We use Ariel, Odyssey, Article Exchange and email to send requests and we're
happy to receive requests in any of those ways as well.
Like Tom, we use Ariel because it gives us the ability to post documents to
a server for our patrons to view, so at this point, to eliminate Ariel
completely would leave us without a secure way to deliver articles
electronically to our users (a HUGE step backwards as far as service goes.)
Also, I would hesitate to drop a working product (keyword WORKING!) that
other libraries still use since our patrons prefer receiving desktop
delivery of their requests and I want to give lenders as many options as
possible to get articles to us in that manner.
Christy
HRM
Christine Bird
Interlibrary Services Coordinator
University of Hartford
Mortensen Library-ILS
200 Bloomfield Ave.
West Hartford, CT 06117
860-768-4364 (p)
860-768-5298 (f)
ill.hartford.edu (Ariel)
ill.hartford.edu/ILL (Odyssey)
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From: "Steven Espinoza" <espin...@csusm.edu>
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 1:10 PM
To: "Discussion of the Ariel Document Transmission System"
<arie-l@u.washington.edu>
Subject: [ARIE-L] RE: Ariel alternative?
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
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[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
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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
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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
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