Informatievoorziening

The portraits of the "Four Kings" are among the earliest surviving full-length oil portraits of North American First Nations people painted from life. Three hundred years after they were painted these portraits remain a valuable record of early cultural and political diplomacy between the First Nations and the British Empire.

Watch a video produced by students at Concordia University on the Canada's Got Treasures! Website:http://www.museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca/sgc-cms/expositions-exhibitions/tresors-treasures/?page_id=2543?=en

Eine interaktive Karte, die in der digitalen Langzeitarchivierung aktive Organisationen anzeigt, ist eines der Ergebnisse des EU-Projektes PARSE.Insight. Die Karte zeigt Organisationen an, auf die die Projektpartner während Forschungen zum Stand der Langzeitarchivierung von Forschungsdaten und wissenschaftlichen Publikationen gestoßen sind und erhebt daher keinen Anspruch auf Vollständigkeit. Die Karte ist über die PARSE.Insight-Homepage zugänglich und auch von nestor-Homepage aus verlinkt. Alle Ergebnisse des mittlerweile beendeten PARSE.Insight-Projekts sind über die Projekthomepage zugänglich.

Vom 06.09.2010 bis 10.09.2010 in Unversity of Glasgow, Glasgow, Großbritannien

Bei der Langzeitsicherung von Tönen und bewegten Bildern begegnen wir zwei Kategorien von Problemen: dem Trägerzerfall und den Auswirkungen des rasanten Technologiewandels, der sogenannten Obsoleszenz.

National Digital Initiatives and Collaborative Arrangements

Digital Preservation in the Canadian Landscape
Association of Canadian Archivists Pre-conference
Halifax, Nova Scotia Tuesday,
June 8, 2010
Visit the CARL site to access the presentations: www.carl-abrc.ca/horaire/other/dig_pres_conf-2010-e.html

Nichts gegen positives Feedback (meist kriege ich ja eher negatives), aber wenn ohne nähere Ausführungen Webmaster von bei ihrem Kommentar verlinkten Seiten vorgeben, unglaublich dankbar zu sein, dann ist Archivalia einer der Misthäufen ihrer Linkfarm.

This morning's Washington Post reveals that the Department Of Justice has been pressuring Congress to expand its power to obtain records of Americans' private Internet activity through the use of National Security Letters (NSLs).

NSLs, you may remember, are one of the most powerful and frightening tools of government surveillance to be expanded by the Patriot Act. These letters allow the FBI to secretly demand data from phone companies and internet service providers about the private communications of ordinary citizens. The letters include a gag order, which forbids recipients from ever revealing the letters' existence to their coworkers, their friends, or even to their family members, much less the public.

The gag order and the lack of oversight make this power ripe for abuse. Indeed, the FBI's systemic abuse of this power was confirmed both by a Department Of Justice investigation and in documents obtained by EFF through Freedom of Information Act litigation. Yet, in the years since that abuse became publicly known, there has been no reform of the law governing NSLs.

Now, the DOJ is asking Congress to pass vague and broad new language meant to expand the kinds of data that can be acquired through NSLs. This morning's Washington Post article suggests that the new language could allow access to detailed web browsing history, search history, location information, or even Facebook friend requests.

Considering the FBI's dismal record on surveillance abuses, this is a stunning and brazen request. They're asking the Senate to reward bad behavior by allowing even more bad behavior. We're hoping that the Senate will have the courage and integrity to turn them down. Keep reading Deeplinks for more news on this as it develops.

It is 4pm in the library and I practicing my yodeling skills. After a little redecoration, the walls of the library now reflect my vocals much better– although so far I have not received a lot of applause from the neighbors.

Just when I am about to put on my lederhosen, my manager rushes in, face flushed and apparently in distress. He takes a deep sigh and stammers: “Librarian, I really need your help!”. Of course, when all else falls apart, you turn to the librarian, the rock in this organisation, the one who keeps the karma in sync with the universe and he who is the foundation of tranquility.

“Librarian, what I am about to share with you should stay within these four walls”

“Not a problem!” (my recording equipment is also in the library, so technically I am not lying)

“Remember all the overhead departments funded project Eureka this year? The mega-budget project? Well, all the managers were informed last week that the Eureka project had a budgeting error – we budgeted too much! Every overhead department now gets almost $400.000 refunded”

“Wow – that must be good news – I am sure the board will be pleased to learn this!”

“Librarian, you know too little about budgeting politics. As an overhead department, overspending is almost expected. Underspending is bad – very, very bad. If I don't spend my whole budget, I will get less next year. And as you may remember, our new budget cycle starts next month! Luckily the board has not been informed about the budget refund, but I only have three weeks to get rid of the $400k.”

“Sorry, perhaps I don't understand what you're getting at. You have problems spending money?”

“As I told you, all the overhead departments now have budget refunded and they are all in the same situation. They need to spend this extra money before the end of the month. And it has to be spend on something that we requested budget for this year. Otherwise we would of course have given ourselves bonuses.”

“Right. But why are you asking me for help? Surely you could buy some new hardware or extra software licenses to spend that extra money?”

