[Genealib] Re: No more remote access to HQ

[Rollie Littlewood]

At 08:47 PM on 6/16/2006 Laura Spurrier wrote:
 >Dick Eastman's blog implied that all public libraries in Calif. offer 
access to Heritage Quest.  I checked the link he offered to a list of 
such libraries and found it covered perhaps 25% of the state.  The rest 
of us are out of luck.  My local public library certainly doesn't offer 
it.  Perhaps coverage is better back east?

Two comments:

1) If one goes strictly from the list on 
<http://www.eogen.com/HeritageQuestOnline>, it would be technically 
correct that all residents of California can get free in-home access to 
HeritageQuest Online. However, as I scan that list, all of the 
California library systems mentioned require an onsite visit to get a 
library card.

2) Much more important, however, is recognition that the list on 
<http://www.eogen.com/HeritageQuestOnline> of library systems offering 
this access is far from complete. This list is a "wiki," not something 
maintained by Dick himself. There is no claim anywhere that it is 
complete. Rather, the list consists ONLY of items submitted by 
registered viewers of the Encyclopedia of Genealogy. How do I know 
that? I noticed a few days ago that the public library system which 
serves my home area and which has offered in-home access to 
HeritageQuest Online for several years is not in the list. Trying to be 
a good netizen, I sent a message to Dick Eastman asking him to add "my" 
library. His response was to clue me in about how the Encyclopedia works.

The bottom lines here:
1) Recognize that this list in question is far from complete
2) If your library system provides such access but is not on this list, 
consider adding it yourself.


   Rollie
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