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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_put_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_digital>

 

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&liArticleTypeID=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.de10885e.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-15/1109325921307320.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_SECTION=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_act_found_wanting.html>

 

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