RAIN 20091228
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to
records and archives management.
SBU chief calls for formation of independent archival organization for ...
Kyiv Post
An independent archival organization should be formed in Ukraine that will
unite the archives of Ukraine's Security Service (SBU), Interior Ministry,
...<http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/55587/>
Parrott Foundation Supports Archives Facility
Mix 97 News
... earlier this fall, but, City Council shocked the Historical Society,
last week, by turning down a proposal to hire an archivist which is needed
to plan ...<
http://www.mix97.com/news/2009/12/parrott-foundation-supports-archives-facility/
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<http://www.intelligencer.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2231699>
Blago aide's computer yields new secrets
Chicago Sun-Times
Computer records, newly obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times, offer the latest
... Computer records of John Harris, former chief of staff for Rod
Blagojevich, ...<
http://www.suntimes.com/news/watchdogs/1950212,CST-NWS-watchdogs21.article>
Land registry goes digital
Joy Online
This comes on the heels of government's engagement of a consultant to scan
and computerise all registered documents in the deed¬ registry of Accra.
...<http://news.myjoyonline.com/business/200912/39584.asp>
Stop the royal secrecy
guardian.co.uk
When the Freedom of Information Act was introduced the monarchy was simply
not recognised as a public body, so the remit of the act failed to get past
the ...<
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/dec/21/freedom-information-royal-documents
>
SPCA donates its archives to SF library
San Francisco Examiner (blog)
City Archivist Susan Goldstein said it's “rare to have such a complete
record of an organization preserved back to its founding.” Among the
archives are ...<
http://www.sfexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/under-the-dome/SPCA-donates-its-archives-to-SF-library-79856217.html
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Tip of the Month: Managing the Risks and Costs of Collecting ESI
Mondaq News Alerts (Registration)
While preservation may prevent spoliation of ESI, before such ESI can be
reviewed and produced, it must actually be collected. The collection of ESI
can be ...<http://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/article.asp?articleid=91418>
Sun-Times Media photo archive buyer John Rogers: 'The papers always wonder
...
Chicago Tribune (blog)
The buyer of the Sun-Times Media photo archive, the sale of which was
reported in Sunday's column, has come forward: His name is John Rogers, ...
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http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2009/12/suntimes-media-photo-archive-buyer-john-rogers-the-papers-always-wonder-whats-the-catch.html
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/chi-sun-phil-rosenthal-1220dec20,0,2782677.column
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Newspaper Donates Archive to Ann Arbor District Library, MI, Retains Rights
to ...
Library Journal
While the library will be able to digitize the archive of more than one
million objects, the Herald Company retains the right to digitize the full
run of ...<
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6712682.html?desc=topstory>
Iron Mountain Releases Survey on Cloud-Based E-mail Management Solutions
Scure Destruction Business
A recent survey on business attitudes on the use of cloud-based email
management solutions, put together by Iron Mountain and IDG Research, ... <
http://www.sdbmagazine.com/news/news.asp?ID=9278>
Florida Inspector General Looks At E-Mails Within The DOT
WJHG-TV
... wording prompted CFO Alex Sink to ask for the investigation to see if
the words were an attempt to avoid being discovered in a public records
request. ...<http://www.wjhg.com/home/headlines/79890722.html>
Grant to chronicle aluminium factory history
Daily Post
ARCHIVISTS are celebrating after they landed a £14000 grant to build a
historic record of an aluminium works. Conwy Archive Service is to get
£14526 to ...<
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/2009/12/23/grant-to-chronicle-aluminium-factory-history-55578-25453657/
>
Ruling Gives Guidance on Native Production
Law.com
Prior to making the production, plaintiff failed to follow the mandate of
FRCP 34, a mistake that continues to trip up many litigators. Thus, while
FRCP 34 ...<
http://www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/PubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1202437219532&Ruling_Gives_Guidance_on_Native_Production
>
Nuclear archive designers named
BBC News
The competition to develop the national archive has been won by
