[1142] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
Full-Text CD-Roms and ARIEL
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (LIDDP%TTACS.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.ed)
Fri Sep 4 10:48:52 1992
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 09:43:18 CDT
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From: LIDDP%TTACS.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu
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The Ariel software package from RLG allows scanning, compression, and
transmission of articles across the Internet. In a recent article in
Interlending and Document Supply, Mary Jackson describes the various ways that
the Ariel software can be configured. She also lists a variety of innovative
uses that have been proposed for Ariel. What is not mentioned, however, and
something that I have not seen mentioned elsewhere, is the following. Could
the Ariel software be loaded onto the same machine that runs a full-text CD-ROM
product like Business Periodicals Ondisc, the UMI full-text expansion of their
ABI-INFORM database?
We previewed the product here a couple of summers ago, and our patrons loved
it. They especially liked the fact that they would not have to figure out how
to use LC call numbers in the stacks to locate journal volumes, and, of course,
barring theft of a disc, the articles are never missing. As I understood it
then, each time a full article is sent to the laser printer, the citation and
number of pages is recorded in a log file. At the end of each month, the
library sends the log file to UMI, where the bill [including all copyright
charges] is figured.
My real question is this; does the software care which printer the item is
printed on? If not, why not enter Ariel, invoke the compression routine
[reportedly 1:15 for text and 1:8 for images] and send the articles across to a
variety of read-only Ariel locations on campus? For libraries that have
full-text CD-ROM products like Business Periodicals Ondisc or Adonis, they
would have thousands of articles instantly available for transmission and use.
I would appreciate any feedback on these speculations, especially on the
problems that would be involved, from those who have thought about this before
or who hve experience with the products. Thanks in advance.
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Dr. David Proctor Phone: (806) 742-2236
University Library Fax: (806) 742-1920
Texas Tech University Internet: LIDDP@TTACS.TTU.EDU
P.O. Box 40002 Bitnet: LIDDP@TTACS
Lubbock, TX 79409-0002
"Education is the acquisition of the art of the utilization of knowledge."
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