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Aspen LiDA (SWAN Libraries+) app is down

by SWAN Communications

The LiDA App (SWAN Libraries+) is currently down. We are in communication with ByWater Solutions, who is aware of the issue and working on a solution. You can track development of this outage via the Known Issue on our Support Site: https://support.swanlibraries.net/issue/94781 Thanks for your patience while we find a resolution to this problem. SWAN Library Services 915 Harger Road, Suite 260, Oak Brook, IL 60523 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…>

8 months, 2 weeks

Missing titles in Aspen checkout history

by SWAN Communications

Good afternoon member libraries, Our support vendor, Bywater Solutions, has informed us that some titles checked out in November and December 2024 may not have been added to patrons' checkout histories. We have more information on our support site: https://support.swanlibraries.net/issue/94780. We have also added an alert to My Account pages in Aspen, along with a link to instructions to manually add titles to checkout history. SWAN Library Services 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…>

8 months, 3 weeks

Aspen Boundless integration issues

by SWAN Communications

Good afternoon member libraries, We are experiencing issues with the Boundless APIs, which integrate Boundless into the Aspen catalog. The Boundless app and website are not affected. To minimize confusion for patrons, we have requested for our Aspen integration to be turned off until the API issues are resolved. We will update our known issue on our support site as we have more information: https://support.swanlibraries.net/issue/94776 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…>

8 months, 4 weeks

Save the date-- SWAN budget presentation at 2/4/25 Committee of the Whole meeting

by SWAN Communications

Hello Library Directors & Administrators- The presentation of next year's budget and membership fees will take place on Tuesday, February 4th at 10:00 a.m. on Zoom. The budget packet will be posted a week prior to the meeting. SWAN Committee of the Whole Meeting | SWAN Library Services<https://support.swanlibraries.net/meeting/94769> You will need to register in advance for the meeting. Meeting Registration - Zoom<https://swanlibraries-net.zoom.us/meeting/register/dnu8NfLqStOPaHU4bUlhuQ#/…> As part of the budget process, SWAN will utilize bond and debt payments within its public library fee formula. If your library has made changes to its bond payment or debt service schedule in the past year, please submit the schedule using the link below. Library Bond Submission | SWAN Library Services<https://support.swanlibraries.net/form/94546> If you have any question, please reach out to me directly. 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 915 Harger Road, Suite 260, Oak Brook, Illinois 60523 swanlibraries.net<https://swanlibraries.net/> * catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/>

9 months

Aspen 24.12 release

by SWAN Communications

Good morning member libraries, The Aspen 24.12 release is live. This release includes several new features, including a "Year in Review" feature (like Spotify Wrapped for libraries!). This is currently enabled on the main SWAN consortium catalog and available for you to request for your library's catalog. You can read more about the new features on our support site: https://support.swanlibraries.net/news/2024-12/94762 SWAN Library Services 915 Harger Road, Suite 260, Oak Brook, Illinois 60523 swanlibraries.net<https://swanlibraries.net/> * catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/>

9 months, 3 weeks

Planned OCLC Downtime

by SWAN Communications

Please route as appropriate. OCLC has a planned maintenance event scheduled this Friday night into mid-day Saturday. It will impact many OCLC services including: Connexion, CONTENTdm, FirstSearch, WorldCat Discovery, WorldCat.org, WorldShare Indexing, WorldShare Interlibrary Loan, WorldShare Record Manager, WorldShare Reports, and others. The unavailability will be for approximately six hours during this maintenance window beginning Friday night, 12/20 until mid-day Saturday, 12/21. A complete list of affected services and their status can be monitored on the Dashboard<https://oclc.service-now.com/status?id=dashboard>. Information about the maintenance is available on OCLC's "planned events<https://oclc.service-now.com/status?id=maintenance>" page. If you experience problems with any OCLC service during this period, please retry at a later time. SWAN Library Services 915 Harger Road, Suite 260, Oak Brook, Illinois 60523 Email: help(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:help@swanlibraries.net> Phone: 844-SWANLIB (844-792-6542) https://support.swanlibraries.net<https://support.swanlibraries.net/> <https://support.swanlibraries.net/>SWANcom Subscription Settings<https://mailman.swanlibraries.net/mailman3/lists/swancom.list.swanlibraries…>

10 months

SWAN Quarterly meeting - online only today! No power at Oak Brook Public Library

by SWAN Communications

Hello library directors & administrators- I am sending this email in hopes of catching many of you that were heading out to Oak Brook Public Library for the 10 a.m. membership meeting. The library has no power and there is no estimate for it being restored. I will hold the meeting online via Zoom at 10 a.m. today. You will need to register prior to the meeting. https://swanlibraries-net.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEqdu-prTwjGtL6oPUXBfqj… I apologize for the change in plans! I spoke with Jacob Post at Oak Brook a moment ago. 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 915 Harger Road, Suite 260, Oak Brook, Illinois 60523 swanlibraries.net<https://swanlibraries.net/> * catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/>

10 months, 1 week

SWAN Directors & Administrators Quarterly meeting 12/5/24 agenda & packet

by SWAN Communications

Hello SWAN libraries- The agenda and packet for this Thursday's meeting is now available. https://support.swanlibraries.net/meeting/94476 The information packet is short, but make sure to review the agenda. The meeting will be held at Oak Brook Public Library but will also include a live stream via Zoom if you wish to attend remotely. Registration will be required in advance to attend the Zoom live-stream. Registration link: https://swanlibraries-net.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEqdu-prTwjGtL6oPUXBfqj… 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 915 Harger Road, Oak Brook, Illinois 60523 swanlibraries.net<https://swanlibraries.net/> * catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/>

10 months, 2 weeks

SWAN Aspen Discovery catalog: update on performance issues last week

by SWAN Communications

SWAN member libraries- The Aspen Discovery catalog on Wednesday, November 13th began to experience performance issues-slowness with search results, long waits for account login. This lasted until Friday when our hosting provider ByWater Solutions put in place a solution and the performance returned to normal. What was happening was our hosted Aspen server was undergoing a denial-of-service attack. This was not a security breach, so no patron data was affected. The server was undergoing a huge amount of service requests, potentially thousands per second from a bot network. ByWater blocked the origin of the denial-of-service attack, but it required blocking some IP addresses that have left some member libraries blocked from the Aspen catalog. We have resolved all but three libraries, with SWAN staff going on site or arranging consultations with these libraries: Richton Park, Brookfield, and River Grove. If your library is experiencing a blocked message when accessing the catalog, please open a ticket with SWAN using the link below. https://support.swanlibraries.net/form/94559 The details of this SWANcom are repeated on the news post below. https://support.swanlibraries.net/news/2024-11/94753 I apologize for not getting an explanation out sooner. We learned about the details this morning and I wanted to update everyone about the situation. We are coordinating with ByWater to put a long-term resolution in place to prevent a denial-of-service attack in the future. 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/>

10 months, 3 weeks

SWAN Aspen Catalog Down

by SWAN Communications

The Aspen catalog is currently down. We have alerted ByWater to the issue and they are investigating. We will update the Known Issue<https://support.swanlibraries.net/issue/94752> on our support site as we have more information. 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…>

11 months

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