Vol. 6, no. 43

Ressources / Resources

De l'État / From the State

Canadian Heritage Information Network - Digital Preservation Toolkit

http://www.rcip-chin.gc.ca/sgc-cms/nouvelles-news/anglais-english/?p=6410

Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia - Accountable Privacy Management in B.C.'s Public Sector

http://www.oipc.bc.ca/guidance-documents/1545

UK National Archives - Archive Service Accreditation Standard

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/853.htm

Bibliothèque nationale de France - Élections 2012 : bilan documentaire et organisationnel

http://www.bnf.fr/documents/dl_web_electoral_2012_bilan.pdf

U.S. Federal Agencies Audio Visual Digitization Working Group - Interstitial Error Study Report

http://www.digitizationguidelines.gov/audio-visual/documents/Interstitial_Error_Report_2013-04-08.pdf

De la communauté / From the community

Afnor - NF Z 44-022: Modélisation des Échanges de Données pour l'Archivage (version ébauche pour commentaires)

http://www.enquetes-publiques.afnor.org/information-et-communication-numerique/pr-nf-z44-022.html

Wait! Don't Digitize and Discard! A White Paper on ALA Committee on Legislation Discussion

http://www.freegovinfo.info/system/files/FGI-white-paper-response-to-COL-discussion.pdf

Imaginary Fact: Contemporary South African Art and the Archive (Exhibition Catalogue)

http://www.imaginaryfact.co.za/downloads/Biennalecatalogue.pdf

Getty Institute - Effects of Light on Materials in Collections: Data on Photoflash and Related Sources (Now available as free PDF)

http://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications_resources/pdf_publications/effects_light.html

 

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) - Linked Data Glossary

http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/NOTE-ld-glossary-20130627/

Publications

Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, vol. 37, no. 2 (June 2013)

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/canadian_journal_of_information_and_library_science/toc/ils.37.2.html

Archival Connections: Newsletter of the Catholic Archivist Group, vol. 10, no. 2 (June 2013)

http://www.catholicarchivist.ca/downloads/newsletters/CAG-Newsletter-2013-June.pdf

Broadsheet: the Scottish Council on Archives Newsletter, no. 26 (2013)

http://www.scottisharchives.org.uk/broadsheet/issue26.pdf

Ph. D. Thesis - Virtual Reunification: Bits and Pieces Gathered Together to Represent the Whole

http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/97878/ricpunz_1.pdf

Book - Oral Literature in the Digital Age: Archiving Orality and Connecting with Communities

http://tinyurl.com/nq8m7wq

Book - Conservation in the Nineteenth Century: Early Techniques in the Conservation of Cultural Objects

http://www.archetype.co.uk/publication-details.php?id=182

Book - Situated Testimonies: Dread and Enchantment in an Indonesian Literary Archive

http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/p-9022-9780824836832.aspx

Book - Craft Happy: Scrapbooking Your Memories

http://ow.ly/mf0Fd

Book - Marketing Library and Information Services II: A Global Outlook

http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/181805

Livre - La TV dévorée par le Web: d'une industrie de la mémoire à l'autre

http://www.institut-national-audiovisuel.fr/actualites/agenda/2013_06_evenements/sortie-du-livre-la-tv-devoree-par-le-web.html

Book - The Sweetsburg Archives

http://www.conundrumpress.com/forthcoming/the-sweetsburg-archives/

Book - Handbook of Academic Writing for Librarians

http://www.acrl.ala.org/acrlinsider/archives/7421

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

The Future of the Past: Digitisation of Rare and Special Materials

4-6 September 2013, Canterbury

http://www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/special-interest-groups/rare-books/events/pages/annual-conference.aspx

2013 Australian Society of Archivists National Conference

15-18 October 2013, Canberra

http://www.archivists.org.au/page/Learning_and_Publications/Conference/2013_Conference/

7th Metadata and Semantics Research Conference

19-22 November 2013, Thessaloniki (Greece)

http://mtsr2013.teithe.gr/

Forum des archivistes genevois: Les normes de description archivistique: un potentiel inconnu? (présentations disponibles)

17 juin 2013, Genève

http://www.forumdesarchivistes.ch/2013/06/24/les-normes-de-description-archivistique-un-potentiel-inconnu/

