At the MCN/CIDOC conference in Washimgton this August there wwas a session titled "Today's Automation Technologies in TomorrowU's Museum" which provided an interesting outline of the possibilities that bar codes are offering to m useums. "Jud Miner (Datapage Technologies International) and Donald Flynn (Welch Allyn Data Collection Division) referred to the directions in which symbology design is moving today and to the cost effective ways that bar code automation offers for performing inventory control, keeping security records , assisting transfer of objects, tracking visitor information, etc. Johanna Humphrey (Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History) showed at an impressive presentation how the bar-coding of catalogue numbers assisted the effective and rapid transfer of the museumUs large ethnographic and archaeological collection to new storage areas.". The above is a quote from the report that I wrote for the conference.. Looking in my notes I found one of the addresses: Datapage Technologies 22 Turner Boulevard ST Peters, MO 63376-1079 (314) 278-8888 FAX: (314) 278-2180 I hope that this helps *************************************************************************** Maria Economou Linacre College Tel: +44.865.724165 University of Oxford Fax: +44.865.271668 OXFORD OX1 3JA, UK E-mail: [log in to unmask] ***************************************************************************