RAIN 20080210 Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. Detroit mayor approved secret deal to hide racy texts WOOD-TV - Grand Rapids,MI,USA "The possibility that personal documents _ whether financial records, health records or other information _ might become public would have a chilling effect ... <http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7843530> Cape Coral, Fla., Automates Records Management Government Technology - Folsom,CA,USA In 2005, Cape Coral, Fla., saw about 8000 single-family home permits issued in the city - one of the largest in southwest Florida with a population of about ... <http://www.govtech.com/gt/260256?topic=117674> Identity Theft on the Hilltop Washington Post - United States This story is one that has been repeated dozens of times over the past few years with little variation: A laptop is taken from the Department of Veterans ... < http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/07/AR2008020702790.html > Museum Regaining Footing Centralia Chronicle - Centralia,WA,USA A state archivist came to the museum to help with the recovery efforts, coaching volunteers on saving albums of photographs. ... < http://www.chronline.com/story.php?subaction=showfull&id=1202550638&archive=&start_from=&ucat=1 > Plans for National Nuclear Archive The Press Association - A National Nuclear Archive which could hold up to 30 million digital, paper and photographic records is to be established. ... <http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gHnLhBhx6f_vaxw2LJ624u6AwNsQ> Nuclear power's history compiled BBC News - UK A National Nuclear Archive is to be created in Caithness in the Highlands at a cost of £20m. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) said it would ... < http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7235749.stm > Work starts on conserving photos BBC News - UK Each one is being placed in an acid-free envelope and stored in a purpose-made archive box. The library service has said it is the "finest and largest ...<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/sussex/7236633.stm> Jefferson County historians put treasures on new Web site Peninsula Daily - Port Angeles,WA,USA That effort has 29000 records, about a third of the historical society's holdings, indexed in a combined library-museum-archive database. ... <http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20080209/NEWS/802090303> American Home to Give Up Documents Forbes - NY,USA American Home isn't sure who owns the loans recorded in the hard-copy files it is storing, according to documents filed Tuesday in the US Bankruptcy Court ... <http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/02/08/ap4634917.html> Response to records request must be 'prompt,' court says Arizona Daily Star - Tucson,AZ,USA By Howard Fischer PHOENIX -- Government can't make people wait for weeks or months for public records, the Arizona Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday. ... <http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/223774> EBay to Buy Back Stolen Historical Items The Associated Press - In January, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's investigation found that about 200 documents had been stolen from the archives and sold in the past two ... <http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i71n6E1VXI_Y3vba_dvQ9jwL9QbQD8UMUMP80> eBay to buy back stolen historical items Belleville News Democrat - IL, USA The online auction copmpany is agreeing to buy back and return to New York's archives, a state official said Saturday, Feb. 9. By MICHAEL GORMLEY Associated ... <http://www.bnd.com/243/story/251988.html> Former ECU professor puts student information online Greenville Daily Reflector - Greenville,NC,USA By Kathryn Kennedy Personal information for hundreds of East Carolina University students, including Social Security numbers, was accessible online after a ... < http://www.reflector.com/local/content/news/stories/2008/02/09/ECUstudentfiles.html?imw=Y > Old records get a little TLC before moving day Leelanau Enterprise - Leland,MI,USA "The State Archives determines which documents must be microfilmed or scanned." Tax rolls, for example, are considered permanent records, but paper copies ... < http://www.leelanaunews.com/blog/2008/02/10/old-records-get-a-little-tlc-before-moving-day/ > City impedes access to records Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA Mayor Frank Melton on Thursday said he planned to deny a public records request from The Clarion-Ledger because he simply did not want to release the ... < http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080210/NEWS/802100378/1001 > Analysis: Attitude, laws facilitate keeping records closed Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA Elected officials hold long meetings behind closed doors, public records are locked away and officials use the state's exemption-riddled public records and ... < http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080210/NEWS/802100377/1001 > Local historian donates land for archives Cookeville Herald Citizen - Cookeville,TN,USA Jones said a $2 fee set up by the state legislature that's now in place at the Putnam County Clerk's office was designed to maintain public records and to ... < http://www.herald-citizen.com/index.cfm?event=news.view&id=00373354-19B9-E2E2-67E649DBB83B343D > Daily life in 19th century Ozarks enters digital age News-Leader.com - Springfield,MO,USA ... and planning phase of the project, which is funded by a federal Library Services and Technology Act grant administered by the Missouri State Library. ... < http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080210/COLUMNISTS08/802100365/1005/ENTERTAINMENT > State archivist seeks new digs for Vermont's historical documents Rutland Herald - Rutland,VT,USA By PETER HIRSCHFELD Vermont Press Bureau MONTPELIER -- State Archivist Gregory Stanford stores 230 years of Vermont history in a 19th century Montpelier ... < http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080112/NEWS03/801120324/1004/NEWS03 > WD Farr papers donated to Colorado State archive Greeley Tribune - Greeley,CO,USA The archive preserves primary resources that document the history of water resource development throughout Colorado and the West. ...