Aaron et al, I think that including a statement from a public library director would add credence. Jim *From:* swanboard-bounces(a)list.swanlibraries.net [mailto: swanboard-bounces(a)list.swanlibraries.net] *On Behalf Of *Aaron Skog *Sent:* Friday, December 27, 2013 11:10 AM *To:* swanboard(a)list.swanlibraries.net *Subject:* [SWANboard] Tribune Article on Orland Increases 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. 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 http://support.swanlibraries.net