From Exlibris List:

I have been in touch with a friend from University of Canterbury special collections. The campus remains closed, so she has yet to see what state the collection is in. The special collections weathered the September earthquake rather well, due to the type of shelving and location on the ground floor. We can only hope it is the same this time. Thankfully, and most importantly, no staff were injured.

The James L. Logie Memorial Collection of Greek and Roman antiquities (also held by the University) has been packed away since being damaged in the September quake. No news, but hopefully the packing has protected the objects.

There was an article published in 'The Press' about the Art Gallery, which also mentions the Canterbury Museum collections:

'Christchurch Art Gallery Built to Highest Standards' (26.2.11)
https://tinyurl.com/6h26c8y


I will post an update as more information becomes available.

Best regards,

Anthony

Anthony Tedeschi
Rare Books Librarian
Heritage Collections, Dunedin Public Libraries
Dunedin City Council

https://chronicle.com/article/Its-Time-for-a-National/126489/

Piece by David H. Rothman.

Update:
What Scholars Want from the Digital Public Library of America
By Dan Cohen
https://www.dancohen.org/2011/03/01/what-scholars-want-from-the-digital-public-library-of-america/

https://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/updates/update.shtml

Important for new English medieval source material on the Internet.

https://www.universityworldnews.com/article.php?story=20110225205335307

A decision by the Hungarian government to return secret service files to people investigated by communist regimes before 1990 has drawn international protests from archivists and historians on the grounds that it is a threat to archival integrity.

See also
https://archiv.twoday.net/stories/11598738/

"The Rare Books and Special Collections Library (RBSCL) at the American University in Cairo has been working hard to gather information, including news coverage and personal accounts, of the events on and following January 25, 2011. From the first day of the demonstrations to the protests of post-Mubarak Egypt, RBSCL has archived over 150,000 videos, audio files, Twitter feeds, blogs, Facebook pages, and other websites.
So far, RBSCL has archived 105,993 different web pages, 35,817 photographs, 51 videos, 276 sound recordings, and 376 PDFs. Additionally, we have collected 2,013 Twitter feeds, 1,721 Facebook pages, and 1,406 YouTube pages. Other popular websites archived include personal blogs, Egypt Daily News, Flickr photo albums, and CNN Arabic.
If you have suggestions for sites to archive, email Digital Collections Archivist, Carolyn Runyon, at cfrunyon@aucegypt.edu."

Link: Blog AUC, 27.2.2011

https://www.heatherbraum.info/libraries/discriminating-against-libraries-26-ebook-circs-at-a-time/

The situation is simply this:

In the first significant revision to lending terms for ebook circulation, HarperCollins has announced that new titles licensed from library ebook vendors will be able to circulate only 26 times before the license expires.

Update:
https://log.netbib.de/archives/2011/02/27/haltbarkeit-von-ebooks-stark-gesunken/

https://archiv.twoday.net/stories/14664232/

https://www.humanitiesmachine.org.nz

"Our aim is to offer a view of New Zealand's digital world that humanists can call their own, to prompt growth and build a sense of purpose. As of this website's launch, it is clear that we are particularly indebted to the New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre, the New Zealand Electronic Text Centre, the History Branch of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, our universities, and our major cultural institutions. Without the work of these organisations this 'meta' site would not be possible."

Frederic J. Grevin wrote in Archives-L:

Isabelle Neuschwander, Director of the French National Archives, was fired last Friday (2/19/2011).

Ms. Neuschwander had been the executive sponsor and project leader of the development of a new national Archives facility in Pierrefitte, outside of Paris.

Though no formal explanation has been issued by the French government, the general sentiment, according to the article in Le Monde ( https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2011/02/22/la-directrice-des-archives-nationales-limogee_1483498_3246.html#ens_id=1483504 ) is she was found lacking in enthusiasm for the project promoted by French President Sarkozy to set up a “Maison de l'histoire de France” in the Hôtel de Soubise mansion, the Paris headquarters of the National Archives.

The article in Le Monde says word from the Ministry of Culture is her competence was not in doubt, but that it was necessary to “bring strong leadership to the head of the Archives.”

The Le Monde article quotes Hervé Lemoine, Director of the French Archives, as stating a new director, “someone who will work in agreement with us” will be appointed by the end of the week (meaning by Friday 2/25).

The joint union committee representing National Archives staff has denounced the firing as a “political decision” intended to “decapitate the institution”.

See also
https://www.lepoint.fr/culture/la-directrice-des-archives-nationales-limogee-21-02-2011-1297945_3.php (French)

https://saifalislamgaddafithesis.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

The topic of this Wiki is the analysis of Saif Al-Islam Gaddafis LSE Thesis:
THE ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE DEMOCRATISATION OF GLOBAL GOVERNANCE INSTITUTIONS

for any plagiaristic content.

You can find the thesis here: https://saifalislam.ly/files/2010/06/19ca14e7ea6328a42e0eb13d585e4c22.pdf

Via
https://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/22/saif-gadaffhi-plagia.html

See for a German plagiarism case
https://archiv.twoday.net/search?q=guttenberg

"Many of the artefacts and antiquities confiscated by the Ben Alis originally came from the Bardo Museum, which has the world's largest collection of Roman mosaics. According to Samir Aounallah, the Tunisian museums committee president, Leila Ben Ali used museum artefacts, including mosaics and frescoes, to decorate the family's villas."

https://goo.gl/xJ6Cn = theartnewspaper.com

Update: https://archiv.twoday.net/stories/14655772/ (ger)