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Wolf Thomas - am Donnerstag, 12. August 2010, 18:35 - Rubrik: English Corner
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Wolf Thomas - am Donnerstag, 12. August 2010, 18:34 - Rubrik: English Corner
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All materials in the libraries would be donated, auctioned, stored, or destroyed. That includes 187,000 books, historical documents, artifacts, and electronic equipment. Keeping materials in the shuttered buildings is a fire hazard, officials said, and would make them vulnerable to vandalism and vermin.
http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/08/08/public-libraries-new-jersey-camden-preparing-to-close-its-libraries-destroy-books/
http://www.resourceshelf.com/2010/08/08/public-libraries-new-jersey-camden-preparing-to-close-its-libraries-destroy-books/
KlausGraf - am Montag, 9. August 2010, 02:53 - Rubrik: English Corner
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KlausGraf - am Samstag, 7. August 2010, 14:47 - Rubrik: English Corner
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CANADIANA DISCOVERY PORTAL
We are pleased to announce a new version of the Canadiana Discovery Portal at http://voyageur.canadiana.ca. This version of the discovery portal has a completely re-worked user interface to search the Canadian Metadata Repository which provides links to digital collections of several Canadian memory institutions. The Canadiana Discovery Portal can now search over 930,000 online records (pages and documents) including:
1. Eleven collections from Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec - journals, photographs and music;
2. Four collections from Early Canadiana Online - History of French Canada, English Canadian Literature, Health and Medicine, Native Studies;
3. Statements and speeches from Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada; and
4. Alouette Canada portal metadata which includes several Canadian collections from:
Athabasca University
Cape Breton University
Glenbow Archives
Library and Archives Canada
McGill University Library
McMaster University
Memorial University
Prince George Public Library
Simon Fraser University
St. Francis Xavier University
Université Laval
University of Alberta
University of British Columbia
University of Calgary
University of Lethbridge
University of Toronto
University of Victoria
Vancouver Public Library
York University
We are pleased to announce a new version of the Canadiana Discovery Portal at http://voyageur.canadiana.ca. This version of the discovery portal has a completely re-worked user interface to search the Canadian Metadata Repository which provides links to digital collections of several Canadian memory institutions. The Canadiana Discovery Portal can now search over 930,000 online records (pages and documents) including:
1. Eleven collections from Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec - journals, photographs and music;
2. Four collections from Early Canadiana Online - History of French Canada, English Canadian Literature, Health and Medicine, Native Studies;
3. Statements and speeches from Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada; and
4. Alouette Canada portal metadata which includes several Canadian collections from:
Athabasca University
Cape Breton University
Glenbow Archives
Library and Archives Canada
McGill University Library
McMaster University
Memorial University
Prince George Public Library
Simon Fraser University
St. Francis Xavier University
Université Laval
University of Alberta
University of British Columbia
University of Calgary
University of Lethbridge
University of Toronto
University of Victoria
Vancouver Public Library
York University
KlausGraf - am Samstag, 7. August 2010, 14:37 - Rubrik: English Corner
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"For the first time, the main page of National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI) has established a new section to disseminate news about Iran and the world's libraries and archives.
According to the public relations department of NLAI, the organization's PR manger, Hamed Yari said: "The individual section of libraries and archives news has been launched for the first time by NLAI with an object of solving some of the deficiencies which exist in covering library and archives news and the necessity of considering the field's news as an individual type.
He went on to say that in order to expand the country scientifically we should alter our looks towards the scientific and cultural centers including libraries, so considering the libraries and archives' incidents individually will be among the vital and impressive methods."
Moreover he said that the new page will explore the news websites of all international archive, culture and science centers as well as library information dissemination pages to find news pieces.
In the first phase, some 10 news pieces will be found by the organization's experts and following translations they will be uploaded to the website, he added.
The country's library and archives centers can send their news to the PR department on the following e-mail address; Pria@nlai.ir or 02188644053 ."
Iran Book News Agency, 31.07.2010
Link: Homepage (eng.) of NLAI
According to the public relations department of NLAI, the organization's PR manger, Hamed Yari said: "The individual section of libraries and archives news has been launched for the first time by NLAI with an object of solving some of the deficiencies which exist in covering library and archives news and the necessity of considering the field's news as an individual type.
He went on to say that in order to expand the country scientifically we should alter our looks towards the scientific and cultural centers including libraries, so considering the libraries and archives' incidents individually will be among the vital and impressive methods."
Moreover he said that the new page will explore the news websites of all international archive, culture and science centers as well as library information dissemination pages to find news pieces.
In the first phase, some 10 news pieces will be found by the organization's experts and following translations they will be uploaded to the website, he added.
The country's library and archives centers can send their news to the PR department on the following e-mail address; Pria@nlai.ir or 02188644053 ."
Iran Book News Agency, 31.07.2010
Link: Homepage (eng.) of NLAI
Wolf Thomas - am Donnerstag, 5. August 2010, 17:11 - Rubrik: English Corner
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"On the occasion of a workshop organized by the French Ministry of Culture, Jean-Wilfrid Bertrand visited today at the ICA Secretariat. A meeting was held in the presence of Gerard Ermisse and Pascal Even (Service interministériel des Archives de France), David Leitch, Christine Martinez and Christophe Jacobs (ICA Secretariat).
