RAIN odds and ends June 2007
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
News 8 Austin, Wed, 06 Jun 2007 2:35 PM PDT
Ransom Center offers pieces of the past
http://www.news8austin.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=185553
UT's Harry Ransom Center is a treasure trove of historical artifacts,
including
many from Hollywood's early period.
Roanoke Times, Sun, 10 Jun 2007 5:22 AM PDT
Archives http://www.roanoke.com/business/wb/120224
In this electronic age, how can businesses ensure their documents will
be
accessible for the long haul? You can still read the Declaration of
Independence, even though it?s more than 225 years old ? it?s on paper
of proven
quality. Ditto for thousands of other documents and records dating back
centuries.
Red Deer Advocate, Mon, 11 Jun 2007 2:10 PM PDT
Past present
http://www.reddeeradvocate.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=107&cat=59&id=1002935&more=0
Red Deer archivist Michael Dawe stands among the wall-to-wall files in
the
archives: constantly growing.
(NOTE: for this site just use the search function and search for
archivist)
Lancaster Online, Mon, 11 Jun 2007 10:10 PM PDT
Museum to protect images http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/205516
The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg will use a federal
grant to
protect an important part of America's railroading past.A $42,912
Conservation Project Support grant from the federal Institute of Museum
and
Library Services will help the museum create new photographic image...
RedNova, Wed, 13 Jun 2007 4:23 AM PDT
Exploring Environmental Archives
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/965941/exploring_environmental_archives/index.html?source=r_science
By Clark, George E Environmental research is increasingly historical
research,
and the history of environment as a policy issue goes back further than
one
might think. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was founded
almost four
decades ago (http://www .epa.gov/history).
Niagara Falls Review, Thu, 14 Jun 2007 4:15 AM PDT
A piece of our history
http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=569911&catname=Local+News&classif=
An explorer's first eyewitness account of the falls finally comes home,
some 300
years after it was written.
USA Today, Thu, 14 Jun 2007 8:47 AM PDT
TorrentSpy ruling puts your RAM on trial
<<http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/cnet/2007-06-14-ram-ruling_N.htm?
csp=34>>
A federal judge in Los Angeles found that a computer server's RAM is a
tangible
document that can be stored and must be turned over in a lawsuit. If
allowed to
stand, the groundbreaking ruling may mean that anyone defending
themselves in a
civil suit could be required to turn over information in their
computer's RAM
hardware.
The Daily Iowan, Fri, 15 Jun 2007 0:38 AM PDT
The eye of the beholder-50,000 times
<<http://www.dailyiowan.com/news/2007/06/15/Arts/The-Eye.Of.The.Beholder5
0000.Times-2915358.shtml>>
In 1877, at the age of 15, Muscatine resident Oscar Grossheim took an
apprenticeship with a local photographer and learned to make
ferrotypes,
photographs made on metal plates. Within a decade, he opened his own
studio. By
the time of his death in 1954, Grossheim had taken more than 55,000
images of
Muscatine and its people.
ZDNet UK, Fri, 15 Jun 2007 5:58 AM PDT
TorrentSpy ruling sparks privacy concerns
http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/ukzd5feed/http://news.zdnet.co.uk/itmanagement/0,1000000308,39287569,00.htm
Ruling by Los Angeles judge may see lawsuit defendants compelled to
surrender
information in their RAM hardware, threatening web privacy
The Decatur Daily, Fri, 15 Jun 2007 2:17 AM PDT
E-mail case dismissed
http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/070615/email.shtml
It appears that Morgan County Circuit Judge Steve Haddock put to rest
the last
phase of the courthouse e-mail scandal by dismissing a lawsuit District
4
Commissioner Stacy George filed.
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:04 PM PDT
David Brown Becomes First Archivist of U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission
http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2007/2007-119.htm
Washington, D.C., June 15, 2007 - The Securities and Exchange
Commission
announced today that David Brown has become the first Archivist of the
agency.
Mr. Brown will play a leadership role in managing the records of the
agency and
preserving vital historical documents.
Chicago Tribune, Sat, 16 Jun 2007 3:40 AM PDT
A shrine to kings of the road
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-rvjun16,1,965944.story?track=rss
New museum charts the course of America's love affair with gas-hogging
getaways
on wheels If there's a guiding principle for the
recreational-vehicle
industry, it might well have been summed up years ago by John Hanson,
the father
of the Winnebago: "You can't take sex, booze and weekends away from the
American
people."
Daily Journal, Sun, 17 Jun 2007 8:42 AM PDT
Employee sentenced for falsifying missile part records
http://dailyjournalonline.com/articles/2007/06/17/news/doc46747b8c25118622429077.txt
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ? The sales manager of a now-defunct Florida
company has
been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for falsifying test
records for
metal that was to be made into nuclear missile components.
The Arusha Times, Mon, 18 Jun 2007 1:09 AM PDT
ARCHIVES http://www.arushatimes.co.tz/Justice.htm
The concept of ?archives? refers to a collection of historical
documents or
records. It also refers to the place where these records are stored.
However the
definition has been considerably improved in order to match with the
continuing
advancements in information technology or computer science.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Tue, 19 Jun 2007 1:34 AM PDT
Safe storage of town history is considered
http://www.telegram.com/article/20070619/NEWS/706190384/1003/RSS01&source=rss
LANCASTER - The chairman of the Historical Commission told selectmen
last night
that placing commission documents in the Special Collections at Thayer
Memorial
Library might be a good idea, but that a full-time archivist would be
needed to
undertake the task.
The Huntsville Times, Tue, 19 Jun 2007 2:28 AM PDT
Limestone board approves county archives expansion
http://www.al.com/news/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/news/1182244552299600.xml&coll=1
ATHENS - Growth in Limestone County has prompted the Limestone County
Commission
to renovate or expand three buildings this summer. A big first step
came Monday
when the commission bought more space to store government records in
the old
train depot on Washington Street.
Winona Daily News, Mon, 18 Jun 2007 9:24 PM PDT
Finding ?One Shot? of the past: Historical society acquires extensive
photo
collection of Winona's history
http://www.winonadailynews.com/articles/2007/06/19/news/01lead.txt
?One Shot? didn?t always take just one shot.
Peter Kurilecz
Richmond, VA
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