RAIN 070710
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
Library to expand successful grad student archive program
The UCLA Daily Bruin - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Because Sotelo was studying to be an archivist while participating in
the program, she said she could work with archive materials from many
different fields ...
<http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/2007/jul/09/library_expand_successfu
l_grad_student_archive_pro/>
Church is slowly restoring archives
Times Picayune - New Orleans,LA,USA
By Bruce Nolan In her spare sixth-floor office in downtown New Orleans,
Emilie Leumas, the new archivist for the Archdiocese of New Orleans, ...
<http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-22/1183959980206
770.xml&coll=1>
History research plan
Evesham Journal - UK
Louisa Mann, archivist at the record office, said specialist training
would be given during the six-week project. "This will give young
people the chance to ...
<http://www.eveshamjournal.co.uk/news/ejnewslatest/display.var.1529228.0.
history_research_plan.php>
Exorcising Nixon's ghost
Los Angeles Times - CA,USA
... to the National Archives. Surprising academics who feared he would
toe a conservative line, Allen Weinstein, the archivist of the United
States, ...
<http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-oe-greenberg9jul09,
1,6578165.story?coll=la-news-a_section>
Court fails to adapt to time
The Olympian - Olympia,WA,USA
Individuals want to be able to sit at the home or work computer and
with a simple click of the mouse scroll court records and other public
documents. ...<http://www.theolympian.com/opinion/story/157343.html>
Why Computer Repair Techs Steal Porn, Music, And Other Personal ...
The Consumerist - New York,NY,USA
My personal data storage solution is that i have a 40 gig drive in my
actual desktop and 500 gigs of network storage for business records,
etc. ...
<http://consumerist.com/consumer/interviews/why-computer-repair-techs-ste
al-porn-music-and-other-personal-files-from-your-computer-276527.php>
Firms should disclose data breaches, say experts
BCS - Swindon,UK
Last month, a laptop holding potentially sensitive information on
employees at the Eden Project tourist attraction in Cornwall was
stolen. ... <http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=conWebDoc.12915>
Uncovering the Stasi's secrets
Aljazeera.net - Qatar
The shredding machines overheated because they were working day and
night,' Thomas Nitschke, who has been leading the reconstruction
effort, said.
...<http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/81BD8B8F-E055-478B-9FC5-FD2EBB
37C55E.htm>
City's glass link to cost $1M
Waterloo Record - Waterloo,Ontario,Canada
The one-time Galt town hall, which turns 150 next year, now houses the
city archives on the first and second floors and council chambers on
the third. ...
<http://www.therecord.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=record/Layout/
Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1183955663067&call_pageid=1024322085509&col=1
024322199564>
Opinion: Tape backup is WORN (write once, read never)
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
July 09, 2007 (Computerworld) -- Due largely to cost and
transportability, tape remains the most common choice of media for
long-term data retention. ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&
taxonomyName=data_warehousing&articleId=9026619&taxonomyId=55&intsrc=kc_f
eat>
New campus archive gives perspective to Gateway newspaper
The Gateway - Omaha,NE,USA
A new online archive of back issues assembled by the UNO Centennial
Project allows a vivid glimpse back into the Gateway's long history of
covering the
<http://www.unogateway.com/home/news/2007/07/10/Opinion/New-Campus.Archiv
e.Gives.Perspective.To.Gateway.Newspaper-2922094.shtml>
Gay film and TV archive boosted by GLAAD donation
PinkNews.co.uk - UK
The Outfest Legacy Project for LGBT Film Preservation is a partnership
between Outfest and the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
...<http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-4891.html>
Small companies are ignoring business continuity plans at their peril
Security Park - Winkfield,UK
These are the findings of industry research by Iron Mountain Digital,
the technology arm of Iron Mountain Incorporated. Iron Mountain Digital
warns that ...
<http://www.securitypark.co.uk/security_article259711.html>
Accutrac Software Sold to File Manager Iron Mountain
Orange County Business Journal - Irvine,CA,USA
Accutrac's customers are set to join Iron Mountain's long list of about
100000 accounts. Iron Mountain counted about $2 billion in sales last
year. ...
<http://www.ocbj.com/industry_article_pay.asp?aID=16912019.3055257.149769
1.6385187.2991467.775&aID2=115198>
State Asks for Help in Data Theft
WTOL - Toledo,OH,USA
Ohio Governor Ted Strickland has said the device contained the names and
Social Security numbers of thousands of taxpayers and state employees.
...
<http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=6759125>
Follow the Mail
Law.com (subscription) - San Francisco,CA,USA
In particular, the recently adopted amendments to the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure ("FRCP") impose strict standards for the storage and
destruction of ...
