[These posts are in response to the following question.]
I am trying to gather information on the
importance of cd-roms in library collections.
With the advent of the Internet and the move to dvd
technology, do you still feel that cd-roms are worth
acquiring? Also, what types of information
do you feel is better when presented on cd-rom
than on the Internet. Any insights would be
helpful. I work in a small library in Lyndonville,
Vermont.
Thank you. Cheryl McMahon
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#1
From: John Abbott <abbottjp_at_appstate.edu>
Functionality sometimes varies between the cdrom
product and the web product, perhaps because the
cdrom db is installed in an environment that it 'knows'
and has more local control than in the web application.
With the ATLA database, our phil/rel faculty have
discovered the cdrom version has better Biblical verse
searching power than any of the web implementations.
My memory is that Current Contents on disc has reprint
request printing capabilities that are not available
on the web version.
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#2
From: Anthony W Ferguson <ferguson_at_columbia.edu>
Assuming that the price of web access and cdrom
were the same, we would go for the web since our
users would have much broader accesss from
wherever they are at. If web access is more
expensive and the user community is small, I
would favor cdroms. If the user community is
large, I would favor web acces. tony
Received on Thu Jul 27 2000 - 06:17:44 EDT