News – Archival Platform

New inscriptions on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register

Forty five new documents and/or documentary collections have been inscribed on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register which now includes 238 items.

Yale University opens access to digital images

Digital images of the university’s cultural collections are now available online for free!

Report from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

This report, about the seminar on experiences of archives as a means to guarantee the right to the truth, stresses the importance of archives for judicial accountability, non-judicial truth-seeking processes, and for reparations

New digital tool helps Serbians prosecute war criminals

New open source software makes it easier to access information in digitised archives.

National Heritage Council (NHC) 2011 strategic plan briefing

The National Heritage Council (NHC) presented the Portfolio Committee on Arts and Culture on its plans for the year ahead.

‘The Prevention of Scholarship Bill’

In this article entitled first published by the South African Civil Society Information Service, Jane Duncan writes that the Protection of Information Bill represents the single biggest threat to academic freedom since 1994.

Nelson Mandela Foundation and Wits co-convene forum to discusses access to information legislation

The Nelson Mandela Foundation and the University of the Witwatersrand co-convened a dialogue between structures of the state and civil society about the Protection of Information Bill and related legislation.

‘Kha ri Ambre’ highlights archives

The June edition of the Department of Arts and Culture newsletter draws attention to the National Archives and Records Service of South Africa and highlights achievements and ongoing projects.