Vol. 10, no. 50

Ressources / Resources

De l'État / From the State

Ireland - National Archives Bill 2017 (Amendment)

http://www.chg.gov.ie/minister-humphreys-announces-publication-of-the-national-archives-amendment-bill-2017/

NARA - Universal Electronic Records Management Requirements

http://records-express.blogs.archives.gov/2017/08/04/universal-electronic-records-management-requirements/

Archives New Zealand - Appraisal Report and Disposal Schedule: Archives New Zealand (for Comments)

http://archives.govt.nz/advice/intentions-dispose/archives-new-zealand

Archives New Zealand - Appraisal Report: KiwiRail (for Comments)

http://archives.govt.nz/advice/intentions-dispose/kiwirail

De la communauté / From the community

Statement from the Society of American Archivists Council Regarding the Recent Post on the Campus Reform Website 

https://www2.archivists.org/statements/statement-from-the-saa-council

Campus Reform Post: http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=9524

American Library Association - Lessons from History: the Copyright Office Belongs in the Library of Congress 

http://www.districtdispatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Lessons-From-History.pdf

Jisc - Audiovisual Research Data

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/audiovisual-research-data

Wikimedia 2030: a Draft Strategic Direction 

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/08/10/wikimedia-2030-draft-strategic-direction/

Case Study - Get your Vocabularies in Wikidata... so Europeana and Others Can Get them

http://pro.europeana.eu/page/get-your-vocabularies-in-wikidata

Publications

Fonds d'archives, no. 1 (2017)

http://fondsdarchives.ca/index.php/fondsdarchives/index

Collections: a Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals, vol. 12, no. 2 (2017)

http://journals.rowman.com/issues/1017503-collections-vol-12-n2 

Journal of Film Preservation, no. 96 (2017)

http://www.fiafnet.org/pages/Publications/JFP-Archive.html#96

Journal of Map & Geography Libraries, vol. 13, no. 2 (2017)

http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wmgl20/13/2

Journal of Contemporary History, vol. 52, no. 3, 2017 (Special Issue: Looted Art and Restitution in the Twentieth Century)

http://journals.sagepub.com/toc/jcha/52/3

Wikimedia Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums Newsletter, vol. 7, no. 7 (2017)

http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/July_2017

ISO/TR 19814:2017 - Information and Documentation - Collections Management for Archives and Libraries

http://www.iso.org/standard/66263.html

Book - Moving Image and Sound Collections for Archivists

http://saa.archivists.org/store/moving-image-and-sound-collections-for-archivists/5698/  

Book - Metadata Essentials: Proven Techniques for Book Marketing and Discovery

http://www.graphicartsbooks.com/product/metadata_essentials_proven_techniques_for_book_marketing_and_discovery/ 

Book - Tracing your Church of England Ancestors: a Guide for Family and Local Historians

http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Church-of-England-Ancestors-Paperback/p/13847 

Book - Yesterday's Films for Tomorrow

http://filmheritagefoundation.co.in/yesterdays-films-tomorrow-p-k-nair/

Book - Remembering Diana: a Life in Photographs 

http://shop.nationalgeographic.com/product/books/books/photography/remembering-diana 

Book - Heritage and the Legacy of the Past in Contemporary Britain

http://www.routledge.com/Heritage-and-the-Legacy-of-the-Past-in-Contemporary-Britain/Trimm/p/book/9781138285590 

Book - The Asaba Massacre: Trauma, Memory, and the Nigerian Civil War

http://www.cambridge.org/ca/academic/subjects/history/african-history/asaba-massacre-trauma-memory-and-nigerian-civil-war 

Book - Intellectual Property, Cultural Property and Intangible Cultural Heritage

http://www.routledge.com/Intellectual-Property-Cultural-Property-and-Intangible-Cultural-Heritage/Antons-Logan/p/book/9781138793620  

Book - Odysseys in Crime Scene Science: Digital Forensics 

http://www.thecreativecompany.us/creativeeducation/newtitles/digital-forensics-2483.html 

Book - Big Data, Surveillance and Crisis Management 

http://www.routledge.com/Big-Data-Surveillance-and-Crisis-Management/Boersma-Fonio/p/book/9781138195431

