping Initiative - Glossary of Disposal Triggers (Exposure Draft)

http://www.adri.gov.au/products/ADRI-disposal-triggers-Exposure-draft.doc

De la communauté / From the community

Association for Recorded Sound Collections - A Study of Embedded Metadata Support in Audio Recording Software: Summary of Findings and Conclusions

http://www.arsc-audio.org/pdf/ARSC_TC_MD_Study.pdf

Thesis - Metaphors and Norms: Understanding copyright law in a digital society

http://bit.ly/n0DG86

Conference paper - Evolving Domains, Problems and Solutions for Long Term Digital Preservation 

http://www.arcomem.eu/2011/11/joined-paper-of-arcmomem-scape-ensure-timbus/

Publications

Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, vol. 35, no. 4 (December 2011)

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/canadian_journal_of_information_and_library_science/toc/ils.35.4.html

RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage, vol. 12, no. 2 (Fall 2011)

http://rbm.acrl.org/content/12/2.toc

Archives and Records Association Ireland Newsletter (Autumn-Winter 2011)

http://www.archives.org.uk/images/documents/ARA_Ireland_Newsletter_Autumn_2011.pdf

 

Library of Congress - Digital Preservation Newsletter (November 2011)

http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/news/newsletter/201111.pdf

Book - Cultural Memory and Western Civilization: Functions, Media, Archives

http://www.cambridge.org/ca/knowledge/isbn/item6441727/?site_locale=en_CA

Book - Becoming Worthy Ancestors: Archive, Public Deliberation and Identity in South Africa

http://witspress.co.za/catalogue/becoming-worthy-ancestors/

Book - Electronics Resources Management in the Academic Library: A Professional Guide

http://www.abc-clio.com/product.aspx?isbn=9781610690058

Book - The Routledge Guide to European Political Archives: Sources since 1945

http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415464758/

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

38th Canadian Association for Conservation of Cultural Property conference

22 to 26 May 2012, Peterborough, Ontario

http://www.cac-accr.ca/conferences

Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archives - Archives and Science: Connections

November 18, 2011, St. Johns

http://www.anla.nf.ca/Symposium.pdf

Webinar - WAS Under the Hood: How Web Archives Work 

November 16, 2011

https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/showReg?udc=lidt2nk04gkq

 

OCLC Research - Scan and Deliver Webinar Recording Now Available

http://www.oclc.org/research/news/2011-11-08.htm

Sur le web / On the web

Launch of new Confederation of Open Access Repositories website

http://www.libereurope.eu/news/launch-of-new-coar-website

 

IFLA - New Webpages on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions

http://www.ifla.org/en/news/new-webpages-on-copyright-limitations-and-exceptions

Podcast - Archives and Activism: The Contemporary Turn

http://libraryjuicepress.com/blog/?p=3229

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

Library and Archives Canada, Canadian Urban Libraries Council, and Canadian War Museum expand collaboration for the delivery of Lest We Forget workshops

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-547-e.html

Dalhousie University - Remembering Our Fallen Through Archival Records

https://blogs.dal.ca/libraries/2011/11/08/remembering-our-fallen-through-archival-records/

Rich resources available for finding military records of beloved vets

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/rich-resources-available-for-finding-military-records-of-beloved-vets-133632348.html

Mennonite archive of Ontario marks anniversary

http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/621586--mennonite-archives-of-ontario-anniversary-expansion

Jewish archives founder, author honoured by the Beth Avraham Yoseph of Toronto Congregation

http://bit.ly/sgImF3

Archive acquisition to preserve a piece of Vancouver’s film industry

http://www.celebratevancouver125.ca/2011/11/archive-acquisition-to-preserve-a-piece-of-vancouver%E2%80%99s-film-industry/

Historical B.C. newspapers digitized by University of British Columbia Library

http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2011/11/07/historical-b-c-newspapers-digitized-by-ubc-library/

