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Sources Experts & SpokespersonsAnthology Film ArchivesAnthology Film Archives is an international centre for the preservation, study and exhibition of film and video with a particular focus on American independent and avant-garde cinema and its precursors found in classic E... Archive of Popular American MusicThe UCLA Music Library's Archive of Popular American Music is a research collection covering the history of popular music in the United States from 1790 to the present. The collection, fully accessible at the item level ... BFI - British Film InstituteThe BFI (British Film Institute) promotes understanding and appreciation of Britain's rich film and television heritage and culture. Established in 1933, the BFI runs a range of activities and services.
BFI Southbank (... The British LibraryThe British Library (BL) is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is based in London and is one of the world's largest research libraries, holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books... The British MuseumThe British Museum is a museum of human history and culture situated in London. Its collections, which number more than 7 million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from al... Canadian EncyclopediaThe full text of The Canadian Encyclopedia and its related resources has been made available online by the Historica Foundation as a public service since 1999. Since its publication in book form in 1985, The Canadian Enc... Centre for Suicide PreventionThe Centre for Suicide Prevention collects and distributes information on suicide and suicidal behaviour, and provides training on Suicide Prevention, Intervention, Awareness and Bereavement.
The Centre provides statist... Centre PompidouIn a unique location under one roof, the Centre Pompidou houses one of the most important museums in the world, featuring the leading collection of modern and contemporary art in Europe, a vast public reference library w... Deutsches Historisches MuseumThe Deutsches Historisches Museum (DHM, German Historical Museum) was founded in 1987 by the chancellor of Germany, Helmut Kohl, and the mayor of Berlin, Eberhard Diepgen, on the occasion of the 750th anniversary of the ... Ulli DiemerComment and analysis from a libertarian perspective on topics such as censorship and freedom of speech, political correctness, double standards, identity politics, post-modernism, media bias, atheism, secularism, and arc... FilmmuseumThe Filmmuseum is Holland's museum for cinematography. The museum's collection of films covers the whole of the history of cinema from the very first silent films, dating from the late 19th century, up to the latest cont... J. Paul Getty MuseumThe J. Paul Getty Museum seeks to further knowledge of the visual arts and to nurture critical seeing by collecting, preserving, exhibiting and interpreting works of art of the highest quality. To fulfill its mission, th... Global Music ArchiveThe Global Music Archive is a multi-media reference archive and resource centre for traditional and popular song, music and dance of Africa and the Americas. It is a public facility that promotes education in African and... ibiblio.orgThe public's library and digital archive.
Home to one of the largest "collections of collections" on the Internet, ibiblio.org is a conservancy of freely available information, including software, music, literature, art... Imperial War MuseumThe Imperial War Museum is unique in its coverage of conflicts, especially those involving Britain and the Commonwealth, from the First World War to the present day. It seeks to provide for, and to encourage, the study a... Internet ArchiveThe Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library, with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians and scholars to historical collections that exist in... Irish Traditional Music ArchiveThe Irish Traditional Music Archive - Taisce Cheol Dúchais Éireann - is a national reference archive and resource centre for the traditional song, instrumental music and dance of Ireland. It is a public not-for-profit fa... Kunsthistorisches MuseumThe Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna numbers among the most important European museum buildings put up during the 19th century.
The monumental structure, built at the behest of Emperor Franz Joseph I as part of his ex... Marxists Internet ArchiveLarge archive of the writings of Marx and Engels and of others in the Marxist tradition. Searchable.
Memorial University of NewfoundlandMemorial University is the only university in Newfoundland and Labrador, with almost 19,000 students in six faculties and seven schools. The faculty complement numbers 1,000, many of whom are available as expert commenta... Museo Nacional del PradoThe Museo del Prado is a museum and art gallery located in Madrid, the capital of Spain. It features one of the world's finest collections of European art, from the 12th century to the early 19th century, based on the fo... Museum of the History of ScienceThe Museum of the History of Science houses an unrivalled collection of historic scientific instruments in the world's oldest surviving purpose-built museum building, the Old Ashmolean on Broad Street, Oxford. By virtue ... National Archives of the United StatesAs the nation's record keeper, it is our vision that all Americans will understand the vital role records play in a democracy, and their own personal stake in the National Archives. Our holdings and diverse programs will... National Film and Sound ArchiveThe National Film and Sound Archive is the national audiovisual archive, playing a key role in documenting and interpreting the Australian experience and actively contributing to the development of Australia's audiovisua... National Museum of the American IndianThe Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian is a museum dedicated to the life, languages, literature, history and arts of the native peoples of the Western Hemisphere. It was established in 1989 through an A... National Music MuseumFounded in 1973 on the campus of the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, the National Music Museum (NMM) & Center for Study of the History of Musical Instruments is one of the great institutions of its kind in the ... NATO North Atlantic Treaty OrganizationThe North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an alliance of 26 countries from North America and Europe committed to fulfilling the goals of the North Atlantic Treaty signed on 4 April 1949. In accordance with the Tre... Natural History MuseumThe Natural History Museum is an international leader in the scientific study of the natural world.
