RAIN 20071204
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
EVERY DAY 20-25 PEOPLE APPLY TO ARCHIVE
Panorama.am - Yerevan,Armenia
... applied to our service to present their documents to "Axa" French
insurance company," said Amatuni Virabyan, the director of the National
Archive. ...
<http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2007/11/30/axa/>
LOOKING GLASS
Springfield State Journal Register - Springfield,IL,USA
But at the dawn of the 20th century, it also was on the vanguard of
photojournalism, sending photographers out with bulky cameras and glass
negatives to ...
<http://www.sj-r.com/News/stories/21098.asp>
Masters records destroyed?
Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
The records destruction could explain why efforts in recent months have
failed to find former Detective Marsha Reed's report of her conversation
with Dr. ...
<http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2007/dec/03/masters-records-destroyed/>
A walking, talking Williamson County archive
Austin American-Statesman - Austin,TX,USA
Karen Thompson relies on libraries and face-to-face interviews to archive
the county's history. "That's when I realized you've got to go out and talk
to ...
<http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/12/03/1203thompson.html>
Secret erotic archive reveals all in France
Times Online - UK
"Enter these ancestral grottos and you will gauge the scale of that
lie," he wrote. "This is a French archive, the reversed geography of
our monarchies and ...
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2993319.ece>
Websites sell secret bank data and pins
Times Online - UK
If you want to go a step further, you can get copies of your credit file
for £2 from credit reference bodies. If this is all too much trouble for
you (but ...
<http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2988471.ece>
Facebook founder loses court battle to keep personal data offline
Register - London,England,UK
Their failed application also attempted to force O'Brien to reveal how he
obtained the files, since they had been locked up. He has maintained he was
given ...
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/03/zuckerberg_files/>
1911 census details can be accessed online from today
Irish Times - Ireland
Caitríona Crowe, senior archivist at the National Archives, said the
census gives a picture of a city on the brink of great change. ...
<http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/frontpage/2007/1204/1196713197386.html?via=me>
UB Music Library to Digitize Influential Collections of New Music
UB News Center - Buffalo,NY,USA
The reformatting will be conducted by George Blood's Safe Sound Archives in
Philadelphia, a vendor with a strong reputation and extensive
experience in the ...
<http://www.buffalo.edu/news/9008>
Australia's history goes online
iT News - Australia
By Lilia Guan Digital communications agency, Reading Room, has redeveloped
the National Archives of Australia (NAA) website to give the public online
access ...
<http://www.itnews.com.au/News/66101,australia%E2%80%99s-history-goes-online.aspx>
Study Reveals Overlooked Sources of Leaks
Dark Reading - New York,NY,USA
Lost laptops, emails sent to the wrong address, sensitive documents
left on
photocopiers, employees walking out of the building with confidential
papers or ...
<http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=140412&WT.svl=news1_1>
Bonhams to Auction Hitler's `Mein Kampf,' Von Braun's Papers
Bloomberg - USA
Some pages were classified, remaining unpublished until 1960. ``It's one of
the first monographs about rocket science,'' said Geiger. ...
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aesROoskoJhQ&refer=muse>
Nazi rocket scientist's secret papers up for sale
Guardian Unlimited - UK
The 166-page document, which von Braun created for his phd
dissertation in April 1934, contains the scientist's hand-written
annotations as well as his ...
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/germany/article/0,,2221423,00.html>
A Farm Boy and a Mogul, and How They Changed the World
New York Times - United States
... a boy genius from Idaho, and David Sarnoff, a New York broadcasting
czar born in Russia -- is packed with the stuff of high drama: corporate
espionage, ...
<http://theater2.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/theater/reviews/04farn.html?ref=theater>
Government computers keep going missing, ministers admit
ComputerworldUK - UK
Last month, the agency admitted that taxpayer data was held on a laptop
stolen from an employee's car. But HMRC has in fact lost dozens of other
laptops. ...
<http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/security/data-control/news/index.cfm?newsid=6488>
Middle managers are the biggest hoarders
Siliconrepublic.com - Dublin,Ireland
... document and records management [EDRM] is being further complicated by
a myriad of 'information creatures' among employees," explained David
Oates, ...
<http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/news.nv?storyid=single9776>
Indianapolis Stat
If business data is vital, take steps to protect it
Iron Mountain, others can help companies store and retrieve records
and recover from disasters
<< http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071203/BUSINESS/712030328>>
State opens investigation after sensitive juvenile records lost
Tampa Bay's 10 - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
State officials say rules prohibit employees or those working for state
contracted agencies from taking sensitive files out of government offices
on flash ...
<http://www.tampabays10.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=69044>
Courts, enterprises grapple with retention and retrieval costs ...
Byteandswitch.com - New York,NY,USA
FRCP and e-discovery create the potential for a wild goose chase for an
email or document, which may or may not exist. Courts and corporations are...
<http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=140537&WT.svl=news2_2>
We cannot wipe out corruption without good records management
New Vision - Kampala,Uganda
Sound records management does not only underpin the due process, but
enables accountability. There are several reasons why any government,
committed to the ...<http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/459/600446>
Zantaz introduces legal hold solution
Computer Business Review - UK
"We're taking a dramatically new and different approach to desktop legal
hold, helping companies reduce the soaring costs and risks associated with
FRCP ...
<http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=A640126D-5101-4717-9A1F-BB38B3871F14>
State archives offering electronic newsletter
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - Sioux Falls,SD,USA
By staff reports The State Archives of the South Dakota State Historical
Society in Pierre is offering a free online newsletter. ...
<http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071204/NEWS/712040311/1001>
Ferragamo opens its archives, recreates most famous shoes
The Canadian Press -
The designs in the limited-edition Ferragamo Creations collection come
straight from the company's archives, using the original models, forms and
types of ...
<http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gFdf9bCDZl9sioR9hCJ9IZIWvJZw>
Proper record keeping urged
The National - Port Moresby,Papua New Guinea
Mr Zibe told participants that proper record keeping was the basic building
block for accountability, transparency and good governance in handling of
public ...
<http://www.thenational.com.pg/120507/Nation%206.htm>
Maine Asking Court For Return Of Independence Document
WCSH-TV - Portland,ME,USA
Maine Archivist David Cheever says a Jan. 15 trial date has been set in
Fairfax County, Va., to settle the dispute with Richard L. Adams Jr., ...
<http://www.wcsh6.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=75900>
Research agreements required by law
Vancouver Sun - British Columbia, Canada
The ability to access sensitive archival records carries a burden of
responsibility not only on the archives and its staff but on the
researchers. ...
<http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/editorial/story.html?id=d237b71b-6b80-4c24-9e9b-16bb92769825>
Avalon on Board with Records Program
Cape May County Herald - NJ, United States
Currently, the county is in the process of assessing records storage
for each of the municipalities. Part of the state Division of Archives
and Records ...
<http://www.capemaycountyherald.com/article/18495-avalon-board-records-program>
UCLA film archive hires Horak
Variety - Los Angeles,CA,USA
By TATIANA SIEGEL Film scholar and historian Jan-Christopher Horak has been
named director of the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Horak's career as a
film ...
<http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117977003.html?categoryId=13>
Qualcomm Digs Deep in Face of Global Litigation Onslaught
Law.com (subscription) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... four complaints against Broadcom in San Diego federal district
court, alleging theft of Qualcomm trade secrets and infringement of
ten of its patents.
...<http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1196676274843>
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Peter Kurilecz CRM CA
Richmond, Va
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