RAIN 20090907
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to
records and archives management.
Wilson library taps new official
Staunton News Leader
Dillard has extensive library and archive experience. In addition to her
four years at the Marshall Foundation, she has worked as a historian with
Belle ...<http://www.newsleader.com/article/20090901/NEWS01/909010313/1002>
Books to Bytes: "Physical Storage vs. Digital Storage"
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Digital Storage, they provided an astounding visual depiction of the advance
of technology as it relates to the storage of information. ... <
http://blog.seattlepi.com/bookpatrol/archives/177947.asp?from=blog_last3>
The New Business Of Managing Information - A Process-Centric Approach
The Metropolitan Coporate Counsel
By looking at processes up front, organizations can identify opportunities
to embed information and records management requirements into everyday
business ...<
http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com/current.php?artType=view&artMonth=September&artYear=2009&EntryNo=10060
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Archiving Is For E-discovery; Backup Is For Recovery
The Metropolitan Coporate Counsel
Establishing e-discovery preparedness starts with a partnership between the
legal function and IT, HR and records management groups working to identify
the ...<
http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com/current.php?artType=view&artMonth=September&artYear=2009&EntryNo=10056
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Using Technology To Estimate, Control And Manage Litigation
The Metropolitan Coporate Counsel - Mountainside,NJ,USA
He is a long-standing member of the Sedona Conference Working Group on
Electronic Document Retention and Production and is also the co-founder and
Chair of ...
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http://www.metrocorpcounsel.com/current.php?artType=view&artMonth=September&artYear=2009&EntryNo=10055
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Historians looking to the future in the business world
Business Day - Johannesburg,South Africa
Now the bank plans to appoint other regional archivists, starting in North
America. Swinnerton says having an archive has allowed HSBC to emphasise its
...<http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=80222>
A smart company learns from past mistakes
Business Day - Johannesburg,South Africa
If you cannot afford a professional archivist, says business archives
consultant Katey Logan, try the following: - Identify what it is that makes
your ...<http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/Content.aspx?id=80224>
Judge tosses trade secret theft case against Flir
OregonLive.com
US District Judge Richard A. Schell ruled Raytheon failed to act quickly
enough to investigate suspicions that Indigo was stealing trade secrets.
...<
http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/09/judge_tosses_trade_secret_thef.html
>
Missing county records box returned intact, officials say
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com
A missing box of Cuyahoga County records containing personal information for
300 people has been returned, untampered with, county officials said
Tuesday. ...
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http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1251880364243420.xml&coll=2
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Fort Bend County Clerk Implements New State-Of-The-Art Records ...
FortBendNow
Wilson said she hopes the system never has to be used, but county residents
can be assured knowing critical county records are secure in the event of a
...<http://www.fortbendnow.com/2009/09/02/40072>
Archivist pleads for return of veterans' stories
CTV.ca
The amateur archivist wants to record as many of Canada's living veterans'
stories as possible before they pass away, to preserve the stories of their
...<
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090902/veterans_090902/20090902?hub=Canada
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His job was history, so scholars spoke out
Kansas City Star
By BRIAN BURNES Ron Romig, longtime archivist at the Community of Christ
Church in Independence, learned in June that he was being laid off. ... <
http://www.kansascity.com/news/neighborhood/blue_springs/story/1418536.html>
Records Management Expert Joins Perceptive Software Product ...
