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RAIN 070226 Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. New York Times Millions of Videos, and Now a Way to Search Inside Them By JASON PONTIN THE World Wide Web is awash in digital video, but too often we can’t find the videos we want or browse for what we might like. That’s a loss, because if we could search for Internet videos, they might become the content of a global television station, just as the Web’s hypertext, once it was organized and tamed by search, became the stuff of a universal library. What we need, says Suranga Chandratillake, a co-founder of Blinkx, a start-up in San Francisco, is a remote control for the Web’s videos, a kind of electronic TV Guide. He’s got just the thing. <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/25/business/yourmoney/25slip.html?ex=1173 070800&en=328e11e183cba12b&ei=5070&emc=eta1> New York Times Flame First, Think Later: New Clues to E-Mail Misbehavior By DANIEL GOLEMAN Jett Lucas, a 14-year-old friend, tells me the kids in his middle school send one other a steady stream of instant messages through the day. But there’s a problem. “Kids will say things to each other in their messages that are too embarrassing to say in person,” Jett tells me. “Then when they actually meet up, they are too shy to bring up what they said in the message. It makes things tense.” <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/20/health/psychology/20essa.html?ex=11730 70800&en=496e538279e21db3&ei=5070&emc=eta1> New York Times Call It Serendipity: A Missing Piece of Washington’s War Tent Is Found By EMILY B. HAGER For nearly a century, a large oval-shape linen tent where George Washington is believed to have slept during the Revolutionary War sat on display in Valley Forge, Pa., with a gaping hole in its roof. But now a combination of luck and forensic detective work has led to the discovery of the missing section of fabric — snipped out, historians believe, by a memorabilia seeker — and to the discovery that the tent was originally striped blue and white. <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/20/science/20tent.html?ex=1173070800&en=c 98161a20522a6e1&ei=5070&emc=eta1> New York Times A History Department Bans Citing Wikipedia as a Research Source By NOAM COHEN When half a dozen students in Neil Waters’s Japanese history class at Middlebury College asserted on exams that the Jesuits supported the Shimabara Rebellion in 17th-century Japan, he knew something was wrong. The Jesuits were in “no position to aid a revolution,” he said; the few of them in Japan were in hiding. <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/21/education/21wikipedia.html?ex=11730708 00&en=75570b616b9b827c&ei=5070&emc=eta1> Sussex plans to sue tax records provider Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription) - Milwaukee,WI,USA In a decision defining municipalities' requirement to comply with the state open records law, the appellate court last month ordered Sussex and two other ...<http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=569943> Missing records at fire district prompt inquiry Columbia Missourian - Columbia,MO,USA The police investigation of the missing documents was prompted by an open records — or “Sunshine Law” — request filed by the Missourian in January, ...<http://columbiamissourian.com/news/story.php?ID=24407> City archives just about history Canoe.ca - Canada The city's archives -- treasures of the area's history dating back hundreds of years --are in desperate need of a new home. ...<http://ottsun.canoe.ca/News/OttawaAndRegion/2007/02/25/3664169-sun.ht ml> Archivist preserves major King collection Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park,NJ,USA "She's knowledgeable about archival practices, processes and trends. There's a whole world — a whole science — that relates to archival management and ... <http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070225/NEWS01/702250421/ 1004/NEWS02> BFI clicks with Hewlett-Packard Variety - USA The BFI national archive goes back to the earliest days of film and contains over 230000 movies and 675000 TV shows, including historic footage of the ...<http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117959957.html?categoryid=19> BFI throws open rare film archive Silicon.com - UK ... month - will give visitors free access to more than 300 films and TV shows from the BFI National Archive, spanning more than 100 years of moving images. ... <http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39165940,00.htm> Online record access debated HeraldNet - Everett,WA,USA He said he looks for family with county records, but, at his age, he can't traipse to the courthouse every time he wants a public record. ... <http://www.heraldnet.com/stories/07/02/25/100loc_b1records001.cfm> Archivist shares link to Wilson Staunton News Leader - Staunton,VA,USA Today, Link works with Heidi Hackford, director of digital archives at the museum, helping to transcribe scanned documents. ... <http://www.newsleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070225/NEWS01/702 250353/1002> Retiree's volunteer efforts put her on right track at History ... Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA The Frank B. Fairbanks Rail Transportation Archive opened last month at the History & Landmarks offices in Station Square. And Harvey has a new title: ... <http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/today/s_494392.html> E-Discovery: Understanding The Safe Harbor Provision Mondaq News Alerts (subcription) - London,UK This safe harbor provision attempts to reconcile the evolution to a paperless society with the historical doctrine of spoliation of evidence. ...<http://www.mondaq.com/i_article.asp_Q_articleid_E_46082> ow the London Maritime Museum rebuffed a German claim in 1965 Art Newspaper - UK Since then, however, attitudes towards 1933-45 spoliation have toughened, particularly with the 1999 national museums’ Statement of Principles and the ...<http://www.theartnewspaper.com/article01.asp?id=562> NGV relaxed about looted Nazi art Crikey - Templestowe,Australia In a paper delivered by Laurie Benson, Assistant Curator of International Art in 2001 on issues of spoliation, she stated that, given that the NGV has the ... <http://www.crikey.com.au/Media/20070213-NGV-relaxed-about-looted-Nazi-ar t.html> Washing hands of e-mail Glasscock delegates processing some ... The Decatur Daily - Decatur,AL,USA ... said the policy there was recently revised, but he remains in charge of public records kept in his office and computer records in data processing. ...<http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/070225/email.shtml> 'Montford Point' documents the nation's first black Marines Wilmington Morning Star - Wilmington,NC,USA He and historian William Hine of South Carolina State University had to make several trips to Washington to search the files of the National Archives and ... <http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070225/NEWS/7 02250335/1004> The Daily Comet, Sun, 25 Feb 2007 9:02 PM PST Catawba author donates collection to university http://www.dailycomet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070225/APN/702253518 The author of a new book about the Catawba Indian tribe has also donated his collection of historical documents and other materials relating to the tribe to the University of South Carolina Lancaster. The GW Hatchet, Sun, 25 Feb 2007 10:45 PM PST What's the deal with... the Gelman memorabilia museum? http://www.gwhatchet.com/news/2007/02/26/Life/Whats.The.Deal.With.The.Gelman.Memorabilia.Museum-2742094.shtml Tons of students rush in and out of Gelman Library's doors each day but most fail to notice the little room stashed off by the left-hand side of the foyer. The small, inconspicuous place, called the David S. Brown Memorabilia Room, is filled with artifacts from authentic documents to photographs to significant objects, quietly chronicling GW's history. UL Archives may be Acadiana's attic The Daily Advertiser - Lafayette,LA,USA The answer is that all of them are housed in the UL Archives, a treasure trove of documents and photographs and artifacts that are connected to the history ... <http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070226/LIFESTY LE/702260325/1024> Cardinal opens new archives at the English College in Rome Independent Catholic News - London,UK Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, Archivist of the Vatican Secret Archives and Librarian of the Holy Roman Church, formerly opened the Archives and Third Library ...<http://www.indcatholicnews.com/archive214.html> Bank of America Gives $1 Million Atlanta Daily World - Atlanta,GA,USA The gift will be used to upgrade the Archives & Special Collections reading room, which supports scholarly access to the many manuscripts, ... <http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17897736&BRD=1077&PAG=461&dept _id=237827&rfi=6> UC-Irvine's Fight for Derrida Archives May Stem From Harassment Case Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) - USA ... investigation of a Russian-studies professor who was accused of sexually harassing a female doctoral student, and tried to use his archives as leverage. ... <http://chronicle.com/news/article/1712/uc-irvines-fight-for-derrida-arch ives-may-stem-from-harassment-case> Los Angeles Times A philosophical view of sex Deconstructionist Jacques Derrida reportedly had tried to use his coveted archives as leverage to derail a sexual harassment case against a professor at UC Irvine. By Roy Rivenburg, Times Staff Writer February 25, 2007 When a vampire expert allegedly seduced a tipsy UC Irvine student four years ago, he inadvertently set off a chain of events that now jeopardizes the school's control of a dead philosopher's prized archives. <http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-derrida25feb25,1,599040.story?co ll=la-headlines-california> Ark., other states contending with public business online WMC-TV - Memphis,TN,USA While the state Freedom of Information Act requires open meetings and public access, the law was written before Blackberries, laptops and video conferencing ...