Hello SWAN Board reps-
I must applaud your tree shaking efforts in that we ended up with 7 self-nominations for the 2 SWAN Board seats! I have listed those library director names and submitted statements on this publicly available webpage that pertains to the SWAN Board.
https://support.swanlibraries.net/board-information/85634
I will be sending out a SWANcom with this page and will have the e-ballot ready for sending out on Monday next week.
Thank you all again!
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/>
SWAN Board Reps-
We have only 1 self-nomination received thus far. Our deadline is Friday, April 30th, with a plan to have the e-ballot go out May 10th. So we have a little window of time if next week is needed to get a second self-nomination.
The reminder went out today in the SWAN newsletter. Here is the timeline:
https://support.swanlibraries.net/board-information/85634
~A.
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 representatives-
The agenda and meeting packet are now posted on SWAN Support:
https://support.swanlibraries.net/meeting/82148
We will have a fun discussion on a new approach to purging user/patron records from our system. This will entail removing inactive users with fines on their accounts.
Please let me know if you have any questions!
Regards,
Aaron
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-
This is just to update you all that no self-nominations for either of the two board seats have been received as of today. We set a deadline of April 30th. Below is the Support page with the Board Election information with a link to the self-nomination form.
https://support.swanlibraries.net/board-information/85634
Rather than wait until next week Friday, April 23rd to update you, I wanted to provide you an update so you can remind anyone that has reached out to you recently about the open seats.
If any self-nominations come in, I will update Ted and send you an update next week.
Regards,
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 representatives-
The agenda and meeting packet are now posted on SWAN Support:
https://support.swanlibraries.net/meeting/82113
I have included the official tally of the budget vote in the packet. I am still waiting on the report from the eBallot vendor which shows the libraries that participated in the vote. Once I have it, I will uploaded it as an additional document and email you.
One thing I want to make sure is not lost in the written reports is that we will be having a membership meeting on Aspen Discovery on April 14 at 11 a.m. You can register in the GoToWebinar in advance:
https://librarylearning.org/event/2021-04-14/aspen-update
Let me know if you have any questions!
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/>
SWAN Board Reps-
The agenda and packet for Friday's meeting is now posted for you.
https://support.swanlibraries.net/sites/default/files/meeting/21_02_19/8211…
I detail a few items on the agenda in my Executive Director report. This budget has just a few minor changes and unless there are other changes you recommend it will be the version posted for the March 4th Quarterly meeting.
I will have the EBSCO tally prepared before the end of the week. I intend to include this tally in the March Quarterly packet for public posting.
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 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/>
