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Latrobe water bottler accused of fraud
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... investigating Le-Nature's, the debilitated Latrobe bottled water
company whose top management stands accused of accounting fraud, destroying
evidence and using ...
<http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06307/735335-28.stm>

Unpublished Plath Poem Discovered in IU Archives
WISH - Indianapolis,IN,USA
A graduate student has discovered an unpublished sonnet written by poet
Sylvia Plath in the Indiana University archives. Virginia ...
<http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5614183&nav=0Ra7>

Namibia

: African Archives Plan Better Coordination
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Recommendations have been drawn up for streamlining coordination among
archives in southern and eastern Africa, following a two-day meeting held
in Windhoek ...
<http://allafrica.com/stories/200611030472.html>

Cups ‘N Strings Taps Archivist Marie O’Connell
Broadcast Newsroom - Newport Beach,CA,USA
Bruce Maddocks, owner and chief engineer of Cups ‘N Strings Studios, has
appointed Marie O’Connell as Chief Audio Archivist. ...
<http://nab.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=78502>

Historical Foundation moving
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
The move is part of a plan by ASU to build a multistory library and
archival building in downtown Phoenix that would house the world's largest
collection of ...
<http://www.azcentral.com/community/chandler/articles/1103tr-AHF1102Z6.html>

Lost generations game
Times Online - UK
... The National Archive’s latest figures show that 54 per cent of its
six million or so readers, who either visit in person or via the internet,
are researching ...
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,8123-2434913,00.html>

Global file namespaces, ILM, API's, and what you need to really ...
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
... at the same time, we're also in a place where new enterprise
technologies - namely Global File Name Spaces (GFNS), Information Lifecycle
Management (ILM) tools ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/blogs/node/3896>

Starbucks says laptops with employee information missing
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
... Last year, Time Warner Inc. said data on 600,000 current and former
employees stored on computer backup tapes was lost, while a thief stole a
Boeing computer ...
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/291044_starbucksid03ww.html>

Oracle Acquires Stellent for $440 Million
ebizQ - New Rochelle,NY,USA
... Management, Web Content Management, Digital Asset Management, Imaging
and Business Process Management, Information Rights Management, and Risk
and Compliance. ...
<http://www.ebizq.net/news/7406.html>

Oracle Buys in to ECM
Managing Automation Magazine - New York,NY,USA
... which offers imaging capabilities for document capture as well as
business process management tools; and Stellent Compliance and Records
Management, a tool for ...
<http://www.managingautomation.com/maonline/news/read/Oracle_Buys_in_to_ECM_25204>

Oracle Buys Stellent, SPL
Red Herring - CA,USA
... ‘Oracle has a good document management solution ... for handling
documents, web content, information rights, digital assets, records
retention, imaging, governance ...
<http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=19554&hed=Oracle+Buys+Stellent%2C+SPL>

Los Angeles Times, Thu, 02 Nov 2006 0:21 AM PST

Breach at lab called significant http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-lab2nov02,1,6321678.story

More classified information from Los Alamos nuclear facility was found in the

police raid of a residential trailer than was first disclosed, sources say.

Daily Northwestern, Thu, 02 Nov 2006 0:52 AM PST

Library Exhibit Gives A Glimpse Of Northwestern's Past http://www.dailynorthwestern.com/news/2006/11/02/Campus/Library.Exhibit.Gives.A.Glimpse.Of.Northwesterns.Past-2434750.shtml

Today's students might call Northwestern a lot of things, but Elmer Sims, a

long-ago NU graduate, reminds the university community of its roots: "This is a

'Methodist hole,' as some of the boys call it."

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sat, 04 Nov 2006 9:12 PM PST

California history unearthed http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06309/735166-58.stm

The California Area Historical Society is busy these days poring over recently

found minutes of borough meetings that date back before the Civil War.

"Discovered in the residence of a former burgess of the borough, the ledgers are

in surprisingly good shape," said Patricia Cowen, society archivist.

Los Angeles Times, Sun, 05 Nov 2006 0:09 AM PST

The past is a present for visitors to archives bazaar 

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-archive5nov05,1,1645365.story

Student, amateur and professional historians feast on treasure trove of exhibits

in San Marino.

Peter Kurilecz CRM CA
Richmond VA