Virtual CD - In libraries

Using CDs and DVDs in your library is easy and trouble-free with Virtual CD and the Virtual CD Network Management Server

Making CDs and DVDs available for library visitors and staff can involve a lot of work—and sometimes even trouble. CDs get lost, damaged or even stolen from the library.

Thanks to Virtual CD, there is an easy and flexible solution to all these problems.

Virtual CD copies your CDs and DVDs to the hard drives of your network PCs, or on your central file server. Each workstation can access up to 23 different virtual CDs at the same time - and the original physical CDs do not even have to be at hand.

Virtual CD – the leading CD-ROM emulator

Virtual CD is the most sophisticated CD emulator available and is used by some of the largest libraries worldwide, and a growing number of small to mid-size libraries as well.

Besides the use in libraries Virtual CD has replaced hardware-based CD-ROM-servers in many sectors. From IT and Telco companies to the chemical industry (incl. companies like Bayer, BASF) or international government institutions Virtual CD is used to make CD-ROMs and CD-ROM based applications available on workstations without the distribution of physical media.

Virtual CD – key-benefits

A virtual CD behaves just like the original CD-ROM, except that it loads and runs much faster—comparable to a 200x CD physical drive! Virtual CD is ideal for use with all types of educational CDs, encyclopaedia, multimedia CDs, and more.

No longer will your original CDs get lost or damaged. What's more, the tedious task of distributing and collecting CD-ROMS is a thing of the past, so you have more time for more important work.

Using Virtual CD and Virtual CD Network Management Server, you have everything under control:

• Insert each virtual CD centrally on the workstations exactly when you want them to have it.
• Prevent access to the virtual CDs when necessary
• Block the emulated CD drives on any of the workstations as needed
• Lock the physical CD drives centrally if required
• Use the optional license management feature for your CDs
• Retrieve detailed usage statistics for all your CDs

The utilisation of CDs and DVDs is more effective and trouble-free than ever when you use Virtual CD and the Virtual CD Network Management Server!