Webinar - Sustainability and Cost Models for Digital preservation (presentations available)

13 June, 2013

http://www.alliancepermanentaccess.org/index.php/aparsen/webinars/

Sur le web / On the web

Tepi’ketuek: the Mi’kmaq Archives

http://www.mikmawarchives.ca/

See also: http://www.capebretonpost.com/News/Local/2013-06-21/article-3286151/Mikmaq-website-archive-uses-present-technology-to-preserve-past/1

Margaret Fawcett Norrie Heritage Centre (Nova Scotia) New Website

http://www.tatamagoucheheritagecentre.ca/

Petition - The Honourable James Moore: Release the 1921 Census now

https://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/the-honourable-james-moore-release-the-1921-census-now

Petition - Keep Europe’s Culture Open to Everyone Online

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/keep-europes-culture-open-to-everyone-online/

UK National Archives - UFO files App

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ufo-files-uk/id651506199

DROID 6.1.2 now available (now with Java 1.7 compatibility)

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/droid-list/4zJrroCNd8M

UK National Archives Competition - 'Files on film'

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/get-involved/files-on-film.htm

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

The Uncertain Future of Open Data in the Government of Canada

http://eaves.ca/2013/06/25/the-uncertain-future-of-open-data-in-the-government-of-canada/

Residential school photographs captured dark era

http://aptn.ca/pages/news/2013/06/20/residential-school-photographs-captured-dark-era/

Radio interview - War of 1812 memorabilia sold to Canada for $573K

http://www.cbc.ca/quebecam/2013/06/21/war-of-1812-memorabilia-sold-to-canada-for-573k/

The Heritage Heritage Minute and The Digital Library of Canada We Lost

http://librarian.newjackalmanac.ca/2013/06/the-heritage-heritage-minute-and.html

Newfoundland and Labrador’s Story Told Through Archives

http://www.releases.gov.nl.ca/releases/2013/tcr/0621n09.htm

Registre des armes à feu: les données n'ont pas à être transférées à Québec

http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/canada/381725/registre-des-armes-a-feu-les-donnees-n-ont-pas-a-etre-transferees-a-quebec

Canadian Centre for Architecture welcomes archives donated by Chuck Hoberman and Shoei Yoh

http://www.canadianarchitect.com/news/cca-welcomes-archives-donated-by-chuck-hoberman-and-shoei-yoh/1002429859/

Autism activist Temple Grandin donates writings to Brock University archive

http://www.whatsonthorold.com/news/autism-activist-temple-grandin-donates-writings-brock-archive/6476

Residential schools archive at Algoma University among those to win Innovation awards

http://www.saultstar.com/2013/06/26/residential-schools-archive-at-algoma-u-among-those-to-win-innovation-awards

McGill’s medical library is closing, staff say

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/McGill+medical+library+closing+staff/8578304/story.html

B.C. - Sisters of St. Ann archives showcase a history of missions

http://www.bccatholic.ca/component/content/article/1-latest-news/2864-archives-showcase-a-history-of-missions

Kingston woman receives prestigious archival award

http://www.emckingston.ca/20130627/news/Local+woman+receives+prestigious+archival+award

Port Hope (Ont.) Archives is home to The Priestly Collection of Furby Papers

http://www.northumberlandtoday.com/2013/06/20/archives-is-home-to-the-priestly-collection-of-furby-papers

County reopens Stratford-Perth (Ont.) Archives debate

http://www.southwesternontario.ca/news/county-reopens-archives-debate/

Belleville archives (Ont.) find a new home in the downtown library

http://ow.ly/mqrV7

Afrique / Africa

The Liberation archives and human rights in South Africa

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

Célébration des 100 ans des archives sénégalaises, à partir du 1er juillet

http://www.aps.sn/articles.php?id_article=114958

UNESCO supports freedom of information in Morocco

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/resources/news-and-in-focus-articles/all-news/news/unesco_supports_freedom_of_information_in_morocco/

Amériques / Americas

Haïti-Société : pour une gestion efficace des documents et des archives de l’État

http://www.hpnhaiti.com/site/index.php/societe/9773-haiti-societe-pour-une-gestion-efficace-des-documents-et-des-archives-de-letat

