Vol. 5, no. 19

Ressources / Resources

De l'État / From the State

U.S. National Information Standards Organization - SERU: A Shared Electronic Resource Understanding (Draft for public comment)

http://www.niso.org/news/pr/view?item_key=a648958da394f0a11229fbc4b343cc6c7d0a0b52

Archaeological archives in Northern Ireland: legislation, guidance and comparison with other jurisdictions

http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/Documents/RaISe/Publications/Culture,%20Arts%20and%20Leisure/17411.pdf

California Office of Legislative Counsel - Authentication of Primary Legal: Materials and Pricing Options

http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/records/legislativerecords/docs_pdfs/CA_Authentication_WhitePaper_Dec2011.pdf

Bibliothèque nationale de France - Pour un humanisme numérique : culture et démocratie à l'heure du numérique (Bibliographie)

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

De la communauté / From the community

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) - Microdata to RDF Guide and HTML Data Guide

Microdata to RDF Guide:

http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-microdata-rdf-20120112/

HTML Data Guide:

http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-html-data-guide-20120112/

Publications

Association for Manitoba Archives Newsletter (Fall 2011/Winter 2012)

http://mbarchives.ca/fr/node/57

Library of Congress Digital Preservation Newsletter (January 2012)

http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/news/newsletter/201201.pdf

Book - The Lone Arranger: Succeeding in a Small Repository (Society of American Archivists)

http://bit.ly/wBKAu9

Book - Engaging Colonial Knowledge: Reading European Archives in World History

http://us.macmillan.com/engagingcolonialknowledge/RicardoRoque

Book - Transforming Information Literacy Instruction Using Learner-Centered Teaching 

http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=8354

Livre - Comment le numérique transforme les lieux de savoirs: le numérique au service du bien commun et de l’accès au savoir pour tous

http://www.fypeditions.com/comment-le-numerique-transforme-les-lieux-de-savoirs-le-numerique-au-service-du-bien-commun-et-de-lacces-au-savoir-pour-tous/

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

Information Without Borders Conference

February 9, 2012, Halifax

https://blogs.dal.ca/sim/2012/01/06/invitation-information-without-borders-conference/

Nitrate Treasures: A Special Screening of Archival HBC Films

January 21, 2012, Edmonton

http://archivesalberta.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/nitrate-treasures-a-special-screening-of-archival-hbc-films/

Personal Digital Archiving 2012

February 24-25, 2012, San Francisco

http://www.personalarchiving.com/2012/01/preliminary-schedule-pda-2012/

Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Semantic Digital Archives

September 29, 2011, Berlin

http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-801/

Sur le web / On the web

Top 10 Digital Preservation Developments of 2011

http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2012/01/top-10-digital-preservation-developments-of-2011/

Short Film: Digital Antiquities

http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2012/01/short-film-digital-antiquities/

Slidecast - Linked data for Libraries, Archives, Museums

http://www.slideshare.net/ljsmart/linked-data-for-libraries-archives-museums

Slidecast - Designing functions for mass transfer and preservation of records in ERM systems: case of the National Archives of Korea

http://business.wesrch.com/paper-details/pdf-BU1H5H01SJHSO-transferring-to-electronic-records-management

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

Government's online information access plan falls short

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/01/11/pol-mckie-atip-online-summaries-opengov.html

Library and Archives Canada - Sir John A. Macdonald Flickr Image Set is Now Available

http://thediscoverblog.com/2012/01/11/sir-john-a-macdonald-flickr-image-set-is-now-available/

Yellowknife - Water, smoke damage keep museum closed; archives re-opened

http://hqyellowknife.com/news/local/news/Local/12/01/6/Water-smoke-damage-keep-museum-closed-archives-re-opened

New MemoryBC descriptions for December 2011

http://aabc.ca/resources/news/2012/1/8/new-memorybc-descriptions-for-december-2011/

Vivre Montréal a look back in time

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Vivre+Montr%C3%A9al+look+back+time/5965383/story.html

Doughty touts district archive project for south Muskoka (Ont.)

