Ancestry Access Glasgow

nelmit · Post by **nelmit** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 5:12 pm

Just in case some of you don't already know Glasgow City now have free Ancestry access at any library with your ticket.

Regards,
Annette

Post by **Merlot** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 8:51 pm

Thanks for that Annette, might have a trip to the library this week then.

Merlot

WilmaM · Post by **WilmaM** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:27 pm

Hmmmmmmm

I wonder if I can persuade my dad to get himself a ticket

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:59 pm

Hi Wilma
You don't need to live in the area to apply for a Glasgow libraries ticket at the Mitchell...I don't live in the area but I applied for a ticket one day when at the Mitchell Library; the main reason at the time being because it lets me use the PCs when I'm there to check email, TS posts etc. (the ticket covers use of any Glasgow City Library) It also lets me connect to their network when I'm there with my laptop, so I can take a break, have a coffee (and a slice of carrot cake) and check email!

You just turn up, fill in a form and that's it! You certainly could not do the same in Dundee last time I tried - you needed to either live or work there, but that was many years ago, so maybe things have changed.

Best wishes
Lesley

nelmit · Post by **nelmit** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 11:53 pm

Merlot wrote:Thanks for that Annette, might have a trip to the library this week then.

Merlot

Now don't forget we have books you can borrow too!

Regards,
Annette

WilmaM · Post by **WilmaM** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:02 am

I hope the Falkirk libraries get in on the act soon too, we've a lovely new one in Polmont now.

Post by **paddyscar** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:31 am

Access to Ancestry online will be made available at all Ontario (Canada) libraries in the coming year as part of a special grant from the Ministry of Citizenship and Culture.

Watch for it, at a library near you!

Paddyscar

Montrose Budie · Post by **Montrose Budie** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 7:34 pm

Before anyone nips down to their local library and suggests that they sign up to Ancestry, note that the annual subscription for the Ancestry Library Edition is $1,735 (currently ca. £1,200), - it goes down by 50% for libraries serving a population area of 50,000 or less.

Ancestry used to turn a blind eye to situations where a library staff member signed up for a personal subscription, and then made it available to library patrons, but this no longer appears to be the case.

Ancestry have developed a joint venture with a company by the name of ProQuest, - see http://www.proquest.co.uk/en-UK/catalog ... /ale.shtml .

mb