Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
related to records and archives management.
APSU site bungles more ID records
Clarksville Leaf Chronicle - Clarksville,TN,USA
... security breach of Austin Peay State University student records has
revealed ... been accessed because of information stored in four 
internal
electronic files. ...
<http://www.theleafchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050812/NEWS01/508120325/1002>

ORDER to destroy record never arrived, police say
Providence Journal (subscription) - Providence,RI,USA
... the department are notified. Then fingerprints, mug shots, and paper
records are shredded and computer files are deleted, he said. ...
<http://www.projo.com/news/content/projo_20050812_ntrecs12.1d657249.html>

LAND records to be computerised in Kenya
digital opportunity channel - New Delhi,India
All land records of Kenya will be computerised soon. "Kenyans can rest
assured that the question of missing files is now a thing of the past,"
said Land and ...
<http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/117000/1/1138>

COUNTY Clerk Awarded Grant For Record Management
Westchester.com - Westchester,NY,USA
... to eliminate the paper index cards currently used to search older 
legal
case files. ... There are over 187,000 records that will be affected in
this new project. ...
<http://westchester.com/Westchester_News/Westchester_Government_and_Politics/County_Clerk_Awarded_Grant_For_Record_Management_200508125544.html>

EVERNOTE Organizes Your Endless Stuff Onto an Endless Tape
Handelsblatt - Duesseldorf,Germany
... just give up and save everything in the Windows "My Documents" 
folder,
where ... and you can create "Smart folders" that automatically 
accumulate
files based on ...
<http://www.handelsblatt.com/pshb/fn/relhbi/sfn/buildhbi/cn/GoArt!200104,300458,942641/SH/0/depot/0/>

NATIONAL ARCHIVES ACQUIRES 16TH AND 17TH CENTURY RECORDS RELATING ...
Communication's Unit Of The St. Kitts Prime Minister - St. Kitts and 
Nevis
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 9TH 2005 (CUOPM) -- The National Archives
is now in possession of records relating to French St. Kitts, then known
as St. ...
<http://www.cuopm.com/newsitem.asp?articlenumber=557>


COUNTER Clinton Library group folds
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA,USA
LITTLE ROCK -- A group that had hoped to build two museums to rebut the
displays at the Clinton Presidential Library with strong support from
former Georgia ...
<http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/stories/0805/12counterclinton.html>

GRANT provides microfilm archiving
Carthage Press - Carthage,MO,USA
... 1990's until 2005. The city's archives go back to the 1800's with 
the
early records preserved in handwritten script. "We decided ...
<http://www.carthagepress.com/articles/2005/08/11/news/news3.txt>

ANCIENT Egyptians help with nuclear waste storage
Environmental Data Interactive - UK
... from 2005. As well as being vulnerable to capricious advances in 
technology,
digital storage is also prone to corruption. Until ...
<http://www.edie.net/news/news_story.asp?id=10383&channel=0>

THIRD leak in a week of police documents
The Age (subscription) - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
... that hard copies of secret police files are being ... told News Ltd
the several pages of documents had the ... the confidentiality and 
security
of its records and in ...
<http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/third-leak-in-a-week-of-police-documents/2005/08/12/1123353473256.html>

IF you need help searching for data, turn to AskSam
Boca Raton News - FL, USA
... This is ideal for finding relevant documents that otherwise ... 
within
askSam lets you find records that might ... information directly from
Adobe PDF files and other ...
<http://www.bocaratonnews.com/index.php?src=news&prid=12303&category=Computers%20and%20Technology>

KSU home to Dr. Karl's books
Topeka Capital Journal (subscription) - Topeka,KS,USA
... The presence of the inexpensive book in Menninger's personal library
is one of the surprises Kansas State University archivists are 
discovering
this summer ...
<http://cjonline.com/stories/081205/loc_drkarl.shtml>


LATIN America keeps public data secret
Miami Herald - FL,USA
Governments across Latin America are balking at letting citizens access
public documents despite freedom of information initiatives. BY PABLO
BACHELET. ...
<http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/12363567.htm>

COURT documents made more accessible
Hilton Head Island Packet - Hilton Head Island,SC,USA
... computer. A debate in other clerk's offices around the country 
centers
on exactly how available to make public documents, Smith said. ...
<http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/5094952p-4640486c.html>

NC'S original copy of Bill of Rights home again
Stamford Advocate - Stamford,CT,USA
... In April 1865, with Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman turning his
sights on Raleigh, Gov. Zebulon Vance ordered the state's archives moved
out of the city. ...
<http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/state/hc-12155913.apds.m0452.bc-ct--billaug12,0,5484258.story?coll=hc-headlines-local-wire>

THE big, black bin bag of data retention
Inquirer - Harrow,Middlesex,UK
And so here we are again with data retention, the battle of 2002. In 
this
context, data retention means the requirement that all ...
<http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=25371>

SC Archives and History Foundation announces new president
Columbia Star - Columbia,SC,USA
J. Walker Clarke of Columbia, cotton broker by trade, photographer and
artist by avocation, officially assumed the presidency of the SC 
Archives
and History ...
<http://www.thecolumbiastar.com/news/2005/0812/Front_Page/003.html>

HP Renovates Silicon Valley's 'Birthplace'
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... It's a humble, cottage-type home," said Anna Mancini, HP's archivist
and historian. ... If you want other stories on this topic, search the
Archives at latimes.com ...
<http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hp12aug12,0,4284909.story?coll=la-home-business>


Daily Mining Gazette, Fri, 12 Aug 2005 11:28 PM PDT
One man's labor of love
http://www.mininggazette.com/news/story/0813202005_new02-n0813.asp
CALUMET - The hum of a century-old bandsaw is being heard once again in
the Coppertown USA Mining Museum in Calumet. Stuart Baird, the museum's
machine archivist, found the machine in an abandoned garage in May while
walking with museum manager Joseph Mihal.

Seattle Times, Sat, 13 Aug 2005 2:29 AM PDT
Hewlett-Packard restores birthplace
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002439207_hpgarage13.html?syndication=rss&source=seattletimes.xml&items=126
Hewlett-Packard employees in Palo Alto are working to save the house
and one-car garage ? dubbed the birthplace of Silicon Valley...




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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