RAIN 061109
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
Padre X and other war tales
Montreal Gazette (subscription) - Montreal,Quebec,Canada
... Between 1940 and 1946, McGill archivist Bob Fetherstonhaugh kept
records on the movements of students and staff who joined the armed
forces.
<http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/sports/story.html?id=52bf28e9
-a878-44ec-8ef8-c33742990533>
Sullivan to open museum all year
Times Herald-Record - Middletown,NY,USA
William F. Burns, a volunteer archivist at Sullivan County Museum in
Hurlyville, stands amid hundreds of documents Sunday, including the
notes
from a board of ...
<http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061109/NEWS/611
090318>
Town Hall vault space in short supply
Connecticut Post - Bridgeport,CT,USA
The two vaults in the Town Clerk's office are so full of deeds, birth
certificates, death certificates, property maps and other documents that
it's difficult ...
<http://www.connpost.com/localnews/ci_4629608>
Some Local Government Websites Can Reveal Personal Info
WAVE - Louisville,KY,USA
... And that's leaving documents with social security numbers, like
deeds,
wills, mortgages, and tax liens, accessible to anyone with a computer.
...
<http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=5655873&nav=0RZF>
Do you know where all your data is?
ComputerWeekly.com - UK
... Knowing your documents will also mean knowing when and why they were
destroyed. Typically, this will form part of a document
retention/destruction policy. ...
<http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/11/09/219754/Do+you+know+whe
re+all+your+data+is.htm>
Cape County Archive volunteers accomplish much
Southeast Missourian - Cape Girardeau,MO,USA
Ten volunteers were honored for their service since the center's
opening in
2001 at a recent Cape County Archive Center event. Altogether ...
<http://www.semissourian.com/story/1176717.html>
Archiving system gives Lloyd’sa savings boost
VNUNet.com - UK
... The system, also implemented by Xerox, scans documents and converts
them into electronic files for storage in the firm’s document management
archive. ...
<http://www.vnunet.com/computing/news/2168258/archiving-system-gives-lloy
d>
Investigators say Hollywood commissioner's computer was wiped ...
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA
... meaning of "wiped.". This is the second time a Hollywood city
official
said computer records sought by prosecutors were lost. Last month ...
<http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-swasserstrom09nov09,0
,7864755.story?coll=sfla-news-broward>
Firm's rubbish raises fears of identity fraud
Blackpool Today - Blackpool,England,UK
... When alerted to the problem, The Gazette found a number of documents
which were slightly ... "It's very worrying when you think they're not
shredding this kind of ...
<http://www.blackpooltoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=62&ArticleID
=1869096>
Illustrating the nation’s past
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
... The rich resources of the Malaysian National Archives, as well as
that
of the Straits Times Library, were judiciously used to illustrate
important
nodes in the ...
<http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2006/11/10/lifebookshelf
/15456047&sec=lifebookshelf>
Elusive civil rights court records now just a click away with new ...
News from Washington University in St. Louis - Saint
Louis,Washington,USA
... Support for the clearinghouse may become more critical in light of
recent efforts at the National Archives and Records Administration,
Schlanger added. ...
<http://record.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/8153.html>
Archives and partner play the name game
UQ News - Brisbane,Queensland,Australia
The Director-General of the National Archives of Australia, Ross Gibbs,
has
announced a partnership between the Archives and University of
Queensland
lecturer ...
<http://www.uq.edu.au/news/?article=10833>
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Thu, 09 Nov 2006 4:45 AM PST
Lawyers in Beaver County filing civil papers online
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06313/736779-56.stm
A lawyer walking into the Beaver County prothonotary's office to file a
mortgage foreclosure had better be prepared for a whole new world. A
clerk will take the documents, scan them into the computer system and
hand them back, along with a scanning bill for $5 plus $1 a page.
The Salt Lake Tribune, Thu, 09 Nov 2006 11:16 AM PST
Ancestry.com adds 41 million names to its genealogy database
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_4631112?source=rss
Posted: 11:55 AM- In the summer of 1914, the good ship Imperator was
doubly honored: sharing first-class passage from Southampton, England
to New York were former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and legendary
magician Harry Houdini. Five years later, a young Walt Disney passed
beneath Lady Liberty, returning on the Canada from ambulance-driving
duties in World War I France.
San Francisco Bay Guardian, Wed, 08 Nov 2006 11:08 AM PST
EDITOR'S NOTES
http://www.sfbayguardian.com/entry.php?entry_id=2046&catid=4&volume_id=25
4&issue_id=261&volume_num=41&issue_num=06
I tell this story to politicians a lot, and I'm telling it again
because there's an awful lot of angst at City Hall over the demands of
a few (admittedly madly aggressive) sunshine advocates who are coming
close to paralyzing some departments.
Peter Kurilecz CRM CA
Richmond VA
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