http://www.cottagecountrynow.ca/news/article/1277074--doughty-touts-district-archive-project-for-south-muskoka

Picture of forgotten WWI vet tells a thousand words for historian

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/picture-of-forgotten-wwi-vet-tells-a-thousand-words-for-historian/article2296905/

Le personnel de Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec vote pour la grève

http://www.sfpq.qc.ca/nouvelles/personnel-bibliotheque-archives-nationales-quebec-vote-174/

Afrique / Africa

Ghana - National Records At Risk

http://news.peacefmonline.com/social/201201/87707.php

Amériques / America

American Historical Associations Annual Meeting: Government Secrecy May Be a Relic From the Cold War and a Wave of the Future

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/us/government-secrecy-is-discussed-at-the-american-historical-associations-annual-meeting.html

NARA - Freedom of Information Act Portal Moving from Idea to Reality

http://blogs.archives.gov/foiablog/2012/01/09/foia-portal-moving-from-idea-to-reality/

IG report says naval history ‘in jeopardy’

http://www.navytimes.com/news/2012/01/navy-history-critical-inspector-general-report-010812w/

Alaska State Hires Archivist to Sort Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Lawsuit Files

http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3477&Itemid=2

New York - Unbinding the Atlas: Working with Digital Maps

http://www.nypl.org/blog/2012/01/10/unbinding-atlas-working-digital-maps

NASA Inquiry Stops Apollo 13 Notebook Sale

http://news.discovery.com/space/nasa-inquiry-stops-apollo-13-notebook-sale-120106.html

The King Center Imaging Project Goes Live on Monday, Thousands of Never-Before-Seen Images Will Be Available Online

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120112006241/en/CORRECTING-REPLACING-King-Center-Imaging-Project-Live

The Guggenheim Museum has digitized a ton of its out-of-print publications and is offering them free

http://imprint.printmag.com/typography/guggenheim-offers-free-books/

'Speed archivists' make quick work of organizing Philly area collections

http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/item/32474

Asie-Pacifique/Asia-Pacific

Diary of debauchery in colonial Australia

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/diary-of-debauchery-in-colonial-australia/story-e6frea83-1226238978924

Philippine - Freedom of info bill gets new look, new name

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/124735/freedom-of-info-bill-gets-new-look-new-name

Malaysia - National Archives Digitising Historical Materials

http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v6/newsindex.php?id=639418

Europe / Europa

Czech Republic - National Digital Library project under heavy fire

http://www.ceskapozice.cz/en/news/society/national-digital-library-project-under-heavy-fire

Letter penned by Beethoven uncovered in Germany

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16510767#TWEET59997

Hungary Makes Open Standards Default

http://epsiplatform.eu/content/hungary-makes-open-standards-default

Funding Dispute Threatens Bosnia's National Library

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/bosnian-national-library-facing-closure

L'histoire du climat revisitée par les archives de Météo France

http://www.archimag.com/node/2177

Ireland - Could the secret archive in Boston end our peace?

http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/local/could_the_secret_archive_in_boston_end_our_peace_1_3405275

Scotland’s Freedom of Information powers ‘falling behind in UK’

http://www.scotsman.com/scotland-on-sunday/politics/scotland_s_foi_powers_falling_behind_in_uk_1_2043290

Thatcher's Britain revealed in Mass Observation Archive

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-16530700

UK’s National Archive is to Digitise 165 Years Worth of British Telecom’s and its Predecessors’ Historical Documents

http://www.itwire.com/it-industry-news/development/52118-digital-bonanza-for-telecoms-historians

UK National Archives - Closure of Your Archives

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/659.htm

How are the UK largest museums investing in photography?

http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news-analysis/2132844/uk-largest-museums-investing-photography#ixzz1jCYThIEN 

'Jack the Ripper' manuscript to be published worldwide

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-16512152

Moyen-Orient / Middle East

Egypt - Library chief requests investigation into smuggling of Mahfouz archives 

http://english.ahram.org.eg/~/NewsContentP/18/31043/Books/Library-chief-requests-investigation-into-smugglin.aspx

