Records/Archives In the News is a compilation of articles from around
the world about records management and archival issues.
AT the Bank, Consigning the Past to the Shredder
Washington Post - United States
... The shredding trucks arrived at 7:30 am, though some people had
gotten
in ... and perhaps desperate?) were they to unload years of personal
records,
headaches and ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/30/AR2005073001414.html>
HOW to View 26,000 Operas at Once
New York Times - United States
... manager of the Metropolitan Opera, went to Robert Tuggle, the Met's
archivist, with a ... sent Mr. Tuggle, who has been the Met's director
of archives since 1981 ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/31/arts/music/31tomm.html>
CLERK'S old records get digital touch
2theadvocate.com - Baton Rouge,LA,USA
... These old files probably won't be preserved through computerization,
says Gordon. The records are yellow and brittle, sometimes with pieces
missing. ...
<http://2theadvocate.com/stories/073105/sub_records001.shtml>
SHREDS of credibility:: Document destruction business gets a boost ...
MetroWest Daily News - Framingham,MA,USA
By Associated Press. HOPKINTON -- Over the past 14 years, thousands of
households have entrusted mortgage broker Jim Rogoze with ...
<http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=104958>
SAVING Tunes: Bluegrass-station owner, archivists preserving ...
Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem,NC,USA
... Archivists there will clean and preserve the existing recordings and
digitally record them so that they will be available on the Internet.
...
<http://www.journalnow.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WSJ%2FMGArticle%2FWSJ_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031784143097&path=!living!article&s=1037645509005>
RESEARCHERS can scan some Caddo public records online
Shreveport Times - Shreveport,LA,USA
... You don't have to feed a parking meter and brave Caddo Courthouse
metal
detectors to do at least one type of major public records search for
free
anymore. ...
<http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050731/NEWS01/507310315/1002/NEWS>
THE Sniffer vs. the Cybercrooks
Wilmington Morning Star - Wilmington,NC,USA
... scattered around the globe, photocopies of the floor plans for each
office and a suitcase stuffed with backup tapes that would ... (In May,
Time Warner, one of ...
<http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050731/ZNYT05/507310389/1002/Business>
HOW the records got in the attic
Searcy Daily Citizen - Searcy,AR,USA
... there a few years, the insurance people thought they were a fire
hazard
but by that time the state had some funds for putting old county records
on microfilm ...
<http://www.thedailycitizen.com/articles/2005/07/31/news/opinion/opinion1perrin.txt>
IRON Mountain guide to retention path
Information World Review - London,UK
By Mark Chillingworth 01 Aug 2005. A free guide to record classification
and retention is available from records management specialists Iron
Mountain.
...
<http://www.iwr.co.uk/information-world-review/news/2140598/iron-mountain-guide-retention>
LOST, Stolen or Strayed
ComputerWorld - USA
... value. The tapes are taken off-site and stored by Iron Mountain
Inc.,
a Boston-based records management and storage company. Asked ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/storage/story/0,10801,103541,00.html>
EU Commission promises alternative data retention plan
Register - London,England,UK
The European Commission says it will have a draft directive for data
retention
laws in Europe on the table by September, but early versions are already
...
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/08/01/data_retention_commission/>
EU reveals phone and email snooping plans
Silicon.com - UK
A draft of the European Directive on data retention has been leaked,
revealing
that Brussels will be asking for all communications records to be held
for a ...
<http://hardware.silicon.com/storage/0,39024649,39150940,00.htm>
Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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