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

Vol. 5, no. 13

Ressources / Resources

De l'État / From the State

U.S. Presidential Memorandum: Managing Government Records

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/11/28/presidential-memorandum-managing-government-records

Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner - Report on the Government of Alberta’s Management of Ministerial Emails

http://www.oipc.ab.ca/downloads/documentloader.ashx?id=2911

World Intellectual Property Organization - Draft Compilation on Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives

http://www.ifla.org/files/hq/topics/exceptions-limitations/documents/Compilation%20Libraries.pdf

Archives nationales de France - La gestion et l’archivage des courriels: Manuel pratique: 1re partie

http://www.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/chan/chan/pdf/vade-courriels.pdf

De la communauté / From the community

Europeana - The Problem of the Yellow Milkmaid: a Business Model perspective on Open Metadata

http://e2.ma/message/nioe/zrnpxb

Statement of Society of American Archivists Representative to World Intellectual Property Organization

http://www2.archivists.org/statements/statement-of-saa-representative-to-world-intellectual-property-organization-standing-comm

Publications

The American Archivist, vol. 74, no. 2 (Fall/Winter 2011)

http://archivists.metapress.com/content/k43140727445/?p=e499b06676484784b52289ff2200a4e5&pi=0

Archival Science, vol. 11, no. 3-4 (November 2011)

http://www.springerlink.com/content/1389-0166/11/3-4/

Silhouettes: the Associates of the Provincial Archives of New Brunswick newsletter, no. 33 (Autumn 2011)

http://archives.gnb.ca/Associates/Newsletters/2011-33-Fall-e.pdf

Book - Copyright Law: Volume I: The Scope and Historical Context

http://bit.ly/sW3PdF

Book - Reading Photography: A Sourcebook of Critical Texts

http://bit.ly/uDiolH

Livre - Des sources pour l'histoire de la presse: guide (Bibliothèque nationale de France)

http://editions.bnf.fr/nouveautes/presse.htm

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

Free webinar - The big machine: how the Internet of things is shaping big data

December 7, 2011

http://gigaom.com/2011/12/01/the-big-machine-how-the-internet-of-things-is-shaping-big-data/

Sur le web / On the web

Library and Archives Canada - New Corporate Website

http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Pages/default.aspx

Library and Archives Canada blog

http://thediscoverblog.com/

New Blog From the Library of Congress - Copyright Matters: Digitization and Public Access

http://blogs.loc.gov/copyrightdigitization/

Network with the Australian Society of Archivists

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150973764180386

Video - At What Cost?: The Privacy Issues that Must Be Considered in a Digital World

http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/convergenceculture/videos/15446-at-what-cost-the-privacy-issues-that-must-be-consider

Video - Change in the Digital Age: Metadata Trends for Libraries

http://vimeo.com/32570591

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

Canadian businesses using cloud computing services unknowingly

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/11/25/technology-cloud-computing-security-privacy.html

Statistics Canada Data to become OpenData – Background, Winners and Next Steps

http://eaves.ca/2011/11/25/statistics-canada-data-to-become-opendata-background-winners-and-next-steps/

Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner Issues Significant Order on Custody or Control of University Records

http://allaboutinformation.ca/2011/11/26/ontario-commissioner-issues-signficant-order-on-custody-or-control-of-university-records/

Montréal et son histoire: entrevue avec trois archivistes

http://www.radio-canada.ca/emissions/samedi_dimanche/2011-2012/chronique.asp?idChronique=187907

MacNaught History Centre and Archives and Summerside and Area Historical Society (PEI) - Trying to keep hockey memories alive

http://www.journalpioneer.com/News/Local/2011-11-25/article-2815743/Trying-to-keep-hockey-memories-alive/1

Elgin County Archives (Ont.) - Rural history books to be digitized

http://www.stthomastimesjournal.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3384599

Afrique / Africa

Kenya: National Library to Go Digital

http://allafrica.com/stories/201111241266.html

South Africa - How Problematic Is Country's Secrecy Bill?

http://allafrica.com/stories/201112010579.html

Amériques / America

U.S. - How will Twitter, social media play into new record-keeping policy? 

http://bit.ly/sfyWtm

U.S. - The National Archives Puts Its Holdings on the Map Via Historypin

http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2012/nr12-34.html

New Freedom of Information Act Dispute Tracking System Launched by National Archives FOIA Ombudsman

http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2012/nr12-39.html

New Project Aims to Save Hawaii's Moving Image History

http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/16128256/new-project

Tennessee State Library and Archives painstakingly saves old state Supreme Court records

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20111129/NEWS01/311290030/Tennessee-Archives-preservation-project-protects-tapestry-life-

80 years of history donated by Violette family to University of Maine at Fort Kent's Acadian Archives

http://bangordailynews.com/2011/11/28/news/aroostook/80-years-of-history-donated-by-violette-family-to-umfk-acadian-archives/?ref=latest

