RAIN 070802
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
related to records and archives management.

Miller accuses ex-worker of taking trade secrets to rival
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription) - Milwaukee,WI,USA
By TOM DAYKIN A former Miller Brewing Co. management employee is being 
sued
by Miller for allegedly taking trade secrets to his new job at a rival 
...
<http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=639866>

TorrentSpy lawyer battling 'copyright extremism'
By Greg Sandoval
Ira Rothken, a veteran of nasty copyright fights between Hollywood and 
Silicon Valley, has a large stake in the copyright system.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6199730.html?tag=sas.email

100-year-old photos shed light on town
Dorset Echo - England,UK
"They are worth putting in the county archive." He said the photos, 
mounted
in pairs on cardboard, would deteriorate unless kept in the correct
conditions. ...
<http://www.thisisdorset.net/display.var.1586927.0.100yearold_photos_shed
_light_on_town.php>

Amazon, National Archives in deal
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
The National Archives will receive the digitized preservation copy of 
all
the footage that CustomFlix processes, archives spokeswoman Susan Cooper
said. ...
<http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/business/la-fi-amazon1aug01,1,
5405377.story?coll=la-headlines-business-enter>

Introduction to archival work
INQ7.net - Philippines
Confident after this experience, I returned to Manila and decided to try
out the Records Management and Archives Office, now, by law, the 
National
Archives, ...
<http://opinion.inquirer.net/inquireropinion/columns/view_article.php?art
icle_id=79842>

McLaren hit out at Ferrari
autosport.com - Teddington,Middlesex,UK
He kept these Documents at his home, and later with the assistance of 
his
wife copied onto two CDs at a shop near their home, before shredding the
originals ...
<http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/61260>

Editorial: E-government should be Cayman's priority
Cayman Net News - grand cayman,Cayman Islands
In the Cayman Islands, by comparison, access to public documents is 
still
very 19th century. No doubt some public records are still suffering from
the ...
<http://www.caymannetnews.com/news-920--8-8--.html>

Flood victims offered discounted data recovery
ComputerworldUK - UK
Flood victims can send their affected digital storage media to CBL 
through
participating retail locations in the Midlands at no charge.
<http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/security/disaster-recovery/new
s/index.cfm?newsid=4332

UK to retain telecoms traffic data for a year
ComputerWeekly.com - UK
... year's European data retention directive, which told member states 
to
retain traffic and location data on telephone calls to assist in 
tackling
crime. ...
<http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/07/31/225911/uk-to-retain-te
lecoms-traffic-data-for-a-year.htm>

Old school records are destined for the dump
Luton Today - Woodston,Peterborough,UK
Luton Sixth form College, which now occupies the site, no longer has the
space to store all the old files from its predecessors, so is planning 
to
burn them ...
<http://www.lutontoday.co.uk/lut-news?articleid=3072616>

Philadelphia puts historical photos online for all to see
Philadelphia Daily News - Philadelphia,PA,USA
Overseen by the Philadelphia Department of Records, the site contains 
more
than 36000 photos from city archives; about 2000 more are added every
month. ...
<http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/pennsylvania/8855062.ht
ml>’’

Ohio's 2004 Presidential Election Records Mysteriously Disappear Again
Mother Jones - San Francisco,CA,USA
Everything from violation of Ohio's own election laws to destruction of
ballots to intimidation of voters is clearly documented. The news media,
however, ...
<http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2007/08/5051_ohios_2004_pre
s.html>


Digital Archive Casts New Light on Apollo-era Moon Pictures
YubaNet - Nevada City,CA,USA
A new digital archive - created through a collaboration between Arizona
State University and NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston - is making
available ...
<http://www.yubanet.com/artman/publish/article_62371.shtml>

Use of web archive did not constitute hacking, says US court
Out-Law.com - London,England,UK
The use of web archive The Wayback Machine did not constitute hacking in
the case of a law firm which used the web archive to see pages which 
owners
did not ...
<http://www.out-law.com/page-8337>

County records need a home
Dateline Alabama - Birmingham,AL,USA
By Robert DeWitt Preservationists took a first-hand look at how 19th
Century records are being kept at the Tuscaloosa County Courthouse. ...
<http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20070801/NEWS/70801014/1007/dateli
ne&cachetime=3&template=dateline>

2004 Election in Ohio-Records Destroyed
Technocrat.net - Boston,MA,USA
..."The destruction of the election records also frustrates efforts by 
the
media and historians to determine the accuracy of Ohio's 2004 vote 
count,...
<http://technocrat.net/d/2007/8/1/24085>

It's all for the records
Tuscaloosa News (subscription) - Tuscaloosa,AL,USA
Jim Crowder, chairman of the Tuscaloosa Genealogical Society's records
preservation committee, said records storage has been a long-running 
issue.
...
<http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20070802/NEWS/708020333/1010/NEWS0
5>

Opinion: Resovling ILM's identity crisis
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
Information Lifecycle Management is a set of policies and processes 
applied
to information objects. These policies and processes recognize that
information ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&
taxonomyName=business_intelligence&articleId=9028766&taxonomyId=9&intsrc=
kc_feat>


Wilson Library Looking For Boost
Harrisonburg Daily News Record - Harrisonburg,VA,USA
By Alicia Wotring Sisk The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library is 
"bursting
at the seams," says Executive Director Eric Vettel. ...
<http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=11486&CHID=2>

Massachussets Adds Open XML to Approved Formats
IT Business Edge - Louisville,KY,USA
... a revised technology master plan that embraces both OpenDocument 
Format
and Office Open XML as viable ways to store public documents, reports
eWEEK. ...
<http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/hdw/?p=638>

Amidst public criticism, Massachusetts finalizes open documents ...
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
s Office Open XML as viable ways to store public documents. The ITD
Division also released public comments received during a three-week 
comment
period last ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&
taxonomyName=government&articleId=9028721&taxonomyId=13&intsrc=kc_top>

Open Records in the Cayman Islands
Caribbean PressReleases.com (press release) - Christ Church,Barbados
Kurt Tibbetts' tabling in the Legislative Assembly in November 2005 a 
draft
white paper for freedom of information on a wide range of public 
records.
...
<http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/2147/1/Open-Records-in-th
e-Cayman-Islands/Law-would-apply-to-all-records.html>





Peter Kurilecz
Richmond, VA

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