While the Society has an extensive library on our subjects of interest, we have never had a comprehensive catalog, and even the partial catalogs were done only on paper. Thus the collection is hugely underutilized because of the challenge of knowing what our holdings include.

Thanks to a substantial grant from a member, we now have an opportunity to correct this. The grant will provide for all expenses involved in purchasing the equipment, computers, and software needed to catalog the entire collection. For this, our sincere thanks.

To date, we have spent little on equipment, and nothing on computers and software, due to equipment donations and our use of Open Source software. The bulk of the expenditures have gone to providing space in which to work. In July 2012, the collection was moved into a larger storage space where there is enough room for storage shelving. In April 2014, the space available was doubled in size with the addition of  a second room, and steel library shelving was installed. In July 2021, the collection was moved to a room larger than the two others combined. Volunteers have worked regularly to organize the cataloged books and to prepare the rest for processing. 

The cataloging software we have chosen is Koha, which is free and open source software with substantial community support. It is fully compatible with modern library standards, plus it has enough flexibility to accommodate our own unique needs.

We invite volunteers, particularly from the greater Orlando area, to join the work. Contact Headquarters to schedule a time to help.