Program: School Library Systems and Library Automation
Audience: Lyndonville CSD School Library Media Specialist and School Library Aide
Dates: 8/26/2024
Destiny Library Manager
Registration, review of WNYRIC Library Automation Cooperative Service (CoSer); logging into (via Google Single Sign-On (SSO) or via Active Directory (uncommon)), navigating, & using help systems (online, on-page, Destiny Discover Help Center, Collections Help Center, Follett Community) in/associated with Destiny Library Manager; Searching for titles including by reading measures (Lexiles; Fountas and Pinnell; Accelerated Reader; and vendor-provided reading and interest levels), eBooks/audiobooks (Follett eBooks; 1 Follett digital audiobook; Capstone & Lerner Interactive eBooks as Learning Resources only; MackinVIA (not integrated); OverDrive as a custom Learning Resource (not integrated)?; O/N BOCES SLS-provided Gale Virtual Reference Library, Rosen, etc. eBooks), web sites via WebPath Express, online databases via One Search in the Destiny Discover & in Back Office. Accessing the Destiny mobile apps (Destiny Discover mobile app & Destiny Back Office mobile app [iOS and Android tablets and phones only, not yet Chromebooks]; Overview of patron empowerment/instructional features including reviews, wish lists (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 (Alliance Plus, and Z-sources), importing MARC records (including Titlewave integration options for Follett School Solutions content orders), editing copy records, duplicating copy records, deleting title and copy records. The importance of assigning sublocations; Circulation and Patrons: Overview of patron management in Back Office nightly, automated eSchoolData student (but no homeroom or teachers included so those are manually maintained by the library staff) 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