Emirates eGovernment urges government entities to enhance open data on their websites

http://bit.ly/w3nkK3

International

Writer's craft is now a ghost in the machine

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/writers-craft-is-now-a-ghost-in-the-machine-20120106-1po2l.html

The Importance of Metadata in Content Management

http://www.cmswire.com/cms/enterprise-cms/the-importance-of-metadata-in-content-management-009746.php

M-DISC: 1,000 Year Permanent Storage Technology Receives Visionary Product Award

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/m-disc-1000-year-permanent-storage-technology-receives-visionary-product-award-2012-01-09

Vol. 5, no. 18

Ressources / Resources

De l'État / From the State

U.S. Copyright Office - Federal Copyright Protection for Pre-1972 Sound Recordings

http://www.copyright.gov/docs/sound/pre-72-report.pdf

De la communauté / From the community

President of the American Historical Association: The Public Practice of History in and for a Digital Age

http://www.historians.org/Perspectives/issues/2012/1201/The-Public-Practice-of-History-in-and-for-a-Digital-Age.cfm

Centre d'animation et de recherche en écologie politique (Belgique) - Les archives, un médicament générique pour la démocratie

http://www.etopia.be/spip.php?article1926

Publications

International Journal of Digital Information and Wireless Communications, vol. 1, no. 2 (February 2012)

http://bit.ly/xd8rrl

Book - Preserving Local Writers, Genealogy, Photographs, Newspapers, and Related Materials

https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780810883598

Book - Digital Libraries and Archives: 7th Italian Research Conference, IRCDL 2011

http://www.springer.com/computer/database+management+%26+information+retrieval/book/978-3-642-27301-8

Book - Too Big to Know: Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room Is the Room

http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/basic/book_detail.jsp?isbn=0465021425 

Interview with the author: http://www.salon.com/2012/01/01/are_we_on_information_overload/singleton/

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

Free Webinar - 10 Ways To Jump Start Your Genealogy In 2012

January 10, 2012

http://ilgensoc.blogspot.com/2011/12/new-isgs-webinar-series.html

Sur le web / On the web

Start the New Year Right with Tips from the Smithsonian Institution Archives

http://siarchives.si.edu/blog/start-new-year-right-tips-archives

NARA - Genealogy "how to" workshops now available as online videos

http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2012/nr12-47.html

Library of Congress Podcast - Conversations about Digital Preservation

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

New Digital Preservation Videos From Archipel Steal the Show

http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2012/01/new-videos-from-archipel-steal-the-show/

Outils / Tools

8 Simple Digital Tools for Scanning Documents

http://mashable.com/2012/01/01/scan-documents-apps/

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

'Stagnant' cultural institutions could suffer in 2012: Heritage Minister James Moore

http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/Stagnant+cultural+institutions+could+suffer+2012+Heritage+Minister+James+Moore/5929718/story.html

Bureau of Canadian Archivists - New gun bill erases archival record

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/bill+erases+archival+record/5926656/story.html

Scrap the registry, then its records

http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/Scrap+registry+then+records/5931274/story.html

International Council on Archives Section for Local, Municipal and Territorial Archives - The Archives of Ontario Remembers an Eaton's Christmas

http://www.ica.org/?lid=12160

Multiculturalism Trudeau's gift to Canada (on the Multicultural History Society of Ontario)

http://www.torontosun.com/2011/12/31/multiculturalism-trudeaus-gift-to-canada

Ontario - Freedom of information to apply to hospitals

http://www.windsorstar.com/news/apply+hospitals/5926491/story.html

QuébecLeaks se dégonfle, faute de fuites

http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/quebec/339344/quebecleaks-se-degonfle-faute-de-fuites

University of Waterloo - New archives open for research

http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/discipline/SpecColl/2011archives.html

Afrique / Africa

Fire consumes Niger's anti-corruption files

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-niger-corruption-firetre8021a7-20120103,0,1550985.story

