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Sent on behalf of the 2009 Program Committee; please excuse cross-postings. Crossing a huge boundary in terms of the nature of records, a New Zealand High Court judge has approved the serving of court papers via Facebook, the social network website. This follows a case in Australia where the ACT Supreme Court ordered that a default judgment could be served on defendants by notification on Facebook. Issues arising during online debates about the ruling include questions of identity theft and mistaken identify, the assumption that people use and maintain Facebook accounts, and the legality and authenticity of the documents in an electronic environment. At the ACA conference in Calgary, the archivists' role in managing and preserving digital records will be discussed, including a debate on the question, "do archivists have what they need to preserve digital records?" This debate, complete with moderator, speakers, and Barbara Craig as judge, takes place Sunday, May 17th. For more on the Facebook story, see: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10561970. For more on the Calgary conference, including information about local events and a full conference program, please see www.archivists.ca.