Book - Emotion in the Library Workplace

http://books.emeraldinsight.com/page/detail/Emotion-in-the-Library-Workplace/?K=9781787430846

Livre - Mille et une manières de faire de la généalogie avec les enfants

http://www.archivesetculture.org/product-page/mille-et-une-mani%C3%A8res-de-faire-de-la-g%C3%A9n%C3%A9alogie-avec-les-enfants

Conférences et événements / Conferences and events

Dear Ken: Reading the Archive Out Loud

August 11, 2017, Montreal

http://www.cca.qc.ca/en/events/50901/dear-ken-reading-the-archive-out-loud

Queer Night / Life: Experiences and Archives

August 19, 2017, Montreal

http://www.concordia.ca/cuevents/main/2017/08/19/queer-night-life-experiences-and-archives-feminist-media-studio.html

Exploring Creative Commons Licences

September 5, 2017, Dublin

http://dri.ie/dri-and-wikimedia-ireland-exploring-cc-licences-0

Free Webinars - Photographic Process Identification

September 13, 2017 - February 14, 2018

http://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org/process-id-webinars

Dating your Photographs

October 7, 2017, Clydebank (UK)

http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-your-photographs-talk-consultation-with-dr-alison-morrison-low-tickets-36654577829

eCourse - How to Implement a Digitization Program

Starting October 12, 2017

http://iz4.me/InformzDataService/OnlineVersion/Pub/bWFpbGluZ0luc3RhbmNlSWQ9NjgyNjg1OQ==

Tracing your African Caribbean Roots Workshop 

November 25, 2017, London (UK)

http://bcaheritage.org.uk/tracing-your-african-caribbean-roots-workshop-with-adrian-stone/

Sur le web / On the web

International Council on Archives - The Membership Survey on Training Needs is Now Open

http://www.ica.org/en/the-membership-survey-on-training-needs-is-now-open

Vidéo - La bibliothèque du Séminaire de Québec

http://www.lafabriqueculturelle.tv/capsules/9912/la-bibliotheque-du-seminaire-de-quebec

Video - Editing Wikipedia: Part Two

http://www.canadashistory.ca/Explore/Webinars/Editing-Wikipedia-Part-Two

Original POWRR (Preserving Digital Objects with Restricted Resources) Workshop Available in Webinar Format

http://digitalpowrr.niu.edu/original-powrr-workshop-available-in-webinar-format/

Library of Congress Video - A World of Opportunity: Audio Visual Archives & the Digital Landscape

https://youtu.be/Avilw020foc

National Library of Australia Video - The Papers of Marcie Muir Relating to Katie Langloh Parker

https://youtu.be/Hlx7K9AnH8k

Podcast - The Liberated Archive: a Forum for Envisioning and Implementing a Community-Based Approach to Archives (Society of American Archivists Conference Keynote)

http://www2.archivists.org/am2017/liberated-archive-keynote

UK National Archives Podcast - A Tormented Tudor Queen's Treasonous Love Letter

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/catherine-howard-thomas-culpeper.mp3

New Blog - Military Service (1916-1923) Pensions Collection 

http://militarypensions.wordpress.com/

Nouvelles du monde / News from the world

Canada

Consultations launched on reforming Copyright Board of Canada

http://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2017/08/consultations_launchedonreformingcopyrightboardofcanada.html

The internet never forgets. But should it? That legal battle is raging in Canada and worldwide

http://ottawacitizen.com/feature/the-internet-never-forgets-but-should-it-that-legal-battle-is-raging-in-canada-and-worldwide

Library and Archives Canada - New additions to the Virtual Gramophone: English songs

http://thediscoverblog.com/2017/08/04/new-additions-to-the-virtual-gramophone-english-songs/

Library and Archives Canada - Guest Curator: Andrea Kunard

https://thediscoverblog.com/2017/08/10/guest-curator-andrea-kunard/

150 Acts of Reconciliation for the Last 150 Days of Canada's 150

http://activehistory.ca/2017/08/150-acts-of-reconciliation-for-the-last-150-days-of-canadas-150/

