SWAN Board,
You can see that a huge shakeup is going on in the ILS market. Paul Mills (head of Pinnacle) is here at Burr Ridge and he noted that at the IUG conference, Kim Massana said there would be further acquisitions and mergers. III might not be done yet.
Aaron Skog
SWAN Executive Director
125 Tower Drive
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Phone: 630.734.5122
Fax: 630.734.5056
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Innovative Acquires VTLS
Colleagues:
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Headquartered in Blacksburg, Virginia, VTLS has a diverse customer base of more than 2,100 libraries in 44 countries with a strong family of library technology products including the Virtua ILS and VITAL, a powerful digital asset management system.
I will lead the combined companies from Innovative’s headquarters in Emeryville with members of the VTLS development, support and sales teams joining the Innovative management group. Dr. Vinod Chachra, founder and former President and CEO of VTLS, will join Innovative as Vice President for Global Expansion to ensure a smooth transition for VTLS libraries.
VTLS’s current offices in Blacksburg, Virginia; Barcelona, Spain; and Kuala Lumpur (Selangor), Malaysia will be retained and become Innovative centers for operations along with our offices In Syracuse, Dublin, Noida, Madrid, and Taiwan.
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If you have any questions or comments, you are welcome to contact your Library Relations Manager or Sales Representative.
Thanks for your ongoing loyalty and support.
Best regards,
Kim
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SWAN Board Members:
The election process concluded last Friday as of 5pm. The three candidates that were on the slate have all been contacted as of today. This election was very close, the closest I have dealt with since arriving at SWAN in 2008.
David Seleb was elected from a total of 44 cast votes. I spoke with Anne Kozak this afternoon and she of course is disappointed, but wanted to make sure that her involvement in the Ambassador Program could continue. I assured her that she indeed can continue as a co-chair with Jim, noting that Jeannie Dilger continued on in her co-chair responsibility with the ILS Committee after she left the SWAN Board.
I also contacted Tammy Clausen from Berwyn and thanked her for putting her self-nomination forward.
The board seat David was elected to starts in July, which is always a tough month due to summer vacations scheduled, so he is not able to attend until the August meeting.
I will add David to the SWAN Board email list at some point after the quarterly meeting.
Anne, since you are on this list I would like to personally thank you and am grateful I had the opportunity to work with you on the SWAN Board. I would encourage you to put your name forward next year for the positions that will be opening up.
Have a great weekend,
Aaron
Aaron Skog
SWAN Executive Director
125 Tower Drive
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Phone: 630.734.5122
Fax: 630.734.5056
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SWAN Board,
RAILS Finance Accountant Merilynn Nagle resigned yesterday morning. I am in the process of changing bank account access with RAILS, but if you are contacted at all during this process, for security purposes please reach out directly to me. We just need to be careful.
Aaron Skog
SWAN Executive Director
125 Tower Drive
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Phone: 630.734.5122
Fax: 630.734.5056
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http://support.swanlibraries.net
SWAN Board Members:
The Tuesday 5/13 meeting packet is now available for you:
http://support.swanlibraries.net/sites/default/files/meeting/2014-05-13/pac…
The packet is 42 pages long. The board meeting will be held at Prairie State College after the Committee of the Whole meeting ends and everyone has had a bite to eat (scheduled for noon but the COW meetings don't tend to go much past 11). This is the lightest board meeting agenda we've had since I've been here so hopefully it will be a breeze! :)
Thank you,
Brande Redfield
SWAN Office Manager
125 Tower Drive
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Phone: 630.734.5164
Fax: 630.734.5056
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Hello SWAN Board,
Though Rich will not be able to show everyone around next Tuesday after all, Aaron will still be following his recommendation for lunch at the Bergstein's NY Deli, for those who'd like to eat with him (you guys will have to go to the restaurant to eat, rather than me being able to order something for you all): http://bergsteinsny.com/menu/
If you'd prefer, you are also welcome to eat on your own if deli is not your thing! As he mentioned, there isn't much around there to have delivered, but he has noted that there is a McDonald's and a Burrito Station near to the school, as well as an Egg and I restaurant around the corner.
Thank you,
Brande Redfield
SWAN Office Manager
125 Tower Drive
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Phone: 630.734.5164
Fax: 630.734.5056
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Hello SWAN Board,
Just a reminder that, if we do want to go over the board self-evaluation results at the next Board meeting, I will need all documents submitted to me by Monday so that I can get them tallied and included in the board packet.
