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

United States: Averting Potentially Costly Electronic Discovery ...
Mondaq News Alerts (subcription) - London,UK
... high-profile one – of the results of glitches in responding to a
discovery request, particularly when it comes to electronic document
retention, location of ...
<http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=43908&searchresults=1>

Diocesan archivist emeritus receives award
Intermountain Catholic - Salt Lake City,Utah,USA
LOGAN — Diocesan Archivist Emeritus Bernice Maher Mooney was honored Oct.
20 for her outstanding archival work for the Diocese of Salt Lake City. ...
<http://www.icatholic.org/indstory/2006/indexstory200639p08.html>

ASU developing plans for Goldwater library in downtown Phoenix
KVOA.com - Tucson,AZ,USA
... State University is working on a plan that would preserve and showcase
Barry Goldwater and his papers in a multistory library and archival
building bearing his ...
<http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=5624552&nav=HMO6>

The search for service records
Daily News Tribune - Waltham,MA,USA
... "Very few things are more important than that," said National Archives
archivist Allen Weinstein. The National Archives and Records ...
<http://www.dailynewstribune.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=76536>

Family tree service goes online
BBC News - UK
... People can search the online archives to find historical records before
making an ... Archivist Andrew Dowsey said: "The catalogue on fifedirect
makes it so much ...
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6109136.stm>

National Archives Honors Archivist and Historian Walter B. Hill Jr ...
U.S. Newswire (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
... Newswire/ -- Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein has honored
Walter B. Hill Jr., a longtime archivist and historian at the National
Archives and a ...
<http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=75597>

No vision from the top
The National - Port Moresby,Papua New Guinea
... The National Archives is further straggled by its status as a branch of
the National Library when it should be on the same level. ...
<http://www.thenational.com.pg/110306/column6.htm>

Bankruptcy, Fraud Alleged at LeNature’s
The Beverage Network - USA
... Panagos that they had “witnessed individuals, most notably the
Company’s chief executive officer, Gregory Podlucky, shredding
documents,” according to ...
<http://www.bevnet.com/news/2006/11-02-2006-LeNature's_Podlucky_Panagos_Latrobe.asp>

I Spy Your Public Records On-line
WDEF - Chattanooga,TN,USA
... investigator. Those days may be numbered as public records with data
many perceive to be private available with just a few clicks. ...
<http://www.wdef.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WDEF/MGArticle/DEF_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149191481130&path=>

Storage Gets on Record
Byteandswitch.com - New York,NY,USA
... A record can be anything from email to a scanned copy of a paper
document. ... are required in any dialog aimed at ensuring solid data
retention for compliance and ...
<http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=109619&WT.svl=news2_2>

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Thu, 02 Nov 2006 3:07 AM PST

Beaver County civil courts using electronic filing system http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06306/734817-57.stm

A lawyer walking into the Beaver County prothonotary's office to file a mortgage

foreclosure had better be prepared for a whole new world. A clerk will take the

documents, scan them into the computer system and hand them back, along with a

scanning bill for $5 plus $1 a page.

Uncover DHS' Virus Gaffe
Wired News - USA
Wired News issued a request last year under the Freedom of Information Act
for documents pertaining to a 2005 computer virus incident that crippled
the ...
<http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,72047-0.html>

Archiving Print Pubs - The Right Way
GameDAILY BIZ - USA
... online. The other longtime publications better pay attention because if
their archives aren't online, they may not actually exist. ...
<http://biz.gamedaily.com/industry/media/?id=14322>

Patrick White archives bought by National Library
ABC Online - Australia
TONY EASTLEY: Well what was probably meant to remain private correspondence
belonging to the author Patrick White has found its way into the public
eye. ...
<http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2006/s1780321.htm>

University to house Springfield News archives
Oregon Daily Emerald - Erb Memorial Union,OR,USA
The Springfield News may be closed, but the photographic and paper archives
will keep Springfield's history alive at the Knight Library. ...
<http://www.dailyemerald.com/news/2006/11/01/News/University.To.House.Springfield.News.Archives-2434897.shtml>

Wishes granted for local history group
Saffron Walden Reporter - Stevenage,Herts,UK
... aspect of local history I had to sift through the piles of documents,
so the ... access to a computer will be able to discover what dastardly
deeds their ancestors ...
<http://www.saffronwalden-reporter.co.uk/content/saffron/news/story.aspx?brand=SAFOnline&category=NewsSaffron&tBrand=cambs24&tCategory=NewsSAF&itemid=WEED01%20Nov%202006%2016%3A21%3A46%3A677>

SOAs Get Many in Shape for Compliance
SAP INFO - Mannheim,Germany
... store all data; make it available for an audit; and then delete it at
... If the individual data records and fields have been indexed and
archived properly, they ...
<http://www.sap.info/public/INT/int/index/Category-12613c61affe7a5bc-int/0/articlesVersions-188794549ca2c13ae9>

Kirton & McConkie Faces E-Mail Pains
Law.com (subscription) - San Francisco,CA,USA
... can also perform any "normal" e-mail operations (such as forward,
delete, reply and ... The first retention policy manages all records in the
archive based on the ...
<http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1162375516205>

Attorney: Archivist under intense pressure
Santa Fe New Mexican - Santa Fe,NM,USA
... The 22-year-old Pojoaque native worked as an archivist and converted
old lab documents to an electronic format, attorney Steve Aarons has said.
<http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/51493.html>

Beaver County civil courts using electronic filing system
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
... too many people have access to be sure records are 100 ... still
operates under a rule that most documents have to ... he said, noting that
the electronic files have a ...
<http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06306/734817-57.stm>

Peter Kurilecz CRM CA
Richmond VA