On accessibility, Ontario needs less secrecy, more action

http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2017/08/06/on-accessibility-ontario-needs-less-secrecy-more-action-editorial.html

Ontario - Freedom of Information request seeks location of Algonquin Park fishing spot

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/foi-request-fishing-spot-1.4232556

Archives of Manitoba - A different perspective: Lt.-Col. R. M. Dennistoun, Deputy Judge Advocate General, C. E. F. HQ, London

http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/ww1blog/#aug8

Quebecers invited to participate in scan-a-thon of First Nations archives

http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/quebecers-invited-to-participate-in-scan-a-thon-of-first-nations-archives

BAnQ - Pertes canadiennes au front

http://blogues.banq.qc.ca/instantanes/2017/08/07/pertes-canadiennes-front/

BAnQ - Recto verso ou vice versa

http://blogues.banq.qc.ca/instantanes/2017/08/09/recto-verso-vice-versa/

Montréal se raconte sur cartes postales : BAnQ a fait l’acquisition de l’importante collection Monette

http://www.ledevoir.com/culture/actualites-culturelles/505009/montreal-se-raconte-sur-cartes-postales

York University - Caribana's Golden Anniversary: an archival research guide

http://deantiquate.blog.yorku.ca/2017/08/04/caribanas-golden-anniversary/

University of Waterloo Special Collections & Archives - The Return of Euclid

http://uwaterloo.ca/library/special-collections-archives/blog/post/return-euclid

University of Saskatchewan Archives and Special Collections - Archival Playlist

http://words.usask.ca/uasc/archival-playlist/

Toronto's Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Speculation has a new librarian in charge

http://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/7484433-toronto-s-merril-collection-has-a-new-librarian-in-charge/

Archives de Montréal - Expo 67 au jour le jour : Août

http://archivesdemontreal.com/2017/08/04/expo-67-au-jour-le-jour-aout/

Archives de la ville de Québec - Superfrancofête de 1974, la fête s'empare de Québec

http://www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/culture_patrimoine/archives/blogue/billet-superfrancofete.aspx

Weird and wonderful ways Open Data is unearthing Edmonton information

http://globalnews.ca/news/3649702/weird-and-wonderful-ways-open-data-is-unearthing-edmonton-information/

Burnaby (B.C.) - Access to All Open Council Records

http://heritageburnaby.ca/news/access-to-all-open-council-records/

Local Artifacts Seek New Home In Tecumseh (Ontario) Fire Hall

http://blackburnnews.com/windsor/windsor-news/2017/07/27/local-artifacts-seek-new-home-tecumseh-fire-hall/

Lambton County Archives (Ontario) - Sisters Finish Telling Family Story the Observer Started Sixty Years Ago

http://lambtoncountyarchives.blogspot.ca/2017/08/sisters-finish-telling-family-story.html

La Société d'histoire et du patrimoine du Val-David prend un nouveau virage

http://www.linformationdunordsainteagathe.ca/actualites/societe/2017/8/7/la-societe-d-histoire-et-du-patrimoine-prend-un-nouveau-virage.html

Virtual archival centre aims to preserve local memory of Quebec region

http://genealogyalacarte.ca/?p=20378

British Columbia - Films share 150 years of syilx history

http://www.kelownacapnews.com/news/films-share-150-years-of-years-of-syilx-history/

Neil Young Announces Massive, Interactive Online Archive

http://pitchfork.com/news/neil-young-announces-massive-interactive-online-archive/

Teaching with Documents: Using Archives to Educate

http://www.thingsimfondsof.com/teaching-with-documents/

Krista McCracken - Teaching: Select Topics in Community-Based Public History

http://kristamccracken.ca/?p=1305

The French Canadian Mayor of Los Angeles

http://acresofsnow.ca/the-french-canadian-mayor-of-los-angeles/

Afrique / Africa

Documentation : crasses et services désadaptés aux archives nationales du Togo

http://news.icilome.com/?idnews=837747&t=documentation--crasses-et-services-desadaptes-aux-archives-nationales-du-togo

Perkins Foss' collection of Urhobo archival materials bound for Ghana

http://guardian.ng/art/foss-collection-of-urhobo-archival-materials-bound-for-ghana/

