Vol. 5, no. 4

Ressources / Resources

De l'État / From the State

Interoperability Solutions for European Public Administrations - Towards Open Government Metadata 

http://www.semic.eu/semic/view/documents/towards_open_government_metadata.pdf

France - Amélioration de la relation numérique à l'usager: rapport issu des travaux du groupe "Experts Numériques"

http://www.ladocumentationfrancaise.fr/rapports-publics/114000574/

De la communauté / From the community

OCLC - Taking Stock and Making Hay: Archival Collections Assessment

http://www.oclc.org/research/news/2011-09-26.htm

Publications

Cineaste, vol. 36, no.4, Fall 2011 (Special Issue on Film Preservation)

http://amia.typepad.com/newsbriefs/2011/09/cineaste-fall-issue-on-film-preservation.html

Program: electronic library and information systems, vol. 45, no. 4 (2011)

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=0033-0337&volume=45&issue=4

Service interministériel des Archives de France - Bulletin sur les ressources archivistiques numériques, no 43 (septembre 2011)

http://www.archivesdefrance.culture.gouv.fr/static/5236

Book - The future of looking back (first book in the Microsoft Research series from Microsoft Press)

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/redmond/events/20anniversary/future-of-looking-back.aspx

Book - Essential Law for information Professionals, 3rd edition 

http://facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=7692

Livre - Les livres dans l'univers numérique 

http://www.ladocumentationfrancaise.fr/catalogue/3303331953395/

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

Exhibiting Archival Materials

November 4, 2011, Edmonton

http://www.archivesalberta.org/default.asp?V_ITEM_ID=162 

Digital Humanities Summer Institute 

5-8 June 2012, University of Victoria

http://dhsi.org/events.php

2011 CBA Privacy Law Conference and 7th International Conference of Information Commissioners

October 3-5, 2011, Ottawa

http://www.cba.org/pd/details.aspx?id=NA_PRV11

ARMA International 57th Annual Conference & Expo

September 21 – 26, 2012, Chicago

https://www.arma.org/learningcenter/proposals/call/index.cfm?type=2

Actes du 39e congrès de l'Association des Archivistiques du Québec

3 au 5 juin 2010, Victoriaville

http://www.archivistes.qc.ca/congres2010/actes2010/index.html

Sur le web / On the web

Podcast - Nova Scotia Public Archives at CBC discussing the @Photopolis crowdsourcing project 

http://www.cbc.ca/informationmorningns/2011/09/28/are-your-ancestors-in-the-picture/

The Digital Dead Sea Scrolls

http://dss.collections.imj.org.il/project

See also: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/from-desert-to-web-bringing-dead-sea.html

NARA Now Available on iTunes

http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2011/nr11-182.html

Guardian's Tech podcast: Creating a digital public space

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/audio/2011/sep/28/tech-weekly-digital-public-space-audio

Video - A Brief History of Digital Data

http://vimeo.com/29589433

Outils / Tools

Free Your Metadata 

http://freeyourmetadata.org/

See also: http://bit.ly/qdAG4z

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

Feds appeal judge's order to open up RCMP security file on Tommy Douglas

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/feds-appeal-judges-order-to-open-up-rcmp-security-file-on-tommy-douglas--130807383.html

Library and Archives Canada digitizes past issues of the Canada Gazette (1841-1997)

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/whats-new/013-541-e.html

P.E.I. shines in national access to information audit

http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2011-09-27/article-2761104/P.E.I.-shines-in-national-access-to-information-audit/1

Newfoundland - NDP Promise Overhaul of Access to Information Act

http://www.vocm.com/newsarticle.asp?mn=2&ID=17197

Members lament B.C. Freedom of Information Act is a shell of what it once was

http://www.theprovince.com/news/Members+lament+Freedom+Information+shell+what+once/5459656/story.html

