RAIN 20071106
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
Reynolds tapped for keeping archives
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
Because of her hours of preserving and working with Birdville
memorabilia, the room holding the archives was named in 2001 the "Ida
Joe Reynolds Room, ...
<http://www.star-telegram.com/407/story/291564.html>
Clinton Rejects Secrecy Charge
The Associated Press -
"The National Archive controls and administers presidential records,
that's what they do for every president," she said. "My husband has
not withheld a ...
<http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hedi5_7uR-Jsh0enjinu66VxJkngD8SN42AG0>
Former Government House photographer John Evans dies
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
The 140000 negatives that he had accumulated over his career were
distributed among Archives Canada, the Government House archives, and
the City of Ottawa ...
<http://www.canada.com/topics/news/politics/story.html?id=83a8218f-4fe6-42f8-b5c4-e6bd0c23885e&k=86545>
When folks at Playboy need a back issue, they call the Beach
The Virginian-Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA
Over the years he has become a guy editors call on for his archival
knowledge. The folks at Playboy have thanked him by adding gifts to
his stash. ...
<http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=136226&ran=245840>
Authenticating & Archiving Your Artwork
American Artist - USA
For that reason, it is beneficial for artists to establish archival
records to protect their future prospects and their patron's
interests. ... <http://www.myamericanartist.com/2007/11/authenticating-.html>
Nevada's archival 'treasure map' found online
Nevada Appeal - Carson City,NV,USA
They are Nevada's archival treasures, and they can be found in many
places around the state, from the Walker African American Museum or
the Atomic Testing ...
<http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20071105/NEWS/111050126>
Iron Mountain to acquire Stratify for eDiscovery services
CTR - Los Angeles,CA,USA
... and digital information for discovery and data investigations,
compliance and associated records management, and litigation matters,
the company said. ...
<http://www.wwpi.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3030&Itemid=128>
Control out of chaos
GCN.com - Washington,DC,USA
"Traditional ECM systems focus on document and records management;
they are operational systems focused on document processing," said
Tony Byrne, ...<http://www.gcn.com/print/26_28/45331-1.html>
E-Mail Disclaimers: Scant Protection at Best
E-Commerce Times - USA
... and with state trade secrets laws," David C. Keating, attorney and
partner in the technology practice of Alston & Bird, told the
E-Commerce Times. ...
<http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/E-Mail-Disclaimers-Scant-Protection-at-Best-60076.html>
Tech history is one big format war
Bismarck Tribune - ND, USA
In 130 years, we've gone from an analog, nonelectric cylinder audio
recording format to a digital, electric data storage and playback
format. ...
<http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2007/11/05/news/columnists/darnay/142188.txt>
How Museums and Libraries Lose Stuff
History News Network - Seattle,WA,USA
In fact, museums, libraries, and archives in the United States lose
items in their collections on a regular basis. Why? The simple answer
is that many of ...<http://hnn.us/articles/44357.html>
Need for proper records, says Chief Sec
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
"The Electronic Records Management System (ERMS) will ensure that all
our records are complete, valid, reliable and trustworthy," he said,
adding that this ...
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/11/5/nation/20071105143302&sec=nation>
Glitch Could Compromise Computer Records in E Tennessee City
WVLT - Knoxville,TN,USA
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- Police officials in Chattanooga are trying
to get a grasp on how many initial incident reports have been lost
because of the way
...<http://www.volunteertv.com/home/headlines/11019071.html>
Uncle Sam's newest security challenge to businesses
CNET News.com - San Francisco,CA,USA
This could include personal information, trade secrets, financial
data, and more. However, the government will face a monumental
challenge if it tries to ...
<http://www.news.com/Uncle-Sams-newest-security-challenge-to-businesses/2010-1029_3-6216821.html>
Taking on the Irvings (and winning)
Globe and Mail - Canada
Allegations of corporate espionage have led to investigators with
accounting firm KPMG being granted unprecedented court clearance to
search everything from ...