South Africa - Reserve Bank refusal to hand over records inconsistent with Act‚ says History Archive

http://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2017-08-04-reserve-bank-refusal-to-hand-over-records-inconsistent-with-act-says-history-archive/

South Africa - Six million court documents are being held hostage in an R84-million dispute

http://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2017-08-07-justice-stalls-as-payment-dispute-rages-on/

Rare photographs of Black troops in the Anglo-Boer war

http://martinplaut.wordpress.com/2017/08/05/rare-photographs-of-black-troops-in-the-anglo-boer-war/

Amériques / Americas

Argentina delivers 40,000 Shoah-era files to Holocaust museum

http://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/argentina-40000-files-shoah-era-files-to-holocaust-museum/

U.S. - The Supreme Court's new electronic filing system will begin operation on November

http://www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/press/pressreleases/pr_08-03-17

U.S. Justice Department Ordered to Release 1950s Gay Purge Documents

http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/court-tells-justice-department-release-1950s-gay-purge-documents-n789056

NARA - Reclaiming Stolen History

http://www.processhistory.org/ferriero-reclaiming-stolen-history/

Department of State Visa Records in the National Archives

http://text-message.blogs.archives.gov/2017/08/01/department-of-state-visa-records-in-the-national-archives/

Carla Hayden (Librarian of Congress): By the Book

http://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/03/books/review/carla-hayden-by-the-book.html

National Security Archives - Additional Documents to The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II

http://nsarchive.wordpress.com/2017/08/07/additional-documents-to-the-atomic-bomb-and-the-end-of-world-war-ii/

World War I Records Available through Texas Digital Archive

http://www.tsl.texas.gov/news/2017/ww1_tda

Stunning early panorama photos of a lost Alaska

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-40808131/stunning-early-panorama-photos-of-a-lost-alaska

Iowa - Gazette archives now available in digital, searchable format thanks to partnership

http://www.thegazette.com/gazette-archives-now-available-in-digital-searchable-format-thanks-to-partnership-cedar-rapids-public-library-foundation-funding-archiving-effort-20170805

University of California - Rare audio of indigenous languages saved by invention 100 years later

http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/science_nation/waxcylinders.jsp

Princeton University - A digital archive of Soviet children's books 1917-1953

http://www.kottke.org/17/08/a-digital-archive-of-soviet-childrens-books-1917-1953

Oakland University - From 3D printers to big data: how university libraries are evolving

http://www.thenewsherald.com/news/from-d-printers-to-big-data-how-university-libraries-are/article_351c06c7-fe4e-594e-9024-109226a30072.html

University of Arkansas Libraries Complete Largest Digital Collection to Date

http://news.uark.edu/articles/39241/university-libraries-complete-largest-digital-collection-to-date

University of Hawaii - Unseen Archival Footage from Eddie Kamae Films to Debut

http://www.hawaii.edu/news/article.php?aId=8739

Women in Archival Profession in the U.S.

http://www.linkedin.com/pulse/women-archival-profession-usa-andrew-chernevych

From Family Snapshots to NASA Photos, Archivists Aim to Solve Preservation Puzzles

http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/08/02/540914751/from-family-snapshots-to-nasa-photos-archivists-aim-to-solve-preservation-puzzle

In 100 years, will today's digital files be accessible? Planning for digital obsolescence

http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/100-years-will-todays-digital-files-be-accessible-planning-digital-obsolescence

The Internet Archive has put up 25,000 78rpm records, digitized professionally

https://archive.org/details/georgeblood

George Eastman Museum Launches Technicolor Online Research Archive

https://www.eastman.org/george-eastman-museum-launches-technicolor-online-research-archive

Michelle Elligott Named Chief of Archives, Library, and Research Collections at Museum of Modern Art

http://www.artnews.com/2017/08/03/michelle-elligott-named-chief-of-archives-library-and-research-collections-at-museum-of-modern-art/

Personalizing the Past: History Through Home Movies

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/personalizing-past-interview-rick-prelinger/

