Networking CD-ROMs

[Camille Del Vecchio]

	We load our CD Roms onto large ((Gig) hard drives.  It's fast and 
except for loading upgrades, painless.  We did this to avoid buying 
hardward that would be obsolete with the arrival of DVDs.

  "My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to 
say, and then to say it with the utmost levity." G.B. Shaw

Camille DelVecchio
Penfield Public Library
1985 Baird Road
Penfield, NY 14526
716 383-0500

On Tue, 23 Sep 1997, Sue Swanson wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> I am new to this list, so please forgive me if this is a rehash of familiar
> territory. 
> 
> The Brandeis University Libraries currently use a Novell network with two
> sets of towers supporting over 60 CDs and networked to a limited number of
> workstations in two buildings on campus.  In addition, we use an antiquated
> "juke-box" system housing over 150 CD's that is accessed from several "stand
> alone" workstations in the Main Library.
> 
> We need to upgrade our hardware and are wondering what other libraries are
> currently doing with CD-ROMs. Are people still using towers?  What success
> have you had with newer technologies (access through webpage, etc.)?
> Particularly with technology supporting 200+ disks?  
> 
> We are also interested in increasing accessibility campus-wide (beyond the
> on-site only LAN and stand alone stations).  What is your experience with
> that (technological issues, not licensing restrictions)?
> 
> Thank-you in advance for any experiences you can share!
> 
> Sue Swanson,
> for the Technology Infrastructure Task Force
> Brandeis University Libraries
> 
> 
> 
> *****************************************************************************
> Susan E. Swanson
> Reference Librarian
> Brandeis University Libraries
> 415 South Street                        telephone: (781) 736-4689
> Waltham, MA  02254-9110                 e-mail:  swanson at brandeis.edu
> 
>