“I wish it was that simple. I ordered a complete rewiring of the network cables in this building. But real estate heard about this and they want to pay half of the costs because it involved building work. Then I submitted a request to send all my staff to a very expensive web 2.0 seminar, but those cheeky bastards in HR claim that is learning and hence partly on their budget. I am stuck! But the library is so vague, I am sure you can help me spend this money without the other departments being able to take part.”

“Mmm.... I requested budget for a new database with biographical information of managers in our industry. That would be a good one. But no... surely HR would claim that this is part of their ´external focus´... mmm... I could order the overpriced records management software module which scans invoices in ultra high resolution, full OCR, automatic translation and currency exchange on the fly. I requested budget for that, but that was turned down.”

“No, no, finance would be laughing as that would clearly be their cost. We need something more obscure – the other overhead department managers are as desperate as I am!”
“Ok. What if I had a solution that would not only benefit you as IT manager, but also all the other overhead department managers?”

“Librarian, I hope you have something good. If you have a solution, all the other managers would owe me. And I would owe you – I might just recommend you for the Hades Employee of the Month award.”

(sarcasm mode on)“Really? The award where my picture will be plastered across everyone's desktop, where my name is mentioned by the CEO in his quarterly speech and where I get a free t-shirt with the company logo?”(sarcasm mode off)

I hold a dramatic pause and then reveal my splendid plan:

“Remember that our company asks all departments to help society? And how every year you forget about this and then desperately ask us to come with some proof we helped society? Every year I come to the rescue as I regularly donate old books from the library to developing nations.”

“Yes?”

“Well, wouldn't it be perfect if you took the lead in a project where every overhead department sponsors a school library in a developing nation, giving them all the books they need and some new computers with Internet access? Don't you think that would not only help you with your surplus budget, but also promote your visibility with the board AND get all the other managers to thank you? I have the right contacts in developing nations and library associations to get this started quickly.”

“Librarian, you're a genius! Can you write a proposal and get that to me by 5pm?”


And once again, the librarian saves the day. Does he get all the recognition? No. Does he get a big bonus? No. Does he feel good? Yes. And that's what it's all about as a librarian, isn't it?

In Duitsland is een ex-nazi aangeklaagd voor medeplichtigheid aan de moord op 430.000 Joden in het vernietigingskamp Bełżec. Bovendien wordt de man ervan verdacht dat hij tien Joodse gevangenen heeft doodgeschoten.

Negen Europese teams strijden met elkaar om de beste robotduikboot af te leveren. Spanje komt als beste uit de bus.

Fraude bij internetbankieren valt in Nederland relatief mee, mondiaal is het een groot en groeiend probleem. De strijd moet daarom internationaal gecoördineerd worden.

Bij een ongeluk op Circuit Zandvoort is vandaag één dode gevallen. Het is exact 37 jaar na de dood van de Britse coureur Roger Williamson op hetzelfde circuit. Andere Tijden maakte hiervan een reconstructie.

Crisis of niet: het 35-jarig regeringsjubileum van Wilhelmina moest groots gevierd worden. Het gebeurde in het Olympisch stadion, en Polygoon pakte breed uit. Met voor het eerst een hoorbaar sprekende vorstin in beeld!

Neonazi's hebben de website van voormalig concentratiekamp Buchenwald in Duitsland gehackt. Bezoekers werden omgeleid naar een website waarop de Holocaust wordt ontkend. Dat heeft de directeur van de herdenkingsstichting van Buchenwald, Volkhard Knigge, woensdag bekendgemaakt.

Wordt de Amsterdamse binnenstad werelderfgoed? De commissie van VN-organisatie UNESCO vergadert momenteel over een uitbreiding van de Werelderfgoedlijst.

Werving- en selectiebureau Appoint biedt ict'ers een Talenten Motivatie Assessment (TMA). De recruiter hoopt er zo voor te zorgen dat het talent van de werknemer beter past bij het bedrijf waar hij gaat werken. Het initiatief is bedoeld voor sollicitanten met minimaal drie jaar werkervaring.

De verzetsman Bertus de Raaf wordt donderdag 66 jaar na zijn overlijden begraven in Heiloo. De Raaf stierf aan het einde van de Tweede Wereldoorlog in buitenkamp Lerbeck in Neuengamme, maar zijn lichaam was sindsdien vermist. De plechtigheid sluit een vierdaags herdenkingsprogramma af in het teken van zijn verleden als verzetsheld.

(Novum) - Tegen de 52-jarige eigenaar van een restaurant in Leiden is donderdag vijf maanden celstraf geëist omdat hij een camera op het damestoilet had gehangen. Het Openbaar Ministerie in Den Haag meent dat de man, die in Alkmaar woont, drie jaar lang inbreuk heeft gemaakt op de privacy van de bezoeksters en het personeel van zijn pizzeria.

Marco Borsato houdt niet alleen van witte coltruien en oorlogsslachtoffers, als je zijn tweets mag geloven. Hij is ook gek op koffie. Vooral Nespresso, want dan krijg je “zo’n heerlijk crème laagje”.

Raadslid Rinus Beusenberg van Sociaal Rechts Haarlemmermeer (SHR) sleept de gemeente Haarlemmermeer voor de rechter vanwege ,,onrechtmatig handelen van de gemeente bij verschillende grondtransacties". Dat maakte zijn partij donderdag bekend.