Thursday, 6 September 2012

Vol. 6, no. 1


Ressources / Resources

De l'État / From the State
U.S. Federal Chief Information Officers Council - A Toolkit to Support Federal Agencies Implementing Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Programs

De la communauté / From the community
JISC - Digital Content for the First World War: understanding the requirements of education and research
 
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) - Standards for Web Applications on Mobile: current state and roadmap

Middleware and Managing Data and Knowledge in a Data-rich World

Article - Do Bad Things Happen When Works Enter the Public Domain?: Empirical Tests of Copyright Term Extension

Publications
Archives and Manuscripts, vol. 40, no. 2 (2012)

Archives Society of Alberta Newsletter, vol. 32, no. 1 (Fall 2012)

South Peace Regional Archives Society newsletter, vol. 3, no. 4 (September 2012)

Library of Congress Digital Preservation Newsletter (September 2012)
 
Broadsheet: the Scottish Council on Archives E-Magazine, no. 18 (September 2012)

Association of Research Libraries SPEC Kit: Managing Born-Digital Special Collections and Archival Materials

ARMA TR-21-2012 - Using Social Media in Organizations

ARMA TR-20-2012 - Mobile Communications and Records and Information Management

Livre - Saisies, spoliations et restitutions: archives et bibliothèques au XXe siècle

Report - The Survey of Library & Museum Archival Equipment & Supplies Purchasing Practices

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
Exhibit - The People Who Built Alberta: A Centennial for Alberta Workers
September 6 to December 21, Edmonton

Canadian Conservation Institute workshop - Care for Photographic Material
October 18-19 2012, Saskatoon

Exhibit - Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop
October 11, 2012–January 27, 2013, New York

Call for Papers: Personal Digital Archiving 2013
21-22 February 2013, Maryland

Sur le web / On the web
The Swiss Federal Archives now on Facebook, Twitter and Youtube
@CH_Bundesarchiv or @CH_Archivesfed

Vancouver Archives now on Facebook! What’s not to “like”?

 
International Network of Editors of Diplomatic Documents

Library Juice Academy: online professional development for librarians

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada
Historical Photographs Bring Survivors Together—Church Archives at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

BAnQ - Lancement du programme Soutien au traitement des archives 2012-2013

Calgary - Grace Presbyterian Church Unveils an Impressive Archival Collection

Saskatoon Council seeks information protection: Privacy commissioner questions the request


Shedding light on Canadian history: letters in Scottish archives discuss settlers, battle

Why should I consider production in 'native' format?

Dalhousie University - MLIS student Stephanie Woods receives an ARMA Leadership Scholarship

Amériques / Americas
Surveys continue to show weaknesses in federal records management

National Coalition for History Asks Federal Court to Review Freedoom of Information Act Decision on Records Pertaining to the Bay of Pigs

Historians Ask the Public to Help Organize the Past, but is the crowd up to it?

Information Overload? Overwhelmed by instant access to news and information? Most Americans like it


New Alabama archives chief Steve Murray wants to boost access to history

Illinois State Archives now available online

Maine - Digital documents debut on historically endangered list


Photo library can license Marilyn Monroe images, court rules



Asie-Pacifique/Asia-Pacific


Pakistan - Govt urged to set up ‘Shamim-ur-Rehman Archives’

Requirements for management and creation of Azerbaijani state bodies’ info web-resources

New Zealand - Sound Archive to be amalgamated with NZ Film Archive

Europe / Europa

Europeana and OCLC agree on approach for member libraries to contribute metadata to the Europeana.eu portal

National Library of Sweden - Manuscripts on computers: collaboration on digital personal archives

Online access to Norwegian literature from the entire 20th century

Anne Frank's Diary coming out as an app

A Lithuanian website exposing the activities of the Soviet KGB secret police crashed soon after it put lists of personnel online

