I have posted on the SWAN Support site an update on the EBSCO year-4 renewal pricing. The price for the 84 participating libraries after RAILS completed its negotiation with EBSCO and clarified our final total has a lower price than had been listed in February. We have added some detail on how the purchase formula is created step-by-step.
The news post is linked below:
https://support.swanlibraries.net/news/2023-03/94175
Watch for announcements on the database selection that will start April 24th!
Regards,
Aaron
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/>
Hello SWAN library directors & administrators-
The agenda and meeting packet for this Thursday, March 2nd membership meeting is posted for you. You can access these PDF documents from the meeting link below:
https://support.swanlibraries.net/meeting/92371
This meeting will be held in-person at the Oak Brook Public Library and will include a membership vote on the SWAN budget for the upcoming year. The meeting will be live-streamed for those unable to attend in person, however, the approval vote must be conducted in-person.
The meeting includes presentations on the following topics:
* Aspen Discovery's mobile app & SWAN plans for evaluation
* MessageBee project progress report
* EBSCO online subscription database renewal
* Updates to SWAN's Online Learning system
* Upcoming SWAN Board election
If you are unable to attend but would still like to have your library vote on the budget, you can send a substitute to vote on behalf of the library. Just let me know in advance.
Regards,
Aaron
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/>
Hello member library directors, administrators, e-content specialists:
The pricing for the SWAN group-purchase of EBSCO subscription database package was presented at the Committee of the Whole membership meeting last week on February 7th. That pricing is included in the meeting packet, and I have pulled out that pricing which is linked directly to the news post below which has all the details.
https://support.swanlibraries.net/news/2023-02/94116
Any public library participating currently will automatically be included in the year-4 renewal. If you would like your library to withdraw from the group purchase arrangement, please submit your library's opt-out by February 24th, end of the day. The link to withdraw is in the news post above.
If you have questions about this, you can reach out to SWAN E-Resources Consultant Olivia Montolin via olivia(a)swanlibraries.net or directly with me, Aaron Skog via aaron(a)swanlibraries.net
Regards,
Aaron
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/>
SWAN Member Libraries, Cataloging, and Acquisitions Staff:
Over the weekend, we encountered several errors within our overnight processing reports.
Malformed records caused our ADUText report to fail, resulting in the removal of approximately 430,000 records from our indexes. These records need to be reindexed before they're fully searchable.
We have temporarily increased our maximum concurrent reports to allow us to rebuild the index without significantly impacting our daily report schedule.
You may experience slower than normal searching throughout the reindexing process.
Affected items are not retrievable by title or ISBN. They may still be retrieved by using a Title Control Number browse search.
While the reindexing is running, we are implementing a partial acquisitions and cataloging freeze.
You may continue to:
* Edit any record that is fully searchable
* Add, edit, or discard items
* Run cataloging overlay reports that match on Title Control Number
Please refrain from:
* Running acquisitions and cataloging load reports that match on ISBN or UPC
* Adding new bibliographic records
We will continue to update the Known Issue<https://support.swanlibraries.net/issue/94068> as we have more information.
Once we have verified that the reindexing has concluded successfully and verified database integrity, we will notify via SWANcom that the partial cataloging freeze has been lifted.
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
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