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RAIN 20091114 Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. He's positive these are famous negatives Los Angeles Daily News - Los Angeles,CA,USA The nature scenes, printed from about 60 glass negatives unearthed at a Fresno garage sale, may, in fact, be early works of the legendary California ...<http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_13736475> Senator to transfer Cuban archival documents to people of the US ... Caribbean Net News - Georgetown,Cayman Islands Their archivists had no previous knowledge of the existence of my collection, so they enthusiastically received the gift. ...< http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/news-19770--19-19--.html> Fixit: U, Historical Society might take old photos Minneapolis Star Tribune The Minnesota Historical Society has been known to take donations of family photographs that are well-identified and dated, but only those of historically ...< http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/homegarden/69402767.html?elr=KArks7PYDiaK7DUHPYDiaK7DUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUUr > Records keepers do public a service Dallas Morning News Then there are the savers of public records. Those include the official savers such as the Texas State Library and Archives and the National Archives and ...< http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/localnews/columnists/citizenwatchdog/stories/DN-citwatchdog_09pro.ART.State.Edition1.4b4bbe5.html > Park Service looking for artifacts UpperMichigansSource.com "We're really excited about the project," says Brian Hoduski, of Museum and Archival Services. "The National Park service has been working on it for a long ...< http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/news/story.aspx?list=~%5Cnews%5Clists%5Clocal&id=374482<http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/news/story.aspx?list=%7E%5Cnews%5Clists%5Clocal&id=374482> > Firms not ready for data breaches, says survey Computing - London,UK The most important finding from the research revealed that while most organisations have a document retention policy, only 41 per cent have a discovery ...< http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2252829/firms-ready-breaches-survey > Film From the Frontlines: New Glimpses of a War New York Times Much of the footage was collected by Bill Murphy, an audiovisual archivist retired from the National Archives who found and copied about a thousand reels of ...<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/arts/television/10war.html> Wanted: Grateful Dead Archivist New York Times The library is advertising for an archivist to handle the library's Grateful Dead collection. A master's degree in archives management is required, ...< http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/wanted-grateful-dead-archivist/ > Ultimate job for a Deadhead San Francisco Chronicle The university is now looking for a full-time archivist to help digitize its sprawling Grateful Dead Archive. " Requirements include a Master's degree and ...<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/scavenger/detail?entry_id=51402> Catholic documents in oldest US city preserved The Associated Press Sister Catherine Bitzer slowly opened a file box and carefully removed a brittle page, scarred by years of neglectful storage, mold and insects. ...< http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i7tADnxuR79MJPcf7h0C8jxGSMGQD9BTE7P00 > Rescuing Photos From Broken Memory Cards New York Times For new best sellers and copyrighted books from commercial online bookstores, most e-readers use proprietary file formats or document formats that support ...< http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/technology/personaltech/12askk.html> A Practical Approach to Protecting Trade Secrets Computerworld By Russell Beck and Matt Karlyn CIO - Trade secrets are increasingly becoming a company's most valuable assets, and not surprisingly, threats to those ...< http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9140694/A_Practical_Approach_to_Protecting_Trade_Secrets?taxonomyId=153 > Vintage Views: Historical treasure trove in society's archives Harwich Oracle The archivist has recommended that the collection be thoroughly cataloged and processed. This project would include routine preservation as well as the ...< http://www.wickedlocal.com/harwich/town_info/history/x1312009171/Vintage-Views-Historical-treasure-trove-in-society-s-archives > Moorland-Spingarn Researcher Dies Washington Informer Wells, a former Prints and Photographs Librarian at Howard University's Moorland-Spingarn Research Center in Northwest, was the assistant archivist for the ...< http://www.washingtoninformer.com/wi-web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2448:moorland-spingarn-researcher-dies&catid=50:regional&Itemid=113 > Gov't archive buys petabyte of digital storage ZDNet UK The government's official archives has extended its storage capacity with a digital tape library system. The National Archives said the new one petabyte ...<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/0,1000000091,39875314,00.htm> FBI's New Case Management System Delayed InformationWeek The system is designed to search and analyze criminal and national security information and will include records management, evidence management, ... < http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=221601278 > Essex County Hall of Records in Newark is treasure for historians The Star-Ledger - NJ.com A series of maps, in this case from the state's archives rather than Essex County's, will be displayed in the halls to show the progression of Essex's many ...