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There are 4 messages totalling 269 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. National Archives of Australia releases Xena 4.0
2. W3C AA standards
3. Local Authority Invoice Retention Periods
4. RM in cinema.
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Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:13:38 +1000
From: John Lovejoy <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: National Archives of Australia releases Xena 4.0
Our Xena digital preservation software is a free and open source tool
for digital preservation. Xena may be used as a desktop application or
(more commonly) via its application programming interface to perform its
two key tasks from within other digital preservation workflows. Xena is
designed to:
* Determine file formats
* Convert files into standards based, open formats for preservation
Key new features in the 4.0 release of Xena are:
* Export facility (un-Xenafy) is now available through the viewer
interface
* Audio plugin is now included by default
* Image file metadata is now extracted from image headers
* Archive plugin (zip, bzip, gzip etc) is now included
Please take a look at the new Xena website http://xena.sourceforge.net
and download your copy, then let us know what you think.
Thanks,
Michael Carden
Technical Manager
Digital Preservation
National Archives of Australia
61 2 6212 6223
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Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:33:23 +0100
From: Rob Teran <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: W3C AA standards
Dear List
I am currently reviewing requirements for a historical data capture=20
project. Could anyone please advise me as to whether or not it would
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feasible to request that scanned documents & drawings (planning files=
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exported to PDF should be accessible to W3C AA standards.
I was of the opinion that scanned paper files would essentially be a=20
flat/rasterized image after the digitatisation process and therefore
this=
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standard need not apply, but I would like to be certain that this is
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case.=20
Many Thanks in advance
Rob Teran
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Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:36:56 +0100
From: "Harris, Paul" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Local Authority Invoice Retention Periods
Dear list members,
I would be grateful to hear from members who have come across the
followi=
ng scenario and how it is managed:
An on-going series of invoices where procedurally those concerning
extern=
al grant funding are mixed with 'ordinary' invoices, creating a series
wi=
th mixed retention periods, (the standard 6 years plus current financial
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year and the more strict audit retention requirement of funding bodies
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ch as the EU up to 14 years), causing an excess retention of records. It
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is a sizeable record series causing records centre space management
issue=
s and with areas of conflict with Data Protection principles. Is this
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ition common to other local authorities? =20
I'm looking for evidence of best practice guidance from any local
authori=
ties in this specific area.
Thank you,
Paul
Paul Harris=20
Records Manager
Rotherham MBC
Tel. Rotherham (01709) 336971
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Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 17:30:49 +0100
From: David Thew <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: RM in cinema.
Probably already in, but how about '3 Days of the Condor', '1984' (a bit
obvious but not many more blatant examples of rewriting the records, and
made into a film starring Richard Burton, I believe), The Constant
Gardener (reports suppressed by government for the benefit of business)-
and as a lateral thought just to get Laurel and Hardy in there, 'Way out
West', where a will is misappropriated and its contents misreported to
the detriment of the rightful heiress - stretching the point, perhaps,
but worth including I think!
David Thew
Joint MD
Intelligent Resources Ltd
No. 1 White's Row
Spitalfields
London E1 7LF
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From: The UK Records Management mailing list
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Martin
Sanderson
Sent: 21 September 2007 16:47
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Subject: Re: RM in cinema.
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Fearing this may may have gone before but 'Name of the Rose ' by Umberto
Eco must be the classic to demonstrate the power of information control
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Martin
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From: The UK Records Management mailing list on behalf of Liz
Scott-Wilson
Sent: Fri 21/09/2007 13:24
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: RM in cinema.
* The Lives of Others - record-keeping being a staple of an
effective fascist regime...
* Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade - who had the notebook? Did
they check it out? Or update the location??
* Lord of the Rings: which one?? - Gandalf flicking through the
archives of Minas Tirith (with I might add a naked flame and a lot of
dust). A good search engine would have found the answer.=20
* Sahara - Penelope Cruz uses events to find dates (not the
other way around) - innovative use of metadata
* Memento - Guy Pierce keeps the record of his life on his own
body
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Yay Friday afternoon!
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Liz Scott-Wilson
Metataxis Limited
+44 (0)7746 815 317
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Designing the Information-Centric Environment
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From: The UK Records Management mailing list
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of James Lowry
Sent: 21 September 2007 12:41
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: RM in cinema.
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Again, apologies for cross-posting.
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Further to my recent enquiry on this list about records management
training videos, I am trying now to think of films or television
programmes that portray the practice or effects of record keeping (good
or bad). I have seen a number of espionage/political thriller films like
this, but can't remember any of the titles.
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I've seen this topic discussed on this list before, so I apologise for
returning to the subject again.
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Can anyone recommend to me, perhaps off list, any films that might
illustrate records management fundamentals?
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Thanks in advance,
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James Lowry.
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