RAIN 20071126
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories
related to records and archives management.
Joining the losing side
Scotsman - United Kingdom
So put those cards through the shredder. Better still, start shopping at
farmers' markets, corner shops and car boot sales (where you can pay in
cash and ...
<http://news.scotsman.com/opinion.cfm?id=1850592007>
Alert office boy saves trader
Malaysia Star - Malaysia
"Computer records don't just change suddenly without any documentation
to back them up. In the case of Chen, the Land Office claimed that it had
lost the ...
<http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/11/25/nation/19571964&sec=nation>
Losing the plot
Sunday Herald - Glasgow,Scotland,UK
"The most shocking aspect to the loss of 25 million records is that for
£65 the data on the two cds could easily have been stored on an
inexpensive and ...
<http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.1857710.0.losing_the_plot.php>
City councils opening up on the Web
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
desoto also maintains an online database of hundreds of public documents,
including City Council minutes dating to the city's incorporation in 1949....
<http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/112507dnmetcitiesonline.16620d3.html>
Vermont's 18th Century Maps Going Online
The Associated Press -
The Minnesota Historical Society has put old maps online as tools for
surveyors and other land professionals, said Bob Horton, the society's
director of ...
<http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hAiA9VpnMfeIVgIZgyjbmNpa53zAD8T4SRKO0>
Maine, other states, set out to store electronic documents
Boston Globe - United States
"Two to 5 percent in the public records is archival. The rest has a
lifespan from nanoseconds to 70 years." In Maine, files deemed important
enough to be ...
<http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2007/11/25/maine_other_states_set_out_to_store_electronic_documents>
Monmouth County clerk cited for new method of electronic-filing ...
Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park,NJ,USA
BY BOB JORDAN FREEHOLD -- The state Division of Archives and Records
Management has honored the Monmouth County clerk for developing an
e-recording Web ...
<http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071125/NEWS01/711250434/1004>
Black Sox archive suddenly surfaces
Chicago Tribune - United States
Nevertheless, the sudden emergence of an archive of previously unknown
documents pertaining to the 1919 Black Sox case has seized the imagination
of ...
<http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/whitesox/chi-blacksox_bd25nov25,1,184373.story?coll=cs-whitesox-headlines>
Local civil courts moving closer to going paperless
Austin American-Statesman - Austin,TX,USA
Electronic filing allows the public greater access to court documents and
provides greater protection and security for case files, District Clerk
Amalia ...
<http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/11/25/1125digital.html>
digital doesn't mean it's safe
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
The belief that if records are held electronically they are somehow more
likely to last is almost certainly mistaken. Some archives have paper
documents ...
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2007/11/26/do2601.xml>
The Harrisburg scandal
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
That political oldie but goodie -- document-shredding -- now is being
investigated. One account has it that files possibly pertinent to state
Attorney ...
<http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/opinion/archive/s_539629.html>
Two bags of mail sent to Four Courts shredded by mistake
Irish Times - Ireland
... for destroying confidential documents. The contractor dumped the mail
in an on-site industrial shredder before anyone realised what had happened....
<http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/front/2007/1122/1195682008645.html>
140 years of births, deaths and marriages
Scoop.co.nz - New Zealand
"It provides insights into the processes of record keeping, especially
given the popularity of people's research into family history. ...
<http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0711/S00513.htm>
Library Buys Schlesinger Papers
New York Times - United States
Another collection of Schlesinger documents resides at the John F. Kennedy
Presidential Library and Museum in Boston. "We expect it to be used
almost ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/26/arts/26papers.html?hp>
Security Manager's Journal: E-discovery Prompts a Second Look at ...
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
Issue: New e-discovery rules have implications for data retention. Action
plan: Consider doing a lot less, or come up with a plan for searching
through it ...
<http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=security&articleId=307499&taxonomyId=17&intsrc=kc_feat>
Insiders: Dems Destroyed Documents
Evening Bulletin - Philadelphia,PA,USA
The Democrat legislator reported that he heard of concerns that the paper
records took up too much space, thus their shredding was approved. ...
