Just a thought..... Perhaps the people at the library could require a "1 for 1" trade for people needing diskettes to use with the computer. That is, when a person comes in that needs to use the computer, instead of requiring them to "buy" a disk, just require them to "trade" for one that has been checked & found to be good (nothing on it). You could even require a 2 for 1 trade-in. Also, must be formatted & in good condition. Most people have diskettes by the dozens already, why have to buy more? It's no big deal one way or another.............Just a thought. BUT, I don't understand the thinking on not allowing one to bring their own "charts". Maybe someone could clear up the thinking on that one? Stan McKenzie wrote: > > Hi All, > Yep, I always thought genealogists were such friendly and helpful people. I just can't understand why anyone would take materials from a library. > I want to explain a little about our policy of having to buy a disk at the library. The reason is to prevent spreading a computer virus. You might not have one on your disk, but perhaps the last person did who used the computer and didn't even know it. The virus could infect not only the computer at the library, but everyone who uses the computer to download something to a disk. Then, when you take the disk home it will infect your computer. I know there a lot of anti-virus programs out there, but there are also always new virus being programed every day. We also have a lot of non- genealogists using the computer when a genealogist isn't using it. One man had it opening up to his home page when we turned the computer on. Of course we had to stop that. No one is supposed to be saving anything to that computer's hard drive. Always some kind of headache to deal with. > Mary McKenzie > Macoupin Co. Genealogical Society > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > I think being a smaller town it just took longer for the big bad world > to move in. It is a shame that this it what it has come to. I do > think that you should be able to bring in your family sheets and your > own dics. But the rest of it seems pretty reasonable. Of course when > you are used to the trust system it is hard to reconcile that there > are people out there who cannot be trusted. > > MJB > HOUSTON > > ==== ILMACOUP Mailing List ==== > To post a message so everyone on ILMACOUP-L or ILMACOUP-D receives it, > send the message to: > ILMACOUP-L@rootsweb.com > It will then be sent on to everyone in both ILMACOUP-L or ILMACOUP-D. > You don't need to send it explicitly to both. > > ==== ILMACOUP Mailing List ==== > To see who is researching your Macoupin County IL surname: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmacoup/m_surdex.htm