Thanks all! :)
Brande Redfield
SWAN Office Manager
125 Tower Drive
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Phone: 630.734.5164
Fax: 630.734.5056
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Hi SWAN Board,
I will be attending the LIMRiCC meeting this Wednesday, 4/30. I've attached the PowerPoint of the topics to be covered. If you are unable to attend and would like me to investigate anything specifically, or ask questions on your behalf, please let me know by Tuesday PM. I will provide a report on any pertinent topics at the next board meeting.
Thanks,
Brande Redfield
SWAN Office Manager
125 Tower Drive
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Phone: 630.734.5164
Fax: 630.734.5056
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http://support.swanlibraries.net
SWAN Board,
Just an FYI. RAILS received a FOIA request for emails pertaining to Orland Park Public Library. RAILS is reviewing the emails with its legal counsel, and some of the emails which pertain to SWAN and Orland patron business transactions (patrons that owe money, etc.), Internet Access, migration, etc. were removed from the initial group of emails.
Keep in mind that we share a single email system, so I am wondering if SWAN and RAILS continuing this arrangement so will need to undergo some attorney review and recommendation.
Aaron Skog
SWAN Executive Director
125 Tower Drive
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Phone: 630.734.5122
Fax: 630.734.5056
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http://support.swanlibraries.net
SWAN Board,
This attached press release goes out on Monday from SirsiDynix. If you suggest any changes, please let me know tomorrow/Friday and I will pass them on to SirsiDynix.
Aaron Skog
SWAN Executive Director
125 Tower Drive
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Phone: 630.734.5122
Fax: 630.734.5056
aaron.skog(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:aaron.skog@railslibraries.info>
http://support.swanlibraries.net
From: Eric Keith [mailto:Eric.Keith@sirsidynix.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 4:29 PM
To: Aaron Skog
Subject: SWAN press release
Aaron,
We incorporate your comments and language, along with a few additions of our own. See what you think. Rather than sending it out on a Friday, we may wait until Monday to distribute worldwide.
Thanks!
Eric Keith
VP Global Marketing, Communications & Strategic Alliances
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SWAN Board,
At the RAILS Consortia Committee yesterday, Paul Mills from Fountaindale/Pinnacle noted that Leslie Bednar from Heartland wrote a message to the SHARE group about the Polaris acquisition by Innovative. SHARE is running on Polaris so they needed to provide some message to their libraries.
Aaron Skog
SWAN Executive Director
125 Tower Drive
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Phone: 630.734.5122
Fax: 630.734.5056
aaron.skog(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:aaron.skog@railslibraries.info>
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April 4, 2014
An open letter to IHLS members
The spring winds brought news of change in the library software world. Polaris Library Systems was acquired by Innovative Interfaces Inc. on April 1. As the integrated library software (ILS) platform for the SHARE Consortium, this news was troubling to some members and curious to others. IHLS signed a solid, 7-year contract with Polaris in June 2012, and that contract remains intact. We intend to honor this contract fully and expect Innovative Interfaces Inc. to do the same. In fact, the president of Innovative, Kim Massana, acknowledged there are no plans to sunset the Polaris platform.
The news of the merger reminds me that I am grateful the strength of our IHLS organization lies in our relationships with each other, our members' deep commitments to resource sharing and serving patrons in our service area, and the accuracy of data within the SHARE LLSAP database. Our core values are shared by our stakeholders--IHLS member libraries, the Illinois State Library, the Illinois library community and library patrons in the southern half of our state. We are an organization built on collaboration and the delivery of innovative and accessible library services.
Software vendors will wax and wane, and the services they offer will evolve. In our several decades of shared library automation in Illinois the true constant is our desire to provide improved resource discovery services to patrons and support to the member libraries who serve them. As library systems in Illinois reach their 50th anniversary in 2015, the automation opportunities for libraries are robust and varied.
Alphonse Kaar wrote "The more things change, the more they stay the same." An apt sentiment for reflection as we move happily toward an enlarged SHARE organization.
Polaris press release: http://www.polarislibrary.com/news/innovative-acquires-polaris-library-syst…
III press release: http://www.iii.com/pr-iii-polaris
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