SWAN Libraries,
The National Change of Address (NCOA) Patron Database Cleanup project will begin end of day tomorrow, Wednesday, December 12, 2018. UMS will process our patron records through the USPS NCOA database and return them to us for processing on Friday afternoon. The bulk of the work will be completed Saturday night, though we will continue updating patron formatting into next week.
Beginning Thursday, there will be a freeze on updating the following fields in the Addresses tab:
* STREET
* CITY
* STATE
* ZIP
Any changes made to these fields between Wednesday night and Saturday morning will be overwritten when the records are processed. Please keep a list of any changes to these fields that are requested by the patron during this period of processing. Updates can then be entered when the freeze is lifted.
Please note, only records that have a User Category Type of PATRON or blank will be included. Records with the following User Profiles will be excluded from the update:
* Generic Users
* CHICAGO_P
* NONSWAN_RB
* Special and Academic library patrons
* School-Use Only
* GED_MOVED
Joseph Miller
Project Manager
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SWAN Libraries,
The updated SWAN Support Site is now fully live! Thank you for all of your help testing and providing valuable feedback over the last six months-we couldn't have done it without you. Big thanks to Brian Smith at RAILS for his work setting up the new site and working with us to update features and troubleshoot functionality issues. And of course, thanks to all SWAN staff, who worked tirelessly to rewrite hundreds of pages of documentation to get the new site up and running.
Some things to keep in mind and to check out on the new site if you haven't already done so:
* As with the old site, log in with your L2 credentials at https://support.swanlibraries.net/
* Try out the new and improved search box
* Check out the Quick Library Lookup on the homepage as well as the Patron Lookup Tool
Please let us know if you experience any issues by sending a ticket to the Help Desk.
Tara Wood
User Experience Manager
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SWAN Member Libraries,
The December Quarterly agenda and packet for the meeting on Thursday, December 6 at 9:30 a.m. is now available online for you:
https://support.swanlibraries.net/sites/default/files/meeting/2018-12-06/pa…
We will live-stream the audio and desktop presentation of this meeting via GoTo Meetings; if you would like to attend remotely, please refer to page 2 of the meeting packet.
Meeting highlights:
* Strategic Planning update
* Recommendation on BLUEcloud Mobile App for all SWAN libraries
* SWAN Resource Sharing & Find More Illinois
* SWAN Support website overview
* Our latest Enterprise usability report
* Preparation for the January 2019 server upgrade
* Green Hills Public Library District joining SWAN
We have a lot going on, which is why the packet is 62 pages long! See you next week...
Aaron Skog
Executive Director
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SWAN Library Services
800 Quail Ridge Drive, Westmont, IL 60559
844-792-6542
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Member Libraries,
Matteson Area Public Library will be closed all day on Friday, December 7th for a Staff In-service day. The library will resume regular business hours on Saturday, December 8th at 9am.
Helen Pinder
Analyst, Member Services
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SWAN Library Services
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Member Libraries,
Prairie Trails Public Library will be closed all day on Friday, December 7th for a Staff In-service day. The library will resume regular business hours on Saturday, December 8th at 9:00 am.
Crystal Vela
Consultant, Member Services
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SWAN Library Services
800 Quail Ridge Drive, Westmont, IL 60559
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Member Libraries:
Green Hills PLD (GHS) has been added as a library policy in WorkFlows in preparation for their joining SWAN. You will see GHS in certain dropdown menus, such as when placing a hold. Please do not select GHS as a pickup library for any holds, as they are not yet a live SWAN library.
Samantha Dietel
Consultant, Member Services
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SWAN Library Services
800 Quail Ridge Drive, Westmont, IL 60559
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