RAIN 060407 Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. Celebrate Archives Awareness Week 2006 - just a little bit late Ancaster News - Ontario, Canada ... this year. Thanks to a grant from the Trillium Foundation, the Dundas Museum was able to hire an archivist in August 2005. Since ... <http://www.ancasternews.com/an/news/news_557041.html> Secret Service closes investigation of missing tapes ComputerWorld - USA ... Iron Mountain Inc., the records storage and management company whose courier truck lost Time Warner backup tapes, has announced that it now offers customers an ... <http://www.computerworld.com/databasetopics/data/story/0,10801,110170,00 .html> Dig at Statehouse site finds pieces of history Newark Star Ledger - NJ, USA ... "This is a once-in-a-200-year opportunity," state Archivist Karl J. Niederer said yesterday as state officials and history enthusiasts gathered outside the ... <http://www.nj.com/statehouse/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1144389739100 320.xml&coll=1> Tom Jennings: Records Center holds wealth of information Sebastian Sun (subscription) - Sebastian,FL,USA NPRC, a central repository of personnel-related records, both military and civil service, is one of the National Archives and Records Administration's largest ... <http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/community_correspondents/article/0,2542,TCP_16 496_4598790,00.html> Beyond compliance CMPnetAsia - Singapore ... If you look at the parts of content management that are growing the fastest, you see records management, digital asset management, and e-mail and communication ... <http://www.cmpnetasia.com/oct3_nw_viewart.cfm?Artid=28553&Catid=8&subcat =76§ion=Features> County charging for vital records The Jackson Citizen-Patriot - Jackson,MI,USA ... With the exception of divorces, those public records had been available free of charge. Divorces previously were 15 cents per case. ... <http://www.mlive.com/news/jacitpat/index.ssf?/base/news-16/1144425907314 580.xml&coll=3> Bill to make governor's office open records defeated Times Picayune - New Orleans,LA,USA ... Ryder. Ryder said the governor's office has been exempt from the state's public records law since the law was put in place in 1940. ... <http://www.nola.com/newsflash/louisiana/index.ssf?/base/news-24/11443616 50308240.xml&storylist=louisiana> Remains of state archives building uncovered Cherry Hill Courier Post - Cherry Hill,NJ,USA ... project redesigning the State House entrance for modern security concerns has unearthed the remains of New Jersey's original archives building, the second ... <http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060407/NEW S01/604070373/1006/NEWS01> Editor singing blues of open records UW Badger Herald - Madison,WI,USA ... face as the segment comes on, it is clear something is different this time around: his spot is being preceded by WTDY playing "The Open Records Blues," the ... <http://badgerherald.com/artsetc/2006/04/07/editor_singing_blues.php> Guardian Unlimited, Tue, 04 Apr 2006 7:19 PM PDT The postwar photographs that British authorities tried to keep hidden http://politics.guardian.co.uk/politicspast/story/0,,1745663,00.html For almost 60 years, the evidence of Britain's clandestine torture programme in postwar Germany has lain hidden in the government's files. LOOKING BACK: ERIKA MAILMAN: Group commemorates 1906 earthquake ... Montclarion - Montclair,CA,USA ... at the time of the earthquake, and his photographs show both San Francisco and Oakland. The glass negatives are part of the library's History Room collection. ... <http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/local/states/california /alameda_county/montclair/14286914.htm> BC News, Sat, 08 Apr 2006 3:31 AM PDT 1916 collection goes under hammer http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/northern_ireland/4889982.stm This year marks the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising - but it also marks the largest collection of 1916 memorabilia ever to go on sale. Nevada Appeal, Thu, 06 Apr 2006 7:31 AM PDT Rebate check helps archives preserve Civil War documents http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20060406/NEWS/104060067/-1/rss01 Some of Nevada's historic Civil War documents received hope of restoration Wednesday thanks to a donation from a local foundation. Contra Costa Times, Wed, 05 Apr 2006 3:23 AM PDT Cal relishes Examiner archives http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/14267598.htm?source=rss& channel=cctimes_news The job for archivists at UC Berkeley's Bancroft library just got delightfully harder. School officials announced Tuesday that the library has been gifted the archives of the San Francisco Examiner, a collection of first drafts, as it were, of the Bay Area's history. The gift includes the former Hearst flagship newspaper's photo archives as well as bound issues of the paper spanning much of the Peter A. Kurilecz Richmond, Va [log in to unmask] 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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