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Vatican reveals Secret Archives
Telegraph.co.uk <http://telegraph.co.uk/>
A 13th-century letter from Genghis Khan's grandson demanding homage from the
pope is among a collection of documents from the Vatican's Secret Archives
that ...<
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/vaticancityandholysee/6917990/Vatican-reveals-Secret-Archives.html
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Elgan: Is that the Library of Congress in your pocket?
Computerworld
If you follow the trend lines for book and magazine availability, pricing
and the costs of distribution and digital storage, we'll soon find ourselves
..<
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9142872/Elgan_Is_that_the_Library_of_Congress_in_your_pocket_
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Unearthed: journal gives eye witness account of slavery
The Herald
.. by the Scottish Catholic Archives, based in Edinburgh. She said: “The
archivist, Andrew Nicol, showed me what looked like a large, old-fashioned
ledger. ...<
http://www.heraldscotland.com/life-style/real-lives/unearthed-journal-gives-eye-witness-account-of-slavery-1.995613
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Creation of national archive published
AngolaPress
Luanda – The government has published, in the state gazette, the creation of
the National Archive of Angola, in order to adhere to the world tendencies
of ...<
http://www.portalangop.co.ao/motix/en_us/noticias/politica/2010/0/53/Creation-national-archive-published,fc35ac22-6422-425d-9fb9-0a5c89db4027.html
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Genesee County Friend of the Court goes digital
MLive.com
He said now cases and files get to Friend of the Court “so much quicker”
and staffers don't have to worry about losing documents and redoing work.
..<
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2010/01/genesee_county_friend_of_the_c.html
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Archivist keeps past dusted in county 'attic'
Houston Chronicle
Most of the tales in the stacks of the Harris County Archives aren't told so
directly. More often, the browser searching the 6600 volumes in the archives
..<http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6796026.html>
Guard military records on Web
Troy Record
The digital files include 197 issues of the New York National Guardsman
Magazine published between 1924 and 1940, and National Guard annual reports
from ...<
http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2010/01/03/news/doc4b4020a85a4cd776711255.txt
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Why Did the Bush White House Copy and Print Every Email It Received? It's a
..
History News Network
.. leaving office to deposit their records at the National Archives and
Records Administration (NARA) in the custody of the Archivist of the United
States. ...<http://www.hnn.us/articles/121086.html>
SC agencies fail to preserve public records, e-mails and other documents
Hilton Head Island Packet
.. from these individuals who no longer work in our office," Sanford's
attorney wrote in a response to a public records request from The State
newspaper. ...<http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/1088295.html>
U.Va. to Purge Outdated Records
Media Newswire (press release)
.. primarily from Fontaine and Carruthers, Walters said other offices may
also bring their records. For information, visit the Records Management Web
site.<http://media-newswire.com/release_1109289.html>
Va. to Purge Outdated Records
University of Virginia
Department personnel need a completed RM3 form, which is a certificate of
records destruction, for the files. Walters will also have the forms
available at ...
<http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=10615>
Sanford case highlights record keeping issues
MiamiHerald.com
By John O'Connor State and local governments have applied patchwork
standards to preserving records, e-mails and other documents. ... <
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1408487.html>
Advanced Processing & Imaging wants to make fans out of its records
customers
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Companies spend about $20 in labor to file a paper document. More than 10
percent of those documents are then misfiled or lost. "There is a tremendous
need ...<
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/jan/04/small-business-quick-access/
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TSA document release show pitfalls of electronic redaction
Computerworld
Another common mistake is to overlook the metadata and revision histories
that are often automatically embedded in Microsoft Word documents and PDF
files, ...<
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/346055/TSA_Gaffe_Shows_Pitfalls_of_Redaction
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Federal Officials Release Proposed Rules on Use of Electronic Records
California Healthline
Hospitals would have to file at least 10% of their orders electronically to
be eligible for incentive payments (AP/New York Times, 12/30/09). On Dec.
