Program: School Library Systems and Library Automation
Audience: Union East School Library Teacher
Dates: 12/2/2022
Destiny Library Manager
Topic(s): Overview of all Destiny Library Manager modules: Destiny Discover, Collections, Home, Dashboard, Catalog, Circulation, Reports, Admin and My Info. Registration, review of WNYRIC Library Automation Cooperative Service (CoSer), establishment of access for attendees to Destiny Library Manager. Overview of, logging into, navigating, and using help systems (online, on-page, Destiny Discover Help Center, Collections Help Center, Follett Community) in and associated with Destiny Library Manager; Searching for titles including by reading measures (Lexiles, Fountas and Pinnell, vendor-provided reading and interest levels), eBooks/audiobooks (OverDrive integration, Capstone interactive eBooks, Lightbox interactive eBooks, Follett eBooks), Erie 1 BOCES SLS-provided (Gale, ePointPlus, Rosen, etc.), web sites via WebPath Express and in Back Office only, via Standards search, online databases via One Search in the Destiny Discover and in Destiny Back Office. Accessing the Destiny Discover Chrome Extension and Destiny mobile apps (Destiny Discover mobile app, Destiny Back Office mobile app [iOS and Android tablets and phones only, not Chromebooks]; Overview of patron empowerment/instructional features including reviews, Make a Wish (purchasing suggestions from patrons), My Stuff (transaction record, history), Collections (Destiny Discover) and resource lists (Back Office); Adding titles and copies to the catalog through copy cataloging (district records, Alliance Plus, Alliance AV and Z-sources), importing MARC records (including Titlewave integration), editing copy records, duplicating copy records, deleting title and copy records. Genrefication review/Sublocations; Circulation and Patrons: Overview of patron management in Back Office, student and staff data automation (nightly eSchoolData student extracts and staff extracts); setup in Admin and in Destiny Discover's Admin area; Circulation (check outs, check ins, renewals, holds, lost copies); Generating common library and patron reports. Questions and answers