Tasting event celebrates University of Guelph archive

http://www.guelphtribune.ca/whats-on/tasting-event-celebrates-u-of-g-archive/

Le Groupe d’archivistes de la région de Montréal (GARM) se joint au Réseau des services d’archives du Québec (RAQ)

http://raq.qc.ca/fileadmin/files/documents/Communiques/2011_11_09_Communique_GARM_RAQ.pdf

Afrique / Africa

In Egypt, Director Of Famed Library Of Alexandria Under Fire

http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2011/11/06/in-egypt-director-of-famed-library-of-alexandria-under-fire/

Burkina Faso - Calls for France to open its archives for evidence of involvement of the French secret services in the 1987 death of Thomas Sankara

http://www.newstimeafrica.com/archives/23145

Amériques / Americas

BBC Caribbean archives donated to University of West Indies

http://blogs.rnw.nl/medianetwork/bbc-caribbean-archives-donated-to-university-of-west-indies

La mémoire guatémaltèque sous la garde de la Suisse

http://www.hebdo.ch/la_memoire_guatemalteque_sous_la_garde_de_la_129629_.html

Leading North American institutions endorse the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge

http://www.berlin9.org/news/11-1109.shtml

U.S. - More than thirty organizations support the Presidential Records Act Amendments 

http://slaconnections.typepad.com/public_policy_blog/2011/11/groups-support-the-presidential-records-act-amendments-of-2011-.html

NARA Launches Initial Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Registry

http://www.ombwatch.org/node/11898

NARA to launch Citizen Archivist Dashboard

http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20111107_7329.php

NARA extends its reach via social media

http://bit.ly/rx8E9r

Nixon Grand Jury records and additional records have been released

http://www.archives.gov/research/investigations/watergate/nixon-grand-jury/

Holocaust stories pieced together with photos

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57318137/holocaust-stories-pieced-together-with-photos/

NAACP Archives Go Digital

http://proquest.com/en-US/aboutus/pressroom/11/20111107.shtml

Illinois, Indiana archives have top websites

http://commercial-news.com/local/x627655973/Illinois-Indiana-archives-have-top-websites

New tool makes Delaware Public Archives searches easier

http://www.wgmd.com/?p=39799

Ravers and time travellers re-record history

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15625457

Texas Tech University - Thanks to music archive, show will go on

http://washingtonexaminer.com/entertainment/music/2011/11/thanks-music-archive-show-will-go

'New' Lincoln documents found

http://www.carmitimes.com/topstories/x1760394782/New-Lincoln-documents-found

KFC Discovers Unpublished "Food Autobiography" Written by Colonel Sanders Four Decades Ago Hidden in Archive Storage Facility

http://bit.ly/va1eFn

Asie-Pacifique/Asia-Pacific

Malaysia - Discussion on access to Archives documents

http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=79689

Japan Earthquake: Libraries to Recover

http://www.ifla.org/en/news/japan-earthquake-libraries-to-recover

Rare Chinese papercuts, liberated from University of Michigan storage room, now on display 

http://www.ns.umich.edu/new/multimedia/9-videos/20031-rare-chinese-papercuts-liberated-from-u-m-storage-room-now-on-display

Europe / Europa

Pressure mounts to open Sweden's Stasi archive

http://www.thelocal.se/37266/20111109/

Armenia’s National Archives to Publish Genocide Testimonials

http://asbarez.com/99230/armenia%E2%80%99s-national-archives-to-publish-genocide-testimonials/

Sketches of Hitler and Nazi officials by British artist given access to the dictator's HQ to go under the hammer

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2057069/Sketches-Hitler-Nazi-officials-British-artist-given-access-dictators-HQ-hammer.html

 

IFI Irish Film Archive Preservation Fund Launched

http://www.4rfv.co.uk/industrynews.asp?id=134552

Scottish Freedom of Information watchdog reports 20% boost in appeals

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/06/scottish_foi_watchdog_reports_20_per_cent_increase_in_appeals/

 

UK - Opportunity for archives to help develop a new accreditation standard

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/636.htm

How New Labour gave the Royal family exemption from the Freedom of Information Act

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/8868380/How-New-Labour-gave-the-Royal-family-exemption-from-the-Freedom-of-Information-Act.html

