To All SWAN Library Staff:
Thank you to everyone who have already completed Enterprise Surveys 1 and 2. Survey 2 on Search Fields is open until 12 noon today. You can access the survey at https://support.swanlibraries.net/news/2015-10-21/enterprise-surveys, or visit support.swanlibraries.net and view the pinned post at the top of the page. As a reminder, everyone is welcome to complete these surveys, regardless of position or service area.
Survey 3 on Facets will open at noon today, and will be accessible in the same post.
Rebecca Malinowski
SWAN Special Projects Coordinator
Reaching Across Illinois Library System
Burr Ridge Office
Phone: 630.734.5157
Fax: 630.734.5056
rebecca.malinowski(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:rebecca.malinowski@railslibraries.info>
http://www.railslibraries.info
On behalf of RAILS:
Expanding Resource Sharing for Illinois Libraries with OCLC Resources
On Monday, November 9, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 pm, OCLC staff will present OCLC Resource Sharing for Illinois Libraries at the RAILS Burr Ridge Service Center and via live streaming. This presentation will update library staff on OCLC's resource sharing products and OCLC staff will answer questions. This is an opportunity to learn more about the resources available to you right now as Illinois library system member to expand resource sharing for your library patrons.
This update will include:
* An overview of WorldCat Discovery and the Illinois Group Catalog, and review additional benefits of your library-specific Discovery URL for customization
* WorldCat and FirstSearch Base Package database migration to WorldCat Discovery Services timeline and the importance of early adoption while services are running in parallel
* Integration of WorldShare ILL and WorldCat Discovery to streamline work and support both reference and resource sharing in partnership
* WorldShare Record manager and Collection manager as possible ways to help assist you with cataloging and e-resource management.
You may register here: http://www.librarylearning.info/events/?eventID=21391
Please contact Amanda Musacchio, RAILS Resource Sharing Specialist, at 630-734-5118 or Amanda.musacchio(a)railslibraries.info with any questions.
Jane Plass
Associate Executive Director
Reaching Across Illinois Library System
Burr Ridge Office
Phone: 630.734.5129
Fax: 630.734.5050
jane.plass(a)railslibraries.info
http://www.railslibraries.info
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Today at the Circulation Managers workshop SWAN announced a new Workflows feature ---SMS Message. With SMS Message staff can send a message to an individual patron that has opted-in to SMS Messaging and the SMS Manual Message in particular. This feature should prove to be handy when a patron has left something at the Circ desk or if you have a short message to send to them. You might want to test this feature out at your library by having a staff member opt-in and then sent them a quick test message. Enjoy.
Any questions, please contact Member Services by opening a ticket at help(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:help@swanlibraries.net> or calling us at 630-734-5153.
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
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Circulation Managers we are pleased to announce another helper that we can turn on by request for your library.
The User Manager ID helper allows a library to quickly and efficiently update User IDs in Modify User. Please see the attached document to see if this helper would be of assistance at your library. Circulation Managers, please open a ticket to request that we add this helper in the Modify User Wizard.
We will be demonstrating this Helper along with a number of other Properties that we can enable for your library at the upcoming SWAN Circulation Manager workshops. http://www.librarylearning.info/tags/?SWAN+Circ+Managers Hope to see you there. If you should have any questions, don't hesitate to call for clarification 630-734-5153.
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
To All SWAN Library Staff:
Thank you for your participation in the first brief Enterprise survey. We collected over 300 responses! The second survey in the series covers search fields, and is now open at support.swanlibraries.net. This survey will be open until Wednesday, October 28th. The first survey is now closed, and results are available at support.swanlibraries.net.
Rebecca Malinowski
SWAN Special Projects Coordinator
Reaching Across Illinois Library System
Burr Ridge Office
Phone: 630.734.5157
Fax: 630.734.5056
rebecca.malinowski(a)railslibraries.info
http://www.railslibraries.info
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Everyone -
I hopes of curtailing the number of patrons reporting they have not received their emailed hold pickup notices, SWAN has made two changes to the email pickup notice process today.