<http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1183626390062
>
Your first girlfriend -- and the other things search engines store ...
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
Microsoft Live Search also records the type of search you conducted
(image, Web, local, etc.), while Google additionally stores your
browser type and ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&
taxonomyName=storage&articleId=9026638&taxonomyId=19&intsrc=kc_feat>
Saving your pictures for generations to come
North Thompson Star - Barriere,British Columbia,Canada
I store my images on "archival" CDs and DVDs. If it doesn't say
"archival" on the package, it probably isn't. I am so keen on
archivability that I have been ...
<http://www.starjournal.net/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=4&cat=43&id=10226
69&more=0>
Jefferson document scrutinized
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
The segment opens in the Washington, DC, Public Library, where Mark
Greek, a photo archivist, has found a forgotten -- but intriguing --
document. ...
<http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/entertainment_living.apx.-content-articles
-RTD-2007-07-09-0005.html>
UNO historian, archivist present century at UNO
The Gateway - Omaha,NE,USA
In bringing the book to life, history professor Oliver Pollak and
library
archivist Les Valentine pored over thousands of images from UNO's
photographic ...
<http://www.unogateway.com/home/news/2007/07/10/People/Uno-Historian.Arch
ivist.Present.Century.At.Uno-2922083.shtml>
The California State Archives Go Live Online - Anywhere, Anytime ...
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
Eloquent Systems, a leader in solutions for archives, museums and
specialized libraries, is pleased to announce that the California State
Archives now ...
<http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/07/prweb538367.htm>
A Comparative Guide to Online Photo Archives
DigitalCameraInfo - Kalamazoo,MO,USA
by Karen M. Cheung July 9, 2007 - Irony. Irony is losing a year's worth
of work and personal photos while writing this article. ...
<http://www.digitalcamerainfo.com/content/The-Problem-and-Solution-of-Onl
ine-Storage-A-Comparative-Guide-to-Photo-Archives-13242.htm>
FSB hands over 60000 archives documents on Nazi crimes to US
Interfax Russia - Moscow,Russia
"Since 1994, 60000 pages of documents dealing with Nazi crimes during
World
War II, kept at the FSB's Central Archives, have been handed over to the
United ...
<http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/0/28.html?id_issue=11785710>
Russia declassifies files on victims of Stalinist purges
Guardian Unlimited - UK
The documents, dating from 1920 to 1950, are expected to shed new light
on
some of the most notorious excesses of the post-revolutionary and
Stalinist
eras, ...
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,2122373,00.html>
A Plan for E-Discovery Should be in Place Now
TechJournal South - Research Triangle Park,NC,USA
Ideally, such a catalogue would include records of the business' shared
drives, its most important databases, intranet sites and any unusual
data-storage ...
<http://www.techjournalsouth.com/news/article.html?item_id=3457>
New Tool For Snooping On Employees Who Blog
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
However, the freedom of expression does not apply to revealing trade
secrets, sharing proprietary company intellectual property, sexual
harassment, ...
<http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/07/new_tool_for_s
n.html>
Electronic voting has lots of problems, critics say
InterGovWorld.com - Toronto,ON,Canada
... paper trail ballots used in conjunction with e-voting machines, but
only 11 require audits comparing the paper with the electronic records,
Burt said. ...
<http://www.intergovworld.com/article/bdb4c9460a01040800a275d8d2adc6a7/pg
0.htm>
Holocaust file-sharing leaves needless hurdles
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
The legal dynamics of the Tracing Service files are fundamentally
unprecedented. True, the National Archives eventually returned to
Germany
most of its ...
<http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-opbla105287772jul10,0,3594067.sto
ry?coll=ny-viewpoints-headlines>
Neighborhoods SEE HOW THEY LOOKED IN 1800S
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
Other areas of the valley beyond San Jose could also be included,
Johnson
said. keeps the city's archives, moved its records from the park to its
collection ...
<http://www.mercurynews.com/politics/ci_6338700>
UK minister pushes data retention laws
InterGovWorld.com - Toronto,ON,Canada
Data retention rules have shot back to the top of the EU's antiterrorism
agenda following the London bombings. UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke
has
said ...
<http://www.intergovworld.com/article/idgml-141428d2-d6b8-4080-9025-620c8
12cd341/pg1.htm>
Discrepancies Reported in Versions of LA County E-Voting System ...
Brad Blog - USA
Following Bowen's demand to the escrow company, Iron Mountain
Intellectual
Property Management, ES&S reluctantly agreed to give their own version
of
the ...
<http://www.bradblog.com/?p=4784>
Photo archive launched today
irelandclick.com (subscription) - Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK
The archive, belfastpix.com will be offering fans of this paper and
scholars from all over the world a fantastic opportunity to trawl
through the photo ...
