[Genealib] RE: Declining use of collection

[Jack Simpson]

We've also seen a decline in genealogy researchers over the last 8 
years, and I agree with the points Eric made explaining decline in use.
Basically, over the past decade, many of the most-used genealogy sources 
in our collection have been digitized- because of this, users don't need 
to visit to use the most basic resources, such as the U.S. census.

Last year, though, we saw a slight rise in genealogy researchers. We 
started holding (and advertising) a free monthly orientation for 
genealogy users, and I think this was responsible for the increase in 
use. So if you don't have a regular orientation, you might try that.