RAIN 20090502
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to
records and archives management.
Du Bois collection goes digital
Amherst Bulletin - Amherst,MA,USA
By Kristin Palpini Robert Cox, special collections archivist at the WEB Du
... This common vernacular will help archivists quickly catalog the
material, ...
<http://www.amherstbulletin.com/story/id/138311/>
The expanding scope of records management
KMWorld Magazine - Medford,NJ,USA
By Phil Britt - Posted May 1, 2009 More sophisticated tools have become
indispensable to records management (RM) as the records themselves grow in
volume, ...
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http://www.kmworld.com/Articles/Editorial/Feature/The-expanding-scope-of-records-management-53587.aspx
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Water activist donates 15 boxes of files to City of Vancouver Archives
Georgia Straight - Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
... regional authorities over the years, and now local drinking-water
advocate Will Koop is turning all the files he's collected over to the city
archives. ...
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http://www.straight.com/article-218109/water-activist-donates-15-boxes-files-city-vancouver-archives
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Why enterprises aren't paperless yet
ITworld.com - Framingham,MA,USA
We are far worse at figuring out establishing disposition policies to get
rid of documents and records -- paper or digital. For the paperless office
to work ...
<http://www.itworld.com/green-it/67316/why-enterprises-aren-t-paperless-yet>
Collecting History One Record at a Time
NPR - USA
One of the major campaigns of the Cultural Revolution was the Destruction
of the Four Olds: Old Customs, Old Culture, Old Habits, and Old Ideas. ...
<http://www.npr.org/blogs/chengdu/2009/04/collecting_history_one_record.html
>
Over a Third of Employees Willing to Sell Company Data 83 percent ...
Softpedia - Bucharest,Romania
... but are also exposed to corporate espionage, as 72 percent of workers
had access to business plans, 53 percent to accounting systems, and 37
percent to ...
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Over-a-Third-of-Employees-Willing-to-Sell-Company-Data-110533.shtml
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Inside Art Nam June Paik Archive Goes to the Smithsonian
New York Times - United States
So receiving Mr. Paik's coveted archives as a gift from the artist's estate
is the art world equivalent of winning the lottery. The estate asked a
group of ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/01/arts/design/01voge.html?ref=design>
Keeping the Grateful Dead Archive Trucking, with Technology
Wall Street Journal - USA
The target is the Grateful Dead Archive, a repository of historic documents
and other material that surviving members of the iconic rock band have
donated ...
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http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/05/01/keeping-the-grateful-dead-archive-trucking-with-technology/
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Company wants $5M from former employee
West Virginia Record - Charleston,WV,USA
To do his job, Speas was given access to Rubberlite's confidential
information and trade secrets. At first, Speas lived and worked in
Huntington before ...
<http://www.wvrecord.com/news/218741-company-wants-5m-from-former-employee>
Exploring our history with a simple click of a mouse
O Jornal - Fall River,MA,USA
It was like sending a child away to college for Judy Farrar, Archivist for
the Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese American Archives, when the digitalization
team ...
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http://www.ojornal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20308271&BRD=2677&PAG=461&dept_id=543384&rfi=6
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Archives and records management unit launches
SKNVibes.com - Basseterre,St. Kitts and Nevis
Government Archivist Mr. Christopher Varlack chaired the ceremony and spoke
about the design and future plans of the website. The Archives and Records
...
<http://www.sknvibes.com/News/NewsDetails.cfm/9490>
The Forgotten Federal Census Of 1885
ILW.com - New York,NY,USA
The Dakota Territory schedules were never transferred to the National
Archives but are held at the South Dakota State Archives or the North
Dakota State ...
<http://www.ilw.com/articles/2009,0504-crawford.shtm>
Touching the past at the Danvers Archival Center
Danvers Herald - Beverly,MA,USA
By Richard B. Trask/Danvers Town Archivist The collections of the Danvers
Archival Center include valuable and historically important materials
that...
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http://www.wickedlocal.com/danvers/news/lifestyle/columnists/x1194149000/Touching-the-past-at-the-Danvers-Archival-Center
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Files stolen from ESU Foundation
Pocono Record - Stroudsburg,PA,USA
Forensic auditors are trained to scour financial records for evidence of
misappropriation or fraud. They are able to subpoena evidence and personal
bank ...
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http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090502/NEWS/905020341/-1/NEWS01
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Texting by public officials: Does it violate Sunshine laws in ...
Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA
It's a complaint throughout Florida: How do you make text messages a matter
of public record if they disappear into thin air with the delete key? ...
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http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orl-loctexting-sunshine-law-050209050209may02,0,3281290.story
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Treating the Web As an Archive
Slashdot - USA
With the archives of newspapers, blogs and other websites readily available
to be searched, the types of research once reserved for only the most
diligent ...
<http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/02/1354255>
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