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e-doc 05/2001
Back to the future for archives
http://www.edocmagazine.com/edocdis.cfm?ID=99

by Dan Lucarini
The use of the Web to deliver content to outsiders will create a huge need
for electronic records management. As the new AIIM - Gartner industry study
released at the AIIM 2001 Conference illustrates, Web and enterprise
applications are hungry for content of all kinds.
One of the pleasant surprises in the Gartner report was the continuing
recognition of records management/archival as a crucial piece of the
enterprise content management solution.


Akron Beacon Journal 4/27/01
Academy in Hudson celebrates birthday
At 175, Western Reserve has past rich in tradition
http://www.ohio.com/bj/news/docs/000152.htm

by William Canterbury
HUDSON: It prides itself on its ``brick row'' of 19th-century buildings, its
revered green spaces, its rigorous academic and athletic traditions and its
renowned graduates.
For all these reasons and others, Western Reserve Academy in Hudson started
this week to mark its 175th birthday. It is the oldest private boarding and
day school west of the Alleghenies.


Auction Watch 4/25/01
Coca-Cola to offer Rockwell prints on eBay
http://www.auctionwatch.com/awdaily/dailynews/april01/2-042501.html

by Andy Roe
One of the oldest brands is turning to one of the newest: The Coca-Cola
Company will auction a limited run of four different Norman Rockwell
lithograph sets on eBay.


Charleston Daily Mail 4/26/01
State capitol's plans for sale on eBay
State archivist vows to buy sketches
http://www.dailymail.com/news/News/2001042622/

by Vicki Smith
Associated Press
MORGANTOWN -- Purchasing rules won't stop Frederick Armstrong. Budget
constraints? Phooey!
The keeper of West Virginia's archives will do what it takes to win what he
says the state should rightfully own: Architect Cass Gilbert's original 1921
plans for the gold-domed Capitol in Charleston.


Canada Newswire 4/26/01
City of Toronto given major historical collection
http://www.newswire.ca/releases/April2001/26/c8610.html

TORONTO, April 26 /CNW/ - The City of Toronto is pleased to announce that it
has been given the Larry Becker Collection, one of the largest and most
valuable private collections of material ever assembled to document the
history and culture of Canada's largest city.


San Jose Mercury News 4/27/01
Company, exec plead guilty to trade secret theft
http://www0.mercurycenter.com/premium/business/docs/secrets27.htm

by Howard Mintz
A Fremont company and one of its executives Thursday pleaded guilty in
federal court to stealing trade secrets from Mountain View-based Acuson in a
case that also implicates a technology firm in China.


Contra Costa Times 4/27/01
Forgotten castle plans discovered
<http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/california/stories/hrstcastle_20010427
.htm>

Associated Press
SACRAMENTO -- Four forgotten pencil drawings of Hearst Castle in San Simeon
have been found in a storage room at the state Department of Parks and
Recreation.
A land surveyor charged with cleaning the room in preparation for the
department's move to a new location was sifting through hundreds of drawings
when he found the plans, which are signed by their famous creator, architect
Julia Morgan.


The Telegraph 4/27/01
France faces truth on its bloody past in Algeria
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=003864436460684&rtmo=0xbiNriq&atmo=rrrrrrrq
&pg=/et/01/4/27/walg27.html

by Harry de Quetteville in Paris
FRANCE took another step towards confronting its bloody past in Algeria
yesterday by opening its archives on the former colony's war of
independence.
The move came as the French Prime Minister, Lionel Jospin, said a memorial
would be built to the French soldiers who died in the fighting. The tribute,
to be unveiled on the right bank of the Seine next year, will bear the names
of all 24,000 French soldiers who died in Algeria between 1954 and 1962.
About half a million Algerians also died in the war.


Wired News 4/27/01
Google restores Deja view
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,43392,00.html

by Michelle Delio
The porn is back. The chronicles of many nasty flamewars are back, too. And
everything you ever said in Usenet, back before you had a real job or kids
to worry about, has now returned to haunt you.
Popular Internet search site Google has made more than 500-million archived
Usenet messages -- an archive dating back to 1995 -- available online again.



CNET News.com 4/27/01
Google slowly revives Deja archives
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-5753885.html?tag=lh

by Stefanie Olsen
Google has cracked open a lockbox filled with millions of newsgroup
conversations, dated to 1995, nearly three months after the popular search
service bought the collection from now-defunct Deja.com.
Late Thursday night, Google made available more than 650 million messages
from Usenet--a bulletin board discussion area linked off the Internet. By
adding the archive to a "beta," or test, version of the revamped service,
Google is taking its first step to fully restore postings many Internet
users have come to depend on for research and communication about special
interests.


The Register 4/27/01
Google restores Usenet archives, plans posting
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/18584.html

by Andrew Orlowski
San Francisco
Google overnight yanked the Deja backup tape out from under the Foosball
table, where it had been propping up that wobbly leg, and now much of Deja's
historic Usenet archive is online again.
Google also plans to add the ability to post Usenet message by mid-May,
company spokesman David Krane told us.