Maroc - Réforme Justice Archives, boulet de la réorganisation

http://www.leconomiste.com/article/890064-reforme-justicebrarchives-boulet-de-la-reorganisation

Amériques / America

How Brazil is opening up access to official information

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-16292843

U.S. - Lessons Learned for 2012: Spotlighting the Top eDiscovery Cases from 2011

http://www.clearwellsystems.com/e-discovery-blog/2012/01/03/lessons-learned-for-2012-spotlighting-the-top-ediscovery-cases-from-2011/

Internet Archives - Government archives: Scan and deliver

http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2012/01/government-archives

Boston D.A. Subpoenas Twitter Over Occupy Boston, Anonymous

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/12/boston-subpoena-twitter/

Wipe terror tapes and close Boston College archive, its authors urge

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/wipe-terror-tapes-and-close-boston-college-archive-its-authors-urge-16098897.html

Boston College - Reprieve for Oral History

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/01/03/stay-blocks-release-documents-boston-college-oral-history-project

Lazarus archive: St. Louis facility restores burned or otherwise damaged records 

http://www.stlbeacon.org/arts-life/neighborhoods/out-and-about/114919-profile-of-national-archives-at-st-louis

Scientists scan damaged audio discs, resurrect fresh beats

http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/29/scientists-scan-damaged-audio-discs-resurrect-fresh-beats/

Kansas - After years of uncertainty, Black Archives has found its way

http://www.kansascity.com/2011/12/25/3349630/after-years-of-uncertainty-black.html

Archives of American Art announces the opening of Carnegie Institute exhibition records for research

http://bit.ly/tMqXH7

Museum of Fine Arts Houston to launch Latin America online archive

http://ultimatewestu.com/stories/306654-events-museum-of-fine-arts-houston-to-launch-latin-america-online-archive

Scorsese talks preservation: director still passionate about protecting film history

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118048017/

Asie-Pacifique/Asia-Pacific

Australia - The 1982 and 1983 Cabinet records release

http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/explore/cabinet/by-year/1982-83.aspx

New Zealand - Archives reveal threats over Timor

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10776233

China’s secrecy about its past could stifle its future

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/chinas-secrecy-about-its-past-could-stifle-its-future/2011/12/21/gIQAd9FORP_story.html

Digital Preservation In India Needed

http://ptlbindia.blogspot.com/2011/12/digital-preservation-in-india-needed.html

National Diet Library - Building the Digital Archive of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Launching New Services

http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/news/fy2011/1192655_1671.html

German mould-warriors help to save Thailand's wet books 

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/news/article_1683644.php/German-mould-warriors-help-to-save-Thailand-s-wet-books

Europe / Europa

Dutch National Archives repositioning in the digital world

http://www.ncdd.nl/blog/?p=549

Dutch Court: Road Data as Open Data

http://epsiplatform.eu/content/dutch-court-road-data-open-data

Spain - Books, archives and libraries shredded by government's culture cutbacks

http://www.elpais.com/articulo/english/Books/archives/and/libraries/shredded/by/government/s/culture/cutbacks/elpepueng/20120103elpeng_5/Ten

Estonia - National Archive Comes Under Education Ministry Jurisidiction

http://news.err.ee/education/e3d5cc2d-0f3b-4148-b7d1-9b2f51637824

Germans remember 20 years' access to Stasi archives

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15640053,00.html

Sweden recognises new file-sharing religion Kopimism

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16424659

Papers of Europe's first female professor to become available online, with help from Stanford's libraries

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/january/libraries-scan-bassi-010412.html

L'Open Data continue de se développer en France

http://www.numerama.com/magazine/21145-l-open-data-continue-de-se-developper-en-france.html

Ireland's Military Archives go online

http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0103/archive.html

UK - Gems from National Archives unearthed after the 30-year rule

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/dec/30/gems-national-archives-30-year-rule

