RAIN 060119
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
NEWLY appointed historian undertakes GW Encyclopedia
GW Hatchet (subscription) - Washington,D.C.,USA
... he was the archivist, but will also undertake new projects. One of
Anderson's long-term goals is establishing an oral history archive
containing
interviews ...
<http://www.gwhatchet.com/news/2006/01/19/News/Newly.Appointed.Historian.
Undertakes.Gw.Encyclopedia-1477656.shtml>
UNIVERSAL unveils digital archeology scheme
PC Pro - UK
... said that the recordings will be taken from an archive that includes
... programme comes after University of California Santa Barbara
archivist
Sam Brylawski said ...
<http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/82380/universal-unveils-digital-archeology-s
cheme.html>
STOLEN Catalan Civil War files leave Salamanca archive without ...
Think Spain - Spain
... Calvo despite an order issued yesterday by Salamanca town council,
refusing permission for the files to be removed from the National
Archive
building until the ...
<http://www.thinkspain.com/news-spain/10358>
TRACING the family tree
The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USA
... for. You can really lose a piece of history.". Mary Hammer, photo
archivist
at the Washington State Archives, agreed. "I think ...
<http://159.54.227.3/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060119/NEWS0101/6011806
9/1006>
BUILDING a plan
Sentinel-Standard - Ionia,MI,USA
... There are vaults, but they are full, and the records that the county
... storage needs and solutions and explores partnerships for long-term
storage or shredding. ...
<http://www.sentinel-standard.com/articles/2006/01/19/news/01news.txt>
RECYCLING Poses Information Security Risk
Open PR (press release) - Hamburg,Germany
... widely publicized incident, the clinic's private health records were
literally ... clinic's paper-disposal provider, which offers both
shredding
and recycling ...
<http://openpr.com/news/3373.html>
OBTAINING county documents may become easier
Coldwater Daily Reporter - Coldwater,MI,USA
... County property records. Branch County Register of Deeds Nancy
Hutchins,
began using Fidlar Software last year. Fidlar allows users ...
<http://www.thedailyreporter.com/articles/2006/01/19/news/news3.txt>
PROTHONOTARY expands public access
Clarion News - Clarion,PA,USA
... The terminals enable the public to research scanned documents such
as deeds. The records improvement committee approved the prothonotary's
request. ...
<http://www2.theclarionnews.com/General_News/49150.shtml>
FORMER professor may be doomed to repeat history
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription) - Milwaukee,WI,USA
In the late 1980s, a history professor from Marquette University named
John William Rooney walked into the French National Archives in Paris
and walked out ...
<http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/jan06/386025.asp>
SPAIN war archives to be returned
BBC News - UK
By James Menendez. Thousands of documents dating from the Spanish Civil
War have been removed from an archive in Salamanca ahead of their return
to Catalonia. ...
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4629064.stm>
ARCHIVES Are a Communal Attic, Unglamorous But Vital
Forward - New York,NY,USA
... Before most American cities had museums or public libraries, much
less
university libraries and specialized commercial archives,
multifunctional
historical ...
<http://www.forward.com/articles/7240>
HOLY Names Sisters' archives to be more than a warehouse
Catholic Sentinel - Portland,OR,USA
... accessible only by boat. The sisters currently keep their archives
and artifacts in a Northeast Portland warehouse. When the items ...
<http://www.sentinel.org/articles/2006-3/14415.html>
DOCUMENTS From Clinton's Presidency Becomes Public
KATV - Little Rock,AR,USA
... Eighty-million pages of Presidential papers and 20 ... opened
immediately...this
includes security classified records...and ... get a hold of some of
those
documents. ...
<http://www.katv.com/news/stories/0106/295294.html>
RECORDS of £50m Jarvis contract destroyed after 3yrs
ic Huddersfield.co.uk - Huddersfield,England,UK
... time documents are kept. Leading councillors voiced their concern
last
night over the destruction. Tory councillor Andrew Palfreeman ...
<http://ichuddersfield.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_objectid
=16602614&method=full&siteid=50060&headline=records-of--pound-50m-jarvis-
contract-destroyed-after-3yrs-name_page.html>
ACT now on data protection to avoid punishment
Scotsman - United Kingdom
... Sensitive personal information, such as medical records and
information
on ... the rights of individuals; secured against accidental loss,
destruction
or damage ...
<http://business.scotsman.com/management.cfm?id=92712006>
YOU Can Be Too Careful
Reason Online - USA
... purchasing companies will now be legally responsible for the
financial
records and statements ... So all of a sudden change is the enemy;
creative
destruction is a ...
<http://www.reason.com/0601/fe.bd.you.shtml>
BOISEAN polishes Ford Web site
IdahoStatesman.com - ID,USA
Boise Web site consultant David Maria and a business associate in
Montana
decided that the Gerald Ford Presidential Library Web site needed to be
redesigned ...
<http://www.idahostatesman.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060119/NEWS02
/601190319/1029>
$403,000 Mellon grant supports Gulf Coast art conservation
UDaily - Newark,DE,USA
... recovery efforts were focused on two museums in Biloxi, Miss., the
Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art and Beauvoir: The Jefferson Davis Home and
Presidential
Library. ...
< http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2006/jan/conservation011806.html>
SPANISH Civil War papers return to Catalonia
EiTB - Euskadi,Spain
... The documents, which include personal letters, files and a record of
anti-Franco propaganda, had been compiled by unions, political parties
and regional ...
<http://www.eitb24.com/portal/eitb24/noticia/eitb24-life-spanish-civil-wa
r-papers-return-to-catalonia?itemId=D6647&cl=%2Feitb24%2Fsociedad >
OPTIVAULT offers secure, long-term storage for emails and ...
Boca Raton News - FL, USA
... their position in a lawsuit only to discover that those important
documents
are history ... Finding emails and other critical files on old tapes can
literally take ...
<http://www.bocaratonnews.com/index.php?src=news&prid=13879&category=Comp
uters%20and%20Technology>
PRN) FileNet to Highlight Risks of Non-Compliance With Records ...
Houston Chronicle - United States
... nationwide "mock trial" tour to demonstrate what happens when
companies
fail to retain and dispose of corporate documents properly, including
electronic records ...
<http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/prn/texas/3597517.html>
POLICE to store number-plate data for at least two years
ComputerWeekly.com - UK
... with the European Convention for Human Rights, data protection laws,
the Regulatory Investigative Powers Act 2000, and the Freedom of
Information
Act 2000. ...
<http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/01/19/213785/Policetostorenu
mber-platedataforatleasttwoyears.htm>
LAWMAKERS Try to Stop the Sale of Phone Logs
PC World - USA
... In February, ChoicePoint, based in Georgia, announced that scammers
had used the company to obtain the personal records of about 145,000 US
residents. ...
<http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,124406,00.asp>
TOMB raiders
Guardian Unlimited - UK
... In Baghdad, the National Library and State Archives building was
burned
down and the national collections of contemporary Iraqi and European
art,
including ...
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/features/story/0,,1689799,00.html>
DISTRICT courts adopt direct filing system
Austin American-Statesman (subscription) - Austin,TX,USA
... Under the old system, defense attorneys had to request public
documents
pertaining to a case, such as warrants and bond conditions, from the
district
...
<http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/01/19DIRECT.htm
l>
Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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