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by Rich Wolff 28 Nov '17

28 Nov '17

Hi All, I received an email this morning from Aaron that contained this article: http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/park-ridge/news/ct-prh-director-candi… Aaron is a finalist for the director job at the Park Ridge Library. I spoke with him, wished him luck and told him that I hope he succeeds! Jeannie Dilger from LGS is the other finalist. He was caught off guard by the article being printed and was not notified nor asked if it was ok. Aaron has notified his staff as well. If the offer is made to Aaron and he accepts, I know that we will be in a good position to continue moving forward during the transition of finding his replacement. I hope all of you have a Happy Thanksgiving and a great weekend! Rich Richard A. Wolff, Administrator Tinley Park Public Library 7851 Timber Drive, Tinley Park, IL. 60477 708-845-5718

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SWAN Board Meeting and Initial Strategic Planning Discussion
by Brande Overbey 17 Nov '17

17 Nov '17

We will have an extended board meeting in December, the second half of which will be the beginning of Strategic Planning.

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December Quarterly Mtg
by Rich Wolff 14 Nov '17

14 Nov '17

Hi All, After reading the proposed agenda for the December Quarterly meeting, what would all of you think of canceling the meeting? All of the information could be provided in a memo from the board. Just a thought-please write me back to let me know what you think. Thanks, Rich Richard A. Wolff, Administrator Tinley Park Public Library 7851 Timber Drive, Tinley Park, IL. 60477 708-845-5718

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SWAN Board 11/17/17 Meeting Packet Posted
by Brande Overbey 14 Nov '17

14 Nov '17

SWAN Board Members: The Friday, November 17th board meeting packet is now available for you: https://support.swanlibraries.net/sites/default/files/meeting/2017-11-17/pa… This month's packet is 84 pages long. We will be knocking out a lot of tasks on Friday, including getting started with Strategic Planning via a committee charge, officially ratifying the vote for the New19 libraries to join us, reviewing and accepting the FY17 audit, looking at our 2018 meeting dates, reviewing the bond updates for the fee structure/approving that, and talking about our plans for December Quarterly. Whew! See you all on Friday, 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/>

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Re: [SWANboard] Joint Staff Training
by Jorge Perez 09 Nov '17

09 Nov '17

Correct, I am interested in both topics for my staff. I have yet to discuss with staff and board about half days or closed days. I also know the social worker at the Addison Library, not sure if she has any insight that can help us out. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 9, 2017, at 10:14 AM, Tiffany Verzani <tverzani(a)elmwoodparklibrary.org> wrote: > > Hi all. > I am working on two in-house training initiatives for my staff. I know that there was some definite interest in a sexual harassment event that could be an-all day multi-library event, but I also think that would go hand-in-hand with mental health awareness training and general cultural sensitivity awareness. > > 1. Mental Health First Aid - how to identify, understand, and assist people struggling with issues and illnesses and how to positively and proactively handle situations in our libraries, work with police or other agencies as needed, etc. Sertoma would do a 3 hour workshop and answer our questions for free as part of their statewide grant funding. I would offer them a donation for their time so I would suggest we pay $5-10 per person. (I attended the full day training from Sertoma at an ATLAS meeting and it was very timely and helped us jump start some important conversations here.) > I told the coordinator that I would pick 3-4 dates through Feb-April and let her pick. > > 2. The sexual harassment/general harassment program we already talked about. There is an article in the current American Libraries on the topic and I also got a lead from another librarian and will start contacting possible speakers. If anyone has ideas to share, please do. > > 3. I can go in several directions here - do these on my own, do these as a joint program, when the library is open, when it is closed, etc. I know the preference is for closed days, but need to know who is on board for each thing and then we can break off into smaller groups as needed. > > 4. I know this is repetitive because some of you already responded with preferences, but you can please confirm your interest in both, one, or none of the topics. If I end up scheduling on my own, I would still let you know of dates/times and if you want to send 1-2 staff while your library remains open. > > 5. Please respond and let me know if I am correct in my memory here.... > - I believe Jorge was interested in both > -I believe Sue and Stacy were interested in sexual harassment training > -Pilar said she has this training already > -David, I don't think we heard from you...Also, David is your Social Worker staff member available for any outside training employment opportunities and/or do you think he would be a good presenter for any of these topics? > > Thank you all. > Tiffany > > > > -- > Tiffany Verzani > Library Director > Elmwood Park Public Library > 1 Conti Parkway, Elmwood Park, IL 60707 > 708-395-1230 > tverzani(a)elmwoodparklibrary.org

