The response to get with legal counsel is a very sound  recommendation.  I 
too would be nervous if a shredder wanted "title" to my  documents needing 
destruction.  Doesn't "title" mean I own it and can do  what I want?
 
This reminded me of a question I have for the group.
 
I am in the Birmingham AL region.  Just very recently I have begun to  
notice trucks that has signs
CINTAS
Documant Destruction.
 
If I recall, Cintas was a commercial uniform supplier. So my question to  
you all is - Did the just start this or who did the buy?  I still see the  
Shred-It trucks around town..  Another question I have is, do you suspect  we 
will begin to see consolidation in the shredding industry as we have in the  
late 90's with record storage companies.
 
Trudy M.  Phillips
File Management, LLC 
"Bringing Order Out of  Chaos"
8440 Lanewood Circle 
Leeds, AL 35094
Office:  205/699-8571   Fax: 205/699-3278 
_www.filemanagement.com_ (http://www.filemanagement.com/)  


In a message dated 4/16/2009 9:56:45 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
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Hello,

I have been a "lurker" on this list for the past 2  years, and this is my 
first public posting.  Personal background:  I  worked as an archivist and 
manager at the National Archives of the United  States for 26 years and have 
been with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation  Archives for a number of 
years.  I have found this listserve to be an  invaluable source of information 
and guidance, and hope you can help with a  question I have.

My question to the list is as follows:

We  operate both an archival facility and a small (ca. 11, 000 cu.ft.) 
records  center; the latter is located about 4 miles from the archives.  We  
dispose of about 1500 cu.ft. of non-permanent paper records each year from the  
records center.  The company that for many years removed and pulped these  
records for us recently changed hands.  The new management is now asking  us 
 to sign a Services Agreement (the former management never did this)  that 
among other things requires us to transfer title of the records to them  
when they remove the records.

I am wondering whether any list members  who do business with records 
removal/shredding/pulping companies have been  asked to sign agreements that 
contain such a requirement?  Is it common  practice for these companies to 
require that title to the records be  transferred to them?  Should we be wary of 
such a  requirement?

Thank you in advance for any advice you can  offer.

Rosanne Butler
Director, Archives and Records
Colonial  Williamsburg Foundation
P.O. Box 1776
Williamsburg, VA 23187-1776
757  220-7248 (phone)
757 220-7398  (fax)
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