Sent on behalf of the SWAN ILS Committee
SWAN Member Libraries:
Here's your latest ILS Migration Bulletin!
On November 20th, we sent out a Request for Best and Final Offer (RBFO) to our vendors with a deadline of November 29th. The Best and Final Offer documents that were received have been uploaded to the SWAN site in a Member's Only section; login will be required in order to view them. All documents are of course confidential and should not be discussed outside of SWAN. The documents can be found here: http://support.swanlibraries.net/content/swan-rbfo
The ILS Committee met on December 11th to attend two vendor webinars, covering the topics of web-based staff client and a more in-depth overview of the resource sharing process, as requested in the RBFO document. This helped to answer some of the remaining questions that the Task Forces and SWAN members generated from the vendor demos in October. The vendor Power Point presentations can also be viewed in the link above, toward the bottom of the page.
Over the next month, the ILS Committee will be checking additional vendor references to obtain more information about how the software is being utilized in libraries around the world. Then, in January the ILS committee will be meeting for Round 2 scoring of our top vendors. This is currently scheduled for January 7th and 8th; it is hoped that at this time, the ILS Committee will complete their final scores and be able to bring a recommendation of ILS vendor to the SWAN Board at the following meeting.
For more ILS Migration news, watch the SWAN support website at http://support.swanlibraries.net/news/category/ils-search.
Thank you,
Aaron Skog, SWAN, Co-Chair, aaron.skog(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:aaron.skog@railslibraries.info>
Jeannie Dilger, La Grange, Co-Chair, dilgerj(a)lagrangelibrary.org<mailto:dilgerj@lagrangelibrary.org>
Kate Boyle, SWAN, kate.boyle(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:kate.boyle@railslibraries.info>
Mary Lou Coffman, SWAN, marylou.coffman(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:marylou.coffman@railslibraries.info>
Pilar Shaker, Hinsdale, pshaker(a)hinsdalelibrary.info<mailto:pshaker@hinsdalelibrary.info>
Tony Siciliano, SWAN, tony.siciliano(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:tony.siciliano@railslibraries.info>
Ahren Sievers, Elmwood Park, asievers(a)elmwoodparklibrary.org<mailto:asievers@elmwoodparklibrary.org>
Rebecca Teasdale, Oak Park, rteasdale(a)oppl.org<mailto:rteasdale@oppl.org>
Vickie Totton, Cicero, vtotton(a)cicerolibrary.org<mailto:vtotton@cicerolibrary.org>
Stacy Wittmann, Eisenhower, wittmannS(a)eisenhowerpld.org<mailto:wittmannS@eisenhowerpld.org>
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Everyone -
Due to staff illness, the password changes that were scheduled to be completed first thing this morning were not changed until 9:05 AM. If you logged into Millennium before that time using the old passwords and you log out of Millennium at any time today, you will need to use the new passwords to log back into the system. Sorry for the delay in getting this done.
Have a great day and stay warm.
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 Acorn Public Library District will be closed Friday, December 13th for a Staff In-Service day.
Renee Clanton
SWAN Member Services Consultant
125 Tower Drive
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Phone: 630.734.5169
Fax: 630.734.5056
renee.clanton(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:renee.clanton@railslibraries.info>
http://support.swanlibraries.net
The South Holland Public Library will be closed for a Staff In-Service day on Friday Dec. 13th.
Renee Clanton
SWAN Member Services Consultant
125 Tower Drive
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Phone: 630.734.5169
Fax: 630.734.5056
renee.clanton(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:renee.clanton@railslibraries.info>
http://support.swanlibraries.net
The Northlake PLD will be closed for a staff In Service day on Friday December 13th. The library will re-open on Saturday December 14th at 9a.m.
Renee Clanton
SWAN Member Services Consultant
125 Tower Drive
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Phone: 630.734.5169
Fax: 630.734.5056
renee.clanton(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:renee.clanton@railslibraries.info>
http://support.swanlibraries.net
South Suburban College will be closed beginning on Saturday December 14th, 2013 and will re-open Monday January 13th, 2014 at 8:00 a.m.
Renee Clanton
SWAN Member Services Consultant
125 Tower Drive
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Phone: 630.734.5169
Fax: 630.734.5056
renee.clanton(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:renee.clanton@railslibraries.info>
http://support.swanlibraries.net
The Thomas Ford Pl will be closed on Friday, Dec. 13th for a staff In-Service day. The library will re-open on Saturday, Dec 14th at 9:30a.m.
Renee Clanton
SWAN Member Services Consultant
125 Tower Drive
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Phone: 630.734.5169
Fax: 630.734.5056
renee.clanton(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:renee.clanton@railslibraries.info>
http://support.swanlibraries.net
The Cicero PL is closed today, Wednesday, December 11th for a staff In-Service day. The library will re-open on Thursday at 9am.