The Blue Cross opens archives to remember real war horses

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/397/310955.html

Moyen-Orient / Middle East

Tunisie: Le rôle des archives dans la lutte contre la corruption

http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/201112300374.html

Iran, Afghanistan seal library MOU

http://www.ibna.ir/vdccieqsi2bqix8.-ya2.html

Medieval Jewish manuscripts discovered in Afghanistan

http://www.medievalists.net/2012/01/03/medieval-jewish-manuscripts-discovered-in-afghanistan/

International

Does The Discovery of ‘Lost’ Materials Help Or Harm The Archival Field?

http://www.avpreserve.com/blog/does-the-discovery-of-lost-materials-help-or-harm-the-archival-field/

Archives New Zealand and the University of Freiburg (Germany) - Digital Archaeology and Forensics

http://www.openplanetsfoundation.org/node/780

2011 Dramatic Growth of Open Access

http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com/2011/12/happy-2012-open-access-movement.html

Vol. 5, no. 17

Ressources / Resources

De la communauté / From the community

Article - Predicting Searcher Frustration

http://ciir-publications.cs.umass.edu/pub/web/getpdf.php?id=918

Publications

Association of Research Libraries SPEC kit - Reconfiguring Service Delivery

http://www.arl.org/news/pr/spec327-27dec11.shtml

Book - Academic Archives: Managing the Next Generation of College and University Archives, Records, and Special Collections

http://www.neal-schuman.com/acarch

Book - Sometimes You Have to Make Your Own History: Documenting Feminist and Queer Activism in the 21st Century

http://litwinbooks.com/feminist-activism.php

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

Free IFLA Webinar - New Librarians Global Connection: best practices, models and recommendations

17 January 2012

http://bit.ly/rDQAnp

Sur le web / On the web

NARA - Citizen Archivist Dashboard

http://blogs.archives.gov/aotus/?p=3877

Video - Tour of the Louisiana State Archives 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1QycXD_sMY

Video - A Brief Look at the Apple Collection, Part of the Silicon Valley Archives at Stanford University

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/apple-archives-document-company-history/2011/12/29/gIQAdbTHOP_video.html

ActuaLitté ouvre une bibliothèque pour tous sur Internet

http://www.les-infostrateges.com/actu/11121341/actualitte-ouvre-une-bibliotheque-pour-tous-sur-internet

Outils / Tools

Emulation Framework version 1.1.0

http://emuframework.sourceforge.net/

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

Opening the vault - Legal Archives Society of Alberta

http://archivesalberta.wordpress.com/2011/12/24/opening-the-vault-lasa/

Christmas photographs from the Toronto Archives

http://www.blogto.com/city/2011/12/christmas_photographs_from_the_toronto_archives/

4 millions $ pour une bibliothèque et un centre d'archives flambants neufs à Nicolet

http://www.lecourriersud.com/Culture/2011-12-27/article-2844815/4-millions-$-pour-une-bibliotheque-et-un-centre-darchives-flambants-neufs-a-Nicolet/1

Amériques / America

Haïti - Port-au-Prince : Restauration des archives du Palais de Justice

http://minustah.org/?p=33413

US Lobbying Against New European Privacy Law

https://epic.org/2011/12/us-lobbying-against-new-europe.html

Library of Congress - 25 Films Selected to the 2011 National Film Registry

http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2011/11-240.html

Legislation prompts Wyoming public records debate

http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/legislation-prompts-wyoming-public-records-debate/article_2ce7d4aa-b08a-5e15-a031-33b0009ea69e.html

New Online Photo Collection Provides Glimpses into Delaware’s Past

http://news.delaware.gov/2011/12/28/new-online-photo-collection-provides-glimpses-into-delaware%E2%80%99s-past/

The $4.5 million photo album

http://www.startribune.com/local/136240423.html

Woody Guthrie archive to land in his native Oklahoma, focusing on artistry instead of politics

http://wapo.st/sr6y3P

Alexander Gardner: The mysteries of the Civil War’s photographic giant

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/alexander-gardner-the-mysteries-of-the-civil-wars-photographic-giant/2011/12/12/gIQAptHhDP_story.html

