Vol. 6, no. 16

Ressources / Resources

De l'État / From the State

Archives New Zealand - Chief Archivist’s Report to the Minister: Public Records Act 2005 Audits 2010/2011

http://archives.govt.nz/advice/public-records-act-2005/chief-archivist-s-report-minister-public-records-act-2005-audits-2010

Bibliothèque nationale de France - Bibliographie 2012 du Dépôt légal de l'Internet et de l'archivage du Web

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

Bibliothèque nationale de France - Rapport d’orientation pour le Comité stratégique bibliographique

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

De la communauté / From the community

Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) - Electronic Court Filing Version 4.01 Committee Specification

https://www.oasis-open.org/news/announcements/electronic-court-filing-version-4-01-committee-specification-01-approved-by-the-e

Pew Internet - Reading Habits in Different Communities

http://libraries.pewinternet.org/files/legacy-pdf/LibrariesAndReading_CommunityTypes_12.20.12.pdf

Publications

Archives and Manuscripts, vol. 40, no. 3 (2012)

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/raam20/40/3

Ariadne, no. 70 (2012)

http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue70

Above Board: a Quarterly Newsletter Published by the Office of the Newfoundland and Labrador's Information and Privacy Commissioner, vol. 2, no. 3-4 (2012)    

http://www.oipc.nl.ca/pdfs/Municipalities-Newsletter-July-Dec2012.pdf

Book - Bad Data Handbook: Mapping the World of Data Problems

http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920024422.do

Book - Classified: Secrecy and the State in Modern Britain

http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/isbn/item6856290/?site_locale=en_GB

Book - Digital Forensics Explained

http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781439874950

Book - The Future of Scientific Knowledge Discovery in Open Networked Environments

http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=18258

Livre - Les métiers de la culture et du patrimoine

http://librairie.onisep.fr/librairie/portal/media-type/html/group/gp/page/interieur.espace.librairie.rechercheProduitDetail/js_peid/LibrairieDetailProduit?id=826

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

2013 World Social Science Forum: Social Transformations and the Digital Age

October 13-15, 2013, Montreal

http://www.wssf2013.org/

Archives Week 2013 in Saskatchewan

February 3 to 9, 2013, Saskatchewan

http://scaa.sk.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=187

Exposition - Playmobil archiviste: Documents d’archives (XVe-XIXe) mis en dioramas

1er décembre 2012 - 31 janvier 2013, Archives du royaume de Belgique à Saint-Hubert

http://arch.arch.be/images/stories/events/expo_playmobil_archiviste_st-hubert.pdf

Webinar - Introduction to Geospatial Metadata: ISO 191** Metadata

January 15 - March 3, 2013

http://www.ncddc.noaa.gov/metadata-standards/metadata-training/course-one/

 

Webinar - Archival Encounters

January 28, February 18, March 25, April 22, 2013

http://rsa.cwrl.utexas.edu/node/6392

Spring Semester 2013: Harvard Law School Class on Copyright Will Be Available Online for Free 

500 Students To Be Selected

https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/8119

Reinventing Archival Methods: Report and what’s next? (presentations available)

November 29-30, 2012, Sydney (Australia)

http://recordkeepingroundtable.org/2012/12/14/reinventing-archival-methods-report-whats-next/

Sur le web / On the web

Electronic Memory of the Arctic

http://www.emaproject.com/

See also: http://www.emaproject.com/post.html?id=78

Your Twitter archive

http://blog.twitter.com/2012/12/your-twitter-archive.html

UK National Archives podcast - Tracing Huguenot ancestors

http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/tracing-huguenot-ancestors/

UK National Archives podcast - The scandalous case of John Vassall: sexuality, spying and the Civil Service

http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/the-scandalous-case-of-john-vassall-sexuality-spying-and-the-civil-service/

Slidecast - The RLUK/OCLC Survey of Special Collections and Archives in the UK & Ireland: Outcomes and Perspectives

http://www.slideshare.net/oclcr/the-rlukoclc-survey-of-special-collections-and-archives-in-the-uk-ireland-outcomes-and-perspectives

Petition against the closing of the Provincial Archive of Las Palmas (Spain)

http://www.change.org/es/peticiones/gobierno-de-canarias-no-al-cierre-del-archivo-hist%C3%B3rico-provincial-de-las-palmas