Burnaby played role in Freedom of information laws

http://www.burnabynow.com/technology/Burnaby+played+role+laws/5449253/story.html

BANQ - Des certificats d'agrément remis à trois sociétés d'histoire du Lac-Saint-Jean

http://www.banq.qc.ca/a_propos_banq/salle_de_presse/communiques_de_presse/2011/communique.html?c_id=4baf8eae-c105-42a2-989d-ea1cda80b90c

Ted Harrison donates archives to University of Victoria

http://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/Harrison+donates+archives+UVic/5469292/story.html

University of Western Ontario Librarians and Archivists Strike Ends As Both Sides Ratify New Agreement

http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/892147-264/uwo_librarian_strike_ends_as.html.csp

Afrique / Africa

African Platform on Access to Information adopted at conference in Cape Town

http://www.starafrica.com/en/news/detail-news/view/african-platform-on-access-to-informatio-191630.html

Numérisation des archives audiovisuelles de la TV tunisienne

http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/201109201353.html

Amériques / Americas

Bermuda's archivist put on administrative leave

http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20110929/NEWS/709299985/0

U.S. Federal Player of the Week: Archivist of the presidential gifts and records

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2011/09/26/gIQA4Hz2yK_story.html

NARA - Online Access To The Founding Fathers Papers

http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2011/nr11-190.html

The Fight Over the Future of Digital Books

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/09/the-fight-over-the-future-of-digital-books/245577/

Former National Archives employee accused of stealing from agency that safeguards US records

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/former-employee-accused-of-stealing-from-the-agency-that-safeguards-the-nations-records/2011/09/29/gIQAZKGT7K_story.html

Presidential historian accused in document theft case wants to sell Warhol print, other art

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/apnewsbreak-presidential-historian-accused-in-document-theft-case-seeks-to-sell-assets/2011/09/26/gIQAJWvbyK_story.html

Frank Driggs, Collector of Jazz Photos, Dies at 81

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/26/arts/music/frank-driggs-jazz-age-historian-and-photo-collector-dies-at-81.html?_r=1

Billionaire Donates Elliott Erwitt's Print Archive to Ransom Center (Texas)

http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/news/Billionaire-Donates--3740.shtml

Asie-Pacifique/Asia-Pacific

National Archives a window to a compassionate Australia

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/national-archives-a-window-to-a-compassionate-australia-20110927-1kvb8.html

Europe / Europa

EU - TV Archives Join Linked Open Data Movement

http://bufvc.ac.uk/2011/09/29/tv-archives-join-linked-open-data-movement

Armenia’s National Archive contains 350 million documents

http://news.am/eng/news/75122.html

Belgium Launches Data Portal

http://epsiplatform.eu/news/news/belgium_launches_data_portal

France - Archives diplomatiques : transfert ou... pas ?

http://www.nantes.maville.com/actu/actudet_-Archives-diplomatiques-transfert-ou...-pas-_loc-2000492_actu.Htm?xtor=AL-151

France - Les Archives nationales choisissent le Groupe Numen pour numériser leur 23 327 instruments de recherche

http://www.archimag.com/node/1997

France - Les messages secrets du général de Gaulle

http://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/2011/09/27/03004-20110927ARTFIG00546-de-gaulle-les-messages-secretsdes-annees-de-guerre-refont-surface.php

 

La chorégraphe Carolyn Carlson fait don de ses archives à la Bibliothèque nationale de France

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5irTv4Kl4HQSPIkuP02hEikGHnD3Q?docId=CNG.85612d4651688c7e6dcd58818919be73.421

Scotland - Note from author Rudyard Kipling found after 40 years on shelf

http://www.scotsman.com/news/Note-from-author-Rudyard-Kipling.6842814.jp

 

British Postal Museum and Archive under threat

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/sep/27/british-postal-museum-archive-under-threat

The University of London, the British Library and JISC make ancient music books accessible to all

http://www.rhul.ac.uk/aboutus/newsandevents/news/newsarticles/ancientmusicbooksaccessibletoall.aspx

Alice in Wonderland manuscript released as ebook

http://www.iwr.co.uk/professional-and-library/3011116/Alice-manuscript-released-as-ebook

