Hello SWAN Board-
We are going to host a membership Committee of the Whole meeting to discuss the EBSCO year-2 renewal. I will post the meeting in L2 and provide an online link.
There will not be any action items on the agenda. It will only be a discussion on the deal and then we can have the SWAN Board review that feedback at its regularly scheduled meeting on January 22nd.
Aaron Skog
Executive Director
aaron(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:aaron@swanlibraries.net> * 630-326-7022
My pronouns: he/him/his
SWAN Library Services
800 Quail Ridge Drive, Westmont, IL 60559
swanlibraries.net<https://swanlibraries.net/> * catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/>
Hello SWAN Board,
The packet for Friday's meeting is posted. This is over 100 pages due to having several reports, the SWAN budget, and the RAILS agreement.
https://support.swanlibraries.net/sites/default/files/meeting/20_12_18/8211…
Couple things:
* I tried to confirm with Anne Slaughter at RAILS the precise deadline for the approval of the LLSAP agreement. The document only says "January," so I emailed her to just confirm this meant we had until January 31st. Her reply was... vague, only "Are there still unresolved questions on the grant?" I shared my reply with Ted. So if you would like to table the approval until January, I at least wanted to make sure you had that option.
* One thing on my mind is if there should be a separate COW meeting in January about the EBSCO year-2 renewal.
* I failed again to get the closed sessions completed. It was a very busy 4 weeks with the SWAN100 go-live, preparing for the group-purchase renewal, and the FY22 budget. I promise this will get done!
Let me know if you have any questions. I have another email that will be forthcoming, so watch for that one.
Aaron Skog
Executive Director
aaron(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:aaron@swanlibraries.net> * 630-326-7022
My pronouns: he/him/his
SWAN Library Services
800 Quail Ridge Drive, Westmont, IL 60559
swanlibraries.net<https://swanlibraries.net/> * catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/>
Hello SWAN Board,
We went ahead and posted the agenda for Friday's meeting, just to ensure some transparency ahead of the meeting. The online meeting link is included on the agenda.
https://support.swanlibraries.net/sites/default/files/meeting/20_12_18/8211…
The packet should be finalized and posted tomorrow. I will have an overview of EBSCO usage for the past 5 months, along with an overview on the year-2 EBSCO renewal options, with my recommendation.
There will be a second draft of next year's budget as well!
Aaron Skog
Executive Director
aaron(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:aaron@swanlibraries.net> * 630-326-7022
My pronouns: he/him/his
SWAN Library Services
800 Quail Ridge Drive, Westmont, IL 60559
swanlibraries.net<https://swanlibraries.net/> * catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/>
