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EBSCO Year-2 Renewal: preliminary pricing with 86 libraries participating
by Aaron Skog 26 Feb '21

26 Feb '21

SWAN Library Directors & Administrators, Attached is the preliminary EBSCO group purchase pricing with 86 public libraries participating, with 9 electing to opt-out. Should your library decide to opt-out of the group-purchase, you will need to notify SWAN using this form: https://support.swanlibraries.net/forms/80756 The deadline to opt-out is end of the day Sunday, February 28th. On Monday next week I will post the final EBSCO pricing along with SWAN's FY22 budget. That budget, membership fees, and EBSCO pricing will be approved via the electronic ballot system recently used for the EBSCO year-2 renewal decision. The details of the EBSCO year-2 renewal were shared at the membership meeting on January 12th. That meeting presentation and Q&A is archived on SWAN Support: https://support.swanlibraries.net/meeting/84220 If you have questions, please feel free to reach out to me directly, or to SWAN Electronic Resources Consultant Robin Hofstetter at robin at swalibraries.net or 630-326-7823. Aaron Skog Executive Director aaron(a)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/>

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EBSCO Year-2 Renewal: preliminary pricing with 90 libraries participating
by Aaron Skog 22 Feb '21

22 Feb '21

SWAN Library Directors & Administrators, As promised, I am providing you preliminary pricing on the year-2 renewal of the EBSCO database group purchase. We have 90 public libraries participating, with 5 electing to opt-out. See the attached preliminary pricing to this email. Should your library decide to opt-out of the group-purchase, you will need to notify SWAN using the form: https://support.swanlibraries.net/forms/80756 The deadline to opt-out is end of the day Sunday, February 28th. I will send out a second preliminary pricing on Friday this week should we have additional libraries opt-out, and then next week I will post the final EBSCO pricing along with SWAN's FY22 budget. That budget, membership fees, and EBSCO pricing will be approved via the electronic ballot system recently used for the EBSCO year-2 renewal decision. The details of the EBSCO year-2 renewal were shared at the membership meeting on January 12th. That meeting presentation and Q&A is archived on SWAN Support: https://support.swanlibraries.net/meeting/84220 If you have questions, please feel free to reach out to me directly, or to SWAN Electronic Resources Consultant Robin Hofstetter at robin(a)swalibraries.net<mailto:robin@swalibraries.net> or 630-326-7823. Aaron Skog Executive Director aaron(a)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/>

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*Resolved* SWAN Network Outage on Sunday 2/21
by Steven Schlewitt 21 Feb '21

21 Feb '21

SWAN Member Library Staff: This morning around 11:15AM, we experienced an outage of the SWAN VPN network. During this outage, WorkFlows was not accessible. As of 11:30AM, we have resolved the issue and all VPN tunnels are back online. If your library continues to experience issues accessing WorkFlows, please proceed in Offline Mode<https://support.swanlibraries.net/documentation/64828> and call our emergency support at 844-SWANLIB (844-792-6542). We'll continue to monitor the situation throughout the day and will post any additional information to the Known Issue<https://support.swanlibraries.net/node/85240>. Thank you. SWAN Library Services 800 Quail Ridge Drive, Westmont, IL 60559 Email: help(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:help@swanlibraries.net> Phone: 844-SWANLIB (844-792-6542) https://support.swanlibraries.net<https://support.swanlibraries.net/>

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EBSCO year-2 renewal opt-out approved: opt-out form now open
by Aaron Skog 19 Feb '21

19 Feb '21

SWAN Library Directors & Administrators- The vote completed at the end of the day yesterday with an approval for allowing the year-2 EBSCO database group purchase with an option for libraries to op-out. We will now move forward with libraries officially opting out of the EBSCO database group purchase. The online form below is for libraries that wish to opt-out. This form will need to be completed by end of day February 28th. Those public libraries that do not op-out will be automatically included in the year-2 renewal. Opt-out form (Support site login required): https://support.swanlibraries.net/forms/80756 I will post revised EBSCO pricing on Monday, February 22nd and then again on Friday, February 26th. The final EBSCO pricing will be posted on Monday, March 1st. I will do my best to try to make the SWAN EBSCO pricing clear for those that need to see the amount for your library in order to make a decision. I have attached the vote reports to this email. Thanks for participating! Aaron Skog Executive Director aaron(a)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/>

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BLUEcloud Analytics Outage on 2/17
by Steven Schlewitt 17 Feb '21

17 Feb '21

SWAN Member Library Staff: We're currently experiencing an outage of the BLUEcloud Analytics service, affecting logins to the service and possibly some scheduled email reports. We've added a Known Issue<https://support.swanlibraries.net/node/85195> for the outage and will provide updates as information becomes available. SWAN Library Services 800 Quail Ridge Drive, Westmont, IL 60559 Email: help(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:help@swanlibraries.net> Phone: 844-SWANLIB (844-792-6542) https://support.swanlibraries.net<https://support.swanlibraries.net/>

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Electronic Ballot for EBSCO Year-2 Renewal
by Aaron Skog 15 Feb '21

15 Feb '21

SWAN Library Directors & Administrators- Your electronic ballot is now ready and will be sent to your individual email accounts with unique logins and passwords contained in that email. SWAN is using myDirectVote which is a platform designed for secure online voting. Your votes will be collected and tabulated, and those individual votes will be publicly posted after the ballot is closed. This will ensure Illinois OMA compliance. For those that would like to review the information pertaining to the renewal, please refer to the Committee of the Whole meeting archive of January 12, 2021: https://support.swanlibraries.net/meeting/84220 This ballot will be open for 1 week, closing midnight Monday, February 15th. There will be one email ballot reminder from the myDirectVote. If you have questions about the ballot process and/or do not receive the email in the next 48 hours, please contact me directly. Aaron Skog Executive Director aaron(a)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/>

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SWAN Committee of the Whole Meeting - Feb 9th Meeting Packet Posted
by Aaron Skog 02 Feb '21

02 Feb '21

SWAN Directors & Administrators - The agenda and packet for this Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting is posted. This online membership meeting is to review next year's SWAN budget, membership fees, and reserves. You can review the budget documents online and/or register for the online meeting via the link to SWAN Support below. You must register in advance. https://support.swanlibraries.net/meeting/84221 If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me directly! The COW meeting will be recorded and posted the following day. Aaron Skog Executive Director aaron(a)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/>

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