Yale University Library digitizes Holocaust testimonies

http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2011/nov/28/library-digitizes-holocaust-testimonies/

The Math That Saved Apollo 13 Just Sold for $388,375

http://gizmodo.com/5863778/the-math-that-saved-apollo-13

Archive Pertaining To ‘Titanic’ Tops $100,000 At Philip Weiss Auction

http://antiquesandthearts.com/Antiques/AuctionWatch/2011-11-29__14-34-37.html

Asie-Pacifique/Asia-Pacific

Singapore - National Library Board Memory Project Launches Pictures Archive 

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_738894.html

France to assist Philippine efforts to upgrade film archives system

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/local-news/2011/11/28/france-assist-local-efforts-upgrade-film-archives-system-192969

Korean Film Archive: Theater, museum, and library

http://www.cnngo.com/seoul/play/korean-film-archive-theater-museum-and-library-996373

Survey Reveals Australians Attitudes toward Data Breaches

http://www.arma.org/policy/policy/newswire/11-11-30/Survey_Reveals_Australians_Attitudes_toward_Data_Breaches.aspx

Andhra Pradesh (India) - Move to digitise rare manuscripts

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/move-to-digitise-rare-manuscripts/207575-60-114.html

Europe / Europa

EU takes step toward open data

http://www.information-age.com/channels/information-management/news/1675713/eu-takes-step-toward-open-data.thtml

A Proposal for E.U.-Wide Data Protection Regulation

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/technology/a-proposal-for-eu-wide-data-protection-regulation.html

Digital cloud providers face EU privacy audits 

http://www.euractiv.com/specialreport-cloud-computing/digital-cloud-providers-face-eu-privacy-audits-news-509133

German intelligence files on ex-Nazis shredded

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15968698

Canton de Genève (Suisse) - Numériques, les archives passent les frontières

http://www.tdg.ch/numeriques-archives-passent-frontieres-2011-11-27

Ireland - Treaty document to go on display

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/1129/1224308280515.html

National Library of Wales 'risked reputation' by accepting £300,000 donation from Nazi collaborator

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2011/12/01/national-library-of-wales-risked-reputation-by-accepting-300-000-donation-from-nazi-collaborator-91466-29880506/

France - L'Etat considère les écrits de Pétain comme sa propriété

http://www.rue89.com/2011/11/30/letat-considere-les-ecrits-de-petain-comme-sa-propriete-227051

France - Guerre de Vendée : des archives côté bleus et côté blancs

http://geneinfos.typepad.fr/geneinfos/2011/12/guerre-de-vendee-des-archives-cote-bleus-et-cote-blancs.html

Saluting a Serial Seducer and His Steamy Tell-All (Casanova at the National Library in France)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/29/arts/casanova-at-the-national-library-in-france.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper

UK - Government plans open data push

http://www.guardian.co.uk/government-computing-network/2011/nov/28/george-obsorne-open-data-plans?newsfeed=true

British Newspaper Archive launched online

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15924466

Digital Church Courts of York records offer window into past 

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/stories/2011/11/law.aspx

Lost Inspiration for Mickey Mouse Discovered in England Film Archive

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2011/11/lost-inspiration-for-mickey-mouse-discovered-in-england-film-archive/

Edward Elgar museum buys lover's archive

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/nov/25/elgar-museum-buys-lover-archive?newsfeed=true

Wiener Library relocates Nazi archive to new premises

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15881261

 

New film archive brings Essex history to life

http://www.essexcountystandard.co.uk/news/9397236.New_film_archive_brings_Essex_history_to_life/

Moyen-Orient / Middle East

Gaza yet to receive historical title deeds from Turkey 

http://www.todayszaman.com/news-263823-gaza-yet-to-receive-historical-title-deeds-from-turkey.html

Turkey - Archive presents a half-century of Istanbul's faces

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=archive-presents-a-half-century-of-istanbuls-faces-2011-11-28

Turkish president says OK to open Dersim tragedy archives 

http://www.todayszaman.com/news-264550-turkish-president-says-ok-to-open-dersim-tragedy-archives.html

National Library and Archives Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran -  Non-Persian Ashura volumes displayed

http://www.ibna.ir/vdcdss0fkyt0xz6.em2y.html

International

Data mining 3.0 - from info to 'collective intelligence'

http://bit.ly/usvywV

A Peek into an Electronic Records Archivist’s Toolbox

http://siarchives.si.edu/blog/peek-electronic-records-archivist’s-toolbox

World Memory Project - Holocaust victims database aims to restore lost identities

http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/26/us/holocaust-world-memory-project/index.html

The Devil Is In the Daguerreotype's Details

http://www.pixiq.com/article/the-devil-in-the-daguerreotype-details