SWAN Libraries:
Below is an email from Veronda Pitchford, Director of Membership Development and Resource Sharing.
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Thank you for being a member of the Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS).
We would like to invite RAILS LLSAP members to participate in the EBSCO database discount offers or, renew current EBSCO subscriptions.
1. Information about the EBSCO database options is attached to this email as a pdf.
Subscriptions for this year will run from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015.
2. Additionally, EBSCO is offering Novelist Select to RAILS members at a 20% discount.
Below is a link to more information about Novelist Select:
http://www.ebscohost.com/novelist/our-products/novelist-select
NoveList Select turns your existing catalog into a place for book discovery, adding reader-focused features such as reading recommendations, series information, book reviews, book jackets, and more directly into the catalog.
The deadline to submit orders to EBSCO is Friday, June 13th, 2014.
If you have any questions or need more information regarding pricing for the EBSCO database discount offers please contact:
Matt Antonucci
Account Executive
EBSCO Information Services
10 Estes Street, Ipswich, MA 01938 USA
phone:(800)653-2726 ext 2356
fax: (978)356-5640
mantonucci(a)ebsco.com
Thank you! Stay tuned for more information on group purchasing discounts available to RAILS LLSAP members.
Yours in library love,
Veronda Pitchford
Director, Membership Development and Resource Sharing
Reaching Across Illinois Library System
Burr Ridge Office
Phone: 630.734.5119
Fax: 630.734.5050
veronda.pitchford(a)railslibraries.info
http://www.railslibraries.info
The River Forest PL will close at 2pm on Monday May 19th due to a burst water pipe. The library will re-open on Tuesday May 20th.
Renee Clanton
SWAN Member Services Consultant
renee.clanton(a)railslibraries.info
Phone: 630.734.5169
Fax: 630.734.5056
Open a ticket >>>>> help(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:help@swanlibraries.net>
SWAN Website >>>>> http://support.swanlibraries.net<http://support.swanlibraries.net/>
SWAN Members:
Just a reminder that the SWAN Board Election voting will close this Friday, May 23rd at 5pm. Please be sure to get your vote in by then for our one vacancy.
The election poll can be found at the following link, and on the front page of the SWAN website as a News Item:
http://support.swanlibraries.net/news/2014-05-05/swan-board-election-polls-…
Thank you for your participation,
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
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Just a reminder that some of the SWAN staff are taking advantage of the close proximity of the SirsiDynix conference in Detroit to attend the meeting. The following staff will be attending CONSUGI from Wednesday morning until Saturday evening: Aaron Skog, Karen Bar, Kate Boyle, Renee Clanton, Samantha Dietel, Dave Pacin, and Steven Schlewitt.
Please rest assured that there are SWAN staff available at Burr Ridge (from 7:30 AM - 9:00 PM) to answer any of your support questions and concerns at the usual support phone # 630-734-5153. And of course, SWAN staff and Versatile will be replying to your emails and any support tickets.
For those of you attending CONSUGI, we hope to see you at the First Time Attendees breakfast. If you are attending the conference, you should have received an invitation to this breakfast after you registered. Looking forward to seeing some of you there.
Kate Boyle
SWAN Member Services Manager
125 Tower Drive
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Phone: 630.734.5162
Fax: 630.734.5056
kate.boyle(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:kate.boyle@railslibraries.info>
http://support.swanlibraries.net
SWAN Member Libraries:
The next 2014 SWAN Committee of the Whole meeting agenda for Tuesday, May 13th at Prairie State College can now be found online here:
http://support.swanlibraries.net/sites/default/files/meeting/2014-05-13/age…
We will provide an update on the ILS migration plans, SWAN Board election, Business Plan and Ambassador Committees.
This meeting will be held off-site at Prairie State College, 202 S. Halsted St, Chicago Heights. Attached to the email is a campus map. The meeting will be held in the Heritage Room in their new Conference Center, labeled building BCEC on the map. Parking will be available at no charge in Lots C and D. Directions to the campus can also be found at the following link: http://prairiestate.edu/general-information/maps-and-directions/index
If you have any questions at all, please feel free to contact me via email or phone. We hope to see you next Tuesday at Prairie State College!
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
