The Oak Park Dole Branch (OES) will be closing for remodeling from Saturday, June 22nd through Monday, July 8th.
Their items will remain holdable during this time. However, they will not receive an on-shelf holds list. If your patron has a hold on a title that is... Read more
The second half of 2019 is going to have a lot of interesting training for library staff. We are providing sessions online, hands-on, or as open labs depending on the training content. The listing of classes can be found on our SWAN support site under ... Read more
SWAN has created a BLUEcloud Analytics (BCA) report for last copy items that have holds on them and are checked out to a MISSING or DISCARD user. This report will tell you if any of your patrons have holds on an item that is both the last copy in SWAN... Read more
The reindexing report has concluded. This report has resolved the issues that occurred as a result of our overnight processing.
This morning’s bibliographic/item editing freeze has been lifted. All normal cataloging activities may resume at this time.\
While the report has resolved... Read more
SWAN Member Libraries & Circulation Staff:
SWAN is happy to announce that the transit label generator is ready for general usage. Thank you to everyone who tested the tool during the pilot phase and provided... Read more
Please welcome these directors to the SWAN Board.
Dawn Bussey, Director, Glen Ellyn Public Library
Jane Jenkins, Director, Green Hills Public Library District
Robin Wagner, Director, South Holland Public Library
Thank you everyone that participated!Read more
Many libraries have reported receiving the annual letter from the Illinois State Library regarding renewal of OCLC services.
All SWAN libraries participate in OCLC and are required to sign the ILLINET/OCLC Services Program Member Agreement Fiscal Year 2020.
This outline provides... Read more
SWAN Member Library Staff:
After extensive testing, we’ve determined that we will not be able to run the 2018 Checkout Counter Reset as previously anticipated; therefore the CKOS_2018 statistic will not be viewable as an Extended Information item field this year. Item checkout/renewal... Read more
SWAN staff received access to the test instances of the BLUEcloud mobile app on April 25th.... Read more
The SWAN Cataloging Advisory Group and Acquisitions User Group are having a joint meeting one week from today on May 9th. It will take place at the RAILS Burr Ridge Main Meeting Room. We hope you can join us.
The agenda is posted under both groups on our... Read more