Renee Clanton
SWAN Member Services Consultant
125 Tower Drive
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Phone: 630.734.5169
Fax: 630.734.5056
renee.clanton(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:renee.clanton@railslibraries.info>
http://support.swanlibraries.net
The email service at Melrose Park has been restored.
Staff can be reached at the new generic email address: mps(a)mpplibrary.org<mailto:mps@mpplibrary.org>
Renee Clanton
SWAN Member Services Consultant
125 Tower Drive
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Phone: 630.734.5169
Fax: 630.734.5056
renee.clanton(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:renee.clanton@railslibraries.info>
http://support.swanlibraries.net
**UPDATED**
On behalf of Susan Weinmann-Stanfa, RAILS Resource Sharing Specialist
RAILS LLSAP Member Library Staff,
Good news! RAILS has renewed its license for Public Web Browser and it is available for your library to use again at no cost to you. The informational document on the free PWB offer has been posted to the password-protected RAILS website here: http://www.railslibraries.info/resource-sharing/discounts. The same credentials that you use to log into L2 are used for the RAILS website.
Please visit the RAILS vendor discount page and look for "Free Public Web Browser Offer" and click on the document to the right. The document will give you information on this resource such as:
* What it is
* Ideas on how to use it in my library
* Cost (none) and expiration
* Set up instructions
* New license key/registration
* Technical support contact information
If you have any questions about this offer, please contact Susan Weinmann-Stanfa at susan.weinmann(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:susan.weinmann@railslibraries.info>. For technical questions or help with set up, please see the document for that contact information. Thank you for being a member of a RAILS.
Susan Weinmann-Stanfa, MLIS
Resource Sharing Specialist
Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS)
Burr Ridge Office
Phone: 630.734.5118
Fax: 630.734.5050
susan.weinmann(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:susan.weinmann@railslibraries.info>
http://www.railslibraries.info<http://www.railslibraries.info/>
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
On behalf of Susan Weinmann-Stanfa, RAILS Resource Sharing Specialist
RAILS LLSAP Member Library Staff,
Good news! RAILS has renewed its license for Public Web Browser and it is available for your library to use again at no cost to you.
Please visit the RAILS website and look for "Free Public Web Browser Offer" and click on the document to the right. The document will give you information on this resource such as:
* What it is
* Ideas on how to use it in my library
* Cost (none) and expiration
* Set up instructions
* New license key/registration
* Technical support contact information
If you have any questions about this offer, please contact Susan Weinmann-Stanfa at susan.weinmann(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:susan.weinmann@railslibraries.info>. For technical questions or help with set up, please see the document for that contact information. Thank you for being a member of a RAILS.
Susan Weinmann-Stanfa, MLIS
Resource Sharing Specialist
Reaching Across Illinois Library System (RAILS)
Burr Ridge Office
Phone: 630.734.5118
Fax: 630.734.5050
susan.weinmann(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:susan.weinmann@railslibraries.info>
http://www.railslibraries.info<http://www.railslibraries.info/>
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SWAN Member Libraries:
Anne Kozak, Library Director of the Thomas Ford Memorial Library, has been elected to the SWAN Board for the at-large position.
I would like to thank everyone who ran for the open position. We all appreciate the interest and enthusiasm at the leadership level!
Regards,
Aaron
Aaron Skog
SWAN Executive Director
125 Tower Drive
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Phone: 630.734.5122
Fax: 630.734.5056
aaron.skog(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:aaron.skog@railslibraries.info>
http://support.swanlibraries.net
Phone and email service at Berwyn PL has been restored.
Renee Clanton
SWAN Member Services Consultant
125 Tower Drive
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Phone: 630.734.5169
Fax: 630.734.5056
renee.clanton(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:renee.clanton@railslibraries.info>
http://support.swanlibraries.net
SWAN Libraries-
We have been notified that the Berwyn Public Library has been without phone service or email since
approx. 9:30am Monday. However their internet/SWAN connection is not affected
by this outage. They do not yet have an estimated fix time. We will keep you updated on their status.
Lauren Peltier
SWAN Member Services Support Analyst
125 Tower Drive
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Phone: 630.734.5155
Fax: 630.734.5056
lauren.peltier(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:lauren.peltier@railslibraries.info>
http://support.swanlibraries.net
SWAN Member Libraries & Technology Staff:
Please see the linked memo "Network Changes Memo #6: 3rd Party Vendor Access", and route to your appropriate library and IT staff. This memo is SWAN's list of 3rd party vendors that require a connection to the ILS to read data for a variety of services such as self-checkout systems, e-readers, and mobile apps. Most of these vendors have already been contacted by SWAN staff regarding the network migration. If you do not see one of your vendors listed, please contact us as soon as possible so that we can follow-up with the vendor directly.
http://support.swanlibraries.net/news/2013-12-02/network-migration-project-…
If you have any questions/comments about the transition, or if we missed your vendor, please submit a ticket to the SWANTech Queue of the SWAN ticket system or contact the SWAN Help Desk directly at 630-734-5153.
