SWAN Board Members:
The Friday 3/21/14 meeting packet is now available for you:
http://support.swanlibraries.net/sites/default/files/meeting/2014-03-21/pac…
The packet is 42 pages long. An additional document, the updated SirsiDynix agreement, will be sent out separately next week when it is available. We will be providing lunch for this meeting, since we anticipate it will probably run past lunch time.
Thank you!
Brande Redfield
SWAN Office Manager
125 Tower Drive
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Phone: 630.734.5164
Fax: 630.734.5056
brande.redfield(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:brande.redfield@railslibraries.info>
http://support.swanlibraries.net
SWAN Board Members,
In case you have not seen this, Polaris is emailing what appears to be all SWAN library staff registered for PLA. For instance, Jeannie Dilger said her reference librarian received the email below, but not Jeannie, due to her reference librarian being registered.
See below Stacy's email. I will say at this stage I have about six forwarded emails.
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: Stacy Wittmann [mailto:WittmannS@EisenhowerPLD.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 2:38 PM
To: Aaron Skog; Jeannie Dilger; Melissa Gardner
Subject: FW: PLA exploration - Consideration of Polaris over SWAN ILS offering?
Hi All,
I'm guessing this is what you were referring to after today's meeting.
So yeah, I got one.
Thanks,
stacy
Stacy Wittmann
Library Director
Eisenhower Public Library District
Harwood Heights, IL 60706
708.867.2233
www.eisenhowerlibrary.org
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From: Richardson, John [mailto:John.Richardson@PolarisLibrary.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 9:22 AM
Subject: PLA exploration - Consideration of Polaris over SWAN ILS offering?
Greetings:
We look forward to seeing you at PLA and discussing possibilities for your Library or a group of libraries to migrate to Polaris! If this is something of interest to you, please read on. If not, we thank you for your time and have a great conference.
Polaris has had tremendous success in automating libraries in Illinois over the past decade and we admit to tremendous surprise that we were not a short-listed candidate for SWAN's ILS migration project. As of yet, we have not had any debriefing on why we were not short-listed. We do know that Symphony, Evergreen and Virtua products were short-listed and isn't it interesting to note that in 2013, libraries that had each of these products has signed a contract to migrate to Polaris in 2014?
You may know that Polaris has migrated many IL libraries from existing consortia to be either stand-alone (such as Orland Park) or new smaller consortia (such as RiverShare or Pinnacle). If your Library is even remotely interested in what Polaris can offer over the current and/or planned consortia offering, we invite you to consider automating with Polaris. Why?
- Polaris is rated the #1 in customer support among our peers
- We have elegant ebook integration with Overdrive, Axis 360 and 3M Cloud Library Service (this alone is worth considering!) To see a short webinar on how this integration looks, go to:
https://vimeo.com/user21892483/review/87819802/776c4ca754
- Our PAC, Mobile PAC and staff searching all return the exact same search results every time. And negates the need for an expensive discovery layer such as Enterprise Portal or Encore.
- We have affordable Facebook integration
- Polaris is launching our next generation staff user interface called LEAP at PLA which is 100% browser and tablet based. Freedom to the roaming circulation and community outreach folks!
- Our "only" business is to serve libraries and fully 92% of our entire customer base are public libraries or public-focused consortia
- We delight our customers! Just ask your contacts at Barrington Area, Wauconda Public, Orland Park, Pinnacle Library Cooperative or others
If you want to see how Polaris compares with other ILS product and services, go to Marshall Breeding's ILS Perceptions Survey at:
http://librarytechnology.org/perceptions2013.pl
While Polaris may not be affordable for some of the very small SWAN libraries, we do have a cloud-based offering and you might be surprised at how affordable we can be. Either way, we encourage you to stop by and visit us at booth # 1123 - or contact me directly to schedule a private hotel conference room meeting. Our mission is to help librarians serve their communities and we want to improve your staff efficiencies and delight your patrons!
Thank you for your consideration of the enclosed and please share this email with any colleagues you feel would be interested.
Kind regards,
John Richardson
Director, Library Partnerships
Polaris Library Systems
John.richardson(a)polarislibrary.com<mailto:John.richardson@polarislibrary.com>
T. 800-272-3414 x4543
C. 315-638-6221
Helping librarians serve their community.
SWAN Board Members:
This is response I sent to Ruth Faklis. I consulted with Melissa and Rich before sending it. I was not sure until today that she blind copied some or all of you.
