RAIN 060315 Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. Cleveland Free Times, Tue, 14 Mar 2006 8:04 PM PST The Reel Life: Documentary pays tribute to archivist Henri Langlois http://www.freetimes.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&si d=3169 By Charles Cassady Jr. You who saw Bernardo Bertolucci?s The Dreamers saw dramatized the passionate 1960s student demonstrations in Paris surrounding, of all things, a fired film exhibitor. Beaumont Enterprise, Wed, 15 Mar 2006 0:40 AM PST Personal library given to Lamar http://www.southeasttexaslive.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16305308&BRD=2287& PAG=461&dept_id=512588&rfi=6 BEAUMONT - On a shelf in the technical services room of the Mary and John Gray Library are dozens of old books with small faded numbers on each spine. New York Jewish Times, Tue, 14 Mar 2006 6:48 AM PST U.S. Returns German Paintings Stolen in WWII http://nyjtimes.com/cover/03-14-06/StolenWWIIGermanPaintingsReturned.htm (FBI) They were casualties of war?three nineteenth-century oil paintings that went missing from a German air-raid shelter during the waning days of World War II. Pit tragedy film returns to Wales BBC News - UK ... at Senghenydd. The entire documentary, containing the original 1913 footage, has now been given to the national archive. Mr Clark ... <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/4806784.stm> California Bill Would Ban "Pretexting" Government Technology - Folsom,CA,USA ... Bowen. "You have the right to decide who sees your medical records and who you were on the cell phone with last night for an hour. ... <http://www.govtech.net/magazine/channel_story.php/98765> Law changes leave vital records indexes out of sunshine Aberdeen American News - Aberdeen,SD,USA SIOUX FALLS, SD - No longer can South Dakotans browse lists of marriages and deaths at their county records offices, and officials say a 2005 state statute ... <http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/14100870.htm> The case of the disappearing crime log Petaluma Argus-Courier - Petaluma,CA,USA ... SRJC, too, is part of the Intergraph consortium, but Records Manager Rosa Garcia said she finds it "very easy" to pull detailed information from the Intergraph ... <http://www.arguscourier.com/news/news/police060315.html> nfoWorld, Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:06 AM PST Debate on French copyright bill moves into final stages << http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/03/14/76456_HNfrenchcopyrightdebate_1 .html>> ( InfoWorld ) - The French government is continuing to push ahead with a new copyright bill that would limit what is considered "fair use" of copyright digital works, despite widespread opposition from consumer rights groups, musicians' trade unions and associations of Internet users, librarians and Macworld UK, Wed, 15 Mar 2006 1:14 AM PST French file-sharing bill enters vote http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?home&NewsID=14101 The French government is continuing to push ahead with a new copyright bill that limits what is considered "fair use" of copyright digital works, Despite widespread opposition from consumer rights groups, musicians' trade unions and associations of Internet users, librarians and archivists. Montana Standard, Tue, 14 Mar 2006 5:23 AM PST Archive's Crain to lead parade <<http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2006/03/14/newsbutte/hjjdjgifjciehd. txt>> Like her parents before her, Butte's Ellen Shannon Crain will lead Friday's St. Patrick's Day parade. Crain said she's honored to be named grand marshal, and her parents, Kevin and Joan Shannon, are "just inside out" over the news that two generations of Shannons have been recognized in this way. Greeley Tribune, Wed, 15 Mar 2006 0:12 AM PST Paper court files to become electronic http://www.greeleytrib.com/article/20060315/NEWS/103150074/-1/rss02 Finding criminal court records in Weld County is about to get a lot easier. Fighting Identity Theft with TrustedID Corante - Boston,MA,USA ... Shredding mail and other personal documents is not enough to protect yourself, either. Last year, over 50 million consumer data records were lost by ... <http://dating.corante.com/archives/2006/03/15/fighting_identity_theft_wi th_trustedid.php> Delap's efforts make Civil War muster rolls available on-line Paris Beacon News (subscription) - Paris,IL,USA ... to genealogists and historians looking for information," said state archivist Jesse White ... only be accessed through research at the Norton Archives building in ... <http://www.parisbeacon.com/content/view/2434/145/> For 6 Who Serve the Public, Time for Some Public Recognition New York Times - United States ... Eugene J. Bockman, the commissioner of the city's Department of Records and Information Services - hired her as an archivist in the Municipal Archives. ... <http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/15/nyregion/15sloan.html> Pillay