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RAIN 20080724 Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. Mould threatening tape archives VNUNet.com - UK According to backup hardware vendor Pinnacle, many Brits are losing their home movies to a new mould outbreak which is destroying VHS tapes. ... <http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2222252/mould-threatening-film-archives> Tenders for reconstruction of National Archives Department's ... Azerbaijan Business Center - Azerbaijan The Azerbaijani government is beginning direct rehabilitation of regional branches of national archives network. The Agency for Rehabilitation ... <http://abc.az/eng/news_23_07_2008_26115.html> Arizona Activists Outline Evidence of 2006 Electronic Vote Theft AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA Attorney Bill Risner, the Pima County Democratic Party, and AuditAZ, an election integrity group, sued and won the release of the vote's electronic records. ... < http://www.alternet.org/democracy/92366/?ses=43da1a7d441cc25377984e10107d6aba > Keating set to open up BBC archive Variety - Los Angeles,CA,USA Keating, who is the Beeb's longest-serving channel controller, has been appointed its first director of archive content, responsible for opening up the ... <http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117989335.html?categoryid=14> Local history archive takes step toward larger home Cape Cod Times - Hyannis,MA,USA For archives librarian, Mary Sicchio, both looked equally bright. The 10000-item collection that includes rare manuscripts, photographs and maps is now one ... < http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/NEWS/807230316/-1/NEWS > A Trove of Old Vinyl Heads to Syracuse New York Times - United States Still, Elias is something of an archivist — he is a consultant in the movie industry whose specialty is determining whether certain television shows and ... < http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/a-trove-of-old-vinyl-heads-to-syracuse/ > Contract awarded for Cumberland County records storage update The Bridgeton News - NJ.com - Bridgeton,NJ,USA by South Jersey News Online By MATT DUNN HOPEWELL TWP. -- Cumberland County freeholders awarded a contract earlier this month to Eagle Construction Service ... < http://www.nj.com/southjersey/index.ssf/2008/07/contract_awarded_for_cumberlan.html > New Data Retention Rules For Telecoms Operators Mondaq News Alerts (subscription) - London,UK ... call attempts must be retained by telecoms operators for between six months and one year, and then destroyed at the end of the data retention period. ... <http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=63818> Government Allocates RM500,000 To Regain Important Documents From ... Bernama - Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 (Bernama) -- The government has set aside a RM500,000 allocation to regain important records and documents from abroad for national ... <http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=347753> 'We will bring back historical documents' New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia He said the congress would provide professional networking among archivists and experts to make it easier for Malaysia to bring back long-lost documents. ... < http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/Frontpage/2300817/Article/index_html > Harnessing the Information Overload CXOToday.com - Mumbai,India Information Life Cycle Management (ILM), the new building block in the IT management strategy is one of the solutions for managing information overload. ... < http://www.cxotoday.com/India/Tech_Insight/Harnessing_the_Information_Overload/551-91379-1008.html > Local hospital donates records to library archives Western Courier (subscription) - Macomb,IL,USA Fifty years of record series from McDonough District Hospital will be donated to the Western Illinois University Leslie F. Malpass Library Archives and ... < http://www.westerncourier.com/home/news/2008/07/23/News/Local.Hospital.Donates.Records.To.Library.Archives-3393783.shtml > Archives marks 5th year Mount Forest Confederate - Mount Forest,ON,Canada Mrs. Weber, an archivist in her own right, laid the ground work for the archives back in 1999 when she decided the community needed a place to display its ... <http://www.mountforest.com/index.php?article=646> Providence to pay fine for health privacy violations < http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2008/07/providence_to_pay_fine_for_hea.html > Second finalist for Lincoln announced News Sentinel - Fort Wayne,IN,USA According to a report published Sunday in the Tinley Park, Ill., Southtown Star, the Illinois partners include the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and ... < http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080723/NEWS/807230326 > Museum gets grant to put McKinley history on CD Canton Repository (subscription) - Canton,OH,USA The Wm. McKinley Presidential Library & Museum has been given a grant from the Henry and Louise Timken Foundation for the scanning of ET Heald's ... <http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?Category=9&ID=422120&subCategoryID=0> Whoops! States shred £2500 by mistake Jersey Evening Post - Jersey,Chanel Island,UK The check confirmed that the shredding machine's records did not tally with the amount of used notes destroyed. Jersey bank notes are made out of cotton, ... <http://www.thisisjersey.com/2008/07/23/whoops-states-shred-2500-by-mistake/ > Duval Clerk's office now electronically records public documents Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA The Duval County Clerk of the Courts Office can now electronically record public documents submitted by title companies, banks and attorneys. ... <http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2008/07/21/daily24.html> Tech defends archive allegations Virginia Tech Collegiate Times Online Edition - Blacksburg,VA,USA The settlement with the families, reached last month, also requires that a public archive be created with key facts about the shootings. ... < http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2008/07/24/tech_defends_archive_allegations > State Archives take possession of African-American documents Winston-Salem Chronicle - Winston-Salem,NC,USA NCCU Photo - Dr. Lavonia Allison signs a Contract of Gift to the State Archives. Next to her are Cultural Resources Deputy Secretary Jeff Crow and NC ... < http://www.wschronicle.