It is easiest to begin with stories that just missed the cut. This year I have cut from the top ten: Archives and museum thefts in the U.S. including thefts by a presidential historian; Crowdsourcing; Hungary and the protection of communist files as it relates to protecting history and human rights; Libyan looting; the loss of languages and discussions about why "obscure" languages matter; The Boston College and the Northern Ireland oral history project controversy; politicians erasing emails / FOI and accusations of federal and state governments withholding info; release of the Pentagon papers; Wikipedia; NYPL at 100; 30th anniversary of AIDS; a new focus on personal digital archives. Any of these topics could have comfortably fit into a top ten cultural heritage list, but I think they were outweighed by other stories. (Are there any up there that you think I should have kept in?)
So, without further ado...here's the ArchivesInfo top ten of 2011!
#10 The Nixon Presidential Library
There was much news about Presidential Libraries in the news this year. The Kennedy libraries digitization efforts are truly worth note, but it is the Nixon Library that made news that should be of interest to every cultural heritage professional. I think this headline sums it up: "What’s a Presidential Library to Do? Should Presidential Libraries show warts and all?" What IS the role of those who display / interpret collections for their audiences?
2011-03-31 Watergate gets new makeover at the #Nixon #library http://bit.ly/i3f2oj #presidentiallibrary
2011-04-01 #Nixon #Library Opens a Door Some Would Prefer Left Closed http://nyti.ms/gLAVZU #watergate
2011-04-02 Nixon library is the big #archives news this morn. "At Nixon Library, A Raw Look At A Disgraced Leader. " http://n.pr/hvIL9M
2011-04-02 Timothy Naftali: Nixon's checker. Director of Nixon Presidential library discusses new Watergate gallery and more http://lat.ms/fN30pQ
2011-04-18 Bob Woodward, no longer banned, on making his first visit to the #Nixon #Library http://wapo.st/hcoN4E #archives
2011-06-06 The Nixon Library That Wasn't http://bit.ly/lJWMAk politics of a presidential library. #Duke
2011-09-14 NYT: What’s a Presidential Library to Do? Should Presidential Libraries show warts and all? Reagan vs. Nixon library http://t.co/9rOsfCp
2011-11-01 Naftali, who helped re-image #Nixon library, resigns http://t.co/T8ZqrYgS
#9. Ebooks:
With the closing of the Borders bookstore chain in part blamed on the rise of the ebook, libraries fighting publishing companies over ebook circulation, and discussions about the future of print, this technology is altering the landscape for our profession, for businesses, and for culture in general. Returning to our list for the second year in a row, ebooks continue to hold our attention and it will be interesting to see how they develop.
2011-02-27 Cultural shift hurt #Borders' image - mass marketing of #books has lost appeal http://bit.ly/i4kwTm
2011-03-15 NYT: Publisher Limits Shelf Life for Library E-Books – Harper Collins boycott http://nyti.ms/i3Pekl
2011-03-17 Library bodies warn publishers off 'retrenchment' over e-book lending http://bit.ly/eKb3x8
2011-09-18 RT @GalleyCat: Borders closes forever today. Here's a heartbreaking picture: "I cannot live without #books" http://t.co/vNrPl4GD
2011-10-18 the Future of Endnotes in the Era of E-books. (via H-Net]Finding Footnotes and Chasing Citations http://t.co/GhCqAH94 #books
#8. Natural Disasters - Japanese Tsunami, Australian floods, U.S. Tornadoes
The need for careful disaster planning for cultural heritage institutions has become intensely apparent in recent years. 2011 had a remarkable string of natural disasters worldwide.