ECM Connection (press release) - Erie,PA,USA
A certified records manager, Joerling brings more than 20 years of records
management experience, coming to Perceptive Software from ARMA
International, ...<
http://www.ecmconnection.com/article.mvc/Records-Management-Expert-Joins-Perceptive-0001
>
Rare first world war poetry archives published online
guardian.co.uk
while the archive also contains recordings made by Blunden himself of three
poems, including Concert Party: Busseboom. This poem, written 10 years after
the ...<
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/sep/02/first-world-war-poetry-online>
Del. Public Archives posts photos online for identification
Sussex Countian
Public Archives The Delaware Public Archives has placed hundreds of photos
online for residents to help identify. By Submission For the last several
years, ...<
http://www.sussexcountian.com/lifestyle/x1991354873/Del-Public-Archives-posts-photos-online-for-identification
>
Administration wants help archiving its Facebook, Twitter content
FCW.com
The data will also need to be stored in a way that will let NARA ingest the
records into the agency's next-generation Electronic Records Archives
system. ...<
http://fcw.com/articles/2009/09/02/web-white-house-web-archive-rfq.aspx>
National Archives and Records Administration Reaches Another ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Called Search and Access, this second stage was developed to take in, and
provide search and retrieval functions for key electronic records from the
George ...<
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-02-2009/0005087111&EDATE=
>
Curbing Employee Theft
Human Resource Executive Online
... but Microsoft caught on and filed suit against the employee for theft of
confidential documents, fraud and misappropriation of trade secrets. ... <
http://www.hreonline.com/HRE/story.jsp?storyId=250192419>
state archivist to retire
Tasmanian Government Media Releases (press release)
... the Deputy State Archivist from1973 to 1984 and as the State Archivist
for the past 25 years. “Ian was chair of the Council of Australasian
Archives and ...<http://www.media.tas.gov.au/release.php?id=27749>
Historians Press For Access To Files On Civil War Soldiers From ...
Hartford Courant
By JESSE LEAVENWORTH The Hartford Courant HARTFORD — - Historians seeking to
probe the mental health records of Connecticut Civil War veterans pressed
their ...<
http://www.courant.com/community/hartford/hc-civilwar-ptsd-0903.artsep03,0,7895650.story
>
County, court records back to 1921 being scanned
Tampa Tribune
When the check comes, she has to find the records - which takes minutes or
hours - make copies, and file the new requests and what was sent. ...<
http://www2.highlandstoday.com/content/2009/sep/03/la-county-court-records-back-to-1921-being-scanned/
>
Archives reports progress on road to digital ERA
FederalNewsRadio.com - USA
In one case, Morphy told reporters that e-mail from the Bush White House was
converted from Microsoft's Exchange server format into an unspecified "open
...<http://www.federalnewsradio.com/index.php?nid=35&sid=1754378>
Administration issues solicitation to archive social media content
Nextgov
By Gautham Nagesh 09/03/2009 The Obama administration issued a solicitation
in August for a contractor to archive the increasing amount of information
...<http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20090903_1103.php?oref=topnews>
Sound archive of the British Library goes online, free of charge
guardian.co.uk
The British Library revealed it has made its vast archive of world and
traditional music available to everyone, free of charge, on the internet.
...<
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/sep/03/british-library-traditional-music
>
Touching the Past at the Danvers Archival Center
Danvers Herald - Beverly,MA,USA
By Richard B. Trask/Danvers Archivist In anticipation of Danvers kids soon
... this month to describe a school-related item from the archive
collection. ...<
http://www.wickedlocal.com/danvers/news/lifestyle/columnists/x1574722740/Touching-the-Past-at-the-Danvers-Archival-Center
>
Dartmouth humanities professor awarded grant to design Internet ...
Dartmouth News - Hanover,NH,USA
“Archive files often aren't tagged with the kind of diverse, ... Archivist
Peter Carini of Dartmouth's Rauner Special Collections Library will work
with ...<http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2009/09/03.html<http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7Enews/releases/2009/09/03.html>
>
X Marks the Spot: Lessons in Data Mapping
Law.com
He has expertise in implementing information and compliance programs
including e-discovery, compliance research, records management, legal
research and ...
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http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1202433543471&X_Marks_the_Spot_Lessons_in_Data_Mapping
>
Recording the sounds of the West
Los Angeles Times
Two archivists aim to catalog the soundscapes of Western states -- birds,
rattlesnakes, bats -- before the racket of modern life drowns them out. ...<
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-soundscapes4-2009sep04,0,1447793.story
>
Survey Uncovers Market Trends, Obstacles in Information Management
Emediawire (press release) - Ferndale,WA,USA
(Vocus) September 4, 2009 -- Your records manager is nervous. According to a
survey conducted by Forrester Research (Nasdaq: FORR) in conjunction with
ARMA ...
