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SWAN Office Closed This Thursday - Friday

by susan.ricker＠railslibraries.info

From the SWAN Support Website: Happy holidays! In observance of Thanksgiving, the SWAN office will be closed this Thursday, November 26 - Friday, November 27, with staff resuming normal hours the following Monday. For system support or anything else, you can always email help(a)swanlibraries.net or call 1-866-940-4084. Or check out the SWAN Support page at https://support.swanlibraries.net/content/helpsupport-member-libraries for more information. Originally posted at: https://support.swanlibraries.net/news/2015-11-23/swan-office-closed-thursd…

10 years, 2 months

*Resolved* Comprise/SAM PC Reservation Outage

by Steven Schlewitt

SWAN Member Library Staff: Issues relating to SAM PC Reservation should now be resolved. Should you continue to experience issues, please let us know - help(a)swanlibraries.net Thank you, 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 http://support.swanlibraries.net -----Original Message----- From: swantech-bounces(a)list.swanlibraries.net [mailto:swantech-bounces@list.swanlibraries.net] On Behalf Of Steven Schlewitt Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 10:04 AM To: swancom(a)list.swanlibraries.net; swantech(a)list.swanlibraries.net Subject: [SwanTech] Comprise/SAM PC Reservation Outage SWAN Member Library Staff: Please be aware - we're currently working through some network configuration issues relating to the SAM PC Reservation service. We hope to have this issue resolved as quickly as possible. In the interim, please issue guest passes for SAM access when applicable. Thank you for your patience, Steven Schlewitt SWAN IT Manager Reaching Across Illinois Library System Burr Ridge Office Phone: 630.734.5130 Fax: 630.734.5056 steven.schlewitt(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:steven.schlewitt@railslibraries.info> http://www.railslibraries.info _______________________________________________ SwanTech mailing list SwanTech(a)list.swanlibraries.net http://list.railslibraries.info/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/swantech

10 years, 2 months

SWAN Memo Regarding End of Versatile Contracted Arrangement

by Aaron Skog

Library Directors/Administrators & IT Staff: As of Monday morning, SWAN has ended our support contract with Versatile Computer Services, Inc. The Versatile team has made a positive contribution to SWAN's support and IT infrastructure for many years; however, to accommodate the ever-changing climate of the IT industry, SWAN Management, with consensus of the SWAN Board, agreed that it was in the best interest of the membership to part ways with Versatile. The attached memo outlines the direction SWAN will take with this change of service. 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

10 years, 2 months

2016 SWAN Membership Meeting Calendar Now Available

by Brande Overbey

Hello SWAN Membership: The 2016 Board Meeting Calendar (including Quarterly meetings) is now approved by the Board and available for you here: https://support.swanlibraries.net/system/files/Public/Staff/SWAN_Membership… Please note that, as mentioned at the last Committee of the Whole meeting, we do not have scheduled Committee meetings in 2016 but instead will call them only as needed. Let me know if you have any questions at all! Thank you, Brande Overbey SWAN Office Manager Reaching Across Illinois Library System Burr Ridge Office Phone: 630.734.5164 Fax: 630.734.5056 brande.overbey(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:brande.overbey@railslibraries.info> http://www.railslibraries.info

10 years, 2 months

Updates from SWAN Bibliographic Services

by Karen Bar

+++ Please route to appropriate personnel +++ Graphic novels Beginning on December 1, 2015 all new bibliographic records for graphic novels added to the SWAN catalog will be created as individual monograph records. We will discontinue previous SWAN practice of using a monographic series record for the numbered series. Existing monographic series records will be closed out as we add the next title in the series. This decision was made by SWAN Bibliographic Services staff and SWAN OCLC Cataloging Libraries. In recent years, we have experienced challenges with the monographic series records both in acquisitions and cataloging. We believe this change will enhance the patron holds experience. Please make note that you will no longer add a subfield |z to the call number as there will be an individual record for each volume/title. Item Category 1 Large Type We have discovered that some Large Type items did not have Item Category 1 mapped to Large Type during the migration data mapping process. There are approximately 20,000 items that have Item Type Large Type and Item Category 1 Book. We will perform a global update to change these to Item Category 1 Large Type next week. Additional DISCARD User If you would like one additional DISCARD User for your library, please submit a ticket request to help(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:help@swanlibraries.net> . We have received feedback from libraries that an additional DISCARD User might be helpful depending on local work flow. Items checked out to the additional DISCARD User will be processed for deletion with the monthly deletions on the 1st of each month. If you have any questions, please contact me. Karen Bar SWAN Bibliographic Services Manager 125 Tower Drive Burr Ridge, IL 60527 Phone: 630.734.5138 Fax: 630.734.5056 karen.bar(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:karen.bar@railslibraries.info> http://support.swanlibraries.net

