Getting started with Odyssey Standalone for article delivery Tony Melvyn OCLC Brian Miller Ohio State University Libraries

In September 2009, 85% of filled article requests at OSU were delivered via Odyssey, compared to 36% filled via Odyssey in Fall We've reduced the number of articles we send in paper to a trickle, and our ARIEL use has dropped significantly as many libraries now turn to Odyssey. In Ohio, many schools that had never sent articles electronically in the past are now using the free Odyssey Standalone client. We are pleased and amazed at how many other locations are increasingly using Odyssey within ILLiad or the free Odyssey Standalone software.“ Ohio State University Interlibrary Services (OSU) Brian D. Miller, Lending / Document Delivery Service Coordinator OSU experiences dramatic increase in online lending using Odyssey

Odyssey Standalone Odyssey is an electronic document delivery application that allows libraries to scan, send and receive documents from other Odyssey users. Odyssey to Odyssey Odyssey to ILLiad ILLiad to Odyssey No ARIEL interaction with Odyssey Standalone

FeaturesOdyssey StandaloneOCLC ILLiad with Odyssey Send and receive electronic documents between Odyssey sites and OCLC ILLiad sites YES Print, convert to pdf, or save as.tif file YES Crop, resize, re-scan or edit received or sent documents YES Post electronic documents to the web for delivery NOYES Full ILL workflow automation including customer notification and tracking of requests. NOYES Automated connection to OCLC ILL for updating items as shipped or received. NOYES Ability to import and process Ariel.tif documents NOYES

Why Use Odyssey Standalone? Low cost: it’s FREE and easy to use. Faster service: It allows rapid, electronic transmission of documents (and better quality than faxing). Compatibility: You can send and receive documents with any library using ILLiad or Odyssey Standalone. Savings: Reduce paper, printing, and postage costs associated with snail mail Community: Makes for a smoother borrowing and lending workflow for 540+ other ILLiad and Odyssey Standalone libraries

Use of Odyssey From September 2008 to September 2009 the number of libraries using Odyssey has increased 21% There are approximately to 540+ libraries using Odyssey OhioLINK (Ohio’s academic library consortium) established Odyssey as its standard electronic delivery mechanism for articles.

Who might be interested in using Odyssey Standalone? Smaller libraries new to scanning that want to obtain articles quickly for their patrons Library consortia wanting an inexpensive and easy-to- use mechanism for sending documents between members (Free Odyssey vs For-Fee Ariel) Ariel users who want to send and receive electronically with ILLiad or Odyssey-only locations Multi-library ILLiad locations wanting to decentralize scanning but not maintain the ILLiad client at different libraries.

Useful Odyssey URLs Where you can download Odyssey Standalone for FREE Harry Kriz’s comments on his own experiences with downloading and installing Odyssey Brian Miller’s Odyssey Standalone FAQ

Put your Odyssey IP in your OCLC Policies Directory record 2. Under the Unit tab, click Information and then click the Edit button. 3. Scroll down to the Borrowing Information area and enter your IP address in the ILLiad Odyssey Address field. Then click the Save button. 1. Go to your institution’s record in the Policies Directory at

Let Borrowers know that you lend via Odyssey 1. Under the Policies tab, go to the Copies section. 2. First click on the appropriate policy name (if you have more than one). Then go to the Fees section and click the Edit button. 3. Go to the Delivery section and click the Add button. Choose ILLiad-Odyssey from the Delivery Method dropdown. (Put a checkmark next to Default if you want Borrowers to know that Odyssey is your default sending method.) Click the Save button at the bottom of the screen.

Tips on Implementing Odyssey Standalone 1.Work with your local IT if you have any firewall or network issues 2.Make decisions on how to deliver articles to your patrons 3.Update OCLC Policies Directory and Constant Data 4.Read the Odyssey Standalone FAQ at Use the Odyssey listserv at Get others to join the Odyssey bandwagon