 

Parliament Week 2011: Jeremy McIlwaine on the Conservative Party Archive

http://bit.ly/tAk6oT

Tiny Bronte manuscript that introduces world to Jane Eyre character Bertha goes up for auction

http://bit.ly/unYT9w

France - L’Etat revendique les manuscrits du général de Gaulle

http://www.liberation.fr/culture/01012370720-l-etat-revendique-les-manuscrits-du-general-de-gaulle

La Préfecture de police signe une convention avec les Archives de France

http://www.archimag.com/node/2084

France - Des archives inédites du procès de Nuremberg confiées à la Maison d’Izieu

http://www.leprogres.fr/ain/2011/11/09/des-archives-inedites-du-proces-de-nuremberg-confiees-a-la-maison-d-izieu

France - Les entreprises face aux secrets du passé

http://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2011/11/07/les-entreprises-face-aux-secrets-du-passe_1599955_3234.html

Moyen-Orient / Middle East

40 Years Since the Establishment of the Israeli "Black Panther" Movement: New Documents on the Response of Government Institutions

http://www.archives.gov.il/NR/exeres/1FD2BB02-3566-41EE-93A7-2C8A24078BE4,frameless.htm?NRMODE=Published

Library of Congress to expand ties with Qatar Foundation 

http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/qatar/172062-library-congress-to-expand-ties-with-qatar-foundation.html

International

Digital art presents preservation challenges for museums 

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,6652176,00.html?maca=en-rss-en-cul-2090-rdf

Digital Preservation for Real Archivists in Small Archives, 2011

http://80gb.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/digital-preservation-for-real-archivists-in-small-archives-2011/

Thanks, Web User: You’re a Part-Time Internet Archivist

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/11/06/thanks-web-user-youre-part-time-internet-archivist/?test=faces

Vol. 5, no. 9

Ressources / Resources

De l'État / From the State

European Commission - Recommandations on the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation

http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/digital_libraries/doc/recommendation/new_recommandation28nov11/en_recommendation.pdf

Press release: http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/1292&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

 

NARA - 2nd Annual Environmental Sustainability Plan

http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2012/nr12-16.html

United States Copyright Office - Legal Issues in Mass Digitization: A Preliminary Analysis and Discussion Document

http://www.copyright.gov/docs/massdigitization/USCOMassDigitization_October2011.pdf

 

De la communauté / From the community

Society of American Archivists - Using Archives: A Guide to Effective Research

http://www2.archivists.org/usingarchives

Linked Data for Libraries, Museums, and Archives: Survey and Workshop Report

http://www.clir.org/pubs/abstract/pub152abst.html

IFLA - Final version of the Guidelines for Subject Access in National Bibliographies 

http://www.ifla.org/files/classification-and-indexing/subject-access-by-national-bibliographic-agencies/nba-guidelines-for-approval.pdf

Publications

Archives Association of Ontario - Off the Record, vol. 27, no. 4 (November 2011)

http://aao-archivists.ca/news/off-the-record/145-otr-27-4-now-posted

International Council on Archives Section on University and Research Institution Archives - Newsletter (no. 3, October 2011)

http://www.library.illinois.edu/ica-suv/ICA-SUVNewsletterOctober2011.pdf

First Monday, vol. 16, no. 11 (November 2011)

http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/issue/view/352

Documentaliste-Sciences de l'Information, vol. 48, no 3, 2011 (numéro spécial sur l'accès à l'information)

http://dedi.cairn.info/NL/NewsHTM/newsletter_DOCSI_483.htm

Cultural Human Resources Council - Culture 3.0: Impact of emerging digital technologies on human resources in the cultural sector

http://www.culturalhrc.ca/announcements/2011/PR2011-10-27-e.asp

Book - Tribal Libraries, Archives, and Museums: Preserving our Language, Memory, and Lifeways 

http://bit.ly/tRixsc

Book - Ancestors and Relatives: Genealogy, Identity, and Community 

http://www.oupcanada.com/catalog/9780199773954.html

Book - Government Information Management in the 21st Century: International Perspectives 

http://bit.ly/uQfCPt

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

Designing Storage Architectures for Preservation Collections (Support material and presentations available)