2011-03-24 System protects historic buildings from #earthquakes with a new anchoring system. http://bit.ly/i4p3D2
2011-03-11 #Archives of Tragedy - new ArchivesInfo blogpost during the World #Tsunami crisis http://bit.ly/hU8SZ6
2011-03-14 RT @KPKollenborn: #Japan Earthquake: before & after: Aerial photos reveal the scale of devastation http://bit.… (cont) http://deck.ly/~Kt8M4
2011-03-15 RT @presarch: Archives and Disasters: http://wp.me/pGA9r-fH #japan
2011-03-15 RT @japansociety: Wonderful NYT op-ed by JS member Marie Mutsuki Mockett: ”Memories, Washed Away:" http://ow.ly/4f6Kc #japan
2011-03-16 Hawaii: Tsunami damage including flooded spaces holding #archives and artifacts http://bit.ly/g8XyKQ via Archivists listserv
2011-04-04 Japanese #Tsunami Damages National Treasures http://bit.ly/g9Ygxc #japan
2011-04-20 RT @the_archive: Why do the #archive, archives, & the act of archiving matter? New AP blog re: Japanese tsunami tragedy http://bit.ly/epQRmf
2011-05-01 Help Tusaloosa tornado victims find family photos http://on.fb.me/ktGeJ2 via @subclassz
#7 Digital Projects by Institutions
2011-01-15 RT @RAINbyte: Rockwell museum shares its digitization project with the world - Bennington Banner http://bit.ly/dOI2GK
2011-01-18 Oregon: Local poets can participate in digital-audio archive project http://bit.ly/dLlTRl
2011-01-21 GSU Library awarded grant to digitize Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization records http://bit.ly/gQyGgu
2011-01-27 Community Digitization Project. Online photos, audio recordings and more bring Ontario's past alive http://bit.ly/fSDZq2
2011-01-28 Websites expand access to New Jersey and Pennsylvania state archives http://bit.ly/gVR9VE
2011-02-01 U. Texas: Digital Collection Highlights Photos Taken In Corpus Christi During Great Depression http://bit.ly/fDQBSc
2011-02-02 Online exhibit from London foundling hospital http://bit.ly/edVQnf {I adore this!]
2011-02-02 Vassar College: Special Collections digitizing #archives http://bit.ly/hRpJJT
2011-02-05 Digitization, Special Collections & University Archives, U Iowa #civilwar #sequicentennial http://bit.ly/gV3ST0
2011-02-13 RT @Arquivistica NY Metropolitan Museum of Art seeks new audience online: a virtual expansion http://nyti.ms/f0nOIn
2011-02-17 New website gives rare glimpse into times past - #Scotland's Places, views of city 1830+ and 16th c maps: http… (cont) http://deck.ly/~JXPeZ
2011-02-20 Abu Dhabi: National Library to post historical content online http://bit.ly/hbfIKx [UNESCO's World Digital #Library collaborative
2011-03-24 RT @subclassz RT @johnxlibris: The NY Philharmonic Opens Digital #Archives to the Public http://bit.ly/fCbB2q #music
2011-05-03 US #Holocaust museum to put records online http://bit.ly/jMciDj #genealogy
2011-05-11 The “National Jukebox” - An Online Destination For Historical Sound Recordings http://bit.ly/lGbOj1 #archives
2011-05-11 Yale announces free online access to #museum, #library, #archives collections. first in Ivy League http://bo.st/jpJl7B #LAM
2011-05-26 Houston Area Digital Archives posts 3 volumes of Love letters donated by Lawson family http://bit.ly/lszW6A
2011-09-06 Du Bois papers now available on the Web http://t.co/SzU7RSV #archives
2011-10-18 Library completes digitization of medieval manuscripts http://t.co/74p0dqA0
2011-11-03 #BBC #radio #archives to go online http://t.co/kwyTFmni
#6 Library of Congress Archiving Tweets
2011-01-25 RT @paige_roberts: "Trouble for the tweet keepers?" Boston Globe: http://bit.ly/h7seK4
2011-06-02 How the library of congress is building the Twitter archive http://is.gd/C2B75k via Library journal on Facebook
2011-06-09 Gnip to deliver archive of public historical #twitter data to the U.S. Library of Congress http://bit.ly/k1cQP5 #loc
#5 Wisconsin Protests and Occupy Movements
2011-03-02 Wisconsin Historical society documents budget battle http://bit.ly/euAsCf
2011-03-14 Wisconsin Librarians' March Merges with Tractorcade http://bit.ly/gSFwOe #library
2011-04-26 Wisconsin’s public libraries in peril http://bit.ly/igP2eV #savelibraries
2011-10-10 wow. this is nutty RT @AASLH: OH GEEZ: Conservative journalist says he infiltrated, escalated DC #museum protest http://t.co/Mw94aURd
2011-10-16 Just thinking...This is one of those moments when a word's meaning may be changing. I think the word "occupy" will never be the same.
