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Headline: Videotapes plunging into obscurity
Byline: Gregory M. Lamb Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
Date: 11/03/2005
Polish up its plaque and get ready to mount it next to the Victrola,
between the 8mm movie projector and that Brownie camera. The
videocassette recorder (VCR), whose flashing "12:00" has glowed in
living rooms for nearly three decades, is about ready to retire to the
home entertainment hall of fame.
<http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1103/p12s01-almo.html>
GOVERNOR creates state medical e-records board
Stevens Point Journal - Stevens Point,WI,USA
By Matt Ollwerther. MARSHFIELD - With Marshfield Clinic as a backdrop,
Gov. Jim Doyle's pen stroke created a state board to coordinate ...
<http://www.wisinfo.com/journal/spjlocal/289122695988412.shtml>
AUTOMATION is key to e-mail compliance
ComputerWeekly.com - UK
... In addition, it needed a way to archive and access e-mails on a
regular
basis in order to comply with the Freedom of Information Act. ...
<http://www.computerweekly.com/Home/Articles/2005/11/03/212675/Automation
iskeytoe-mailcompliance.htm>
HUNLEY case may not be a case after all
The State - Columbia,SC,USA
... For four years, the foundation has battled claims that it is subject
to the state Freedom of Information Act because it handles millions in
taxpayer money. ...
<http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/local/13067207.htm>
OPENDOCUMENT threat emerges in Massachusetts
ZDNet UK - UK
... Also at the hearing, the state supervisor of public records, Alan
Cote,
condemned the move, claiming it could result in lost electronic records.
...<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39235619,00.
htm>
ATTORNEY General will seize doctor's records
Fitchburg Sentinel - Fitchburg,MA,USA
By Kyle Alspach. FITCHBURG -- The state Attorney General's office will
seize hundreds of medical records this week from a Fitchburg doctor. ...
<http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/local/ci_3178399>
TEN million documents now available online
eGov monitor - London,UK
Customers can download details of: deeds referred to on the register (if
they are held in electronic format). ... "The documents might be
conveyances,
transfers ...
<http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/3387>
RECORDS restoration could cost millions
Jackson Clarion Ledger - Jackson,MS,USA
... Some damaged records, such as old financial documents, were to have
been destroyed. ... But all the county's land records, including
property
deeds, were saved and ...
<http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051103/NEWS011
0/511030350/1260>
THIS space reserved
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
... Three more months in which Arizona's irreplaceable heritage of
records
and photos is left without adequate protection. These are critical
files
for genealogists ...
<http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/1103thur1-03.
html>
NEW recorder office fee to combat identify theft
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - Fort Wayne,IN,USA
... the county hopes to remove the numbers from files dating to 1996.
She
said it would be almost impossible to remove numbers from earlier
documents
because those ...
<http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/fortwayne/news/local/13070073.htm>
Picayune Item, Thu, 03 Nov 2005 11:46 AM PST
Archivists taking stock after Katrina claims rare local historic
documents
http://www.picayuneitem.com/articles/2005/11/03/news/03history.txt
PASS CHRISTIAN (AP) - As Hurricane Katrina approached, local historians
were confident a vault filled with precious pre-Civil War pictures,
maps and
documents cataloguing the history of this Gulf Coast community would be
safe.
Bangkok Post, Thu, 03 Nov 2005 11:32 AM PST
Archivists gather information
http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/04Nov2005_news16.php
Phuket _ The Association of Thai Archives is gathering information and
evidence related to the Dec 26 tsunami in southern coastal provinces.
The
association is holding its annual meeting in Phuket province, and
attempts to record
information about the natural disaster are on the agenda.
The Tucson Citizen, Thu, 03 Nov 2005 3:59 AM PST
National News
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/news/national/110305b1_katrina_history
Historians in Pass Christian, Miss., were confident a vault filled with
precious pre-Civil War pictures, maps and documents cataloging the
history of
this Gulf Coast community would be safe as Hurricane Katrina approached.
