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WHOSE Work Is It, Anyway?
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) - USA
... discomfort over the choice he made. Many scholars, archivists, and
librarians have stories like Mr. Siry's. Orphan works have led to ...
<http://chronicle.com/free/v51/i47/47a03301.htm>

MISSING NASCAR Documents Found
Bremerton Sun - WA, United States
... As a result of the flap, county officials have begun working on
refining
policies regarding public documents and non-disclosure agreements. ...
<http://www.thesunlink.com/bsun/local/article/0,2403,BSUN_19088_3956238,00.html>

RECORDS Within Reach
Salt Lake City Weekly - UT,USA
... Ott can charge more for his database because, while it's made up of
public documents, it also includes the sweat of county employees. ...
<http://www.slweekly.com/editorial/2005/cityweek_1_2005-07-28.cfm>

CONTROLLING the data deluge
AustralianDoctor.com (subscription) - Australia
... the knowledge and understanding to use it for patient records,
practice
manager ... We're not confident with shredding all those [specialist
letters]
because we're ...
<http://news.australiandoctor.com.au/articles/ce/0c0317ce.asp>

PUBLIC Wants Access To Records
Bremerton Sun - WA, United States
If public records were handled on computers, the doors of government
would
be open for more citizens, according to participants in an "Open
Government
Forum ...
<http://www.thesunlink.com/bsun/local/article/0,2403,BSUN_19088_3956896,00.html>

HISTORICAL society receives $5,525 grant
Groton Landmark - Groton,MA,USA
... This unique collection includes over 600 glass plate negatives,
hundreds
of 18th- and 19th-century deeds and documents, numerous ledgers from the
Groton Inn ...
<http://www.grotonlandmark.com/Stories/0,1413,107~5174~2983578,00.html>


HYDROGRAPHIC Office sets digital sail with BAE and Tower
Information World Review - London,UK
... UKHO is adopting electronic records management technology as part of
a major project to digitally manage and deliver the information it is
responsible for. ...
<http://www.iwr.co.uk/information-world-review/news/2140427/hydrographic-office-sets>

Messages sent by computer can be used as evidence
By NANCY MEERSMAN
Union Leader Staff
The state Supreme Court ruled yesterday that police don?t need
authorization from the attorney general to capture instant messages
sent by computer.
<http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_showa.html?article=57803>

Wall Street Journal 7/27/05
Not Fade Away
Lawyers' Delight:
Old Web Material
Doesn't Disappear
Wayback Machine and Google
Archive Billions of Pages,
Including Deleted Ones
Earlier this year, executives at Dell Inc. tried to shut down
DellComputersSuck.com, a Web site promoting an obscure brand of
computers. Dell's lawyers dispatched a stern letter, and within a few
days, the site's owner revamped it into an online discussion group
about computers. The old version disappeared from view.
<http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB112242983960797010,00.html?>



Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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