<http://www.wmcstations.com/Global/story.asp?S=6143308> E-mail Archiving Software Helps Manage Messages Insurance Networking News - New York,NY,USA The parties must agree on what records to share and what electronic format to use, as well as on a definition for "accessible data." ... <http://www.insurancenetworking.com/protected/article.cfm?articleId=4570& pb=ros> Above Town New Yorker - New York,NY,USA He had been examining a large collection of images—nearly twenty thousand glass negatives and a hundred and thirteen scrapbooks of prints—when he realized ... <http://www.newyorker.com/online/covers/articles/070305on_onlineonly01> Lights, Camera … Interview! SHRM Magazine - Alexandria,VA,USA What’s more, taped interviews should be retained or discarded in accordance with a company’s document retention policies pertaining to employee recruitment ... <http://www.shrm.org/hrmagazine/articles/0307/0307aganda_empstaff.asp> Presidential politics on campus from DC to Dallas The George Washington University The GW Hatchet - Washington,DC,USA ... in December when Southern Methodist University learned that it was the finalist in the campaign to land the George W. Bush Presidential Library complex. ... <http://www.gwhatchet.com/news/2007/02/26/Life/Presidential.Politics.On.C ampus.From.D.c.To.Dallas-2742082.shtml> Oracle Ships Free Information Lifecycle Management Tool InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA Oracle Corp. has made available at no charge an information lifecycle management (ILM) tool for the company's namesake database. ... <http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=19700877 2> Next-Generation Backup and Archive Search Storage - USA As a result, Paul has a thorough knowledge of backup and archive technology, deployment and management -- and is uniquely qualified to share his experience ... <http://events.techtarget.com/next_gen_backup/?OfferSTwnemc226> Newspaper Archive Digitization Program Puts Historical Content Online PR.com (press release) - Levittown,NY,USA To date, the company has scanned more than two million newspaper pages of its 20 million page archive and its digital database is expanding daily. ...<http://www.pr.com/press-release/31032> 'Ding' Darling Exhibit and Digital Archive in Iowa Editor & Publisher - USA By E&P Staff. NEW YORK An exhibit of editorial cartoons and illustrations by Jay N. "Ding" Darling will run through this Wednesday at Drake University's ... <http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/syndicates/article_d isplay.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003550445> Microsoft's 'dirty tricks' archive turns into hot Torrent Register - London,England,UK We can't vouch for the completeness of the archive, which can be downloaded in a few hours, but it contains over 3000 files and adds up to 2.7GB. ... <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/26/microsoft_archive_goes_torrent/> Social Security numbers must be removed from records Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press - Arlington,VA,USA ... a 2005 amendment to the state's Public Information Act to prevent the disclosure of all Social Security numbers of living persons on public documents. ...<http://www.rcfp.org/news/2007/0226-foi-social.html> Securing Storage Express Computers - Bombay,India ... breaches in 2006 some of the biggest incidents at firms like Bank of America, Citibank, ABN Amro, and Marriott were the result of lost backup tapes. ... <http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20070226/securitydatastorage01.shtm l> Records lockdown at courthouse forced by AG's ruling Lufkin Daily News - Lufkin,TX,USA In place of independent browsing or researching public records, specific requests must be tendered to the district and county clerks who will provide a copy ... <http://www.lufkindailynews.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/02/27/coun ty_clerk.html> Hospital Laptop Stolen; Info on 7800 Patients At Risk InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA A laptop stolen from a secure office in a Texas-based hospital group is putting at risk identifying information on 7800 patients without health insurance. ... <http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=19700871 1> New push to halt data thefts Federal Times - USA It’s the number of veterans and military personnel whose personal data was on a Veterans Affairs Department laptop stolen last May. ...<http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=2578316> Centralized approach ensures records compliance Federal Times - USA The corporate world has discovered that an effective records management system is critical to managing compliance-driven policies. By 2008, approximately 75 ...<http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=2578105> Wrexham Council to go 'paperless' with Civica 24dash.com - Hereford,Herefordshire,UK The benefits of electronic document and records management and automated workflow include conversion of all types of correspondence to electronic documents ...<http://www.24dash.com/egovernment/17122.htm> State gets Washington's copy of historic Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA Edward Papenfuse, the state archivist who worked on acquiring the speech, described it as "that priceless link on paper to the mind of the man who believed ...<http://washingtontimes.com/metro/20070225-105142-5494r.htm> Not fotgotten: Historians, FHSAA try to preserve records Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach,FL,USA Watford knows, too, that combing through old newspaper files probably will yield little information. "Everybody will admit that the media did not cover the ... <http://www.palmbeachpost.com/highschools/content/sports/epaper/2007/02/2 6/a1c_FHSAA_0226.html> 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. =0