Archives départementales de la Martinique : archives orales et la mémoire vivante

http://journaldunarchiviste.fr/dossiers/les-services-darchives/archives-departementales-de-la-martinique-archives-orales-et-la-memoire-vivante/

Senator Falconer to Unveil UNESCO Memory of the World Plaques commemorating historical collections held by the Jamaica Archives 

http://www.jis.gov.jm/news/leads/34361

Library of Congress - Moving on Up: Web Archives Collection Has a New Presentation Home

http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2013/06/moving-on-up-web-archives-collection-has-a-new-presentation-home/

National Archives Awards $2.97 Million in Grants for Documentary Editing and Archival Projects

http://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2013/nr13-111.html

How the Government Would Protect the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence During a Zombie Apocalypse

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/06/zombies-constitution-world-war-z-plan-declaration.html

National Archives will unveil Iraqi Jewish artifacts

http://ow.ly/mimIN

Dramatic change to NARA’s mission in new strategic plan?

http://www.archivesnext.com/?p=3524

Roosevelt’s Legacy, Burning Brightly: A Revamped Roosevelt Library and Museum

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/28/arts/design/a-revamped-roosevelt-library-and-museum.html

California - Who pays for all those public records?

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-public-records-20130621,0,5334967.story

New Hampshire deeds registry to charge online users 

http://vtdigger.org/2013/06/21/new-hampshire-deeds-registry-to-charge-online-users/

Prepped & Preserved at the Maryland Archives

http://www.ldsmag.com/article/1/12878

Georgia State Archives Join University System

http://www.coosavalleynews.com/np103010.htm

Boston Marathon memorial to be removed, brought to city archives 

http://www.metro.us/newyork/news/local/2013/06/23/boston-marathon-memorial-to-be-removed-brought-to-city-archives/

Voices for the Future: California Language Archive Documents Linguistic Heritage

http://www.neh.gov/divisions/preservation/featured-project/voices-the-future

Mysterious Voynich Manuscript Has Genuine Message

http://news.discovery.com/history/mysterious-manuscript-has-genuine-message-130625.htm

Old Aerial Photographs May Hold the Key to Solving the Amelia Earhart Mystery

http://petapixel.com/2013/06/23/old-aerial-photographs-may-hold-the-key-to-solving-the-amelia-earhart-mystery/

Star Trek creator to become part of space archive

http://www.sacbee.com/2013/06/20/5512291/star-trek-creator-to-become-part.html

Ray Bradbury book collection going to Waukegan library

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130617/news/706179846

Asie-Pacifique/Asia-Pacific

Australian government shelves metadata collection plan

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/24/government-shelves-metadata-collection-plan

New Zealand film lab finds a new home at Archives New Zealand

http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/nz-film-lab-finds-new-home-archives-new-zealand/5/159749

Korea - National Archives shares records management expertise

http://ow.ly/mqs5A

Korean Film Archive Signs Collaboration Agreement With Shanghai Film Museum

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/korean-film-archive-signs-collaboration-572465

Nepal - Rare manuscripts "decaying" at National Archive

http://ow.ly/mirhT

Japan's National Archives to reach full capacity in 4 years

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/kyodo-news-international/130625/japans-national-archives-reach-full-capacity-4-years

UNESCO register adds Japan mission to archive

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/06/20/national/unesco-register-adds-japan-mission-to-archive/

Ancient Chinese documents win UNESCO documentary recognition

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-06/21/c_132475444.htm

Europe / Europa

Dutch court orders Anne Frank Foundation to give up Frank family archive to Swiss fund

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Dutch+court+orders+Anne+Frank+Foundation+give+Frank+family/8581047/story.html

German Court Dismisses Bid for Full Adolf Eichmann Files

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/german-court-dismisses-bid-full-eichmann-files-19506003

Complete Tolstoy archives to be put online

http://ruvr.co.uk/2013_06_20/Tolstoy-archives-online-Fyokla/

It is crime to leak archives and documents to neighboring state: Bulgarian historian

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n309250

Vatican acquires archive of pope's former archdiocesan TV station

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1302797.htm

France - Signature de la convention de partenariat entre les Archives nationales et Wikimedia

http://www.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/chan/chan/signature-archives-nationales-wikimedia.html