UK - Saxophonist Peter to set up national Blues Archive

http://www.yellowad.co.uk/news.cfm?id=35324&headline=Saxophonist%20Peter%20to%20set%20up%20national%20Blues%20Archive

Archives of England's oldest swimming club unearthed in Brighton library

http://www.culture24.org.uk/history+%26+heritage/art364940

International

Steve Fuller: it's time for Humanity 2.0

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/sep/25/steve-fuller-time-for-humanity

Managing Information Risk and Archiving Social Media

http://www.forbes.com/sites/benkerschberg/2011/09/28/managing-information-risk-and-archiving-social-media/

Vol. 5, no. 3

Ressources / Resources

De l'État / From the State

Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress 2010

http://www.loc.gov/about/reports/annualreports/fy2010.pdf

British Library - Seeking New Landscapes: a rights clearance study in the context of mass digitisation of 140 books published between 1870 and 2010

http://pressandpolicy.bl.uk/ImageLibrary/detail.aspx?MediaDetailsID=1197

Archives nationales de France - Vade-Mecum de l'archivage des documents papier

http://www.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/chan/chan/pdf/vade-mecum-archivage-documents-papier.pdf

De la communauté / From the community

Indiana University - Meeting the Challenge of Media Preservation: Strategies and Solutions

http://www.indiana.edu/~medpres/documents/iu_mpi_report_public.pdf

Ithaka S+R and the Strategic Content Alliance - Updated online digital resources sustainability case studies

http://sca.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2011/09/19/news-updated-sustainability-case-studies/

 

Science and Technology Facilities Council - Scientific data policy

http://www.stfc.ac.uk/About+STFC/37459.aspx

Article - Improving Public Policymaking with the Help of Digital Archives

http://www.readex.com/readex/newsletters.cfm?newsletter=176&article=177

Publications

Library and Archives Canada - Governance and Recordkeeping Around the World, vol. 3, no. 12 (September 2011)

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/government/news-events/007001-110900-e.html

University of Toronto - Faculty of Information Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 4 (2011)

http://fiq.ischool.utoronto.ca/index.php/fiq/issue/view/1221/showToc

Book - Guide to Security Considerations and Practices for Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collection Libraries 

http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=3560

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

Preservation Of Complex Digital Objects Symposia (POCOS) event

11-12 October 2011, Glasgow

http://www.pocos.org/index.php/registration

Structural frameworks for open, digital research: strategy, policy & infrastructure

June 11th-13th 2012, Copenhagen

http://www.nordbib.net/

Sur le web / On the web

Podcast - Science and sustainability in cultural heritage: building a resilient future for The National Archives (UK)

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts/science-sustainability.htm

Slideshare - Archives and archival organization in southern Germany from the early 19th century until World War I: the example of Bavaria

http://www.slideshare.net/StadtASpeyer/archives-and-archival-organization-in-southern-germany-from-the-early-19th-century-until-world-war-i-the-example-of-bavaria

Outils / Tools

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

Archives Canada reclaims mysterious Gen. Wolfe statue

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2011/09/21/ottawa-wolfe-statue-missing.html

Tentative deal reached at the University of Western Ontario

http://www.metronews.ca/london/local/article/974677--tentative-deal-reached-at-western

Kitchener - Field naturalists’ archives find new home

http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/596141--field-naturalists-archives-find-new-home

New photography exhibit – Merging Time: Vancouver Through The Lens

http://www.vancouverarchives.ca/2011/09/new-photography-exhibit-merging-time-vancouver-through-the-lens/

L’Union française de Montréal confie ses archives à BAnQ

http://www.banq.qc.ca/a_propos_banq/salle_de_presse/communiques_de_presse/2011/communique.html?c_id=a2df31a2-4c91-47f3-b40e-48c9ebbb97ae

College of the North Atlantic (Stephenville, Newfoundland) receives trove of mill memorabilia

http://www.thegeorgian.ca/News/2011-09-19/article-2752719/College-receives-trove-of-mill-memorabilia/1

