RAIN 20070926
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
Leaving history behind
Southeast Missourian - Cape Girardeau,MO,USA
And the state archives have recognized us as the premier county archive
in
the state." Jackson explained that, at age 61, she would like to spend
more
time ...
<http://www.semissourian.com/story/1279124.html>
Magna Carta Is Going on the Auction Block
New York Times - United States
Until last week, this copy was on display in the National Archives in
Washington, steps from the Declaration of Independence and the
Constitution. ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/25/nyregion/25magna.html?hp>
Robotic FX Founder Admits Destroying Data But Says Some Evidence ...
xconomy - USA
... CD-ROM disks and erasing the data from a laptop computer after
iRobot
filed lawsuits against him and his firm alleging theft of trade secrets.
...
<http://www.xconomy.com/2007/09/25/robotic-fx-founder-admits-destroying-d
ata-but-says-some-evidence-might-have-been-planted-hearing-will-resume-mo
nday/>
The Winchester Star
Winchester Star - Winchester,VA,USA
Noah White said the demand for shredding documents on-site has been
fueled
by new federal requirements that govern how businesses destroy client
records ...
<http://www.winchesterstar.com/article_details.php?ArticleID=1324>
EMC To Acquire Online Storage Service for $76 Million
eWeek - New York, NY
By Chris Preimesberger EMC enters online vaulting to compete w/ such
names
as AmeriVault, Iron Mountain, Comcast, AT&T, Verizon, Arsenal and
CommVault. ...
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2188268,00.asp>
Shelving for museum preserved
Arkansas City Traveler - Arkansas City,KS,USA
City Commissioner Scott Margolius pitched shelving from Sam's Club as a
possible alternative to other archival shelving picked by the Cherokee
Strip Land ...
<http://www.arkcity.net/stories/092507/com_0004.shtml>
Sudan border documents lost, damaged
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa
"If those files are present we could easily get what boundaries have
been
defined or if there were any amendments or changes," said Luk on
Tuesday.
...
<http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL25801153.html>
Stanford acquires historic audio archive
Palo Alto Online - Palo Alto,CA,USA
The archives include about 6000 hours of recordings. "This is one of the
most extraordinary archival collections I have encountered in my 35
years
as a ...
<http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=5903>
WSU archives offer a lot to students
Guardian - Dayton,OH,USA
Intimidating only in nomenclature, Special Collections and Archives,
based
in the fourth floor of the Dunbar Library, is one of the most valuable,
...
<http://www.theguardianonline.com/home/news/2007/09/26/News/Wsu-Archives.
Offer.A.Lot.To.Students-2991036.shtml>
Corgi opens archives for rare auction
New Car Net - UK
Corgi has raided its historical archives to put 572 lots up for grabs.
They've chosen pre-production prototypes; "firstborns", which are the
very
first ...
<http://www.newcarnet.co.uk/Auto_news.html?id=7233>
county history may be sent packing
Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA
The AOC plans to move only court records, not county records such as
marriage licenses, she said. Still, for Prater, the removal of the court
records is as ...
<http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/183474.html>
Corporate e-mail archiving compliance - on demand
ITWeb - Rivonia,Gauteng,South Africa
"There are numerous facets to laws that regulate records management,
including a company's ability to discover and retrieve stored
information.
...
<http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/business/2007/0709260804.asp?A=CNT&S=Con
tent%20Management%20&O=FPIN>
Attorneys Face Nine Critical Challenges in Being Prepared for ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
One of the nine critical challenges -- inadequate records management --
represents a major issue. Among surveyed attorneys at companies that
have a
fully ...
<http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/0
9-26-2007/0004670109&EDATE=>
E-Mail Headaches: How Schools are Coping
Education Week News - Bethesda,MD,USA
How does the new court case affect data destruction policies. Does it in
affect not allow for data destruction policies, or does it allow for
destruction of ...
<http://www.edweek.org/chat/transcript_09_26_2007.html>
Need business documents stored? Gilmore Services has more space
PensacolaNewsJournal.com - FL
The expansion increases the company's total records-storage capacity to
almost 2 million cubic feet. "While we all use computers, people don't
realize that ...
<http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070925/
BUSINESS/709250317/1003>
Preserving pieces of the past
Queen's Journal - Kingston,Ontario,Canada
Queen's Archives serves as a repository for the city's public
records--any interested citizen can access the city's records there. ...
