[Genealib] CD Caddies

[Linda van der Veur]

Thanks Kathy.  How do you get the computer to look at a hard drive for the data rather than ask for the CD?  I've looked at the viewing programs that are associated with the particular CDs and haven't been able to redirect them to the hard drive where the data is stored.  

Linda
Napa Valley Genealogy Society
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: kql 
  To: Librarians Serving Genealogists 
  Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 4:02 PM
  Subject: Re: [Genealib] CD Caddies


  Linda van der Veur wrote:
  > We have been using CD Caddies for years to access our collection of over 
  > 350 CDs.
  >  
  > How are other libraries handling the problems of patrons using the CDs, 
  > especially with the possibility of damage since they will be physically 
  > touching the CDs?  
  >  
  > Are there wall storage units that work well for libraries or are 
  > binders/books a better option? 

  Sounds like you could benefit from a network attached storage (NAS) 
  device.  It's basically a huge hard drive (500-1000 GB), onto which you 
  copy all your CDs.  Because it's attached to the network, all your 
  computers should then be able to access the data from the NAS, rather 
  than having to handle the actual CDs.  They're not all that expensive-- 
  about the cost of a computer or less.  You might want to talk to your IT 
  person about the technical details.

  Kathy
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