Latvia - State Land Service archive documents to be digitized
 
France - Un courrier diplomatique a été remis à son destinataire après 46 ans
 
Earliest Irish Church Directory (1862) digitized and available online

Sculptor's life to be immortalised by British Library



Amazon to Reissue Dickens Novels in Original Serial Format

Moyen-Orient / Middle East

Communing with 300 million pages of documents: a rare look inside Israel's State Archives

Iraq’s Jewish archive has not been smuggled: U.S. official

Mongolia's president meets National Library and Archives of Iran’s director

International
Lost in cyberspace: Amid the explosive growth of digital content on the internet, little thought has been given to preserving things for posterity
 
Reinventing Society In The Wake Of Big Data

Thursday, 30 August 2012

Vol. 5, no. 52


Ressources / Resources

De l'État / From the State
Whitehouse and NARA - Managing Government Records Directive

National Archives of the Netherlands - Performance parameters for archival boxes for tropical countries

U.S. Information Security Oversight Office - Report on Classification Guidance Reviews

Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress 2011

De la communauté / From the community
Association of European Research Libraries - Ten recommendations for libraries to get started with research data management

Article - Getting the whole picture: finding a common language between digital preservation and conservation

Publications
La Gazette des archives, no 226 (2012)

National Archives of Australia - Your memento, no. 7 (August 2012)

ISO 14721:2012 - Space data and information transfer systems - Open archival information system (OAIS) - Reference model (updated version)

Book - Intellectual Property Law and History

Book - Electronic Resource Management: Practical perspectives in a new technical services model

Book - Digital Libraries and Information Access: Research perspectives 

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
Archives Society of Alberta - Copyright for Archives Workshop
October 19-20, 2012, Edmonton 

Access Conference 2012
October 18-21, 2012, Montreal

Free webinar - The Principle of Accountability: A Records Manager Is Not Enough

The Electronic Re-evolution: News Media in the Digital Age IFLA 2012 Pre-Conference (presentations available)
7-9 August 2012, Finland

Webcast - Steps in a Digital Preservation Workflow (recording available)
March 7, 2012

Sur le web / On the web
Video - Flying reporters interviews at the International Congress on Archives Congress

Israel State Archives Special Publication: The Fortieth Anniversary of the Massacre of the Israeli Athletes in Munich

Video - The Politics of Digital Curation

UK National Archives Podcast - The War of 1812: from the British side

Video - Linked Data for Libraries: Why Should We Care? Where Should We Start?

Outils / Tools

Software for extracting file format information

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada
New Brunswick - Scientists fight to save library from federal cuts

Indigenous tap new app to save old languages: a modern texting app released in Canada allows indigenous people to communicate in their native languages

Air Canada centralizes record-management system with AirVault

Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives (Ont.) Launches New Website and "Try It For $20" Programming
Afrique / Africa

Mali - Préservation et la valorisation des archives audiovisuelles : les professionnels à l’école de l’UEMOA

Gabon Télévision ouvre les archives des ex barons du Parti démocratique gabonais devenus opposants

Amériques / Americas
Government is ramping up document declassifications
After a century of movie copyrights, piracy and preservation still present challenges


Want to Be a Corporate Archivist? It Sure Helps to Be a Pack Rat
 
University of Nebraska-Lincoln archivist specializes as detective, preservationist for Love Library


Asie-Pacifique/Asia-Pacific


Europe / Europa
Norway - Time capsule opened after 100 years in great fanfare contains flags, letters and historical records


Belgique - Des anecdotes bruxelloises contées par les archives de la Ville de Bruxelles

Bosnia-Herzegovina - Sarajevo's burned library testifies to multiethnic past

Wiesenthal Center Calls for Immediate Dismissal of Director of Croatian Episcopal Archives who Denies Holocaust Crimes at Jasenovac

Does Russian legislation allow destroying the original paper records after digitizing or microfilming?
 