<http://www.irelandclick.com/index.tvt?_ticket=V7B1ZVYN0GSGX237CAMAAQ6HHK
LAFS6DJQRFL1PAAUTLBLNDHMSPTRRITAXM9NTHNLL9CHUTVTQFIQ0DPMTECYZMBHSI73ZEIOP
NNYSEAOW4UURGUU4JPNNADYN1WKLAFURGUXSEIOUE9NTKOKLAFS4&_scope=atown/Content
/News/Headlines&id=3020&_page=&psv=20>
Archives hires first employee
Northumberland Today - Cobourg,Ontario,Canada
... contains information that was vital to someone, like our land deeds
-
we have land-registry documents from Haldimand, Hamilton, all over the
district. ...
<http://www.northumberlandtoday.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contenti
d=605819&catname=Local%20News&classif=>
Copies of discs must be surrendered
San Antonio Express - San Antonio,TX,USA
Sanders said he did so to preserve records that the college might
otherwise
destroy or delete. The college has denied such a practice. ...
<http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA071007.08B.dvd_ruling
.343ff7c.html>
Software consultant who stole data on 110000 people gets five-year ...
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
Schwartz, who also admitted to selling about 70 records to two other
people, was arrested and later convicted on charges of identity theft,
...
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&
articleId=9026701&intsrc=news_ts_head>
Case of TB Traveler Shows Worth of Good E-Mail Archives
PC World - USA
PST is for personal files, including e-mail. But that is not an adequate
archiving tool, said Nick Mehta, vice president of product management at
Symantec. ...
<http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,134292-c,email/article.html>
SANTA CLARA CO.: COUNTY ANNOUNCES $200000 FEDERAL GRANT FOR ARCHIVES
CBS 5 - San Francisco,CA,USA
Santa Clara County has received a grant of more than $200000 grant from
the
US National Archives and Records Administration for a two-year project
that
will ...
<http://cbs5.com/localwire/localfsnews/bcn/2007/07/10/n/HeadlineNews/GRAN
T-ARCHIVES/resources_bcn_html>
TO to weigh plan for radio museum and archives building
Ventura County Star (subscription) - Ventura county,CA,USA
The Thousand Oaks City Council will be asked tonight to approve a
proposal
to build a radio archives and museum structure at the Thousand Oaks
Library. ...
<http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2007/jul/10/to-to-weigh-plan-for-r
adio-museum-and-archives/>
Smithsonian's National Museum of American History Brings Home ...
Elites TV - Dickinson,TX,USA
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History officially
accepted
objects and archival records that reflect the 60-year history of Nordic
Ware, ...
<http://www.elitestv.com/pub/2007/Jul/EEN46938fc11361c.html>
Lost in space
InterGovWorld.com - Toronto,ON,Canada
Without a comprehensive IT architecture that addresses all aspects of
information lifecycle management (ILM), it is becoming increasingly
difficult to ...
<http://www.intergovworld.com/article/2c0581cc0a01040800531380d645c3a4/pg
1.htm>
ILM step by step
InterGovWorld.com - Toronto,ON,Canada
Hardware and software vendors like to define information lifecycle
management, ILM, in terms of their own products. The fact is, however,
that
ILM is simply ...
<http://www.intergovworld.com/article/4bf7d7550a010408017f94012f950c31/pg
0.htm>
Keeper of our tales
Tarankai Daily News - Taranaki,New Zealand
Diana Gibbons is the city's archivist and works at Puke Ariki. OK, she
does
sit in her office surrounded by documents and manuscripts from the past
and, ...
<http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dailynews/4123407a6551.html>
F1 'spy' in high-speed chase drama
Guardian Unlimited - UK
... refuted suggestions that he had passed on confidential documents to
Mike Coughlan, who has been suspended from his role as chief designer at
McLaren. ...
<http://sport.guardian.co.uk/motorsport/story/0,,2121265,00.html>
Sorry tale of espionage throws a spanner in the works of McLaren's ...
Scotland on Sunday - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
... a person as unlikely as an attentive assistant in a shop who noticed
Coughlan photocopying page after page of Ferrari-embossed confidential
documents. ...
<http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/othersport.cfm?id=1064572007>
Terror alert document found in city street
ic Birmingham.co.uk - Birmingham,UK
Mr McLeod said he could not understand why the police had resorted to
carrying confidential documents on paper in spite of advances in
technology. ...
<http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/birminghampost/news/tm_headline=terr
or-alert-document-found-in-city-street&method=full&objectid=19433694&site
id=50002-name_page.html>
Peter Kurilecz
Richmond, VA
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