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

Cleveland Free Times, Tue, 14 Mar 2006 8:04 PM PST
The Reel Life: Documentary pays tribute to archivist Henri Langlois
http://www.freetimes.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&si

d=3169
By Charles Cassady Jr. You who saw Bernardo Bertolucci?s The Dreamers
saw dramatized the passionate 1960s student demonstrations in Paris
surrounding, of all things, a fired film exhibitor.

Beaumont Enterprise, Wed, 15 Mar 2006 0:40 AM PST
Personal library given to Lamar
http://www.southeasttexaslive.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16305308&BRD=2287&

PAG=461&dept_id=512588&rfi=6
BEAUMONT - On a shelf in the technical services room of the Mary and
John Gray Library are dozens of old books with small faded numbers on 
each spine.

New York Jewish Times, Tue, 14 Mar 2006 6:48 AM PST
U.S. Returns German Paintings Stolen in WWII
http://nyjtimes.com/cover/03-14-06/StolenWWIIGermanPaintingsReturned.htm
(FBI) They were casualties of war?three nineteenth-century oil
paintings that went missing from a German air-raid shelter during the 
waning days of
World War II.

Pit tragedy film returns to Wales
BBC News - UK
... at Senghenydd. The entire documentary, containing the original 1913
footage, has now been given to the national archive. Mr Clark ...
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/4806784.stm>

California Bill Would Ban "Pretexting"
Government Technology - Folsom,CA,USA
... Bowen. "You have the right to decide who sees your medical records
and who you were on the cell phone with last night for an hour. ...
<http://www.govtech.net/magazine/channel_story.php/98765>

Law changes leave vital records indexes out of sunshine
Aberdeen American News - Aberdeen,SD,USA
SIOUX FALLS, SD - No longer can South Dakotans browse lists of marriages
and deaths at their county records offices, and officials say a 2005 
state
statute ...
<http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/14100870.htm>

The case of the disappearing crime log
Petaluma Argus-Courier - Petaluma,CA,USA
... SRJC, too, is part of the Intergraph consortium, but Records Manager
Rosa Garcia said she finds it "very easy" to pull detailed information
from the Intergraph ...
<http://www.arguscourier.com/news/news/police060315.html>

nfoWorld, Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:06 AM PST
Debate on French copyright bill moves into final stages
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/03/14/76456_HNfrenchcopyrightdebate_1
.html>>
( InfoWorld ) - The French government is continuing to push ahead with
a new copyright bill that would limit what is considered "fair use" of
copyright digital works, despite widespread opposition from consumer 
rights
groups, musicians' trade unions and associations of Internet users, 
librarians
and

Macworld UK, Wed, 15 Mar 2006 1:14 AM PST
French file-sharing bill enters vote
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?home&NewsID=14101
The French government is continuing to push ahead with a new copyright
bill that limits what is considered "fair use" of copyright digital 
works,
Despite widespread opposition from consumer rights groups, musicians' 
trade
unions and associations of Internet users, librarians and archivists.


Montana Standard, Tue, 14 Mar 2006 5:23 AM PST
Archive's Crain to lead parade
<<http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2006/03/14/newsbutte/hjjdjgifjciehd.
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Like her parents before her, Butte's Ellen Shannon Crain will lead
Friday's St. Patrick's Day parade. Crain said she's honored to be named 
grand
marshal, and her parents, Kevin and Joan Shannon, are "just inside out" 
over the
news that two generations of Shannons have been recognized in this way.

Greeley Tribune, Wed, 15 Mar 2006 0:12 AM PST
Paper court files to become electronic
http://www.greeleytrib.com/article/20060315/NEWS/103150074/-1/rss02
Finding criminal court records in Weld County is about to get a lot
easier.

Fighting Identity Theft with TrustedID
Corante - Boston,MA,USA
... Shredding mail and other personal documents is not enough to protect
yourself, either. Last year, over 50 million consumer data records were
lost by ...
<http://dating.corante.com/archives/2006/03/15/fighting_identity_theft_wi
th_trustedid.php>

Delap's efforts make Civil War muster rolls available on-line
Paris Beacon News (subscription) - Paris,IL,USA
... to genealogists and historians looking for information," said state
archivist Jesse White ... only be accessed through research at the 
Norton
Archives building in ...
<http://www.parisbeacon.com/content/view/2434/145/>

For 6 Who Serve the Public, Time for Some Public Recognition
New York Times - United States
... Eugene J. Bockman, the commissioner of the city's Department of 
Records
and Information Services - hired her as an archivist in the Municipal
Archives. ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/15/nyregion/15sloan.html>