Our science mission is to:
* Explore the diversity of the natural world and the processes that generate this diversity... ONE National Gay & Lesbian ArchivesThe ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives honours the past, celebrates the present, and enriches the future of all lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. We foster acceptance of sexual and gender diversity by suppo... The Ontario Genealogical SocietyA membership organization, encouraging, bringing together and assisting those interested in the pursuit of family history. 33 branches across the province meet monthly. Publishes the basic reference Genealogy in Ontar... Open Music ArchiveThe Open Music Archive is situated within the current discourse surrounding notions of authorship, ownership and distribution, reanimated by a porting of Free/Libre and Open Source software models to wider creative conte... Project GutenbergFounded in 1971 by Michael Hart with the aim of putting most of the world's great literature online, Project Gutenberg now has thousands of books available electronically. Royal BC MuseumAs the provincial museum and archives, the Royal BC Museum preserves and shares the stories of British Columbia on-site, off-site and online through its research, collections, exhibitions and educational prog... The Straight GoodsOver ten years Straight Goods News has worked to become a trusted, progressive Canadian online news source. It evolved from one news website - StraightGoods.ca - to a family of them including:
HarperIndex.ca,
PublicV... World Digital LibraryThe World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world.
The principal objectives of the WDL... New ReleasesConnexions Archive seeks a new home2009-11-18 Connexions Information Sharing Services The Connexions Archive, a Toronto-based library dedicated to preserving the history of grassroots movements for social change, needs a new home. Grassroots Archives: Preservation as subversion?2012-10-08 Ulli Diemer of Connexions, a social justice library and archive - www.connexions.org - discusses problems facing grassroots archives at a talk sponsored by the Humanist Association of Toronto (HAT). Is that an archive in your basement... or are you just hoarding?2012-06-26 Connexions Are you an 'accidental archivist'? Have you been saving the publications and documents produced by the social justice projects you've been involved in? Then Connexions would like to hear from you. Memory as Resistance: Grassroots Archives and the Battle of Memory2012-11-02 Connexions Archive CONNEXIONS and Beit Zatoun are spotlighting grassroots archives this November with an open house and networking event November 24, a talk and discussion November 27, and an exhibit (November 16-27). Sex Information and Education Council of Canada Launches New Website2009-10-21 SIECCAN, The Sex Information and Education Council of Canada Sex Information and Education Council of Canada Launches New Website Sources welcomes Michael Riordon2010-04-14 Michael Riordon Sources welcomes a new member: Michael Riordon. Canadian writer and documentary-maker Michael Riordon writes/directs/produces books and articles, audio, video and film documentaries, plays for radio a... Sources Select ResourcesActivist archiving in TorontoLithgow, Michael Article 2012 Alternative Archive People gather in Toronto to discuss what many hope will grow into a movement for archiving grassroots histories. Aletta Institute for Women's HistoryOrganization The Aletta Institute holds books, magazines, archives, works of music, photographs, posters, diaries, letters, all sorts of household and personal objects relevant to women and women’s lives. Home of ... Archival ScienceSources Select Resources Encyclopedia Article The theory and study of the safe storage, cataloguing and retrieval of documents and items. Archives under siege: Ottawa gathering calls for national actionWhat We Have Lost, What We Stand to Lose: The Future of Archives and Archivists in Canada Lithgow, Michael Article 2013 Alternative Archive Report about a public meeting about the state of archives in Canada today. Archiving With May Day RoomsFrom the Marx Memorial Library to Cold Bath Fields Linebaugh, Peter Article 2013 CounterPunch In our day, as the traces of our radical movements are being thrown into rubbish pits, as state sponsored “austerity” demands the commodification of every inch of space, and with sinister intent destr... Are Canada's Archives for Sale?Corcelli, John Article 1999 Sources The Case for Grassroots ArchivesDiemer, Ulli Article 2012 Connexions Information Sharing Services Grassroots archives play a valuable role in what has been called "the battle of memory". People's history projects such as grassroots archives preserve and share stories of resistance, hidden historie... Connexions Library Subject IndexWebsite 1975 Connexions Information Sharing Services A comprehensive subject index of documents in the Connexions Library. Double Fold (Wikipedia article about the book by Nicholson Baker)Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Article 2007 Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper is a non-fiction book by Nicholson Baker that was published in April, 2001. Google can't be trusted to look after our booksBarron, Simon Article 2011 The Guardian The author warns that Google's lack of accountability to the public could put its digital collection in jeopardy should it become too expensive to maintain. He argues that the protection of cultural r... Grassroots archive information sheetAbout your archive - collection - resource centre - library Article 2012 Connexions Connexions is working on a project to help network grassroots archives and collections of materials about activist and radical history. If you have a collection of social justice materials in your bas... Is that an archive in your basement... or are you just hoarding?Sources News Release Article 2012 Connexions Are you an 'accidental archivist'? Have you been saving the publications and documents produced by the social justice projects you've been involved in? Then Connexions would like to hear from you. Life in StillsTal, Tamar Film/Video 2011 The Heymann Brothers Films A photo shop owner and her grandson join forces