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

Government of Canada Providing Canadians with Record Amount of Government Information

http://news.gc.ca/web/article-eng.do?nid=712849

The Government of Canada refusal to produce millions of records in Federal Archives is making it impossible – Nishnawbe Aski Nation

http://www.netnewsledger.com/2012/12/20/the-government-of-canada-refusal-to-produce-millions-of-records-in-federal-archives-is-making-it-impossible-nan/

Keeping data here no protection against US: Lawyer

http://www.itworldcanada.com/news/keeping-data-here-no-protection-against-us-lawyer/146516

Lettre - Bibliothèque et Archives Canada : des milliers d’infos à un clic de souris (par Daniel J. Caron)

http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/canada/366467/bibliotheque-et-archives-canada-des-milliers-d-infos-a-un-clic-de-souris

Compressions fédérales - De face et de fesses : réplique à Daniel J. Caron

http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/canada/366786/de-face-et-de-fesses-replique-a-daniel-j-caron

Bibliothèque et Archives Canada fait marche arrière

http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/national/201212/18/01-4604866-bibliotheque-et-archives-canada-fait-marche-arriere.php

Christmas in Alberta’s Archives

http://archivesalberta.wordpress.com/2012/12/20/christmas-in-albertas-archives/

A Little Bit of Christmas at the City of Edmonton Archives

http://www.transformingedmonton.ca/index.php/2012/12/20/a-little-bit-of-christmas-at-the-city-of-edmonton-archives/

Toronto - U.S. Consulate donates special book to Jewish archives

http://toronto.usconsulate.gov/news-events/consulate-news-and-events/2012/consulate-donates-special-book-to-jewish-archives.html

New association - Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians (CAPAL)

http://utlibrarians.wordpress.com/2012/12/18/new-canadian-association-of-professional-academic-librarians-capal/

Bedbugs found in Toronto Public Library books

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1304905--bedbugs-found-in-toronto-public-library-books

Afrique / Africa

Congo - Des archives de la Cour Suprême de Justice anéanties par les eaux

http://www.7sur7.cd/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=40321:-des-archives-de-la-cour-supreme-de-justice-aneanties-par-les-eaux&catid=24:le-phare

Un désastre... La longue agonie des archives du Maroc

http://www.leconomiste.com/article/901552-un-d-sastre-la-longue-agonie-des-archives-du-maroc

Algérie: François Hollande va ouvrir des archives

http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2012/12/17/97001-20121217FILWWW00470-algerie-hollande-va-ouvrir-des-archives.php

Amériques / Americas

NASA 'dusts off' its Apollo archives

http://www.tgdaily.com/space-features/67931-nasa-dusts-off-its-apollo-archives

Emancipation Proclamation to go on display at National Archives

http://www.wtop.com/41/3165968/Emancipation-Proclamation-to-go-on-display-at-National-Archives

Presidential Library opens $11 million exhibit that reconsiders Lyndon B. Johnson

http://www.statesman.com/news/news/national-govt-politics/shaping-history-with-lbj/nTXQp/

Christmas cards from presidents on display at Presidential Archives and Leadership Library

http://www.oaoa.com/community/article_50e094c8-4976-11e2-a7ef-0019bb30f31a.html

Spotlighting the Top Electronic Discovery Cases from 2012

http://www.clearwellsystems.com/e-discovery-blog/2012/12/14/spotlighting-the-top-electronic-discovery-cases-from-2012/

Montana Historical Society seeks help to secure historic postcard collection

http://helenair.com/lifestyles/community/historical-society-seeks-help-to-secure-historic-postcard-collection/article_602d92ee-45bd-11e2-9f36-001a4bcf887a.html

'Peanuts' archive fails to find a buyer

http://www.leaderpost.com/news/Peanuts+archive+fails+find+buyer/7703609/story.html

Unique Metropolis movie poster lot fetches $1.2 million at auction

http://rt.com/art-and-culture/news/metropolis-poster-fetches-auction-071/

Dominican Studies Institute at The City College of New York Makes 2,900-Photo Archive Accessible Via Flickr

http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/forum/2012/12/17/cuny-dsi-makes-2900-photo-archive-accessible-via-flickr/

Before You Were Born: We Were Digitizing Texts

http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2012/12/before-you-were-born-we-were-digitizing-texts/

Digital Technology Expands the Scope and Reach of the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collections

http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2012/12/digital-technology-expands-the-scope-and-reach-of-the-dumbarton-oaks-research-library-and-collections/

An Interview with Julie Sweetkind-Singer, Assistant Director of Geospatial, Cartographic and Scientific Data and Services, Stanford University

http://www.directionsmag.com/articles/setting-storage-standards-for-digital-media-an-interview-with-dr.-juli/291772