Occupy Wall Street becomes highly collectible

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hbfVQt-AOp1S6Tg-AmxIpFFP1OyA?docId=825b5fbe5da14101a08564af24ac8b2e

Private Owner of George Washington's Letter to Jews Wants to be Left Alone

http://forward.com/articles/148406/#ixzz1hlj5UoP2

Asie-Pacifique/Asia-Pacific

India - Archives Department takes up digitisation of Padmanabhaswamy temple records

http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article2746895.ece

India - The digital picture: from reel to HD

http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/article2747724.ece?homepage=true

Europe / Europa

Netherlands - The National Library and the National Archives will be integrated into one organization

http://www.kb.nl/nieuws/2011/kbna-en.html

A human touch for ancient manuscripts in Italy

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iF6HlPwhYBpl8t8a7bCWGOktXPOg?docId=CNG.51879d3f2d1c38176a2bd02ade0f759e.1e1

Germany - Reconciliation is the goal, says Stasi Archives' Commissioner

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15635205,00.html

Vatican throws light on history as it opens secret archives

http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Vatican+throws+light+history+opens+secret+archives/5912349/story.html

Vatican Uses NASA Technology to Preserve Ancient Tomes

http://www.innovationnewsdaily.com/vatican-library-digital-star-scanning-2434/

France - Saint-Etienne : la Poste et les archives de l'Armée affectées par l'incendie géant

http://www.leparisien.fr/lyon-69000/saint-etienne-la-poste-et-les-archives-de-l-armee-affectees-par-l-incendie-geant-25-12-2011-1783428.php

Secret files from Northern Ireland’s Troubles launched online

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Secret-files-from-Northern-Irelands-Troubles-launched-online-136181583.html

Osama hunt software to create Northern Ireland Troubles database

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/osama-hunt-software-to-create-northern-ireland-troubles-database-16096067.html

Ireland - RTÉ to open archives to celebrate 50th anniversary

http://www.thejournal.ie/rte-to-open-archives-to-celebrate-50th-anniversary-314776-Dec2011/

Ireland - Dear Santa Letter sent 100 years ago found up chimney

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2011/1221/1224309341785.html

Scotland - Festive historic shopping archive set to go online

http://www.deadlinenews.co.uk/2011/12/23/picture-special-festive-historic-shopping-archive-set-to-go-online/

UK - Freedom of information access to ministers' emails to be scrutinised

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/dec/28/freedom-information-access-ministers-emails

Freedom of Information requests cost councils £31million

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/12/23/freedom-of-information-requests-cost-councils-31billion-115875-23655059/

Stasi files row as Britain refuses to return documents to Germany

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/28/stasi-files-row-britain-germany

UK - Hockey archives museum launched

http://www.pushhockey.co.uk/club/hockey-archives-museum-launched

Moyen-Orient / Middle East

Zein Abdel-Hadi appointed head of the Egyptian Library and Archives

http://english.ahram.org.eg/~/NewsContentP/18/30072/Books/Zein-AbdelHadi-appointed-head-of-the-Egyptian-Libr.aspx

Rare Books Staff From American University of Cairo Help Restore Burned Institut d’Égypte Documents

http://www.aucegypt.edu/newsatauc/Pages/story.aspx?eid=785

Registration of Iran-Georgia joint cultural works highlighted

http://www.ibna.ir/vdccepqse2bqi18.-ya2.html

Turkey - The unusual hobby of a tomb photographer

http://www.todayszaman.com/news-266651-the-unusual-hobby-of-a-tomb-photographer.html

Oman - Minister to approve tools for documents management

http://main.omanobserver.om/node/77058

Algérie - Le ministre de la Justice inaugure le premier centre régional des archives

http://www.liberte-algerie.com/actualite/belaiz-inaugure-le-premier-centre-regional-des-archives-bechar-168834

International

The year in mobile apps: Where we’ve been, where we’re going

http://gigaom.com/2011/12/25/the-year-in-mobile-apps-where-weve-been-where-were-going/

Today’s digital documents are tomorrow’s dinosaurs: replacing paper records contains as much peril as promise

