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Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
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Corporate Alzheimer's: Coping With Forgotten File Formats
Special to Law.com
What if the file formats we use to save documents aren't supported by
future products? Could that cause a kind of corporate Alzheimer's, 
threatening
our ability to recall critical documents? Commentator John K. Waters 
says
the question of how to guarantee long-term access to data, free of the
restrictions of proprietary software or the limitations of outdated 
technologies, is
at the heart of a debate over open file formats being offered as a cure 
for a
debilitating information-age malady.
http://www.law.com/jsp/ltn/pubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1144067962734

In Focus: Two New Products Aim at Enterprisewide Retention
Intelligent Enterprise - San Mateo,CA,USA
... that doesn't distinguish between official records and everything 
else.
And sooner or later, you'll have to resolve the question of when and 
what
to delete. ...
<http://www.intelligententerprise.com/channels/content_management/showArt
icle.jhtml?articleID=184428534>

Our view: Historian smart to alter course for library plan
Norwich Bulletin - Norwich,CT,USA
Bill Stanley has expanded his focus on a presidential library for 
Norwich
historic figure Samuel Huntington, and that should help his cause 
dramatically.
<http://www.norwichbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060404/OPINI
ON01/604040317/1014>

Counties study sharing space for archives
The Express Times - Easton,PA,USA
... County Archivist Renee Drago told the committee she sees several 
disadvantages
to the ... when they are transferred from the warehouse to the archives
offices in ...
<http://www.nj.com/news/expresstimes/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1144123923
289320.xml&coll=2>

Old naturalization records return to court archives
Tribune Chronicle - Warren,OH,USA
... than being filed away properly in Trumbull County court archives, 
the
records ... in Cleveland,?? said Emily Varner, the county?s archivist,
who partnered ...
<http://www.tribune-chronicle.com/News/articles.asp?articleID=2253>


Narragansett Indians oust Champlain family from tribe
Boston Globe - United States
... The Champlains have used land deeds, wills and names in the Bible to
justify their ... people who are requesting this can come up with the
same documents they are ...
<http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2006/04/04/narrag
ansett_indians_oust_champlain_family_from_tribe>

Champlain family removed from tribe
Providence Journal (subscription) - Providence,RI,USA
... from the Narragansett Indian tribe after they failed to produce 
documents
proving their ... In the past, the Champlains used land deeds, wills and
even names ...
<http://www.projo.com/news/content/projo_20060404_ind4.d697ace.html>

Sound Files of King Assassination on Register's Web Site
Memphis Daily News - TN, USA
... Photograph courtesy of the Shelby County Register of Deeds. ... 
filed
by the Register include tax liens, property titles, mortgages, 
bankruptcy
documents and a ...
<http://www.memphisdailynews.com/Editorial/StoryLead.aspx?id=92279>

New Edition of Effective Document Management will Help Information ...
TMCnet - USA
... The new edition of Effective Document Management will help 
information
and IT managers, system developers and users, records manager and 
librarians
to update ...
<http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-new-edition-effective-document-management
-will-help-information-/2006/04/04/1536797.htm>

Storage Security Becoming A Top Concern
CRN - Manhasset,NY,USA
... Also during the year, missing data backup tapes from Bank of 
America,
Ameritrade, Time Warner and CitiGroup had the potential of exposing the
account ...
<http://www.crn.com/sections/breakingnews/dailyarchives.jhtml?articleId=1
84428489>

Case Study II: A National Archive Moves to ODF
NewsForge - USA
Now, the National Archives of Australia (NAA) has announced that it will
move its digital archives program to OpenOffice 2.0, an open source 
implementation
of ...
<http://hardware.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/04/04/132205>

Anybody remember floppy disks?
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
... Jerry Handfield, the state's archivist, recently returned from a 
trip
to Argentina where he viewed paper records dating from 1500. ...
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/virgin/265346_virgin04.html>


