SWAN Board Members:
The Friday, July 28th board meeting packet is now available for you:
https://support.swanlibraries.net/sites/default/files/meeting/2017-07-28/pa…
The packet this month is 76 pages long. The Executive Director report details 9 proposed goals as part of SWAN's strategic plan.
Additionally, as part of SWAN Board Retreat homework assignment, I have created an overview of SWAN's Core Service. This is a draft of a presentation in the packet.
There are three policies for approval: Circulation Policy, Vendor Policy, and Network Policy. These have been reviewed and edited by SWAN's legal counsel, Greg Smith from Klein Thorpe Jenkins.
Aaron Skog
Executive Director
aaron(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:aaron@swanlibraries.net> * (630)326-7022
SWAN Library Services
800 Quail Ridge Drive, Westmont, IL 60559
844-792-6542
swanlibraries.net<https://www.swanlibraries.net/> * catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/>
SWAN Board:
The Bylaws Committee have completed their final review and updates to the redlined doc and are happy to share that with you today, for your final review and feedback due to us by Friday, July 14th. This will allow us time to discussion and incorporate your suggestions, but still get the revised doc to the membership in time for their 45 day review and then vote at the September Quarterly meeting.
We have also attached a short memo draft to this document, which highlights the main changes that were made. We welcome any suggestions or input to this document as well.
Also, please note that we have a number of "parking lot" items for discussion in future years for potential bylaws changes. We decided to leave these until after Strategic Planning and the addition of the New19, and include the following:
* School libraries/linked to public
* Joining Fee (board determines, membership determines, amounts?)
* "Active Membership" when live and circulating, when to pay fees (i.e. New 19)
* Quorum - Quarterly a meeting of the board? Of the membership?
Let us know if you have any questions,
Brande Overbey
Operations Manager
brande(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:brande@swanlibraries.net> * (630)326-7104
*Please note my new email address, address and phone number*
SWAN Library Services
800 Quail Ridge Drive, Westmont IL 60559
swanlibraries.net<https://www.swanlibraries.net/> * catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/>
SWAN Board:
This is a joint communication to the LINC and MAGIC governing bodies:
The New19 migration timeline has been revised - Go-live date for both LINC and MAGIC libraries is now slated for May 1, 2018.
Over the last six months, SWAN, LINC, and MAGIC staff have been working together to coordinate the most effective plan for the upcoming migration. While our initial plan-built with the help of SirsiDynix-was a great starting point, we understood the need for flexibility in that plan and knew nothing was immune from a potential shifting of dates. Based on internal discussion, prior migration experience, and discussions with SirsiDynix personnel assigned to this project, we have decided to move away from two separate go-live dates for the 19 new libraries joining SWAN and will instead have a single go-live date for LINC and MAGIC libraries on May 1, 2018. We are confident this decision will minimize downtime for all 97 libraries and will provide the cleanest migration of data.
We have not yet distributed this information to SWAN, LINC, or MAGIC libraries, but will be making the announcement through all available communications channels this week (SWANcom, support site post, and New 19 Newsletter).
Aaron Skog
Executive Director
aaron(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:aaron@swanlibraries.net> * (630)326-7022
SWAN Library Services
800 Quail Ridge Drive, Westmont, IL 60559
844-792-6542
swanlibraries.net<https://www.swanlibraries.net/> * catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/>
