HOLLYWOOD the Scene for a Digital First
Monsters and Critics - Glasgow,UK
... Jeff Hargleroad, a senior vice president at Sony Corporation's Sony
Pictures, promised that the digital storage of the Corporation material
would increase ...
<http://tech.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_6315.php/Hollywood_the_Scene_for_a_Digital_First>

CORPORATE Data Leaks Spur Interest in Storage Security
InternetNews.com - USA
... While SB 1386 doesn't require anyone to encrypt data, if the Bank of
America tapes had been encrypted, the loss of backup tapes would not 
have
had to be ...
<http://www.internetnews.com/storage/article.php/3499266>

INFO theft slams shoe chain
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA,USA
... 1.2 million federal employee credit card accounts that Bank of 
America
said were exposed to possible identity theft in February when computer
tapes were lost. ...
<http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/0405/20idtheft.html>

AMERITRADE loses account data
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
... Bank of America said some computer tapes containing federal 
government
charge card account information were lost during shipment. ...
<http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/042005dnbusameritrade.2a8d5876.html>

PRIVACY from the trenches
Register - London,England,UK
... Bank of America saw the theft by aviation baggage handlers of data
tapes containing credit card records of more than 1,000,000 US 
government
employees ...
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/20/privacy_from_the_trenches/>

KEEPING SOX 404 under control(s)
SearchSecurity.com - Needham,MA,USA
... etc. Document destruction -- Requirements and steps to be taken (or
not taken) when destroying hard copy information. Information ...
<http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid14_gci1081176,00.html>



Shorthorn, Wed, 20 Apr 2005 10:57 PM PDT
UTA acquires piece of Texas history
http://www.theshorthorn.com/archive/2005/spring/05-apr-21/n042105-03.html
Emily D. West’s signature can be seen on the sixth floor of the Central
Library. The UTA Libraries Special Collections will display a 
significant
document relating to Texas’ independence from Mexico starting today.

Dover Post, Wed, 20 Apr 2005 8:55 AM PDT
Ned Heite remembered for historical contributions By Jeff Brown
http://www.doverpost.com/pages/newsned.html
Edward F. “Ned” Heite was not a man who courted the limelight, but
neither was
he one to avoid controversy when it touched upon one of his many
passions — he’d
speak his mind and leave no doubt as to which side he was on.

Even for Houdini, There's No Escape
Contaminated by L.A. fire, museums of broadcasting and magic are sealed 
tight.
By Bob Pool, Times Staff Writer
<<http://www.latimes.com/news/yahoo/la-me-hollywood19apr19,1,1883474.story?coll=la-newsaol-headlines&ctrack=1&cset=true>>

AMERITRADE Shows Peril of Backup Tapes
Enterprise Storage Forum - Darien,CT,USA
... The news follows Bank of America's admission in February that it 
lost
tapes containing the personal data of 1.2 million federal employees. ...
<http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/continuity/news/article.php/3499531>

AMERITRADE Client Info Lost in Transit
InternetNews.com - USA
... and it's highly unlikely credit-card numbers were similarly stored
on the tapes. Ameritrade's situation mirrors the data loss at the Bank
of America in February ...
<http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3499406>

OFF-SITE backups pose dangerous security risks
IDM.net.au - Strawberry Hills,NSW,Australia
... An example of the risks was exposed in February by the Bank of 
America,
when encrypted backup tapes containing customer accounts and social 
security
numbers ...
<http://www.idm.net.au/story.asp?id=6313>



IRON Mountain Advises on Privacy Issues with Backup Tapes and ...
Yahoo News (press release) - USA
... solutions.". Iron Mountain Incorporated is the world's trusted 
partner
for records management and data protection services. Founded ...
<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050421/neth036.html?.v=3>

PRIVACY botched: Copies of OSAP documents land at dump
Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal - Thunder Bay,Ontario,Canada
... "Identity theft rarely happens, but it can happen, and that's one of
the reasons care has to be taken in the destruction of records," he 
said.
<http://www.chroniclejournal.com/story.shtml?id=26788>

IRS Must Plug Security Gaps to Safeguard Taxpayer Data
Gartner - Stamford,CT,USA
... will be inadequately protected from unauthorized disclosure, 
modification,
use or destruction.". ... Social Security numbers that are likely in IRS
records, due to ...
<http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?doc_cd=127376>

