September 2017 - SWANboard - swanlibraries.net

SWAN Intergovernmental Entity - Cooperation
by Aaron Skog 15 Sep '17

15 Sep '17

SWAN Board, The chart I referred to today is posted on the SWAN Governance page! The purpose of it was to answer the question "what are we?" and "where is our power derived from?" https://support.swanlibraries.net/sites/default/files/State_of_the_State_0.… 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/>

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Fwd: perhaps SWAN is a cooperative without the emphasis on profit
by Rich Wolff 15 Sep '17

15 Sep '17

Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: Jamie Bukovac <jamieb(a)ippl.info<mailto:jamieb@ippl.info>> Date: September 14, 2017 at 5:06:15 PM CDT To: "Rich Wolff (RWolff(a)tplibrary.org<mailto:RWolff@tplibrary.org>)" <RWolff(a)tplibrary.org<mailto:RWolff@tplibrary.org>> Subject: perhaps SWAN is a cooperative without the emphasis on profit http://www.uwcc.wisc.edu/whatisacoop/ http://www.uwcc.wisc.edu/issues/Governance/ Jamie Bukovac Director Indian Prairie Public Library District 401 Plainfield Road Darien, IL 60561 630-887-8760 x242 www.ippl.info<http://www.ippl.info/> [IPPL Logo_2R_web]Explore, connect and be inspired!

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ALA Technology Reports: Open Source Library Systems
by Aaron Skog 13 Sep '17

13 Sep '17

SWAN Board, The most recent ALA Technology Reports issue is an overview written by Marshall Breeding about the current state of five open source library systems. I advised in one of the goals for SWAN's strategic plan that we begin discussing these solutions as a concept together and then engage other groups in Illinois. I have attached the ALA report issue to this email. I am not expecting a discussion on Friday, but I would like to use an upcoming SWAN Board meeting to provide a basic introduction to the concepts behind open source communities. Read this at your leisure. I recommend you read the Introduction and chapter 3 on Evergreen-this is the software developed by a library consortium. 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/>

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