Starting tomorrow, we will be running email hold pickup notices 5 times a day, instead of twice. This is to hopefully eliminate huge mailings that might be resulting in the emails being dumped as spam by the patron's email service. Hold pickup notices will now be run at 9 AM, Noon, 3 PM, 6 PM, and 9 PM. I have updated the message in the hold pickup notice. The Subject line now reads "Library Hold Notice" and the message now reads -"The item you requested is available for pickup at the Library. Please visit the library within the next 7 days to pick up your item. Thank you."
Starting tomorrow we will begin running a second email notice. This notice is sent as a reminder to notify patrons when their hold has been on the hold shelf for four days. This will run every day at 5 PM. Hopefully, those commuters that read their email on the train will get a timely reminder to stop by the library on their way home. The Subject line now reads "Library Holds Notice" and the message reads -"The item you requested is available for pickup at the Library for three more days. If you are unable to pick up the item by then, your hold will be automatically cancelled at that time. Thank you."
I hope with this tweaking to the process, we will have more happy patrons. If you should have any questions, send in a ticket (help(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:help@swanlibraries.net>) or give me a call (630-734-5162). Happy weekend.
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
The election is now closed, and I am pleased to announce the six recently elected members of the SWAN Circulation Advisory Committee.
They are:
Cindy Maiello Gluecklich, MPS
Sandra Leyva, AMS
Julie Lombardo, WRS
Debbie Sheehan, INS
Peggy Tomzik, ESS
Crystal Vela, BYS
Congratulations to all who participated in the process. We had 13 fantastic people offer their time to serve. And 49 of the SWAN libraries submitted a ballot.
The next SWAN Circ Advisory meeting is Nov. 18th, 9:30 AM in the RAILS meeting room. Hope to see any and all of the interested parties there. Have a great weekend.
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
Everyone -
Just a quick reminder that the election ballot for the SWAN Circ Advisory Committee closes tomorrow at Noon.
We ask that there is only one ballot cast per library, and recommend that it is cast by the Circulation Manager/ Supervisor.
You will find the election ballot here: https://fs8.formsite.com/SWANServices/SWAN-Circ-Election-2015/index.html. Over 40 libraries have already voted, if you haven't had the time yet you have just 27 hours left. Seriously, thank you to all who have voted. I 'll probably have the election results ready to send out tomorrow afternoon.
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
To All SWAN Library Staff:
Please complete the short survey on Enterprise Search Targets and Limits at support.swanlibraries.net<https://support.swanlibraries.net/news/2015-10-14/enterprise-surveys> by Wednesday, October 21st at noon.
This is the first in a series of 4 surveys about Enterprise. Each should take five minutes or less. We encourage all library staff, regardless of service area or position to complete these surveys. Surveys will open and close on Wednesdays. Today's survey will be open until Wednesday, October 21st. It will close at noon, at which time the next in the series will be released.
The information we gather in these surveys will be used with information gathered through library visits, help tickets, and user testing to help improve the Enterprise experience. The survey topics will include:
* Search targets and limits
* Search fields
* Facets
* Devices and eBooks
You can learn more about the surveys, complete open surveys, and view closed survey results at support.swanlibraries.net<https://support.swanlibraries.net/news/2015-10-14/enterprise-surveys>. Thank you for all of the continued feedback you've shared so far. Please continue to send additional feedback and document issues using help(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:help@swanlibraries.net>.
Rebecca Malinowski
SWAN Special Projects Coordinator
Reaching Across Illinois Library System
Burr Ridge Office
Phone: 630.734.5157
Fax: 630.734.5056
rebecca.malinowski(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:rebecca.malinowski@railslibraries.info>
http://www.railslibraries.info
SWAN Member Library Staff:
We have been experiencing a large volume of tickets related to user records and searching. Specifically, users records are retrievable by user ID but not by name. User records have also appeared duplicated for a period of time after having been created/edited.
SWAN IT is running a rebuild of the user database, which will be completed overnight. This should resolve all reported issues. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.
Thank you.
Samantha Dietel
SWAN Member Services Consultant
125 Tower Drive
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Phone: 630.734.5163
Fax: 630.734.5056
samantha.dietel(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:samantha.dietel@railslibraries.info>
http://support.swanlibraries.net