< http://www.greeleytrib.com/article/20080209/NEWS/991132544> Seeing the light Baltimore Sun - United States By Liz F. Kay | Sun Reporter February 10, 2008 WEST ORANGE, NJ - At the Edison National Historic Site, archivist Leonard DeGraaf oversees a vast collection ... < http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/ideas/bal-id.edison10feb10,0,2870025.story > The Paperless Web Worker WebWorkerDaily - San Francisco,CA,USA My own daily workflow now includes running incoming paper mail through the ScanSnap and then through a shredder. Recycle the shreds and you can at least cut ... <http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/02/10/paperless-web-worker/> College Archives Project Launched The Ledger - Lakeland,FL,USA His materials are just part of what the college's archive center will hold, said Rob Tate, FSC's vice president for advancement. ... <http://www.theledger.com/article/20080210/NEWS/802100439/1004/News> Lincoln museum builds upon success as 200th birthday nears Bloomington Pantagraph - IL, USA By Mike Riopell SPRINGFIELD -- Among the more well-known fare at Springfield's Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is a small nook filled with ... < http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/02/10/freetime/doc47ad4f43bd70d756100798.txt > NL government ignores basic computer security ChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada In the case of the public health records, 1420 medical files went into the "cloud." On the computer with the workers' compensation files it was determined ... <http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotian/1037293.html> Opinion: 10 tips for setting retention policies InterGovWorld.com - Toronto,ON,Canada 5) Remember the regulations: There are thousands of city, state and federal rules which require retention of electronic records -- from Occupational Safety ... < http://www.intergovworld.com/article/f4d30f0a0a01040801160fa6721e9aa2/pg1.htm > Historical society's 13-star flag can be worth millions Worcester Telegram - Worcester,MA,USA It's not that the New London County Historical Society didn't appreciate the antique 13-star American flag -- made of faded white and red silk ribbons ... <http://www.telegram.com/article/20080210/NEWS/802100474/1052> New York Times In an Era of Glitz, a Witness With Panache By LILY KOPPEL<http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?ppds=bylL&v1=LILY%20KOPPEL&fdq=19960101&td=sysdate&sort=newest&ac=LILY%20KOPPEL&inline=nyt-per> "THE ABOLAFIA FILES," as Oscar Abolafia describes his celebrity photographs, are kept in file cabinets in a narrow, dim hallway in his small prewar apartment on West 98th Street. Open any drawer and you will be transported by the images: the arrival of the Beatles in the United States, Jimi Hendrix<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/h/jimi_hendrix/index.html?inline=nyt-per>and Jim Morrison at '60s nightclubs like the Cheetah and Electric Circus, Janis Joplin<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/j/janis_joplin/index.html?inline=nyt-per>'s first show at Fillmore East. "They love me, they love me," Mr. Abolafia recalled Joplin telling him that evening. < http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/nyregion/thecity/10cele.html?ex=1203310800&en=8ddeed470809a920&ei=5070&emc=eta1 > New York Times Pushing Paper Out the Door By HANNAH FAIRFIELD<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/f/hannah_fairfield/index.html?inline=nyt-per> CHRIS UHLIK'S children can be found in their home computer lab almost every morning. Nicole is writing a story about her two lizards. Tony is playing an interactive spelling game, while Andy is learning multiplication tables. Even 5-year-old Joceline is clicking away at a storybook game. Mr. Uhlik, an engineering director at Google<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/google_inc/index.html?inline=nyt-org>, and his family live a practically paper-free life. The children are home-schooled on computers. Other sources of household paper — lists, letters, calendars — have become entirely digital. < http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/business/10metrics.html?ex=1203310800&en=eb40b452e361dd35&ei=5070&emc=eta1 > New York Times *SPORTS / BASEBALL * | February 10, 2008 *Cheering Section: Mets Lore Lands in New Jersey Basement <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/sports/baseball/10cheer.html?ex=1203310800&en=a7b54a74bb9c4e34&ei=5070&emc=eta1> * By VINCENT M. MALLOZZI Charlie Sobel received a rather unusual bar mitzvah gift in 1971: 14 drawings that had once decorated the set of "Kiner's Korner," a long-running postgame interview show hosted by Ralph Kiner. < http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/sports/baseball/10cheer.html?ex=1203310800&en=a7b54a74bb9c4e34&ei=5070&emc=eta1 > Richmond Times Dispatch Ex-professor's gift puts U.Va. on the map Rare, historic maps show N. America from 1500 to 1700 < http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/search.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-02-10-0263.html > New York Times *METROPOLITAN DESK * *OUR TOWNS; Footprints Of Holocaust In a Battle For Lost Art <http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9903E2D8143AF930A25752C0A96E9C8B63&sec=&spon=> * By PETER APPLEBOME Something wonderful happened to Martha Nierenberg in October 2000 when a trial court in Hungary said something very obvious. A fortune in artwork had been stolen from her family at the time of the German invasion of Hungary in 1944, which also ushered in one of the most horrific chapters of the Holocaust. Much of the art was hanging in plain view in the countrys two most prominent museums. It should be given back to her, the court said. The ruling was the second in her favor, and it seemed definitive. < http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9903E2D8143AF930A25752C0A96E9C8B63&sec=&spon= > Roanoke Times D-Day Foundation receives scraps of World War II history A collection of 5,000 clippings documents World War II. <http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/148982> -- Peter Kurilecz CRM CA Richmond, Va