RAIN 060521 Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. Refined prints Beaumont Enterprise - Beaumont,TX,USA ... Cards remain on file until someone dies, and because some files date back to arrests in the 1960s, it is hard to keep track of deaths, too, records clerk Kathy ... <http://www.southeasttexaslive.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16670198&BRD=2287 &PAG=461&dept_id=512589&rfi=6> A question of trust Hindu Business Line - India ... middle ground approach; data elements within the public record files are reviewed ... Third, "create a bifurcated records system that would limit online access to ... <http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ew/2006/05/22/stories/20060522002404 00.htm> Symantec sues Microsoft over trade secrets MSNBC - USA ... Thursday, accusing it of misappropriating trade secrets to develop its own competing features and products, including the next version of Windows. ... <http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12860658/> JACK THE RIPPER WAS A JILL SAYS DNA EXPERT Glasgow Sunday Mail - UK ... kidney. The letters were kept under lock and key until 1961, when Scotland Yard handed them over to the National Archive in London. ... <http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=17108525&method=full&siteid =64736&headline=jack-the-ripper-was-a-jill-says-dna-expert--name_page.htm l> Phil Lewis: Sheriff asks for deposit before search for records Naples Daily News (subscription) - Naples,FL,USA One of our reporters made a public records request of Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott this past week. We're told it will yield a stack ... <http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2006/may/21/phil_lewis_sheriff_asks_depos it_search_records/?perspective> Reports of Shredding Lead to Subpoenas for University New York Times - United States The action came one day after FBI agents raided the state university's 366-student Stratford campus to stop the shredding of documents in the office of Warren S ... <http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/19/nyregion/19medical.html> Documents shredded at UMDNJ Cherry Hill Courier Post - Cherry Hill,NJ,USA ... confirmed that the US Attorney's Office made inquiries about the shredding. ... UMDNJ employees in Stratford had previously been directed not to shred documents. ... <http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060519/NEW S01/605190370/1006> Livingston court sells rights to its software 2TheAdvocate - Baton Rouge,LA,USA ... Court’s Office. Sullivan said one of his goals as clerk is “to make access to public documents as easy as possible.”. In today ... <http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/2841001.html> Vital records to go electronic Oshkosh Northwestern - Oshkosh,Wisconsin,USA ... The Winnebago County Register of Deeds Office is in the process of converting its vital records archive into electronic records. ... <http://www.thenorthwestern.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060521/OSH01 01/605210408/1128/OSHnews> Hudson Review archives `come home' Trenton Times - Trenton,NJ,USA ... They are part and parcel of The Hudson Review's singular literary archives, more than 250 boxes of manuscripts, galleys, letters and journals penned by the ... <http://www.nj.com/news/times/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1148198764302110.xml &coll=5> Man of the flower Boston Globe - United States ... club. And as a college student, he inventoried all his worldly possessions — in a card catalog that would impress any archivist. ... <http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/05/21/man_of_the_flower> Paper trail only adds to the snarl Pocono Record - Stroudsburg,PA,USA MIDDLE SMITHFIELD TOWNSHIP — Neither deeds, documents nor official pronouncements consistently explain what buyers at Aspen Commons actually bought. ... <http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060521/NEWS/605 210311/-1/NEWS> State historical society working to preserve rare photo collection Summit Daily News - Frisco,CO,USA COMMERCE CITY - The Colorado Historical Society is trying to make sure a rare photo collection of Aspen, Leadville, Central City and other towns remains in the ... <http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20060521/NEWS/105210036> Houston Press Needling the Haystack A 1,683-mile drive taught us that educators don't always entertain an open-door policy when it comes to public records <http://www.houstonpress.com/Issues/2006-05-18/news/feature.html> The Advertiser-Tribune, Sat, 20 May 2006 9:38 PM PDT Records commission cleans house http://www.advertiser-tribune.com/news/story/0521202006_new02records0520. asp FOSTORIA - The city is planning to destroy more than 200 boxes of old records. 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