RAIN 060625
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
related to records and archives management.

Users swamp death records Internet site
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
... It has been a valuable tool for state archives historians ... s real
value has been for people researching their ancestors, said Ken Winn,
the state’s archivist. ...
<http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/14896042.htm>

Library archive rich in historical holdings
Huntsville Times - Huntsville,AL,USA
... said Ranee' Pruitt, Heritage Room archivist. Pruitt presides over 
the
Heritage Room - a sort of library/museum hybrid of open stacks and 
archives
- and all its ...
<http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/115122720810
7420.xml&coll=1>

THE LAST WORD THE LAST WORD
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
... As a member of the Historic Kansas City Foundation, the National 
Trust
for Historic Preservation, and as a retired archivist from the National
Archives, I find ...
<http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/entertainment/14879957.htm>

Duvall's fake corpse highlights odd Texas collection
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
... The film and television archive includes drafts, recordings and 
story
boards for ... Archivist Katharine Salzmann said the collection is 
unique
because so much of ...
<http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/state/14900334.htm>

Public records temporarily pulled from the Internet
News 8 Austin - Austin,TX,USA
The Travis County Clerk will temporarily halt posting public records on
the Internet. It'll inconvenience some, but protect all ...
<http://www.news8austin.com/content/headlines/?ArID=165237&SecID=2>

Vermont embraces scanning of history
Barre Montpelier Times Argus - Barre,VT,USA
... Digital storage and retrieval will eliminate the need to use 
photocopies
for cross-referencing; a computer will contain the images and indexing
in one database ...
<http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060625/NEWS/60625
0376/1002/NEWS01>

Lawyers chafe at secret docket of files
Palm Beach Post - FL, United States
... Allowing the public to see courts and their records has long been a
basic value of ... The entire files of the cases will remain 
confidential
and sealed for now. ...
<http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2006/06
/25/m1a_secret_0625.html>

National Archives: a prison of declassified files
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
... of any such records to the National Archives for such period or 
periods
as may be prescribed”. It is commonly believed that once files are 
transferred
from ...
<http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2006%5C06%5C26%5Cstory_26-
6-2006_pg11_8>

Archive to take over valuable records
Wairarapa Times Age - Masterton,New Zealand
... The material includes rare books, vertical files, old newspapers, 
the
microfiche reader and ... Mr Winter says even in the big cities historic
records are spread ...
<http://times-age.co.nz/localnews/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3690035&thesec
tion=localnews&thesubsection=&thesecondsubsection=>

IT May Face New E-discovery Rules in December
Computerworld - USA
... in Urbandale, Iowa, started using an e-mail archiving service from
Fortiva Inc. in Norwalk, Conn., as part of a general corporate 
document-retention
policy. ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&
taxonomyId=13&articleId=111615>

Spag Borgatti has left the Building 19
Boston Globe - United States
... Robyn Christensen , the museum's archivist and librarian, said items
like the framed blessing from Pope John Paul II could be worth 
preserving.
...
<http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/06/25/spag_borgatti_has_l
eft_the_building_19>

Salute to a fervent promoter of BC's past
Battle Creek Enquirer - Battle Creek,MI,USA
... "She spent her life collecting things at her own expense - just so
they would be preserved," said Mary Butler, archivist for Heritage 
Battle
Creek. ...
<http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060625/O
PINION01/606250313/1014>

Hope fading in search for 1639 deed tracking Milford's roots
Boston Globe - United States
... It was the first of nine deeds and treaties struck between settlers
in the New Haven area and the Paugussetts. The other eight documents all
are accounted for. ...
<http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2006/06/25/hope_fa
ding_in_search_for_1639_deed_tracking_milfords_roots>

Decision to shift archives flayed
Newindpress (subscription) - Chennai,India
... Andhra Kesari Yuvajana Samithi (AKYS) founder YS Narasimha Rao has
criticised the Government for its decision to shift the archives to 
Visakhapatnam
from ...
<http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEA20060624231332&Page=A&Tit
le=Southern+News+-+Andhra+Pradesh&Topic=0>

San Francisco Chronicle, Sun, 25 Jun 2006 3:50 AM PDT
Archives reveal meticulous details of Nazi camp horror
http://feeds.sfgate.com/sfgate/rss/feeds/news?m=3531
He was a Jew with missing teeth and flat feet. He was married with
three children. He fixed heaters, wore reading glasses and wheezed with
bronchitis. On March 28, 1943, he surrendered his trousers, winter 
coat, socks,
slippers and shaving kit and stepped...

San Diego Union-Tribune, Sun, 25 Jun 2006 2:12 AM PDT
System failure
http://www.uniontrib.com/news/metro/20060625-9999-lz1n25powell.html
June 25 (UNION-TRIBUNE): San Diego's city government is the county's
seventh largest employer, with more than 11,000 employees in 22 
departments
doing everything from collecting garbage to policing the streets.




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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