RAIN (Records/Archives In the News) is a daily compilation of news from around the world AP via Yahoo! News, Thu, 24 Feb 2005 3:24 PM PST Bush Budget Underfunds Nixon Library Plan http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050224/ap_on_re_us/nixon_library_1 The transfer of Richard Nixon's papers and tapes to his presidential library in Yorba Linda, Calif., may be delayed until 2007 because President Bush's budget didn't include money for it. Whittier Daily news, Fri, 25 Feb 2005 0:14 AM PST Nixon archives transfer lacks funding http://www.whittierdailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,207~12026~2730946,00.html WASHINGTON -- The transfer of Richard Nixon's papers and tapes to his presidential library in Yorba Linda may be delayed until 2007 because President Bush's budget didn't include the needed funding. Watauga Democrat, Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:34 AM PST Boone residents preserve local history one record at a time http://www.wataugademocrat.com/2005/0218web/historicboone.php3 A group of Boone residents are attempting to collect items gathered by Historic Boone, a group that formed in the early 1990s before becoming dormant several years ago St. Thomas Times-Journal, Fri, 25 Feb 2005 8:26 PM PST Glass slides provide important historical record http://www.stthomastimesjournal.com/story.php?id=145598 Modern photography is great for the person behind the camera. To those with an eye to preserving the past, though, the impermanence of digital and even film images is cause for concern. Boston Globe, Sun, 27 Feb 2005 1:59 AM PST This city has real baggage, and soon a place to put it http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/02/27/this_city_has_real_baggage_and_soon_a_place_to_p ut_it?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+City%2FRegion+News Kristen Swett's job can feel old, really old, like the musty smell of a city library. djournal.com, Sat, 26 Feb 2005 5:57 AM PST Lee County, others move closer to online court records http://www.djournal.com/pages/story.asp?ID=187900&pub=1&div=News TUPELO - If you've noticed any work going on at the old Hudson building on North Spring Street, you're seeing the beginnings of local court records going online. SARBANES-OXLEY: Driving the Storage Compliance Boom Enterprise Storage Forum - Darien,CT,USA ... Sarbanes-Oxley is ultimately an act that mandates financial accountability. It is not a records storage implementation guideline. ... <http://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/continuity/features/article.php/3485651 > TRANSFER to Nixon Library May Be Delayed Washington Post - USA The transfer of Richard M. Nixon's papers and tapes to his presidential library in Yorba Linda, Calif., may be delayed until 2007 because President Bush's ... <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51798-2005Feb24.html> ISU Student Accused of Altering Fellow Student's Computer ... KIFI - Idaho Falls,ID,USA An Idaho State University student is accused of altering another student's personal computer records. It may have happened because ... <http://www.localnews8.com/home/1304192.html> UNIVERSITY given Serna papers Sacramento State University (press release) - Sacramento,CA,USA ... Head archivist Sheila O'Neill says it will take archives personnel several months to conduct an intake survey and catalog the collection. ... <http://www.csus.edu/news/022505sernaPapers.stm> CONSUMER/TECHNOLOGY: Digital archives' use is growing Tucson Citizen - Tucson,AZ,USA ... into the hands of people who would never have gotten them," says Lee Ann Potter, head of education and volunteer programs at the National Archives & Records ... <http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/index.php?page=business&story_id=022505d1_digita l> COMPLIANCE systems: At your service? ComputerWeekly.com - UK ... "Electronic document and records management systems should play a central role in the overall strategy," says a spokesman for Open Text, but adds, "Open Text ... <http://www.computerweekly.com/articles/article.asp?liArticleID=136857&liArtic leTypeID=20&liCategoryID=2&liChannelID=28&liFlavourID=1&sSearch=&nPage=1> WEB site aims to educate public on open records Charlotte Observer (subscription) - Charlotte,NC,USA RALEIGH - A consortium of media and other organizations dedicated to educating the public about citizen access to government records, meetings and processes ... <http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/10987182.htm> EDITORIAL: Open government serves all citizens San Antonio Express (subscription) - San Antonio,TX,USA ... Among other provisions, the act establishes deadlines for timely FOIA requests. It also creates an FOIA ombudsman who, like the ... <http://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/stories/MYSA022505.06B.openact1ed.de10885 e.html> ARCHIVING Digital Photography (Part 5.2) (Saving Photos & File ... Blogcritics.org - USA ... There has been news lately about a standard proposed by Abobe -- the DNG (Digital Negative) which will be a new, publicly available archival format for the raw ... <http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/02/25/114816.php> CHABAD Sues Russia to Recover Texts The Jewish Journal - Los Angeles,CA,USA ... the texts. In 1924, the former Soviet Union placed the archive in the state library. The complaint was followed by a Jan. 19 statement ... <http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=13702> JAPANESE uncover fate of PoWs who died in camps Telegraph.co.uk - UK ... Until now, the information was often incomplete or inaccurate, and efforts to uncover more have been hampered by the destruction of records by the Japanese at ... <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/02/25/wjapan25.xml& sSheet=/portal/2005/02/25/ixportal.html> COSTS for archives and museum climb to $6M The Express Times - Easton,PA,USA ... The Sigal's building at 342-348 Northampton St. will be the home of the Northampton County Historical Society and county archives. ... <http://www.nj.com/news/expresstimes/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-15/11093259213073 20.xml> SLAVE Trade Archives Project Completed ONU (Communiqués de presse) - New York,NY,USA A project to improve the conservation and accessibility of slave trade records, the so called Slave Trade Archives Project that was set up by UNESCO in 1999 ... <http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=18318&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTIO N=201.html> DARTMOUTH College to House Pilobolus Archives PlaybillArts - New York,NY,USA The archives include reviews, programs, photographs, performance and rehearsal footage, and choreography notes from the company's earliest days to the present ... <http://www.playbillarts.com/news/article/1477.html> DANCE troupe's archives return to campus roots The Dartmouth - Hanover,NH,USA By Kelsey Blodget, The Dartmouth Staff. Pilobolus -- a groundbreaking modern dance troupe founded in 1971 by two Dartmouth students ... <http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2005022501040> FREEDOM of Information Act found wanting Manchester Evening News - Manchester,England,UK SEVERE limitations on the new Freedom of Information Act have been exposed by a Manchester Evening News investigation. The government ... <http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/news/s/147/147398_freedom_of_information_ac t_found_wanting.html> A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. 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