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Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
Wall Street Journal
Roads Not Taken Still Play a Part In Vermont Life
You Can't Always See Them, but They Do Exist, And They Do Cause Trouble
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117149410531609092-email.html>
Reception marks opening of new Special Collections room
The Spectator - Eau Claire,WI,USA
... head of Special Collections and university archivist. The archives
section contains historical records of UW-Eau Claire which date back to
1917, ...
<http://www.spectatornews.com/home/news/2007/02/19/CampusNews/Reception.M
arks.Opening.Of.New.Special.Collections.Room-2727204.shtml>
City kids get medieval
Norwich Evening News - Norwich,England,UK
The Norfolk Records Office became homeless after the disastrous Central
Library Fire in 1994 and although none of the archives were lost, some
were water ...
<http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/News/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&ca
tegory=News&tBrand=enonline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED19%20Feb%202007%200
8%3A37%3A00%3A610>
The online storage wars
Baltimore Sun - Baltimore,MD,USA
After the disaster, Beach started hunting for a way to store his files
other than on a computer hard drive. He found Box.net, a new online
remote storage ...
<http://www.baltimoresun.com/technology/bal-storage0219,0,720872.story?co
ll=bal-business-headlines>
‘Lost’ police files dumped in back room
Sunday Times - Johannesburg,South Africa
Mthombheni said a moratorium was put in place in 1994 to prevent police
destroying any documents. Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Retha
Meintjies, ...<http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=388257>
WI Worker Lost Files Of People Seeking SS Benefits
WREX-TV - Rockford,IL,USA
Confidential files of six people seeking Social Security disability
benefits were lost along with documents from seven other files after a
worker took them ...<http://www.wrex.com/News/index.php?ID=15615>
DuPont Data Theft Shows Insider Risks
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
He also covertly used DuPont’s computer systems to steal trade secrets
valued at more than $400 million shortly before joining a rival
company....
<http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxo
nomyName=security&articleId=283564&taxonomyId=17&intsrc=kc_top>
Digital copyright protection could lead to ‘culture editing’
Computerworld New Zealand - Auckland,New Zealand
“Digital storage is no longer a strange new form of information, it’s
mainstream.” The Bill as it stands restricts the “permitted uses” of
copyright ...
<http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/3C55A2DF7D6E8148CC257284001318D
E>
Donation will build archive room at Manse
Yarmouthport Register - Yarmouthport,MA,USA
Last summer, Van Iderstine called DHS curator and archivist Phyllis
Horton. “He said he had about $40000 that he would like to donate to us
to honor his ...
<http://www.townonline.com/barnstable/homepage/8998922775015981055>
Companies work to help prevent ID theft
Las Cruces Sun-News - Las Cruces,NM,USA
And for businesses, it is no longer good practice to take care of the
records, it is the law. Stiff penalties await companies that do not
protect privileged ...<http://www.lcsun-news.com/business/ci_5256258>
IBM Unveils First Major FileNet Release
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
The new version can also automate records management tasks, making it
easier for companies to meet compliance requirements, according to IBM.
...
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&
taxonomyName=software&articleId=283578&taxonomyId=18&intsrc=kc_top>
Social Security worker loses files
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription) - Milwaukee,WI,USA
All of the people whose files or records were lost had applied for a
hearing on their request for disability benefits in 2004, Moreno said.
...<http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=567240>
E-Discovery Survival Guide For Corporate Counsel
Mondaq News Alerts (subcription) - London,UK
Many, if not most, corporations have failed to adopt adequate controls
over their system to ensure that electronic records are stored in a way
that makes ...<http://www.mondaq.com/i_article.asp_Q_articleid_E_46340>
E-Discovery Survival Guide For Corporate Counsel
Mondaq News Alerts (subcription) - London,UK
Many, if not most, corporations have failed to adopt adequate controls
over their system to ensure that electronic records are stored in a way
thatmakes ...<http://www.mondaq.com/i_article.asp_Q_articleid_E_46340>
Lawyer Accused of Destroying Evidence in Connecticut Pornography Case
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
By MATTHEW J. MALONE. GREENWICH, Conn., Feb. 16 — A well-known lawyer
was indicted on Friday on charges that he obstructed justice and
destroyedevidence in ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/17/nyregion/17porn.html>
INTERNET LAW - THE WRITING REQUIREMENT AND PROOF OF E-CONTRACTS ...
