[SWANcom] SWAN ILS Committee Final Report & Recommendation

SWAN Member Libraries: The SWAN ILS Committee is pleased to present the final written report and recommendation from the SWAN ILS Committee. This report summarizes the 15 months of research and selection process, including the scoring, cost analysis, and a recommendation on the future ILS for SWAN. http://support.swanlibraries.net/content/swan-ils-committee A direct link to the 70 page report in PDF format (login and password required) is below. http://support.swanlibraries.net/system/files/Members%20Only/SWAN_ILS_Commi… On March 6th the SWAN Board invites all library directors in SWAN to our March Quarterly meeting. We will review the final recommendation from the committee and the proposal from SirisDynix. SWAN will seek approval of reserve funds to pay for the proposed solutions for the SWAN consortia. SWAN will send out an agenda and meeting packet for that meeting separately. As an update, the SWAN Board approved moving forward with negotiations with SirsiDynix. These negotiations are presently underway with Melissa Gardner, SWAN Board President, Rob McGee, RMG Consulting, and Aaron Skog, SWAN Executive Director. The SWAN ILS Committee would like to thank everyone in our libraries who were participated in our selection process, all those who attended our six days of software demonstrations, and our ILS Task Force groups that were instrumental to our work. If you have any specific questions about the report, please contact Aaron Skog. Sincerely, The SWAN ILS Committee Aaron Skog, SWAN, Co-Chair, aaron.skog(a)railslibraries.info Jeannie Dilger, La Grange, Co-Chair, dilgerj(a)lagrangelibrary.org Kate Boyle, SWAN, kate.boyle(a)railslibraries.info Mary Lou Coffman, SWAN, marylou.coffman(a)railslibraries.info Pilar Shaker, Hinsdale, pshaker(a)hinsdalelibrary.info Tony Siciliano, SWAN, tony.siciliano(a)railslibraries.info Ahren Sievers, Elmwood Park, asievers(a)elmwoodparklibrary.org Vickie Totton, Cicero, vtotton(a)cicerolibrary.org Stacy Wittmann, Eisenhower, wittmannS(a)eisenhowerpld.org