The system was intuitive for students to use and whatever tasks they were responsible for, the Ares environment made their jobs easier.”

If you've learned to use ILLiad, you can quickly learn Ares.”

We are delighted with the rate at which Ares has been adopted by students and faculty. We are using Ares in all our branch libraries and seeing usage grow every day.”

Ares represents a way to save money on supplies and reduce printed copies, as well as save staff and processing time.”

Ares offered the opportunity for faculty to submit requests online, saving library staff a tremendous amount of time.”

We're very happy with the service and productivity enhancements we've gained since making the switch from our previous reserves system. Our faculty members really like the capabilities they have in Ares.”

We have tripled reserve use, attracting faculty to the library for the first time from fields such as the hard sciences.”

The use of cloning has resulted in much better time to production during periods of increased volume. Cloning means less re-keying which reduces task time and diminishes errors.”

Ares has caused a culture change in the way the library is perceived. People who hadn't used the library are now walking in and expecting to post reserve items themselves. A new audience for library services has been created.”

Ares gives the library great visibility and wins us significant support from faculty and TAs.”

Ares gives us the data and flexibility to manage permissions costs better and to ensure we are getting value per usage.”

The beauty of this seamless integration [with our course management system] is that students don't even realize there is a separate system. They log in and see everything they need in one place.”

In these tight budget times it was incredibly helpful to save the cost of an FTE [following a staff member's departure] and have that money to avoid cuts in other areas. We were able to absorb the work without creating a burden on other staff because of what Ares brings to us.”

With Ares, faculty can access their course reserves through Blackboard so there's just one login required. They can see all of their course reserves from the last five years.”

Having Atlas host our Ares implementation ensures timely upgrades and support if there are any problems.”