All:
UT Austin (main campus) has been using this feature for awhile now with its
distant education users. Just recently they decided to extend the service
to our patrons at MSI since we are a remote location. We will begin the
process the 1st week of June. Hopefully, I'll be able to gather up some
feedback.
Liz
At 11:20 AM 4/11/02 -0400, Jan Heckman wrote:
>Folks,
>Some news about software options for document delivery. My understanding is
>that one may be able to use the new Prospero software and might not have to
>buy Ariel at all. As you can tell from the date of the email announcement
>this is all relatively new, and I have not had time to fully look into the
>capabilities of the new version.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Eric Schnell
>To: prospero@auto.med.ohio-state.edu; ILL-L@listserv.it.northwestern.edu;
>web4lib@sunsite.berkeley.edu; EMTS@listserv.arizona.edu
>Sent: 3/11/02 2:01 PM
>Subject: [Prospero] Just Released: Prospero 2.0
>
>Please excuse the multiple postings...
>
>
> For about a decade Ariel has allowed libraries to send ILL documents
>to each other via the Internet. Using standard Internet protocols and
>document specifications, Ariel enabled libraries to scan and send high
>quality document copies to one another. However, the system offered
>little support the redistribution of these electronic documents direct to
>the requesting patrons.
>
> In 1999, the first version of Prospero was released as an Ariel
>add-on. Prospero was simple. It captured documents sent via Ariel,
>converted them into PDF format, and then distributed them direct to the
>patron via the Web. It was two years before similar patron distribution
>functionality was built into Ariel 3.0.
>
> Prospero 2.0 builds upon the success of it's previous version has
>grown to become a self-contained Internet Document Delivery (IDD) system.
>As an IDD client, Prospero 2.0 allows libraries to use the Internet to
>exchange high quality ILL documents. As in all previous versions, Prospero
>2.0 still allows direct to patron delivery.
>
> Built on the same protocols and specifications on which Ariel was
>built, Prospero 2.0 can send and receive documents not only from other
>Prospero workstations, but also from Ariel.
>
> Together, Prospero and Ariel create the foundation of a developing
>Internet Document Delivery (IDD) network.
>
> Prospero 2.0 also supports:
>
> - Basic firewall support by proxy
> - SMTP server authentication
> - Basic scanned image editor
>
> For a list of features, a FAQ, or to download Prospero 2.0 please
>visit:
>
>
> http://bones.med.ohio-state.edu/prospero/
>
>
>
>
>Eric Schnell
>Assistant Professor
>Head, Information Technology Services
>Prior Health Sciences Library
>The Ohio State University
>schnell.9@osu.edu / 614-292-4870
>http://bones.med.ohio-state.edu/eric.html
>
>"You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where
>people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of
>employing wild animals as librarians." --Monty Python's Flying Circus
>
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Liz DeHart, Librarian phone:
361-749-6723
UT Marine Science Institute /
Library fax: 361-749-6725
750 Channelview
Drive Ariel: 146.6.184.11
Port Aransas, TX 78373-5015 http://www.lib.utexas.edu/msl/
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