RAIN 20090426 Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. Trust moots warehousing collections The Nelson Mail - Nelson,New Zealand The plan to find secure storage suitable for housing delicate historic material ... a huge and nationally significant archive of historic photographs. ... < http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/2363358/Trust-moots-warehousing-collections > Office space to cost recorder of deeds Murphy $151K per year Tarentum Valley News Dispatch - Tarentum,PA,USA His office once filed as many as 100000 documents in a year, but it has averaged about 60000 annually during the last two years. "I've got plenty of money ... <http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/valleynewsdispatch/lifestyles/s_622118.html > Clerk works to restore data linking Tulsa County records Journal Record (subscription) - Oklahoma City,OK,USA Last year the county clerk's office paid $480484 to install Aptitude Solutions' oncor management software to record real estate deeds, mortgages and other ... <http://www.journalrecord.com/article.cfm?recid=98036> Harris County court reporter charged with record tampering Houston Chronicle - Houston,TX,USA By BRIAN ROGERS Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle A Harris County criminal court reporter was indicted today on charges of tampering with a government record ... <http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6390577.html> Warrant out for court reporter in tampering case Houston Chronicle - United States According to county records, Rymer has worked for Harris County since Sept. 11, 1968. He did not return calls for comment Friday. ... <http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/6390577.html> DVD Copying Case: Why You Should Care PC World - USA Fair Use advocates might also argue that there are certain conditions under which archival copies are allowed and, therefore, technology must exist to... < http://www.pcworld.com/article/163821/dvd_copying_case_why_you_should_care.html > Happy 50th Anniversary to the National Union Catalog of Manuscripts ResourceShelf - USA This mission is realized by NUCMC production of cataloging describing archival and manuscript collections held by eligible repositories located throughout ... < http://www.resourceshelf.com/2009/04/24/happy-50th-anniversary-to-the-national-union-catalog-of-manuscripts/ > Carter Center closes to revamp Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA The facility was built in 1986 and is the only presidential library in the Southeast and one of only 13 around the country. Except for the Oval Office... < http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2009/04/26/carter_center_revamp.html > Long lost Ben Franklin letters discovered ABC7Chicago.com - IL, USA They are copies made by his friend Thomas Birch, an archivist who copied dozens of historical letters by hand. Houston says he thinks the original letters ... <http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/national_world&id=6779257> Admissibility of Computer Evidence under Sri Lankan Law Sunday Times.lk - Columbo,Sri Lanka Electronic data, unlike their conventional counterparts, do not disappear easily and difficult to delete (or destroy) of an electronic document. ... <http://www.sundaytimes.lk/090426/It/it402.html> Bank rethinking document disposal methods after transport mishap KSL-TV - Salt Lake City,UT,USA ... operations for Columbus Secure Shredding. Some companies shred documents for clients on site to make sure they are destroyed before they're taken away. <http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=6267171> Long Beach CIty Hall records archiving not exactly complete Long Beach Press-Telegram - Long Beach,CA,USA Through a public records request earlier this year, environmentalist Tom Marchese had gotten hold of an eye-opening stack of e-mail exchanges -- 377 pages ... <http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_12229263> Hocking official destroyed public records Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA The other two sets of evaluations might have survived as a result of Mansky's public-records request, Sinnott said. The records destroyed concerned the ... < http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/04/25/HC_records.ART_ART_04-25-09_B3_7EDLO0B.html?sid=101 > Archives of Alice Walker now public Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA By Dorie Turner AP The Georgia native began storing her notebooks, journals and photos as a teenager, creating a personal archive spanning 40 years that ... < http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/20090426_Archives_of_Alice_Walker_now_public.html > -- Peter Kurilecz CRM CA [log in to unmask] Richmond, Va Information not relevant for my reply has been deleted to reduce the electronic footprint and to save the sanity of digest subscribers