19th-Century Diary Suggests Slaves Are Buried in Brooklyn Lot

http://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/04/nyregion/19th-century-diary-suggests-slaves-are-buried-in-brooklyn-lot.html

The Letters of Picasso's Dealer and a Century's Worth of Impressionist Archives Are Going Online

http://news.artnet.com/art-world/wildenstein-plattner-impressionist-archives-online-1033514

Introducing the Third World Archives Solidarity Project

http://tropicsofmeta.wordpress.com/2017/08/03/introducing-the-third-world-archives-solidarity-project/

Monsanto sold banned chemicals for years despite known health risks, archives reveal

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/09/monsanto-continued-selling-pcbs-for-years-despite-knowing-health-risks-archives-reveal

Motorsport Network acquires Rainer Schlegelmilch archive

https://www.motorsport.com/general/news/motorsport-network-acquires-schlegelmilch-archive-939725/

Researcher Claims that the Voynich Manuscript Was Compiled in the Morichal Swamps of Venezuela

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2017/08/prweb14577176.htm

Asie-Pacifique / Asia-Pacific

Australia - New law offers right to be forgotten online

http://www.skynews.com.au/tech/technews/2017/08/07/new-law-offers--right-to-be-forgotten--online.html

National Library of Australia - Embracing Digital Change: Electronic Deposit 18 Months On

https://www.nla.gov.au/blogs/behind-the-scenes/embracing-digital-change

Sidney Nolan's personal papers at the National Library of Australia need saving

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/canberra-life/sidney-nolans-personal-papers-need-saving-20170731-gxm5d3.html

Australia - Archival software survey

http://inthemailbox.wordpress.com/2017/08/08/archival-software-survey/

National Library of New Zealand - Collecting social media a bite at a time

http://natlib.govt.nz/blog/posts/collecting-social-media-a-bite-at-a-time

This Taiwanese Museum Just Digitized Its Massive Collection of Chinese Art

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/taiwanese-museum-just-digitized-its-massive-collection-chinese-art-180964257/

The ministry of tribal affairs to create an online database on Tribes of India

http://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/internet/the-ministry-of-tribal-affairs-to-create-an-online-database-on-tribes-of-india/59964808

National Film Archive of India acquires 2,500 film posters

http://www.mid-day.com/articles/national-film-archive-of-india-2500-film-posters-bollywood-news/18481160

Declassified docs on Quit India Movement, INA to be displayed at National Archives

http://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/declassified-docs-on-quit-india-movement-ina-to-be-displayed-at-national-archives/1119198

India - Bollywood blocks the Internet Archive

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40875528

Internet Archives - Statement and Questions Regarding an Indian Court's Order to Block archive.org

https://blog.archive.org/2017/08/09/statement-and-questions-regarding-an-indian-courts-order-to-block-archive-org/

Over 30,000 digital documents, photographs on Partition of India to go public for first time

http://www.firstpost.com/india/over-30000-digital-documents-photographs-on-partition-of-india-to-go-public-for-first-time-3900517.html

Europe / Europa

Sixth-Century Writing Discovered Inside Medieval Bookbinding

http://mentalfloss.com/article/502886/6th-century-writing-discovered-inside-medieval-bookbinding

Germany finally has an Open Data Law

http://okfn.de/blog/2017/08/Germany-finally-has-an-open-data-law/

Nazi-looted books found in German libraries

http://www.dw.com/en/nazi-looted-books-found-in-german-libraries/a-39984043

50 millions de feuilles volantes : dans l'enfer du tri des anciens papiers de la Stasi

http://www.20minutes.fr/insolite/2114887-20170808-50-millions-feuilles-volantes-enfer-tri-anciens-papiers-stasi

Astonishing archive of pictures is unearthed showing the Nazi leader's Third Reich rise to power, collected by secret fan of the Fuhrer

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4770828/Hitler-photographs-unearthed-showing-Nazi-rise-power.html

Interview with Marion Jaks, video archivist at the Austrian Mediathek

http://www.digitalmeetsculture.net/article/interview-with-marion-jaks/

Marie de Roumanie visite les archives de la Securitate

http://www.noblesseetroyautes.com/marie-de-roumanie-visite-les-archives-de-la-securitate/

