RAIN 20071124
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
Canadian Tire archives 'treasure trove'
Western News - London,Ontario,Canada
She is grateful to Western and its staff and credits the Archives
staff, in
particular Bev Brereton, with broadening her research. ...
<http://communications.uwo.ca/com/western_news/stories/canadian_tire_archives_%91treasure_trove%92_20071122440674/>
Archives To Be Transferred
CJOB - Winnipeg,Manitoba,Canada
A unique snapshot of our history has been passed to the Manitoba archives
for preservation, and use by future generations. The collection traces the...
<http://www.cjob.com/news/index.aspx?src=loc&mc=local&rem=79974>
United Church to move archives
The Canadian Press -
TORONTO - The United Church of Canada is moving its archives from Victoria
University across town to its west-end general council office. ...
<http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jcTF0BSW3rYg_qjSwz63WIhIGbFw>
The top 10 IT failures of all time
ZDNet UK - UK
According to a piece in the New York Times Magazine, the self-destruction
was triggered by software trying to stuff "a 64-bit number into a 16-bit
space". ...
<http://resources.zdnet.co.uk/articles/0,1000001991,39290976,00.htm>
NEW F1 SPY ALLEGATIONS
Sportinglife.com - UK
Papers in the document say that in March 2006, 33 files of confidential
technical information belonging to mclaren were copied on to 11 floppy
disks, ...
<http://www.sportinglife.com/others/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=others/07/11/23/AUTO_Renault_Hearing.html>
The history and space issues inside the other courthouse
Tiffin Advertiser Tribune - Tiffin,OH,USA
Staff members sometimes need to leave the building and go to the 1884
courthouse to retrieve records or file paperwork. At least two rooms, a
large vault ...
<http://www.advertiser-tribune.com/page/content.detail/id/501603.html?nav=5010>
County's archive photographs go on tour
South East Northumberland - UK
By NEWS REPORTER A DISPLAY of photographs and documents from the
Northumberland archives is currently on a mini tour of libraries in south
east ...
<http://www.newspostleader.co.uk/latest-news/Countys-archive-photographs-go-on.3511994.jp>
UW houses film treasures
Wisconsin State Journal - Madison,WI,USA
"We were among the first people out there to realize that this was (an
area) worthy of scholarly research," said archivist Maxine Ducey, who's
been with the ...
<http://www.madison.com/wsj/topstories/index.php?ntid=258461&ntpid=1>
Data sifters mine millions of documents for law firms
Scripps News - Washington,DC,USA
The company's filtering process typically weeds out three-quarters of the
electronic files as irrelevant, duplicative or electronically scrambled....
<http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/28532>
mclaren Leaks Charges Against Renault
The Associated Press -
The mclaren memo says that 33 files containing more than 780 individual
drawings outlining the entire technical blueprint of the 2006 and 2007
mclaren F1 ...
<http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jwp-UmmqSyw8CPBUIh9aHdvO-0dwD8T3EQLG0>
lee courts usher in electronic age
The News-Press - Fort Myers,FL,USA
... where attorneys and judges can file documents electronically, without
having to print and send paperwork. assistant us attorney douglas molloy
said the ...
<http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071123/NEWS01/71122010/1002>
archives building to be completed soon
Stabroek News - Georgetown,Guyana
construction on the national archives building on homestretch avenue is in
its final stages and it should be open before the end of the year, ...
<http://www.stabroeknews.com/index.pl/article_general_news?id=56533675>
Vt. state archives puts 18th century maps online
Foster's Daily Democrat - Dover,NH,USA
Now, the Vermont State Archives is using modern digital technology to give
people access to those old maps from their offices or homes, putting them
online ...
<http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071123/GJLIFESTYLES_01/711230133>
Wall Street Journal
Clinging to the Rolodex
In a BlackBerry age, some top executives are still spinning their
rotary card files. Finding Salman Rushdie's old phone number, walking
'Liquid Paper Boulevard' (it's in Illinois) and hunting for the 'sixth
wheel.'
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119585920760602459-email.html>
Hudson's Bay Archive makes the A-list
Globe and Mail - Canada
The Hudson's Bay archive is now listed on unesco's Memory of the World
register. That's a list of 158 of the world's most important documents, ...
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20071124.ARCHIVES24/TPStory/National>
Files stolen at Good Neighbors office
Rutland Herald - Rutland,VT,USA
Not only were the thieves more interested in personnel records than
valuable electronics, there was one file they opted to leave behind --
Bridge's own file ...
<http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071124/NEWS02/711240330/1003/NEWS02>
Museum puts historic photos on Web
Billings Gazette - MT, USA
The Buffalo Bill Historical Center's mccracken Research Library has
launched an online archive of 3500 photographs by Jack Richard and 2500
photographs by ...
<http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/11/24/news/wyoming/20-museum.txt>
Data crisis hits Scotland as papers go missing
Guardian Unlimited - UK
The crisis over the security of personal information spread to Scotland
last night when it emerged that confidential documents had gone missing in
transit ...
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/Observer/uk_news/story/0,,2216652,00.html>
Land Registry frauds
ic Newcastle.co.uk - Newcastle,England,UK
It has also decided that documents like mortgage deeds and leases will no
longer be made available on its website. But Property Week fears frauds
remain a ...
<http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/homemaker/news/2007/11/24/land-registry-frauds-50081-20148879/>
Political storm as Government sells secret Navy court martial ...
This is London - London,England,UK
But Howard Davies, from the Government's National Archive, said: "It would
appear something has gone awry. This does not sound like the sort of
material ...
<http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23422907-details/Political+storm+as+Government+sells+secret+Navy+court+martial+records+for+%C2%A320+at+auction/article.do>
Scots data files lost in the post
Scotland on Sunday - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK
Documents containing names and National Insurance numbers were recently
sent out by the Scottish Public Pensions Agency (SPPA) but never reached
their ...
<http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/scotland.cfm?id=1849792007>
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Peter Kurilecz CRM CA
Richmond, Va
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