[Genealib] CD-ROMs Revisited

[Beth Oljace]

We discontinued our CD/ROM budget this year.  We bought them and they 
are nice and there are a few we use A LOT (thank you, Heritage Quest, 
for the Indiana WPA records), but mostly the customers just don't use 
them.

Beth E. Oljace
Indiana Room Librarian
Anderson Public Library

-----Original Message-----
From: Nancy Maxwell <nmaxwell at grapevine.lib.tx.us>
To: Librarians Serving Genealogists <genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 12:12:36 -0500
Subject: [Genealib] CD-ROMs Revisited

> 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
> 
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> 
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> 
> E-mail: nmaxwell at grapevine.lib.tx.us
> 
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