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/dec/22/todays-digital-documents-are-tomorrows-dinosaurs/

As Web sites come and go, so too could the information you entrust them with

http://wapo.st/vjQqgG

Vol. 5, no. 16

Ressources / Resources

De l'État / From the State

European Commission - National open access and preservation policies in Europe: analysis of a questionnaire to the European Research Area Committee

http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/document_library/pdf_06/open-access-report-2011_en.pdf

France - Décret du 19 décembre 2011 relatif au dépôt légal de l'Internet

http://bit.ly/uByJ64

De la communauté / From the community

OCLC - Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives and Museums: Part 2: Survey Analysis

http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2011/2011-03.pdf

IFLA - Revisionism and Professional Ethics II

http://www.ifla.org/en/publications/revisionism-and-professional-ethics-ii

Publications

Ngā Tapuwae: newsletter of Archives New Zealand (December 2011)

http://archives.govt.nz/about/publications-media/nga-tapuwae-december-2011

Library of Congress Digital Preservation Newsletter (December 2011)

http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/news/newsletter/201112.pdf

IFLA Section on Rare Books and Manuscripts Newsletter (January 2012)

http://www.ifla.org/en/news/january-2012-issue-of-the-rare-books-and-manuscripts-section-newsletter-is-now-available

Journal of Library Metadata, vol. 11, no. 3-4, July-December 2011 (Special Issue on Contextual Metadata)

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wjlm20/11/3-4

Book - User Studies for Digital Library Development

http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=7654 

Book - Complex Copyright: Mapping the Information Ecosystem

http://bit.ly/vXqUcB

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

DLM Forum Triennal Conference (presentations available)

12-14 December 2011, Brussels

http://bit.ly/uBH9pB

Sur le web / On the web

U.S. - Petition to the Obama Administration - Start A National Effort To Digitize All Public Government Info

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/start-national-effort-digitize-all-public-government-info/15vthgVB

Top Ten Stories of the Year - The Archives Year in Review

http://archivesinfo.blogspot.com/2011/12/archives-year-in-review.html

New Wiki for DROID Consultation

http://www.dpconline.org/newsroom/latest-news/788-new-wiki-for-droid-consultation

Video - Save Library and Archives Canada - Student View

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk0xRzX3eQ4

Video - Dr Sada Mire on digital preservation of Somali heritage

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

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

Normand Charbonneau est nommé conservateur et directeur général des archives de BAnQ

http://nouvelles.banq.qc.ca/archives/view.asp?ID=2325

Newfoundland Provincial archives shed light on seasonal traditions from the past

http://www.thenorwester.ca/News/2011-12-22/article-2844695/Provincial-archives-shed-light-on-seasonal-traditions-from-the-past/1

How open data is leading the way to Project Calgary

http://blogs.calgaryherald.com/2011/12/20/how-open-data-lead-the-way-to-project-calgary/

Lanark Archives (Ont.) drawing researchers from far and wide

http://www.emcperth.ca/20111215/news/Archives+drawing+researchers+from+far+and+wide

Derek Hayes has a passion for mapping our history

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/pacificnw/2016900013_pacificphayesmaps18.html?cmpid=2628

Afrique / Africa

Kenya - State unveils system that will manage public records

http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000048536&cid=14&

Amériques / America

Cuban Archive Works on Preservation of Colonial Notary Records

http://bit.ly/udxQok

Archives Conservation in Haiti, Part 2: Audio and Video Collections

http://siarchives.si.edu/blog/archives-conservation-haiti-part-2-audio-and-video-collections

U.S. Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative – An Overview

http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2011/12/federal-agencies-digitization-guidelines-initiative-%e2%80%93-an-overview/

Obama Administration Memorandum Creates New Opportunities For Records Management SMBs

http://www.gaebler.com/News/Small-Business-Startup/Obama-Administration-memorandum-creates-new-opportunities-for-records-management-SMBs-900000041.htm

