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Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management.
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Keeping record: Botetourt continues to
preserve the present for ...
OurValley.org - Roanoke,VA,USA
Botetourt County has in its Circuit Court archives many old records such as
deeds that have endured the ages. That's because they were written on ...
<http://ourvalley.org/news.php?viewStory=2679>
Restoration drama: Film classics in HD
Independent - London,England,UK
Chris Evans takes his seat for an exclusive screening In the darkness of a
screening room at the British Film Institute's archive site, a group of men
in ...
<http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/film-and-tv/features/restoration-drama-film-classics-in-hd-827607.html>
North Essex: revealed at last, the royal
fallout that was an early ...
The Gazette - Colchester,Essex,UK
The letter was part of a huge archive of yachting history left by Mr
Jefferies, who died in March. Maldwin Drummond, author and honorary
archivist for the ...
<http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/local/display.var.2268361.0.north_essex_revealed_at_last_the_royal_fallout_that_was_an_early_sign_of_world_war_one.php>
Academic 'falls from grace' by stealing
church records
Edinburgh Evening News - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
Librarians at the archives didn't notice the theft at first but when English
police got in touch over Fallon, an archivist remembered his name and checked
...
<http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Academic--39falls-from-grace39.4077609.jp>
Now and then
Pictou Country Nova Scotia News - New Glasgow,Nova Scotia,Canada
That is precisely the purpose of the website, says provincial archivist Brian
Speirs. The guide was created so that students would be able to have easy
...<http://www.ngnews.ca/index.cfm?sid=134840&sc=49>
BSIA: Businesses guided on records
management
Politics.co.uk
- London,UK
Anthony Pearlgood, BSIA Information Destruction Section Chairman, comments:
"Records management is an essential part of running a business, ... <http://www.politics.co.uk/opinion-formers/press-releases/opinion-former-index/business-and-industry/bsia-businesses-guided-on-records-management-$1222741$365890.htm>
Records firm finds its new digs
Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA
Vital Records Control of Mississippi LLC has announced it will consolidate
its seven locations in Jackson
into a 74680-square-foot warehouse to be
built ...
<http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080515/BIZ/805150373/1005>
What's it all about? The Money, Partly.
FederalNewsRadio.com - USA
Another issue Winter and Stern have raised with the subcommittee is the
bill's mandate for saving records in electronic records management
applications, ...
<http://www.federalnewsradio.com/index.php?nid=410&sid=1404064>
Agency Records Managers Saving Grocery
Lists, Lunch Arrangements
FederalNewsRadio.com - USA
... bill's co-sponsors, William "Lacy" Clay, told us he and his
colleagues
aren't just worried about emails; they're concerned about all electronic
records. ...
<http://www.federalnewsradio.com/index.php?nid=410&sid=1404020>
NARA Officials: New
Bill not a Magic Pill
FederalNewsRadio.com - USA
Their other language question goes back to the print-and-file policy of
keeping hard copies of electronic records like emails. "Does the Committee
believe ...
<http://www.federalnewsradio.com/index.php?nid=410&sid=1404045>
Digital archive of high court cases
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India
Rabindranath Tagore had once sued a shopkeeper for failing to supply shoes
according to his specifications. Want to know who won? ...
<http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080515/jsp/calcutta/story_9253355.jsp>
People' Unveils Massive Cover Archive
Online, All We See Are ...
Defamer.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
It took them long enough, but People has finally seized the magical
capabilities of the world wide web and uploaded each and every cover in its
almost ...
<http://defamer.com/5008997/people-unveils-massive-cover-archive-online-all-we-see-are-fabios-pecs-and-john-travoltas-quads>
UK's UFO sightings
archive released
InTheNews.co.uk
- London,UK
Government documents detailing UFO sightings from 1978 to 2002 have been
released today by the National Archives. The documents describe what has
been seen ...
<http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/uks-ufo-sightings-archive-released-$1222677.htm>
Museum lands document archive
OurayNews.com - Ouray,CO,USA
The Ridgway Railroad Museum has recently received 50 boxes of historic Rio
Grande Southern documents donated by the Colorado Railroad
Museum in
Golden. ...
<http://www.ouraynews.com/Articles-i-2008-05-14-178608.112113_Museum_lands_document_archive.html>
£26k Theft At Archive
Glasgow Daily Record - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
Oliver Fallon, 40, posed as a research student to trick his way into the
Scottish Catholic Archives in Edinburgh
in 2006. The London-based Sanskrit
expert ...
<http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/news-feed/2008/05/14/26k-theft-at-archive-86908-20417039/>
Senators Ask FBI to Explain Flawed
'National Security Letter' to ...
Wired News - USA
The Internet Archive, a digital library of the web and media, beat the
November 26 NSL the help of its attorneys at the Electronic Frontier
Foundation and ...
