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Alum, Film Critic, and MLK Scholar
BU Today
He began his archival training as an undergraduate at the University's
Department of Special Collections (now the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research
Center), ...< http://bit.ly/cdPpoh>
An Unforeseen Complication of Electronic Medical Records
New York Times
Nonetheless, for every one of us who is using, struggling with or
considering adopting an electronic records system, one thing has become
increasingly ...< http://nyti.ms/9hwk4L>
Court clerks find original OK Corral papers
Arizona Daily Sun
More to the point, she said, the documents will be safe in the new Polly
Rosenbaum state archive, where the paper can be handled in a way to prevent
further ...< http://bit.ly/9yRHzQ>
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Turkish historians invited to look at archives in Armenia
Hurriyet Daily News
At the center of the Armenian capital of Yerevan, 30 meters below Abovyan
Street, lies a subterranean historical archive covering an immense 7000
square ...< http://bit.ly/d3WgWC>
How to Delete Facebook Applications (and Why You Should)
ReadWriteWeb (blog)
At Facebook's f8 conference, founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that
the company was removing restrictions on user data retention within Facebook
...< http://bit.ly/ddFpuW>
European data laws to face scrutiny
ZDNet UK
The data retention directive, which compels ISPs to hold communications data
for a minimum of six months, will be scrutinised, according to Justice, ...<
http://bit.ly/9uTUwG>
Nixon papers moving to Yorba Linda
OCRegister
Among the few archival materials that will remain in Maryland are the famous
White House tapes – audio recordings of conversations between President
Nixon ...< http://bit.ly/cXbMOk>
Digital libraries save up Canadian content, Tweets, and everything else
WhatsYourTech.ca (blog)
is launching a searchable archival database of information technology
resources, including historical and archival collections. Then, there's the
on-going ...< http://bit.ly/bB7Q0m>
College reports missing records
Chattanooga Times Free Press
... Chattanooga State officials retrieved the records from the business,
which was supposed to be scanning papers, shredding them and creating
electronic ...< http://bit.ly/cZiXUX>
National Archives Unveils New Website
The St. Kitts-Nevis Observer
The Archivist equated the slave registries listing with having a UNESCO
World Heritage Site registration, the only difference being that the former
is ...< http://bit.ly/b4EXU0>
NS archives brings offline newspapers online
TheChronicleHerald.ca
Staff at the Nova Scotia Archives in Halifax and the Beaton Institute at
Cape Breton University public archives have been busy scanning and
digitizing ...< http://bit.ly/9BmjbT>
Speaker details early print media
The Dartmouth
Historical evidence, however, does not support this opinion, Falk Eisermann,
head of an early print cataloguing project at the Berlin State Library, ...<
http://bit.ly/bwkZJJ>
Shredders secured as auditors move in
Sydney Morning Herald
Among other things, they will make sure people can't start erasing material
and shredding documents.'' The human resources director for the News Ltd
group, ...< http://bit.ly/8Ylgei>
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A long wait for public documents from Tulare County Board of Supervisors
Visalia Times-Delta
By Jim Houck • [log in to unmask] • April 24, 2010 County
supervisors' expense records for January and February 2010 were obtained by
the ...< http://bit.ly/bjUKLH>
Ex-NSA worker pleads not guilty in leak case
The Associated Press
Prosecutors say Thomas Drake, 53, was a source for many articles about the
agency in an unidentified paper, including some that contained classified
...< http://bit.ly/9pde4V>
Islands push for Obama library
Honolulu Advertiser
A measure urging the president to choose his home state as the site of his
presidential library passed the Senate Transportation, International and
...< http://bit.ly/9SibTi>
Historic photos of Gallipoli campaign unearthed
Vancouver Sun
By Gerry Bellett, Vancouver SunApril 24, 2010 1:11 AM A collection of
historic photographs of the ill-fated Gallipoli Campaign that began 95 years
ago this ...< http://bit.ly/9mCnnc>
Rule overlooked in destruction of WR files
Macon Telegraph
Because Elliott does not typically create records destruction certificates —
that is usually done by Records Manager Amy McKinzie — he said it slipped
his ...< http://bit.ly/bimEYy>
Archivist is the keeper of Boeing's memories
HeraldNet
By Michelle Dunlop, Herald Writer That's where every aircraft Boeing has
made, every long-forgotten endeavor and every company employee live forever.
...< http://bit.ly/apFpAf>
Retired teacher's contribution to Cold Case Unit is priceless
Boston Globe
While Knudsen was volunteering at the state archives, a colleague flagged a
December newspaper article about the Cold Case Unit. Knudsen read the story
and ...< http://bit.ly/d2klQE>
A Legal Skirmish Over Civil War Records
Connecticut Law Tribune
... the files is by filing a research plan. They would then get the records,
but with the actual names of patients replaced by anonymous designations.
