RAIN 060411 Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. Nigeria: National Archives to get autonomy African News Dimension - Johannesburg,South Africa ... to reposition it to carry out its statutory functions, the Nigerian Government has concluded plans to grant autonomy to the Department of National Archives. ... <http://www.andnetwork.com/app?service=direct/1/Home/$StorySummary$0.$Dir ectLink$1&sp=l29194> Court Records Reveal Adware Firm's Hardball Tactics InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA ... Direct Revenue show that the company hired a private investigator to track down an anti-spyware researcher, developed software to delete competing adware ... <http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=18443031 8> Plans to decipher manuscripts in limbo Newindpress (subscription) - Chennai,India THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State Archives Department has ambitious plans to decipher old and rare manuscripts in the state and put them on the internet. ... <http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20060411020049&Page=R&Tit le=Kerala&Topic=0> The Future of Destruction Scure Destruction Business - Cleveland,OH,USA ... Electronics recycling firms can also be willing to reach out for an ally on the paper documents side. ... "Most [document shredding firms] don’t want to get into ... <http://www.sdbmagazine.com/articles/article.asp?MagID=4&ID=5586&IssueID= 238> Archives OK'd Removing Records, Kept Quiet Houston Chronicle - United States ... records and to keep silent about US intelligence's role in the reclassification, according to an agreement released under the Freedom of Information Act. <http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/politics/3787336.html> Nixon library gets first federal director OCRegister - Orange County,CA,USA ... doubled the library's size. The library is now renovating the center's basement to add archival quality shelving. A new, $8.9 million ... <http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1096513.php> Case Studies: Content-addressed storage (CAS) Infostor magazine - Tulsa,OK,USA ... CAS systems are secure disk-based archival repositories that store data as individual objects with unique identifiers for long-term retention and retrieval. ... <http://www.infostor.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=252499&p =23> Machen appoints curator and archivist as official UF historian University of Florida - Gainesville,Florida,USA — University of Florida archivist Carl Van Ness has been named the university’s official historian, UF President Bernie Machen announced today. ... <http://news.ufl.edu/2006/04/11/new-historian/> Nixon center announces new director Contra Costa Times - CA,USA Cold War scholar to take helm Oct. 16, when presidential library joins the National Archive after years as private institution. By Erica Werner. <http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/state/14314814.htm> EMC says ILM means tiered networks too Techworld.com - London,UK Information lifecycle management (ILM) is based on data having different value over time and then storing it on different types of disk: costly and fast for ... <http://www.techworld.com/storage/features/index.cfm?featureID=2423&pagty pe=samecatsamechan> Can storage keep the boss out of prison? ITBusiness.ca - Canada ... of Stamford, Conn., last August, the top three issues for people responsible for data storage are compliance, information lifecycle management and security. ... <http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=39015&cid=8> Archives Kept a Secrecy Secret Washington Post - United States ... Weinstein, the archivist of the United States, suspended the program last month pending an audit of the removed material by the Archives' Information Security ... <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/11/AR200604 1101475.html> Exhibit explores impact on valley San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA ... of little quiet acts of heroism,'' said Jim Reed, archivist for History ... collection for this exhibit comes from History San Jose's archives, private donations ... <http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/14315015.h tm> International Association Challenges Corporations to Review ... DMReview.com - New York,NY,USA ... As a professional, not-for-profit organization, ARMA International is dedicated to helping companies understand today's records management issues and leverage ... <http://www.dmreview.com/article_sub.cfm?articleId=1052626> First Federal Nixon Library Head Is Named Los Angeles Times - CA,USA ... Since the Nixon foundation opened the library with private funds in 1990, it has been the only presidential library not part of the National Archives system. ... <http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-nixon11apr11,1 ,6873580.story?coll=la-headlines-pe-california> Classified Hydro papers found in subway Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada MONTREAL -- Highly classified documents detailing new security measures at ... The documents discovered in the subway ... The papers also reveal temporary passwords to ... <http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=0908a5f0-020c-4 a45-94da-a7705b3eb166&k=13310> Peter A. Kurilecz Richmond, Va [log in to unmask] http://www.frappr.com/recmgmt 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. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>