Pillay told of book lice in files
Dispatch Online - South Africa
... were another problem. She said it was impossible to keep accurate 
records
as the files were all over the place. However, despite a ...
<http://www.dispatch.co.za/2006/03/15/Easterncape/bpillay.html>

Subway plan resurfaces
Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati,OH,USA
... It's not the first time the city has dusted off its old subway 
drawings,
which have been meticulously preserved in city archives. ...
<http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060315/NEWS01/6031
50347>

Iron Mountain Stops PC Data Theft In Its Tracks
The IT Shield (press release) - Emborough,Somerset,UK
Iron Mountain Digital, the technology business unit of Iron Mountain 
Incorporated
(NYSE: IRM), the global leader in information protection and storage 
services
<http://www.theitshield.com/pr/5828>

Analysis: To Stay Compliant, Train
Intelligent Enterprise - San Mateo,CA,USA
... for Enron and Arthur Andersen stemmed from employee acts such as 
shredding
documents relevant ... In such cases, material in our files cannot be
altered or deleted ...
<http://www.intelligententerprise.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=1815035
47>

Owners may not hold deeds to their condos
Hilton Head Island Packet - Hilton Head Island,SC,USA
... letter. The problem is between each pair of owners with inverted 
unit
numbers referenced in their deeds and other recorded documents. ...
<http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/5589560p-5025917c.html>

Doubt cast on pay memo
Houston Chronicle - United States
... cabinets contained administrative and financial files for the ... 
tem
office, as well as records related to ... sent the investigators because
the documents might help ...
<http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/3724265.html>

Courts may not expunge criminal records
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press - Arlington,VA,USA
... Mobile Circuit Court ordered the court to stop expunging records, 
but
denied access to the previously deleted files because providing the 
documents
would be an ...
<http://www.rcfp.org/news/2006/0315-sct-courts.html>

Lost Ernst & Young laptop exposes IBM staff
Register - London,England,UK
The Register has learned that the laptop was stolen from an Ernst & 
Young
employee's car in January. The employee handled some of ...
<http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/03/15/ernstyoung_ibm_laptop/>

DjVu: Saving for our paper heritage
NewsForge - USA
... on the Internet because commonly used image formats -- JPEG, GIF, 
and
PNG -- would create unreasonably large files if historic documents were
scanned at a ...
<http://software.newsforge.com/software/06/03/08/2314247.shtml?tid=131>

New York Times 03/12/06
Putting Her Best 1,000 Shoes Forward
By JENNIFER BLEYER
"Look at these," Zia Ziprin exulted as she caressed a pair of chocolate 
brown peep-toe slingback pumps from the 1940's. "They're like art 
objects."
So were the silver Lurex slippers from the 60's and the brass snakeskin 
six-inch platform wedges from the 70's. The strappy Christian Dior 
sandals elicited a loving sigh from Ms. Ziprin, as did the embroidered 
red satin Mongolian boots.
<< http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/12/nyregion/thecity/12shoe.html?>>

Dallas Morning News 3/12/06
Moldy Victor Hugo first-editions found in La. trash pile
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nnathugo.1b29372a.html>>
New York Times 3/13/06
Juilliard's Library Braces for New Role
By DANIEL J. WAKIN
Just days after the news that a sublime trove of historic music 
manuscripts had plopped into the lap of the Juilliard School, sobering 
reality began to seep in.
A conservatory known chiefly for training bassoonists, ballerinas, 
actors and tenors must now serve as custodian of a precious piece of 
musical heritage and keep it available to scholars.
<< http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/13/arts/music/13gift.html>>

Wall Street Journal
A Change of Email Habits
Becoming a 'Single-Screener' Has Been a Relief;
Readers Weigh In on Blogs, Children's Safety
March 13, 2006
<< http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114201183528094918.html?>>

ComputerWorld
McAfee antivirus update wreaks havoc
The faulty update mistook hundreds of programs as a Windows virus and 
led to lost data
<< 
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,109525
,00.html?>>

Computerworld
Free CDs highlight security weaknesses
Policies, common sense are no match for vacation contest
<< 
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,109516
,00.html?>>

Computerworld
Update: New FBI management system could cost $500M
A contract for the 'Sentinel' project is expected in the next few weeks
<< 
http://www.computerworld.com/databasetopics/data/story/0,10801,109533,00.
html?>>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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