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-ci... 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@railslibraries.info<mailto:aaron.skog@railslibraries.info> http://support.swanlibraries.net
Aaron et al, I think that including a statement from a public library director would add credence. Jim From: swanboard-bounces@list.swanlibraries.net [mailto:swanboard-bounces@list.swanlibraries.net] On Behalf Of Aaron Skog Sent: Friday, December 27, 2013 11:10 AM To: swanboard@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-ci... 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@railslibraries.info<mailto:aaron.skog@railslibraries.info> http://support.swanlibraries.net
I agree that letters from Dee and David would be helpful to the consortium as a whole. One might emphasize the fiscal responsibility of our libraries in spreading the use of purchases around rather than using our tax payers' money to double down on only popular items. Oh, and their public will have to borrow from us if they want books by Cong. Paul Ryan or Eric Cantor... I understand the drive for more local input in the system. I just don't think you should accomplish your personal goals at the expense of the public. BTW, Frankfort was up 4% Nov '12 vs Nov '13. On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 11:17 AM, Jim Deiters <JDeiters@olpl.org> wrote:
Aaron et al,
I think that including a statement from a public library director would add credence.
Jim
*From:* swanboard-bounces@list.swanlibraries.net [mailto: swanboard-bounces@list.swanlibraries.net] *On Behalf Of *Aaron Skog *Sent:* Friday, December 27, 2013 11:10 AM *To:* swanboard@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-ci...
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@railslibraries.info http://support.swanlibraries.net
-- *Caritas VeritasPierre Gregoire*Library Director Frankfort Public Library District 21119 S. Pfeiffer Rd. Frankfort, IL 60423 815-469-2423 www.frankfortlibrary.org
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