<http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20071105.RIRVING05/TPStory/Business>
Wilson Presidential Library treasures untapped historical artifacts
Staunton News Leader - Staunton,VA,USA
... and making accessible to the public documents and historical
artifacts pertaining to Wilson and the period of his administration,
from 1913-1921. ...
<http://www.newsleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071105/NEWS01/711050317/1002>
AMPAS panel notes digital dilemmas
Variety - USA
... the current 2K digital cinema standard is inferior to the quality
of 35mm film and that digital storage media have a much shorter
lifespan than film.
...<http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117975368.html?categoryid=13>
How Big Media's Copyright Campaigns Threaten Internet Free Expression
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
Net-based hosting outfits -- including YouTube, Flickr, Blogger,
Scribd, and the Internet Archive -- offer free publication venues to
all comers, ...
<http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202802308>
Group Sues to Get Clinton Records
The Associated Press -
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A conservative public interest group has sued the
National Archives to obtain records from Hillary Rodham Clinton's
tenure as head of a ...
<http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5huPd64zmVHwlchxUnbj_n7xiyHQQD8SNPS6O3>
Online archives unlock the past
Australian IT - Australia
It has been so successful that BigPond's Sensis search engine listed
National Archives as its most popular search term in June - ahead of
Pasha Bulka, ...<http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,22707582-5013037,00.html>
Fenty rescinds order to delete e-mail By Gary Emerling
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
"We do not want to see any public records deleted until there [are]
further regulations, so we know exactly what is happening in this
issue," said Mrs.
...<http://washingtontimes.com/article/20071106/METRO/111060069/1004>
Mesa Air fires CFO for destroying evidence
CNNMoney.com - USA
Murnane, 49, was placed on administrative leave in September after he
was accused of destroying evidence that would have proven Mesa misused
proprietary ...
<http://money.cnn.com/2007/11/05/news/companies/hawaiian_airlines.ap/?postversion=2007110519>
Land Registry axes online deeds
BBC News - UK
The Land Registry is to remove online versions of scanned mortgage
deeds and leases amid concerns that fraudsters have been accessing the
documents. ...<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7079494.stm>
Diane Blair Papers Detailing 1992 Clinton Campaign Won't Be ...
ABC News - USA
... detailing her various activities as First Lady that the National
Archives has yet to release from the William Jefferson Clinton
Presidential Library.
...<http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=3825609&page=1>
Botswana: 18 Months for Burning Evidence
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
A Mosarwa man, Mice Patrick Mosweu 21, of Popagano ward, Gudigwa in
the Okavango district, discovered the hard way that destroying
evidence by fire is
...<http://allafrica.com/stories/200711060813.html>
Deseret Morning News, Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:23 PM PST
Emergency funds awarded to archivists
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,695225107,00.html
State and local government agencies throughout Utah will be better
prepared for emergencies thanks to $2.6 million recently awarded to
the national Council of State Archivists by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency.
The pristine past rediscovered
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
The State Library had decided the painting - one of von Guerard's rare
scenes of NSW - would close a gap in its pictorial collection and had
given her ...
<http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/the-pristine-past-rediscovered/2007/11/06/1194329217307.html>
Iron Mountain acquires Irish outfit
Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA
Data-storage giant Iron Mountain Inc. has acquired Datastroy, a
document-shredding company based in Ireland. The acquisition of
Datastroy enables Iron
...<http://boston.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2007/11/05/daily18.html>
Musty and dusty: Stored county records could be in danger of ...
Muscatine Journal - Muscatine,IA,USA
By Connie Street of the Muscatine Journal MUSCATINE, Iowa -- The
Muscatine County Board of Supervisors learned on Monday that it would
not be required by the ...
<http://www.muscatinejournal.com/articles/2007/11/06/news/doc47308be953908762141998.txt>
The Hunter Or Hunted? Open Text's Open Fate
CNNMoney.com - USA
Data storage market leader EMC EMC bought Documentum for $1.48 billion
in late 2003. As a result, EMC now ranks second in content management
software with ...