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1424&Itemid=41 > Scrapbook sheds light on post-fire Elon The Pendulum - Elon,NC,USA "The Ballentine scrapbook is a gem," said Katie Nash, special collections librarian and archivist. "Most of the college and library holdings were kept in ... <http://www.elon.edu/pendulum/Story.aspx?id=705> Man charged with stealing trade secrets from Andover firm Eagle Tribune - North Andover,MA,USA ... in Lawrence District Court on two counts of grand larceny resulting from the theft of confidential and proprietary information and trade secrets. ... <http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/local_story_205235117.html> Eweek SF Mayor Breaks Up IT Standoff < http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/SF-Mayor-Breaks-Up-IT-Standoff/?kc=EWKNLNAV07242008FEATURED > Iowa floods put Mercy Medical IT backup plan to test SearchCIO.com - USA Critical services, electronic medical records, storage area networks (SANs) and data services are all fully redundant between the two. ... < http://searchcio.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid182_gci1322198,00.html > Demand records management: Meeting the challenge Merinews - New Delhi,India In both of these scenarios, there is an immediate focus on how well management supported the proper retention and timely production of records,... <http://technology.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=138111> Appeal filed in case of fired state archives director Daily Mail - Charleston - Charleston,WV,USA An appeal has been filed in the case of Fred Armstrong, who was fired as the state director of Archives and History. The appeal, filed by Charleston ...<http://www.dailymail.com/News/statenews/200807170093> House Decides Saving E-mails is a Good Thing Hawaii Reporter - Kailua,HI,USA The National Security Archive followed with a September 2007 suit against the White House seeking the preservation and restoration of millions of e-mails. ... < http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?a8feaa03-9ed3-425e-8ecf-ccb16b5dbbfe > Time capsule unearthed amidst fieldhouse construction Calvin News - Grand Rapids,MI,USA Most of the materials already exist in the archives, so it doesn't really add anything to the history of the place, he said. "What is most interesting is ... <http://www.calvin.edu/news/2008-09/time-capsule/> Be immune to e-discovery requests and avoid having to archive emails Search Storage - USA ... National Committee used their RNC email addresses, which are supposed to be for campaign matters only, to conduct other business with the White House. ... < http://storage.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/07/24/be-immune-to-e-discovery-requests-and-avoid-having-to-archive-emails/ > Social Security Numbers No Longer On Land Records Harrisonburg Daily News Record - Harrisonburg,VA,USA By Jeff Mellott HARRISONBURG - The Social Security numbers on land records, whether viewed in person or on the Internet, can no longer be seen at the ...<http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=30126&CHID=2> Computer tapes with Social Security umbers lost Chicago Tribune - United States AP TINLEY PARK, Ill. - Computer backup tapes that contain thousands of Social Security numbers of Tinley Park residents have been lost but officials say ... <http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-idtheft,0,1975150.story> San Francisco Computer Tech Set Booby Trap In City Network InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA The computer network stores 60% of the city's documents, including payroll records, e-mail, and law enforcement documents. Childs has been held on $5 ...< http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/cybercrime/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209600496&subSection=News > < http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209401200 > GE Alleges Attorney Took Privileged Documents, Fed Them to Reporter Corporate Crime Reporter - Washington,DC,USA "After GE notified the website that the article was false, misleading, and based on privileged and confidential documents, the site agreed, as an interim ... <http://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/gekoeck072408.htm> Presidential library bill stalls again Staunton News Leader - Staunton,VA,USA Bursting at the seams, the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library has the materials to expand its operations, but the bill it needs to gain funding for that ... < http://www.newsleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080724/NEWS01/807240319/1002 > Wilson library expansion is in the works News Virginian - Waynesboro,VA,USA By Carlos Santos, Media General News Service STAUNTON — The Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library could soon be expanding to handle more than 1 million new ... < http://www.newsvirginian.com/wnv/news/local/article/wilson_library_expansion_is_in_the_works/25206/ > Historically Speaking: Rights of the Brooklyn Historical Society Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Brooklyn,NY,USA The Brooklyn Historical Society has been in existence since the Civil War which means they have valuable collections. Their photography archivist, Julie May ... < http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=23&id=22025 > Vermont Historical Society chief leaving job Barre Montpelier Times Argus - Barre,VT,USA By Louis Porter Vermont Press Bureau MONTPELIER – Kevin Graffagnino is leaving the Vermont Historical Society after five years as the organization's head. ... < http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080724/NEWS01/807240372/1002/NEWS01 > -- Peter Kurilecz CRM CA [log in to unmask] Richmond, Va