non-electronic Robbin Murphy had asked about using^bulletin boards for visitors to post things on. The nearest to this I have worked with is visitor feedback boards. When I started out as a lowly audience research intern at the National Museum of American History (Smithsonian Institution), my job was to maintain the Exhibition Preview Area where we had displays previewing future exhibits and asking for visitors' comments or suggestions (i.e., what would you want to know about this topic?, etc). We provided pencils and paper (pre-printed "Your Views" notebooks held in plastic wall brackets). During busy weeks I had to go through once or twice a day to replace pencils (DO NOT PUT OUT NICE NEW #2 PENCILS) and pick up trash out of the plastic holders. Most museums do not get the traffic that NMAH does, but letting visitors have run of a space WITHOUT staff maintenance can leave a room looking very forlorn. We got a lot of helpful information from visitors (directly or indirectly) but also learned that giving kids of a certain age paper and pencil and anonymity leads to less than helpful feedback involving four-letter words and anatomical drawings, and someone on staff has to keep the boards in order everyday.cg This may not exactly answer the question about using bulletin boards, but I hope this reply is of some use. Carolyn Brady [log in to unmask] MA program in Public History Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis