RAIN 20081114

Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to
records and archives management.

Local historian donates family history
Grand Haven Tribune - Grand Haven,MI,USA
The Grand Haven Township man planned to travel to Lansing today to hand
over the historical artifacts to State Archivist Mark Harvey. ...
<http://www.grandhaventribune.com/paid/303366901339183.bsp>



History grant to bring archival collection to Kentville
Nova News Now - New Minas,Nova Scotia,Canada
The grant from the HBC program will supplement other funds being sought to
hire an archivist to carry out this work with the goal of creating a
finding ...
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http://www.novanewsnow.com/article-270679-History-grant-to-bring-archival-collection-to-Kentville.html
>



Marking the Civil War
Atlanta Journal Constitution - GA, USA
Working for the Georgia Historical Society, Hanley is finding signs on
roadsides and in state parks, in the blanket-flat reaches of southeast
Georgia and ...
<http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/stories/2008/11/13/markers.html>



Democrats to White House: Preserve your records
The Associated Press
"We believe it is vital the presidential and vice presidential documents
belonging to the American people be preserved, including those related to
key ...
<http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5il5mKotf-Lc0p9ml-9ObBCGHjDdgD94E5Q5G0>



Mastering complex processes with the aid of digital documents
PresseBox (Pressemitteilung) - Karlsruhe,Germany
For decades company archives have been home to the filing media we are all
familiar with - box files, lever arch files, pocket files. ...
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http://www.pressebox.de/pressemeldungen/deutsche-messe-ag-hannover/boxid-218224.html
>



Memories of war recorded for Teesside archives
GazetteLive - Middlesbrough,UK
INVALUABLE recordings of the memories of Second World War soldiers have
been handed over to Teesside Archives for the benefit of future
generations. ...
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http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2008/11/13/memories-of-war-recorded-for-teesside-archives-84229-22247133/
>



Human error blamed for sold police documents
ABC Regional Online - Australia
Queensland Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson admits it is completely wrong
that confidential documents were left in old police furniture being sold
off by a ...
<http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/13/2419106.htm?site=goldcoast>



Lawyers Deny Ordering E-Mails Deleted
KSPR - Springfield,MO,USA
(AP) - Two attorneys who advised the governor's office on document
retention deny telling computer technicians to record over backup tapes
that store state ...
<http://www.kspr.com/news/local/34353374.html>



Archives show city was a first for seaside towns
Liverpool Daily Post - Liverpool,England,UK
RARE archives dating back to the start of the 18th Century reveal that
Liverpool was one of the first "seaside" towns in the country. ...
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http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/11/13/archives-show-city-was-a-first-for-seaside-towns-64375-22245607/
>



Ombudsman opens probe into Bermuda Archive's policies
Royal Gazette - Hamilton,Bermuda
By Sam Strangeways An investigation into claims that material at Bermuda
Archives is being withheld from the public for no reason has been launched
by the ...
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http://www.royalgazette.com/siftology.royalgazette/Article/article.jsp?articleId=7d8b6b730030029&sectionId=60
>



President uncovers famine records
The Press Association
Documents saved from the estate, which was owned by the Anglo-Irish Mahon
family, have been brought together in a new state archive. ...
<http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5h7VUD1Cw3A9N5jmo4KSKbVk9Bckg>



Senate Democrats Warn Bush Admin not to Destroy Records
Wired News - USA
... documents and submit them to the National Archives and Records
Administration once President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney
leave office. ...
<http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/11/senate-democrat.html>



President warns against 'ransacking the past' at research centre ...
Irish Times - Dublin,Ireland
Speaking at the inauguration of the Archive and Research Centre in
Castletown House, Co Kildare, yesterday, she said the facility would give
us the chance ...
<http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/1114/1226408634425.html>



Unlocking secrets of mental asylum
Reading Evening Post - Reading,England,UK
Senior archivist Mark Stevens gave a talk about the Broadmoor archive on
Wednesday and identified at least two possible Jack the Ripper suspects and
said as ...
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http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/special_features/s/2039383_unlocking_secrets_of_mental_asylum
>



Student life archives lacking for past 30 years
Whitman Pioneer - Walla Walla,WA,USA
But as the Alumni Association discovered this past summer, if the Whitman
College archives continue to be short on materials about student life over
the ...
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http://whitmanpioneer.com/news/2008/11/13/student-life-archives-lacking-for-past-30-years/
>



Nigeria Police and Record Keeping
THISDAY - Apapa,Lagos,Nigeria
However, given the nation's notoriety for poor record keeping, we are
hardly surprised. What is true of the police is, unfortunately, also true
of many ...
<http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=128053>



Electronic Records Management
NewsFactor Network - Woodland Hills,CA,USA
Certainly, electronic records offer many advantages. Perhaps most obvious
is space conservation -- when paper files are converted to digital form,
...
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http://www.newsfactor.com/news/Electronic-Records-Management/story.xhtml?story_id=0320011LW2CG
>



Olympic, Paralympic files, tapes go to archive; not yet open to public
Xinhua - China
... Olympics and Paralympics have been transferred to the city's archives
as "invaluable cultural heritage" items, but they are not open to the
public yet. ...
<http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/14/content_10359131.htm>



Upstate executive found guilty of falsifying records
WRNN - white plains,ny,USA
... peer-to-peer file sharing software. Prosecutors say financial troubles
sullied the operation and employees weren't paid and tax documents were
forged. ...
<http://www.rnntv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9348470&nav=menu566_2>



Criminal records await irresponsible binners
Materials Handling World Magazine - Leeds,England,UK
Neales Waste Management, the Blackburn-based company, is highlighting
shredding as a secure way of disposing of information. One of the most
effective ways ...
<http://www.mhwmagazine.co.uk/index.asp?show=newsArticle&id=5958&country=>



South Africa: Discovery Of Confidential Documents
Mondaq News Alerts (subscription) - London,UK
This does not mean that our law affords no protection to a party required
to discover confidential documents. Confidential information in this
context means ...
<http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=69448>



Take your place in history
Tenby Observer - Tenby,Wales,UK
David Barrah, of Rosemarket, discusses the deposit of Rosemarket Cricket
Club records with county archivist, Claire Orr. Pembrokeshire Record Office
is a ...
<http://www.tenby-today.co.uk/tn/news.cfm?id=24344>



Bridging the information gap
ComputerWeekly.com - UK
"If you delete information in one system, do you know all instances of that
data are deleted? Or have you not been able to find and delete the e-mails
or ...
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http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/11/14/233400/bridging-the-information-gap.htm
>



Hoover Institution presented historic documents to Latvian War Museum
The Baltic Course - Riga,Latvia
... during which United States Ambassador to Latvia Charles Larson
presented a gift from the US Hoover Institution to Latvia's State Archive,
as LETA was ...
<http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/baltic_news/?doc=2012>



UK Government Plagued by Data Loss Scandals
ABC News - USA
... contractor lost a memory stick containing information of about 84000
prisoners in England and Wales, along with at least 33000 police computer
records. ...
<http://www.abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=6246108&page=1>






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