New York Times, Mon, 18 Apr 2005 10:33 PM PDT
Joe Nash, 85, Who Amassed an Archive on Black Dance, Dies
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/19/arts/dance/19nash.html
Joe Nash, a leading archivist of black dance in the United States, died
Wednesday at Mount Sinai Hospital. Mr. Nash, who lived in Manhattan,
was 85. The cause was complications of cardiovascular problems, said
Rashidah
Ismaili, a friend.

Delaware State News, Mon, 18 Apr 2005 9:31 PM PDT
Historian Heite remembered
http://www.newszap.com/articles/2005/04/18/dm/central_delaware/dsn05.txt
CAMDEN - Some called Edward F. "Ned" Heite a walking encyclopedia. To
others, he was a renaissance man. The 64-year-old former state
archivist,
archeologist and local historian, who died Sunday, will be missed by
many who knew him.

HISTORIAN asks for $1 million for Connecticut presidential library
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
... Huntington was the first president of the United States is seeking
$10 million from the city, state and federal governments to build a
presidential
library. ...
<http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/connecticut/ny-bc-ct--presidentiallibra0419apr18,0,2630781.story?coll=ny-region-apconnecticut>

ARCHIVIST prepares to fill role for state
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription) - Little Rock,AR,USA
... takes over as state historian next month and make more information
now kept in state archives available over the Internet. Currently an
archivist
at Ouachita ...
<http://www.ardemgaz.com/ShowStoryTemplate.asp?Path=ArDemocrat/2005/04/19&ID=Ar00705&Section=Arkansas>

ID theft, new laws boost shredders
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
... The company, which stores records for businesses, added shredding
services
in 1990. It vies with players such as Canada's Shred-it ...
<http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050419/BUSINESS/504190331/1003>


Tue, 19 Apr 2005 7:42 AM PDT
Open-records cases costly to town
http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2MDYmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTY2ODE4NTQmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXky
WEST MILFORD - Township taxpayers have spent at least $80,000 to defend
the way employees respond to requests for public information

The Advertiser-Tribune, Mon, 18 Apr 2005 9:24 PM PDT
Money spent now may mean saved space later
http://www.advertiser-tribune.com/news/story/0419202005_new02space0419.asp
Seneca County elected officials are considering whether to invest in a
contract with a document storage company to make old and new records
available
electronically.

Builder Online, Tue, 19 Apr 2005 11:17 AM PDT
Construction Company Claims Couple Stole Ideas for Their Home
http://www.builderonline.com/industry-news.asp?sectionID=26&articleID=119146
Apr. 18--After months spent picking a plan, a lot, a builder and
everything from ceiling lights to floor coverings, Gary Cooper and his
family moved
into a new two-story, four-bedroom home.

RECORDER'S office caught up
Nogales International - Nogales,AZ,USA
... of real estate documents; the current six-month delay in filing and
producing documents; mistakes made on recorded deeds; loss of recorded
documents; need to ...
<http://www.nogalesinternational.com/articles/2005/04/18/news/news3.txt>

UNIVERSITY to expand digital storage resources
Penn State Live - PA,USA
This fall, Penn State Information Technology Services (ITS) plans to
double
the amount of digital storage space available to University community
members, by ...
<http://live.psu.edu/story/11633>

SONY to establish digital library
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
... Hargleroad said shifting to digital storage makes it easier to
generate
different versions of programs and deliver them in a highly secure.
<http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050418-054611-1458r.htm>


AUDIT: Records in disarray
2TheAdvocate - Baton Rouge,LA,USA
... For example, the school system did not delete obsolete or stolen
material
from ledgers nor add new purchases to property records. ...
<http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/041905/new_audit001.shtml>

GLUTTONS for storage
Computerworld Singapore - Singapore
Backup/archival and email topped the list of projects that are most
likely
to require additional storage within the next 12 months, according to
the recent ...
<http://computerworld.com.sg/ShowPage.aspx?pagetype=2&articleid=800&pubid=3&issueid=45>

OMB highlights best practices in federal information dissemination
GCN.com - USA
... Finally, the report said NARA maintains relationships with state
archives,
historical societies, federal agencies and other organizations to
preserve,
manage ...
<http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/35569-1.html>

TWO Civil War collections given to Beauvoir Archives
Biloxi Sun Herald - Biloxi,MS,USA
Two collections of letters, books and manuscripts just donated to the
Beauvoir
Archives at the Jefferson Davis Home and Presidential Library will be
introduced ...
<http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/living/11429157.htm>

BLAIR defies records demand
Guardian - UK
... Office said: "Any other relevant documents had been routinely weeded
and destroyed in accordance with their normal records management and
destruction
policy". ...
<http://politics.guardian.co.uk/foi/story/0,9061,1462770,00.html>

AMERITRADE Loses 200,000 Client Files
ABC News - USA
... On Monday, Columbus, Ohio-based DSW Shoe Warehouse said that thieves
had accessed a database with credit card records on about 1.4 million
customers. ...
<http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=685430>


EX-STAFFER likely borrowed missing files
Blue Springs Examiner - Blue Springs / Independence,MO,USA
... Stringfield said when Tircuit gives these files to the public
through
a records request, she redacts names of people filing the complaint and
personal ...
<http://www.examiner.net/stories/041905/new_041905009.shtml>

MONEY spent now may mean saved space later
Tiffin Advertiser Tribune - Tiffin,OH,USA
... of 10-12 hours a day looking for paper copies of records, Sauber
said.
... Shuff said he has concerns about using convicted criminals to scan
criminal case files. ...
<http://www.advertiser-tribune.com/news/story/0419202005_new02space0419.asp>

C21ST museums: working with digital assets in the new millennium
PublicTechnology.net - UK
... Future" Charles Saumarez Smith, Director of the National Gallery +
"C21st Curation: challenges and opportunities for The National Archives
" Sarah Tyacke ...
<http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2774>

LETTERS reveal the outpouring of love, pain during Civil War
Evansville Courier & Press (subscription) - Evansville,IN,USA
... 23, 1865, letter, which is at the National Archives. Mike Musick,
recently
retired from the National Archives, where he was an acknowledged ...
<http://www.courierpress.com/ecp/community/article/0,1626,ECP_737_3709771,00.html>

Case Study: Arizona Bank Mixes Compliance and Efficiency
   By Doug Henschen, Editor, Intelligent Enterprise
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http://www.compliancepipeline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=160902296>>

Salon
A thing of beauty is (now) a joy forever
My new heroes are the Brigham Young researchers whose scanners have
unveiled ancient fragments of
Sophocles, Euripides and the earliest Gospels.
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http://www.salon.com/tech/col/leon/2005/04/19/classics/index_np.html>>



Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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