2011-10-20 Occupy Wall Street Archival Project http://t.co/CXtexDlm #archives via@archivesnext
2011-11-03 I told you recently that the word "occupy" would take on new meaning! RT @geneabloggers: Occupy Genealogy http://t.co/wQ2Gc70E
2011-12-01 National Museum of American History collects Occupy Wall Street memorabilia http://t.co/GTxmrXOl #museum #OWS
2011-12-01 Occupy Wall Street and #Archives - new ArchivesInfo blog post bit.ly/u5FasF #OWS #WashingtonTimes
#4 Copyright and SOPA
2011-01-11 Brussels Wants 7-Year Limit on Works Digitized by Google http://nyti.ms/ffaJUA
2011-02-18 RT @conservators: Funding for Conservation facing deep cuts! action needed now. Visit our Advocacy page: www.conservation-us.org/advocate
2011-03-11 RT @jennydigiMdHS: USA Today: "Misinformation about your #photography rights continue to spread" http://usat.ly/W2gIt #copyight #civilrights
2011-03-08 RT @mrlibrarydude: New Supreme Court Copyright Case: The Supreme Court will weigh in on a law that has l... http://bit.ly/exMj97
2011-03-31 RT @LibraryLaw: Stanford not fazed by #Google #Books decision http://tinyurl.com/6yxhymd
2011-04-15 Europe creates orphan works registry, copyright ID system http://bit.ly/g6nMw3
2011-05-25 RT @lynnemthomas: RT @blefurgy: EU rules on "orphan works" proposed to help digital libraries http://ow.ly/51UiR #copyright
2011-06-22 Coalition of #Library Consortia Joins ARL in Opposing Publishers' Position on International ILL http://bit.ly/jYVLQi #copyright
2011-06-07 RT @lynnemthomas: RT @LibraryStuff: Why non-academics should be following the Georgia State U case http://iti.bz/2f7 #copyright
2011-09-28 RT @JPvE: Princeton bans academics from handing all copyright to journal publishers http://t.co/Ikv2dpxr #copyright #writing
2011-12-20 #SOPA debate brings millions in political contributions from Hollywood, Silicon Valley wapo.st/vyLFmy
#3 Egypt
Uncertainty and dissatisfaction with government policies has been followed by unrest around the globe. Continuing events in Egypt have the world watching to see what change will be brought about by revolution. Egypt also has us concerned about the fate of cultural objects that many have claimed are part of the heritage of all nations and not Egypt alone. Looting, destruction, and safeguarding of the world's cultural heritage is a great concern and Egypt is the most explosive microcosm of our struggles to maintain this heritage in a time of upheaval.