Goderich (Ont.) - Funding for Archival Records

http://www.bayshorebroadcasting.ca/news_item.php?NewsID=38825

Afrique / Africa

Amériques / Americas

Bermuda Archives’ staff vote to strike

http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20110916/NEWS11/709169977

Une bibliothèque numérique ouvre ses portes à Haïti

http://www.idboox.com/ebook/une-bibliotheque-numerique-ouvre-ses-portes-a-haiti/

Guyana approves freedom of information act

http://www.taiwannews.com.tw/etn/news_content.php?id=1709823

The U.S. National Archives Celebrates the United States’ Entry into the Open Government Partnership

http://blogs.archives.gov/aotus/?p=3588

U.S. National Archives Lawyer Jason R. Baron Receives Emmett Leahy Award

http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2011/nr11-181.html

For records management, agencies see clouds in the forecast

http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20110915/IT03/109150306/

California Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Electronic Public Records Case

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/09/california-supreme-court-agrees-hear-computer

Smithsonian Institution Archives launches a new website

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=50475

 

Harvard’s Hip Hop Archivist

http://atlantapost.com/2011/09/15/harvards-hip-hop-archivist/

Frick Art Reference Library photo archive records now accessible online

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=50482

Incredible Titanic archive will cross the block Oct. 21 by Philip Weiss Auctions in New York

http://www.onlineprnews.com/news/170458-1316625322-incredible-titanic-archive-will-cross-the-block-oct-21-by-philip-weiss-auctions-in-new-york.html

Asie-Pacifique/Asia-Pacific

The real face of white Australia: experience of face recognition on archival material

http://discontents.com.au/shoebox/archives-shoebox/the-real-face-of-white-australia

Europe / Europa

Europeana adopts new data exchange agreement, all metadata to be published under CC0

http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/29133

Commission brokers agreement for mass digitisation

http://www.euractiv.com/infosociety/commission-brokers-agreement-mass-digitisation-news-507822

Armenia - Matenadaran Institute of Ancient Manuscripts Opens New Building 

http://www.armeniadiaspora.com/news/5174-matenadaran-institute-of-ancient-manuscripts-opens-new-building-photos.html

Belgique - 80 millions d'archives de la Seconde Guerre Mondiale disponibles aux Archives du Royaume

http://www.rtl.be/info/monde/europe/824085/80-millions-d-archives-de-la-seconde-guerre-mondiale-disponibles-aux-archives-du-royaume

France - Qu’est-ce qu’une archive en ethnographie ? un entretien avec Florence Weber

http://archishs.hypotheses.org/545

Les archives de Julien Green seront vendues à Genève (Suisse)

http://www.tdg.ch/actu/culture/archives-julien-green-vendues-geneve-2011-09-21

National Library of Ireland inquiry into legality of records release by UK ancestry firm

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0922/1224304521506.html

Ireland - Derry’s history to go online

http://www.derryjournal.com/news/local/derry_s_history_to_go_online_1_3072045

The British Museum is the first UK arts organisation to publish its collection semantically

http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=50520

Voluntary Action History Society - Including the Excluded: Cataloguing the records of disabled children

http://www.vahs.org.uk/2011/09/including-the-excluded-cataloguing-the-records-of-disabled-children/

Manchester prison and workhouse archives go online

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-15019400

Hebrew manuscript published online by Bodleian Library

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-14973052

Oxford scanner reveals secrets of documents, ancient and modern

http://historyoftheancientworld.com/2011/09/oxford-scanner-reveals-secrets-of-documents-ancient-and-modern/

Moyen-Orient / Middle East

Sultanate of Oman - Archive updating drive in top gear

http://www.timesofoman.com/innercat.asp?detail=49839

Oman and Pakistan keen on archive collaboration

http://main.omanobserver.om/node/65680

Tunisie - "Botzarileaks": les archives du RCD à Paris révèlent les malversations du parti de Ben Ali

http://observers.france24.com/fr/content/20110921-botzarileaks-archives-rcd-paris-revelent-malversations-parti-ben-ali-tunisie-revolution