DISINTEGRATING Historical Documents Threaten to Shred a Plan for ...
Bristol Herald Courier - Bristol,TN,USA
... " These are valuable records and they need to be preserved in a ...
"These historical documents aren't just falling apart what ... Including
these chancery files. ...
<http://www.tricities.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=TRI%2FMGArticle%2FTRI_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031782272355>

GOOGLE Search Adds History Feature
TechNewsWorld - Sherman Oaks,CA,USA
... voluntary, you have to turn it on, Google said you have to be 
careful
about signing in and out, you can pause, and you can remove records to
delete them," he ...
<http://www.technewsworld.com/story/security/42504.html>

KU medical school reflects on its humble beginnings 100 years ago
Lawrence Journal World - Lawrence,KS,USA
"Some of them would get paid with a dozen eggs and five live chickens,"
said Nancy Hulston, archivist at the KU Medical Center. ...
<http://www.ljworld.com/section/kunews/story/202541>

ARCHIVISTS Conduct Survey About 9/11 Attacks
NY1 - NY,USA
The Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York wants anyone with 
records
or artifacts from the attacks to fill out a short survey. ...
<http://208.198.20.182/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=203&aid=50255>

MAGICAL BEATLES FOOTAGE FOUND
Contactmusic.com - Burley in Wharfdale,Ilkley,UK
... west England, in 1967. It was only discovered when BBC archivists 
were
transferring old reel onto digital format. The film marks ...
<http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/magical%20beatles%20footage%20found>

THE Infinite Library
TechnologyReview.com - USA
... Most librarians and archivists are ecstatic about the announcement,
saying it will likely be remembered as the moment in history when 
society
finally got ...
< 
http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/05/issue/feature_library.asp>

SECRET government
NorthJersey.com - Hackensack,NJ,USA
... The New Jersey Open Public Records Act requires state and local 
government
agencies to grant quick access to public documents, with only limited
exceptions. ...
<http://www.bergen.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkzOTcmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTY2ODI2NDEmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkxNA==>

LIBRARIAN puts Texas together
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
... He recommended the Texas State Library and Archives Commission Web
site -- www.tsl.state .tx.us -- as the first stop in any investigation
of Texas. ...
<http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/richardson/stories/042105dnricwalters.2f2101aa.html>

SECRET Moscow archives kept from the public
Taipei Times - Taiwan
... the world who still seek the truth about crimes committed in the 
last
century, the quest often ends at the impenetrable doors of classified
archives in Moscow. ...
<http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/edit/archives/2005/04/21/2003251368>

HANTMAN'S to Auction Historic Pierre Auguste Renoir's Personal ...
PR Newswire (press release) - USA
... Historians and collectors world- wide will face off May 14, 2005 
when
Hantman's Auctioneers sell the Personal Artifacts and Archives 
Collection
of French ...
<http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/04-21-2005/0003440966&EDATE=>



THE Manhattan College Archives: A Blast From the Past
Quadrangle (subscription) - USA
... In the past however, freshmen were not permitted to use the benches
in the Quadrangle either. The Archives room is certainly a learning 
experience.
...
< 
http://www.mcquadrangle.org/news/2005/04/20/Features/The-Manhattan.College.Archives.A.Blast.From.The.Past-931654.shtml>

MAN files suit against computer company
Windsor Tribune - Windsor,CO,USA
... screen shot" of the network sharing capabilities, which showed the
inmate user ID with access to all files. ... computer records as 
Affiliated
mended the system. ...
<http://www.windsortribune.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2703>

ARCHIVISTS' Group Surveys 9/11 Records
WNYC - New York,NY,USA
... of Metropolitan New York is calling on all individuals and 
organizations
with records or artifacts related to the attack including files, 
reports,
letters or ...
<http://www.wnyc.org/news/articles/46377>

IT'S Acquisitions Month at the River Museum
Shore Publishing - Madison,CT,USA
... The photography collection is comprised of more than 1,000 printed
images and an equal number of glass negatives from the Harold Dahlstrom
Collection. ...
<http://www.shorepublishing.com/archive/re.aspx?re=963243e0-7719-48ac-acb8-e80ca774a08a>

HISTORIC paper trail leads to new home
Yorkshire Post Today - Leeds,Yorkshire,UK
... 1858. The documents range from Lord Halifax's family archives to 
Charlotte
Bronte's final testament, to humble title deeds. The ...
<http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=55&ArticleID=1003994>

BERKELEY professor spooks laptop thief
Inquirer - UK
... first. The spooks Rine works for were able to locate the stolen 
laptop
very quickly, as it had not yet left the campus. Rine told ...
<http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=22686>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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