RAIN 061230
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.

Plainview Daily Herald, Thu, 28 Dec 2006 12:03 PM PST
History drew county clerk to her job 12-28-2006
http://www.myplainview.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17644564&BRD=517&PAG=461&
dept_id=473182&rfi=6
She’s talking about how all of the county’s birth and death records —
as well as marriages, land transactions and many other official papers
— must be filed in her office, just part of what Mrs. Williams has
overseen the past dozen years on the first floor of the Hale County
Courthouse, where she’s worked the past 16 years.

Louisville Courier-Journal, Fri, 29 Dec 2006 2:43 AM PST
Clerk approved records purge, official says
http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061229/NEWS01
/612290392
Interim Jefferson Circuit Court Clerk Michael Losavio gave the state
permission to seize and destroy misdemeanor microfilm and electronic
records, a Kentucky court official said yesterday.

The Barnstable Patriot, Fri, 29 Dec 2006 9:00 AM PST
NOW ON-LINE: An efficient history of Cape Cod property
http://www.barnstablepatriot.com/february__news_12_10927.html
Wondering about the history of your property? Check the Barnstable
County Registry of Deeds, as records dating to 1807 were digitized,
made searchable and place on-line this year.

At Archives, A Sampling Of History On Display
Washington Post - United States
In a busy second-floor corridor at the National Archives yesterday, the
crowds paused reverently before the glass display case labeled "Gerald
R.
Ford -- 38th ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/29/AR200612
2901219.html>

March 29 - 30: The Sedona Conference Institute Presents Getting ...
Eworldwire (press release) - Succasunna,NJ,USA
... Managers (RIM), IT and eDiscovery experts, most of whom are members
of
The Sedona Conference(R) Working Group on Electronic Document Retention
and
Production ...
<http://newsroom.eworldwire.com/view_release.php?id=16118>

A paperless society? Not so fast
The Spokesman Review - Spokane,WA,USA
... Many of those documents end up in desk drawers or file cabinets,
often
... the benefits" of converting an increasing amount of paper into
digital
files, said Daryl ...
<http://www.spokesmanreview.com/business/story.asp?ID=166767>


News Leader, Fri, 29 Dec 2006 1:56 AM PST
Old papers shed light on Wilson
http://www.newsleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061229/NEWS01/6122
90338
STAUNTON — Television cameras readied for a national news event at
the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library on Thursday, as a record number
of well-wishers filed through the museum's doors on the president's
150th birthday.

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Fri, 29 Dec 2006 9:42 PM PST
Papers offer health details on Wilson
http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2
FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149192409504&path=%21news&s=1045855934
842
STAUNTON -- Old documents detailing the health of President Woodrow
Wilson indicate his physical condition was worse than previously
reported.

Nine O'Clock, Thu, 28 Dec 2006 1:25 PM PST
SRI announces it has finished remitting the documents of former
Securitate to CNSAS
http://www.nineoclock.ro/index.php?page=detalii&categorie=homenews&id=200
61228-6118
SRI finalized on December 27 the handing over of the documents of the
former Securitate to the National Council for the Study of Securitate
Archives (CNSAS), but 75,000 files regarding counterespionage and
terrorism remained in the archives of the Service, CNSAS having the
possibility to access them through the Joint Commission.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Thu, 28 Dec 2006 7:21 AM PST
Spread of records stirs fears of privacy erosion
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06362/749444-114.stm
After her fiance died suddenly, Patricia Galvin left New York for San
Francisco in 1996 and took a job as a tax lawyer for a large law firm.
A few years later, she began confiding to a psychologist at Stanford
Hospital & Clinics about her relationships with family, friends and
co-workers.

Paris Beacon, Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:21 PM PST
County has weight problem
http://www.parisbeacon.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3735
&Itemid=146
A little housecleaning is in order every forty years or so to reduce
the clutter. “To the best of my knowledge, the records of this
department have never been destroyed,” said Tim Shumaker, Edgar County
Chief Probation Officer.

The News & Observer, Sat, 30 Dec 2006 1:34 AM PST
Mayor sues for town's records
http://www.newsobserver.com/114/story/526854.html
Mayor Adam O'Neal files a lawsuit against Belhaven's town manager, town
clerk and four town council members, accusing them of violating the
state's public records law.


Tucson Citizen, Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:27 PM PST
Maricopa courts go paperless; here, it's wait and see
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/37193.php
Maricopa County's court files are going electronic.

Medical Records Law Urgently Needs Reform
Wall Street Journal (subscription) - New York,NY,USA
Your article detailing the frustrating position patients now face
regarding
the privacy of their medical records ("Spread of Records Stirs Patient
Fears of ...
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116744546871263196.html?mod=googlenews_w
sj>

Hummingbird' silenced as police software flops
Portsmouth News - Portsmouth,England,UK
... It was hoped the £47,000 product would help staff get to information
available under the Freedom of Information Act more easily – ensuring
the
public better ...
<http://www.portsmouthtoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=455&Article
ID=1950940>

After 30 Years, Supreme Court History Project Turns a Final Page
New York Times - United States
... to history due to poor official records, misleading contemporaneous
...
that turned up 20,000 documents about the early justices, including
letters
and case files. ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/30/washington/30scotus.html?em&ex=1167627
600&en=46beb7a44c9fe51c&ei=5087%0A>

Neighbors Question the Historical Society’s Plans to Expand
New York Times - United States
Peter M. Wright in his apartment on West 77th Street. He fears that an
enlargement of the New-York Historical Society will block his view. By
GLENN COLLINS. ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/30/nyregion/30society.html>




Peter Kurilecz
Richmond Va
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