...< http://bit.ly/aPuO5j>
Professor emails private student records by accident
UWM Post
For the last year, UWM has been working to institute a computer program that
will be able to access computers networked within L&S and identify where
files ...< http://bit.ly/crYjpd>
Deseronto archives gets funding for online project
Napanee Guide
Town archivist Amanda Hill recently announced that the archives, located in
the Deseronto Public Library, recently got $16000 in funding from the
Ontario ...< http://bit.ly/djfNNc>
PACE urges former Soviet states to open Holodomor archives
RIA Novosti
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is drafting a
resolution urging Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Moldova to open their
archives on ...< http://bit.ly/bqNBUg>
UT Ransom Center's Staley says he will retire next year
Austin American-Statesman
He's put all three qualities to good use, overseeing the acquisition of
archives by literary icons such as Norman Mailer, Don DeLillo and David
Foster ...< http://bit.ly/d6Npp0>
'Fiasco' over documents delays hearing for Black's lawyers
Globe and Mail
Mr. Foerster said he initially believed all of the documents, including
scanned hardcopy files, e-mails, notes and memorandums, had been turned over
in 2007 ...< http://bit.ly/9Vl7nj>
National Archives puts Civil War vaults on display
Houston Chronicle
Filmmaker Ken Burns is helping to open the most extensive Civil War exhibit
the archives has assembled at a preview Tuesday. "Discovering the Civil War"
...< http://bit.ly/aySzH5>
New warning on health records
National Post
Electronic records will save billions by making sure patients are using
generic drugs and reducing duplication in lab tests and other procedures.
...< http://bit.ly/9QUbMx>
Baker Hughes Awarded $25 Million in Varel Theft Case
BusinessWeek
Varel earned $5.9 million in profits from the trade secrets and avoided $1.5
million in research and development costs by copying the drill bit in 2004,
...< http://bit.ly/cmxgDX>
Historical Association Claims Copyright To Scans Of 100 Year Old ...
Techdirt
The Clinton County Historical Glass Negatives Portrait Project has been
"diligently identifying, sorting, re-sleeving and generally rediscovering a
...< http://bit.ly/btzxuV>
Controller seeking all contracts
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
Documents that arrive in coming weeks will also be scanned, he said.
Griffith said he's not sure why some contracts and title deeds weren't
forwarded to his ...< http://bit.ly/cfCxru>
A matter of record
Business Standard
However, they do leave us with the question of whether an archive has any
... since scholars view things differently from a collector or archivist and
they ...< http://bit.ly/bquNcs>
Firm finds 5400 deleted e-mail messages of New Orleans Mator Ray Nagin
NOLA.com
... and calendar files that the Nagin administration turned over to The
Times-Picayune this month in response to a long-standing public-records
request. ...< http://bit.ly/9Zv6Eo>
Special Report - IT's Critical Partnership with Records Management
CIOUpdate (blog)
These records and information facilitate decision-making, provide evidence
of regulatory compliance, enable customer service and are the lifeblood of
any ...< http://bit.ly/akLQjl>
4 Things To Consider When Deploying A Records Management Solution
Fresh Business Thinking
Many companies think that technology is the solution to provide them with a
'quick fix' to their compliance needs. The reality is that compliance is
more ...< http://bit.ly/dcOmqz>
Quality counts for county team
This Is Hampshire.net
By Lucie Richards » ARCHIVISTS and record office staff at Hampshire County
Council have been congratulated after being awarded a Learning Outside the
...< http://bit.ly/ds5U0T>
National Archives Digs Deep for New Civil War Exhibit
AOL News
It also shows that "there are still new discoveries to be made about the
Civil War," said David Ferriero, archivist of the United States. ...<
http://bit.ly/9GpZam>
Library receives NHPRC grant to digitize Messersmith Papers
University of Delaware
Further, the collection will be enhanced through use of EAD-XML, the newly
established standard for online delivery of archival description. ...
http://bit.ly/9u6PP6
Czech, German archives to merge old chronicles, registers on web
Prague Daily Monitor
Cheb, West Bohemia, April 27 (CTK) - The Cheb archive and Bavarian archives
will gradually join registers, chronicles and other archival documents from
the ...< http://bit.ly/9PlGyo>
Crashing e-records leave paramedics stricken
NetworkWorld.com
By Darren Pauli, Computerworld Australia Paramedics are divided on the
benefits of an electronic Patient Care Record (ePCR) system that is
replacing old ...http://bit.ly/9xxPur
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