Regards,
Aaron
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: Ruth Faklis [mailto:rodothea52@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 9:32 AM
To: Aaron Skog
Subject: RE: I'm awaiting a reply
Thank you Aaron, I appreciate the response....r.
Ruth E. Faklis, Director
Prairie Trails Public Library District
8449 South Moody Avenue
Burbank, IL 60459-2525
708-430-3688 = phone
708-430-5596 = fax
Prairie Trails Public Library District - The Heart of the Community
________________________________
From: aaron.skog(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:aaron.skog@railslibraries.info>
To: rodothea52(a)hotmail.com<mailto:rodothea52@hotmail.com>
CC: rfaklis(a)prairietrailslibrary.org<mailto:rfaklis@prairietrailslibrary.org>
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 08:47:13 -0600
Subject: RE: I'm awaiting a reply
Hi Ruth,
The discussion at the SWAN Board meeting regarding your question concluded with this decision. If there is a majority "no" vote, the SWAN Board will discuss this at its next board meeting. A "no" vote means that SWAN cannot move forward with a purchase from the capital reserve funds, so it would mean that the SWAN Board will have to have an understanding of what is needed to get the approval.
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: Ruth Faklis [mailto:rodothea52@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 5:13 PM
To: Aaron Skog
Cc: rfaklis(a)prairietrailslibrary.org<mailto:rfaklis@prairietrailslibrary.org>
Subject: I'm awaiting a reply
Hi Aaron - I know you have allot on your plate...but I see that the agenda is out for the SWAN meeting - I haven't received a reply to my question about a 'no' vote...I know that you stated that you would bring my question before them.....what did the Board say the ramifications would be.....thanks - Ruth
Ruth E. Faklis, Director
Prairie Trails Public Library District
8449 South Moody Avenue
Burbank, IL 60459-2525
708-430-3688 = phone
708-430-5596 = fax
Prairie Trails Public Library District - The Heart of the Community
Hello Board Members,
I've just finished up the draft for last Friday's meeting minutes, which we will approve tomorrow. It is attached to the email for your review.
I've also attached a copy of the 2014 Board Calendar, which just gives us an idea of what is coming up for the rest of the year. It is just a suggestion of topics to cover based upon when things have been discussed in the past. If you have any suggestions or additions to the calendar, please let me know. I will add it to the SWAN Governance page once we've all had a chance to look at and edit it and it is approved.
Thanks!
Brande Redfield
SWAN Office Manager
125 Tower Drive
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Phone: 630.734.5164
Fax: 630.734.5056
brande.redfield(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:brande.redfield@railslibraries.info>
http://support.swanlibraries.net
SWAN Board Members:
The memo that was distributed Friday is attached for your reference. Melissa and I had a good conversation on Friday with SirsiDynix after the board meeting. We are finalizing the second version of the agreement and will include some of the Schedule 1 Options into the Quote section of the agreement. I have a phone call today to discuss the migration project timeline with SirsiDynix.
The agenda for this Wednesday is posted online:
http://support.swanlibraries.net/sites/default/files/meeting/2014-02-26/age…
The SWAN By-Laws document with red-lined revisions were emailed out on Friday by Brande.
Since we have never hosted in the evening before, I am not sure if we have left enough time for you all to be fed and energized. We could order some snacks or pizza if that sounds agreeable to everyone.
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
Hello all,
To answer the question today about Illinois Funds, accountant Merilynn Nagle said the following:
"All deposits go into Illinois Funds because that is our lock box. All member fees, insurance refunds, refunds, etc. go into Illinois Funds.
E-Commerce money goes into Hinsdale Bank and MaxSafe is transferred in."
Let us know if you have any other questions!
Brande Redfield
SWAN Office Manager
125 Tower Drive
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Phone: 630.734.5164
Fax: 630.734.5056
brande.redfield(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:brande.redfield@railslibraries.info>
http://support.swanlibraries.net
Hello all,
Attached is the redlined bylaws document as provided by Sheila for next week.
Thanks!
Brande Redfield
SWAN Office Manager
125 Tower Drive
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Phone: 630.734.5164
Fax: 630.734.5056
brande.redfield(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:brande.redfield@railslibraries.info>
http://support.swanlibraries.net
SWAN Board,
I informed Melissa Gardner of this today, but I am still waiting on the draft agreement from SirsiDynix to arrive. I was told we would expect it late tonight, so I will prepare to have this ready to review tomorrow as handouts.
Just letting you know in case you have wondered where the agreement is at!
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
