RAIN 20090424
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management.
Yeltsin's library opens in his home region
RT - Moscow,Russia
Boris Yeltsin's ‘small motherland' Yekaterinburg, in the Russian Urals,
has commemorated him by opening a regional centre of Yeltsin's Presidential
Library ...
<http://www.russiatoday.com/Top_News/2009-04-23/Yeltsin_s_library_opens_in_his_home_region.html>
Washington Archives Management Goes Virtual
Byteandswitch.com - New York,NY,USA
Tom Radford, system administrator for Washington Archives Management in
Fife, Wash.,
deals with the second problem every day. ...
<http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=175784&WT.svl=news1_1>
Gay-themed library celebrates opening in Fort Lauderdale
MiamiHerald.com - Miami,FL,USA
BY AMY SHERMAN The Stonewall Library and Archives, a collection of
gay-themed materials that was the subject of political controversy two
years ago, ...
<http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/1013630.html>
The Devil Inside Wired Medicine
Forbes - NY,USA
Electronic records might make medicine safer and cheaper. But it might just
digitize the worst flaws of today's system, where errors are rampant and
basic ...
<http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0511/040-health-care-hospitals-devil-inside-wired-medicine.html>
Hilton Suspends Denizen Development Following
Starwood Suit
Meetings Industry Megasite - New York,NY,USA
This is the clearest imaginable case of corporate espionage, theft of trade
secrets, unfair competition and computer fraud." There are 11 claims for
relief ...
<http://www.mimegasite.com/mimegasite/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003965205>
The Daily Cartoonist
<< http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2009/04/23/jean-schulz-gives-1-million-to-cartoon-library/>>
Security Flaws Found Inside BMV Dumpsters
10TV - Columbus,OH,USA
The policies include shredding all sensitive documents and destroying
personal information on driver's licenses. "We give them instructions on
how to ...
<http://www.10tv.com/live/content/local/stories/2009/04/23/story_bmv_info.html?sid=102>
Canada's top archivist retires
The Kingston Whig-Standard - Kingston,Ontario,Canada
Wilson, who studied history at Queen's and stumbled into a job at the
archives almost by accident, says many of the national archives' efforts to
put its ...
<http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1537807>
Web site features 110 years of blue and white
memories
The Daily Collegian Online - University Park,PA,USA
The project is a collaboration between the Penn State University Archives
and the University Libraries Digitization and Preservation Department. ...
<http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2009/04/24/web_site_features_110_years_of.aspx>
Port Hope Archives gets significant new collection
Northumberland News - Cobourg,Ontario,Canada
The Broughtons are members of the Archives, and Mr. Broughton said he often
checks eBay for Port Hope related items. Ms. Taylor contacted the person
who ...
<http://www.northumberlandnews.com/news/porthope/article/124673>
Working to preserve the past
Worthington Daily Globe - Worthington,MN,USA
The boxes are available from a variety of companies who sell archival
products, and the Nobles County Historical Society has several catalogs on
hand for ...
<http://www.dglobe.com/event/article/id/21575/>
Tracking Loans Through a Firm That Holds Millions
New York Times - United States
“Before MERS,” said John A. Courson, president of the Mortgage Bankers
Association, “the problem was that every time those documents or a file
changed hands ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/24/business/24mers.html?ref=business>
Fire destroys documents in court
Express Buzz - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
An officer seeking anonymity said: “The destroyed documents mostly
included material evidence, which could weaken a case and lead to the
acquittal of an ...
<http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Short+circuit:+Fire+destroys+documents+in+court&artid=on/8qwyf/NQ=&SectionID=Qz/kHVp9tEs=&MainSectionID=Qz/kHVp9tEs=&SEO=documents,+fire,+mishap,+court&SectionName=UOaHCPTTmuP3XGzZRCAUTQ==>
Presidential search records destroyed at Hocking College
Columbus Dispatch - Columbus,OH,USA
We're considering legal action" alleging the illegal destruction of public
records, said Mansky, the nine-year president of the professional unit of
the ...
<http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/04/24/hc_records.html?sid=101>
Business Laptops Cost $50000 to Replace
Tom's Hardware Guide - Culver City,CA,USA
While snatching the laptop of a company's top leader may seem to be the
holy grail of corporate espionage, the study found that the CEO's computer
isn't the ...
<http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-laptop-stolen-lost-study,7612.html>
Alice Walker Exhibit on Display at Emory University
TheCelebrityCafe.com - Valley Stream,NY,USA
"For the reading public, it means that for the first time, we will have
access to one of the richest archives in the nation for a living writer,"
Emory ...
<http://www.thecelebritycafe.com/features/27025.html>
Archives opens doors to visitors
Famuan - Tallahassee,FL,USA
The Meek-Eaton Southeastern Regional Black Archives has planned to have its
doors open Saturday, in honor of Florida A&M University's first
commencement in ...
<http://www.thefamuanonline.com/lifestyles/archives-opens-doors-to-visitors-1.1732044>
Jesuits to open archive on Pius XII
United Press International - USA
VATICAN CITY, April 23 (UPI) -- The Jesuit
order has decided to release
documents assembled by the Rev. Robert Graham, a historian and expert on
the Vatican
...
<http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/04/23/Jesuits-to-open-archive-on-Pius-XII/UPI-42531240531362/>
Jesuits deny giving authorization to publish Pius
XII archive
Catholic News Agency - Denver,CO,USA
A possible future publication can only happen after the Holy See opens its
archives regarding the pontificate of Pope Pius XII." According to the
statement, ...
<http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=15776>
The Mad Dash to Digitize Medical Records
BusinessWeek - USA
Encouraged by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, now an influential
industry consultant, lawmakers cheer electronic records as a business-based
remedy for ...
<http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_18/b4129030606214.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index+-+temp_top+story>
Emory to unveil Walker literary archive this week
The Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — Emory University is unveiling the literary archives of
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker for the first time since she
donated the ...
<http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hOcQ0YKVCXHc28Z2-8qbOu-DLX7AD97O62KG0>
Judge Rejects Internet Archive Motion to Intervene
in Google ...
Publishers Weekly - New York,NY,USA
... overseeing the approval process for the Google Book Search settlement
has rejected an attempt by the Internet Archive (IA) to intervene in the
action. ...
<http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6654190.html?desc=topstory>
Thieves use file-sharing to view tax returns
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
Victims sometimes leave the sensitive documents in the folders they make
available on the file-sharing networks, but in other cases thieves use
dirty tricks ...
<http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/pennsylvania/20090422_ap_thievesusefilesharingtoviewtaxreturns.html>