International

Internet Archive Just Scanned their 3 Millionth Text

http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2011/09/17/internet-archive-just-scanned-their-3-millionth-text/

Historic global Open Government Partnership launches in New York City

http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/09/historic-open-government-partn.html

Vol. 5, no. 2

Ressources / Resources

De l'État / From the State

UK - Transparent Government, Not Transparent Citizens: A Report on Privacy and Transparency for the Cabinet Office

http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/transparency-and-privacy-review-annex-b.pdf

National library of the Netherlands contract with Google 

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

De la communauté / From the community

Scotland's Archives Matter: a Scottish Council on Archives advocacy publication showcasing Scotland's archive and records management sector

http://www.scoarch.org.uk/projects/scotlandsarchivesmatter

Digital Curation Center - How to Develop a Data Management and Sharing Plan 

http://www.dcc.ac.uk/node/9237

Le guide des bonnes pratiques numériques (version 2)

http://www.tge-adonis.fr/sites/default/files/ressourcesdoc/guide_des_bonnes_pratiques_v2.pdf

Conference Paper - MUSE: Reviving Memories Using Email Archives

http://mobisocial.stanford.edu/papers/uist11m.pdf

Association of Research Libraries - Resource Packet on Orphan Works: Legal and Policy Issues for Research Libraries 

http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/resource_orphanworks_13sept11.pdf

Publications

D-Lib Magazine, vol. 17, no. 9-10 (September-October 2011)

http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september11/09contents.html

Document numérique, vol. 14, no. (2011)

http://dedi.cairn.info/NL/NewsHTM/newsletter_DN_142.htm

Book - The Good Digital Preservation Guide

http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/neil+grindley/william+kilbride/the+good+digital+preservation+guide/8489053/

Book - Going Mobile: Developing Apps for Your Library Using Basic HTML Programming 

http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=3558

Livre - Pour un humanisme numérique

http://www.seuil.com/livre-9782021000894.htm

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

World Information Architecture Day 2012

February 11, 2012, 14 cities across the globe

http://worldiaday.org/

National Digital Public Library of America: Perspectives and Directions

October 11, 2011, New York City

http://unabashedlibrarian.com/ul-conferences/2011-conference

Sur le web / On the web

U.S. Copyright Basics: the Movie

http://www.copyright.com/content/cc3/en/toolbar/education/resources/copyright_basicsthemovie.html

Outils / Tools

OCLC - Introducing ArchiveGrid - the sandbox where archivists build something better

http://hangingtogether.org/?p=1300

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

Privacy Commissioner of Canada: Respecting Canadians' Privacy in the Decade After 9/11

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/jennifer-stoddart/privacy-911-us-canada-border_b_953780.html

Long-awaited copyright bill returns, but top court to wade in too 

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/long-awaited-copyright-bill-returns-but-top-court-to-wade-in-too-129482508.html

University of Calgary - Rare glimpse into the Canadian Architectural Archives

http://www.ucalgary.ca/news/utoday/september8-2011/archives

Acquisition spéciale à l’Université Laval: la première édition de l’Encyclopédie de Diderot et d’Alembert

http://www.affairesuniversitaires.ca/acquisition-speciale-a-universite-laval.aspx

Exhibit, relying heavily on archival documents and oral history interviews, will explore Jewish role in Winnipeg's garment industry

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/faith/exhibit-explores-jewish-role-in-citys-garment-industry-129577743.html

Windsor - 426-year-old Bible library's oldest book

http://www.windsorstar.com/sports/year+Bible+library+oldest+book/5374902/story.html

Le Centre d’archives de la Gaspésie, deuxième au Québec

http://www.lavantage.qc.ca/communiques/14-09-2011-le-centre-d-archives-de-la-gaspesie-deuxieme-au-quebec

Amériques / America

NARA - Ten years later: Handling 9/11 Commission records

http://blogs.archives.gov/prologue/?p=6788

Digitized Newspapers Are “The Biographers New Best Friend”

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/opinion/sunday/the-biographers-new-best-friend.html/?_r=1

What’s a Presidential Library to Do?