IBLS INTERNET LAW (subscription) - Irvine,CA,USA
Can e-contracts or e-records be used as proof in Mexican court
proceedings? Mexican legal system requires that merchants keep records
(documentaryevidence) ...
<http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=articles&id=A8C
D15F3-FBFB-4566-8985-5FB89E4F62F3>
Council captures electronic documents
IT Week - London,UK
By combining document and records management into one system, the
council will be able to manage material at every stage from creation to
destruction. ...
<http://www.itweek.co.uk/computing/news/2183646/council-captures-electron
ic>
Black Archives and other FAMU buildings to be recognized this week
Tallahassee.com - Tallahassee,FL,USA
"They were doing the same thing we do with the cell phone," said
Murrell Dawson, interim director of the Southeastern Regional Black
Archives Research ...
<http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070219/BREAKINGN
EWS/702190351>
Archives also a museum of art, sculpture and more
Birmingham News - Birmingham,AL,USA
The portraits are two of the five most significant works of art owned
by the state archives as selected by Bob Cason, the archives curator
for more than 30 ...
<http://www.al.com/news/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1171880414119
050.xml&coll=2>
Ilford to announce 500 year proof photo paper
photographypress.co.uk - Ascot,Berkshire,UK
Thought so, and so does ILFORD, who has announced that it is to present
a long-term archival 500 years plus recording film at CeBIT 2007 in
Hannover next ...
<http://www.photographypress.co.uk/news/news.phtml/6104/7128/ilford-500-y
ear-proof-paper.phtml>
Oregon and the roots of animation
OregonLive.com - Portland,OR,USA
Over the course of three weeks, the archivist will dip into his
collection of 5000 films and present classic works by Winsor McCay
("Gertie the Dinosaur"), ...
<http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/steve_duin/index.ssf?/base/news
/1171679136286520.xml&coll=7>
Piles of shredded paper records stacking up
Vicksburg Post - Vicksburg,MS,USA
But with documents dating to the mid-1950s, it's hard to catch up
overnight. “We're required to keep our personnel files for two to three
years, ...<
http://www.vicksburgpost.com/articles/2007/02/19/news/news01.txt>
Madison historian values the stories
New Haven Register (subscription) - New Haven,CT,USA
... family’s historical collection for safekeeping in Madison’s
Charlotte L. Evarts Memorial Archives, where Lord has volunteered as
archivist since 1995. ...
<http://www.nhregister.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17872101&BRD=1281&PAG=461
&dept_id=517514&rfi=6>
Making history, day by day
The Freeport News - Bahamas
... left, former archivist for The Freeport News, helps reporter
Krystal Nancoo-Russell with her research in The Freeport News archives
for an article she
...<http://freeport.nassauguardian.net/national_local/306807386462104.php
>
Historic letter on display
Annapolis Capital - Annapolis,MD,USA
Earlier in the day, as he watched the document being installed in its
cabinet under the State House dome, State Archivist Edward C. Papenfuse
said it amazed ...
<http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2007/02_20-36/CAN>v
Huron Consulting Group Adds Records Management Experts
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
Dmytrenko, a Certified Records Manager, has more than 25 years of
experience in advising companies on records and information management
issues. ...
<http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news
_view&newsId=20070220005417&newsLang=en>
Banking system may be a model for medical record storage
Examiner.com - USA
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing professor Marion J. Ball said she
thinks the banking system might be a good model for keeping medical
record storage under ...
<http://www.examiner.com/a-574754~Banking_system_may_be_a_model_for_medic
al_record_storage.html>
The first Australian sound recording: a novelty song about a chook
ABC Regional Online - Australia
... done by a Warrnambool choir at the National War Memorial," says
Graham McDonald, a sound recording archivist with the National Film and
Sound Archive.