Czech Republic - National Film Archive introduced English version of the website dedicated to research of Laterna magika

http://www.narodni-divadlo.cz/en/news/national-film-archive-introduced-english-version-of-the-website-dedicated-to-research-of-laterna-magika-en

Armenia - 15th Century Gospel of Miracles Donated to Matenadaran

http://asbarez.com/165314/15th-century-miraculous-gospel-donated-to-matenadaran/

France - Droits de réutilisation : les Archives nationales optent pour l’ouverture et la gratuité des données

http://www.culturecommunication.gouv.fr/Presse/Communiques-de-presse/Droits-de-reutilisation-les-Archives-nationales-optent-pour-l-ouverture-et-la-gratuite-des-donnees

France - De Gaulle, Mitterrand, Chirac, Sarkozy, Hollande : des archives présidentielles toujours plus volumineuses

http://www.archimag.com/archives-patrimoine/2017/08/08/de-gaulle-mitterrand-chirac-sarkozy-hollande-archives-présidentielles

Une année 2016 éprouvante pour la Bibliothèque nationale de France

https://www.actualitte.com/article/monde-edition/une-annee-2016-eprouvante-pour-la-bibliotheque-nationale-de-france/84293

History police' to challenge Scottish museum's mistakes

http://www.scotsman.com/heritage/history-police-to-challenge-scottish-museum-s-mistakes-1-4521839

Scotland - Bible returned to family after 151 years

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-40828179

Uncovered in a private archive, the stunning rare images of Welsh sport from a bygone era

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/uncovered-private-archive-stunning-rare-13446944

What is the British government really hiding in its secret archives?

http://www.rt.com/uk/398450-secret-documents-government-archive/

Visit to the UK Parliamentary Archives: training and business cases

http://www.dpoc.ac.uk/2017/08/03/visit-to-the-parliamentary-archives-training-and-business-cases/

Nearly a thousand documents are being withheld from release to the National Archives in Kew

http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/15452521.Nearly_a_thousand_documents_are_being_withheld_from_release_at_the_National_Archives_in_Kew/

UK National Archives - The problems with mustard gas

http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/problems-mustard-gas/

Researching LGBT+ history at the UK National Archives

http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/researching-lgbt-history-at-the-national-archives/

UK National Archives - Making horses for war: the Army Remount Service

http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/blog/making-horses-war-army-remount-service/

British Library - Guess the Song Competition

http://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2017/08/guess-the-song-competition.html

British Library - The Proper Serious Work of Preserving Digital Comics

http://blogs.bl.uk/webarchive/2017/08/digital-comics.html

British Library - Illuminated manuscripts for polyglots

http://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2017/08/illuminated-manuscripts-for-polyglots.html

British Library - Everything you need to know about birch bark book conservation

http://blogs.bl.uk/collectioncare/2017/08/from-sawdust-to-gold-dust-the-conservation-of-a-c16th-birch-bark-book.html

The Guardian view on oral history: the power of witness

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/10/the-guardian-view-on-oral-history-the-power-of-witness

Moyen-Orient / Middle East

Iraq - Salvaging history: Dominican priest saves historic manuscripts from ISIS 

http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/iraq-salvaging-history-dominican-priest-saves-historic-manuscripts-exclusive/

Egypt - The Invisible Poems Hidden in One of the World's Oldest Libraries

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/08/sinai-peninsula-hidden-texts/536313/

Turkey - Istanbul's Ottoman Archives documents history of former grand Empire

http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2627623&language=en

International

Technological obsolescence and digital preservation

http://interlibnet.org/2017/08/06/technological-obsolescence-and-digital-preservation/

The Collection Management System Collection

https://ablwr.github.io/blog/2017/08/09/collection-management-system-collection/

Investors poured millions into a storage network that doesn't exist yet

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/08/investors-poured-millions-into-a-storage-network-that-doesnt-exist/

An approach to building open databases

http://blog.okfn.org/2017/08/10/23170/

Metadata is a communication channel to the future

http://www.forbes.com/sites/tomcoughlin/2017/08/03/metadata-is-a-communications-channel-to-the-future/