Hello SWAN Board reps- This email update from Anne Slaughter at RAILS expands on the update Dawn Bussey provided us at the January SWAN Board meeting. 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/> From: Anne Slaughter &lt;anne.slaughter(a)railslibraries.info&gt; Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2022 3:51 PM To: Rebecca Malinowski (rmalinowski(a)ccslib.org) &lt;rmalinowski(a)ccslib.org&gt;rg>; mhammermeister &lt;mhammermeister(a)pinnaclelibraries.org&gt;rg>; Aaron Skog &lt;aaron(a)swanlibraries.net&gt; Cc: Deirdre Brennan &lt;dee.brennan(a)railslibraries.info&gt;fo>; Monica Harris &lt;monica.harris(a)railslibraries.info&gt;fo>; Carolyn Coulter &lt;carolyn.coulter(a)railslibraries.info&gt;fo>; Kendal Orrison &lt;kendal.orrison(a)railslibraries.info&gt;fo>; Jennifer Slaney &lt;Jennifer.Slaney(a)sterlingpubliclibrary.org&gt; Subject: Update from 1/27 IHLS/SHARE LLSAP brainstorming meeting Hello all, I wanted to update you on a meeting that took place this morning. IHLS/SHARE convened a meeting dedicated to "LLSAP Brainstorming" that included Leslie Bednar, Ellen Popit, Cassandra Thompson, Greg McCormick, Kendal Orrison, Carolyn Coulter, and Jennifer Slaney. Deirdre, Monica, and I also attended. As you may be aware, one of the next steps from this month's LLSAP Sustainability Working Group meeting was to engage a consultant to begin working on an RFI that would help us explore what it would take to establish a statewide shared ILS. In today's meeting, Cassandra and Leslie shared their hopes that SHARE might have a role in this. They are interested in expanding SHARE membership to include libraries across the RAILS service area, with a focus on smaller libraries, as they believe their current service model to be a sustainable and scalable option. Cassandra intends to begin collecting data from LLSAPs in order to assemble some projected cost information. SHARE member leadership is not involved in this conversation yet. RAILS wants to make sure that all six of our LLSAPs are informed and have the opportunity to participate in any further discussions on this topic. We intend to continue the work of the LLSAP Sustainability Working Group as charged, including consideration of any role that SHARE might play in statewide big picture planning. As requested by the working group, our next step is to meet with a potential consultant, and we will provide detailed updates when more information is available. Ultimately, we recognize the importance of each organization (LLSAPs and member libraries) conducting its own assessment of their options, and the need to build member library buy-in for any proposed transition. To that end, we will do what we can to ensure that future conversations are as inclusive as possible. Thanks, Anne Anne Slaughter Director of Technology Services Reaching Across Illinois Library System Burr Ridge Office Phone: 630.734.5127 Fax: 630.734.5050 anne.slaughter@railslibraries.info<mailto:anne.slaughter@railslibraries.info> https://www.railslibraries.info