RAIN 070514
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
related to records and archives management.

Change at the library
Arkansas Times - Little Rock,AR,USA
Presidential library directors are appointed by the archivist of the 
United States in consultation with the particular president (if he is 
still living and 
...<http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/2007/05/change_at_the_libr
ary.aspx>

Combining old and new maps may help oysters
Virginian Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA
Records that once belonged to the 19th-century lieutenant were recently 
turned over the National Archives: a scrapbook, oyster counts, letters 
and his side ...
<http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=124586&ran=30188>

Ticket to the age of elegance
Brisbane Times - Brisbane,Queensland,Australia
No longer can he rely on material from the National Archives, whose 
collection of company documents goes only to 1957, when Comeng was 
wholly privatised. 
...<http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/national/ticket-to-the-age-of-el
egance/2007/05/13/1178995000324.html>

Couple sued for $1.3M by museum
Daily Press - Newport News,VA,USA
NEWPORT NEWS -- The Mariners' Museum is seeking $1.35 million in 
damages from its former chief archivist, who is accused of stealing and 
selling archived ...
<http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/dp-31468sy0may12,0,6953516.story?co
ll=dp-news-local-final>

Methods Of Opening Nazi Archive Weighed
Guardian Unlimited - UK
``Imagine the number of files it had.'' Among the documents that 
survived are millions of pages of death registers, concentration camp 
records, ... 
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6630267,00.html>

He’s running – and shredding
Politics on the Hudson - White Plains,NY,USA
The van contains an industrial-strength shredder; residents can have up 
to two file boxes of documents destroyed at no charge. 
<http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2007/05/13/hes-running-%E2%80%93-and-shr
edding/>

Google anonymizes server logs
p2pnet.net - Ontario,Canada
The third was complying—and anticipating compliance—with possible data 
retention requirements. Here's a bit more about each of these: ... 
<http://p2pnet.net/story/12208>

Women's club archives reveal early S. Florida
Miami Herald - Miami,FL,USA
''What comes across to me about Edith Gifford is her total confidence 
and lack of showmanship,'' said Merrick, 85, who reproduced the 
archives for the club 
...<http://www.miamiherald.com/416/story/105900.html>

Rushford, Minn., artist sells archives to New York’s Museum of ...
LaCrosse Tribune - LaCrosse,WI,USA
The Museum of Modern Art Library in New York City recently purchased a 
portion of Curmano’s archives for its permanent collection. MOMA first 
acquired some 
...<http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2007/05/13/news/z04art13.txt>


Sprehe: E-mail records problems
FCW.com - Falls Church,VA,USA
Employees know that records management is not their job. That’s what 
records officers do. For agencies to rely on every employee to sort the 
e-mail messages ...<http://www.fcw.com/article102678-05-14-07-Print>

State Bank of India's archive inaugurated
Hindu - Chennai,India
The archive is spread across two floors, covering an area of about 7500 
square feet and invoking the ambience of what the interiors of the Bank 
of Bengal— 
...<http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/14/stories/2007051404531200.htm>

Wall St Journal
Storage Strategies
Need more room for your files? Here are your options.
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB117873752307397508-email.html>

E-mail checks at work increase
Frederick News Post (subscription) - Frederick,MD,USA
If you have folders for say March, April and May, don’t delete one 
month. That would look bad,” she said. “If you delete part of something 
and not the rest, ...
<http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/business/display.htm?StoryID=6
0118>

Danish Interns Aim To Put Personal Stories Behind Plantation Records
St. John Tradewinds - St. John,U.S. Virgin Islands
While the Danish students have discovered many official documents, such 
as deeds and tax records, they hope to find records documenting more 
personal ...
<http://www.stjohntradewindsnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=vi
ew&id=1450&Itemid=1>


Hospitals' move to e-files spurs a labor shortage
Boston Globe - Boston,MA,USA
At a less advanced level, Framingham State College is considering 
launching a certificate program in medical records information, which 
would begin in ...
<http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2007/05/14/hospitals_
move_to_e_files_spurs_a_labor_shortage>

Penchant for the past
Rutland Herald - Rutland,VT,USA
MONTPELIER — If you ask Gregory Sanford at 1:12 pm to describe what a 
"state archivist" does, better settle back into your chair and get 
comfortable. ...
<http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070514/NEWS04/
705140378/1024/NEWS04>

Posting of gun records was unwise
Shelbyville Times-Gazette - TN,USA
The Tennessean may not have realized it, but they could have 
unwittingly cut themselves off from once public records. ... 
<http://www.t-g.com/story/1211429.html>

Diocese says rector had shredding frenzy
Rocky Mountain News - Denver,CO,USA
Don Armstrong shredded documents and records so furiously that a 
shredder broke down, according to one of the accusations made in a 
countersuit filed last 
...<http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_55
35600,00.html>

Aging archives, technology pose threat to records
Zanesville Times Recorder - Zanesville,OH,USA
Files are lost if they are not transferred to the next generation of a 
product. "There's just a lot being missed," says Dan Cohen, assistant 
professor of ...
<http://zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070514/L
IFESTYLE/705140343/1024>

Breach of medical privacy probe delayed
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription) - Milwaukee,WI,USA
However, Kelso said she did not know what types of records were 
contained in the files. She referred all other questions to Robert 
Simandl, the attorney who 
...<http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=604887>

Why does Google retain data? Because nonexistent laws tell it to
Ars Technica - Boston,MA,USA
The EU's Data Retention Directive was passed in late 2005, but has yet 
to be implemented by the various member states (which have until 2009). 
... 
<http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070514-why-does-google-retain-dat
a-because-nonexistent-laws-tell-it-to.html>




Peter Kurilecz
Richmond, VA
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