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OCLC has announced a new timeline for the migration of WorldCat Resource Sharing to OCLC WorldShare ILL. The following is an excerpt from the ISL E-news :
"OCLC has decided to extend access to WorldCat Resource Sharing<http://www.oclc.org/resource-sharing.en.html> to May 2014. The change was made in response to requests from the OCLC interlibrary loan community that OCLC provide additional time for them to fully learn the new WorldShare ILL service while retaining access to WorldCat Resource Sharing.
The new schedule for libraries' transitions from WorldCat Resource Sharing to WorldShare ILL is:
* All new requests must be placed in WorldShare ILL (no new requests placed in WorldCat Resource Sharing): April 14, 2014
* End of access to WorldCat Resource Sharing: May 19, 2014
Between now and May 19, 2014, OCLC will continue to add new features to the service. The next scheduled release of features is in November 2013. Between November 2013 and February 2014, the service will not change substantially to provide an opportunity to become more familiar with WorldShare ILL during a three-month period when the service remains essentially unchanged."
Have a good weekend.
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
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Everyone -
We are looking for Circulation Managers/ Supervisors to self-nominate for 6 vacancies on the SWAN Circulation Advisory committee. These are for two-year terms and the elected committee member needs to commit to attending 6 meetings during the year. Please see ballot for meeting dates for 2014.
If you are interested in submitting your name for the ballot please complete this form<http://fs8.formsite.com/SWANServices/form129/index.html> .
http://fs8.formsite.com/SWANServices/form129/index.html
Please feel free to call any of the committee members if you should have any questions regarding the committee:
http://swan.railslibraries.info/members/groups/swan-circ-advisory-committee
Thank you for your interest.
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 North Riverside PL will remain open on Wednesday October 9th due to a scheduling conflict.
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 Membership:
The SWAN Burr Ridge offices are experiencing phone problems. Please use the help.swanlibraries.net to complete a ticket for non-emergency issues.
More information is located on the SWAN website here:
http://support.swanlibraries.net/support
We will update you via SWANcom once the phones are working. An emergency banner has been posted as well.
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
The North Riverside PL will be closed on Wednesday, October 9, 2013 for a staff inservice 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 Melrose Park library will be closed to the public September 26th-28th for scheduled upgrades. The library will reopen at 9:00 a.m. on Monday September 30th
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 Member Libraries & Task Force Groups:
The SWAN ILS Committee met last week for two days and reviewed the five vendor proposals in response to the SWAN RFP for its next integrated library system software. The Committee has selected three vendors based on scoring outlined on in our RFP (pages 24 & 25).
The three vendors that will be scheduled for software demonstrations will be (listed in alphabetical order):
*Equinox Software
*SirsiDynix
*VTLS
Any scoring used within the ILS Committee for the second phase will be set to "zero" so please keep in mind that there are no front runners with the three vendors. All are on equal footing for the next round of the process, which will include feedback from the seven Task Force groups.
The dates for the software demonstrations requested Task Force groups to reserve October 3 & 4, October 7 & 8, and October 10 & 11. The vendors attending those dates has not been set as they are being arranged with this announcement. As soon as they are set and the days agendas are prepared you will be able to register for the events in the Library Learning (L2) calendar. Library staff will have an opportunity to attend upon registration and have questions answered during the demonstrations.
The vendors Innovative Interfaces and Polaris have been notified about the results of our process.
Information on the ILS search can be found online under the Migration Bulletin menu:
http://support.swanlibraries.net/news/category/ils-search
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
