LOOSE CHANGE: JANUARY 4, 2026

Robbers used a large drill to break into a German savings bank's vault room and steal cash, gold and jewelry worth some 30 million euros ($35 million), police said Tuesday.

The heist in the western city of Gelsenkirchen saw the thieves break into more than 3,000 safe deposit boxes, they said.

While the criminals remained at large, hundreds of distressed bank customers massed outside the branch on Tuesday demanding information, but were kept at bay by police.

According to police, the robbers drilled their way into the underground vault room of the Sparkasse savings bank from a parking garage.

Investigators suspect the gang spent much of the weekend inside, breaking open the deposit boxes.

To read the complete articles, see:
Police compare Germany bank vault robbery to an "Ocean's Eleven" heist (https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/police-compare-germany-bank-vault-161212260.html)
Thieves drill into a German bank vault and steal tens of millions of euros' worth of property (https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/thieves-drill-german-bank-vault-162431170.html)

Today on the blog we're tackling one of our most frequently asked questions: "Why don't you digitize everything?" and its related runner-up, "When will you be putting all your records on the web?"

As archivists we like these questions because they tell us that people are eager for access to archival records. They also show that people realize that not everything is digitized. Indeed only a tiny fraction of the world's primary resources are available digitally. This doesn't mean that undigitized records are inaccessible or not worth consulting, but you will need to visit us archivists to use them.

In this post we'll share some of the behind-the-scenes realities of digitizing and uploading rare materials. We hope this boosts awareness about some important facets of document digitization and sharing. One is the vast army of largely anonymous labourers out there whose work makes these valuable resources available. Another is the existence of the original records behind the images, which archivists continue to steward.

To read the complete article, see:
Why don't archivists digitize everything? (https://peelarchivesblog.com/2017/05/31/why-dont-archivists-digitize-everything/)

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