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/13/us/13libraries.html

Archives' exhibit asks 'What's Cooking, Uncle Sam?'

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/columnist/vergano/story/2011-09-09/national-archives-food-exhibit/50340776/1

Papers of Broadway Giant John Raitt to Join Collections at the Library of Congress

http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2011/11-140.html

Database of Viginia Slave Names Goes Online

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/09/arts/design/database-of-viginia-slave-names-goes-online.html?_r=1

Battleship Missouri opens research room with archive documents, photo, videos, oral histories

http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/871a3126ba6d4f42a5962ce25dd7dd5b/HI--Battleship-Missouri/

Asie-Pacifique/Asia-Pacific

India - Ancient state archives in danger of extinction

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ancient-state-archives-in-danger-of-extinction/183713-60-114.html

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says that it is unfortunate that there is no archival work being done in the Indian film industry

http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/articles/story96316.htm

Australia - Deadline looms for federal agency digital checkup

http://idm.net.au/article/008644-deadline-looms-federal-agency-digital-checkup

Europe / Europa

Germany - Former Stasi employees to be banned from working at Stasi archive

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15381477,00.html

Canton de Genève (Suisse) - Les inventaires des procédures criminelles de l'Ancien Régime sont consultables en ligne

http://etat.geneve.ch/dt/archives/actualite-inventaires_procedures_criminelles_ancien_regime_sont_consultables_ligne-12210.html

Des milliers d’archives sonores sur la Bibliothèque nationale d’Espagne

http://www.sobookonline.fr/actu-ebooks/bibliotheques-numeriques/des-milliers-darchives-sonores-sur-la-bibliotheque-nationale-despagne/

France - A touring program at Cinematheque hauls historic film out of the National Archives and gives it new life

http://www.uptownmag.com/movies/second-take/Art-that-belongs-to-us-all-129837628.html

Rare manuscript found in France

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2011/09/10/national/Rare-manuscript-found-in-France-30164941.html

British Film Institute’s Archive: Safe home for a vast collection

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/8749450/BFI-Archive-Safe-home-for-a-vast-collection.html

Theatre Archives in the UK

http://jacqui-taylor.suite101.com/theatre-archives-in-the-uk-a388277

Moyen-Orient / Middle East

WikiLeaks: Ottoman Archives ‘Purged’ to Hide Armenian Genocide

http://asbarez.com/98020/wikileaks-ottoman-archives-%E2%80%98purged%E2%80%99-to-hide-genocide/

Expert: Turkish archives cleaned of Armenian Genocide documents back in 1919

http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/77922/

Sultanate of Oman - Archives meet lays stress on managing records

http://main.omanobserver.om/node/64870

International

Preserving the Legacy of Film

http://www.ibm.com/ibm100/us/en/icons/digitizingfilm/

Digitisation may have came late to book publishing, but it is transforming the business in short order

http://www.economist.com/node/21528611

Data Sharing Shortfall

http://the-scientist.com/2011/09/15/data-sharing-shortfall/

Sony Disc Archive Storage System announced

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/09/sony-disc-archive-storage-system-announced/

IKEA anticipates death of paper books, tweaks bookcase

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/09/ikea-bookcase-e-reader.html

Authors Guild, Australian Society of Authors and Quebec Writers Union lawsuit

U.S. colleges hit with copyright infringement complaint from Canadian writers

http://www.canada.com/news/colleges+with+copyright+infringement+complaint+from+Canadian+writers/5396903/story.html

Authors Guild, Australian Society of Authors, Quebec Writers Union Sue Five U.S. Universities

http://blog.authorsguild.org/2011/09/12/authors-guild-australian-society-of-authors-quebec-writers-union-sue-five-u-s-universities/

