Each issue of the MCN newsletter, SPECTRA, has a HELP! section where members post questions relating to issues of museum computing. For the last few months these questions have been posted to museum-l with very helpful responses. The latest series of questions follows. Please indicate if your response should be directly only to the inquirer or if it may be published in SPECTRA. Thank you. Katherine Jones-Garmil MCN Program Director Questions: 1. Given that many museums only have resources for one 'computer person', what is the typical job description for a Museum Information Systems administrator? What background or qualifications should she or he have? 2. What is a typical job description for database managers (with regard to collections management systems)? How are some institutions maintaining a database without the support of a MIS administrator? Or, if they have one, where does the maintenance of the collections management database fall with respect to MIS staff and registrars? 3. What level of computer knowledge and/or expertise is becoming necessary for registrars and other museum staff? 4. What is the importance of client-server, distributed and relations database technologies to collection management databases?