Mark your calendars – we’ve scheduled an upgrade to our Symphony Web Services after-hours on Thursday, November 5th at 2 AM. The upgrade process may take a few hours, but we expect to be back up by 5 AM.
This upgrade will require downtime of Symphony Web Services, which will impact the... Read more
As a palliative measure to prevent duplicate records, and libraries and patrons confused as to where to attach their items or place holds, we are asking all libraries to take the following steps when ordering DVDs and Blu-Rays:
1- When ordering combo packs, quite often libraries end up... Read more
The SirsiDynix Library Users of Illinois (SLUI) is holding a virtual user group meeting on Monday, October 12th from 9 am - 1:10 pm. Join our own SWAN member hosts, Julie Tegtmeier, St. Charles Public Library and Joy Anhalt, Tinley Park Public Library at this online meeting.
Visit... Read more
As outlined in Fireside/Poolside meetings through the summer, we are at the point where the vast majority of libraries have returned to resource sharing. For libraries that have enabled resource sharing, this will be extended to non-SWAN reciprocal borrowers starting Thursday, September 17th. ... Read more
To accommodate the 7-day quarantine period, all daily grace periods have been updated across SWAN to the following:
Grace periods impact... Read more
All SWAN user meetings and events are posted within the Meetings & Documents page. Look for the meeting/group you are interested in and follow the link for the date of the event. That will provide details on... Read more
The Cataloging Users meeting will take place via GoToMeeting on Thursday, October 1st, from 9:30 to 12:00.
It will depend on the agenda if the meeting will last 2.5 hrs ; however, I will be available for the full duration if need be.
Please submit topic ideas for the agenda or... Read more
Good afternoon member libraries,
As a reminder, Pickup Anywhere will be re-enabled in Enterprise and the BLUEcloud Mobile app starting Wednesday, September 9th. Pickup anywhere allows patrons to place holds for pickup at any participating library.
Before Tuesday, Sept. 8th... Read more
The Duplicate Title Wizard that used to be located under the Titles group has been moved to the Special group.
The change was based on recent accidental duplication of full records. As a reminder, the Duplicate Title wizard must be used to duplicate templates or pre-cats only; never use... Read more