Naples Daily News 4/27/01
Legislature: Senate approves hiring presidents in partial secrecy
http://www.naplesnews.com/01/04/florida/d619475a.htm

Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE - A bill that would protect the identities of candidates for
state university president was changed Thursday by the full Senate to allow
some disclosure.
The legislation (CS-SB 894) was then added to the list of bills ready for
final passage.


US Newswire 4/25/01
National Archives appoints new Kennedy Library Director
http://www.usnewswire.com/topnews/Current_Releases/0425-124.html

COLLEGE PARK, Md., April 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Archivist of the
United States John W. Carlin announced today the appointment of
Deborah Leff as the new director of the John F. Kennedy
Presidential Library in Boston, Mass.


New York Post 4/27/01
Spitzer hopes bid to boot Hale will her 'House'
http://www.nypost.com/04272001/commentary/39054.htm

by Jack Newfield
NOW is the time to clean house at Hale House.
And, The Post has learned, Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has set his sights
on removing Lorraine Hale as the president of the beleaguered charity, now
that officials have privately admitted some "civil" wrongdoing.
The bold - and necessary - move to oust Hale would open the door to a total
restructuring of the Harlem charity, with new people at the top.
Yesterday at 2:30 p.m., lawyers representing the discredited Harlem charity
gave Spitzer two inches of subpoenaed financial and banking records.


New York Times 4/27/01
Cyber Law Journal: Does an anti-piracy plan quash the First Amendment?
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/27/technology/27CYBERLAW.html

by Carl S. Kaplan
There's a long-accepted notion in the publishing world that between the
right of an author to control the uses of his book and the right of a reader
to engage in free speech is the safety valve known as "fair use."
The fair use doctrine under copyright law permits uncompensated use of
copyrighted works in some circumstances, such as in teaching, research and
news gathering. Thanks to fair use, a reporter can quote portions of a
newsworthy letter in an article and a scholar can use parts of a poem in a
dissertation.



Washington Post 4/26/01
Logging On: Uncopyable CD strikes the wrong note
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9206-2001Apr26.html

by Rob Pegoraro
Consumers love the compact disc, but the recording industry doesn't always
feel the same love for the humble CD. Sure, it's cheap and sounds good --
but it's also cheap and easy to duplicate and share with a few hundred
million friends and family members on the Internet.


BBC News 4/28/01
Jewish cemetery archive for the web
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/monitoring/media_reports/newsid_13000
00/1300447.stm

by Gabi Bolton
Jaroslav Achab Haidler has an ambitious project. He wants to map all the
remaining 334 Jewish cemeteries in the Czech Republic and publish the
archive for posterity on the web.


Boston Globe 4/8/01
Access denied
Public records are treated like private property by many local officials, a
survey finds
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/098/west/Access_denied%2b.shtml

by Sean Patrick Lyons
William Morris repeatedly asked for copies of plans from a street repair
project in front of his Wayland home. For nearly a year, town officials all
but ignored his requests.
Donna McDaniel wanted to read through minutes of a public meeting she had
missed last August in Southborough. In December, she was told the document
was still being compiled and could not be released.


Washington Post 4/28/01
EPA computer files were erased
Judge had ordered agency to preserve records for lawsuit
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13117-2001Apr27.html

Associated Press
Electronic computer files of top Environmental Protection Agency officials
under President Bill Clinton were erased in January, despite a lawsuit by a
conservative legal group to preserve records.
Craig Lawrence, an assistant U.S. attorney, told U.S. District Judge Royce
C. Lamberth yesterday the computer storage drives of former EPA
administrator Carol M. Browner and a top aide were erased by a contractor
just before Clinton left office on Jan. 20.


Nando 4/28/01
Former EPA officials computer files erased, attorney says
http://www.nando.com/noframes/story/0,2107,500477089-500733047-504195129-0,0
0.html

by David Pace
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (April 28, 2001 1:02 a.m. EDT) - A contractor in January erased
computer files of top Environmental Protection Agency officials under former
President Clinton, despite a judge's order to preserve records sought in a
lawsuit by a conservative legal group.
Craig Lawrence, an assistant U.S. attorney, told U.S. District Judge Royce
Lamberth on Friday that the computer storage drives of former EPA
Administrator Carol Browner and three of her top aides were erased by a
contractor just before Clinton left office Jan. 20.


Bradenton Herald 4/28/01
Florida high court says newspaper can see hospital's records
http://braden.infi.net/content/bradenton/2001/04/28/local/0428scofla_l11w.ht
m

Associated Press
DAYTONA BEACH - In a decision that could affect the battle over racing
legend Dale Earnhardt's autopsy photos, the Florida Supreme Court has upheld
a newspaper's right to examine public records from a hospital.
The Daytona Beach News-Journal had asked the court to determine whether a
state public-records law could be applied retroactively. The law, passed by
the Legislature in 1998, exempted from the state's Sunshine laws records
from public hospitals leased to private corporations


NewsFlash 4/28/01
Chester firm buys huge online news archive
http://www.syracuse.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?n0563
_BC_VT--OnlineArchive&&news&newsflash-newyork-syr

Associated Press
CHESTER, Vt. (AP) -- NewsBank Inc. has acquired a major online newspaper
archive system from the Knight Ridder communications company.
The NewsLibrary "pay-per-view" Web site went online from Chester on
Thursday.


