Hi Aaron,
I saw the article and of course it had to bash Swan. I thought of what you said about EHS seeing a spike in circ at first and now seeing it drop.
I think a letter from Dee would be great and something from David about why it was important for OPS to rejoin the consortium would be the right way to go. Going negative against ORS would be fun, but wouldn't serve our purpose.
Just my thoughts.
Rich
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> On Dec 27, 2013, at 11:11 AM, "Aaron Skog" <aaron.skog(a)railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
> SWAN Board:
>
> In case some of you have missed the article, I thought I would share with you the Chicago Tribune article which noted the large increase in circulation.
>
> http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-12-22/news/ct-orland-park-library-c…
>
> SWAN of course was mentioned in it, negatively of course. They cannot resist that.
>
> The RAILS Leadership team felt that it portrayed consortium in a bad light, so Dee suggested she write a letter to the editor about the topic of resource sharing. I offered to help with the letter. Dee also was thinking that it would be good to have a letter from a SWAN library director. Any thoughts on if a letter should be sent or if we should approach a library director. Dee was thinking of David Seleb, mostly because of a large public library joining SWAN.
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> 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 SWAN Board:
Rodger kindly noted that the audit document in the packet did not combine in Adobe properly, and some pages were left mostly blank. I am sending the document out attached to this email while I work to hopefully get it combined in its entirety and reposted to the SWAN site. Please use the copy attached for your review in the meantime.
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:
The Friday 12/13 meeting packet is now available for you - http://support.swanlibraries.net/sites/default/files/meeting/2013-12-13/pac…
This packet is 95 pages long. We will have a quorum for the meeting, based upon your email responses. We are hopeful that this meeting will end before noon so that no lunch will need to be provided; however, based upon where we are at in early afternoon I can certainly order lunch if needed.
We look forward to seeing you Friday!
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 have added Anne Kozak to the SWAN Board email list. Anne will not be able to attend our meeting on Friday, but we will see her in January.
Anne, all emails to the SWAN Board list are moderated, Brande or I will need to release them. Occasionally reply-all emails are allowed, but more often we have to moderate email conversations per OMA.
All board member individual email addresses are listed on this SWAN webpage, publicly available:
http://support.swanlibraries.net/content/swan-board-committees
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
Hello SWAN Board,
This Friday 12/13 we have a Board meeting (packet to follow either this evening or tomorrow morning). I know that there are a few already that have stated they will not be able to attend; I just want to make sure that we will be able to have a quorum this week. Could you please respond to me separately to let me know if you will be in attendance or not?
Thank you so much,
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,
Just a quick note: Mary Soucie, Library Director at Three Rivers who was involved in PrairieCat governance, is moving on to a new position in North Dakota. See below.
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: Mary Soucie
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2013 9:54 AM
To: Director's Mailing List; Synergy List; Delegates list; SPLMI Alum list
Subject: New position
Hi everyone,
Please forgive any duplication as I'm sending this to a variety of lists. I have accepted the position of State Librarian for North Dakota. While I'm excited about my new position, I will very much miss the collegiality and networking in Illinois. I've made any friends over the years and am grateful for all of the assistance that I've been given over the years.
I will miss the Director's list of RAILS as it has been a wonderful resource. Maybe RAILS will consider letting former RAILS directors subscribe. (HInt, hint Mary and Dee lol.)
I'm happy that I'll be able to remain on the SPLMI-Alum and Synergy lists so I'll maintain at least some IL connections. Yay!
I'll be at my library until December 27th.
Best wishes,
Mary Soucie
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Mary J. Soucie
Executive Director
Three Rivers Public Library District
Channahon/Minooka IL
815-467-6200 x303<tel:815-467-6200%20x303>
Enrich, Educate, Entertain, Evolve
SWAN Board:
The storms that came through Illinois affected RSA. See the email below.
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: Mary Witt
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 9:15 AM
To: rails.staff
Subject: News from RAILS East Peoria Service Center
Good morning everyone,
I've received questions about our East Peoria facility and the staff there. That area was particularly hard hit with yesterday's storm. Kendal Orrison has checked with the East Peoria staff, and while some staff have lost power, there was no major damage to anyone's home and everyone is OK. Our East Peoria building is currently without power and the only staff member there is Kendal. (The rest of the staff has gone home.) Kendal said power may not be restored at East Peoria until around 10 p.m. this evening.
RSA is down until further notice and members have been notified via the RSA mailing lists. Delivery is going out today since the vans were all packed and ready to go. Tomorrow there will only be pick-ups from libraries on the East Peoria routes since staff will not be able to sort materials today. We are going to put an alert on the RAILS website with this information.
I hope everyone is safe and that no one suffered serious damage from the storm. I will keep you posted if I learn anything further.
Thanks,
Mary
Mary Witt
Communications Director
Reaching Across Illinois Library System
Burr Ridge Office
Phone: 630.734.5124
Fax: 630.734.5050
mary.witt(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:mary.witt@railslibraries.info>
http://www.railslibraries.info
Hi Everyone,
Aaron's 2013 evaluation is attached. Melissa and I felt it was important for Aaron to see it ahead of time, so that he doesn't have to read it at the meeting and can come with questions already in mind.
I hope to see you tomorrow. I have one more day of calling in for jury duty. I had to report yesterday, but it looks like I should be at the meeting tomorrow.
Cheers!
Rich
Richard A. Wolff
Administrator
Tinley Park Public Library
7851 Timber Drive
Tinley Park, IL. 60477
(708) 845-5718
r_wolff(a)tplibrary.org
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SWAN Board Members:
The Friday 11/15 meeting packet has been updated to include the financial report - http://support.swanlibraries.net/sites/default/files/meeting/2013-11-15/pac…
The packet is now 55 pages long.
Thank you for your patience while we worked with accounting to obtain this information!
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