U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News, Thu, 03 Nov 2005 7:52 AM PST
Statement from the National Archives on Records Relating to Supreme
Court Nominee Samuel Alito
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20051103/pl_usnw/statement_from_the_national
_archives_on_records_relating_to_supreme_court_nominee_samuel_alito127_xm
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Following is a statement from the National Archives on records relating
to Supreme Court Nominee Samuel Alito
Collegiate Times, Wed, 02 Nov 2005 4:52 PM PST
UNC sets the bar high for rest of south
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/news/2/ARTICLE/6027/2005-11-03.html
The University of North Carolina, which prides itself as the oldest
public university in the United States, is coming clean its about its
dark
past. â?oThis university was built by slaves and free blacks.
HISTORICAL society wants cut from cable
The Grand Rapids Press - Grand Rapids,MI,USA
BYRON TOWNSHIP -- Byron Center Historical Society members want the
township
to give up some cable franchise fees to help their organization. ...
<http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-25/11310328951230
0.xml&coll=6>
HISTORICAL Society head resigns
Billings Gazette - MT, USA
By CHARLES S. JOHNSON. HELENA - Arnold Olsen resigned Wednesday as
director
of the Montana Historical Society, a job he had held since July 1999.
...
<
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/11/03/
build/state/60-historical-society.inc>
CENSUS information to be kept 99 years
The Age (subscription) - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
After each census, the name-related information will be kept by the
National
Archives of Australia for 99 years, before it can be accessed for
genealogical
and ...
<http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Census-information-to-be-kept-99-
years/2005/11/03/1130823321026.html>
RICHMOND to set up public records system
Contra Costa Times - CA,USA
... response. As always, the public will be able to go directly to the
appropriate department and make a public records request. If ...
<http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/13069557.htm>
DELETED but Not Gone
New York Times - United States
... while others can single out individual files or other information
saved
by a computer's operating system or programs like Web browsers.
Shredding
machines that ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/03/technology/circuits/03basics.html>
OSU archives celebrates its 40th birthday
OSU - The Lantern - Columbus,OH,USA
... needed to be pulled together. We (now) celebrate the founding of the
archives from the arrival of the first professional archivist.". ...
<http://www.thelantern.com/news/2005/11/03/Campus/Osu-Archives.Celebrates
.Its.40th.Birthday-1044344.shtml>
STATE Archives records under water
Hindu - Chennai,India
CHENNAI: The hall leading to the chambers of the chief of the State
Archives
and Historical Research department looks unusual. Some ...
<http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/04/stories/2005110406400100.htm>
LOCAL Dillard's leaves customer information vulnerable
WKYC-TV - Cleveland,OH,USA
... concerned about tossing us out then they were the documents. ... If
any of those files has your name on it ... know if your information was
in those records and what ...
<http://www.wkyc.com/monday/monday_article.aspx?storyid=34747>
LIBRARIANS, archivists too often invisible
Western News - London,Ontario,Canada
... mission. Yet their work of building, maintaining, and improving
library
and archival collections and services is sometimes invisible. ...
<http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/opinion.html?listing_id=20091>
OFFICE politics taint race for town clerk
Danbury News Times - Danbury,CT,USA
... "I was aware something happened, but I didn't handle it," Kaback
said.
The town clerk's office stores public documents and grants licenses. ...
<http://news.newstimeslive.com/story.php?id=76272&category=Local>
REFERENCE book on county history almost closed
Pioneer Press Online - Glenview,IL,USA
... said. Westerman said the Illinois State Archives "were fantastic"
during
his research because every land sale was on microfiche. ...
<http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-story/localnews/current/gr/11-03
-05-728208.html>
Business Edge
E-mail retention reaching critical mass
Companies can pay stiff price for failure to archive - just ask Morgan
Stanley
<http://www.businessedge.ca/article.cfm/newsID/10991.cfm>
Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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