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RAIN 061202 Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. Comment - The various stories on the new eDiscovery rules have been fascinating to read primarily because they contain so much misinformation concerning the retention of records. Feel free to send comments and corrections to the relevant news sites. pak New York Times Old Records Go In, CD's Come Out ARE you over 30? Sorry to hear it. That makes you part of the Transition Generation, those who have witnessed the world’s shift from analog to digital recordings. You therefore probably have a collection of phonograph records, audiocassettes and videotapes sitting in a closet somewhere at this very moment. <http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/17/technology/17pogue.html?> Hoover Library Association director leaving Gazette Online - Solon,IA,USA WEST BRANCH, IA - The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Association in West Branch is looking for a new executive director. Pat ... <http://gazetteonline.com/2006/11/29/Home/News/herberthooverlibrarydirect or.htm> Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News, Fri, 01 Dec 2006 4:00 PM PST New Rules For Holding Onto E-Records May Be Expensive Headache For Firms http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20061202/bs_ibd_ibd/2006121general The implications of that corporate e-mail you just sent changed as of Friday. That's when rules kicked in requiring companies to keep track of all electronic messages, from e-mail to instant messages to notes on BlackBerry handhelds. Rules add to records burden St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA ... Under the new rules, an information technology employee who routinely copies over a backup computer tape could be committing "virtual shredding" once a lawsuit ... <http://www.sptimes.com/2006/12/02/Business/Rules_add_to_records_.shtml> Companies now face tougher e-mail rules San Antonio Express - San Antonio,TX,USA ... "Even smoking-gun documents can be ... technology employee who routinely copies over a backup computer tape could be committing "virtual shredding," said Alvin F ... <http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/stories/MYSA120206.01A.StoringEmail s.30b2fd4.html> New law requires businesses to save employee e-mails and more KRIS-TV - Corpus Christi,TX,USA ... Following the downfall of Enron, employees were accused of shredding documents that cut off the paper trail that could have lead to evidence of corporate fraud ... <http://www.kristv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5758918> Health Hazard: Computers Spilling Your History New York Times - United States ... heart surgery, but that didn’t stop computer hackers, including people working at the hospital, from trying to get a peek at the electronic records of his ... <http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/03/business/yourmoney/03health.html?ref=y ourmoney> Feds tighten electronic records rules Contra Costa Times - CA,USA By Christopher S. Rugaber. AP. WASHINGTON - US companies will need to know more about where they store e-mails, instant messages and ... <http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/16148290.htm> E-Discovery May Target Unexpected Sources Law.com (subscription) - San Francisco,CA,USA ... In cases where these secondary systems are hosted and stored by third parties, they may not even be governed by data-retention policies. ... <http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1164981804524 > Patients will be ignored over privacy of records Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom The Government is to reject the objections of any patients who do not want their medical records on its new centralised computer system, The Sunday Telegraph ... <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/12/03/nhs03.xm l> To Meet Modern Needs, States Put Birth Records on Computers New York Times - United States ... death and marriage records to electronic files in January, a ... The archive includes 26 million documents on 43 ... housed the state’s main records collection, said ... <http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/03/us/03birth.html> Preserve archives, New Orleans photographer warns Victoria Times Colonist - Victoria,BC,Canada HAMILTON (CP) -- A New Orleans photographer has been travelling North America for the past month with a message about history. Registered ... <http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/life/story.html?id=0b87 f2be-d961-456f-8777-d42bba389c1d> Peter Kurilecz Richmond, Va ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.