RAIN 060612 Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. Paper documents turn to pulp MLive.com - MI,USA By Cami Reister. It wasn't that long ago that a company's options for long-term record storage were few: stacks of bankers boxes, data tapes and microfilm. <http://www.mlive.com/business/grpress/index.ssf?/base/business-3/1150123 732210580.xml&coll=6> Arabic files seized in Iraq posted online Kansas.com - KS,USA ... is that thousands of eyes on open records will do a ... will be able to examine these documents to sort ... Audio, video and text files are available and searchable by ... <http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/news/state/14796363.htm> EMC Helps With JFK Library Byteandswitch.com - New York,NY,USA Senator Kennedy will be joined by Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States ... The initiative announced today to digitize, index and archive millions of ... <http://www.byteandswitch.com/document.asp?doc_id=96891&WT.svl=wire1_1> Goldwater memorabilia is being lost to time Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA ... Funding to preserve and archive the Goldwater Papers is included in the Senate's version of the state ... "When he's angry, it shows," archivist Linda Whitaker says ... <http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0612goldwaterpap ers0612.html> E-mail on the job is risky biz Salt Lake Tribune - United States ... employers striving to guard themselves against violations of corporate governance rules, harassment suits and theft of intellectual property or trade secrets. ... <http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_3926632> The Problem of Keeping, Producing Electronic Records Grows CCH Wall Street - New York,NY,USA ... Regulators are very serious about prompt production of electronic records, agreed Ivan Knauer, a partner at Bingham McCutchen, who often finds himself sitting ... <http://www1.cchwallstreet.com/ws-portal/content/news/container.jsp?fn=06 -12-06> Is data retention secure? FCW.com - Falls Church,VA,USA Information and national security issues need much more attention while the government decides whether to require data retention by Internet service providers. ... <http://www.fcw.com/article94772-06-12-06-Print> JFK's personal archives to go online Computerworld - USA ... The library is administered by the US government's National Archives and Records Administration. ... company is the world's largest maker of data storage equipment ... <http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxo nomyName=hardware&articleId=9001099&taxonomyId=12> Lest We Regret Our Digital Breadcrumbs New York Times - United States ... as their computer equipment was seized and the ability to delete accounts, remove ... to fail to appreciate that their activities — the call records and the ... <http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/12/technology/12link.html> Local businesses doing best secure personal data Canton Repository (subscription) - Canton,OH,USA ... Before that, someone gained unauthorized access to records on more than 300,000 people and ... through a Baltimore hotel computer and then failed to delete the file ... <http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=291227&Category=5> Voters Advised To Implement Fraud Alert After Records Theft TheDenverChannel.com - Denver,CO,USA ... are 13 databases to consider -- everything from medical and insurance to criminal files. ... Remember that the records were missing in a move that was accomplished ... <http://www.thedenverchannel.com/call7forhelp/9359135/detail.html> Memorabilia of Barry Goldwater could be victim of time KVOA.com - Tucson,AZ,USA ... has yet to be cataloged and preserved, and the enemies of preservation _ air, humidity and time _ are slowly eroding history, said archivist Linda Whitaker of ... <http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=5017663&nav=HMO6HMaW> Getting in the money line Daily Mining Gazette - Houghton,MI,USA ... Erik Nordberg, MTU archivist and Michigan Humanities Council board member, said the council is sponsoring the workshop, and although it’s been five or six ... <http://www.mininggazette.com/stories/articles.asp?articleID=2333> Tobacco firm must produce legal records Legalbrief (subscription) - Durban,South Africa In a blow to tobacco companies, an Australian judge has found that British American Tobacco's controversial document retention policy was intended to conceal ... <http://www.legalbrief.co.za/article.php?story=20060612082610255> Civil War diary's release ends decadelong task Shreveport Times - Shreveport,LA,USA ... King's hand-penned document has been available to researchers since 1943, when it was purchased from a private owner by the Texas State Archives. <http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060612/NEWS0 1/606120311/1002/NEWS> FDC secret files stolen New Vision - Kampala,Uganda By Jude Etyang and Adam Alagiah. FDC is in shock from the alleged theft of confidential documents carrying minutes of the party’s secret meeting. <http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/503561> Dealing with data deluge GCN.com - Washington,DC,USA ... If documents are to be saved as text files (thus enabling text search and editing), optical character recognition software should be bundled into the system ... <http://www.gcn.com/print/25_15/40982-1.html> Peter A. Kurilecz Richmond, Va [log in to unmask] ________________________________________________________________________ Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and IM. All on demand. Always Free. 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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