RAIN 060414 Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. Say 'yes' for history's sake Globe and Mail - Canada ... As part of the deal, all census returns from 1911 to 2001 will be released by Library and Archives Canada (formerly the National Archives) on a regular basis ... <http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060414.wxcocensus04 14/BNStory/specialComment/home> When wind hit, privacy flew out the window Indianapolis Star - United States ... 24th-floor office, but several court briefs and other public documents laying nearby ... He said: 'None of those records that blew out were my files, were they ... <http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060414/BUSINESS/604 140425/-1/ZONES04> Deceit by the truckload Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia ... Buried in the files of the old regime was the evidence of the company's kickbacks ... Among the documents being uncovered were handwritten records from the ... <http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/deceit-by-the-truckload/2006/04/14/1 144521506851.html> Flea-market secrets Los Angeles Times - CA,USA ... Among the files contained on some drives were documents that named ... For others, they provide an easy way to move records from one posting to the next. ... <http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-bagram14apr14,0,227 6855.story?coll=la-news-comment-editorials> 43,000 warned: Identity thieves may have data Honolulu Advertiser - Honolulu,HI,USA ... But while the records were in the possession of the ... copies were made of some of the documents, said Attorney ... a "fraud alert" on their credit files, to prevent ... <http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060414/NE WS03/604140361/1001/NEWS> State warns of mass identity record theft Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Honolulu,HI,USA ... he said, "unauthorized copies of some of the records were made.". Bennett advised potential victims to put a fraud alert on their credit files and request ... <http://starbulletin.com/2006/04/14/news/story01.html> Require lawmakers to save records Wisconsin State Journal - Madison,WI,USA ... un-exempt themselves from a state law prohibiting the destruction of public records. ... be if lawmakers are allowed to willy-nilly shred papers and delete e-mails ... <http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/opinion/index.php?ntid=80160&ntpid=1> Is a new perception of ILM emerging? ComputerWorld - USA ... Industry Center (ISIC) at the University of California-San Diego have released the preliminary findings of a study on information life-cycle management (ILM). ... <http://www.computerworld.com/databasetopics/data/story/0,10801,110526,00 .html> Recorder's office limits public access to online data TMCnet - USA ... The change means people interested in online documents, such a deeds and mortgages, must first go to the recorder's office and supply their name, address, and ... <http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-recorders-office-limits-public-access-onl ine-data-/2006/04/14/1573077.htm> Allen Weinstein Federal Times - USA ... Now, the archivist must resolve an unanticipated problem: Federal agencies have been removing previously declassified records from the public shelves quietly ... <http://federaltimes.com/index.php?S=1686611> Third of Staff Can be Redeployed by Using Data Capture ... CRM Today - USA Document management and imaging author, Version One has undertaken research with ... more varied and challenging can also radically improve staff retention rates.". <http://www.crm2day.com/news/crm/118193.php> Judge rules for private screening of governor's state e-mail ... Kentucky.com - Lexington,KY,USA ... A reporter for The Courier-Journal of Louisville had filed an open records request with the governor's office in June seeking access to "any and all e-mails ... <http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/14345948.htm> Finding the wrong answer USA Today - USA ... To his credit, the current archivist, Allen Weinstein, has announced a moratorium on ... when 20th century historians doing research in the Archives began finding ... <http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2006-04-13-airline-archi ves_x.htm> Dinner Celebrates LGBT Untold History CU Columbia Spectator - New York City,NY,USA ... by Riverside’s queer ministry, Maranatha, and the LGBT Religious Archives Network, a ... It was a culture of secrecy,” Doris Malkmus, Archivist for RAN, said. ... <http://www.columbiaspectator.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/04/14/443f371d 29aa4> Hill Family Moves From Arlen to Alkek Texas State University The University Star - San Marcos,TX,USA ... Katie Salzmann, the lead archivist of the Writer’s Collection, is still sorting and processing the vast archive collection, which will not be available to ... <http://star.txstate.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1460> US to drop charges against researchers Boston Globe - United States ... from Harvard wasn't proprietary so there was no evidence to support allegations that the researchers were involved in the theft of trade secrets, Sullivan said ... <http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/04/14/us_to _drop_charges_against_researchers> BBC News, Sat, 08 Apr 2006 4:53 AM PDT Lost words of a German conscript http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent /4887702.stm Andrew Joynes discovers letters sent from a Nazi concentration camp... written by a German inmate. The New York Sun, Tue, 11 Apr 2006 0:07 AM PDT Portion of Famed Painting of Antietam Battle Surfaces http://www.nysun.com/article/30776 After the Civil War, a former lieutenant of the Union Army, artist James Hope, took up painting scenes from his notebook of sketches of the war that pitted brother against brother. One of the most famous results was "The Aftermath," which depicted the gory trench known as Bloody Lane that was said to have been piled six deep with bodies after the battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862. Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune, Mon, 10 Apr 2006 8:32 PM PDT Critics: Deal would seal Enron files http://www.startribune.com/535/story/363427.html The government is moving to bar public access permanently to most of the audiotapes, e-mail messages, and other documents that show how Enron earned billions of dollars by manipulating electric-power markets, according to one senator and others opposed to a proposed settlement with Enron. Enron traders boasted of cheating unsuspecting customers, some of whom they mocked as "poor grandmothers" who RedNova, Mon, 10 Apr 2006 7:43 PM PDT Too Many Attorneys Unaware of Data Intergrity Issue in Records Management http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/465281/too_many_attorneys_unaware _of_data_intergrity_issue_in_records/index.html?source=r_technology By Caryn Tamber So you've advised your corporate clients to read up on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, keep accurate records and find a reliable way of destroying papers they no longer need. TechWeb, Wed, 12 Apr 2006 11:19 AM PDT PayPal Ordered To Hand Over Customer Records http://www.techweb.com/headlines_week/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=1853007 57 Online payment service PayPal has reportedly been ordered to hand overcustomer records in a federal investigation of tax cheats. Detroit News, Wed, 12 Apr 2006 1:19 AM PDT Sloppy records cited in audits http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060412/METRO01/604120 350/1006/rss01 Missing time sheets, chaotic worker's compensation files and undocumented payments has made it nearly impossible to verify Wayne County's accounting since 2003, and the sloppy record-keeping is costing taxpayers, according to the agency hired to audit county finances. Contra Costa Times, Sat, 08 Apr 2006 6:54 PM PDT Cal relishes Examiner archives http://www.charlotte.com/mld/cctimes/living/education/14267598.htm?source =rss&channel=cctimes_education 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 Stanford Report, Wed, 12 Apr 2006 10:41 AM PDT Earthquake exhibit documents human story behind 1906 wreckage http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2006/april12/quake-041206.html In her work as university archivist, Margaret Kimball has encountered hundreds of photographs documenting the devastation that the April 18, 1906, earthquake left in its wake. Many of the most illuminating and dramatic of the images have found their way into the centennial exhibit 'The Earthquake of 1906: Stanford University and Environs', on view at Green Library through Sept. 15. USA Today, Wed, 12 Apr 2006 5:29 PM PDT Historians strive to save old sounds http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2006-04-12-preserving-o ld-pop_x.htm?csp=34 With the help of donations, the University of California at Santa Barbara has digitized songs and spoken-word performances from more than 6,000 cylinders, the early precursors of vinyl records and compact discs. The music is a selection of long-forgotten pop music that can now be loaded on iPods. 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. 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