told of book lice in files Dispatch Online - South Africa ... were another problem. She said it was impossible to keep accurate records as the files were all over the place. However, despite a ... <http://www.dispatch.co.za/2006/03/15/Easterncape/bpillay.html> Subway plan resurfaces Cincinnati Enquirer - Cincinnati,OH,USA ... It's not the first time the city has dusted off its old subway drawings, which have been meticulously preserved in city archives. ... <http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060315/NEWS01/6031 50347> Iron Mountain Stops PC Data Theft In Its Tracks The IT Shield (press release) - Emborough,Somerset,UK Iron Mountain Digital, the technology business unit of Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM), the global leader in information protection and storage services <http://www.theitshield.com/pr/5828> Analysis: To Stay Compliant, Train Intelligent Enterprise - San Mateo,CA,USA ... for Enron and Arthur Andersen stemmed from employee acts such as shredding documents relevant ... In such cases, material in our files cannot be altered or deleted ... <http://www.intelligententerprise.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=1815035 47> Owners may not hold deeds to their condos Hilton Head Island Packet - Hilton Head Island,SC,USA ... letter. The problem is between each pair of owners with inverted unit numbers referenced in their deeds and other recorded documents. ... <http://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/story/5589560p-5025917c.html> Doubt cast on pay memo Houston Chronicle - United States ... cabinets contained administrative and financial files for the ... tem office, as well as records related to ... sent the investigators because the documents might help ... <http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/3724265.html> Courts may not expunge criminal records Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press - Arlington,VA,USA ... Mobile Circuit Court ordered the court to stop expunging records, but denied access to the previously deleted files because providing the documents would be an ... <http://www.rcfp.org/news/2006/0315-sct-courts.html> Lost Ernst & Young laptop exposes IBM staff Register - London,England,UK The Register has learned that the laptop was stolen from an Ernst & Young employee's car in January. The employee handled some of ... <http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2006/03/15/ernstyoung_ibm_laptop/> DjVu: Saving for our paper heritage NewsForge - USA ... on the Internet because commonly used image formats -- JPEG, GIF, and PNG -- would create unreasonably large files if historic documents were scanned at a ... <http://software.newsforge.com/software/06/03/08/2314247.shtml?tid=131> New York Times 03/12/06 Putting Her Best 1,000 Shoes Forward By JENNIFER BLEYER "Look at these," Zia Ziprin exulted as she caressed a pair of chocolate brown peep-toe slingback pumps from the 1940's. "They're like art objects." So were the silver Lurex slippers from the 60's and the brass snakeskin six-inch platform wedges from the 70's. The strappy Christian Dior sandals elicited a loving sigh from Ms. Ziprin, as did the embroidered red satin Mongolian boots. << http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/12/nyregion/thecity/12shoe.html?>> Dallas Morning News 3/12/06 Moldy Victor Hugo first-editions found in La. trash pile << http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/031206d nnathugo.1b29372a.html>> New York Times 3/13/06 Juilliard's Library Braces for New Role By DANIEL J. WAKIN Just days after the news that a sublime trove of historic music manuscripts had plopped into the lap of the Juilliard School, sobering reality began to seep in. A conservatory known chiefly for training bassoonists, ballerinas, actors and tenors must now serve as custodian of a precious piece of musical heritage and keep it available to scholars. << http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/13/arts/music/13gift.html>> Wall Street Journal A Change of Email Habits Becoming a 'Single-Screener' Has Been a Relief; Readers Weigh In on Blogs, Children's Safety March 13, 2006 << http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114201183528094918.html?>> ComputerWorld McAfee antivirus update wreaks havoc The faulty update mistook hundreds of programs as a Windows virus and led to lost data << http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,109525 ,00.html?>> Computerworld Free CDs highlight security weaknesses Policies, common sense are no match for vacation contest << http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,109516 ,00.html?>> Computerworld Update: New FBI management system could cost $500M A contract for the 'Sentinel' project is expected in the next few weeks << http://www.computerworld.com/databasetopics/data/story/0,10801,109533,00. html?>> Peter A. 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