Resource Sharing in Libraries by Marshall Breeding

Author:Marshall Breeding [Breeding, Marshall]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: LAN025060 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / Digital & Online Resources
ISBN: 9780838958827
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2013-05-22T00:00:00+00:00

Odyssey

Odyssey is a document transmission utility developed by Atlas Systems, which also created ILLiad. OCLC is the exclusive distributor for Odyssey and offers it to its members without charge.

In support of document delivery components of a library’s resource-sharing services, Odyssey receives and transmits scanned documents, with some image manipulation capabilities. Odyssey exchanges documents via the Internet with other document systems that use its protocol, including other Odyssey systems, those that use ILLiad, and any third-party systems that use the Odyssey protocol. Ariel, a similar product offered by Infotrieve, uses a different protocol and cannot exchange documents with Odyssey.

Odyssey’s core functionality involves transmitting and receiving scanned document files. When it is used in conjunction with ILLiad, more sophisticated management access features can be enabled.

OCLC’s recently launched Article Exchange API offers an alternative to document transmission networks such as Odyssey and Ariel. Scanning or posting documents to controlled cloud-based storage saves some effort relative to exchanging documents with Odyssey. OCLC is working with Atlas Systems to integrate Article Exchange into ILLiad.

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