Plus de 300 millions de pages numérisées par les services d’archives français

La Bibliothèque nationale de France cherche mécènes pour manuscrit royal

UK National Archives - Digitisation of First World War unit diaries
 
My ancestor was… a traffic officer: how the UK Government Web Archive might help the family and social historians of the future

Campaign to preserve voluntary sector archives prepares for launch
 
The privacy of our medical records is being sold off: a new code claims to ringfence personal data held by hospitals and GPs

London Heathrow creates online archive of athletes' Olympics memories

Moyen-Orient / Middle East International
The ‘new cold war’ is an information war

Kodak Introduces New Film Aimed at Archiving

La fonction de Records manager: l’archivage électronique est plus sophistiqué, le profil du « Records manager » aussi

Thursday, 23 August 2012

Vol. 5, no. 51


Ressources / Resources

De l'État / From the State
Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta - Email Communication FAQs 

National Museum of Australia - Digital preservation and digitisation policy (version 2.1)

UK Web Archive - Format Profile Dataset

Australian Law Reform Comission - Copyright and the digital economy

De la communauté / From the community
OCLC - You've Got to Walk Before You Can Run: First Steps for Managing Born-Digital Content Received on Physical Media

Association for Library Collections and Technical Services Preservation and Reformatting Section - Minimum Digitization Capture Recommendations (Draft)


Publications
Library Hi Tech, vol. 30, no. 3 (2012)

Book - The Art of Record Production: An Introductory Reader for a New Academic Field

Book - Understanding Information and Computation: From Einstein to Web Science

Book - Intellectual Property and the Work of Information Professionals

Book - Archives and Societal Provenance: Australian essays

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events
Canadian Conservation Institute workshop - Modern Information Carriers
October 25, 2012, Halifax

South Peace Regional Archives - 2012 Film and Story Tea
October 14, 2012, Grande Prairie (Alb.)

International Council on Archives Congress (Speaker Full Papers & Abstracts)
20-24 August 2012, Australia

Sur le web / On the web
New Library and Archives Canada RSS Feed – Finding Aid, Database and Digitization News 

EUscreen Online Exhibitions


National Archives of Australia - Archives viewer

UK National Archives Podcast - Coroners’ Inquests

Outils / Tools
U.S. National Information Standards Organization - Journal Article Tag Suite (JATS) Standard

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada
In Gatineau, Canada’s history lies beneath concrete, steel and glass

‘Big data’ could help solve Canada’s productivity problem

Ryerson University gallery to open with exhibition inspired by Black Star photos

Afrique / Africa
Amériques / Americas
Federal Faces: Kelly Maltagliati (Special agent-in-charge of the Archival Recovery Team, NARA)

Collaborating to Identify Government or Election-related Websites to Preserve

Martin Luther King Jr. interview found in Tennessee attic

Internet Archives - Alexandria 2.0: One Millionaire’s Quest to Build the Biggest Library on Earth


Maryland - Around Annapolis: Archives reach back to create 'old' new record

Archive Collects Kansas City's Gay And Lesbian History

Annie Kuebler, jazz archivist who survived near-fatal fire, dies at 61

Bandera County (Texas) - User fee funds historic preservation


Asie-Pacifique/Asia-Pacific
Turkmen president instructs to create presidential archive in Turkmenistan


India - Archiving a past

Japan's World War II veterans commit their stories to video for online archive

National Archives of Australia - After a 30-year wait, the Goodies can finally reveal all

Europe / Europa
OCLC Research to Develop Semantic Similarity Computing Algorithms with the Europeana Dataset

Bulgarian Court Cases as Open Data

Switzerland - Wartime radio archives come to light


Ireland - Public to see rare CS Lewis letters

UK National Archives - Digitised Home Guard records reveal unexpected find

International
Digitizing the Past to Protect and Preserve History: using supercomputers to help protect and preserve ancient sites and artifacts

Digital books may not be for everyone. But for blind people, they're a true revolution