[Genealib] CD-ROMs Revisited

[Mercedes Bleattler]

Hello,
  Often I buy CD ROM's because that's the only format
I can get the information in. This year we purchased
the GenLine Swedish database which is easier to
navigate if you first get your home parish information
from two CD's - Embias and the Swedish Emigrant. I am
also about to order several Irish CD's from Eneclann
Press. 
  In fact, this week I have been slowly loading our
over 500 CD's from our old Windows 98 computer which
used a caddy drive to our new PC. I thought I would
have to pitch some of the old Family Tree Makers but
so far they are all working.  We have limited our CD
access to only one of our three PC's. since they are
not as popular as they used to be. 
 I am also  lucky to have a full time city MIS person
assigned to the library who is very accommodating to
the needs of genealogists. 
Mercedes
--- Nancy Maxwell <nmaxwell at grapevine.lib.tx.us>
wrote:

> Good Day, List:
> 
> I'm going to resurrect the CD-ROM issue and ask if
> anyone out there has 
> a CD-ROM budget and/or buys them on a regular basis.
>  Our library 
> heartily endorses their purchase, and a lot of that
> has to do with 
> space-saving.  I even have a separate CD-ROM budget.
> 
> We also have a very supportive in-house systems
> administration whose 
> services I deeply appreciate, as I know what it's
> like to deal with this 
> media format in a library setting.  Besides the
> staff computer, we have 
> six PCs for public genealogical use.  I know how
> critical it is to have 
> systems support in this matter.  How much does
> systems support play into 
> whether or not you buy CDs?
> 
> We've talked here extensively about the future of
> data storage, and in 
> whatever format it takes, it will take the use of a
> computer to access 
> it.  Right now, CDs are a cheaper way to make books
> and other data 
> accessible.  Preservation will never cease to be an
> issue, and the 
> formats it takes will always be changing.  Who knows
> what lies beyond 
> the computer? For here and now, the CD seems to be
> the most 
> cost-effective way to go.
> 
> Anyway, that's my view.  If you buy these little
> disks, I'd be 
> interested to read your reasons for doing so.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Nancy
> 
> "Those who expect moments of change to be
> comfortable and free of 
> conflict have not learned their history."  ~Joan
> Wallach Scott
> 
> -- 
> 
> Nancy Maxwell, Genealogy Librarian
> 
> Frances Pittman Malcolm Genealogy Room
> 
> Grapevine Public Library
> 
> 1201 Municipal Way
> 
> Grapevine, TX 76051
> 
> Voice: 817-410-3429
> 
> Fax: 817-410-3084
> 
> E-mail: nmaxwell at grapevine.lib.tx.us
> 
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Mercedes Bleattler
Genealogy Librarian
Largo Library
120 Central Park Drive
Largo, Fl 33771
727-587-6748

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