France - Le dossier de Jean Moulin aux Archives nationales

http://www.bfmtv.com/societe/dossier-jean-moulin-aux-archives-nationales-70-ans-apres-arrestation-542994.html

France : Le PV de l’audition de Ben Bella vendu aux enchères par erreur

http://www.reflexiondz.net/France-Le-PV-de-l-audition-de-Ben-Bella-vendu-aux-encheres-par-erreur_a24288.html

U.K. system churns out more ‘metadata than National Security Agency’

http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/world/uk-system-churns-out-more-metadata-than-nsa/article4841293.ece

British Library acquires W.H. Auden’s previously ‘lost’ journal

http://pressandpolicy.bl.uk/Press-Releases/British-Library-acquires-W-H-Auden-s-previously-lost-journal-644.aspx

'Staggering' digital folk music archive launched

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/10134011/Staggering-digital-folk-music-archive-launched.html

Plater College archives donated to Jesuits

http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=22835

Moyen-Orient / Middle East

Historian Fahmy argues for easing access to Egyptian National Archives

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/18/74745/Books/Historian-Fahmy-argues-for-easing-access-to-Egypti.aspx

Iran-based St. Tadevos Armenian monastery archives to be released

http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/163521/

UNESCO includes Yad Vashem database in register

http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-Features/UNESCO-to-include-Yad-Vashem-database-in-world-register-317161

International

International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance launches survey on the difficulties people have encountered in accessing Holocaust-related archival materials

http://www.ehri-project.eu/drupal/ihra-survey

Respect Des Bits: Archival Theory Encounters Digital Objects & Media

http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2013/06/respect-des-bits-archival-theory-encounters-digital-objects-media/

An active approach to digital archives

http://phys.org/news/2013-06-approach-digital-archives.html

Google cataloging endangered languages

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/google-cataloging-endangered-languages/article4358882/

The mechanics of manage-in-place records management tools

http://thinkingrecords.co.uk/2013/06/25/the-mechanics-of-manage-in-place-records-management-tools/

 

Culture et patrimoine sont à la pointe du web sémantique

http://lecercle.lesechos.fr/entreprises-marches/high-tech-medias/internet/221174730/culture-et-patrimoine-sont-a-pointe-web-sema

 

Back to the future: Preserving the history of video games

http://www.polygon.com/features/2013/6/25/4452894/the-strong-preserving-the-history-of-video-games

Vol. 6, no. 41

Ressources / Resources

De l'État / From the State

Privacy Commissioner of Canada - Annual Report to Parliament 2012

http://www.priv.gc.ca/information/ar/201213/2012_pipeda_e.asp

 

Raw Documents: Canada's 'Top Secret' Data Mining Program

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/raw-documents-canadas-top-secret-data-mining-program/article12446852/

National Library of the Netherlands - Annual report 2012

http://www.kb.nl/sites/default/files/docs/kbannualreport2012.pdf

De la communauté / From the community

Discours d'André Gareau, président de l’AAQ, lors du 42e congrès de l'Association

https://www.facebook.com/ArchivistesQc/posts/474088706006585

Canadian Association of Research Libraries - Strategic Directions May 2013 to May 2016

http://www.carl-abrc.ca/uploads/Publications/2012-11-15%20CARL%20Strategic%20Directions.pdf

Publications

Imago Mundi: the International Journal for the History of Cartography, vol. 65, no. 2 (June 2013)

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rimu20/65/2

Archifacts (April 2013)

http://www.aranz.org.nz/Site/publications/archifacts/latest_archifacts_table_of_contents.aspx

Society of Alberta Archives News, vol. 32, no. 3 (Spring 2013)

http://www.archivesalberta.org/media/images/pdfs/Spring_2013newsletter.pdf

Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and Technology, vol. 39, no. 5 (June-July 2013)

http://asist.org/Bulletin/Jun-13/Bulletin_JunJul13_Final.pdf

Library of Congress Digital Preservation Newsletter (June 2013)

http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/news/newsletter/201306.pdf