10 years, 2 months

Enterprise Upgrade Status - COMPLETE

by susan.ricker＠railslibraries.info

From the SWAN Support Website: The overnight Enterprise catalog update was a success and is now complete. Throughout today, Thursday, November 19, SWAN staff will be monitoring the catalog to ensure quality and apply any corrections if needed. If you see experience any problems, please email help(a)swanlibraries.net to share a screengrab or description of the problem. We'll address your issue right away. Thank you for your patience during our upgrade; you can now enjoy features like: * *Improved search results* – Popular titles will appear with better relevancy * *Wording changes to drop-down search menus* – To navigate the catalog more intuitively * *New facet for eBook vendors OverDrive, 3M, and Baker & Taylor* – So patrons can see your favorite eBook provider or other preferences first Better labels for your favorite searches: * *All Libraries* searches all SWAN libraries and your library’s eBooks, which you can download directly from the catalog * *All Libraries (no eBooks)* searches all SWAN libraries and excludes eBooks * *Downloadable eBooks and eAudiobooks* searches your library’s downloadable collections; you can place holds and download titles directly from the catalog * *Library logos resized* – Part of the upgrade includes changes to cascading style sheets (CSS) files, which are website page controls in Enterprise 4.5 resulting in smaller library logos. * *NYTimes logo* - You may have noticed that several months ago we removed the NYTimes logo from the best seller lists on the front page. This logo for some reason links to a page for developers, not patrons, so we removed it. As part of the Enterprise 4.5 CSS changes, it is back, but we will work to remove it again on Thursday November 19. * *eResource Central* - Some of the changes to eResource Central, including renaming Digital Catalog to Downloadable eBooks and eAudiobooks, or the addition of the vendor facet may not be complete first thing in the morning on Thursday, November 19. These changes must be done one by one for each library, and our work may extend into your regular operating hours. This work will not require any downtime or otherwise impact the system. Access the "SWAN Enterprise 4.5 Release Notes" here to learn more about the upgrades, including: https://support.swanlibraries.net/system/files/Members%20Only/Enterprise/SW… [1] Originally posted at: https://support.swanlibraries.net/news/2015-11-19/enterprise-upgrade-status… [1] https://support.swanlibraries.net/system/files/Members%20Only/Enterprise/SW…

10 years, 2 months

Enterprise Upgrade eResource Central Index Running

by Aaron Skog

SWAN Libraries: The three Enterprise harvest steps have completed. The next step is for SirsiDynix to run the eResource Central re-index which is a required step. They started this process around 2:30am. Currently the Enterprise default profile is searching and returning results, but until this re-index completes, no library profile will return search results. Updates on the Enterprise upgrade can be viewed here: https://support.swanlibraries.net/news/2015-11-19/enterprise-upgrade-status Aaron Skog SWAN Executive Director Reaching Across Illinois Library System Burr Ridge Office Phone: 630.734.5122 Fax: 630.734.5056 aaron.skog(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:aaron.skog@railslibraries.info> http://www.railslibraries.info

10 years, 2 months

Enterprise Upgrade Data Harvest Running

by Aaron Skog

SWAN Libraries: The catalog is no longer down. The next step in the upgrade is for Enterprise to run a full harvest of Symphony data. It has completed the first of three harvest steps required. Presently the catalog is not returning any search results. Aaron Skog SWAN Executive Director Reaching Across Illinois Library System Burr Ridge Office Phone: 630.734.5122 Fax: 630.734.5056 aaron.skog(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:aaron.skog@railslibraries.info> http://www.railslibraries.info

10 years, 2 months

Enterprise Upgrade to Version 4.5 Has Begun

by Aaron Skog

SWAN Libraries: The Enterprise catalog will be halted for the upgrade to version 4.5 effective immediately. Please refer to the SWAN support website announcement for details: https://support.swanlibraries.net/news/2015-11-17/enterprise-upgrade-schedu… Aaron Skog SWAN Executive Director Reaching Across Illinois Library System Burr Ridge Office Phone: 630.734.5122 Fax: 630.734.5056 aaron.skog(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:aaron.skog@railslibraries.info> http://www.railslibraries.info

10 years, 2 months

SWAN phones are back up !

by Kate Boyle

Everyone- We are happy to report that our phone problem has been resolved. The SWAN phones are now working (both inbound and outbound). Thank you for your understanding and patience. Kate Boyle SWAN Member Services Manager Reaching Across Illinois Library System Burr Ridge Office Phone: 630.734.5162 Fax: 630.734.5056 kate.boyle(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:kate.boyle@railslibraries.info> http://www.railslibraries.info

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