In an effort to better organize library closings and provide consistent communication on these closings, we ask that libraries report their library closings on the RAILS website. Those closings will be shared to the SWAN membership through our centralized listing of... Read more
News
January 7, 2020 - 2:20pm
The first SWAN Cataloging Users meeting will take place on Thursday, February 6th, from 9:30 to 12:00 at the Villa Park Public Library.
Please submit topic ideas for the agenda to claudia@swanlibraries.net. We will send out the agenda a week... Read more
January 2, 2020 - 11:38am
Following the most recent Enterprise upgrade, we received some feedback about how on order items, display items, and checked out items display in the catalog. We've made a few tweaks to the display to address these concerns.
On order items
If your library creates on order items,... Read more
December 20, 2019 - 3:16pm
--Concluded Successfully on 2020/01/16 at 7am--
Essential overnight maintenance reports have concluded, so we’ve reenabled the VPN connections to your libraries. You’re free to login to the Symphony/WorkFlows server immediately (Offline mode is no longer necessary).... Read more
December 16, 2019 - 9:44am
Concluded successfully on 12/18 at 6am
Our upgrade to Enterprise 5.0.1 has completed without issues. Although SWAN's testing of features will continue into the morning, all Enterprise Catalog library profiles and features are fully functional and available now.
For a... Read more
December 12, 2019 - 9:44am
The SWAN 2020 meetings and training events (through June 2020) have been posted on L2. We look forward to seeing you in the New Year both in person and online!
For a complete list of SWAN meetings and events, you can use the L2 tag "SWAN2020" - ... Read more
December 9, 2019 - 3:06pm
REMINDER: January 2
The deadline for submitting tickets for criteria to include additional records in the purge is tomorrow, January 3, 2020. The Getting Ready for Patron Record Purge webinar was recorded, you can view the... Read more
December 9, 2019 - 10:07am
The Clarity Task Force presented at the SWAN Quarterly meeting last week. This membership group is seeking feedback on the written report. This membership group is seeking feedback on the written report it issued mid-... Read more
November 21, 2019 - 4:12pm
SWAN staff will be attending our annual retreat with Illinois library consortium at the Joliet Junior College tomorrow, Friday, November 22nd. We will have staff assigned to monitor our systems and respond to emergencies. Due to the lite support, most submitted helpdesk tickets will have... Read more
November 19, 2019 - 12:49pm
The notes for last week's Cataloging Advisory Group meeting are available on the Meetings & Documents page. During the meeting, we discussed the outlook of cataloging meetings in 2020. Part of this includes... Read more