Service interministériel des Archives de France: Bulletin sur les ressources archivistiques numériques, no 46 (juin 2013)

http://www.archivesdefrance.culture.gouv.fr/static/6685

Book - Measuring the Return on Investment of Knowledge Management

http://www.wlrstore.com/ark/measuring-the-roi-of-km.aspx

Book - Web-Age Information Management

http://ow.ly/lDnv5

Book - Natural Language Processing and Information Systems

http://ow.ly/lDnxC

Book - What is the Impact of Digitizing Books?

http://ow.ly/lMXL9

Book - Contemporary Collecting: Objects, Practices, and the Fate of Things

http://rowman.com/ISBN/9780810891135

Livre - Le Pouvoir en Actes: fonder, dire, montrer, contrefaire l'autorité

http://www.somogy.net/fiche.php?ref=9782757206577&modele=catalogues

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

8th Annual MDM & Data Governance Summit Canada

June 26-27, 2013, Toronto

http://www.information-management.com/conferences/mdmcanada/

5e congrès des milieux documentaires du Québec (programme préliminaire disponible)

25-27 novembre 2013, Montréal

https://www.milieuxdoc.ca/2013/grille-programme.php

Webinar - Content Archiving in a Mobile World: the Old Models Don’t Work

July 17, 2013

http://www.aiim.org/Events/Webinars/20130717-webinar

1st International Workshop on Archiving Community Memories

September 6, 2013, Lisbon

http://www.arcomem.eu/ipres-2013/

Dealing With Data Workshop (Videos & Presentations Available)

May 28, 2013, Ghent (Belgium)

http://libereurope.eu/blog/dealing-with-data-workshop-videos-presentations

Sur le web / On the web

ArchivesCanada Demo Site running AtoM 2.0-Interim 1

http://archivescanada.accesstomemory.org/

Video - Dan Cohen Founding Executive Director of the Digital Public Library of America

http://vimeo.com/67408497

Slidecast - La diffusion des archives à l'aide du Web 2.0

http://www.slideshare.net/soroy7/la-diffusion-des-archives-laide-du-web-20

A Citizen’s Guide to Open Government, E-Government, and Government 2.0

http://onlinempa.unc.edu/a-citizens-guide-to-open-government-e-government-and-government-2-0/

PREMIS OWL ontology 2.2 now available

http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/ontology-announcement.html

 

ARCOMEM (ARchive COmunities MEMories) - Web Crawler Cockpit Demo

http://cockpitdemo.internetmemory.org/cockpit

A Guardian Guide to Your Metadata

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/interactive/2013/jun/12/what-is-metadata-nsa-surveillance

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

Canada chastised for secret metadata surveillance

http://www.straight.com/news/390886/canada-chastised-secret-metadata-surveillance

Under new policy Treasury Board will be required to report every data breach to privacy commissioner

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/national/Under+policy+Treasury+Board+will+required+report+every/8505866/story.html

Harper follows in King's footsteps: diary sheds light on historic PM's mindset before addressing British Parliament

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Harper+follows+King+footsteps/8519370/story.html

Library and Archives Canada and National Music Centre Collaborate to Promote Canada's Musical History

http://www.pr-inside.com/library-and-archives-canada-and-national-r3691068.htm

Library and Archives Canada - Census of Lower Canada, 1825 now available online

http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/news/Pages/2013/06-new-1825-census.aspx

Former Library and Archives Canada boss criticizes private digitizing deal

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Former+Library+Archives+Canada+boss+criticizes+private+digitizing+deal/8522836/story.html

Good-new Canadiana & LAC project spun into bad news?

http://mcormond.blogspot.ca/2013/06/good-new-canadiana-lac-project-spun.html

Canadian Association of Research Libraries - Letter to minister Moore about the Heritage Project partnership of LAC and Canadiana.org

http://ow.ly/m19WM

The Next Librarian and Archivist of Canada?

http://anglo-celtic-connections.blogspot.ca/2013/06/the-next-librarian-and-archivist-of.html

 

Appel des historiens - Rapatriement de la constitution: l’accès aux archives est essentiel

http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/canada/380560/appel-des-historiens-rapatriement-de-la-constitution-l-acces-aux-archives-est-essentiel

 

Review of Alberta’s Freedom of Information and Privacy laws goes public

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Review+Alberta+Freedom+Information+Privacy+laws/8522285/story.html

