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Stories from the Archive - episode one Accessing moments of national history through objects in the Leathersellers' Company archive. Episode one begins on the last and most severe night of the Bli...

The Government has responded that it “considers that whilst the goals are sound, the GIMM model proposed would require substantial work and resource transfers across government, that could take a significant period of time and many years before benefits could be realised. Furthermore, there is a need to develop the capability and technology of the National Archives in preparation for the enormity of this role.

Government Responds to Tune Review | IDM Magazine Australian federal government records managers can rest easy in their jobs for now, with the government rejecting a proposal to centralise the public service's record-keeping at the National Archives of Australia (NAA). It announced the decision in a response to the Tune Review, a major review of th...

"The survey was sent to 270 public sector agencies between 20 July and 7 August last year, including 192 public offices that were required to respond. Overall, there was an 80 percent response rate. 22 public offices did not respond to the survey and they have been named in the appendices to the report."

Findings From Survey Of Public Sector Information Management Released | The Daily Blog Raw News feed Findings From Survey Of Public Sector Information Management Released By The Daily Blog - April 9, 2021 0 75 Share Facebook Twitter Email Print Archives New Zealand, Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga has released a report on the results of its second annual survey, which monitors informa...

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National Archives Wants to Use AI to Improve ‘Unsophisticated Search’ and Create ‘Self-Describing Records’ The National Archives and Records Administration wants to automate its records management processes to limit manual metadata tagging while improving the search function.

Bangladesh National Archive Bill, 2021 was placed in the parliament today, keeping provisions that no record can be destroyed, and every record has to be archived.

National Archive Bill, 2021 proposes ‘every record have to be archived’

The maps, which date back to 1589, are thought to be the earliest surviving representations of the naval battles and were completed by an unknown draughtsman, possibly from the Netherlands.

They were sold to an overseas buyer in July but an export ban was imposed on the 10 hand-drawn maps depicting the famous battle of 1588.

In order to prevent their sale abroad, the Portsmouth-based museum raised £600,000 in just eight weeks through public donations and grants of £212,800 from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and £200,000 from the Art Fund.

Rare Spanish Armada maps saved ‘for generations to come’ A set of rare maps which chart the defeat of the Spanish Armada have been saved for “generations to come” thanks to an urgent fundraising campaign by the National Museum of the Royal Navy.

The Australian Government has committed $10 million to the digitisation.

National Archives to digitise more than 650,000 WWII service records for free access | About Regional The National Archives of Australia (NAA) will make an extra 650,000 World War II service records available online after it...

But, said Miceli, digitisation means “we have to protect our online collection so that readers can trust the records are accurate, unaltered history”. He added: “While physical damage is often clear and immediate, an attack of this kind wouldn’t have the same physical visibility, and so has the potential to cause enduring and potentially irreparable harm, not only to the archive but to the world’s historical memory. In the era of fake news, these collections play an important role in the fight against misinformation and so defending them against ‘trust attacks’ is critical.

Vatican enlists bots to protect library from onslaught of hackers Apostolic Library, facing 100 threats a month, wants to ensure readers can trust digitised records of its historical treasures

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ARMA Joins Organizations in Call for Sound IM During Crisis Today, ARMA joined six international organizations as a signatory in a statement asserting that good records management practices must not be dismissed or neglected during a crisis.

Dutch government returns stolen 18th-century 'precious crown' to Ethiopia The Dutch government returned a stolen ceremonial crown to the Ethiopian government Thursday, Ethiopian officials said.

The indicators taken into account during the elaboration of this index are personal data protection laws, the existence of an AI strategy, access to public data, E-government implementation, tech competencies, the private sector’s innovation capabilities, the number of AI startups, the importance of IT in the government’s futuristic vision.

Kenya is the most ready for Artifical Intelligence in Africa, according to IDRC and Oxford Insights Kenya is the most prepared country for artificial intelligence in Africa, According to the 2019 Government AI Readiness Index published by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and Oxford Insights. Out of the 194 countries ranked in the world, 12 African countries are in the top100. K...