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FW: perhaps SWAN is a cooperative without the emphasis on profit
by Rich Wolff 19 Oct '17

19 Oct '17

Hi All, For item #10 on the agenda tomorrow, I would like to talk about the links below. They deal with Cooperatives and this is the information that Jamie provided us at the September board meeting. http://www.uwcc.wisc.edu/whatisacoop/ http://www.uwcc.wisc.edu/issues/Governance/ Please read the sections on what is a co-op, types of cooperatives, business structure comparison and governance. I would like to address item A-How do Swan board members see the organization. I hope your day is going well and I will see you tomorrow morning. Rich Richard A. Wolff, Administrator Tinley Park Public Library 7851 Timber Drive, Tinley Park, IL. 60477 708-845-5718

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SWAN User Experience Manager
by Aaron Skog 19 Oct '17

19 Oct '17

SWAN Board, I am very excited to announce that we've officially hired a new User Experience (UX) Manager! Tara Wood will be joining us starting on Wednesday, November 15th. You may know Tara or have seen her around as a member of our DUX team and a big help during our ILS migration, or from her time with SWAN libraries Stickney-Forest View and Oak Park. Tara brings to us a very rich and unique combination of skills - experience as a head of Circ and Digital Services, most recently working as a Web Services librarian for Academics at UIC, but with a very strong focus and interest in User Experience and Design. She has worked on redesigning websites, conducting usability studies, wireframing, and improving online catalogs and web presence. If you'd like to see some of her published work as it relates to web site designs, please check out this link as well: http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/12127 And take a look at Tara's online portfolio: http://www.tara-wood.com/ Tara will report to Dawne Tortorella. 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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SWAN Board 10/17/17 Meeting Packet Posted
by Brande Overbey 17 Oct '17

17 Oct '17

SWAN Board Members: The Friday, October 20th board meeting packet is now available for you: https://support.swanlibraries.net/sites/default/files/meeting/2017-10-20/pa… This month's packet is 47 pages long. We will be following up today's COW meeting with a discussion on all the feedback received, and begin talking about the FY19 budget development. If we run into lunch, I can order us food but I am imagining it may not run us that long. If you have any questions or issues to share in the packet, feel free to email them to me and I will make a note of them or do my best to answer. See you all on Friday! 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/>

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Straw Poll
by Rich Wolff 17 Oct '17

17 Oct '17

Hi All, Taking in the discussion from the meeting this morning in regards to the bonds, please write only me back and let me know if you are in favor of keeping bonds in the formula or taking them out. As we move closer to making a decision with all of the discussion and feedback we have received, I would like to avoid a long debate if possible and just make a decision. This is an informal poll for my digestion. Thanks, Rich Sent from my iPad

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Tomorrow's Meeting
by Rich Wolff 16 Oct '17

16 Oct '17

Hi All, As we go into the COW meeting tomorrow, I would ask that we use the meeting to simply gather input and not to engage in the discussion unless needed. We will definitely be having a discussion on the bond issue at a board meeting. I feel that the committee should speak if so inclined. Have a good evening and I will see you tomorrow. Rich Richard A. Wolff, Administrator Tinley Park Public Library 7851 Timber Drive, Tinley Park, IL. 60477 708-845-5718

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