2011-01-24 Egypt officially requests return of ancient Nefertiti bust http://bit.ly/ea9nk
2011-01-24 German foundation refuses to return Nefertiti bust http://bit.ly/gfX6FZ
2011-01-29 RT @theplayethic: The human wall protecting Cairo museum. So beautiful http://yfrog.com/h7h2fwj
2011-01-29 RT @arttheft: Photos of Egyptian Museum damages accessed via http://bit.ly/fFEZG
2011-01-29 RT @cortsims: No kidding! “@science: Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit - Nefertiti's bust will stay in German capital http://bit.ly/gwL5aY”
2011-01-29 RT @RAINbyte Breaking: Images of Egyptian Museum Damage via Al-Jazeera http://bit.ly/gEohuV
2011-01-30 RT @cortsims ART THEFT IN EGYPT "Those were our own people" The Egyptian Museum in Cairo has been looted by own guards. http://is.gd/8TuFFA
2011-01-30 RT @historyancient: News from Cairo: ARCE Director Dr. Gerry Scott talks abt the crisis & Egypt’s Antiquities http://bit.ly/eVclIw
2011-01-30 Were Tut's treasures damaged? http://on.msnbc.com/eDFcKB
2011-01-31 RT @AntiquiTweet: Some of Egypt's oldest pyramids are among the tombs that were broken into at Saqqara - http://ow.ly/1s0sGp
2011-01-31 Egyptians bravely defending cultural heritage, according 2 librarian of Alexandria/director of Bibliotheca Alexandrina. http://bit.ly/hBH6EH
2011-01-31 Egyptian soldiers arrest 50 men attempting to break into famed antiquities museum http://bit.ly/i4nk85
2011-01-31 good idea!RT @kv64info: Egyptological Looting Database 2011: To help maintain a site by site list of looting http://bit.ly/fo9wd7
2011-02-01 RT @cortsims: WSJ: Egypt's Antiquities Fall Victim to the Mob http://is.gd/hxVCIm
2011-02-01 RT @cortsims: Interesting Blog Post. Egypt Museums and Archaeology News http://is.gd/fWYTyh
2011-02-02 RT @amlibraries: Photos of people guarding the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in #Egypt: http://bit.ly/fYMTvD
2011-02-03 Museums rally to protect Egyptian sites. Intl archeologists volunteer 2 help protect country's cultural heritage http://bit.ly/fGdLv5
2011-02-07 WSJ: Alexandria #Library is A Symbol for the New #Egypt http://on.wsj.com/e3pQgO
2011-02-11 RT @kv64info: Restoration of Objects in the Egyptian Museum: W/ blog post from Egyptian Minister of State fo… (cont) http://deck.ly/~ZGowT
2011-02-14 RT @archivistabby King Tut statue among missing #Egypt treasures - http://bit.ly/g0l8oQ
2011-02-14 Egypt's Missing Treasures Shown in National Geographic Photos http://bit.ly/f4WDGn
2011-02-15 RT @Bennu: "Get out," crowd of 150 archaeology graduates chanted outside office of Antiquities Minister Hawass: http://bit.ly/fkHvyy
2011-03-03 Egypt: Protesters demand removal of National Library chief http://bit.ly/dNhsu2
2011-03-04 Egyptian antiquities attacked and under threat. Alarming report on the widespread looting and vandalism http://bit.ly/hJ1iwT
2011-03-05 RT @dvergano: Egyptology: Zahi Hawass confirms his resignation, discusses reasons. ScienceFair: http://usat.ly/g8yL9y
2011-03-16 RT @paige_roberts: #Egypt releases illustrated list of 54 objects missing from Egyptian #Museum http://bit.ly/eLie36
2011-03-17 RT @EgyptologyNN: Ancient Egyptian artefacts found and thieves apprehended: http://bit.ly/b5yLCi
2011-03-23 UNESCO helps #Egypt's Museums. Director expresses how remarkable human shield formed by civilians 2 protect #museum was http://bit.ly/fTHeE9
2011-04-17 RT @ArchaeoNewsNet: Antiquities chief Zahi Hawass sentenced to one year in jail http://nblo.gs/gLwir
2011-04-21 Egypt erases history: 5 places where the Mubarak name will be removed http://bit.ly/fIaKqC #history
2011-05-24 Egypt in the Early 1900s: Rare Brooklyn Museum Slides http://bit.ly/iRbJdR
2011-12-18 #Egypt Institute Burns; Scholars Scramble to Rescue #Manuscripts http://bit.ly/uQ2o6R #archives
#2 Funding
2011-01-12 Brown Proposes Eliminating All State Funding for California Libraries http://t.co/EIhwZgk
2011-01-15 Exploring the economy’s toll on local #museums http://bit.ly/fTvLRU
2011-01-16 Watching #savelibraries with fascination in U.S. Good luck British friends! I see important implications for cultural heritage around world…[lots more]
2011-01-19 London museums urged to show more 'hidden' artefacts. Despite economic climate, challenge to offer more to the public. http://bbc.in/fFXaT0
2011-01-19 RT @Shahalti: Bill That Kills Historic Preservation Funding (Along w/ Public Broadcasting) http://bit.ly/i7s1B7
2011-01-19 RT @UKpling This is the reality of volunteers running libraries http://tinyurl.com/6hxtqrn It simply is not good enough.
