RAIN 061203
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
related to records and archives management.

Some want to preserve the county's past
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal - Tupelo,MS,USA
... public with them. After the planning comes the request for the state
archives to help. Then, said Calhoun, the sky's the limit.
<http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=232233&pub=1&div=News>

Keep records in public eye
Norristown Times Herald - Norristown,PA,USA
While we don't have a problem with publishing public records over the
Internet, we certainly don't want to see them published exclusively 
online.
...
<http://www.timesherald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17542580&BRD=1672&PAG=46
1&dept_id=32099&rfi=6>

Volunteers, county formed Lauderdale County archives
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal - Tupelo,MS,USA
... The group also formed a non-profit, Lauderdale County Department of
Archives and History, so members could use the records and write local
histories that could ...
<http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=232240&pub=1&div=News>

Recovering archives is a goal
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal - Tupelo,MS,USA
BY LEESHA FAULKNER. PASCAGOULA - These days, Lois Castigliola's county
archives consist primarily of a desk and a telephone. Most of her tomes 
are
gone. ...
<http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=232234&pub=1&div=News>

Fairhope artist earns medal for saving archives
Mobile Register - Mobile,AL,USA
He is acutely aware of the effects of time, weather and circumstance on
irreplaceable archives, letters and official documents. ...
<http://www.al.com/entertainment/mobileregister/tharrison.ssf?/base/enter
tainment/1165141847162780.xml&coll=3>

The case of the missing bonds
South Bend Tribune - South Bend,IN,USA
... A cash reward was offered, but the final disposition of the bonds
remains unknown. Andy Beckman is the Archivist for the Studebaker 
National
Museum.
<http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061203/News
01/612030401/-1/NEWS01>

How a lost Peruvian work made its way to Houston
Houston Chronicle - United States
... Benavente of Arequipa and Houston-based photographer Peter Yenne
sorted, inventoried and sometimes restored approximately 15,000 glass
negatives from the ...
<http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/4372253.html>

PAST LIVES EMERGE
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
... member staff four to six years and cost about $500,000, according to
History San Jose archivist Jim Reed. ... For questions about the 
archives,
call (408) 521-5026 ...
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/16154724.htm>

The good Dr. Smoot left massive history file
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
... father's entire historical collection to the NC Department of 
Archives
in Raleigh ... Wrote the Raleigh archivist: "The majority of this
collection consists of the ...
<http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/states/north_carolina/c
ounties/cabarrus/16153267.htm>

E-Mailing in Elected Office: What's Legal?
Kitsap Sun (Subscription) - WA, United States
... By doing so, they are risking their hard drives being seized in a
lawsuit where there’s discovery or in a public-records request. ...
<http://www.kitsapsun.com/bsun/local/article/0,2403,BSUN_19088_5187537,00
.html>

Health Hazard: Computers Spilling Your History
Times Daily (subscription) - Florence,AL,USA
... for example, lets company representatives review employees’ medical
records in order ... Easily accessible computerized files would make the
job that much easier ...
<http://www.timesdaily.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061203/ZNYT01/612
030371&cachetime=5>




Peter Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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