System Wide Automated Network

System Wide Automated Network
LocationUnited States
Established1974
Access and use
Circulation13,500,000
Other information
Budget$2.5 million
DirectorAaron Skog
Employees20
Websitehttps://www.swanlibraries.net

SWAN (System Wide Automated Network) is a multi-type library consortium that serves Illinois libraries. It was established in 1974. It has a membership of 97 libraries in the Chicago area, and provides service to 1 million registered library users. SWAN provides a shared online public access catalog with more than 8 million items available to patrons, with centralized cataloging and software services. SWAN is incorporated as an Illinois Intergovernmental Entity.

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