...<http://www.abc.net.au/southwestvic/stories/s1851300.htm>
Medical Records Found in Dumpster
WOAI - San Antonio,TX,USA
News 4 WOAI is told the information included social security numbers
and medical records. According to the Police Officers' Union, a
chiropractor's office ...
<http://www.woai.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=96e6b11f-d51f-4b32-
bb25-0ea68dae1262>
Medical records found dumped
San Antonio Express - San Antonio,TX,USA
Hundreds of medical records from a chiropractor's office, protected
under federal law, were found in the trash Monday behind a building. ...
<http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA021907.medicalrecords
dumped.KENS.184ada9d.html>
Concerns About Privacy Rules
Wall Street Journal - USA
She arrived at our 25-bed rural hospital without any available medical
records and no local doctor. Her usual doctor worked 40 miles away at a
large ...
<http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB117138224046307287-8lrxJ8S2O79rl2
4xvWWq_FL_tH4_20070321.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top>
Storage firm houses tons of data
Tulsa World - Tulsa,OK,USA
That's why companies such as Data Storage are turning to increasingly
high-tech ways of managing old paper records. and creates a
computerized log of each ...
<http://www.tulsaworld.com/BusinessStory.asp?ID=070220_Bu_B7_Stora17725>
DATA RETENTION Europe's Plan to Track Phone and Net Use
Spiegel Online - national,Germany
But law enforcement officials argued after the terrorist bombings in
Spain and Britain that they needed better and longer data storage from
companies.<http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,467475,00.html>
County records available after hours via Web
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader - Wilkes Barre,PA,USA
The database includes deeds, mortgages and documents indicating that
mortgages have been paid off, Dysleski said. “There’sa wide variety of
people who want
...<http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/16738194.htm>
BBC News, Sat, 17 Feb 2007 4:49 AM PST
Letter sheds light on Wilberforce
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/somerset/6371301.stm
A letter giving a rare insight into the personal life of William
Wilberforce is acquired by B&NES council.
Washington Post, Sun, 18 Feb 2007 8:32 PM PST
Maryland to Unveil the Page That Began a New Chapter
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/18/AR2007021801551.html
It was a speech so moving the crowd wept. It was a speech so personally
important George Washington's hand shook as he read it until he had to
hold the paper still with both hands. After the ceremony, he handed the
thing to a friend and sped out the door of the State House in
Annapolis, riding off...
Akron Beacon Journal, Mon, 19 Feb 2007 0:36 AM PST
First ladies' letters spice up collection
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/16732119.htm?source=rss&channel=ohio_news
This Presidents Day, we focus on the other half. Pat Krider, executive
director of the National First Ladies' Library in Canton, recently
talked about some of the thousands of artifacts at the library -- the
only facility of its kind in the country.
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Sun, 18 Feb 2007 10:50 PM PST
Did John Wilkes Booth survive?
http://www.tfponline.com/QuickHeadlines.asp?sec=l&URL=http%3A%2F%2Fepaper%2Etfponline%2Ecom%2FWebChannel%2FShowStory%2Easp%3FPath%3DChatTFPress%2F2007%2F02%2F19%26ID%3DAr00100
SEWANEE, Tenn. — A signature in the Franklin County Courthouse and a
mummy last seen in 1975 convinced two Tennessee men that John Wilkes
Booth, the killer of Abraham Lincoln, escaped capture, traveled South
and lived into the 20th century.
AP via Yahoo! News, Mon, 19 Feb 2007 11:07 PM PST
George Washington speech unveiled in Md.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070220/ap_on_re_us/washington_address_3
The handwritten speech George Washington held as he resigned from the
Continental Army in 1783 was unveiled during a special Presidents Day
ceremony celebrating Maryland's acquisition of the document.
Baltimore Sun, Tue, 20 Feb 2007 4:04 AM PST
The return of history
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/bal-md.washington20feb20,0,5109817.story?track=rss
One of George Washington's most famous speeches makes its way back to
Annapolis, its rightful home More than 300 lawmakers, state
officials and history buffs packed the cavernous State House rotunda
last night to witness one of George Washington's most famous speeches
-- one of the nation's most important documents -- return to its
rightful home.
Peter Kurilecz
Richmond Va
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