Good morning member libraries,
Our Aspen server upgrade is today. The catalog will be partially down for most of the day with about an hour of full downtime. You will see a system message banner in the catalog once the upgrade has begun and My Account features are no longer available.
We will update this news post on our support site with any updates: https://support.swanlibraries.net/news/2024-10/94715
And we will post an all clear swancom message following the upgrade.
Thank you for your patience today!
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/>SWANcom Subscription Settings<https://mailman.swanlibraries.net/mailman3/lists/swancom.list.swanlibraries…>
Join a SWAN working group! Self-nominations are now open.
Circulation Working Group (formerly Circulation Advisory) nominations are due October 21st, and the Circulation Working Group elections will run October 22-November 11. Sign up for Discovery & User Experience and E-Resource working groups by November 11th. No sign ups are needed for the Cataloging Working Group
Read more and find 2025 meeting dates on the SWAN support site: https://support.swanlibraries.net/news/2024-09/94682
Tara Wood
User Experience Manager
tara(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:tara@swanlibraries.net> * 630-326-7706
My pronouns: she/her/hers
SWAN Library Services
800 Quail Ridge Drive, Westmont, IL 60559
swanlibraries.net<https://swanlibraries.net/> * catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/>
Good afternoon!
Due to ILA, the decision was made to move the Cataloging Advisory meeting to Thursday, October 31st, after consulting with the Cataloging Libraries. The meeting will still be 9:30-11 AM. I apologize for any inconvenience this move will cause, but I hope more will be able to attend with the adjustment. This meeting will be recorded for those that are unable to attend.
Have a wonderful day!
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/>SWANcom Subscription Settings<https://mailman.swanlibraries.net/mailman3/lists/swancom.list.swanlibraries…>
We would like to remind you that tomorrow morning at 10:00, we are hosting a short webinar called "Getting Involved: SWAN User/Advisory Groups in 2025." We are making some small changes to better focus our groups next year. This informational session will go over those changes and tell you how you can be involved if you are not already.
The event is posted on L2: Getting Involved - SWAN User/Advisory Groups in 2025<https://librarylearning.org/event/2024-09-18/getting-involved-swan-useradvi…>
We will post the recording after the session for those who cannot attend.
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/>SWANcom Subscription Settings<https://mailman.swanlibraries.net/mailman3/lists/swancom.list.swanlibraries…>
Good morning member libraries,
We have been informed by ByWater Solutions, our Aspen hosting and support provider, that the migration of our Aspen production server was unsuccessful. Our server migration will be rescheduled, and we will update you when we know more.
The Aspen catalog is now functioning normally, following a brief delay this morning processing updates to item statuses and records.
We apologize that this process has not gone as smoothly as hoped.
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/>SWANcom Subscription Settings<https://mailman.swanlibraries.net/mailman3/lists/swancom.list.swanlibraries…>
Good afternoon member libraries,
Our Aspen server upgrade, which was previously delayed, is now scheduled for this evening between 8PM and 10PM.
We have posted a banner to all Aspen catalogs, and we will send an update once we receive confirmation the upgrade has completed.
Thank you for your patience!
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/>SWANcom Subscription Settings<https://mailman.swanlibraries.net/mailman3/lists/swancom.list.swanlibraries…>
We are excited to announce a new item category for item records in WorkFlows!
Item Category 6 can now be used to designate languages other than English. Several foreign language options have been populated in this category, and you can begin assigning them immediately.
Like all item categories, Item Category 6 does not impact circulation or hold rules in any way. It also does not display in the public catalog. It is meant for staff use only.
Item Category 6 is not yet available for reporting in BLUEcloud Analytics (BCA). SirsiDynix is working to add this in a future release. In the meantime, libraries may run reports for Item Category 6 in WorkFlows. SWAN staff can help set up templates for your library to run lists or circulation statistics reports if needed.
Please send in a ticket with requests for templates, questions, or requests to update parts of your collection with this new item category.
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/>SWANcom Subscription Settings<https://mailman.swanlibraries.net/mailman3/lists/swancom.list.swanlibraries…>
Hello SWAN libraries,
SWAN will be relocating its office in December, and we have some furniture that will be listed on the RAILS website under the "Classifieds: Free/For Sale/Wanted." We will prioritize SWAN member libraries first if your library would like to arrange a pickup of the items we post. It will be first come, first served. SWAN Business Manager Ginny Blake will coordinate the pick-up and removal of the items.
Currently we have posted some chairs on the RAILS classifieds just to see how the process works. There will be some additional furniture such as desks and tables we will post in the listed items available.
https://railslibraries.org/classifieds
If you would like to stay informed of any of the items being listed, RAILS has an email list you can subscribe to with the following commands.
Offers and requests posted by libraries on the RAILS website.
To Subscribe
Send an email to listserv(a)list.railslibraries.org with message text:
subscribe classifieds FIRSTNAME LASTNAME
(It is recommended that you delete your email signature from this message.)
You will be sent an automatic reply with a link to confirm your subscription request.
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/>