Lawsuit Seeks the Removal of a Digital Book Collection

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/13/business/media/authors-sue-to-remove-books-from-digital-archive.html?_r=1

Library Copyright Alliance Statement on Authors Guild, Inc., et al. v. HathiTrust et al.

http://www.arl.org/news/pr/lca_agvhathi_14sept11.shtml

Vol. 5, no. 1

Ressources / Resources

De l'État / From the State

Government of New South Wales - Records, risks, business systems and government information

http://futureproof.records.nsw.gov.au/records-risks-business-systems-and-government-information/

De la communauté / From the community

OCLC - Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives and Museums Part 1: Site Reviews

http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2011/2011-02.pdf

International Council on Archives - Archival Automation: A Bibliography

http://www.ica.org/10155/glossaries-directories-and-bibliographies/archival-automation-ica-bibliography-1.html

Data Centres: their Use, Value and Impact

http://www.rin.ac.uk/our-work/data-management-and-curation/benefits-research-data-centres

2010 IFLA Annual Report

http://www.ifla.org/en/news/out-now-2010-ifla-annual-report

Open Data: Emerging Trends, Issues and Best Practices

http://www.dime-eu.org/files/active/0/ODOS_report_2.pdf

Emerging Practice in a Digital Age: a Guide to Technology-Enhanced Institutional Innovation

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/elearning/digiemerge/Emergingpracticeaccessible.pdf

Publications

First Monday, vol. 16, no. 9 (September 2011)

http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/issue/view/347

The National Library of Australia Magazine (September 2011)

http://www.nla.gov.au/pub/nlanews/2011/sep11/index.html

ISO 25964-1:2011 - Information and documentation -- Thesauri and interoperability with other vocabularies -- Part 1: Thesauri for information retrieval

http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_ics/catalogue_detail_ics.htm?ics1=01&ics2=140&ics3=20&csnumber=53657

Book - Archival Narratives for Canada: Re-Telling Stories in a Changing Landscape

http://www.fernwoodpublishing.ca/Archival-Narratives-for-Canada/

Book - Information Users and Usability in the Digital Age 

http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=597-1

Book - Collection Development in the Digital Age 

http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=7463

Book - The Special Collections Handbook

http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=7579

Book - Losing Site: Architecture, Memory and Place

http://www.ashgate.com/default.aspx?page=637&edition_id=13300&title_id=9979&calctitle=1

Book - The Struggle over the Files: The Western Allies and the Return of German Archives after the Second World War

http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/isbn/item6608049/?site_locale=en_GB

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

Webinar: Core Issues in Digital Preservation

24 October 11

http://www.metro.org/en/cev/109

Les coulisses des Archives nationales (France)

28 septembre et 26 octobre 2011, Paris

http://www.lefigaro.fr/club/2011/07/15/06009-20110715ARTWWW00421-les-coulisses-des-archives-nationales.php

Sur le web / On the web

Podcast - The social life of data

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/stories/2011/08/podcast122davidderoure.aspx

Video - Cool Things at the NARA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuWfpnYyX1k

Video - Archives SENSibles: une promenade patrimoniale au cœur d’une sélection d’archives représentatives de l’histoire du Pays basque

http://vimeo.com/28655869

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

Ottawa - Committee touts James Bartleman as namesake for new city archives

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Panel+touts+Bartleman+namesake+city+archives/5345499/story.html

Rescuing the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games’ Bid Corporation Records

http://www.vancouverarchives.ca/2011/09/rescuing-the-vancouver-2010-winter-games%E2%80%99-bid-corporation-records/

Gadhafi regime left files in Ottawa

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2011/08/29/ottawa-libya-ambassadors-residence.html

Librarians and archivists at the University of Western Ontario are on strike 

http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2011/September/librarians_archivists_to_commence_strike_action.html

Afrique / Africa

The exit from power by Moammar Gadhafi and his supporters has left a trove of documents

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/09/01/libya.intelligence/index.html?hpt=hp_c1