How Ontario civil servants put a stop to practice of deleting e-mails

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/how-ontario-civil-servants-put-a-stop-to-practice-of-deleting-e-mails/article12487668/

De la Belle Époque au prêt-à-porter: 60 Years of Québec Women’s Fashion at the Centre d'archives, de généalogie et d'histoire de l'Outaouais

http://ow.ly/m1f35

Dominique Michel fait don de ses archives à Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec

http://www.ledevoir.com/culture/actualites-culturelles/380410/dodo-entre-dans-la-memoire-collective-par-la-grande-porte

Le riche patrimoine chorégraphique à BAnQ

http://blogues.banq.qc.ca/instantanes/2013/06/13/le-riche-patrimoine-choregraphique-a-banq/

Yukon - A different sort of Klondike treasure

http://yukon-news.com/arts/a-different-sort-of-klondike-treasure/

There is a large archive of recorded interviews with Holocaust survivors in Montreal

http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Letter+There+large+archive+recorded+interviews+with+Holocaust+survivors+Montreal/8520281/story.html

Courtney Milne collection makes history at University of Saskatchewan: original images, prints, texts, audio donated

http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/Courtney+Milne+collection+makes+history/8512754/story.html

Algoma University's Wishart Library wins prestigious archival award

http://www.saultthisweek.com/2013/06/13/algoma-us-wishart-library-wins-prestigious-archival-award

International Ocean Institute visits the Dalhousie University Archives

https://blogs.dal.ca/libraries/2013/06/12/international-ocean-institute-visits-the-university-archives/

Archival Photo Of Vancouver, From Australia With Love

http://vancouverisawesome.com/2013/06/10/archival-photo-of-vancouver-from-australia-with-love/

Mennonite Archives of Ontario receives $150,000 in federal funding

http://www.therecord.com/news-story/3832396-mennonite-archives-receives-150-000-in-federal-funding/

New Westminster Museum and Archives (B.C.) - Archives offer answers

http://www.royalcityrecord.com/Archives+offer+answers/8492754/story.html

British Army records from Canada join Ancestry

http://britishgenes.blogspot.ca/2013/06/british-army-records-from-canada-join.html

Afrique / Africa

Damage to Timbuktu’s cultural heritage worse than first estimated reports UNESCO mission

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/damage_to_timbuktus_cultural_heritage_worse_than_first_estimated_reports_unesco_mission/

Mali - Mémoire d’un pays : Les archives nationales en questions

http://ow.ly/lXZtw

To Rwanda, UN's International Criminal Tribunal on Rwanda Won't Return Archives, No Answer on Borello

http://www.innercitypress.com/rwanda1ictrborello061113.html

National Archives of the Netherland - Further research cultural heritage Ghana

http://en.nationaalarchief.nl/newsroom/news/further-research-cultural-heritage-ghana

Angola - Minister highlights national archives role

http://www.portalangop.co.ao/motix/en_us/noticias/lazer-e-cultura/2013/5/24/Minister-highlights-national-archives-role,b01bb52a-9d81-40c5-8440-5b71ac388959.html

République démocratique du Congo : le bureau des Archives du Congo n’est pas toujours numérisé

http://radiookapi.net/regions/national/2013/06/09/rdc-le-bureau-des-archives-du-congo-nest-pas-toujours-numerise/

Maroc - Les premières archives à Rabat

http://www.lavenir.net/article/detail.aspx?articleid=DMF20130611_00322252

Algérie - Les archives des institutions administratives en débat à Oran

http://www.maghrebemergent.com/actualite/breves/fil-maghreb/item/25249-algerie-les-archives-des-institutions-administratives-en-debat-a-oran.html

Amériques / Americas

Bermuda - Govt advertises for a new Director of Archives

http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20130610/NEWS/706109955

Brazil's 'lost report' into genocide surfaces after 40 years

http://upsidedownworld.org/main/news-briefs-archives-68/4325-brazils-lost-report-into-genocide-surfaces-after-40-years

U.S. - Expansion at the National Archives Means More Focus on Human Right

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/expansion-at-the-national-archives-means-more-focus-on-human-rights

National Archives puts Founding Fathers’ papers online; tyranny, slaves, smallpox speak volumes

