[SWANboard] New mobile app for SWAN & Quarterly 12/7/23

Hello SWAN board reps- It has been a roller coaster week, but I wanted to update you on a recommended solution for our "dead" BLUEcloud Mobile app. First off, we have removed the BLUEcloud Mobile app from appearing in the Google Play and Apple App stores. There is unfortunately nothing we can do about the app that is already installed on a device. It will continue to display outdated information to users. SirsiDynix and its partner on the BLUEcloud Mobile app continue to lay blame on each other for the situation. I will approach our legal firm KTJ to look over our SirsiDynix contract to see if there is anything we should know around legal recourse. I will be meeting on Monday next week with SirsiDynix representatives to determine our refund for the BLUEcloud Mobile app. Secondly, I have a recommendation for a replacement app for SWAN, which would be to move forward with Aspen LiDA. I will be meeting later this afternoon at 3:30pm with ByWater reps to review an addendum to our existing agreement. I won't sign off on anything yet, but I want to have a solution ready to go next week. If you think there should be other app options explored, we can talk about that, but at this point, it makes tremendous sense to work with the company that is supporting our current discovery solution, Aspen Discovery. The LiDA mobile is our best candidate for a solution, and we can move forward with this quickly. I have requested that ByWater Solutions shift any up-front costs for the app to instead occur on our May 1, 2024 renewal of the Aspen hosting and support. What will happen is on May 1st the SirsiDynix renewal will decrease and the ByWater renewal will include additional costs for the LiDA mobile app. I do not expect there to be any increase in cost to SWAN. Tara Wood and I will present as our first topic at Quarterly this proposed solution, which will cover the LiDA app features and when we estimate it will launch. I will outline the costs and what should be a net result to SWAN. I suggested to Jennifer that we also post a SWAN Board meeting to take place at Oak Brook Public Library after the Quarterly meeting. That would be just in case some action needs to be taken. We would need to make sure we have a board quorum for a possible meeting after Quarterly. *Please reply to me if you are able to attend next week at Oak Brook in person.* I will be sending out a membership update about the Quarterly meeting and that we have an app solution in the works. Best, Aaron Aaron Skog Executive Director aaron@swanlibraries.net<mailto:aaron@swanlibraries.net> * 630-326-7022 My pronouns: he/him/his SWAN Library Services 800 Quail Ridge Drive, Westmont, IL 60559 swanlibraries.net<https://swanlibraries.net/> * catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/>