<http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/05/senators-ask-fb.html>
Library of Congress Adds to Aural
Archive
New York Times - United States
The archive is part of the library's endeavor to preserve America's aural
history through recordings deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically
...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/15/arts/15arts-LIBRARYOFCON_BRF.html?ref=arts>
State e-mail archive system unlikely
News 14 Carolina - Raleigh,NC,USA
Such training would also teach them how to keep and archive e-mail. The meeting
is scheduled to start at 2:30 pm and you can listen to it live online at
...<http://news14.com/content/top_stories/595757/state-e-mail-archive-system-unlikely/Default.aspx>
National e-mail archive wraps up
Ninemsn - Sydney,New South
Wales,Australia
By ninemsn staff Australia's
first-ever national e-mail archive has been completed after more than 10000
entries were submitted. The archive, a venture ...
<http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=563497>
The truth is out there: National
Archives lifts lid on UFO files
guardian.co.uk
- UK
Over the next three or four years, 160 files will be handed over to the
National Archives. Covering 1978 to 1987, the first group of eight files,<http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/may/14/spaceexploration.military>
Milton Glaser Study
Center and Archives Acquires Tony
Palladino ...
TAXI Design Network - New York,NY,USA
The Milton Glaser Design Study Center and Archives has acquired more than
400 works by the New York
artist and designer Tony Palladino. ...
<http://www.designtaxi.com/news.jsp?id=18839&monthview=0&month=5&year=2008>
Earliest Crossroads episode found in
archives
BirminghamMail.net - Birmingham,UK
THE earliest known surviving Crossroads episode has been discovered in an
old ATV archive. Episode 126 dates back to 1965 and was found in an
unmarked tin ...
<http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2008/05/15/earliest-crossroads-episode-found-in-archives-97319-20913598/>
Jamaica Loses Music Archives
Jazz-Quad - Minsk,Belarus
The JBC archives was under the control of Besix a Belgium firm, from
November 2005 thru November 2007. Theft apparently occurred between
2004-2007;losing ...
<http://home.nestor.minsk.by/jazz/news/2008/05/1401.html>
Vigo County still pursuing paperless system
Terre Haute Tribune Star - Terre Haute,IN,USA
He said the county has historical documents, especially 19th century
documents, which can be moved to a state archive. Two companies addressed
the committee ...
<http://www.tribstar.com/news/local_story_135224251.html>
Danton Burroughs, 63; grandson of Tarzan
creator protected the legacy
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
Within the business, the gregarious Burroughs was especially valued as a
historical archivist, said Jim Sullos, company president. ...
<http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-burroughs15-2008may15,0,6546833.story>
Town appoints new archivist
Wasaga Sun - Wasaga,ON,Canada
Watson, a long-time employee of the Town of Wasaga Beach but now retired,
is filling the volunteer position following the retirement of Thelma
Morrison. ...
<http://www.wasagasun.ca/wasagasun/article/104057>
Craiglist Countersues EBay Claiming
Theft Of Corporate Secrets ...
Washington Post - United States
... company filed suit in California Superior Court in San Francisco today, accusing eBay of using
its minority stake to steal corporate trade secrets. ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/13/AR2008051302087.html>
Intel ordered to dish documents on
deleted antitrust lawsuit e-mails
Register - London,England,UK
As Intel tells the story, it immediately rolled out a firm, clear document
retention policy — three-pronged, like a fancy dessert fork: (1) It began
taking ...
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/15/intel_amd_lawsuit_internal_interviews_order/>
Records spanning 16 years stuffed in
suitcase
Irish Independent - Dublin,Ireland
Ms McGrath said that, following a request from Fianna Fail, she sent an
e-mail to Mr Ahern's secretary Sandra Cullagh outlining PWC's document
retention ...
<http://www.independent.ie/national-news/records-spanning--16-years-stuffed-in-suitcase-1374937.html>
Preparation Key to Managing Data
Breaches
eWeek - New York, NY
Drobac also said businesses need strong oversight of vendors, examine data
retention standards, ensure destruction policies are adequate, build
privacy and ...
<http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Preparation-Key-to-Managing-Data-Breaches/>
Laptop emails link Venezuela to Colombian guerrillas
guardian.co.uk
- UK
Interpol said the amount of information - 37872 word documents and 210880
photo files - was much greater than previously thought. ...
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/16/venezuela.colombia1?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront>
FARC Computer Files Are Authentic,
Interpol Probe Finds
Washington Post - United States
The files contain e-mails and other documents that show how Venezuela's
populist leader had formed such a tight bond with guerrilla commanders that
his key ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/15/AR2008051504153.html>
Medical data breaches on the rise
SC Magazine US - USA
During the month of May, for example, patients at Staten Island University
Hospital were told that a computer with their medical records was stolen
four ...
<http://www.scmagazineus.com/Medical-data-breaches-on-the-rise/article/110114/>
13 more involved in file breach
The UCLA Daily Bruin - Los Angeles,CA,USA
The report was spurred by the inappropriate access of Farrah Fawcett's
medical records between July 1, 2006 and May 21, 2007. The additional 13
people were ...
<http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2008/may/14/13-more-involved-file-breach/>