hi ya chris On 05/31/16 at 08:53pm, Ca By wrote:

On Tuesday, May 31, 2016, Chris Costa <ccosta92630@gmail.com> wrote:

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Looking to develop a technical library for about 15 staff members all under the same roof. Subject matter would focus around Juniper/Junos, TCP/IP, dwdm, python, java, and expand from there. The O'reilly Safari service looks rather comprehensive, although at $400/user there may be more value

$400 is good for around 5-8 new books ..

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buying hard copies and own them outright (or at least until they walk away).

books are like paper clips and pens .. somehow they grow legs and like to play hide-n-seek

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Are there other online resources that offer a good value? Other experiences weighing the pros and cons?

i'm one that say "owning" is better than renting under some cases .. - books is best owned because you probably have to look up the subject matter again and again, or put it into your online notes - usually, books comes with examples on DVD, or at least the ones i get - oreilly series, sam's, dummy series, IDG series, one can go broke :-) i have most of the common topics, but not cisco/juniper type stuff and most all books have been in dozens of boxes since moving and not unpacked - google is always good resource but filtering thru various posts/blogs implies you know what you're looking for - barns n noble is usually good for quick browsing - computer literacy is always good ( sf bay area ), not sure if they still around, similarly for digital guru

I have always used the public library, libraries i am familiar with have ebook offerings that are comparable to safari if not safari itself

public libraries are seriously lacking "good techie books" stuff university libraries are good too, but not sure if they let anybody browse another option .. everybody contributes to your "wiki" with pertinent info of what you were expecting to find in the "rent-a-book" services happy reading ( n comprehension ) alvin # # DDoS-Mitigator.net # DDoS-Simulator.net #