..<
http://www.californiahealthline.org/articles/2010/1/4/federal-officials-release-proposed-rules-on-use-of-electronic-records.aspx
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New classification system to tackle challenges of electronic information
FCW.com
Among its responsibilities, the NDC will coordinate “the development of
solutions to declassification challenges posed by electronic records,
special media ...<
http://fcw.com/articles/2010/01/04/web-data-classification-obama-executive-order.aspx
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Everyday workers, celebrities make up massive photo archive at ...
Dayton Daily News
He was familiar with the Wright State archive from his volunteer work with
the St. Anne Hill Historic District and First Lutheran Church. ... <
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/everyday-workers-celebrities-make-up-massive-photo-archive-at-wright-state-475556.html
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Services held for V. Nelle Bellamy, former Episcopal Church archivist
Episcopal News Service
.. the archivist of the Episcopal Church. She developed an archival program
for the church and traveled extensively collecting materials for the
archive, ... <http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_118078_ENG_HTM.htm>
north america
Chabad.org
According to Rabbi Sholom Ber Levine, chief librarian and archivist at the
Library of Agudas Chassidei Chabad, the parchment documents also reveal a
..<http://www.chabad.org/article.asp?aid=1084296>
Conservators win fight to save 20 tons of soggy manuscripts - Feature
Earthtimes (press release)
Archivists from all over the world volunteered to pick the debris from the
rubble in a race to save whatever was still salvageable. ... <
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/302094,conservators-win-fight-to-save-20-tons-of-soggy-manuscripts.html
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Tuskegee official discusses possible cooperation with UCR's archive
Press-Enterprise
On Monday, she spent several hours with Tomas Rivera Library's Director Ruth
Jackson, surveying material from the archive and discussing possible ...<
http://www.pe.com/localnews/highereducation/stories/PE_News_Local_S_tuskegee05.3bda423.html
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Clancy staff cleans house
Daily Item
Ninety percent of the hard copy contracts, payroll registers, proclamations,
press releases and other public documents were removed," she said. ...<
http://www.itemlive.com/articles/2010/01/05/news/news02.txt>
E-Discovery Sanctions In New York Supreme Court: Einstein
The Metropolitan Coporate Counsel
.. should 'read [their] clients the riot act,' was grossly negligent and
rises to the level of 'culpable conduct' required for a finding of
spoliation. ...<
http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com/current.php?artType=view&artMonth=January&artYear=2010&EntryNo=10517
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Website archives
The Guardian
The long-term preservation of government websites is well under way
(Letters, 1 January), through an active capture programme run by the
National Archives, ...<
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jan/05/government-websites-national-archives
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Ferriero takes on NARA's culture, modernization challenges
FCW.com
I think it's not specific to electronic records; it's technology in general
It feels very much like my experience in the university setting, where
schools ...<
http://fcw.com/articles/2010/01/11/feat-qanda-david-ferriero-nara.aspx>
Digital memory? Fugetaboutit!
Globe and Mail
Both Delete and Total Recall address the new e-memory's surprisingly
under-remarked consequences for the individual and society, but as their
titles suggest ...<
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/digital-memory-fugetaboutit/article1419043/
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Archives in peril: Generations of history, gone with the flip of a switch
WalletPop (blog)
A lifetime's worth of written archives fall under authorities that no longer
have a monetary incentive to preserve them. We're losing libraries of local
..<
http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2010/01/05/archives-in-peril-generations-of-history-gone-with-the-flip-of/
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Digital Forgetfulness, Or How To Keep Your Data Around
PC Magazine
Best practices for data retention, include replicated content; avoiding
correlated failures (have different drives and different software); ... <
http://blogs.pcmag.com/miller/2010/01/digital_forgetfulness_or_how_t.php>
In Israel, a tangled battle over the papers of Franz Kafka
Washington Post
Government archivists in Israel want to inspect the papers and, they hope,
eventually possess and keep them out of the hands of a competing German
archive, ...<
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/05/AR2010010503604.html
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Mission Matters In Information Management Programs
The Metropolitan Coporate Counsel
Looking at your information as an asset offers a means to evaluate your
overall records management approach and communicate to all staff the
alignment of ...<
http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com/current.php?artType=view&artMonth=January&artYear=2010&EntryNo=10519
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Social Networking Policies: Best Practices For Companies
The Metropolitan Coporate Counsel
For example, the Association for Information and Image Management ("AIIM")
and the American Records Management Association ("ARMA"), among many others,
..<
http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com/current.php?artType=view&artMonth=January&artYear=2010&EntryNo=10521
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This Book Is Overdue!