< http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/essex_county_hall_of_records_i.html > Rare Hemingway letters found KeysNet (Photo courtesy FLORIDA STATE ARCHIVES) The handwriting is spidery and faded by nearly a century of wear. "We go to the front tomorrow," the young ambulance ...<http://www.keysnet.com/news/story/159085.html> The Bear Stearns Verdict: A Blow to E-Mail Prosecutions TIME A shredding party ensued. In the Martha Stewart insider trading case, jurors said one of the more damaging pieces of evidence had to do with the fact that ...< http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1938544,00.html?xid=rss-topstories > Broadlands archives could be sold off abroad Southern Daily Echo By James Maden » A HAMPSHIRE archivist has told of her fear that the four-centuries-old Broadlands archives could be broken up or sold abroad. ...<http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/4737234.Archives_could_be_sold_abroad/> University of North Texas has a new website dedicated to Kennedy archives Pegasus News Son Volt / Peter Bruntnell Americana band Son Volt comes through to play selections from new album American Central Dust, released in July. ...< http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/outbursts/2009/nov/12/university-of-north-texas-has-a-new-website-dedica/ > Diocese of St. Augustine archive hosts oldest American documents Catholic News Agency The oldest extant European documents written in US continental territory are now hosted at the Archives of the Diocese of St. Augustine. ...< http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=17673> UNT Libraries' new online JFK archive puts investigation photos at public's ... Dallas Morning News (Editor's note: Page 23 of the archive includes an autopsy photo of Lee Harvey Oswald, and page 35 includes a picture of two strippers. ...< http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/111309dnmetjfkphotos.2acb54095.html > A Practical Approach to Protecting Trade Secrets IDG Trade secrets are increasingly becoming a company's most valuable assets, and not surprisingly, threats to those assets have increased concomitantly. ...<http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=E488E041-1A64-6A71-CEAE831FEFDE7D0C> Archivist helps county purge records Wayne Independent “It's all tied to moving Wayne County forward in an information and records management fashion,” said Susan Hartman, an archivist with the state historical ...< http://www.wayneindependent.com/news/x206840058/Archivist-helps-county-purge-records > Scientists nose out clue to preserving books: their smell guardian.co.uk - UK Working in collaboration with curators from the National Archive in the Netherlands, they then identified the 15 most abundant VOCs, and used these to ...< http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/nov/13/scientists-preserving-books-smell > Evidence at issue in corporate espionage case involving WYCO employees Knoxville News Sentinel ... laptop computer but not for files stored on a central office server, a federal magistrate judge ruled Thursday in a case of alleged corporate espionage. ...< http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/nov/13/evidence-at-issue-in-corporate-espionage-case-of/ > Don't sweat the Part 11 stuff FierceBiotech IT While 21 CFR Part 11 guidelines on electronic records and electronic signatures remain under review with the ultimate goal of revision, consider the ispe's ...< http://www.fiercebiotechit.com/story/dont-sweat-part-11-stuff/2009-11-13> Wolfgang's Vault nabs Newport Jazz Festival archive Examiner.com The San Francisco-based service recently acquired the rights to the Newport Jazz Festival's vast archive of recordings and is slowly dishing up the bounty. ...< http://www.examiner.com/x-9428-Bay-Area-Jazz-Examiner~y2009m11d13-Wolfgangs-Vault-nabs-Newport-Jazz-Festival-archive<http://www.examiner.com/x-9428-Bay-Area-Jazz-Examiner%7Ey2009m11d13-Wolfgangs-Vault-nabs-Newport-Jazz-Festival-archive> > W.Va. Supreme Court opts for e-mail privacy The Associated Press Bloom reasoned that the five e-mails were public records because they touched on Maynard's ultimately unsuccessful campaign in the Democratic primary, ...< http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jt-6dips8a7083iVZguFj6xZbohQD9BUNJN00 > West Virginia: Ruling on E-Mail New York Times Judge Bloom reasoned that those messages were public records because they touched on Mr. Maynard's ultimately unsuccessful campaign in the Democratic...< http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/us/13brfs-RULINGONEMAI_BRF.html> Archives Dept gets colonial era records Express Buzz THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State Archives Department has become the proud custodians of the precious Thalasseri factory records which throws light into the ...< http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Archives+Dept+gets+colonial+era+records&artid=TqTjN2sAzK4=&SectionID=lMx/b5mt1kU=&MainSectionID=lMx/b5mt1kU=&SEO=&SectionName=tm2kh5uDhixGlQvAG42A/07OVZOOEmts > Can Anyone Keep a Secret Anymore? New York Law Journal Likewise, the US Supreme Court's Upjohn 5 decision made clear with respect to the work product privilege that FRCP 26 is intended to protect an attorney's ...< http://www.law.com/jsp/nylj/PubArticleNY.jsp?id=1202435418432&Can_Anyone_Keep_a_Secret_Anymore > Clerk of court earns Historic Documents Preservation Award The Herald-Mail Weaver's work with Washington County's historic public documents has served as an example to preservationists statewide, and his innovative approach to ...<http://www.herald-mail.com/?cmd=displaystory&story_id=234203&format=html > Two former Madoff employees accused of falsifying records Philadelphia Inquirer By Tom Hays AP NEW YORK - Two former employees of Bernard L. 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