Floppy disks are great, cheap and small, but they are fragile and wear out quickly if not stored properly. If you throw your disk in your book bag with all the lint and yucky stuff that settles at the bottom, the disk will gather all that gunk as well as get knocked around by the books and notebooks. There is also a little spring that shuts the shield that can come out if the circumstances are right. You never know when your main floppy disk may wear out or melt in the car, etc. There are now a total of 20 computers in the library that can support Zip disk use.
Zip disks hold a lot of information and come with their own case.
I ve seen a couple of students with their own CDs. All computers have CD-ROM drives. The newest form of storage media is the i-drive. The Law Library lab computers already have this software loaded. This fall, Law Library Lab orientation sessions are being held from August 21 to August 31 in the Law Library, Room 028.