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RAIN 20080610 Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. New system makes records search easier Mount Airy News - Mount Airy,NC,USA It simply takes on the allotment designated in the budget for the old records management system. One thing that has made the transition to the new software ... <http://www.mtairynews.com/articles/2008/06/09/news/local_news/local03.txt> Vault protects state's rare books PennLive.com - Harrisburg,PA,USA Built in the State Library's former cataloging area, the new vault protects the books so well from nature -- and terrorism -- that it's drawing attention ... < http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2008/06/vault_protects_states_rare_boo.html > Genealogical gold mine takes root in Independence Kansas City Star - MO,USA It includes a "controlled storage" or quarantine area, where archival materials that once were home to insects can be cleaned. Part of the second floor has ... <http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/655369.html> Posted By BY DON FRASER, STANDARD STAFF St. Catharines Standard - St. Catharines,Ontario,Canada He eventually became head of the university archives and special collections, which has a repository of such items as Niagara Peninsula historical books, ... <http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1064099> Revealed: changing face of archives ic Wales - United Kingdom WALES' record keepers will today set out their plan for how archives can help people learn more about their identities. The Archives and Records Council ... < http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/wales-news/2008/06/09/revealed-changing-face-of-archives-91466-21042858/ > Historic trial replays in Hungary BBC News - UK The idea of playing the tapes in public came from the 1956 Institute in Hungary and the Open Society Archives. They had been held under lock and key at the ... <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7443504.stm> Email: weapon of political destruction Australian IT - Australia The nub of the problem is this: if the president uses email, it will be subject to the Presidential Records Act, as is all executive-branch email. ... <http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23836746-15306,00.html> New life for old church records Times of India - India This conservation project stands in sharp contrast to what has happened at some of the old Catholic churches which have seen the destruction of their old ... < http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mumbai/New_life_for_old_church_records/articleshow/3112498.cms > Plain-English guides to information security risks for directors bjhcim - Farnborough,England,UK ... to the destruction, mutilation, or falsification of company information irrespective of whether that information is paper-based or electronic. "Record ...<http://www.bjhcim.co.uk/news/2008/n806018.htm> Experts raise red flag over preservation Hollywood Reporter - United States The event was presented by the Association of Moving Image Archivists, Friday and Saturday at Hollywood's Linwood Dunn Theatre. "We really need to consider ... < http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/inc/quickread/e3i1751753614c1db77c2cca46842263bfa?KeepThis=true&TB_iframe=true&height=310&width=600 > Missionary collections (and more) draw visitors to archives Anglican Church of Canada - ON, Canada A steady stream of researchers and volunteers visit the archives, and the archivists field about 40 research requests per week. The archives hold 2500 boxes ... <http://www.anglican.ca/news/news.php?newsItem=2008-06-09_as.news> Wash AG says felons have no right to public records Seattle Times - United States By RACHEL LA CORTE AP Writer Felons who have not had their civil rights restored should not have the same rights to public records that others have, ... < http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2004467208_apwapublicrecords2ndldwritethru.html > Comply Or Die: Data Disposition Must Be A Priority IT groups rethinking the "save everything forever" approach find deletion and retention policies and tools must be razor sharp to cut through a morass of regulations. < http://www.informationweek.com/news/management/compliance/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=208402388 > State grant will allow preservation of records Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park,NJ,USA The money from the New Jersey State Records Committee will be used to continue staffing town hall with a records manager and three part-time records ... < http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080610/NEWS02/806100422/1070 > Are you wasting Office Space? Choregus - Newcastle-under-Lyme,Staffordshire,UK Frank Hopping of Crown Records Management said: "Office space is an increasingly valuable commodity and often represents a major financial pressure on local ... < http://www.choregus.co.uk/servicedoffice-blog/are-you-wasting-office-space-1117.html > Audit Faults Delays in Immigrant Name Checks Washington Post - United States