RAIN 060913
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
National Archives squares the data circle
Guardian Unlimited - UK
The National Archives, once the dusty haunt of academic historians,
solicitors'
clerks and UFO conspiracists, are now an international e-publishing
phenomenon.
<http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1871364,00.html>
To Celebrate 80th, La Opinión Donating Archives To Calif. Library
Editor & Publisher - USA
... "As La Opinión is celebrating its 80th anniversary, we want to make
sure that our news archives are well preserved and accessible to
scholars
and those ...
<http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/newsroom/article_dis
play.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003121853>
Pioneers recall microprocessor battles in documentary
EETimes.com - USA
... Walker this week announced that he and the Stanford Silicon Valley
Archives released its latest digital video documentary titled, "The
Microprocessor
Chronicles ...
<http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193000373
>
Historical treasures unearthed
WA Business News - Northbridge,Western Australia,Australia
... thriller writer of international standing he published several
history
works, including on naval affairs, which explains why SA’s State Library
today houses ...
<http://www.wabusinessnews.com.au/story.php?/2/43140/Historical-treasures
-unearthed>
Sloppy Handling
Monday Magazine - Victoria,BC,Canada
... include the names of patients, birth dates, prescription records,
diagnoses,
claims ... the still-missing tapes were sent in error for confidential
destruction. ...
<http://web.bcnewsgroup.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=117&cat=23&id=727
710&more=>
Hospital Skirts Compliance Meltdown
Byteandswitch.com - New York,NY,USA
... I don't think that they know where the delete button is ... file and
print services and radiography data, as well as an EMC Clariion for
electronic
medical records. ...
<http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=103731&WT.svl=news1_1>
A legacy of preservation
Baltimore Sun - United States
... After his formal retirement in 1987, he donated his stock, including
more than 100,000 negatives and prints, to the Maryland State Archives.
...
<http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/bal-ed.photographer13sep13,0,70
79375.story?coll=bal-opinion-headlines>
Photographer Marion Warren; Chronicled Life in Maryland
Washington Post - United States
... With his daughter, he published a series of books of 19th- and early
20th-century photographs of Maryland and later presented the pictures
to the state archives ...
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/12/AR200609
1201510.html>
Federal Grant Will Help Preserve History In Lewiston-Auburn
WCSH-TV - Portland,ME,USA
... workers and brickmakers. The money will also pay for a curator,
archivist,
and educator for the museum's programs. "As mayor, news ...
<http://www.wcsh6.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=41510>
Billerica Seeks A Place To Put History On Display
Lowell Sun - Lowell,MA,USA
... Inside were a portion of more than 1,100 glass negatives dating from
1850-1950, providing a visual history of Billerica's transformation from
an agricultural ...
<http://www.lowellsun.com/local/ci_4329985>
The First Art Newspaper on the Net
Art Daily - USA
... St. Louis. Most of his plate glass negatives came from the Seed Dry
Plate Company. He used Velox paper for printing his pictures. ...
<http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=17394>
Scottish Natural Heritage simplifies record management with ...
CRM Directory (press release) - East Brunswick,NJ,USA
... Groupwise email before migrating data about existing paper files
from
spreadsheets ... spent sorting and organising the organisation’s
documents
and records. ...
<http://www.crmdirectory.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30
8&Itemid=44>
County shares documents electronically
Grand Haven Tribune - Grand Haven,MI,USA
... In the future, vital records such as birth and ... Many circuit
court
documents include secure information such ... The move to electronic
files
will increase security ...
<http://www.grandhaventribune.com/paid/292688031929425.bsp>
A canny way to end the paper jam
ComputerWeekly.com - UK
... we had inadvertently created a world where the paper records were
not
... itself naturally to the sequential ordering of files, whereas
e-documents
can be ...
<http://www.computerweekly.com/Home/Articles/2006/09/12/218317/A+canny+wa
y+to+end+the+paper+jam.htm>
Los Angeles Times, Wed, 13 Sep 2006 0:05 AM PDT
Unable to Repeat the Past
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-archive13sep13,1,7330843.story
Storing information is easier than ever, but it's also never been so
easy to lose it -- forever. We could end up with a modern history gap.
Sun-Sentinel, Wed, 13 Sep 2006 6:06 AM PDT
Unable to Repeat the Past
http://feeds.sun-sentinel.com/~r/sun-sentinel/business/~3/21813376/la-fi-
archive13sep13,0,2476809.story
Storing information is easier than ever, but it's also never been so
easy to lose it -- forever. We could end up with a modern history gap.
Carter G. Walker remembers the day her memories vanished.
Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
[log in to unmask]
________________________________________________________________________
Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and
security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from
across the web, free AOL Mail and more.
|
