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Grateful Dead Foundations Help Preserve Archive of Composer Lou Harrison AScribe Newswire - 4 June 2004 SANTA CRUZ, California (AScribe Newswire) — Two foundations established by members of the Grateful Dead have contributed funds to help preserve the archive of the late composer Lou Harrison at the University of California, Santa Cruz. http://www.andante.com/article/article.cfm?id=23843 Baltimore Business Journal» Terry named director of collections at Lewis museum Julekha Dash Staff The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture has appointed David Taft Terry as director of collections and exhibitions. Terry, a former historian and research specialist with the Maryland State Archives, will oversee the inaugural exhibition, develop and acquire new collections and spearhead educational initiatives to convey Maryland's African American history to the community. http://baltimore.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2004/05/31/daily26.html?jst =b_ln_hl Computerworld Trans-tasman digital archive sets new standard Michael Crawford, Computerworld, sydney 04/06/2004 08:00:00 Public record institutions across Australia and New Zealand will spend more than $6 million establishing a massive digital library that will be used as an international standards benchmark. Established by the National Archives of Australia (NAA), the Digital Recordkeeping Initiative is a thinktank for the development and delivery of an industry-wide set of rules for making, using and storing digital records. http://www.computerworld.com.au/nindex.php/id;1613096940;fp;16;fpid;0 International Herald Tribune When death locks words in computers Jeffrey Selingo/NYT NYT Friday, June 4, 2004 When Tomm Purnell's uncle, Keith Cochran, died last year, Purnell's mother received two of Cochran's computers. One of them, a laptop, is password- protected, and even though Purnell considers himself somewhat of a computer geek, "the really obvious passwords," he said, like the names of Cochran's cats and combinations of his Social Security number, have failed. "I guess he assumed that whoever came in would figure it out," said Purnell, a physics student at Colorado State University. "I have no clue what's on there, but I'd like to find out." http://www.iht.com/articles/523344.htm Document safety hangs by a shred Friday, June 04, 2004 By Ben Cunningham The Grand Rapids Press Identity thieves and information larcenists are to the 21st century what train robbers were to the Wild West. But fear not, there's a new sheriff in town, armed not with a six-shooter but a paper shredder. The proliferation of identity theft and federal privacy laws has spurred rapid growth in the information destruction industry. http://www.mlive.com/business/grpress/index.ssf?/base/business-2/1086360535161 280.xml Salem Statesman Journal SAIF accused of record purges The workers’ compensation insurer denies any wrongdoing MICHAEL ROSE Statesman Journal June 4, 2004 A former employee of SAIF Corp. has accused the state’s largest workers’ compensation insurer of destroying public records requested by company critics and pertinent to an ongoing state ethics investigation. The quasi-public SAIF must defend itself from allegations that it violated the state’s public-records laws. SAIF was slapped with a temporary restraining order Thursday that requires it to retain records. It also must explain to a judge why it should not be held in contempt of court at a hearing scheduled for July. http://news.statesmanjournal.com/article.cfm?i=81378 Portland Tribune Ex-SAIF worker: Records deleted Former employee says state agency official told him to destroy files By JIM REDDEN Issue date: Fri, Jun 4, 2004 The Tribune A former public affairs manager for the State Accident Insurance Fund says in an affidavit that SAIF officials told him to alter and destroy public documents being sought by the nonprofit group Oregonians for Sound Economic Policy. In a meeting with Marion County Circuit Judge Paul Lipscomb and attorneys for SAIF on Thursday morning, the nonprofit’s attorney, John DiLorenzo, produced an affidavit from Mark Cohen saying SAIF officials repeatedly directed him to alter and destroy the records between June 2003 and February 2004. http://www.portlandtribune.com/archview.cgi?id=24668 Portland Tribune Goldschmidt digs in heels over his files 38 boxes transfer to the state, but more hang in legal limbo By JIM REDDEN Issue date: Fri, Jun 4, 2004 The Tribune Neil Goldschmidt is insisting that his lawyer or personal secretary screen the vast majority of his files from his stints as Portland City Council member, mayor and Oregon governor before releasing them to the state archivist. http://www.portlandtribune.com/archview.cgi?id=24679 The Oregonian The public's papers The state archivist is properly demanding that former Gov. Neil Goldschmidt's official papers be made available Friday, June 04, 2004 F ormer Gov. Neil Goldschmidt's official papers don't belong to him, his attorneys or even the Oregon Historical Society, which has kept for years more than 250 boxes of Goldschmidt's documents. They belong to Oregonians. http://www.oregonlive.com/editorials/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/10863 50353285980.xml angliatv.com The Way We Are Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th June, 11.30pm The enormous success of Anglia TV’s social history series The Way We Were has proved the voracious appetite we have for nostalgia and old film. But in our modern, disposable lifestyles exactly what will be left in our historical archives for future generations to enjoy? It’s a concern for archivists in all media, including film archivists. Now, through an exciting and innovative partnership project between Anglia Television and the East Anglian Film Archive (UEA) we hope to go a long way to ensuring that images of life in the region today will be there for our grandchildren’s children to view in centuries to come. http://www.itvregions.com/programmes_view.php?region=Anglia&page=6689 Managing Information 4 June 2004 New Grant Helps Museums, Libraries and Archives Support National Veterans Campaign A £2 million grant fund has been set up to enable museums, libraries and archives across the country to get involved in Veterans Reunited, a major lottery-funded national campaign to mark the 60th anniversary of the end Second World War. http://www.managinginformation.com/news/content_show_full.php?id=2757 Out-Law.com BBC to open archives under Creative Commons licence 04/06/2004 The BBC released details last week of its Creative Archive initiative, which will allow people to download, manipulate and share clips of BBC documentaries, without fear of breaching copyright laws. The scheme embraces the Creative Commons licensing model. Founded in 2001, Creative Commons is a non-profit US corporation founded on the notion that some people may not want to exercise all of the intellectual property rights the law affords them. http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=bbctoopenarchives1086343449&area=n ews Bradenton Herald Posted on Fri, Jun. 04, 2004 Release of Smith files was 'mistake,' clerk says NEVY KAMINSKI Herald Staff Writer SARASOTA - Sarasota County Clerk Karen Rushing confirmed Thursday that a deputy clerk erroneously released paperwork that was under a judge's seal in the first-degree murder case of Joseph P. Smith. http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/8833544.htm NBC4TV Texters Beware: Wireless Messages May Show Up In Court POSTED: 11:39 am PDT June 4, 2004 UPDATED: 12:46 pm PDT June 4, 2004 LOS ANGELES -- A few hours after NBA star Kobe Bryant had sex with a Vail-area hotel worker last summer, the woman exchanged cell phone text messages with a former boyfriend and someone else. What's in those messages could help determine whether the sex was consensual or whether Bryant is guilty of rape as charged. The judge himself said the content may be "highly relevant" to the case. http://www.nbc4.tv/news/3382807/detail.html Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA [log in to unmask] Richmond, Va