What a coincidence.  Just yesterday I received a USB for a conference
proceedings from the International Association for Great Lakes Research.
I'm not certain what to do with it either.  I wish they had sent a
CD-ROM instead.

Barb

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Hello,

Has anyone come up with a solution for what to do with archives or
content
sent on CD-ROMS?  Do you simply store them (and how do you keep track of
them), do you catalog and make available, etc.  As part of one of our
journal subscriptions we receive a complimentary copy of the conference
proceedings which we received yesterday.  In an green initiative they
did
not send them out in paper format instead they used a USB drive.  After
we
stopped chuckling, we stared at it in bafflement.  We have no idea what
to
do with it.   It is not write protected.  I am not sure you can even
write
protect a USB drive. Does anyone encountered such before, or does anyone
have any suggestions?

Thanks.

Tracey Thompson

Acquisitions Librarian

New Mexico State University Library

MSC 3475 P.O. Box 30006

Las Cruces, NM 88003-8006

(p) 575-646-8093

(f) 575-646-7477