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/national-archives-puts-founding-fathers-papers-online/2013/06/12/abec6828-d2b1-11e2-9f1a-1a7cdee20287_story.html

The Era of Metadata

http://blogs.wsj.com/peggynoonan/2013/06/08/the-era-of-metadata/

What is metadata mining and why is the government doing it?

http://www.freep.com/article/20130606/NEWS07/130606015/What-is-metadata-mining-and-why-is-the-government-doing-it-

How Google Transfers Data To National Security Agency

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/06/11/how-google-transfers-data-to-nsa/

Every Library and Museum in America, Mapped

http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/06/every-library-and-museum-america-mapped/5826/

Why the Boston College Oral History Ruling Isn't a Victory

http://hnn.us/articles/why-boston-college-oral-history-ruling-isnt-victory

Wisconsin Historical Society has 3,000 maps online

http://www.wsaw.com/home/headlines/Wis-Historical-Society-has-3000-maps-online-210745741.html

Colorado State University Water Resources Archive Digitizes More Than 43,000 Water History Documents

http://www.news.colostate.edu/release.aspx?id=6887

 

Oscars archive preserves movies for future film fans

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22820014

When Artworks Crash: Restorers Face Digital Test

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/10/arts/design/whitney-saves-douglas-daviss-first-collaborative-sentence.html

You're so vain: University of Michigan study links social media and narcissism

http://www.ns.umich.edu/new/releases/21517-you-re-so-vain-u-m-study-links-social-media-and-narcissism

Dirty secrets of Hollywood’s golden age revealed as Private Investigator’s archive is released

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/dirty-secrets-of-hollywoods-golden-age-revealed-as-pis-archive-is-released-8650261.html

Pages from Nazi’s diary found at Lewiston publishing house

http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130610/CITYANDREGION/130619912/1003

Abe Lincoln's maths homework found in Harvard University archives

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/abe-lincolns-maths-homework-found-in-harvard-university-archives-8650776.html

Another lost President Lincoln document found, this time on a closet shelf - the second in a week

http://ow.ly/lUaSL

 

Faulkner, Beckett and Conrad's works up at auction

http://ow.ly/lSLFc

 

Bible Inscribed by Einstein Up for Auction at Bonhams New York

http://www.finebooksmagazine.com/press/2013/06/bible-inscribed-by-einstein-up-for-auction-at-bonhams-new-york.phtml

Smarsh, an archivist for the information age

http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2013/06/smarsh_an_archivist_for_the_in_1.html

Asie-Pacifique/Asia-Pacific

Australia - Hackers produce application to help Nationale Archives track cultural journeys

http://www.naa.gov.au/about-us/media/media-releases/2013/govhack.aspx

Mass metadata retention: Australia as an early adopter

http://www.zdnet.com/au/mass-metadata-retention-australia-as-an-early-adopter-7000016649/

Australia - New South Wales Government: ancient advice on email management

http://futureproof.records.nsw.gov.au/happy-international-archives-day/

Digital New Zealand - Metadata now available for commercial use

http://www.digitalnz.org/blog/posts/metadata-now-available-for-commercial-use

New Zealand - The first release of a collection of stories from the Canterbury earthquakes is now available

http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/earthquake-stories-recorded-through-digital-box

South Asia online archive launched

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/south-asia-online-archive-launched/2004692.article

Shanghai Municipal Archives - Archives from halcyon days go public for first time

http://www.ecns.cn/2013/06-08/67623.shtml

Fiji - Work begins on digitalisation of archival material

http://www.fbc.com.fj/fiji/10960/work-begins-on-digitalisation-of-archival-material

India - Odisha State Archives: Digitisation of rare books, records underway

http://newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/Digitisation-of-rare-books-records-underway/2013/06/07/article1623847.ece

India - Fire destroys records at government office

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/fire-destroys-records-at-government-office/article4803415.ece

Europe / Europa

Europeana funding cut #AllezCulture

http://dri.ie/europeana-funding-cut-allezculture

Stalin's personal archives exposed

http://english.pravda.ru/russia/kremlin/11-06-2013/124815-stalin_personal_archives-0/

 

