Hi guys,
As long as everyone who indicated they are going to be there can be there, we will just have a quorum today. I just got off the phone with Rich, who is en route to a family emergency. That will make 3 absent, 4 present. He said if he needs to be, he can come in, but hopefully we will not need him to do so. If anyone else can't make it this morning, please let us know!
Thank you,
Brande Overbey
Operations Manager
brande(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:brande@swanlibraries.net> * (630)326-7104
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,
I announced this to SWAN staff yesterday. Brande's last board meeting will be this Friday. I do not have enough emoticons to express my sadness!
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/>
From: Aaron Skog
Sent: Tuesday, August 7, 2018 4:42 PM
To: All SWAN Staff <allstaff(a)swanlibraries.net>
Subject: Brande News
Hi SWAN team,
I have some bittersweet news for you. Brande Overbey has accepted a new full-time position as the Community Relations Director for Anderson Animal Shelters, and has submitted a resignation from her position here at SWAN.
I have made arrangements to transition Brande's duties temporarily within SWAN's administration. I will utilize Brande for a few hours weekly over the next month or so, along with HR Source (formerly Management Association). I will share more details when they become available, such as the HR consultant that SWAN will contract with. The day that Brande steps down from her full-time role at SWAN is Monday, August 21.
Brande and I have worked together for the past 5 years. She was instrumental in helping us bring our organization out of the period of independence and into the one that makes SWAN fun to work in today. She was key in getting us into our new facility, and helping us with whatever project arose along the way.
Over these next two weeks, Dawne and I will work with her to make sure we have all of our internal operations covered and ready for her last day full-time.
Please wish her the best of luck at her new position. She will get to work with dogs and sloths (and people)!
~A.
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,
I can include this in the September packet, but I thought you would like to see the letter I received today.
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/>
From: Emily Fister <emily.fister(a)railslibraries.info>
Sent: Wednesday, August 8, 2018 12:01 PM
To: Aaron Skog <aaron(a)swanlibraries.net>
Cc: Anne Slaughter <anne.slaughter(a)railslibraries.info>; Jane Plass <jane.plass(a)railslibraries.info>
Subject: Financial Sustainability Plan acknowledgement letter - SWAN
Aaron,
see attached correspondence.
Thanks.
Emily Fister
Executive Assistant
Reaching Across Illinois Library System
Burr Ridge Office
Phone: 630.734.5145
Fax: 630.734.5050
emily.fister(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:emily.fister@railslibraries.info>
https://www.railslibraries.info
Hi SWAN Board,
Can I have a yes/no for attendance for next Friday's Board Meeting? We've heard from Julie and Jamie that they will not be in attendance, so wanted to ensure quorum.
Thanks,
Brande Overbey
Operations Manager
brande(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:brande@swanlibraries.net> * (630)326-7104
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,
I thought I would share this good news with you! TMQ = The MARC of Quality, which is a contracted service sponsored by the Illinois State Library/SOS to update consortia holdings in OCLC.
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/>
From: Anne Slaughter <anne.slaughter(a)railslibraries.info>
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2018 4:05 PM
To: Jane Plass <jane.plass(a)railslibraries.info>; Deirdre Brennan <dee.brennan(a)railslibraries.info>; Jim Kregor <jim.kregor(a)railslibraries.info>; Bill Goetz <bill.goetz(a)railslibraries.info>; Sharon Swanson <sharon.swanson(a)railslibraries.info>
Cc: Aaron Skog <aaron(a)swanlibraries.net>; Dawne Tortorella <dawne(a)swanlibraries.net>
Subject: FW: 19-1003-TMQ Award Letter
Importance: High
Good news! I received word today that our TMQ grant application for FY19 was approved for the full amount - which includes $10,000 for SWAN's OCLC reclamation.
Anne
Anne Slaughter
Director of Technology Services
Reaching Across Illinois Library System
Burr Ridge Office
Phone: 630.734.5127
Fax: 630.734.5050
anne.slaughter(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:anne.slaughter@railslibraries.info>
https://www.railslibraries.info
From: Egan, Karen <KEgan(a)ILSOS.NET<mailto:KEgan@ILSOS.NET>>
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2018 2:56 PM
To: Anne Slaughter <anne.slaughter(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:anne.slaughter@railslibraries.info>>
Cc: Deirdre Brennan <dee.brennan(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:dee.brennan@railslibraries.info>>; Harrison, Gwen <GHarrison(a)ILSOS.NET<mailto:GHarrison@ILSOS.NET>>; Jim Kregor <jim.kregor(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:jim.kregor@railslibraries.info>>
Subject: 19-1003-TMQ Award Letter
Importance: High
Hi Anne,
The attached award letter from Secretary of State and State Librarian, Jesse White is being sent to your attention by this email.
