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

Airline museums preserve carriers' legacy
MSNBC - USA
... Within a converted room in one hangar, an archivist collects galley
china, saves old uniforms from retirees and even scouts out rare items
on eBay. ...
<http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15106780/>

Airline Museums Share Industry's Trouble
Houston Chronicle - United States
... The Delta museum's air-conditioned archival storage room _ which is
slightly smaller than the dining area of a typical fast-food restaurant
_ contains the ...
<http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4230076.html>

Saco stores old documents better than in past, but still illegally
MaineToday.com - Portland,ME,USA
... to preserve their permanent records, but those efforts often fall short
of placing them all in a fireproof safe, said Maine State Archivist James
Henderson. ...
<http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/local/061002sacorecords.html>

Borland time capsule unearthed
Penn State Digital Collegian - University Park,PA,USA
... of the new Food Science building, Jackie Esposito, university archivist,
said ... The artifacts will be permanently preserved in the university
archives located in ...
<http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2006/10/10-02-06tdc/10-02-06dnews-03.asp>

Sale of Carvel items shames the entire state
The News Journal - Wilmington,DE,USA
... State Harriet Smith Winsor and State Archivist Russ McCabe did not
know of the sale. McCabe says Carvel was meticulous about making sure
the archives did get ...
<http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061002/OPINION03/610020319/1104/OPINION>

The Risky Business Of Data Deletion
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
... into the extremes of data management, says attorney Michael Overly,
a partner in the IT practice of Foley & Lardner and co-author of Document
Retention In The ...
<http://www.informationweek.com/software/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193100608&subSection=Integration>

Electronic Medical Records: Charting Mayo Clinic's Progress.
Baseline - New York,NY,USA
... chronic diseases. Also, health-care providers should spend less time
waiting or looking for files once patient records are digitized. ...
<http://www.baselinemag.com/article2/0,1540,2021432,00.asp>

Digital records aren't forever
Canton Repository (subscription) - Canton,OH,USA
... and emulators to mimic old digital files for use on modern devices. But
those methods are also imperfect, another reason that the records of modern
society ...
<http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=310751>

Records management meets IT
NetworkWorld.com - Southborough,MA,USA
Records management has always been technology intensive, says Virginia
Jones, certified records manager for the 400,000-customer Department of
Public Utilities ...
<http://www.networkworld.com/careers/2006/100206-records-management.html?zb&rc=apps>

Use caution when deleting old e-mails
Milwaukee Small Business Times - Milwaukee,WI,USA
By Matthew Rosek, for SBT. In the electronic age, destroying evidence has
never been so easy. With a simple click, entire files can ...
<http://www.biztimes.com/news/2006/9/29/use-caution-when-deleting-old-e-mails>

Minister emphasises use of e-records
IPP Media - Guardian - Dar es Salaam,United Republic of Tanzania
... Hawa Ghasia, has challenged the new board of Records and Archives
Management Advisory to make use of the electronic recording popular known
as "e-records.". ...
<http://www.ippmedia.com/ipp/guardian/2006/10/02/75601.html>

Calif. Initiative To Regulate Search Engines?
Slashdot - USA
... so to get anything done, anything enforceable would have to pretty much
say, "You can only keep records for 25 years, and then you have to delete
them. ...
<http://search.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/02/0310200>


Missouri lender weans itself off faxes, paper documents with eCopy
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
... Risinger said it is an intuitive way for employees to collaborate on
documents, since it so closely ... "Our employees could e-mail, but saving
files to network ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9003786&intsrc=news_ts_head>

Data theft rises
Recruiter Magazine - London,UK
Data theft by employees of contacts, databases and confidential documents
is becoming ever more common, according to research by Prefix IT. ...
<http://www.recruitermagazine.co.uk/Articles/331801/Data+theft+rises+.html>

Review: Workshare Keeps Documents Confidential
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
... One of the primary tools offered by Workshare is the ability to remove
meta-data from documents. Meta-data is the hidden information found in
files, such as ...
<http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193101021&subSection=Product+Reviews>

Optimize Magazine, Mon, 02 Oct 2006 8:15 AM PDT
The Risky Business Of Data Deletion
http://www.optimizemagazine.com/article/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=193101067
Data retention and deletion represent two sides of the same issue as companies
grapple with their legal and regulatory responsibilities. Which electronic
records must you save, and when should you delete them--for good?