RAIN 060730 Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories related to records and archives management. Protocol Signed to Open Nazi Victims Archives to Researchers Deutsche Welle - Germany ... green light. Once signed, the protocol still needs to be ratified by all signatory states before the archives can be opened. The ... <http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2110569,00.html> Pastry theft could represent millions in foodie espionage New Zealand Herald - New Zealand ... a solicitor with Lowndes Jordan, says: "The flip side is that theft of information ... Act three years ago mean anyone convicted of stealing trade secrets faces a ... <http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=3&ObjectID=10393678> Stankovic: Get on the records exclusive Wilkes Barre Times-Leader - Wilkes Barre,PA,USA ... a special record-improvement fund that could help preserve the documents and improve ... into the fund since March 1998, said county Recorder of Deeds Mary Dysleski ... <http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/15151463.htm> Southern Illinoisan, Sat, 29 Jul 2006 10:12 PM PDT Archivist faces daunting task at SIUC http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2006/07/30/top/17072392.txt CARBONDALE - The far end of a storage building outside Carbondale's northeast side is where Walter D. Ray will spend the next few years piecing together the career histories of noted politicians, like the late Sen. Paul Simon, U.S. Rep. Ken Gray, and former U.S. Rep. Glenn Poshard, as they are told through political writings. The barbs are flying across the Delaware. Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia,PA,USA ... EBay postings led police to Shawn Aubitz, curator at the National Archives' Philadelphia vaults, who stole hundreds of documents in the 1990s. ... <http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/states/pennsylvania/counti es/montgomery_county/15156779.htm> Tiny portable memory drives can cause big computer security risks Sun Publications Chicago - Chicago,IL,USA ... The devices can also introduce viruses to the network – viruses that can delete company records, slow system response time and cause downtime. <http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/sunpub/naper/business/6_3_NA30_DOLLAR SSENSE_S10730.htm> $3 Bill Printing Plates on Auction Block FOX News - USA ... plates were packed up and left in storage until 2004, when the collection was purchased for an undisclosed price by John Albanese of Archival Collectibles of ... <http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2006Jul30/0,4670,HistoricEngravings,00.html > Fires Prompt Users to Hasten Hunt for Backup Alternatives Computerworld - Framingham,MA,USA ... and document management software from Interwoven Inc. to create an archival system that is projected to go live in a couple of months, Roberts said. ... <http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxo nomyName=security&articleId=112538&taxonomyId=17> Preserving the past Loveland Herald Reporter - Loveland,CO,USA ... The documents fill 14 record storage boxes, which historical society officials and Vaughan, a trained archivist, must carefully sort, decide what to keep and ... <http://www.lovelandfyi.com/region-story.asp?ID=6223> BBC News, Sun, 30 Jul 2006 6:24 AM PDT Helpers sought for archive move http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/cumbria/5228834.stm Volunteers are needed to catalogue and re-wrap thousands of historical documents in a Cumbrian archive. Milford Daily News, Sat, 29 Jul 2006 11:46 PM PDT Warning memo goes missing http://www.milforddailynews.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=96532 BOSTON -- Officials at a Big Dig construction company have been unable to locate a memo a safety officer said he wrote in 1999 warning his superiors that portions of a tunnel's ceiling could collapse, according to a newspaper report. Data from Sentry Insurance stolen, sold ASSOCIATED PRESS STEVENS POINT, Wis. - Personal information on 72 worker's compensation claimants was stolen from Sentry Insurance's Stevens Point office and later sold over the Internet, the company says. <http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/local/15157652.htm > 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. 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]>