Feature: Model behavior: Local club shares history with hobby
Blackanthem.com - Clinton Township,MI,USA
... the Museum of Aviation. Sarah Wolfe, Museum archivist, said the 
group's
contributions have been wonderful. "The support shown by ...
<http://www.blackanthem.com/scitech/military_2006040407.html>

Memories of a Film Archivist from Lor Girl to Present
Pendar.net - San Francisco,CA,USA
... photos. There was a photo film peddler in Behshahr and I bought some
photos. It was the beginning for me to get a film archivist. I ...
<http://www.pendar.net/en/main1.asp?a_id=515>

12:10 pm: AG: former chief's e-mails are public record
Santa Fe New Mexican - Santa Fe,NM,USA
... e-mails by the former state police chief, despite an opinion by the
attorney general that messages generated on government e-mail systems
are public records. ...
<http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/41799.html>

Opinion a Warning for Lawyers Who Prepare Pleadings
Texas Lawyer (subscription) - TX,USA
... a Collin County indictment against Vasilas on the charge of 
tampering
with a ... "We conclude that the legislature's definition of a 
government
record is clear and ...
<http://www.law.com/jsp/tx/PubArticleTX.jsp?id=1143812709796>

Gateway patent suit opens with mea culpa
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
... Documents can be removed from public view to protect trade secrets
and other sensitive personal or corporate information, but Stewart 
determined
"much of [the ...
<http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_3669779>

Smithsonian-Showtime Deal Restricts Access to Archives
WTOP - Washington,D.C.,USA
... Showtime Networks and the Smithsonian Institution has some 
documentary
filmmakers wondering if they'll still have access to the vast 
Smithsonian
archives. ...
<http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=25&sid=745517>

Smithsonian Deal With Showtime Restricts Access By Filmmakers
By Jacqueline Trescott
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, April 4, 2006; Page C01
As part of a near-exclusive deal with Showtime Networks, the 
Smithsonian Institution is restricting filmmakers' access to its 
scientists and archives, prompting another outcry over the museum's 
attempts to make money.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/03/AR200604
0301699.html?sub=AR>



De-archive Web Archives
Macworld - San Francisco,CA,USA
... two downsides. The first is that these Web archives can be viewed 
only
in Safari; you can?t open them in another browser. (An ...
<http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macgems/2006/04/webarchivefolderizer/ind
ex.php>

New Documents Suggest Mozart Wasn't Poor
ABC News - USA
... Scholars who combed through Austrian archives for an exhibition 
opening
Tuesday on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's later years in Vienna found 
evidence
that he was ...
<http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=1803571>

UC library gets SF paper's archives
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
BERKELEY - The owner of the San Francisco Examiner has given more than
a century's worth of the newspaper's archives to UC Berkeley's Bancroft
Library, the ...
<http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/14261493.h
tm>

County Web site allows access to investigation of King's death
Access North Georgia - Gainesville,GA,USA
... Leatherwood. The online exhibit is listed under "Assassination 
Investigation"
under the archives portion of the office's Web site. ...
<http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/ap_newfullstory.asp?ID=73568>

County to study ways to maintain county records' privacy
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
... amounts of identity theft by methamphetamine users, the county Board
of Supervisors voted Tuesday to study ways to keep sensitive county 
records
private. ...
<http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20060404-1432-identity.html>


Invasion heroine's records find
BBC News - UK
... The county's records office in Haverfordwest has a record which 
shows
a Jemima Nicholas was baptised in the parish of Mathry on 2 March 1755.
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_west/4874226.stm>

State Archives Project to Preserve Civil War Court Records
digitalBURG.com - Warrensburg,MO,USA
... Robin Carnahan announced today that the National Endowment for the
Humanities (NEH) awarded a grant for $330,619 to the Missouri State 
Archives,
a division of ...
<http://www.digitalburg.com/artman/publish/article_1409.shtml>

Make sure finance data you disclose is safe
Chicago Tribune - United States
The problem wasn't the stolen laptop--in fact, Fidelity's response was
exemplary--but rather the potential problems that don't make headlines.
...
<http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0604040240apr04,1,7870902.sto
ry?coll=chi-business-hed>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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