RAIN 20080204
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to
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Who Was Hillary Clinton?
Wall Street Journal - USA
The Archives are currently plowing through Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) requests in order of receipt. This is all so, well, Clintonian --
arguing over ...
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120191002786436761.html?mod=googlenews_wsj>
Storage company keeps tight lock on docs
Auburn Journal - Auburn,CA,USA
Ray Whaley, president of Secure Record Management, and his sister, Tracy
Whaley, are part of a team that keeps local business documents safe and
sound in ...
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http://www.auburnjournal.com/articles/2008/02/03/news/business/01storage03.txt
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A positive look at early negatives
Baltimore Sun - United States
The beautiful calotypes on view at the National Gallery prove that the form
did not die out immediately upon the invention of glass negatives, ...
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Anderson credit card records bring policies into question
Anderson Independent Mail (subscription) - Anderson,SC,USA
Ms. Wilson and Anderson County Administrator Joey Preston are engaged in a
court battle over county records. Mr. Preston said he doesn't want to give
Ms. ...<
http://www.independentmail.com/news/2008/feb/02/county-and-its-accounting/>
Several ways used to secure Va. archives
Richmond Times Dispatch - Richmond,VA,USA
In New York, those fears became real last week when a state archivist was
charged with stealing valuables from the New York State Library. ...<
http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-02-03-0253.html
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Horizon Blue Cross warns 300000 members their unencrypted data was ...
SC Magazine US - USA
The New Jersey insurance giant, which services more than three million
customers in the state, said that because the data on the stolen laptop was
password ...
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Dirksen Center archivist pens series of books
Pekin Daily Times - Pekin,IL,USA
By Sharon Woods Harris PEKIN - In this election year, Dirksen Congressional
Leadership Research Center archivist Frank Mackaman thought it would be good
to ...
<http://www.pekintimes.com/articles/2008/02/01/news/news2.txt>
DOCS under fire as files sent to wrong people
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia
A DOCS spokeswoman has "apologised unreservedly" for the error: "It appears
as though court documents prepared by the department were accidentally
posted to ...
<http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23155323-662,00.html>
Archivist closes book on career
York Press - York,UK
It came with the digitisation of two archive documents - the York Freemen's
Roll and the York Memorandum. The Freemen's Roll covers the years from 1272
to ...
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City tax board says it lost Fumo file
Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA
"To lose 13 years of records from one of the most powerful elected officials
in Pennsylvania? That's pretty weak." Lost file notwithstanding, Feeley said
...
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Archivist Charged with Stealing Historic Documents
NPR - USA
The New York State Library confirmed that the Calhoun letter was indeed
missing from the vault. Romito and the Attorney General's office began
bidding on ...<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18648393
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Difference Maker: Librarian helps people dig for roots
Muncie Star Press - Muncie,IN,USA
"I got interested in it after I started working at the state library," said
Al-Wahaili, who has two stepsons and a husband, Shaker. ...
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http://www.thestarpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080204/NEWS01/802040327/1002
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Archive created for city sculptor
BBC News - UK
An archive is being created to help promote the work of Liverpool sculptor
Arthur Dooley. Residents of the city are being urged to contribute artwork
and ...
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/7225075.stm>
Computer records prove Nuttall loan was corrupt: court
Brisbane Times - Brisbane,Queensland,Australia
Macarthur Coal boss and multi-millionaire businessman Ken Talbot was
computer illterate and did not know how to operate basic accounting
software used to ...
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http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/computer-records-prove-nuttall-loan-was-corrupt-court/2008/02/04/1202090313031.html
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Library archivist dies at 60
Eagle Tribune - North Andover,MA,USA
By Mike LaBella HAVERHILL -- Greg Laing was a fighter. He fought to keep
the special collections department of Haverhill's public library going
during tough ...
<http://www.eagletribune.com/punews/local_story_035055711.html>
Ohio Law Firm Sounds Alarm on Electronic Document Retention ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
HHM's "Document Retention: Guidelines For Companies," includes five key
issues for companies and organizations to consider toward preparedness for
legal ...
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Memento provides historical insight
Scarborough Evening News - UK
Simon Murgatroyd, theatre archivist, said: "This is an absolutely
fantastic donation to the theatre's archive. Aside from its historical
significance, ...
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http://www.scarborougheveningnews.co.uk/news/Memento-provides-historical-insight.3738078.jp
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The Blotter
FinancialWeek (subscription) - New York,NY,USA
Corporate America better hope this lawsuit isn't an indication that
trade-secrets cases will follow the lead of medical malpractice suits. ...
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http://www.financialweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080204/REG/70166974
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ISO Approves Optical Disc Test Standard for Archival Grade Media
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA
The standard will enable the optical storage industry to offer reliable
archival-grade optical discs to help end-users select the media life
expectancy best ...
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Clinton Library Answers UFO Theorist, Not USA Today
Crosswalk.com <http://crosswalk.com/> - Chesterfield,VA,USA
Currently, the National Archives has processed just 30 requests of the more
than 300 made. All FOIA requests are handled on a first-come-first serve
basis, ...<http://www.crosswalk.com/news/11566769/>
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Peter Kurilecz CRM CA
Richmond, Va
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