Library Journal
SOC SCI Librarians and archivists, in all their eccentric, tech-savvy, and
service-oriented glory, are celebrated in this highly complimentary and
lively ...<http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6713622.html>
Backup and Instant Recovery
CTO Edge
Much of this discussion harkens back to the concept of information lifecycle
management (ILM). What's different today is the components to create an ...<
http://www.ctoedge.com/content/backup-and-instant-recovery>
The new form 990: Governance and internal controls under the ...
Accountingweb.com
With regard to document retention, every organization should consider a
policy ... Maintaining a document retention policy establishes the time
periods for ...<
http://www.accountingweb.com/topic/tax/new-form-990-governance-and-internal-controls-under-microscope
>
Secret Royal Family archives disclosed
Radio Netherlands
The National Archive has disclosed a raft of hitherto secret documents
relating to the Royal Family. Some of the documents come from the archives
of the ...<
http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/secret-royal-family-archives-disclosed>
New US Archivist Ferriero Has a Lot on His Plate
Library Journal
.. to records management jobs, and the challenges involved in a $550
million electronic recordkeeping project called the Electronic Records
Archives (ERA).<http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6713876.html>
North Carolina Issues Policy for Government Social Media Usage
Government Technology
.. and tutorial will help increase the use of sites like Facebook and
Twitter by state government agencies and ensure compliance with public
records laws. ...<http://www.govtech.com/dc/735366>
Israel in legal battle over Kafka papers
UPI.com
Israel contends Brod, who died in 1968, meant to transfer the papers to a
private archive or university in Israel. A statement by Prime Minister
Binyamin ...<
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/International/2010/01/06/Israel-in-legal-battle-over-Kafka-papers/UPI-25311262820865/
>
Beware the in-house IP thieves
Managing Intellectual Property (subscription)
These specialists are able to retrieve and analyse information from
computers, mobile devices and digital storage media that can often be used
to help IP ...<
http://www.managingip.com/Article/2364993/Beware-the-in-house-IP-thieves-.html
>
Putting Now and Then Back Together Again
Torontoist
He started digging through old photos of Toronto in the City Archives and
picking up old postcards from antique shows and eBay, and reshooting them.
..<
http://torontoist.com/2010/01/then_and_now_all_together_now.php?gallery0Pic=2
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Litigation Holds and E-Discovery Demands
Law.com
Courts have held that "[a] party seeking an adverse inference instruction or
other sanctions based on the spoliation of evidence must establish the ...<
http://www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/PubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1202437648537&Litigation_Holds_and_EDiscovery_Demands
>
A third of staff send confidential documents using unsecured means shows ..
Document Management News (press release) (blog)
A third of staff send confidential documents by unsecured means, according
to a survey taken by InvisiViewmedia.com. The company, which allows users to
..<
http://www.documentmanagementnews.com/the-news/general-news/52-data-security/303-a-third-of-staff-send-confidential-documents-using-unsecured-means-shows-invisiviewmedia-survey.html
>
Hunt for man in full Highland dress who stole Oxfam's rarest records
Edinburgh Evening News
Mr Morrison said: "The volunteer who made the sale thought the customer was
just buying one of the record storage boxes that we sell for £3.99. ...<
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburgh/Hunt-for-man-in-full.5962624.jp>
Seeking Ways to Set Limits on E-Discovery
Law.com
Even lawyers expert in the field, such as those who participate in The
Sedona Conference's Working Group 1 on Electronic Document Retention and
Production, ...<
http://www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/PubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1202437751746&Seeking_Ways_to_Set_Limits_on_EDiscovery
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Peter Kurilecz CRM CA
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