[ILL-L] Is Ariel 4.1.1 with Canon 400 Microfilm scanner?

[Joe Ellison]

At 02:38 PM 6/2/2008, you wrote:
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>Hi folks,
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>Has anyone successfully used Ariel 4.1.1 to scan articles on 
>microfilm?   We have a Canon 400 microfilm reader/printer that we've 
>been using with Ariel 3.4 but we are now upgrading to 4.1.1 to run 
>with our other scanner and we'd like to be running a support version 
>for microfilm scanning too.
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>Please let me know if you have any information not on the Ariel website.
>
>Linda K. Neely
>Reference,  Interlibrary
>Loan & MeLCat Librarian
>Library of Michigan
>Department of History, Arts & Libraries
>702 W. Kalamazoo Street
>Lansing, MI 48915
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>My Phone: 517-373-3687
>Fax:  517-373-5853
>Email: <mailto:lneely at michigan.gov>lneely at michigan.gov
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I don't have access to my Ariel from the library's microform scanner. 
What I've been doing that works quite well is to save each to a 
multi-page TIFF file which I then import into Ariel. Since that's 
Ariel's native format I don't have the issue of file bloat that so 
often happens with direct import of PDF files. Once the file is 
imported, I simply insert the cover page and send it on out. Due to 
peculiarities of our computer setup, I've been transporting the files 
from one pc to the other on CD-R, though I could also do this using a 
USB flash drive. If your microform scanner can access the same 
portion of your network as your Ariel pc, you can simply save the 
files directly to a designated imports folder on the network, and 
then pull them into Ariel from that folder once you get back to the Ariel pc.


Joe Ellison
Document Delivery Assistant, Transportation Library (OCLC symbol JCR)
Northwestern University Library, 1970 Campus Dr.
Evanston, IL  60208-2300
phone: (847)491-8600, fax: (847)491-8601
j-ellison at northwestern.edu
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