As always, thank you for your cooperation and patience during the transition process.
This email has been sent to the SWANcom and SWANTech email lists, so please excuse any cross posting.
Regards,
Steven Schlewitt
SWAN IT Manager
125 Tower Drive
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Phone: 630.734.5130
Fax: 630.734.5056
steven.schlewitt(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:steven.schlewitt@railslibraries.info>
http://support.swanlibraries.net
SWAN Library Directors & Administrators:
Just a friendly reminder that if you have not already voted, the SWAN Board Special Election to fill our one vacated at-large seat closes at 5 p.m. CST on Friday, November 29th.
To vote, please visit the link below; each library can vote one time.
http://support.swanlibraries.net/news/2013-11-18/swan-board-special-electio…
Have a wonderful holiday,
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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Everyone -
The SWAN Office will be closed on Thanksgiving Day and Friday Nov. 29th. Phone support for our member libraries will be provided by Unique Integrated Communications. Unique has been providing weekend support for SWAN member libraries for over two years and will be able to address any of your immediate concerns. They can be contacted at the usual support phone number of 630-734-5153.
RAILS will be open on Friday, so you can anticipate receiving your usual System delivery.
Let me wish all of you a wonderful and tasty Thanksgiving holiday.
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 & Technology Staff:
Just a reminder - on Monday, we completed our transition to the new XXS(a)notices.swanlibraries.net<mailto:XXS@notices.swanlibraries.net> aliased email addresses. Your patrons should now be receiving emails from the new address, and should you need to contact another library using the aliased email, please remember to use the @notices.swanlibraries.net domain, in place of the previous MLS domain. Additionally, your library director can now easily modify the email addresses associated with the 3-letter aliases on the http://support.swanlibraries.net homepage under Web Forms > Edit Aliased Email.
Please contact us should you encounter any issues with your patron notices, and thank you again for your patience during our network migration.
Steven Schlewitt
SWAN IT Manager
125 Tower Drive
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Phone: 630.734.5130
Fax: 630.734.5056
steven.schlewitt(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:steven.schlewitt@railslibraries.info>
http://support.swanlibraries.net
From: swantech-bounces(a)list.swanlibraries.net [mailto:swantech-bounces@list.swanlibraries.net] On Behalf Of Steven Schlewitt
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 1:52 PM
To: swantech(a)list.swanlibraries.net; swancom(a)list.swanlibraries.net
Subject: [SwanTech] Network Changes Memo #5: Member Library Email Aliases
SWAN Member Libraries & Technology Staff:
Please see the linked memo "Network Changes Memo #5: Member Library Email Aliases", and route to your appropriate library staff. This memo outlines changes to the SWAN email domain from the previous MLS address to the new notices.swanlibraries.net address. No action is required of member libraries, except to update their email contact lists and spam filters, as necessary. The cutover will take place on Monday, November 25th.
The following information should be provided to your IT and library staff that might communicate via the three-letter alias addresses:
http://support.swanlibraries.net/news/2013-11-11/network-migration-project-…
If you should encounter problems following the cutover date, or if you have any questions/comments about the transition, please submit a ticket to the SWANTech Queue of the SWAN ticket system or contact the SWAN Help Desk directly at 630-734-5153.
Thank you for your cooperation and patience during the transition process.
This email has been sent to the SWANcom and SWANTech email lists, so please excuse any cross posting.
Regards,
Steven Schlewitt
SWAN IT Manager
125 Tower Drive
Burr Ridge, IL 60527
Phone: 630.734.5130
Fax: 630.734.5056
steven.schlewitt(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:steven.schlewitt@railslibraries.info>
http://support.swanlibraries.net
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Hello SWAN libraries
Attached are the instructions for running your individual reports prior to the Patron Purge.
Please do not hesitate to call or email if you have any questions and/or concerns regarding this process.
Also, please remember NOT to save your individual search strategies. The saved strategy that is on the Report Server is for ALL SWAN libraries. If you notice that someone has saved their Home Library or Barcode range in the System strategy, please notify me as soon as possible.
Thank you and have a wonderful holiday
MaryLou Coffman
SWAN Special Projects Coordinator
System Wide Automated Network
125 Tower Drive, Burr Ridge, IL 60527
630.734.5157
marylou.coffman(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:marylou.coffman@railslibraries.info>
"Google can bring you back 1,000 answers but a librarian can bring you the right one."