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

WHAT You Need to Know About Data Storage
TechNewsWorld - Sherman Oaks,CA,USA
... Document content also plays into retention policies, especially 
e-mails.
Individuals make statements in e-mails that would never ...
<http://www.technewsworld.com/story/46719.html>

CREATING a scalable content management solution
Tech Republic (subscription) - Louisville,KY,USA
... found that the most commonly used form of CMS is document 
management,
with Web content management, record management/archiving and retention
following closely. ...
<http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-7343-5895588.html>

WORK TRENDS: Policies help reduce paper piles
Cherry Hill Courier Post - Cherry Hill,NJ,USA
Lawyers, accountants and consultants agree that the first step in 
managing
a mess of paper and electronic records is having a written document 
retention
policy ...
<http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051017/BUS
INESS01/510170320/1003/BUSINESS>

CENTER destroyed priest sex case records
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - St. Louis,MO,USA
... Lechner said that the document destruction would have little effect
on civil suits, as he believes the records would have been protected by
"priest-penitent ...
<http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/stor
y/BD0EF66748D737AF8625709D001C3AB2?OpenDocument>

FREEDMEN records: A glimpse at history
Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA
... keeps copies of what she calls "gems," special finds within all the
archive records her group has ... His photo was never meant to be a part
of any archives files. ...
<http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051017/FEAT05/
510170305/1023/FEAT05>

PRIVACY ensures the past is history
South Bend Tribune - South Bend,IN,USA
... Because most schools, Ross Beatty and Penn included, purge student
files of all but required records within a few years after a student 
graduates
or leaves the ...
<http://www.southbendtribune.com/stories/2005/10/17/local.20051017-sbt-MW
KA-A1-Privacy_ensures.sto>

DECLUTTERED Data
ComputerWorld - USA
... techniques thrive in organizations that need heavy doses of 
discipline
both to appease hovering regulators and strengthen internal data 
retention
and retrieval ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/databasetopics/data/story/0,10801,105371,00
.html>

VOLUSIA ready to save records in emergency
Daytona Beach News-Journal - Daytona,FL,USA
... The Clerk's Office maintains court documents relating to property 
transactions,
such as deeds and mortgages; court-ordered judgments, such as child 
support
...
<http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/Headlines/03New
sHEAD05101705.htm>

IRON Mountain Expands into Australia and New Zealand
Yahoo! News (press release) - USA
... The company's portfolio of services includes records storage and 
management,
secure shredding, imaging and business process outsourcing. ...
<http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/051017/nem030.html?.v=26>

IRON Mountain to buy Pickfords
BusinessWeek - USA
OCT. 17 8:49 AM ET Data management firm Iron Mountain Inc. ... Under the
deal, Iron Mountain will purchase the stock of Sirva Pty Ltd., Sirva New
Zealand Ltd. ...
<http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8D9PRL81.htm?campaign_id=a
pn_home_down&chan=db>

WHAT do we have to lose in a Katrina-like flood? Just our history
The Free Lance-Star - Fredericksburg,VA,USA
... the Battle of Fredericksburg in 1862 and Hurricane Katrina's 
destruction.
... technologies for data collection, including microfilmed records, 
genealogy
resources ...
<http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2005/102005/10172005/135530>

LANGUAGE fury over Assembly papers
ic NorthWales - North Wales,UK
... She said it was important public documents were available in both 
languages
so people could respond in the language of their choice. ...
<http://icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/news/regionalnews/tm_objectid=162584
57&method=full&siteid=50142&headline=language-fury-over-assembly-papers--
name_page.html>


STATE history to be digitized
Nashville City Paper - Nashville,TN,USA
... Contributing partners from the mid-state area include Middle 
Tennessee
State University, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Tennessee State
University ...
<http://www.nashvillecitypaper.com/index.cfm?section_id=9&screen=news&new
s_id=45198>

WHAT, where and how long? The issues of archiving e-mail
SearchDomino.com - USA
... One of Contoural's clients drafted a 300-page document retention 
schedule
and told users to save everything themselves. Bad idea. ...
<http://searchdomino.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid4_gci1134
807,00.html>


Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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