RAIN 20081208
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to
records and archives management.
Local history: A bridge to somewhere
The State - Columbia,SC,USA
Patrick McCawley, left, accession archivist at the South Carolina Archives
and History Center, and David Brinkman look at a 12-foot-by-30-inch map
from 1870 ...
<http://www.thestate.com/local/story/613330.html>
New Papers Offer Lens on Reagan Era
New York Times - United States
The Nixon documents — sharing the spotlight this month with the movie
"Frost/Nixon" — may have drawn more attention, said Mike Duggan, a
Reagan archivist. ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/us/07library.html?ref=us>
'They'll Open Up for This'
Newsweek - USA
For 364 days a year archivists toil anonymously, transcribing hundreds of
hours of often banal, taped conversations. Then they pick out a few
titillating ...
<http://www.newsweek.com/id/172553>
Institutions urged to preserve archives
GulfNews - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
I witnessed the crime of shredding rare documents, other documents about to
perish that were rescued by seeming miracles, or sheer coincidence. ...
<http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Heritage_and_Culture/10265327.html>
Report Debunks Theory That US Heard a Coded Warning About Pearl Harbor
New York Times - United States
More importantly, though, the binge of code destruction was occurring
without the transmittal of the winds execute message." The authors
concluded that the ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/us/07pearl.html>
Wife of consultant suspended for storing information about his ...
Daily Mail - UK
Ms Parkyn's response was to open Desmarowitz's private computer
records, whereupon she made an unpleasant discovery: files of information
about her, ...
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1092586/Wife-consultant-suspended-storing-information-secretary-speaks-time-ruinous--8216-infatuation-8217.html
>
ILLINOIS STYLE: Librarians helped tame Wild West
Chicago Tribune - United States
Lisa Renee Kemplin, senior library specialist at the University of
Illinois, looks through Ida Kidder's 1908 letter from Salem, Ore., at the
Archives ...
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-wildwestlibrarian,0,4428005.story
>
National Archives lets Internet users have easy access to WWII ...
Stars and Stripes - Washington,DC,USA
The letter is one of 47 million documents now available online through a
partnership of the National Archives and Footnote.com. ...
<http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=59246>
SC archivists in awe of detailed 1870 map
Myrtle Beach Sun News - Myrtle Beach,SC,USA
By Joey Holleman - McClatchy Newspapers When Russell Greene donated a big,
old map to the state archives, he wondered if it would sit unappreciated in
a ...
<http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/story/700117.html>
Codes Department gets 21st-century update
Utica Observer Dispatch - Utica,NY,USA
A $28000 New York State Archives grant announced in September was
designated to fund a needs assessment and implementation plan for a
shared-records ...
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http://www.uticaod.com/archive/x1720683892/Codes-Department-gets-21st-century-update
>
SSNs in records at issue
Knoxville News Sentinel - Knoxville,TN,USA
... said the city conceals individual numbers before making documents
available for public review if allowed under the state's public records
statutes. ...
<http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/dec/08/ssns-in-records-at-issue/>
E-mails created and read on a state system should be open for ...
Las Vegas Sun - Las Vegas,NV,USA
Jim Gibbons, Carson City District Court Judge Bill Maddox on Thursday said
a judicial review would decide whether Gibbons' e-mails are public
records. ...
<http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/dec/08/computerized-records/>
The Team Factor In Records Management Implementations
ECM Connection (press release) - Erie,PA,USA
By Ganesh Vednere The single most important decision that a records manager
can take before the start of a records management implementation program is
not ...
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http://www.ecmconnection.com/article.mvc/Team-Factor-Records-Management-0002
>
ICI nostalgia donated to archives
GazetteLive - Middlesbrough,UK
The collection was handed over to archivist David Tyrell by members of
Teesside Industrial Memories Project - Julian Phillips, Jean Richards and
Denis ...
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http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2008/12/08/ici-nostalgia-donated-to-archives-84229-22427589/
>
Legislative records on archive's Web site
Deseret News - Salt Lake City,UT,USA
State archivists have fine-tuned the process of converting the old
documents, some of which are hand-written, to digital images. ...
<http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705269000,00.html>
Russian authorities accused of covering Stalins dastardly deeds
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
After a search of several hours, they confiscated its entire archive -
memoirs, photographs, interviews, and other unique documents detailing the
history of ...
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http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/business/russian-authorities-accused-of-covering-stalins-dastardly-deeds_100128419.html
>
China irks US with computer security review rules
The Associated Press
That was scrapped after companies said the demand was too broad and trade
secrets might fall into the hands of Chinese competitors. China also
developed its ...
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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jDnJ0C2BTOmQa_hn3Kw0dph-EfoQD94UJST00
>
JFK Lawsuit Tests Washington's Culture of Secrecy
The Washington Independent - Washington,DC,USA
Five years later, the CIA is still spending taxpayer money to block their
release, saying dozens of documents cannot be released in any form–for
reasons of ...
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http://washingtonindependent.com/20770/jfk-lawsuit-tests-washington%E2%80%99s-culture-of-secrecy
>
Facebook pages in National Archives?
MLive.com - MI,USA
According to the National Archives, all documents created by the
presidential transition are the personal property of the president-elect,
not the federal ...
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http://www.mlive.com/us-politics/index.ssf/2008/12/facebook_pages_in_national_arc.html
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