Boston College Must Release IRA Oral-History Records, but Court Will Review Them First

http://chronicle.com/article/Boston-College-Must-Release/130119/

Digital Data on Patients Raises Risk of Breaches

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/19/technology/as-patient-records-are-digitized-data-breaches-are-on-the-rise.html

Indian Records Repository in Kansas Preserves Indian Records

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2011/12/22/indian-records-repository-in-kansas-preserves-indian-records-69089

Vogue launches online archive of every American issue in its 119-year history

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/dec/16/vogue-launches-online-archive-magazines

Film archive craves Texas history films

http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/austin/film-archive-craves-texas-history-films

The Struggle For The Occupy Wall Street Archives

http://www.theawl.com/2011/12/the-struggle-for-the-occupy-wall-street-archives

Widener University scholars enhancing sex archive

http://www.vancouversun.com/life/University+scholars+enhancing+archive/5898544/story.html

Asie-Pacifique/Asia-Pacific

Hong Kong - Exhibition of archival holdings on Kai Tak Airport

http://7thspace.com/headlines/402312/exhibition_of_archival_holdings_on_kai_tak_airport.html

New Zealand - DigitalNZ's Mighty Big 2011

http://www.digitalnz.org/blog/digitalnzs-mighty-big-2011

India - Delhi to digitise archives

http://nvonews.com/2011/12/20/delhi-to-digitise-archives/

Indonesia - Lacking Archivist, City Lost at Court

http://bit.ly/vMVT52

Australia - Archives' new boss finds role perfect fit

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/archives-new-boss-finds-role-perfect-fit/2402417.aspx

Europe / Europa

EU - Public sector needs to improve quality of information, warns Eurim

http://www.guardian.co.uk/government-computing-network/2011/dec/19/eurim-report-data-sharing

NATO files on the Martial Law handed over to Poland

http://www.neurope.eu/article/nato-files-martial-law-handed-over-poland

Spain - A New Andalucian Law for Records and Archives

http://www.ica.org/?lid=12062

National Library of Sweden - No deal with OCLC

http://www.kb.se/english/about/news/No-deal-with-OCLC/

Opening Government Data in Bulgaria

http://blog.okfn.org/2011/12/16/opening-government-data-in-bulgaria/

Innovation dans le processus de versement aux Archives fédérales suisses

http://bit.ly/sxLVCs

Italian Parliamentary Linked Data

http://epsiplatform.eu/content/italian-parliamentary-linked-data

Ireland - National Library gets visitor boost from its online activity

http://www.thejournal.ie/national-library-gets-visitor-boost-from-its-online-activity-305218-Dec2011/

Seamus Heaney papers bound for National Library of Ireland 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-16275858

Scotland - Archive body starts debate on smiling for photographs

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16219211

UK - Unusual discoveries in the National Archives

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/652.htm

Jane Austen family books made digital for first time

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-16251430

Scholar discovers 16th-century love poem written by an Englishwoman

http://earlymodernengland.com/2011/12/scholar-discovers-16th-century-love-poem-written-by-an-englishwoman/

Moyen-Orient / Middle East

Library fire in Egypt clashes destroys 'irreplaceable' 200-year-old documents

http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/17/world/africa/egypt-unrest/index.html

Blue Shield 2nd Statement on Egypt

http://www.ifla.org/en/news/blue-shield-2nd-statement-on-egypt

Turkey ready to open its archives

http://news.az/articles/turkey/51196

Georgian manuscripts center director visits Iran National Library and Archives

http://www.tehrantimes.com/arts-and-culture/93596-georgian-manuscripts-center-director-visits-inla-

Iran - As oral history: interviews with dignitaries, historical figures

http://www.ibna.ir/vdcdfo0f5yt0xn6.em2y.html

International

Digital Formats, part 1: Lots of ‘Em and More to Come

http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2011/12/digital-formats-part-1-lots-of-em-and-more-to-come/

Mapping Profits: Cartography and Fine Art Investment

http://www.cnbc.com/id/45734591

How Smartphones Are Changing Photography: The Numbers Are In

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/12/smartphone-photography-2011/