September 26-27, 2011, Washington, DC 

http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/news/events/other_meetings/storage11/index.html

European Cultural Commons conference (videos available)

October 12, 2011, Warsaw, Poland

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE244178708CBB62C

Free webinar - Digital Preservation: Fundamentals

December 8, 2011

http://infopeople.org/training/digital-preservation-fundamentals

Sur le web / On the web

Ryerson University - Archives & Special Collections database now online

http://news.library.ryerson.ca/asc/2011/11/archives-special-collections-database-now-online/

Library and Archives Canada - Royal Canadian Navy Ledger Sheets (1910-1941) Database

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/navyledgersheet/index-e.html

Press release: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-546-e.html

Nova Scotia Archives Video - Helen Creighton's Bluenose Ghosts

http://www.youtube.com/user/nsarchives#p/u/6/YluRwXqxdNw

Outils / Tools

Library of Congress - ViewShare.org: Create and Share Interfaces to Our Digital Cultural Heritage

http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2011/10/viewshare-org-create-and-share-interfaces-to-our-digital-cultural-heritage/

DMP Tool: Guidance and Resources for your Data Management Plan

https://dmp.cdlib.org/

Press release: http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/26584

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

Professors decry cuts to Library and Archives Canada

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Professors+decry+cuts+Library+Archives/5645930/story.html

Library and Archives Canada public booking changes delayed 

http://bit.ly/vqC1r6

Nunavut to propose amendments to privacy act: Aariak

http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/65674nunavut_to_propose_amendments_to_privacy_act_aariak/

Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador Says Commissioner Can Review Documents Subject to Solicitor-Client Privilege Claim

http://allaboutinformation.ca/2011/11/02/newfoundland-ca-says-commissioner-can-review-documents-subject-to-s-c-privilege-claim/

Inuit films move online and into northern communities

http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2011/11/02/nfb-inuit-film-project.html

McMaster Library to offer access to massive archive of Holocaust testimonies

http://www.exchangemagazine.com/morningpost/2011/week44/Thursday/110313.htm

Montreal's open data sparks archival photo site

http://montreal.openfile.ca/blog/curator-blog/exclusive/2011/montreals-open-data-sparks-archival-photo-site

Brampton - Preserving today for tomorrow

http://www.bramptonguardian.com/opinion/article/1234512--preserving-today-for-tomorrow

McCarthy Tétrault Launches Technology and Intellectual Property Blog

http://www.mccarthy.ca/news_release_detail.aspx?id=5570

Afrique / Africa

OCLC’s WorldCat Local to transform resource discovery and delivery in South African libraries

http://www.librarytechnology.org/ltg-displaytext.pl?RC=16238

Cameroon: Buea - Experts Begin Digitalization of Archives

http://allafrica.com/stories/201110312119.html

Amériques / America

Library of Congress - A Bibliographic Framework for the Digital Age

http://www.loc.gov/marc/transition/news/framework-103111.html

Library of Congress Acquires AIA/AAF Collection of Rare Architectural Drawings, Photographs and Illustrated Publications

http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2011/11-210.html

NARA and EPA Launch Documerica-Inspired Student Multimedia Contest

http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2012/nr12-19.html

 

NARA officials defend searchability of electronic archive

http://fcw.com/articles/2011/11/01/nara-officials-defending-searchability-of-electronic-archive.aspx

Historians and Archivists Comment on Oral History Review Rules

http://historycoalition.org/2011/10/28/historians-and-archivists-comment-on-oral-history-review-rules/

Ancestry.com and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Release First Searchable Online Records Collections from World Memory Project

http://bit.ly/vkrvTH

Association of Research Libraries Endorses the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities 

http://www.arl.org/news/pr/Berlin-1nov11.shtml

Major Book Publisher Files Mass-BitTorrent Lawsuit

http://torrentfreak.com/major-book-publisher-files-mass-bittorrent-lawsuit-111031/