<http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/newstex/IBD-0001-20785349.htm>
Sony develops holographic disks to store 500GB
Slippery Brick - Portland,OR,USA
Data storage news just keeps moving forward. Sony has announced that
it will release a multi-layer optical disk that can store over 500GB
data. ... <http://www.slipperybrick.com/2007/11/sony-holographic-discs/>
Former DuPont scientist gets 18 months for stealing trade secrets
International Herald Tribune - France
AP WILMINGTON, Delaware: A former DuPont Co. senior scientist who
admitted that he stole trade secrets from the company was sentenced
Tuesday to 18 months ...
<http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/07/business/NA-FIN-US-DuPont-Trade-Secrets.php>
Acting archives director named after firing
Charleston Gazette - Charleston,WV,USA
AP The former assistant to fired Archives and History Director Fred
Armstrong has been named to serve as his acting replacement.
...<http://wvgazette.com/section/Breaking/000001141>
Charleston Gazette
Archivist was fired clumsily
<http://wvgazette.com/section//200711033>
'King of the Hill' archives on display at university
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
14. The writers collection has received most of King of the Hill's
production archives: 123 boxes that document the making of the show.
<http://www.star-telegram.com/state_news/story/293463.html>
Gold Mine for ID Thieves: Thousands of Records Found in Dumpster
WOAI - San Antonio,TX,USA
The bond company immediately sent people to get the documents. "We
observed that the dumpster was just full of legal files, and I started
rummaging through ...
<http://www.woai.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=1a103b0d-d2bd-4ba9-99c2-214020cbed75>
Now-public military files reveal private lives
USA Today - USA
Ray's documents had been untouched by a devastating fire in 1973 that
damaged or destroyed 18 million Army and Air Force files. The newly
released records
...<http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-11-06-veterans-records_N.htm>
Heads of ECO national libraries to meet in Tehran
Tehran Times - Iran
TEHRAN -- The first meeting of the heads of the Economic Cooperation
Organization's National Archives and Libraries will be held at Iran's
National Library
...<http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=156617>
Black Dutchman Daan Cordus
Radio Netherlands - Netherlands
Back in the 1970s, he discovered his family's story at the National
Archives. He found out that his grandfather served in the Royal Dutch
East Indies Army ...
<http://www.radionetherlands.nl/thenetherlands/weeklyfeature/daan020612.html>
Public records found in trash bin
Hernando Today - Brooksville,FL,USA
By MICHAEL D. BATES Hernando Today BROOKSVILLE -- Pheobe Peacock
routinely drops off old newspapers in the county's recycling dumpster
at the downtown ...
<http://www.hernandotoday.com/MGBT3R4AP8F.html>
Kazakhstan, Tatarstan signed protocol of coop in archive affairs
Kazinform - Astana,Kazakhstan
... between the Committee on management of archives and documentation
of Kazakhstan§´s Cabinet of Ministers and Russian State Archive Service
as of June 23, ...
<http://www.inform.kz/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=157024>
Kilcar trad music archive gets funding boost
Ocean fm - Donegal,Ireland
Donegal to assist them in the completion of The T¨ªr Chonaill Music
Archive Project The grant is made up of a 7000euro grant for equipment
and 50000euro a ...
<http://www.oceanfm.ie/onair/donegalnews.php?articleid=000002011>
Discovery Rules Raise More Questions Than Answers
Law.com (subscription) - San Francisco,CA,USA
City of Topeka,[FOOTNOTE 7] the plaintiff claimed that the City of
Topeka's failure to preserve the e-mails constituted spoliation of
evidence. ... <http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1194343443970>
Electronic records and archives conference is on at Kazakh ...
Kazinform - Astana,Kazakhstan
KAZINFORM /Kurmat Samarkhan/ An international scientific practical
conference entitled Electronic records and archives is on at the
National Archive of the ...
<http://www.inform.kz/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=157030>
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Peter Kurilecz CRM CA
Richmond, Va
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