Edinburgh-based Reiach and Hall. The company starts work in January and it
has been proposed ...<
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8428453.stm
>
Despite the sceptics, there is real truth in the story of Christmas
Sydney Morning Herald
The man who gave us the calendar distinction between BC and AD, an Italian
mathematician and archivist named Denis the Little, got the calculation
slightly ...<
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/despite-the-sceptics-there-is-real-truth-in-the-story-of-christmas-20091223-ldc9.html
>
Lessons from the spirit of business past
Financial Times
Archivists don't just wait for the company to offload documents they no
longer need on the archive - some also go out and capture company knowledge
...<http://www.ft.com/cms/s/79bb7680-f02b-11de-833d-00144feab49a.html>
Maryland Historical Society names interim director
Baltimore Sun
By Chris Kaltenbach | [log in to unmask] Baltimore Sun reporter
The cash-strapped Maryland Historical Society, which recently had to trim
its ...<
http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/md.historical24,0,6158229.story>
Wolverhampton's Mr History bids farewell
The Birmingham Post
They are now lodged in the City Archives at Molineux House, as a resource
for those interested in the area's architectural past. ...<
http://www.birminghampost.net/birmingham-business/birmingham-business-news/commercial-property-birmingham/2009/12/24/wolverhampton-s-mr-history-bids-farewell-65233-25464760/
>
Historians and Archivists Working Together at NARA
ResourceShelf (blog)
For 75 years, NARA archivists have found themselves key links in the writing
of American history, providing valuable guidance, expertise, and assistance
to ...<
http://www.resourceshelf.com/2009/12/24/historians-and-archivists-working-together-at-nara/
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What will become of Parker archives?
Janesville Gazette
24, 2009 Parker Pen fans around the world are being asked to sign a petition
to keep the vast Parker Archives in England. But the group's organizer
admits ...<
http://gazettextra.com/news/2009/dec/24/what-will-become-parker-archives/>
A city's heyday captured in black and white
Worcester Telegram
One challenge, for example, is finding a scanner that can convert 8-by-10
glass negatives into a digital format. It falls to librarian Robyn
Christensen to ...<
http://www.telegram.com/article/20091224/NEWS/912240724/1011>
Lawyer Sees No Smoking Gun in Toyota Files
Law.com
Dimitrios Biller wasn't bearing gifts when he lugged four boxes of documents
to Texas that he said would prove that Toyota hid evidence in hundreds of
...<
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202437288955&Lawyer_Sees_No_Smoking_Gun_in_Toyota_Files
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Book offers peek insidestoried Vatican archives
Houston Chronicle
The reason, archivists say, is simply technical: More than 15000 envelopes
and some 2500 bound volumes of documents first need to be cataloged and
prepared ...<http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/religion/6786498.html>
2 halves of Lincoln document reunited
Chicago Tribune
... the future president's signature -- is housed at the St. Lawrence
University Library in Canton, NY The upper half is in the Illinois State
Archives. ...<
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-il-reassemblinglinco,0,5818042.story
>
Preserving WQED footage leads to plenty of surprises
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
"They were never meant to be archival. They were working broadcast media.
But once you digitize it, it becomes valuable." In digital form, the footage
could ...<http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09359/1023531-67.stm>
Historic separation deal on show
BBC News
Senior archivist at East Sussex Record Office Christopher Whittick said it
propelled Paine on to the world stage. He said the £45 separation deal would
have ...<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/sussex/8403939.stm>
Blagojevich's lawyer moving sensitive files to new spot
Chicago Sun-Times
Computers, documents and hundreds of hours of recorded conversations in the
case are stored in Adam's South Side office, which was the site of a
late-night ...<
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/blagojevich/1958178,blagojevich-lawyer-office-122509.article
>
Oldest newspapers are available online
News & Observer
The project proved a huge undertaking for archivists. The April 14, 1775,
edition of the North Carolina Gazette, for example, was 52 pages long and
...<http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local_state/story/256824.html>
His Specialty? Old New York, in Vivid Dutch
New York Times
“The translator at that time, Van Laer, has them out on his desk,” Mr.
