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Well after a whirlwind tour of London, Cambridge and Liverpool here is smattering of stories for your enjoyment. Do read the last story about the Dallas Library's acquisition of new photo collection. DATA retention is the main compliance headache for banks Out-Law.com - UK ... time. This conflict, said respondents, was slowing down the ability to formulate strategies for document retention and retrieval. ... http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=dataretentionisth1092224125&area=n ews INTERNET Archive has copyright problems The Inquirer - England,UK The US Internet Archive, which makes archival copies of software and data, said it was technically impossible to do its job because of the Act which forbids ... http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=17785 INTERNET archivist has modest goal: Store everything SiliconValley.com - San Jose,CA,USA By Matt Marshall. Brewster Kahle, founder of San Francisco's Internet Archive, burns with a mission. He wants to ensure universal access to all human knowledge. ... http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/9373272.htm EX-CLERK Sentenced in INS File Shredding Los Angeles Times (subscription) - Los Angeles,CA,USA The former worker gets probation and house arrest in the case of destroyed immigration documents. He intends to file an appeal. ... http://www.latimes.com/business/careers/work/la-me-salazar10aug10,1,7341442.st ory?coll=la-headlines-business-careers EX-EMPLOYEES Talk About Collection Agency Document Handling WBNS - Colombus,OH,USA ... "Paperwork, documents with social security numbers on it, said the former employee. "There was no shredding. We just threw it away.". ... http://www.10tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2158003 PRESERVING Ham Radio History Hartford Courant (subscription) - Hartford,CT,USA ... Internet and wi-fi connections, it's easy to forget the technology that provided much of the basis for our plugged-in lifestyles, but archivists, working in a ... http://www.ctnow.com/technology/hc-prime0810.artaug10,1,7780497.story?coll=hc- headlines-technology MESSAGES Can Be Forever PC Magazine - USA ... text messaging. So instead we'll be left to look to a new generation for the first SMS message archivists. Think about it. Somewhere ... http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1634544,00.asp SAIF'S actions draw rebuke in handling of records Oregonian - Portland,OR,USA ... Keene said her understanding of the state's records-retention rule was that if a ... was a "ridiculous standard that would allow any state agency to delete anything ... http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1092225819112380 .xml SCOTTISH Water report kept under wraps The Scotsman - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK ... It said that Scottish Water’s record on openness in relation to public documents "leaves much to be desired" and that it did not do enough to publicise ... http://news.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=916332004 BOXES Full Of History Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA ... is Richard "Dick" Harrington, a veteran archivist who cut his teeth at the Library of Virginia in Richmond, which serves as the state's archives and government ... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56599-2004Aug11.html CONTROLLING content chaos Computerworld Australia - Australia ... software is designed to keep track of documents and records that are stored in a variety of locations and formats (paper, Web pages, PDF files and, increasingly ... http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1835136218;fp;16;fpid;0 CASE of vanishing files baffles court Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA ... I want my records. ... only part of my file -- about one-half inch of documents dating to ... register of probate, said she and her staff are searching for the files. ... http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2004/08/12/case_of_vanishing_files_b affles_court_1092236149 COUNCIL supports access to documents Florida Today - Melbourne,FL,USA BY WAYNE T. PRICE. The Melbourne City Council wants Melbourne International Airport leadership to back off on efforts to restrict access to public documents. ... http://www.floridatoday.com/!NEWSROOM/moneystoryB0811AIRPORT.htm ACT to bolster record-keeping Fiji Times - Fiji ... He said the Act would legally establish the National Archives and assign responsibilities in the acquisition and preservation of public archival records and ... http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=6693 Dallas Morning News 8/17/04 A legacy worth thousands of words Dallas to preserve black photographer's historic collection 10:32 PM CDT on Friday, August 13, 2004 By EMILY RAMSHAW / The Dallas Morning News In the two years since his father died, Marion Butts Jr. has found comfort in the former photographer's tiny plastic negatives and fragile black-and-white prints that preserve 60 years of Dallas' black history. There's the one of Dallas' first black police officers. One of a visit by Ike and Tina Turner. And a couple showing Martin Luther King Jr. in the early days of desegregation. But Mr. Butts is preparing to say goodbye to those images. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/081404dnmet photog.278d.html http://snipurl.com/8flq Peter A. 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