The award letter will not be sent through US mail. Please be sure to share this with your grants administration and save a copy for your records.
Contracts will arrive in the mail for signature in the next couple of weeks, and your contract start date is July 1, 2018.
If you have any questions, please contact your grant monitor, Gwen Harrison (217-785-7334) or me at the Illinois State Library.
Karen Egan, LSTA Grants Consultant
Illinois State Library
300 S. Second Street
Springfield, IL 62701
kegan(a)ilsos.net<mailto:kegan@ilsos.net>
Telephone: 217-782-7749 | Fax: 217-782-1877
Jesse White, Secretary of State and State Librarian
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SWAN Board,
Next week Consulting Within Reach will arrive on Monday afternoon and we have 3 days of interviews and meetings. I thought I would provide everyone on the board an update.
Yesterday, I had an hour long video conference with Curtis Chang and his associate Brad Jung. We discussed some logistics and we talked about some of the topics to explore during interviews. What is interesting is that Brad Jung worked for Innovative Interfaces for 3 years as VP of Product Management (2014-2016). He worked on the CCS strategic plan with Curtis, so I think they are not "green" in terms of library consortium.
I have reached out to Pierre Gregoire and we set an interview date (he also wants to attend the town hall at Tinley). I will email Jamie Paicely at Steger after I have confirmed with some others on times.
7/31 Tues @ SWAN HQ in person interviews
9-10 Dawne Tortorella
10-11 Joseph Miller
11-12 Steven Schlewitt
12-1 Tara Wood
1-2 Scott Brandwein
2-3 STAFF MEETING
3-4 Brande Overbey
4-5 Julie Milavec (Board)
5-6 Stacy Wittmann (Board)
6-7 Doug Losey (Board
7-9 CWR Internal Meeting
8/1 Wed @ Tinley (9 registered)
11-12 Rich Wolff (in person at Tinley board room)
12-1 Jamie Bukovac (in person at Tinley board room)
1-2 Tinley Park Town Hall Meeting (1:30pm start)
2-3 Town Hall Meeting (3:00pm end)
3-4 Jennifer Cottrill (INT phone interview CST)
CWR will conduct a phone interview with Jennifer at Midlothian (per CRW, I am slotting in phone interviews in all available times).
8/2 Thurs @ Oak Brook (13 registered)
10-11 Oak Brook town hall (10:00am start)
11-12 Oak Brook town hall (11:30am end)
12-1 Ted Bodewes (Board)
1-2 Tiffany Verzani (Board)
2-3 Aaron wrap up meeting & departure
Brande confirmed that the interviews with Ted and Tiffany will be at Oak Brook in the same space as the town hall.
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,
Just an FYI on the appointment of the RAILS committee. I am happy to be the appointed rep, or continue as alternate.
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/>
From: Jane Plass [mailto:jane.plass@railslibraries.info]
Sent: Monday, June 4, 2018 11:39 AM
To: Aaron Skog <aaron(a)swanlibraries.net>; Anne Slaughter <anne.slaughter(a)railslibraries.info>; Betsy Adamowski (betsy(a)wheatonlibrary.org) <betsy(a)wheatonlibrary.org>; Carolyn Coulter <carolyn.coulter(a)railslibraries.info>; Dawne Tortorella <dawne(a)swanlibraries.net>; Gwen Gregory <gwen.gregory(a)board.railslibraries.info>; Jane Lenser (janel(a)cherryvalleylib.org) <janel(a)cherryvalleylib.org>; Jennifer Slaney <librybear(a)aol.com>; Kendal Orrison <kendal.orrison(a)railslibraries.info>; Kristine Hammerstrand <khammer(a)uillinois.edu>; Matt Hammermeister <mhammermeister(a)pinnaclelibraries.org>; Paul Mills <paul.mills(a)board.railslibraries.info>; Rebecca Malinowski (rmalinowski(a)ccslib.org) <rmalinowski(a)ccslib.org>; Karen Sutera <karens(a)harvard-diggins.org>
Cc: Jody Rubel <jody.rubel(a)railslibraries.info>
Subject: RAILS Consortia Committee - FY2019 representatives and July 2018 reports
Hi, all.
