October 2014 - SWANboard - swanlibraries.net

REMINDER: Executive Director Evaluation Due Next Friday
by Brande Redfield 23 Oct '14

23 Oct '14

Hi all, Just your friendly reminder, Aaron's review results are due by next Friday! If you have any questions just let me know :) Thanks, Brande Redfield SWAN Office Manager 125 Tower Drive Burr Ridge, IL 60527 Phone: 630.734.5164 Fax: 630.734.5056 brande.redfield(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:brande.redfield@railslibraries.info> http://support.swanlibraries.net

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Franklin Park Public Library District
by Aaron Skog 22 Oct '14

22 Oct '14

SWAN Board & Staff: I want to provide you a quick overview of a positive situation for SWAN. The Franklin Park Public Library approached me over the summer about SWAN membership. Currently they are a member of the LINC consortium of 9 libraries. I discussed the situation with Carol Dawe, Administrator of the LINC consortium, during our conference in Utah. The LINC board and member library directors were made aware of the developing situation. Franklin Park originally was a member of the DuPage Library System, but with the library system merger (resulting in the creation of RAILS), the options available to the library to switch consortia membership emerged. The library borders SWAN libraries nearby, so the Franklin Park library board has been interested in switching to SWAN for some time prior to contacting me. This decision was essentially driven by geography. As a first step, the Franklin Park Public Library took board action last week on October 14 to terminate the LINC membership. Until that took place, I was asked to keep this confidential. The board approved the termination with LINC for July 1, 2016. The Franklin Park Library Board agenda is posted here: http://www.franklinparklibrary.org/pdfs/agenda/Agenda2014oct.pdf Next month we will need to discuss Franklin Park for membership approval, the RAILS LLSAP grants, and project timeline. I will work with Franklin Park on the next round of RAILS LLSAP grant funding. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me directly. Aaron Skog SWAN Executive Director 125 Tower Drive Burr Ridge, IL 60527 Phone: 630.734.5122 Fax: 630.734.5056 aaron.skog(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:aaron.skog@railslibraries.info> http://support.swanlibraries.net

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SWAN Board 10/17/14 Meeting Packet Posted
by Brande Redfield 13 Oct '14

13 Oct '14

SWAN Board Members: The Friday 10/17 meeting packet is now available for you: https://support.swanlibraries.net/sites/default/files/meeting/2014-10-17/pa… The meeting packet is 33 pages long. Included in this packet are updates on the RAILS LLSAP negotiation and SWAN policies. The agenda is rather light so we do not anticipate the meeting to go into lunch. We look forward to seeing you next Friday! Enjoy your weekend :) Brande Redfield SWAN Office Manager 125 Tower Drive Burr Ridge, IL 60527 Phone: 630.734.5164 Fax: 630.734.5056 brande.redfield(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:brande.redfield@railslibraries.info> http://support.swanlibraries.net

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FW: Personnel Committee Packet Available - Friday Oct 10
by Brande Redfield 06 Oct '14

06 Oct '14

Hi SWAN Board: For those interested, the Personnel Committee packet for this Friday is now available at the link below. Ditto goes for any questions that you might have about the items discussed! Thanks, Brande Redfield SWAN Office Manager 125 Tower Drive Burr Ridge, IL 60527 Phone: 630.734.5164 Fax: 630.734.5056 brande.redfield(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:brande.redfield@railslibraries.info> http://support.swanlibraries.net From: Brande Redfield Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 9:33 AM To: Rich Wolff (RWolff(a)tplibrary.org) pgregoire(a)frankfortlibrary.org; James Deiters (JDeiters(a)olpl.org) Cc: Aaron Skog (aaron.skog(a)railslibraries.info) Subject: Personnel Committee Packet Available - Friday Oct 10 Importance: High Hello Personnel Committee, Happy Monday! The packet for our Friday, October 10 meeting is now available here: https://support.swanlibraries.net/sites/default/files/meeting/2014-10-10/pa… I've tried to redline and add comments wherever I could, but will certainly have a lot of information to share in person as well. Much of the wording I've used is suggestion and of course very open to change so please bring your own notes for edits as you feel are needed, or send me any questions or request for clarification beforehand as well. We look forward to seeing you on Friday, Brande Redfield SWAN Office Manager 125 Tower Drive Burr Ridge, IL 60527 Phone: 630.734.5164 Fax: 630.734.5056 brande.redfield(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:brande.redfield@railslibraries.info> http://support.swanlibraries.net

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