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http://www.emediawire.com/releases/Records_Management/Information_Management/prweb2833654.htm
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Survey Uncovers Market Trends, Obstacles in Information Management
PR Web (press release)
56 percent of records management stakeholders plan to ramp up software
spending in 2010. More than half of RM decision makers are expecting to
deploy ...<
http://www.prweb.com/releases/Records_Management/Information_Management/prweb2833654.htm
>
White House will publicly release visitor logs
The Associated Press
The White House said that each monthly release will include "tens of
thousands of electronic records." Obama said the policy will apply to
virtually every ...<
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iV7aoT7On4jzqvpPWGvQZxVZyDbQD9AGI1P00
>
Museum of Man defends firing of executive director
San Diego Union Tribune
... and secret plans made by some of the board members, failure to safeguard
the museum's collections and mistreatment of American Indian archivists.
...<
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/sep/05/museum-man-defends-firing-executive-director/?metro&zIndex=160984
>
Telling The Lutheran Story
Webster Kirkwood Times - St. Louis,MO,USA
Huggins heads the archives at Concordia Historical Institute, ... The
archivist for his church, Concordia in Kirkwood, McAllister thinks the
museum made ...<
http://www.websterkirkwoodtimes.com/Articles-i-2009-09-04-166477.113118_Telling_The_Lutheran_Story.html
>
A purported Frida Kahlo archive is the subject of dispute
Los Angeles Times
In the current dust-up over a soon-to-be-published book about an archive
ofephemera attributed to iconic Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, a researcher who
...<
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/09/frida-kahlo-archive.html
>
The Alaska State Archives building will re-open Tuesday.
Juneau Empire - Juneau,AK,USA
"I haven't seen anything yet that would not be usable for research in the
future," State Archivist Glenn Cook said. "I haven't seen anything that was
lost ...<http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/090609/loc_490253412.shtml>
City under siege
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA
“The police in 1919 had an extremely difficult time,'' said Margaret
Sullivan, records manager and archivist for the Boston Police Department.
...<
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/09/06/city_under_siege/
>
Organic certification is all in the record-keeping
BurlingtonFreePress.com
Record-keeping is a big part of life for a certified-organic farmer. Some
540 farms in Vermont are certified organic by Vermont Organic Farmers, ... <
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20090906/NEWS05/90904018>
Safeguarding History
Washington Post
Justice Souter agreed last month to donate his personal and professional
papers to the New Hampshire Historical Society in his home state. ...
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/05/AR2009090502349.html
>
Discarded files: An ID nightmare
Staten Island Advance - SILive.com
"What happened to all the records handled by these fly-by-night startup
companies?" A spokesman for the US Attorney's office investigating Boxman
said he ...<
http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/09/discarded_files_an_id_nightmar.html
>
Some say a disputed Frida Kahlo archive is genuine
Los Angeles Times
In the Arts & Books section of Sunday's newspaper, I have a story about a
bizarre (if revealing) dispute over an archive of ephemera and memorabilia
...<http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/CultureMonster/~3/OcdwiCm79E4/frida.html<http://feeds.latimes.com/%7Er/CultureMonster/%7E3/OcdwiCm79E4/frida.html>
>
Paula Allen: Texana Room on chopping block
San Antonio Express
Although the city archivist's position is open, City Clerk Leticia Vacek
says it will be filled within the next month, after the budget is passed.
...<http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/columnists/paula_allen/57604487.html
>
dupont charges industrial espionage
The News Journal
Federal prosecutors said it was the largest criminal trade-secrets theft
case ever prosecuted in Delaware. That case began with the filing of a civil
...<http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20090907/NEWS/909070310
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