Oregon State Merges Archives and Special Collections as Part of Overall Reorganization 

http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/892646-264/oregon__state_merges_archives.html.csp

Professor argues for archiving genocide

http://www.dailytexanonline.com/news/2011/11/01/professor-argues-archiving-genocide

Scientific American's online archive to 1845 goes live 

http://www.nature.com/press_releases/sa_archive1845.html

Unseen archive of Orson Welles's hidden masterpiece for sale at Bonhams

http://bit.ly/uTHlut

Asie-Pacifique/Asia-Pacific

Introducing Zhishi.me, Chinese Linked Open Data

http://semanticweb.com/introducing-zhishi-me-chinese-linked-open-data_b24228

Australia - Defence archive cash secures Fort

http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2011/10/28/287571_news.html

India - Rare Persian manuscripts being preserved at archival institute in Andhra Pradesh

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/andhra-pradesh/article2591117.ece

Europe / Europa

IMAGO President: Digitizing Europe's Film Heritage Could Cost 2 Billion Euros

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/edit-address-cost-digitization-europe-255304

Germany and Romania in Hot Water Over Data Retention

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/242784/germany_and_romania_in_hot_water_over_data_retention.html

German spy archives paint Putin as abusive

http://www.windsorstar.com/news/German+archives+paint+Putin+abusive/5649138/story.html

The secrets of Bad Arolsen Documents housed in the massive Holocaust archive are now only beginning to be understood 

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/secrets+Arolsen+Documents+housed+massive+Holocaust+archive+only+beginning+understood/5624350/story.html

Inauguration en Suisse des archives tchétchènes sur les droits humains

http://www.gfbv.ch/fr/?380/2/Inauguration-en-Suisse-des-archives-tchetchenes-sur-les-droits-humains

La discothèque de Radio France: un trésor de 450.000 "galettes"

http://www.leparisien.fr/flash-actualite-culture/la-discotheque-de-radio-france-un-tresor-de-450-000-galettes-28-10-2011-1690572.php

France - Archivage : les multiples services associés

http://www.lenouveleconomiste.fr/lesdossiers/archivage-les-multiples-services-associes-12531/

France - Génocide en Vendée : les archives parlent

http://www.atlantico.fr/decryptage/vendee-genocide-memoricide-reynald-secher-216101.html

National Library of Scotland Bill published

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2011/10/27095844

"Freedom of Information Act could be too expensive to implement" says Isle of Man Chief Minister

http://www.isleofman.com/News/article.aspx?article=40590

Top secret WWII files released: Documents on US Marines’ operations in Northern Ireland to go in new Derry museum 

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/top-secret-wwii-files-released-documents-on-us-marinesrsquo-operations-in-northern-ireland-to-go-in-new-derry-museum-16072388.html

UK National Archives - First World War nursing records available online

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/635.htm

UK - Parliament Week: The objects and photos from Parliament through the centuries

http://bit.ly/tnrJLP

BBC to open vast radio archive online

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8865357/BBC-to-open-vast-radio-archive-online.html

Royal Society opens electronic archive of scientific papers, including Franklin, Newton, Darwin

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/entertainment/132695793.html

A bloody good read: 'Dracula' author's journal found

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/29/world/dracula-journal-discovered/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

Moyen-Orient / Middle East

Israeli theater history, alive via a few clicks of a mouse

http://www.haaretz.com/culture/arts-leisure/israeli-theater-history-alive-via-a-few-clicks-of-a-mouse-1.393098

International

Emulation is becoming a viable option (#KEEP) (1) 

http://digitaalduurzaam.blogspot.com/2011/10/emulation-is-becoming-viable-option.html

New Digital Afterlife Planning Site World Without Me Offers Tools to Archive, Curate Digital Footprint 

http://www.prweb.com/releases/prwebDigital-Afterlife/World-Without-Me/prweb8907248.htm

New e-book app allows readers to share their marginalia

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/01/f-vp-misener.html

Storing Information for a Thousand Years

http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomcoughlin/2011/10/28/storing-information-for-a-thousand-years/