Michael Cannon, a chief in the FBI's records management division, told reporters that the bureau has hired scores of contract workers with security ... < http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/09/AR2008060902359.html > Metrofile expands into Mozambique ITWeb - Gauteng,South Africa Metrofile will be the first and only company in Mozambique to focus solely on document and records storage and management. Customers will be offered the ... < http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/business/2008/0806100807.asp?A=AFN&S=All%20Africa%20News&O=FPIN > Czech Republic Government Close to Implementing Data Retention ... Zeropaid - San Diego,CA,USA Data retention is a big thing in Europe. Some countries governments like it, others do not. It seems that one country is now close to implementing the ... < http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9542/Czech+Republic+Government+Close+to+Implementing+Data+Retention+Directive > Coalition readying pitch to keep Lincoln collection Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne,IN,USA ... the Indiana governor's office, the State Library, the Indiana Historical Society and the Indiana Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, Rolland said. ... < http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080610/LOCAL/806100302/1002/LOCAL > E-files: County will save time, money Greensboro News Record - Greensboro,NC,USA To file mortgage satisfaction, reconveyance and other records, attorneys and lending institutions previously either sent a courier or mailed information to ... < http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080610/NRSTAFF/217779038/-1/NEWS > FoI: Shattering the Myths This Day (subscription) - Apapa,Lagos,Nigeria The challenge before the National Assembly is to quickly enact the Freedom of Information Act in a manner that will secure Nigeria's strategic interests in ... <http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=113681> Loss of Universal's tape and film vault raises archival questions Broadcast Engineering - Overland Park,KS,USA However, Paul Ginsburg, a vice present at the studio, warned repertory theaters in an e-mail that the fire "destroyed nearly 100 percent of the archive ... < http://broadcastengineering.com/news/loss-universal-tape-film-vault-archival-questions-0609/ > Canada's Financial Services Firms Prepare For E-Mail Archiving Data Storage Connection (press release) - USA Others are operating under the impression that backup copies of their e-mail servers will meet the record keeping requirements. Both groups are mistaken. ... < http://www.datastorageconnection.com/article.mvc/Canada-Financial-E-mail-Archiving-Mandate-0001 > Robert Tapella | GPO's balanced mix of digital and paper GCN.com - Washington,DC,USA Until 1993, all public documents were printed by GPO. Then came the Internet. Today, more than half the documents federal agencies produce are…born digital ... <http://www.gcn.com/print/27_13/46402-1.html> Final record scan moves AFPC closer to total virtual service Schriever Air Force Base - Colorado Springs,CO,USA The paper-to-electronic records transition is part of the Air Force's ongoing commitment to personnel services delivery transformation. ... <http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123101948> Aerial record bought for the nation ic Wales - United Kingdom But the acquisition itself is a boost to the national archive of aerial photography held by the Royal Commission, which celebrates its centenary this year. ... < http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/countryside-farming-news/countryside-news/2008/06/10/aerial-record-bought-for-the-nation-91466-21047051/ > How to save water-logged photos Indianapolis Star - United States Indiana State Archivist Jim Corridan said flood victims can use the same steps government officials will use to salvage official government records to save ... <http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080610/LOCAL/806100394 > Schumer: FDR site needs fixes Poughkeepsie Journal - Poughkeepsie,NY,USA After taking a tour of the presidential library in Hyde Park Monday, Schumer vowed to seek $17.5 million in federal funding to make major building repairs ... < http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080610/NEWS01/806100318/1006 > Museum archivist pleads guilty to artifacts theft The Virginian-Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA By Tim McGlone NORFOLK - A former archivist with The Mariner's Museum in Newport News pleaded guilty today to three felonies related to the theft and sale ... < http://hamptonroads.com/2008/06/museum-archivist-pleads-guilty-artifacts-theft > Grant Is Awarded to Syracuse University's Cartoon Collection Editor & Publisher - USA The grant -- which will help fund a full-time archivist for two years -- is from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. ... < http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/syndicates/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003814407 > -- Peter Kurilecz CRM CA [log in to unmask] Richmond, Va