> So, to summarize, what I am hearing is this: electronic records are > merely a tool to facilitate gathering, manipulating, and accessing data on > your collections. Nothing yet devised in an electronic medium can take > the legal place of hard copy with actual signatures. > > Agreed?! Good, then this can stop (since we all agree). > > Claudia Nicholson > Curator > Museum Collections Department > Minnesota Historical Society > 345 Kellogg Blvd. W. > St. Paul, MN 55102-1906 > e-mail: [log in to unmask] > Phone: 651-297-7442 > FAX: 651-297-2967 >