[SWANcom] SWAN Contract Negotiation Update, COSUGI Conference

SWAN Libraries: At its meeting on Friday March 21 the SWAN Board continued its work on the negotiation of an agreement with SirsiDynix. At this stage it would be important to note the following resolution was passed by the SWAN Board: RESOLVED, THAT THE SWAN BOARD ACCEPT THE SIRSIDYNIX CONTRACT PENDING: * SATISFACTORY ANSWERS TO THE BOARD AND STAFF QUESTIONS THAT WERE RAISED AT THE 3/21 BOARD MEETING * ATTORNEY REVIEW AND APPROVAL * TO INCLUDE SIGNATORY AUTHORITY TO SWAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND SWAN BOARD PRESIDENT TO ENDORSE THE CONTRACT We expect to complete our negotiations over the next week. I will notify everyone once SWAN has crossed this milestone. However, rather than wait for this to be completed, I wanted to alert everyone to an opportunity now before too much time has elapsed. The SirsiDynix customers have a national users group called COSUGI. The group is hosting its annual meeting in Detroit May 15 -17 (pre-conference events start May 14), and SWAN will be sending a group of its staff to the conference. We encourage SWAN libraries to consider attending the conference in Detroit. SWAN applied for COSUGI membership after the board meeting last Friday. COSUGI informed us that as a consortia, all of the libraries in SWAN are now members of COSUGI. During that process we provided a list of all the SWAN libraries in SWAN. Early bird registration for COSUGI ends March 31st and is $375 for members. Registration will be $475 after March 31st. If you have questions about registration or run into any issues, please contact SWAN's Brande Redfield for assistance: Brande Redfield SWAN Office Manager Phone: 630.734.5164 brande.redfield(a)railslibraries.info Aaron Skog SWAN Executive Director 125 Tower Drive Burr Ridge, IL 60527 Phone: 630.734.5122 Fax: 630.734.5056 aaron.skog@railslibraries.info<mailto:aaron.skog@railslibraries.info> http://support.swanlibraries.net