Zambia's ZIPRA archives snub

http://www.newzimbabwe.com/news-5975-Zambias+ZIPRA+archives+snub/news.aspx

Egyptian historians race to gather revolution material for archives

http://gulfnews.com/news/region/egypt/egyptian-historians-race-to-gather-revolution-material-for-archives-1.860626

East African Community advised on records

http://www.busiweek.com/11/the-eac-issues/eac-news/1640-region-advised-on-records

Amériques / Americas

NARA sits on 9/11 Commission records

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/08/us-sept11-archive-idUSTRE7872QI20110908?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=71

Documents Show Feds Believed in the Yeti

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2011/09/02/documents-show-feds-believed-in-yeti

Journalists seek to intervene in IRA oral history case

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0902/1224303349372.html

Texas historical court documents in peril, panel says 

http://www.statesman.com/news/local/texas-historical-court-documents-in-peril-panel-says-1816145.html

The Judy Chicago Art Education Collection, one of the most important private collections of archival materials on feminist art education, is now open to the public 

http://artsandarchitecture.psu.edu/news/judy-chicago-archival-collection-opens-public

Public remains barred from Attica prison riot files after 40 years

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20110904/NEWS01/109040349/Public-remains-barred-from-Attica-prison-riot-files-after-40-years?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|News

Asie-Pacifique/Asia-Pacific

India - Keeping a record of our past

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Keeping-a-record-of-our-past/Article1-741595.aspx

Kazakhstan proposes opening historical archives in Central Asia

http://en.trend.az/regions/casia/kazakhstan/1926506.html

State archives in Uzbekistan in chaos

http://www.uznews.net/news_single.php?lng=en&sub=top&cid=4&nid=17809

Malaysia - 48th year of nation's formation, says State Archives boss

http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=79129

Australia - National archives in dark over museum plans

http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/2011/09/08/national-archives-in-dark-over-museum-plans/61170

Europe / Europa

Europeana Libraries Project Begins To Aggregate Digital Content

http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/891926-264/europeana_libraries_project_begins_to.html

Poland - Riddle of missing Third Reich files

http://www.thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/54361,Riddle-of-missing-Third-Reich-files

1,700-year-old map of Roman roads used for online journey planner

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/8742884/1700-year-old-map-of-Roman-roads-used-for-online-journey-planner.html

France - The unseen photographs that throw new light on the First World War

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/history/exclusive-the-unseen-photographs-that-throw-new-light-on-the-first-world-war-1688443.html

France - Les anciens condamnés demandent à disparaître des archives des journaux

http://www.la-croix.com/Actualite/S-informer/Internet/Les-anciens-condamnes-demandent-a-disparaitre-des-archives-des-journaux-_EG_-2011-09-06-708027

France - Réaménagement des bibliothèques nationales : le canapé aurait-il raison du livre ?

http://www.franceculture.com/2011-08-30-reamenagement-des-bibliotheques-nationales-le-canape-aurait-il-raison-du-livre.html

Google Book-Scanning Lawsuit Is Dropped by French Publishers

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-08/google-book-scanning-lawsuit-is-dropped-by-french-publishers.html

Digital Preservation Coalition to set up new Career Development and Training Task Force

http://www.dpconline.org/newsroom/latest-news/747-dpc-to-set-up-new-career-development-and-training-task-force

UK National Archives: One million Merchant Navy seamen records now available online

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/618.htm

UK - National Archives releases public application programming interface for 11m records

http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2011/09/02/247784/National-Archives-releases-public-application-programming-interface-for-11m.htm

British Library to buy oldest original-bound book from Jesuits

http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/British-Library-to-buy-oldest-original-bound-book-from-Jesuits/24462

International

International Open Government Partnership to Include at Least 22 Countries at Launch

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alexander-howard/international-open-govern_b_950967.html

Le déclin du courriel traduit l'émergence d'une nouvelle sociabilité

http://pro.01net.com/editorial/538804/le-declin-du-courriel-traduit-lemergence-dune-nouvelle-sociabilite/