RAIN 20090524 Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. Archives sit on historical foundations The Gazette (Montreal) - Quebec,Canada The Édifice Gilles Hocquart, named for the father of Canadian archival records, is home to the Montreal branch of the Quebec Archives. ... < http://www2.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/saturdayextra/story.html?id=b2819965-b9b3-4995-bae5-482662743873 > Email Backup & Management Issues Processor.com - Lincoln,NE,USA Due to the various requirements for electronic message retention, IT departments should work closely with legal council to determine archival times that ... < http://www.processor.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/P3115/28p15/28p15.asp&guid= > Unseen footage of the 1920 Louth floods discovered Louth Today - Louth,England,UK The movie footage was recently unearthed after lying undiscovered for many decades in a national archive after being incorrectly labelled. ... <http://www.louthleader.co.uk/news/Unseen-footage-of-the-1920.5294576.jp> Rev. Robert mcnamara, archivist for Catholic diocese, dies at 98 Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester,NY,USA Robert F. mcnamara, the longtime historian and archivist for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester, died this afternoon. At 98, he was the oldest priest ... < http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20090522/NEWS01/90522044/1002/news/Rev.+Robert+McNamara++archivist+for+Catholic+diocese++dies+at+98 > In Germany, widespread spying is back, this time by corporations Los Angeles Times - CA,USA Hundreds of thousands of employees have had their cellphone, e-mail and computer records secretly searched. Companies say they did it to expose misconduct. ... < http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-germany-spying23-2009may23,0,1524773.story > Twin Cities gang unit's file shredding raises new questions Pioneer Press - St. Paul,MN,USA By Mara H. Gottfried Why were Metro Gang Strike Force cops shredding documents hours after an audit critical of accounting practices was released? ... <http://www.twincities.com/ci_12433868> Irving, state officials at odds over building records retention ... Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA "The schedules are what they are," said Nan Pfiester, the state agency's manager of records management assistance. Irving's retention of documents came into ... < http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/052409dnmetirvdocuments.3f17196.html > Historic look at 125 years of M&S Yorkshire Evening Post - Leeds,England,UK Following the launch, M&S staff, along with Leeds university archivists, will be on hand to guide visitors through the colourful history of the store. ... < http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Historic-look-at-125-years.5297246.jp > State's WWI records searchable online TheNewsTribune.com - Tacoma,WA,USA The digital archive is an online repository for public records that have long-term legal, historical or fiscal significance. The idea is to preserve records ... <http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/northwest/story/755462.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 For any technical queries re JISC please email [log in to unmask] For any content based queries, please email [log in to unmask]