Putin Hopes Dispute Over Jewish Archives Resolved

http://en.ria.ru/world/20130613/181650343/Putin-Hopes-Dispute-Over-Jewish-Archives-Resolved.html

Tarkovsky's Archives Opened at Film Festival

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/arts_n_ideas/article/tarkovskys-archives-opened-at-film-festival/481630.html

Eva Braun's letters discovered, charting her fall from hope

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/10112114/Eva-Brauns-letters-discovered-charting-her-fall-from-hope.html

The Only Surviving Film Footage of Anne Frank

http://www.theatlantic.com/video/archive/2013/06/the-only-existing-video-footage-of-anne-frank/276813/

Netherlands - The world’s first 3D-printed house

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/ultratravel/the-next-big-thing/10110195/The-worlds-first-3D-printed-house.html

Georgia - Destruction of dirty archive delayed

http://dfwatch.net/destruction-of-dirty-archive-delayed-88447

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Proposed Freedom of Information Law reforms would limit access to much information of public importance

http://www.access-info.org/en/national-campaigns/404-bosnia-limits-foi

Hungary under Orban moves to restrict freedom of information

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2013/0612/Hungary-under-Orban-moves-to-restrict-freedom-of-information

What belongs to Macedonia as archives and monuments should be created after 1994: historian

http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n308567

Belgique - Les archives de la Ville de Bruxelles en cours de numérisation

http://www.lavenir.net/article/detail.aspx?articleid=DMF20130607_00321001

Prism: comment les Français sont écoutés par la NSA, et par des services bien de chez nous

http://www.slate.fr/story/73741/prism-nsa-francais

France - La ville de Lyon veut dématérialiser la totalité de ses documents

http://pro.01net.com/editorial/596991/la-ville-de-lyon-veut-dematerialiser-la-totalite-de-ses-documents/

Census lost: Historic 1926 Northern Ireland records may be destroyed

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-22848416

Ancient Irish texts show volcanic link to cold weather

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22786179

UK - Freedom of information laws set to be extended

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-22816866

UK National Archives - Armed forces birth, marriage and death records

http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/armed-forces-birth-marriage-and-death-records/

UK - Plans to mark 100 years since the beginning of the First World War in 2014 announced

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/plans-to-mark-100-years-since-the-beginning-of-the-first-world-war-in-2014-announced

'Top Secret' D-Day orders emerge - 69 years after they should have been destroyed

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/britain-at-war/10105879/Top-Secret-D-Day-orders-emerge-69-years-after-they-should-have-been-destroyed.html

The British Library releases Virginia Woolf’s last unpublished work

http://pressandpolicy.bl.uk/Press-Releases/The-British-Library-releases-Virginia-Woolf-s-last-unpublished-work-providing-a-quirky-and-fascinati-638.aspx

 

With construction finally underway, Black Cultural Archives could open in 2014

http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/work-starts-long-awaited-national-black-heritage-centre

Your family tree is just a click away as Surrey launches digital archive

http://www.thisissurreytoday.co.uk/Trace-ancestors-click-mouse-Surrey-launches/story-19240817-detail/story.html

Moyen-Orient / Middle East

Egypt culture minister sacks National Archives chief, 3 senior officials

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/18/73531/Books/Egypt-culture-minister-sacks-National-Archives-chi.aspx

I follow Brotherhood's Hassan El-Banna: Egypt's new national archives head

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContentP/18/73687/Books/I-follow-Brotherhoods-Hassan-ElBanna-Egypts-new-na.aspx

Egyptian artists call on army to protect national archives from minister's 'plot' 

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/35/73638/Arts--Culture/Stage--Street/Egyptian-artists-call-on-army-to-protect-national-.aspx

Kuwait parliament launches web archive of legislative decisions

http://ow.ly/lWDrf

Ambassador: Iranian archives about Armenian Genocide are open for historians

http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2013/06/11/iran-ambassador/

International

E-Mail: Not Dead, Evolving

http://hbr.org/2013/06/e-mail-not-dead-evolving/

Social media analytics: are we nearly there yet?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2013/jun/10/social-media-analytics-sentiment-analysis

 

Has Technology Killed Cursive Handwriting?

http://mashable.com/2013/06/11/technology-and-cursive/

Most enterprises have no information strategy

http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=15044