RAIN 060615
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
related to records and archives management.

Czech restorers to save old prints in Iraq
Prague Daily Monitor - Prague,Czech Republic
Prague, June 14 (CTK) - Three Czech restorers from the National Archive
will leave for Iraq on Thursday to help save valuable old prints from
the Iraqi ...
<http://www.praguemonitor.com/ctk/?story_id=w34593i20060615;story=Czech-r
estorers-to-save-old-prints-in-Iraq>

Clark County sheriff: Accused official getting special treatment
KESQ - Palm Desert,CA,USA
LAS VEGAS Clark County Recorder Frances Deane's getting preferential 
treatment
after being charged with selling public documents and pocketing the 
money.
<http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=5034764&nav=9qrx>

Deane faces felony counts
Las Vegas Review-Journal - Las Veagas,NV,USA
... a "title plant" operated by Clark County Title Services. ... is 
jointly
owned by all Las Vegas title companies ... Employees in the Recorder's
Office grew suspicious of ...
<http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jun-14-Wed-2006/news/7950698
.html>

DigiGuard Comes To The Mountain
IDM.net.au - Strawberry Hills,NSW,Australia
... This is Iron Mountain's second acquisition in the Asia Pacific 
region,
building on its October 2005 purchase of Pickfords Records Management.
<http://www.idm.net.au/story.asp?id=7240>

Oracle unveils 'content management for the masses'
TMCnet - USA
(InfoWorld Daily Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Oracle has unveiled two 
tools
to provide users of its database with content and records management 
capabilities.
<http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-oracle-unveils-content-management-the-mas
ses-/2006/06/14/1683462.htm>

Counter-disaster fever infects records and archives sector
Philippine Information Agency - Philippines
Tacloban City (June 15) –- A seminar on Records and Archives Counter
disaster Planning will be conducted by the Records Management and 
Archives
Office on ...
<http://www.pia.gov.ph/news.asp?fi=p060615.htm&no=24>


Health insurance provider fighting request for records
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - GA, USA
... an attorney for South Georgia Physicians Association, said the 
Department
of Community Health first responded to his March 30 open records request
by saying it ...
<http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/0615meshunited.html>

Former German POW to give relics to Tech
Shreveport Times - Shreveport,LA,USA
... The Camp Ruston Collection includes copies of National Archives 
records,
maps and aerial surveys of the area, contemporary snapshots of the camp,
artwork ...
<http://www.shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060615/BREAK
INGNEWS/60615007>

Historical society to digitize and share its collection
The Chronicle - USA
Chester — The Chester Historical Society is in the process of digitizing
the artifacts from its collection, and sharing them via the Hudson River
Valley ...
<http://www.strausnews.com/articles/2006/06/15/the_chronicle/news/9.txt>

New e-discovery rules go into effect in December
Computerworld - USA
... In general, the resulting 300+-page document describing of the new
e ... The discussion must encompass retention practices, they types of
records required and their ...
<http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxo
nomyName=standards_legal_issues&articleId=9001219&taxonomyId=146>

Witness: Sorich ordered files erased
Chicago Sun-Times - United States
... DEFENSE: The defense contends the files were erased to help 
then-Ald.
Patrick Huels and that Sorich actually helped turn over some documents.
...
<http://www.suntimes.com/output/hired/cst-nws-hired152.html>

Avid collector donated his archives Tributes
Kansas City Star - MO,USA
... In 1986 he donated his collection of 42,000 sound recordings — worth
at that time $250,000 — to UMKC and started the Marr Sound Archives
located in the ...
<http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/14820105.htm>


Town of Ithaca gets a history lesson
Ithaca Journal - Ithaca,NY,USA
... Through a state archives records management grant, the five students
have been working since late last year to transcribe and compile 
highlights
from the ...
<http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060615/NEWS
01/606150304/1002/NEWS01>

County microfim department leads by example
The Kankakee Valley Post-News - Domotte,IN,USA
... millimeter film. One copy is sent to state archives in case of a 
disaster
and the other is kept at the Microfilm department. “It ...
<http://www.kvpostnews.com/articles/2006/06/15/news/news04.txt>

Getting The New York Times More Search Engine Friendly
Search Engine Watch - USA
... says open content consists of more than 20 million documents from 
the
papers, including general ... In all, 97% of the overall site ends up
classified as open ...
<http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3613561>

The Hawaiiana Market: Seafarer's Journal Brings $52,900 at Swann ...
Maine Antique Digest - Waldoboro,ME,USA
... Besides surfing books, magazines, magazine articles, posters, 
cartoons,
and artworks, DeLaVega's collection includes vintage glass negatives and
slides, for ...
<http://www.maineantiquedigest.com/articles/jun06/hawaii0606.htm>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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