Today...I am going to work on setting up a new system (Windows 7) and Ariel 4.1.(1?). I work in Systems and not ILL so every three years I read up on the virtues of patience just for this event.
As for alternatives, we use ILLIAD and Odyssey too! I have spoken to our Resource Sharing manager and all I can get her to say is they will "consider dropping Ariel...next time". So my question is...are many of you using all three or are you making an either or choice? Thank you. - Steve -----Original Message----- From: arie-l-boun...@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:arie-l-boun...@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Craig, Tom Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 9:28 AM To: 'Discussion of the Ariel Document Transmission System' Subject: [ARIE-L] RE: Ariel alternative? We continue to use Ariel vs. Odyssey standalone because Ariel allows us to post articles to our web server and automatically notifies the email addressee to that effect. This allows us to scan articles of large file size without having to deal with attachment size limits. Certainly Ariel is unsolvably quirky, but it continues to work acceptably for us. We still use Windows XP and Ariel 3.4. --Tom ***** Thomas B. Craig, MSLS Director of Library Services Watson W. Wise Medical Research Library University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler phone: 903-877-2864 fax: 903-877-5412 email: thomas.cr...@uthct.edu ***** Opinions stated are those of the sender and are not official statements of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler. Please do not share or forward without permission. Please inform the sender of misdirected messages. -----Original Message----- From: arie-l-boun...@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:arie-l-boun...@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Bouchard, Kerry Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 11:17 AM To: Discussion of the Ariel Document Transmission System Subject: [ARIE-L] RE: Ariel alternative? We've been using Odyssey and ILLiad for several years with good results. Since the Odyssey component is free, I'm a little puzzled by the number of libraries still using Ariel, given the lack of vendor support - it seems like the vendor abandoned it some time ago. The latest hurdle here has been getting a scanner to work with both Ariel and Windows 7, and I really hate to pour any more hours into Ariel. -Kerry Kerry Bouchard Director of Automated Systems Mary Couts Burnett Library, TCU 817-921-4304 -----Original Message----- From: arie-l-boun...@mailman2.u.washington.edu [mailto:arie-l-boun...@mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Estabrook, Alexia Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 9:43 AM To: Discussion of the Ariel Document Transmission System Subject: [ARIE-L] Ariel alternative? I have been having issues with Ariel for a while, the lasted being that the send to function is not working. After months of working with IT we just cannot figure out what is wrong... That and the fact that Ariel has not been updated in a very long time has lead me to consider alternatives. What other Ariel-type products are people using and why? We currently recieve 95% of our requests via Docline and the other 5% via OCLC. I need to do more research but was initially thinking of pairing Odyssey and Illiad. Am I headed in the right direction or am I way off base? Any and all suggestions are appreciated. Alexia D. Estabrook-Isely, MSLS Consultant, Medical Library Providence Hospital | Helen L. DeRoy Medical Library Main Phone: 248-849-3294 | Fax: 248-849-3201 | Email: alexia.estabr...@stjohn.org Library Home Page: http://www.intra.providence-hospital.org/MedicalLibrary/ Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. Whatever knowledge we find for you leaves you more time for your patients. Thank you for allowing us to assist you. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email message and any accompanying data or files is confidential and may contain privileged information intended only for the named recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that the dissemination, distribution, and or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. 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