It's time to prepare for the FY2019 Consortia Committee meetings. As you know, the revised committee charge clarifies the appointment of committee members:
The RAILS Board President shall annually appoint two voting members from the RAILS board. Each consortium shall annually designate one voting representative and optionally one alternate who may vote in the absence of the voting representative. Appointment of representatives for successive terms is strongly encouraged to provide more continuity. The representative does not need to be an officer on the consortium's board. {Emphasis added.} New representatives are seated at the first meeting after the beginning of the RAILS fiscal year in July. Interim appointments may be made when necessary to fill vacant seats. Voting representatives and alternates are encouraged to attend all meetings to ensure excellent communication and information flow.
The RAILS board committee appointments will occur later this year, so Paul Mills and Gwen Gregory will still be the RAILS board reps for our July 23 meeting. If your consortium will be changing your representative and/or your alternate, please let me know by close of business on Friday, July 6. If I don't hear from your consortium, I'll assume your representation will not change. Also, I will remove the LINC and MAGIC representatives when I update the website, as those libraries are now part of SWAN; no need to let me know of those changes. (FY2018 reps are listed at https://www.railslibraries.info/board/consortia-committee.)
I also need your consortial reports by close of business on Friday, July 6. These don't need to be lengthy, but other consortia and the RAILS board do appreciate getting these updates.
Thanks in advance.
Jane
Jane Plass
Associate Executive Director
Reaching Across Illinois Library System
Burr Ridge Office
Phone: 630.734.5129
Fax: 630.734.5050
jane.plass(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:jane.plass@railslibraries.info>
https://www.railslibraries.info
SWAN Board,
The agenda and packet for the RAILS Consortia Committee meeting to be held on Monday, July 23 is below. Rich Wolff has confirmed his attendance. I am the alternate representative. On Friday you will approve the rep and alternate for this RAILS committee.
I think the document on the "Resource sharing definition and vision" and the "RAILS report" are worth reviewing. In the RAILS report, they provide some information on the overlay Find More Illinois, and their approach for RAILS 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/>
From: Jody Rubel [mailto:jody.rubel@railslibraries.info]
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 11:05 AM
To: Aaron Skog <aaron(a)swanlibraries.net>; Anne Slaughter <anne.slaughter(a)railslibraries.info>; Barbara Love (loveb(a)kewaneelibrary.org) <loveb(a)kewaneelibrary.org>; Carolyn Coulter <carolyn.coulter(a)railslibraries.info>; Cassandra Thompson (cthompson(a)illinoisheartland.org) <cthompson(a)illinoisheartland.org>; Deirdre Brennan <dee.brennan(a)railslibraries.info>; Emily Porter (emilyp(a)byron.lib.il.us) <emilyp(a)byron.lib.il.us>; Gwen Gregory <gwen.gregory(a)board.railslibraries.info>; Jane Plass <jane.plass(a)railslibraries.info>; janel(a)cherryvalleylib.org; Jennifer Slaney <librybear(a)aol.com>; Kate Hall (khall(a)northbrook.info) <khall(a)northbrook.info>; Kendal Orrison <kendal.orrison(a)railslibraries.info>; Kristine Hammerstrand <khammer(a)uillinois.edu>; Lindsay Braddy (lbraddy(a)skokielibrary.info) <lbraddy(a)skokielibrary.info>; Paul Mills <paul.mills(a)board.railslibraries.info>; Rebecca Malinowski (rmalinowski(a)ccslib.org) <rmalinowski(a)ccslib.org>; Rich Wolff <r_wolff(a)tplibrary.org>; Scott Pointon (spointon(a)whiteoaklibrary.org) <spointon(a)whiteoaklibrary.org>
Cc: GMcCormick(a)ilsos.net; Aggertt, Deb <Daggertt(a)ILSOS.NET>
Subject: RAILS Consortia Committee Meeting Packet - July 23, 2018
RAILS Consortia Committee Members,
The next RAILS Consortia Committee meeting will be held on Monday, July 23, at 9:30 a.m. in-person at RAILS Burr Ridge, videoconference sites and by conference call as listed on the agenda.
Five documents are attached:
1. Agenda
2. Consortia Committee Draft Minutes, April 23, 2018
3. Resource sharing definition and vision
4. Consortial Reports
5. RAILS Report
If you have not also ready done so, please contact Jody Rubel at jody.rubel(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:jody.rubel@railslibraries.info> or 630.734.5137 about if and where you will attend by Thursday, July 19, 2018. Do not reply to all due to Open Meeting Act concerns.
Jody Rubel
Jody Rubel
Administrative Assistant
Reaching Across Illinois Library System
Burr Ridge Office
Phone: 630.734.5137
Fax: 630.734.5050
jody.rubel(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:jody.rubel@railslibraries.info>
https://www.railslibraries.info