<http://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2007-09-25/news/preserving-pieces-past
/>
Register of Deeds office recognized for record-keeping, fraud fighting
C&G Newspapers - Detroit area,MI,USA
It has a staff of roughly 130 who process as many as 3000 documents per
day. The Register of Deeds office records go back to 1701, Youngblood
said.
<http://www.candgnews.com/Homepage-Articles/2007/9-26-07/GG-REGISTEREDDEE
DS.asp>
Mesa says key Hawaii files deleted in purge
Honolulu Advertiser - Honolulu,HI,USA
Murnane was just trying to delete the porn sites, he said. Blecher added
that Mesa has copies. "There was no destruction or spoilation," he said.
<http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070926/NE
WS01/709260410/1001/NEWS01>
Museum gets 'phenomenal' Leo Frank memorabilia
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
An archivist at the publication offered to let Leavey look at what
memorabilia it had. But, he cautioned, they had to move fast. The Times
had
just moved to ...
<http://www.ajc.com/living/content/living/stories/2007/09/26/leofrank2_09
27.html>
Dueling Documents: Outside Counsel Guidelines vs. Retention Letters
Law.com (subscription) - San Francisco,CA,USA
In this country, law departments blast away with their outside counsel
guidelines; law firms return fire with their retention letters. Neither
document will ...
<http://www.law.com/jsp/ihc/PubArticleIHC.jsp?id=1190745420668>
Google as a Bad Big Brother
Wall Street Journal - USA
We sat down to talk about data interoperability and document retention.
Document retention's a really thorny one, because hard drives are cheap,
...
<http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB119073238834038729-1u0IvrdeSl7z32
ZSTjN1Sf9X4Fc_20071026.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top>
TJX Encryption, Data Retention Details Trickle Out
eWeek - New York, NY
Data retention was another key concern cited in the report. On the plus
side, TJX did make "an immediate decision to limit the retention period
for
data on ...
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2188980,00.asp>
For Those Who Believe That Backup Does Archiving - NOT!
CTR - Los Angeles,CA,USA
The good news is that archiving not only greatly reduces overall storage
costs and addresses long-term data retention needs, but it also
dovetails
...
<http://www.wwpi.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2766&Itemi
d=44>
1K grant goes toward online flower archive
University of North Carolina The Daily Tar Heel - Chapel Hill,NC,USA
The Friends of Bolin Creek received a $1000 grant to further their
efforts
in creating an online wildflower archive. The group is a nonprofit
organization ...
<http://www.dailytarheel.com/home/news/2007/09/26/City/1k.Grant.Goes.Towa
rd.Online.Flower.Archive-2991895.shtml>
CBS 3 Donates Massive Archive To Temple University
CBS 3 - Philadelphia,PA,USA
"The CBS 3 gift of video archives for the last 30 years really will
shape
how we understand and interpret out past," said Temple University
President, ...
<http://cbs3.com/topstories/local_story_269130308.html>
Data Firm Invites Sanctions
Hartford Courant - United States
In apparent violation of its 2000 contract, the firm, Accenture,
transferred the Social Security numbers of Connecticut taxpayers, as
well
as the numbers ...
<http://www.courant.com/news/opinion/editorials/hc-datatheft.artsep27,0,6
669035.story>
Thompson Papers kept at UT
The Daily Beacon - Knoxville,TN,USA
According to archivists at the Center, while many academics have not had
much focus on the papers, the national media has begun to peruse its
files.
...
<http://dailybeacon.utk.edu/showarticle.php?articleid=51945>
'Eyewitness News' finds home in Temple archives
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
Housed in Paley Library's Urban Archives, the tapes will be available to
students and area residents over the next six months, according to
Temple
librarian ...
<http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/pa/20070926_CBS3_will_give_news_arc
hives_to_Temple_Nearly_30_years_of__quot_Eyewitness_News_quot__tapes_will
_be_stored_at_the_university_library_.html>
China's heritage is drifting away via Hong Kong
Taipei Times - Taiwan
For City University's Cheng, the real issue is the destruction of
history.
"If you just think they are beautiful, that's one thing," he said of
China's ...
<http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2007/09/27/200338064
8>
Crime of the forefathers
AntiguaSun - St' John's,Antigua and Barbuda
These islands have refused to understand the importance of records and
continue to allow the destruction of heritage sites, written and
photographic records ...
<http://www.antiguasun.com/paper/?as=view&sun=281935077507132005&an=10423
5088309262007&ac=Opinion>
Peter Kurilecz
Richmond, VA
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