Publishing your database on CDROM for profit: the FISHLIT and NISC experience Available to Purchase

The JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology Library at Rhodes University in Grahamstown has maintained the FISHLIT bibliographic database since 1985. In 1990 the decision was taken to publish the database on CDROM with NISC (National Information Services Corporation) in Baltimore. FISHLIT was the first South African database to be published by NISC. FISHLIT is now on the CDROMs Fish and Fisheries Worldwide and Aquatic Biology, Aquaculture and Fisheries Resources in an anthology of related databases. The software is user‐friendly and powerful, and advanced compression techniques allow large quantities of data on one disc. This article will show how others can benefit from the advantages of CDROM publishing.