Preserving What Remains of Bay Area TV News History

http://www.kqed.org/news/story/2012/12/18/112962/preserving_what_remains_of_bay_area_tv_news_history?category=bay+area

Asie-Pacifique/Asia-Pacific

2013 New Zealand Web Harvest

http://natlib.govt.nz/publishers-and-authors/web-harvesting/2013-nz-web-harvest

China - Fujian opens new archive

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/m/fuzhou/e/2012-12/19/content_16030963.htm

National libraries of China, New Zealand work together to preserve historic treasures

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/culture/2012-12/20/c_132053258.htm

India - Archives for Malayalam films promised

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/archives-for-malayalam-films-promised/article4200583.ece

India - Rare historical books deck up Rashtrapathi bhavan library

http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/rare-historical-books-deck-up-rashtrapathi-bhavan-library_817023.html

Europe / Europa

Photos of Lost Russian Crown Jewels Found In US Library

http://en.rian.ru/world/20121219/178254469.html

New documents about Azerbaijani history revealed in Germany

http://en.trend.az/news/society/2098317.html

Swedes Think Different: A New Model for E-lending

http://www.theliteraryplatform.com/2012/12/swedes-think-different-a-new-model-for-e-lending/

Suisse - Achèvement du Programme GEVER de la Confédération (passage à la gestion électronique des dossiers traités par l’administration fédérale)

http://ow.ly/gh8Je

UK government pledges reforms to intellectual property landscape

http://www.iwr.co.uk/stm-and-legal/3011442/UK-government-pledges-reforms-to-intellectual-property-landscape

British Library welcomes announcement on copyright exceptions

http://pressandpolicy.bl.uk/Press-Releases/British-Library-welcomes-announcement-on-copyright-exceptions-5e4.aspx

Fascinating National Health Service archives now available

http://www.strathspey-herald.co.uk/News/Fascinating-NHS-archives-now-available-18122012.htm

British Library - New Testament from the oldest complete Bible available online for the first time

http://pressandpolicy.bl.uk/Press-Releases/New-Testament-from-the-oldest-complete-Bible-available-online-for-the-first-time-5e0.aspx

Curators at the National Museum of London discover first recordings of Christmas Day

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20772246

Earliest pocket-size country pursuits manual to be shown at British Library

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/9747073/Earliest-pocket-size-country-pursuits-manual-to-be-shown-at-British-Library.html

It's a real coo as 'unbreakable' war code found on pigeon in Portland is cracked (by Canadians researchers)

http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/10110584.It_s_a_real_coo_as__unbreakable__war_code_found_on_pigeon_in_Portland_is_cracked/

From Bethlehem to the Garden of Gethsemane, the biblical locations photographed in 1862 to prove to the English they really did exist 

http://ow.ly/ggUwR

Wartime German Christmas letters stolen by Jersey youths finally delivered to soldiers' relatives

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-two/9755289/Wartime-German-Christmas-letters-stolen-by-Jersey-youths-finally-delivered-to-soldiers-relatives.html

Moyen-Orient / Middle East

Israeli government openly licenses all images they own

http://openglam.org/2012/12/18/israeli-government-releases-all-images-they-own/

Google - “In the beginning”...bringing the Dead sea scrolls of Genesis and the Ten Commandments online

http://googleblog.blogspot.ca/2012/12/in-beginningbringing-scrolls-of-genesis.html

Syrie - Damas: "protéger le patrimoine"

http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2012/12/13/97001-20121213FILWWW00475-damas-proteger-le-patrimoine.php

International

The Paper Trail Through History

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/17/books/noting-the-history-of-the-paper-trail.html

International Launch of the IMPACT Centre of Competence in Digitisation

http://www.digitisation.eu/news-events/view/article/international-launch-of-the-impact-centre-of-competence-14-december-2012-alicante/

 

Forensic scientists can authenticate digital recordings using electrical hum

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20629671

 

The Open Government Partnership: What this means for records management and archives

http://www.archivalplatform.org/blog/entry/the_open_government/

What recordkeeping functionality do business systems need to provide? 

http://futureproof.records.nsw.gov.au/what-recordkeeping-functionality-do-business-systems-need-to-provide/

What is metadata? A Christmas themed exploration

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/information-culture/2012/12/17/what-is-metadata-a-christmas-themed-exploration/

'Hoarders': The Corporate Data Edition

http://www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/PubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1202581938140&Hoarders_The_Corporate_Data_Edition