to save the shop and the nearly one million negatives that document Israel's defining moments. Memory as Resistance: Grassroots Archives and the Battle of MemoryPreservation as subversion: Do grassroots archives have a future? Article 2012 Connexions and Beit Zatoun CONNEXIONS and Beit Zatoun are spotlighting grassroots archives this November with an open house and networking event November 24, a talk and discussion November 27, and an exhibit (November 16-27). G... Oxfam donates archive to the Bodleian LibrariesArticle 2013 Oxford-based international development charity Oxfam has announced it has donated the organization’s archive, spanning the last seventy years, to the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries. Now, w... The Oxford Guide to Library Research - ReviewArticle 1998 An excellent guide to doing research, explaining research methods and strategies and their strengths and weaknesses of. See review in Sources Select Resources. Public historySources Select Resources Encyclopedia Article Public history is a term that describes the broad range of activities undertaken by people with some training in the discipline of history who are generally working outside of specialized academic set... Repositories of Primary SourcesEastern United States and Canada Website Save the feature before it explodesSeveral films directed by Alfred Hitchcock in the 1920s are being fully restored Miller, Henry K. Article 2011 The Guardian Nine films Hitchcock directed during the 1920s will be restored by archivists at the British Film Institute before the volatile nitrate reels combust. The film archivists' work and the hirstory of the... Saving past is first step to the futureFick, Maggie Article 2010 The Guardian The archives of southern Sudan are all currently housed in a tent donated by USAid. Many documents have been damaged due to the poor storage facilities. The Rift Valley Institute, a non-profit researc... The treasures of TimbuktuThe race is on to preserve papers dating back to a west African golden age Rice, Xan Article 2007 The Guardian Weekly West African scholars are quickly discovering the wealth of manuscripts burried in and near Timbuktu dating from the 11th century. Governments and universities are building archives in which to house ... Web archivingSources Select Resources Encyclopedia Article Web archiving is the process of collecting portions of the World Wide Web and ensuring the collection is preserved in an archive, such as an archive site, for future researchers, historians, and the p... What is Distinctive about the Library of Congress In Both its Collections and its Means of Access to ThemAnd The Reasons LC Needs to Maintain Classified Shelving of Books Onsite, And A Way to Deal Effectively with the Problem of “Books on the Fl Mann, Thomas Article 2009 The Library cannot solve its space problems by adoption of a “digital strategy”
without seriously damaging our larger mission to promote scholarship of unusual scope and
depth. If the Library’s own ... What is Going on at the Library of Congress?Mann, Thomas Article 2006 What is going on at the Library of Congress? Several recent decisions by the current LC
administration have produced firestorms of protest, both inside and outside the Library, that LC is abdicating ... Sources BookshelfDouble FoldLibraries and the Assault on Paper Baker, Nicholson Book 2001 Double Fold examines the preservation of books in United States libraries over the past 50 years. It details the libraries' "war" on books -- the alarming lack of preservation and the destruction of ... Finding AnswersThe Essential Guide to Gathering Information in Canada Tudor, Dean Book 1993 Outlines the essentials of how to find and use information.
Keepers of the RecordThe History of the Hudson's Bay Company Archives Simmons, Deidre Book 2009 Offers a comprehensive look at the development of the Hudson's Bay Company Archives over three centuries. Archives trace the history of the fur trade, North American exploration, the growth of a retai... The Library at NightManguel, Alberto Book 2006 The Library at Night tells the story of the important role of libraries in human civilization and how books are an essential link between the individual and the world. The Oxford Guide to Library ResearchMann, Thomas Book 1998 An overview of little-known but powerful strategies used by librarians and information specialists, with clear explanations of fundamental methods searching.
Pictures Bring Us MessagesSinaakssiiksi aohtsimaahpihkookiyaawa. Photographs and Histories from the Kainai Nation Brown, Alison, K., Peers, Laura, with members of the Kainai Nation Book 2006 An example of museum professionals working with member of an aboriginal community to explore photographs taken of members of that community many decades earlier. Sources Select ResourcesReviews and information about print and online resources for journalists and researchers Website 1977 Reviews and information about print and online resources for journalists and researchers. An Unauthorized Biography of the WorldOral History on the Front Lines Riordon, Michael Book 2004 This book uses oral history to discuss oral history. It is in memoir style, and delves into how oral history is done in such places as First Nations (Canada), Turkey, Chicago, Newfoundland, Peru, New ... AccessCurrent issues, ideas for the improvement of librarianship in Ontario, and trends that will affect the future development of the profession. Anglican JournalNational news magazine of the Anglican Church of Canada. Covering issues of importance to Anglicans. The Archivist/L'ArchivisteA free, bilingual, information-packed magazine highlighting the archival resources and services of the National Archives of Canada. Government Ministries & AgenciesCanada Aviation and Space MuseumThe museum's collection policy is to illustrate the development of the flying machine in both peace ... Department of Canadian HeritageAmalgamation of certain programs from former Department of the Secretary of State, Parks Canada, Mul... National Film BoardCanada#s public film producer and distributor. National Research Council of CanadaCanada's premier organization for research and development. |
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