Gehring said, referring to the archivist and librarian AF Van Laer. ... <
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/27/nyregion/27dutch.html>
Ky. records resurface, prepared for public
Louisville Courier-Journal
Microfilming at the Department of Libraries and Archives should be complete
within two weeks, said Barbara Teague, state archivist and records
administrator ...<
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20091226/NEWS01/912260394/1008/Ky.+records+resurface++prepared+for+public
>
Website archives to be fast-tracked
The Guardian
Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA New legal powers to allow the British
Library to archive millions of websites are to be fast-tracked by ministers
after ...<http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/dec/27/libraries-internet>
The View From His Window
New York Magazine
An archivist told him they were tapes Smith had recorded—1740 reels. He
looked at the names on the tape labels: Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins, Zoot
Sims. ...<http://nymag.com/arts/books/features/62876/>
What is a CEO's secret to longevity?
USA Today
Richard Reese, 63, was CEO of information security firm Iron Mountain for
more than 27 years, growing the company from $3 million in annual revenue to
$3 ...<
http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2009-12-27-ceo-longevity_N.htm
>
As one of the 50 best careers of 2010, this should have strong growth over
the ...
U.S. News & World Report
Those who don't rise to the top may seek related work as museum technicians,
archivists, or researchers. Upward mobility: In small museums and
institutions, ...<
http://www.usnews.com/articles/money/careers/2009/12/28/curator.html>
Fire destroys much of Ind. historical collection
Fox 28
AP - December 28, 2009 10:14 AM ET COLUMBUS, Ind. (AP) - The Bartholomew
County Historical Society estimates it lost as many as 75000 items in a fire
that ...<http://www.fox28.com/Global/story.asp?S=11737007>
Large firms ordered to keep digital files of financial data
BusinessWorld Online
BY ALEXIS DOUGLAS B. ROMERO, Reporter LARGE TAXPAYERS will be required
starting January 1 to keep electronic files of records of tax-related data
in a bid ...<http://www.bworldonline.com/main/content.php?id=3841>
Nowell Briscoe: Archivist Of Death Revisits The Past
NPR
Audio for this story from All Things Considered will be available at approx.
7:00 pm ET Nowell Briscoe has been collecting obituaries for more than 50
years ...<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121756580>
America's fire heritage excites historian
Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard
Michael Kernan, 69, a historian and archivist to the Fire Service College at
Moreton-in-Marsh, has recently returned from a Winston Churchill Travelling
...<
http://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/4820507.America_s_fire_heritage_excites_historian/
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America's fire heritage excites historian
Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard
Michael Kernan, 69, a historian and archivist to the Fire Service College at
Moreton-in-Marsh, has recently returned from a Winston Churchill Travelling
...<
http://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/news/4820507.America_s_fire_heritage_excites_historian/
>
'The Music Man' archives store all things Meredith
Mason City Globe Gazette
This is “The Music Man” archive, tucked away in the upper rooms of The Music
Man Square, Mason City's tribute to its favorite son, Meredith Willson. ...<
http://www.globegazette.com/articles/2009/12/27/news/latest/doc4b38406bad76e401026084.txt
>
Court gives sisters 15 days before vaults are opened
Ha'aretz
... come to an arrangement with the representatives of the state and the
National ... of the State Archive and the court-appointed executor of the
estate. ...<http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1138112.html>
Don't Overlook Federal and State Data Regulations
BusinessWeek
Clean your data house by actively identifying and destroying documents whose
age exceeds document retention policies. Follow a few simple guidelines,
...<
http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/tips/archives/2009/12/dont_overlook_f.html
>
Blueprints of Historic Courthouse to be preserved
Mount Airy News
The county commissioners last week approved a plan coordinated through the
Surry Register of Deeds Office for preserving the old documents and putting
them ...<
http://www.mtairynews.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Blueprints+of+Historic+Courthouse+to+be+preserved%20&id=5343477-Blueprints+of+Historic+Courthouse+to+be+preserved&instance=secondary_news_left_column
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