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RAIN 20090210

Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to
records and archives management.

ACC lost title deeds of 46 properties
Sunday Business Post - Dublin,Ireland
ACC Bank lost the title deeds of almost 50 properties that it held on
behalf of its clients over a two-and-a-half year period, according to
documents seen ...
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Six myths about movable media storage
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
Iron Mountain Inc. offers both data backup over a network connection and
tape storage at its sites. "In a disaster scenario, when time is of the
essence, ...
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=331912
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Bookbinder saves a world of words
The Salinas Californian - Salinas,CA,USA
Hennessy also makes boxes to help preserve books, boxes fashioned from an
archival-quality, acid-free heavy mat board. She covers the boxes in
leather or ...
<http://www.thecalifornian.com/article/20090209/REPOSITORY/902090303>



State historical society seeks written South Dakota history
Indian Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
By Staff reports PIERRE, SD – The South Dakota State Historical Society
Archives is seeking donations of written materials that convey the diverse
history ...
<http://www.indiancountrytoday.com/national/plains/39311347.html>



Bugs drafted in for battle to save artworks
guardian.co.uk - UK
Sofía Borrego Alonso, of Cuba's national archive, will say how she
protected books and manuscripts with plant-derived products instead of
pricier, ...
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/09/bugs-save-venezuela-art>



The archivist cometh, or "Mr. DeMille wouldn't like this!"
Palm Beach Post - FL, United States
By Scott Eyman | Monday, February 9, 2009, 01:32 PM The story goes that
when Cecil B. DeMille's archives were being packed up for donation some
20 years ...
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University Archives Announces New Online Resource
UK News - KY,USA
9, 2009) - The University of Kentucky Libraries University Archives
announces the creation of a new online resource, Explore UK, which aims to
preserve the ...
<http://news.uky.edu/news/display_article.php?category=2&artid=4345>



National archive launched
The National - Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates
The plan is to establish an integrated and comprehensive national archive
in 15 years, an initiative headed by the National Center for Documentation
and ...
<http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090209/NATIONAL/507497464/-1/NEWS>



How to avoid 5 common storage mishaps
Webwereld - Netherlands
According to company officials, no identity theft occurred, ... Costs: In
DuPont's case, the estimated value of the trade secrets was more than $400
million ...
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http://webwereld.nl/internationaal-nieuws/54855/how-to-avoid-5-common-storage-mishaps.html
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Virginia Tech shootings archive opens to public
The Associated Press
On Monday the university opened a terminal in a corner of the school's
library with access to the archive about the campus rampage that left 33
people dead, ...
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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iHN5S0gf6SGxrynNFlHAlTQxK3hwD968ADGO0
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UCR Celebrates Tuskegee Airmen
UC Riverside - Riverside,CA,USA
The archive, which celebrates the pilots and others who broke the race
barrier for African Americans in military aviation, is the premier, ...
<http://newsroom.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/display.cgi?id=2018>



Enterprise 2.0 Tip: Data Mine Email Archives to Generate A Social Map
Social Computing Magazine - New York,NY,USA
Luckily, in the enterprise these problems can be solved relatively easily:
data mine your email archives for who is connected to whom! ...
<http://www.socialcomputingmagazine.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=673>



Copy Everything From Your Old Drive to Your New One
Washington Post - United States
But if the files you're moving reside in their default Windows location
(such as the Documents, Music, or Videos folder), your system will default
to its ...
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/09/AR2009020903215.html
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Government to Host Records Management Compliance Workshops
Platinum News Online - Tortola,British Virgin Islands
Government will host two Records Management Workshops aimed at assisting
departments with closing, appraising and transferring files to the
archives. ...
<http://www.bviplatinum.com/news.php?section=article&source=1234206666>



Alex Rodriguez, Steroids, Records Management, and You
CMSWatch - Silver Spring,MD,USA
Does your enterprise have a clear policy in place for destroying
information in compliance with proper regulations? Does your enterprise
have a way of ...
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http://www.cmswatch.com/Trends/1496-Alex-Rodriguez,-Steroids,-Records-Management,-and-You
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Mobile Devices and a Presidential Privilege?
IT Business Edge - Louisville,KY,USA
If that is the case, he says: Obviously, if the President's communications
were open to legal discovery (for example, through a lawsuit or a FOIA
request), ...
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http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/mobile-devices-and-a-presidential-privilege/?cs=30332
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ACLU Lawsuit Tests Obama Openness Policies
The Washington Independent - Washington,DC,USA
This ACLU FOIA case presents the second major secrecy challenge to the new
administration. This one tests directly Obama's pledge in his
Presidential ...
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http://washingtonindependent.com/29575/aclu-lawsuit-tests-obama-openness-policies
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WVU faculty forms new academic records panel
Huntington Herald Dispatch - Huntington,WV,USA
(AP) — West Virginia University's Faculty Senate voted Monday to form
an academic records management committee as a private consulting team
prepares to ...
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http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/x2134008733/WVU-faculty-forms-new-academic-records-panel
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Wikileaks publishes $1B worth of congressional reports
ITworld.com - Framingham,MA,USA
by Grant Gross, Robert McMillan Wikileaks.org, the online clearinghouse for
leaked documents, has published a complete database of Congressional
Research ...
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http://www.itworld.com/government/62328/wikileaks-publishes-1b-worth-congressional-reports
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Paper, electronic records removed
Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA
The two incumbents whom Marshall and Weber defeated now are under
investigation for allegedly tampering with -- and stealing -- county
records. ...
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http://dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/02/10/records.ART_ART_02-10-09_B1_GACRS10.html?sid=101
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Subpoena Stopped Destruction of Baseball Drug Tests, Union Says
Bloomberg - USA
The union then began to implement its plan to dispose of the samples and
records. "On Nov. 19, however, we learned that the government had issued
a subpoena ...
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601079&sid=aPOGRCtvDKLE&refer=home
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Ky. Supreme Court Issues Order On Court Record Retention
kypost.com - Covington,KY,USA
Those who wanted change maintained that the destruction of records
eliminated information necessary for enhancing the charges of offenders and
other ...
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http://www.kypost.com/content/news/commonwealth/story/Ky-Supreme-Court-Issues-Order-On-Court-Record/Zm70UQnCyEezS9WsUJfG5w.cspx
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Historic Papers Come Back To Bruce County
CKNX Radio - Wingham,Ontario,Canada
Archivist Anne Marie Collins says the museum is 'ecstatic' about bringing
the collection home. It will be in the archives and available to the public
on ...
<http://www.am920.ca/news.php?artID=29409>



New Orleans' Notarial Archives facing financial crisis
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com - New Orleans,LA,USA
by Susan Finch, The Times-Picayune New Orleans' Notarial Archives, a
world-famous trove of records of the city's architectural history dating
back to 1734 ...
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http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/02/new_orleans_notarial_archives.html
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Wrong route on data retention
Irish Times - Dublin,Ireland
The draft Bill on data retention shows again that the Government has a
narrow regard for citizen privacy and little intention of moderating its
aggressive ...
<http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2009/0211/1233867931354.html>



DNA May Reveal Origins of Medieval Manuscripts
LiveScience.com - New York,NY,USA
Surviving manuscripts can include: legal documents, such as deeds and
leases; Church documents, including Bibles and choir and Mass books;
devotional books ...
<http://www.livescience.com/history/090210-dna-manuscripts.html>






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