Datamation, Tue, 28 Dec 2004 8:47 AM PST
After 20 years, Rdb Still Going Strong http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/datbus/article.php/3452301
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities do more than 100,000 Web transactions per day and run 24/7. Dozens of databases handle all aspects of college administration. This amounts to 1.5 TB of disk space, more than a billion records and a growth rate of 30 percent per year.
Information Today, Mon, 27 Dec 2004 2:21 PM PST
Google’s Library Project: Questions, Questions, Questions http://www.infotoday.com/newsbreaks/nb041227-2.shtml
December 27, 2004 — Librarians, academicians, journalists, information industry pundits, and real people continue to ring in with comments, concerns, quarrels, and commendations for Google’s new library program.
Houston Chronicle, Mon, 27 Dec 2004 10:39 PM PST
HoustonChronicle.com - Decorative pinnacle caps effort to restore courthouse http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2967439
To top the whole thing off ... Sometime in early 2008, a 13-foot decorative pinnacle will be hoisted hundreds of feet in the air and placed atop Harris County's old Civil Courts Building, capping a 20-year effort and one of Houston's most historic buildings.
Gazetteonline.com, Mon, 27 Dec 2004 9:23 PM PST
Vast Hoover archive fills needs of scholars http://www.gazetteonline.com/article.aspx?art_id=94271&cat_id=1
WEST BRANCH -- Shortly after Harry Truman assumed the presidency, he invited former President Herbert Hoover to visit him at the White Houuse and offer his thoughts on world affairs.
Paris News, Mon, 27 Dec 2004 12:49 PM PST
From staff reports http://www.theparisnews.com/story.lasso?wcd=17680
What's clutter and what's keepsake? COMMERCE — While the time between Christmas and New Year’s Day is often spent with family and friends, it is also a good occasion to sort through family memorabilia.
BLOOM-CARROLL records dispute to hit courtroom Wednesday
Lancaster Eagle Gazette - Lancaster,OH,USA
... But Gittes said in an interview with the Eagle-Gazette earlier this
month the case is about the destruction of public records and the length
of time the ...
<http://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/news/stories/20041228/localnews/1796801.html>
FREEDOM of Information Act Q&A
The Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
With the introduction of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 next year,
members of the public and organisations will be able to access details
held by public ...
<http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3933915>
FREEDOM Act Will Transform Writing of History
The Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
By Gavin Cordon, PA Whitehall Editor. The writing of modern British history
will be transformed when the Freedom of Information Act takes effect.
...
<http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3933846>
BARKER retiring after 40 years with county
Searcy Daily Citizen - Searcy,AR,USA
... "When we put in the imaging system in the recording department, it
changed the way the county records were being kept," Barker said. ...
<http://www.thedailycitizen.com/articles/2004/12/28/news/top_stories/top01.txt>
NATIONAL Archivist Resigns in Protest Over Secrecy
Arutz Sheva - Israel
... He added that already in 1996, former national archivist Dr. Evyatar
Prizel gave warning ... "The public's right to know, and compliance with
the Archives Law, are ...
<http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=74329>
VAST Hoover archive fills needs of scholars
Cedar Rapids Gazette - Cedar Rapids,IA,USA
... Matt Schaefer, archivist of the Hoover Library at the Herbert Hoover
National Historic ... 17-person staff -- all employees of the US National
Archives and Records ...
<http://www.gazetteonline.com/article.aspx?art_id=94271&cat_id=1>
AS personal lives go digital, questions raised about what happens ...
Sauk Valley Newspapers - Dixon,IL,USA
... Swire said Yahoo's policies are stricter than those for medical records
-- and rightly so. He said quick access to medical records ...
<http://www.saukvalley.com/331936111289002.bsp>
CANCER Center Adopts Leading-Edge Data-Archiving Technology
Information Week - USA
Nonprofit facility plans to transform its medical record-keeping system
to electronic records this spring. By Martin J. Garvey. Mike ...
<http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=56200622>
MUSIC'S debt to folk duo
BBC News - London,England,UK
A new book recounts how, 45 years ago, a trip into southern America made
by music archivist Alan Lomax and singer Shirley Collins helped bring
the rest of the ...
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4098291.stm>
CHRISS making film on Greeks
Corpus Christi Caller Times - Corpus Christi,TX,USA
... Historian Tom Kreneck, an archivist at Texas A&M University-Corpus
Christi, reviewed Chriss' script and said it is among the best he has
seen on local history ...
<http://www.caller.com/ccct/local_news/article/0,1641,CCCT_811_3429199,00.html>
MAKE open government first reform
Sonoma Index-Tribune - Sonoma,CA,USA
... Even though the new law didn't specifically require it, the governor
became the first to make his appointment calendar one of the open records.
...
<http://www.sonomanews.com/articles/2004/12/28/news/editorial_and_letters/letter01.txt>
OPEN Record Studies - Auditors Visit All Tennessee Counties
Winchester Herald Chronicle - Winchester,TN,USA
... net. Increasingly, media sources from across the state have reported
instances where citizens have been denied public documents. ...
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1614&dept_id=515334&newsid=13637193&PAG=461&rfi=9>
STAND up for openness
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Milwaukee,WI,USA
... the state Supreme Court has said that documents that venture from the
person for whom they were prepared are no longer "drafts." They are public
documents. ...
<http://www.jsonline.com/news/editorials/dec04/287643.asp>
NEW clerk succeeds her boss
Utica Observer Dispatch - Utica,NY,USA
... "I've gotten eight grants (for record management from the state archives),"
she said, and she has applied for another $73,000 for next year. ...
<http://www.uticaod.com/archive/2004/12/28/news/16243.html>
$7,000 grant to make searching records easier
Middletown Press - Middletown,CT,USA
... The Connecticut State Library awarded a $7,000 grant through the Historic
Document Preservation Grant Program to Francis to preserve and store records
under ...
<http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13635786&BRD=1645&PAG=461&dept_id=33198&rfi=6>
UA senior helped open Clinton Library
AL.com - Birmingham,AL,USA
... six months, Michael Eady worked to turn eight years of presidential
history into a permanent collection of exhibits at the Bill Clinton Presidential
Library. ...
<http://www.al.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/news-11/1104259446210830.xml&storylist=alabamanews
BUSH library suitors play it cool
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - Dallas,TX,USA
... Austin. The winner will get a chance to join an elite club of 12 cities
and colleges that already have a presidential library. But ...
< http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/washington/stories/122804dntexbushlibrary.a69e8.html>
A look at GOP records request
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Seattle,WA,USA
... In the public records request, GOP lawyer Robert Maguire wrote that
anecdotal accounts from news media, poll watchers, citizens and even an
anonymous election ...
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp?category=6420&slug=WST%20Governor%20Recount%20Records>
GOP Files Public Records Request In King County
KOMO - Seattle,WA,USA
The party filed a public records request Monday, seeking a list of all
900,000 voters in the county, plus e-mail, policies and documents about
how ballots were ...
<http://www.komotv.com/stories/34565.htm>
RECORDS stored in many formats
Mason City Globe Gazette - Mason City,IA,USA
... How does Iowa's Public Records Law apply to various formats in which
government bodies store information? How does government take ...
<http://www.globegazette.com/articles/2004/12/27/opinion/doc41d0ec9b48e36489695700.txt>
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Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
Richmond, Va
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