2011-01-25 Proposed Budget in #Texas Nearly Zeros Out Key State Library Funds http://bit.ly/hWnsJM
2011-02-04 RT @MarDixon: Protests across the UK expected for Save Our Libraries Day http://bit.ly/gfnikS
2011-02-08 RT @MarDixon:RT @CollectionTrust: '#savelibraries World Trending' By @mardixon & how Museums can fight for the future http://bit.ly/eTT5yj
2011-02-11 NPR: Britain Faces Closing The Book On Libraries http://n.pr/f6iAZU
2011-02-11 RT @gordonbelt: Archivists, B vry afraid: http://bit.ly/hEFYv7 Why U ask? I'll tell U: http://bit.ly/9ri9aE [sounds lk all shld B afraid.]
2011-02-12 RT @CSMlibrary: One of saddest photo galleries @csmlibrary ever saw. Camden NJ Library closes for good. http://bit.ly/dTfF7V
2011-02-18 RT @gordonbelt: National Archives budget would drop 10 percent under current proposal: http://bit.ly/gik6Ny
2011-02-18 RT @conservators: Funding for Conservation facing deep cuts! action needed now. Visit our Advocacy page: www.conservation-us.org/advocate
2011-02-19 Librarians in Texas Protest Proposed Cuts http://j.mp/hWkfTU (noticing funding issues across spectrum – colleagues in libraries, especially in U.K. most active in media?)
2011-02-23 archivesinfo: #Texas #librarians offer a taste of protests to come http://bit.ly/hwyVW3
2011-03-03 TN: Jesse Owens park, museums expect state funding cuts http://bit.ly/f85fwQ
2011-03-04 UK - Cambridge: Scorn for plan to run library with volunteers http://bit.ly/f1tX2f
2011-03-05 RT @MarDixon: Exactly what @archivesinfo suggested bit ago RT @PaulFraserWebb: interesting - UK map of heritage cuts: http://bit.ly/g2t7mY
2011-03-10 Petition 4 #TX libraries: Please RT http://tiny.cc/DefendLibraries When libraries cut digital divide widens @GITANAJAVA #savelibraries
2011-03-18 RT @CILIP_LSG: #savearchives Georgia Archives facing devastating budget cuts http://exm.nr/g1nkpT #genealogy #archives #sunshineweek
2011-03-18 RT @LISNews: US Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) wants to rescind all IMLS and LSTA moneys http://tinyurl.com/4wzfnmq #museum #libraries #archives
2011-03-23 Reading more on Klamath County #Museum funding in OR. gr8 explanation on why voters should support them http://bit.ly/hV6p7I #savemuseums
2011-03-23 Oregon: Answers to #Museum funding not so simple http://bit.ly/ew4vs7 #savemuseums @MarDixon
2011-03-31 RT @CSMlibrary: BPL elimination of Sunday hours shows deeper woes at library. #Boston Globe editorial http://bo.st/gfUmTt #library #BPL
2011-05-23 Even considering closing Oakland libraries infuriates many http://bit.ly/iOrVfa #savelibraries
2011-05-29 #Tennessee State #Library, #Archives Lays Off 9 Librarians http://bit.ly/iQLw7d
2011-06-11 Texas parks, #libraries, #arts, historical sites facing deep budget cuts http://bit.ly/mC4SlS
2011-06-17 Oakland's African American Museum and #Library survives, for now http://bit.ly/l43RPa #savelibraries
2011-07-07 RT @AAMers: House Appropriations Subcommittee just passed version of FY2012 bill cutting NEA & NEH far below already reduced levels. #museum
2011-08-25 #Minnesota Historical Society Announces Jobs Cuts; Fee Increases http://t.co/ds1UobC #museums #savemuseums
2011-11-03 #Canada. Professors decry cuts to Library and Archives. http://t.co/TikGfG3I
2011-11-17 #Libraries in Crisis http://t.co/q6CsQMq0 [gathering of news articles related to library closings. well worth a look]
2011-11-27 #Texas: State budget cuts hit rural #libraries hard http://t.co/Nk2QO9H2
2011-11-29 Britain: #Museum Workers to Strike Over Pensions http://t.co/UhZKUeN0
2011-12-02 "Enough is Enough": Cultural Workers and #Museum Staff Join in the UK's "Strike of a Generation" http://t.co/wv5i97OJ
2011-12-01 RT @ALALibrary: Chicago's neighborhood #libraries in a bind | News | Chicago Journal http://t.co/YzQWb9pM Use up, funding cut
#1 The Digital Public Library of America
[*Google was left off the list this year, but I struggled with the decision to keep it off. On last year's list at #4, the Internet company's efforts to "digitize everything" have been seen as heroic by some and scary by others. DPL perhaps offers an alternative to Google. Perhaps one day it will find some kind of partnership with them...but for this year at least, the Digital Public Library's early efforts are outstanding. The goal to collaboratively link information professionals worldwide to provide extensive access to cultural resources overshadows efforts to privately digitize these materials.]
