Volunteers are needed at the American Jewish Historical Society on the campus of Hebrew College to do preliminary processing of collections, scanning and digitizing of documents under the direction of the archivist. Duties will include: photograph sleeving, paperclip and staple removal, Xeroxing, refoldering of documents in acid-free folders, creating box lists, and scanning and indexing documents for digital research. No experience necessary; training will be provided. Help preserve local Jewish heritage while learning preservation techniques for your own family papers.

David Robichaud actually asks which is driving you nuts more: Non-stop coverage of Michael Jackson or non-stop coverage of the rain? Unfortunately, he doesn't seem to allow for a third answer: Both.

LeVeille isn't on WBZ 1030 this week and some anxious fans are wondering.

UPDATE: Just heard from one of those people in A Position to Know, who says there's nothing sinister going on: LeVeille had a cold last week and now he's on vacation: "He hasn't been purged again!"

Sure sounds like David Cohen wants to get into the news business and decide what goes on the front page. Cohen, who isn't running for re-election in large part because of the costs associated with a new Taj Mahal high school, defended a decision to bar a Tab photographer from a "public" viewing of the still unfinished building because Tab photos wouldn't have been "essential" to reporting on construction progress, Wicked Local Newton reports.

Adam Reilly notes the glee with which the Herald's Laurel Sweet covers the issue of pervs driving ice-cream trucks even though Sweet is forced to acknowledge that the problem is "incredibly, a rarity nationwide."

Just got word of a protest at 1 Herald Square at 4 over the Herald's "FADE TO BLACKO" cover today. Protesers say it was racist and offensive to Boston's black community:

Michael Jackson was an icon and should be respected!

If you were there, post a report.

Channel 4 has some of the best promos:

This just in from the Boston Newspaper Guild:

At approximately 11 p.m. this evening, the Boston Newspaper Guild reached a tentative agreement with the New York Times Company and Boston Globe management to achieve $10 million in cost savings through a variety of pay and benefit reductions. The tentative agreement includes a 5.94 percent salary reduction, modifications to contract language on job security and other concessions. In addition, the Boston Newspaper Guild has negotiated steps to help limit the financial hardship imposed on Guild members from the temporary implementation of a 23 percent pay cut. This agreement is subject to ratification by a vote of Guild members scheduled for July 20. Further details of this agreement will be made available to all Guild members as quickly as possible, and explained in detail at a general membership meeting scheduled for Wednesday, June 24.

Have you ever had to edit a Word doc with a group of committee members? If so, you know that by the time you get the original document back, it’s every color under the rainbow and all shred of continuity has been extinguished.

That’s usually the power of collaborative tools. And that’s why there are so many jokes about large committees not being able to accomplish anything.

As mentioned in an earlier post, I'm covering the Enterprise 2.0 Conference at the Westin Waterfront Hotel. And the only reason I'm able to upload my stories to Universal Hub are the EVDO access I have on my laptop.