ARIEL Denise A. Forro, Head Document Delivery Michigan State University Libraries MDMLG Meeting, November 15, 2001
ARIEL Overview of ARIEL What is it? How does it work? Problems?
ARIEL MSU Document Delivery Services Operations How we use ARIEL Impact on services Impact on patrons
ARIEL Benefits for your operation Interacting with the world Pitfalls Questions
Overview of ARIEL
ARIEL: What is it? Scan articles Transmit articles Delivery to patrons
Scanning Works with existing hardware Flatbed scanners/Overhead scanners/Document feeder-scanners Available Settings (ARIEL 3.01) Grayscale Color Different paper sizes
Transmission Transmits via Internet FTP (File Transfer Protocol) MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
Delivery Desktop delivery Web server space attachment File choice PDF TIFF
ARIEL: How does it work? Position material Select scan Adjust options Grayscale, etc. Scan Send or save
Position material Overhead scanning Finger detect Flatbed scanning Document fed scanner
Select Scan Select “Scan” from the Document menu Scan Dialog Box Scan and Save Scan and Send View page
Adjustment Options Grayscale Color Landscape or portrait Dithering
Scan
Send or Save Send and delete Send and save
MSU Document Delivery Services
Operations - Staff 5 FTE Borrowing Staff 3 students 3 FTE Lending Staff 24 students
Operations – Borrowing 2000 Requests Filled:28,106 Original: 6,599 Copy: 21,507 Average Turnaround Time (days) 7.53 OCLC Year to Date Statistics June 2001
Operations – Lending 2000 Requests Filled:28,169 Original:10,812 Copy:17,357 OCLC Year to Date Statistics June 2001
How we use ARIEL Borrowing Receive stations Scan and hold Desktop delivery – Prospero Lending Send stations Photoduplication Services Scan and hold Desktop delivery - Prospero
Impact on Services Borrowing Receive documents quickly Some same day delivery of documents Lending Send documents quickly Faster turnaround Easier on materials – overhead scanner Less faxing, lower costs
Impact on Services Less Paper!!!
Impact on Patrons Quick turnaround Desktop delivery option Save to file or print copy Satisfied customers
Benefits
Benefits for your operation Faster receipt of documents Send quickly to borrowing libraries Ability to send to desktop of patrons Less paper Less cost Happier customers Happier partners
Worldwide
International Use Worldwide use British Library
Pitfalls
Incompatibility with scanner drivers Patches and fixes with 3.01 Ariel 2.2 libraries Non-Ariel libraries
Questions??