Jean-Wilfrid Bertrand told us about the projects of the National Archives of Haiti for years to come. Whether the National Records Management Programme, the construction of a new infrastructure for archives and the creation of a university degree on documentary engineering, the energy expended by the teams of archivists, including its leaders, is intense.
The "small steps' policy" advocated by the Director seems to be the right way to succeed, despite the earthquake. Projects will develop gradually and donors will be allowed to support these initiatives on the basis of clearly identifiable and documented projects.
Culture is part of the reconstruction phase, mentioned in the Post-Disaster Needs Assessment [PDNA] signed in New York last February. Heritage institutions have to deal with rescue operations including collections affected. For archives, there are dozens of public institutions that have been rescued by teams of volunteers. Christophe Jacobs, the responsible officer for the ICA Emergency Response Management Program, presented the report and the conclusions of the second Blue Shield International mission in Port-au-Prince last week (18th-23rd July).
The treatment center for the damaged documentary heritage will be opened soon. This structure will allow volunteers to find a suitable way to provide help in the treatment of these collections. Some are in containers, others still under the rubble, but in both cases, danger is clearly present and we should act as quickly as possible.
ICA reaffirmed to Jean Wilfrid Bertrand its full support, including Blue Shield's project and the possibility to develop a FIDA (Fund for International development of Archives) or a PCOM (Programme Commission) project in Haiti. Colleagues will have the pleasure to meet Jean-Wilfrid Bertrand and discover these projects at our CITRA conference, held next September in Oslo (Norway). "
Link: ICA, press room
Jean-Wilfrid Bertrand told us about the projects of the National Archives of Haiti for years to come. Whether the National Records Management Programme, the construction of a new infrastructure for archives and the creation of a university degree on documentary engineering, the energy expended by the teams of archivists, including its leaders, is intense.
The "small steps' policy" advocated by the Director seems to be the right way to succeed, despite the earthquake. Projects will develop gradually and donors will be allowed to support these initiatives on the basis of clearly identifiable and documented projects.
Culture is part of the reconstruction phase, mentioned in the Post-Disaster Needs Assessment [PDNA] signed in New York last February. Heritage institutions have to deal with rescue operations including collections affected. For archives, there are dozens of public institutions that have been rescued by teams of volunteers. Christophe Jacobs, the responsible officer for the ICA Emergency Response Management Program, presented the report and the conclusions of the second Blue Shield International mission in Port-au-Prince last week (18th-23rd July).
The treatment center for the damaged documentary heritage will be opened soon. This structure will allow volunteers to find a suitable way to provide help in the treatment of these collections. Some are in containers, others still under the rubble, but in both cases, danger is clearly present and we should act as quickly as possible.
ICA reaffirmed to Jean Wilfrid Bertrand its full support, including Blue Shield's project and the possibility to develop a FIDA (Fund for International development of Archives) or a PCOM (Programme Commission) project in Haiti. Colleagues will have the pleasure to meet Jean-Wilfrid Bertrand and discover these projects at our CITRA conference, held next September in Oslo (Norway). "
Link: ICA, press room
Wolf Thomas - am Donnerstag, 5. August 2010, 15:09 - Rubrik: English Corner
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KlausGraf - am Mittwoch, 4. August 2010, 22:56 - Rubrik: English Corner
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"The Social Networks and Archival Context Project (SNAC) will address the ongoing challenge of transforming description of and improving access to primary humanities resources through the use of advanced technologies. The project will test the feasibility of using existing archival descriptions in new ways, in order to enhance access and understanding of cultural resources in archives, libraries, and museums.
Archivists have a long history of describing the people who—acting individually, in families, or in formally organized groups—create and collect primary sources. They research and describe the people who create and are represented in the materials comprising our shared cultural legacy. However, because archivists have traditionally described records and their creators together, this information is tied to specific resources and institutions. Currently there is no system in place that aggregates and interrelates those descriptions.
Leveraging the new standard Encoded Archival Context-Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families (EAC-CPF), the SNAC Project will use digital technology to “unlock” descriptions of people from finding aids and link them together in exciting new ways. We will:
* Create efficient open-source tools that allow archivists to separate the process of describing people from that of records.
* Create a prototype integrated historical resource and access system that will link descriptions of people to one another and to descriptions of resources in archives, libraries and museums; online biographical and historical databases; and other diverse resources."
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Archivists have a long history of describing the people who—acting individually, in families, or in formally organized groups—create and collect primary sources. They research and describe the people who create and are represented in the materials comprising our shared cultural legacy. However, because archivists have traditionally described records and their creators together, this information is tied to specific resources and institutions. Currently there is no system in place that aggregates and interrelates those descriptions.
Leveraging the new standard Encoded Archival Context-Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families (EAC-CPF), the SNAC Project will use digital technology to “unlock” descriptions of people from finding aids and link them together in exciting new ways. We will:
* Create efficient open-source tools that allow archivists to separate the process of describing people from that of records.
* Create a prototype integrated historical resource and access system that will link descriptions of people to one another and to descriptions of resources in archives, libraries and museums; online biographical and historical databases; and other diverse resources."
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Wolf Thomas - am Mittwoch, 4. August 2010, 21:47 - Rubrik: English Corner
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KlausGraf - am Montag, 2. August 2010, 17:01 - Rubrik: English Corner
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