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Ariel Software

Product Highlights

Ariel provides the basis for librarians and information centers to excel in online document delivery—right to the user's desktop. A robust campus or regional delivery system of this sort requires that end users have access to MIME email, enough electronic mailbox capacity and access to TIFF viewers. RLG assists librarians in locating free or shareware multipage viewers.

Ariel is designed to make your operations easier and faster—whether you're a document supply house, an interlibrary loan librarian or anyone who needs a better way to send and receive materials than your present setup.

More Highlights

  • Has the ability to import and print documents created at any resolution. So Ariel workstation/printer setups can receive all your electronically delivered documents, whether they come from library interlibrary loan departments or commercial suppliers.
  • Incorporates an enhanced internal document viewer that enables you to preview material as you scan or receive it. So senders can check to see if any pages are missing or askew before transmitting, and recipients can verify the completeness and clarity of delivered documents before printing or forwarding them.
  • Lets you insert and delete images in scanned documents. So you can manage the size of files you store and send or make corrections.
  • Lets you monitor the status of materials you've sent and see what is still pending receipt; see the real-time status of incoming Ariel email and items sent via FTP; and set the intervals when Ariel will check for incoming items in your mailbox. And Ariel files unrelated messages (such as network messages) in a separate folder for your disposal. So you can manage your workflow, rather than it managing you.
  • Can print a range of pages or selected pages in a document. So you can evaluate and select pertinent pages for use, without having to print or forward the entire document.
  • Enables you to select and configure a scanner from the menu. So it's easier to add a new scanner or switch over to another if maintenance is needed.
  • Conforms to Windows® application and setup guidelines. So you benefit from improved stability, a better desktop-user interface, solid communications software, faster printing and easier installation, trouble-shooting and upgrading.

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MINITEX Pricing

We are pleased to announce a special pre-release discount for the newest version of Ariel, Ariel 4.0. Order Ariel 4.0 now and receive a special 20% discount and we'll reserve a copy for you. Your software will be sent to you when it is released this winter. Take advantage of this important update, at a reduced price.

Ariel 2.x users should use this special price as an incentive to get current—which will ensure compatibility with all Ariel machines in the future.

Ariel 4.0 will have all of the following features and more:

Networking Capabilities

  • Network all of your Ariel workstations
  • Share patron and address lists for all networked Ariel machines
  • Load balance between Ariel workstations

Advanced Image and Scanning Capabilities

  • Ability to batch import multiple documents/images into the archive
  • Option to use either Ariel's scan dialog or user's scanner-specific dialog

Improved Patron Functionality

  • Ability to forward received document to requesting patron without intervention
  • "Send to Patron" directly after scanning
  • Step-by-step tutorial to manage the patron delivery setup process

Enhanced Security

  • Support for SMTP authentication
  • Store and Retrieve Functionality

Pricing

The MINITEX price for single copy purchases will be:

Full Package (scan, send, receive and print)
  • Full version 4.0: $1,036.00
Upgrade from Version 3.x
  • Full Version 4.0: $556.00
Upgrade from Version 2.x
  • Full Version 4.0: $756.00
Receive Version
  • Receive Version 4.0: $636.00
  • Receive Upgrade from 3.x: $340.00
  • Receive Upgrade from 2.x: $516.00
Shipping and Handling
  • First Copy: $9.00/copy
  • Additional Copies: $2.00/copy

How to Order or Renew

Current Ariel 3 users can upgrade to version 3.3 at no charge.

For more information about MINITEX pricing and order information, contact Tim Peters.

Contact Information

MINITEX Contact

Tim Peters
MINITEX Library Information Network
15 Andersen Library
222 21st Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0439
Toll Free: 800-462-5348
Phone: 612-625-9527
Fax: 612-625-3569
Email: tim@minitex.umn.edu