2011-01-08 New York Times: U.S. Playing Catch-Up in a Digital Library Race http://nyti.ms/etD5BM
2011-01-11 U.S. slow to digitize nation's cultural heritage http://bit.ly/fkSU5u
2011-01-11 Digitizing Public Domain in The EU http://bit.ly/efolbk
2011-01-27 Contributor Enhancing Europeana, the great European digital library http://bit.ly/hBge8p
2011-04-01 How Europeana, crowdsourcing & wiki principles are preserving European history http://bit.ly/hzfh WH #archives #digitization
2011-04-04 NYT: Ruling Spurs Effort to Form Digital Public #Library http://nyti.ms/fSgdmL
2011-04-13 Harvard Leads Digital Library Initiative. Digital library might eventually include all printed books http://bit.ly/eDGWQB
2011-04-22 Digital Democratic Vistas. re: "Digital Public Library of America " http://bit.ly/hq7btu
2011-05-25 Demise of Google Newspaper Archive Shows Need for National Digital Library Policy http://bit.ly/ioULKM
2011-05-25 Re: Google newspaper project, ""They need to give their head a shake here and realize they have some public re… (cont) http://deck.ly/~SdYvZ
2011-05-25 Google archive decision 'astonishing.' End of newspaper digitization effort disappoints originator of technology http://bit.ly/iTtFwX
2011-10-21 Digital Public Library of America inauguration. Live stream: http://t.co/DthSMucl #dpla via @archivesnext
2011-10-21 Yay! thank you! RT @digpublib: If you can't view live-stream, keep up with our liveblog http://t.co/kuGpjbqq@digpublib
2011-10-24 RT @connecthistory: #Digital public library of America & Europeana collaborating on opening up cultural #heritage http://t.co/ZvgIEf81 #dpla
2011-10-24 @digpublib listening remotely last week stirred some thoughts. I wrote abt concern that small orgs be included in #dpla http://t.co/l48Qtprb
2011-10-24 National Digital Public #Library November meeting in LA - http://t.co/iC9XmZNO #ndpl #digitization #dpla
2011-10-24 Archived #dpla plenary meeting http://t.co/1I5SkahH #digitization #archives
2011-11-16 British Library joins collections from seven countries for Europeana World War I project http://t.co/kwIHHi3b #archives
2011-11-17 Researchers work to build a national online #library to house Canada's history http://t.co/qGbNJkpO #canadiana #canada #digitization
2011-11-20 Digital Public Library of America quotes me on "The Digital Divide" http://t.co/d8Hz5C4I
2011-11-29 RT @Riparchivist: #Digital Public #Library of America » Blog Archive » John Palfrey: A Future for Libraries http://t.co/LkGfEeOI
2011-12-02 RT @digpublib: John Palfrey Presents at the LA Public #Library Conference http://t.co/DqDyzPmu - building a national digital public library
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