<http://thebulletin.us/site/news.cfm?newsid=19057937&BRD=2737&PAG=461&dept_id=576361&rfi=6>
E-mails confirm HMRC mistake was attempt to save money
Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA
At 2:41 pm, the NAO recipient responds, asking for the data to be
segregated, if possible, into two files. The purpose of this is unclear in
the released ...
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=hardware&articleId=9048719&taxonomyId=149&intsrc=kc_top>
Businesses hold the key to destroying sensitive documents
Springfield Business Journal - Springfield,MO,USA
Although businesses are increasingly turning to computerized record
storage, which shifts security issues to cyberspace and the digital realm,
the question ...
<http://www.sbj.net/article.asp?aID=34697657.3480083.1034293.6265494.2386191.496&aID2=79552>
Searching for Names on an Island of Graves
New York Times - United States
Assuming 38 lines per page -- the number of lines per page in older burial
books Ms. Hunt has examined in city archives -- the records cover about
49400. ...
<http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/26/searching-for-names-on-an-island-of-graves/?hp>
Email Fight: Perry Demands $2K Per Month
Texas Observer - Austin,TX,USA
Mr. Washburn's requests would not have been possible without Elise Hu's
blog series, The Purge -- which set about investigating the public records
retention ...
<http://www.texasobserver.org/blog/?p=695>
WBAI mines Pacifica Radio Archives' rich 50000-tape library
New York Daily News - New York,NY,USA
That makes the Pacifica Radio Archives particularly valuable, and the five
Pacifica stations, including WBAI (99.5 FM), will spend Tuesday
broadcasting a ...
<http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2007/11/26/2007-11-26_wbai_mines_pacifica_radio_archives_rich_.html>
Bruce Oldfield Sells Out His Archive
Javno.hr - Zagreb,Croatia
The British designer will open his archive for the first time, for all
clients wishing for a spark of glamour. Bruce Oldfield will open his
archive for the ...
<http://www.javno.com/en/lifestyle/clanak.php?id=101562>
Coulter wins right to keep address private
United Press International - USA
26 (UPI) -- Conservative US columnist Ann Coulter has requested and been
granted anonymity in Palm Beach County records that identify where she
lives. ...
<http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Entertainment/2007/11/26/coulter_wins_right_to_keep_address_private/9250/>
Finding Minnesota: Historic Cokato Photo Studio
WCCO - Minneapolis,MN,USA
For decades Akerlund's old glass negatives were filed away in boxes, until
the Cokato Historical Society took on the task of preserving the fragile
glass ...
<http://wcco.com/local/finding.minnesota.historic.2.595472.html>
Search for history ended in church
El Paso Times - El Paso,TX,USA
Bill suggested that in terms of archives we branch out a bit, and dig up
and acquire some old records from Mexico. We would not purchase or keep
them, ...
<http://www.elpasotimes.com/opinion/ci_7556906>
Iron Mountain Acquires Xepa Digital, LLP
CNNMoney.com - USA
By acquiring Xepa Digital, Iron Mountain further extends its footprint in
the film and sound industry. "Iron Mountain and Xepa Digital focus on
preserving ...
<http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/NEM02619112007-1.htm>
When the going gets tough, some start stealing
FinancialWeek (subscription) - New York,NY,USA
Mr. Norris, 63, pleaded guilty this month to conspiracy to steal trade
secrets after his break-in at a competitor's office was caught on
videotape. ...
<http://www.financialweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071126/REG/711260301>
Records center announcement expected
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - MO, United States
By Terry Hillig Federal officials are expected this week to pick a site in
the Metro East for a new federal records storage facility. The
398000-square-foot ...
<http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/FEF594D3016DF1CF862573A000176B3D?OpenDocument>
Preserving music from New England
Berkshire Eagle - Pittsfield,MA,USA
Nelson is a co-founder of the Music Museum of New England, an online
archive of the New England music scene. Nelson is the former manager of the
legendary ...
<http://www.berkshireeagle.com/localnews/ci_7559597>
DAR RECONSTRUCTING 1890 CENSUS A century later, they're delicately ...
Central Maine Morning Sentinel - Augusta,ME,USA
"If we live long enough to finish the wills, then we'll go to the registry
of deeds." They are recording names, ages, relatives, children, place of
birth, ...
<http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/4496510.html>
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Peter Kurilecz CRM CA
Richmond, Va
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