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SWAN Board & RAILS Board Self-Nominations

by Aaron Skog

SWAN Library Directors & Administrators, The SWAN Board self-nomination form will be available until next week when it closes Friday at 5 p.m. We are seeking individuals interested in SWAN's strategic direction for the next 3 years. Library directors/administrators who are interested in one of the three at-large seats can submit their statement for the election online. https://support.swanlibraries.net/news/2019-02/66595 Additionally, there are RAILS Board seats available. There was some interest at the SWAN Quarterly meeting on RAILS strategic direction is it pertains to resource sharing. We encourage you to check out the RAILS website for information on the two at-large seats. https://www.railslibraries.info/board/nomination-2019 Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions! Aaron Skog Executive Director aaron(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:aaron@swanlibraries.net> * 630-326-7022 SWAN Library Services 800 Quail Ridge Drive, Westmont, IL 60559 swanlibraries.net<https://swanlibraries.net/> * catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/>

6 years, 4 months

Changes to SWAN Membership Support

by Aaron Skog

Hello everyone, I wanted to let everyone know about some changes within SWAN's staffing and department structure that are going into effect. You can read about these changes in the online document below. https://support.swanlibraries.net/sites/default/files/meeting/19_03_15/SWAN… All the same faces and staff you know-just a different arrangement! Sincerely, Aaron Aaron Skog Executive Director aaron(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:aaron@swanlibraries.net> * 630-326-7022 SWAN Library Services 800 Quail Ridge Drive, Westmont, IL 60559 swanlibraries.net<https://swanlibraries.net/> * catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/>

6 years, 4 months

Library In-Service

by Crystal Vela

Bridgeview Public Library will be closing early on March 20th, 2019 for a staff In-Service. The library will close at 4PM on the 20th and will resume regular hours on March 21st, 2019. Palos Park Library will be closed March 29th all day for an In-Service Day. They will resume regular hours on March 30th. Crystal Vela Consultant, Member Services crystal(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:crystal@swanlibraries.net> * 630-326-8059 SWAN Library Services 800 Quail Ridge Drive, Westmont, IL 60559 swanlibraries.net<https://swanlibraries.net/> * catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/>

6 years, 4 months

SWAN FY20 Budget and LLSAP Funding Amounts for FY20

by Aaron Skog

Hello Library Directors & Administrators, The SWAN FY20 budget was approved last week at the quarterly meeting. The SWAN Membership fees for FY20 are now posted online at the link below. https://support.swanlibraries.net/about/budget There was interest at the quarterly meeting about the LLSAP funding for the 6 consortia in RAILS. This funding is provided in a letter to SWAN shared in the SWAN Board packet from October 18, 2018. You can see the LLSAP funding formula and the amounts for the 6 consortia on pages 111 and 112 of the SWAN Board packet, the PDF of which can be viewed below. https://support.swanlibraries.net/sites/default/files/meeting/18_10_19/6629… Thank you all for coming out last week! Aaron Skog Executive Director aaron(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:aaron@swanlibraries.net> * 630-326-7022 SWAN Library Services 800 Quail Ridge Drive, Westmont, IL 60559 swanlibraries.net<https://swanlibraries.net/> * catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/>

6 years, 4 months

Cataloging Advisory Meeting March 14th - Agenda

by webmaster＠swanlibraries.net

6 years, 4 months

Self-Nominate for SWAN Board Election, Due 3/22

by Aaron Skog

Hello Directors & Administrators, Please refer to the SWAN support site news post about the self-nomination for the upcoming SWAN Board election. There will be three open seats for the board, and we encourage all library directors or administrators to consider this opportunity. All seats are at-large and are three year terms. For details, please review the news post which has a link to the online self-nomination form. https://support.swanlibraries.net/news/2019-02/66595 If you are interested and want to find out more, please reach out to anyone on the current board. The current board members are listed here: https://support.swanlibraries.net/about/board-members I would be happy to answer any questions as well! Aaron Skog Executive Director aaron(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:aaron@swanlibraries.net> * 630-326-7022 SWAN Library Services 800 Quail Ridge Drive, Westmont, IL 60559 swanlibraries.net<https://swanlibraries.net/> * catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/>

6 years, 4 months

Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) Retention

by webmaster＠swanlibraries.net

6 years, 4 months

Reports of System Problems

by Dawne Tortorella

We have received several reports of problems bringing records in through Smartport and Acquisitions, as well as Web Services and SIP. We are troubleshooting with SirsiDynix and recommend that if you can, please curtail cataloging functions until this issue is resolved. You can track these known issues on our support site: https://support.swanlibraries.net/help/known-issues SWAN Library Services 800 Quail Ridge Drive, Westmont, IL 60559 swanlibraries.net<https://www.swanlibraries.net/> * catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/>

6 years, 4 months

Shelf Check For Custom Longoverdue Report (CLR)

by webmaster＠swanlibraries.net

6 years, 4 months

OCLC Configuration and WorldShare ILL Workshops/Labs

by webmaster＠swanlibraries.net

6 years, 4 months

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