Message-Id: <mailto:199407021341.IAA06895@library.wustl.edu> Date: Sat, 2 Jul 1994 06:01:53 -0700 From: Mary Mitchell <mailto:mmitchel@LIBRE.COM> Subject: Imaged articles document delivery To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB <mailto:IMAGELIB@ARIZVM1.BITNET>
Hi Brad and all you other ImageLib folks (if there are any),I've just subscribed to the IMAGELIB list and since it seems to be a new list I hope this issue hasn't been worked to death already. If this issue is not quite appropriate for this list just let me know.
At Phoenix Public Library (Arizona) we are in the process of evaluating image document delivery systems. We currently have a 60-day trial of a product called Power Pages from UMI. We also will be testing a similar document delivery system from IAC soon.
The Power Pages product delivers faxed or laser printed images of articles from UMI's ABI-Inform and Periodicals Abstracts databases which we have access to through our online catalog system (DYNIX) and their journal citation module (VISTA). If you are with me so far, great!
What I'm wondering is, what do others think of these products? How did you pay for them? How do you charge your customers for the imaged articles? We have our own concerns about the Power Pages product, and if anyone is interested I'd be happy to share them with you.
I'm not quite sure if we are on the cutting edge or if we are a step behind the times with just now testing these options. Any comments or ideas are welcome.
Mary Mitchell Phoenix Public Library (602) 256-3540 mailto:mmitchel@libre.com
On Fri, 1 Jul 1994, Brad Cox mailto:@ GMU/PSOL wrote:
> >Hello IMAGELIBers! This message is being posted as a test for the gateway
> >between the IMAGELIB listserv and the bit.listserv.imagelib newsgroup.
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> >* Taryn Westergaard
> >* University of Arizona, CCIT
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> Golly gee, isn't this thrilling? It worked.
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> Much more of this and there won't be any subscribers left.
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> ...sounds of one hand clapping
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