The Times Argus 4/28/01
NewsBank acquires online archive from Knight Ridder
http://timesargus.nybor.com/Story/25249.html

by Donna Moxley
CHESTER - In a move that makes it possible to link the news archives of
NewsBank Inc. to a mass audience, the company has acquired a major online
newspaper archive system from the Knight Ridder communications company.


New York Times 4/28/01
S.E.C. seeks data on trading of initial offerings
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/28/business/28DEAL.html?searchpv=nytToday

by Patrick McGeehan
Securities regulators are gathering information from Wall Street firms in a
new inquiry into whether prices of offerings of new stock were manipulated
at the height of the 1990's stock boom.


New York Times 4/28/01
U.S. pushes envelopes on financial privacy
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-tech-privacy-fin.html?searchp
v=reuters

Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans who keep a bank account, own stocks, or
have an insurance policy, and that's most of the population, have got mail.
Lots of it.
Working under a deadline of July 1, U.S. financial services companies have
been sending out a tidal wave of mail telling customers how their personal
information is collected and protected, and to give limited control over how
it is used.
Simply tossing the notices in the trash -- an understandable response to the
coming paper onslaught -- could cost consumers the chance to keep the
details of their financial lives out of the hands of telemarketers and other
outside firms.


Science Daily 4/28/01
Purdue Team develops watermark to protect electronic documents
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/04/010427071702.htm

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Using watermarks to preserve the integrity of printed
documents dates back 2000 years. Research by a pair of Purdue University
professors could bring that time-tested method into the electronic age.



St. Petersburg Times 4/28/01
High court ruling buoys opponents of Earnhardt law
http://www.sptimes.com/News/042801/State/High_court_ruling_buo.shtml

by Lucy Morgan
TALLAHASSEE -- The Florida Supreme Court has reaffirmed the right of
Floridians to have access to public records in a case where a hospital tried
to claim an exemption was retroactive.


Toronto Star 4/28/01
Fight over PM's papers headed to top court
<http://www.thestar.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=the
star/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=988342389038&call_page=TS_Canada&cal
l_pageid=968332188774&call_pagepath=News/Canada&col=968350116467>

by Valerie Lawton
Ottawa Bureau
OTTAWA - The Prime Minister's Office is asking the Supreme Court to overturn
a ruling giving the federal information watchdog the right to see Jean
Chrétien's agenda books and other documents.


Toronto Star 4/27/01
PMO wants court ruling on agenda books
<http://www.thestar.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=the
star/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=988342338982&call_page=TS_Canada&cal
l_pageid=968332188774&call_pagepath=News/Canada&col=968350116467>

OTTAWA (CP) - Jean Chretien's office is going to the Supreme Court to try to
protect his agenda books and staff from scrutiny by the information
watchdog, sources said today.


York Daily Record 4/28/01
Judge orders city to open riot-era records
http://www.ydr.com/riot/riot0428c.shtml

by Rick Lee
A York County judge has ordered the city of York to resume looking for
documents requested by local newspapers concerning police records from a
eight-year period spanning the 1969 race riots.


New York Times 4/29/01
Obituary: Dan Lacy, 87, an expert on copyright law, is dead
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/29/obituaries/29LACY.html?searchpv=nytToday

Dan Lacy, a former executive of the McGraw-Hill Companies and a nationally
recognized expert on copyright law, died on April 17 at a retirement home in
Durham, N.C. He was 87.


Los Angeles Times 4/28/01
Pomona College war veterans share experiences
http://www.latimes.com/communities/news/pomona_valley/20010428/tiv0013645.ht
ml

by Rene Luna
CLAREMONT -- With hair gone gray, their gaits more deliberate than when they
trod the grounds as undergraduates, Pomona College veterans of World War II
reunited to share experiences during a two-day program of oral history
during Alumni Weekend.


New York Times 4/29/01
On the  Trail of Television's lost treasures
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/29/arts/29EVER.html?searchpv=nytToday

by David Everitt
Last fall the maintenance staff at City Center in Manhattan pried open a
painted-over closet and uncovered a treasure trove. Squirreled inside were
boxes full of scripts and other documents stored there by Max Liebman,
producer of "Your Show of Shows." The discovery was an extraordinary
pop-culture windfall. But in a way it was nothing unusual.


The Rutland Herald 4/29/01
Bill would let abuse victims keep addresses secret
http://rutlandherald.nybor.com/News/State/Story/25304.html

MONTPELIER - The Vermont Senate is expected next week to approve a measure
that would help victims of domestic abuse hide from their attackers.
Under the plan passed by the House, victims of domestic violence and
stalking would be able to list a state government address on public
documents rather than their street addresses. They would also be able to
route their first-class mail through this government address.

Peter A. Kurilecz CRM, CA
Manager, Records Management Group
Woodside Summit Group Inc
Midlothian, Virginia
Office: 804-744-1247 x23
Fax: 804-744-4947
mailto:peter.kurilecz@woodsidesummitgroup.com

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