Program: School Library Systems and Library Automation
Audience: Dunkirk Secondary School Library Teacher and Aide
Dates: 9/14/2022
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, Accelerated Reader levels, vendor-provided reading and interest levels), eBooks/audiobooks (OverDrive Learning Resource (E2CCB), MackinVia), E2CCB SLS-provided Gale Virtual Reference Library, etc. titles), 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 the Destiny mobile apps (Destiny Discover mobile app and 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 (district records, Alliance Plus, Alliance AV & Z-sources), including where collections are genrefied based on call number prefixes, importing MARC records (including Titlewave integration options), editing copy records, duplicating copy records, deleting title and copy records; Circulation and Patrons: Overview of patron management in Back Office nightly eSchoolData student extracts and yearly Active Directory 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