> 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
>