Set up One Search
Set up One Search Your teachers and students can take advantage of your school’s subscription databases in one place, through Destiny One Search. One Search saves time and effort, letting you search the catalog and subscription databases with a single request. Bonus: Patrons don’t need to remember the URLs, usernames, and passwords for multiple databases. Before you begin Before you…
One Search Overview
One Search Overview Use Destiny One Search to search the catalog and multiple online resources with a single search request. Your teachers and students can search a variety of free and subscription databases, including libraries, encyclopedias, newspapers, almanacs, and reference databases. Best of all, patrons do not need to remember the URLs, usernames, and passwords for multiple databases. One…
Hide patron barcode on checkout and checkin
Hide patron barcode on checkout and checkin The View patron barcodes permission lets you restrict who can view a patron’s barcode when searching for a patron and checking materials in and out of your library. Some districts use the student’s ID number as the barcode number. For security, not all users should have access to this information. To…
Set up library policies – Patron Types
Set up library policies – Patron Types Destiny is installed with two patron types: Faculty and Student (default). When you import patrons, unless otherwise specified, the default patron type is assigned. But you can set up customized patron types to meet your district’s needs, and select one of those when adding or importing a patron record. If an unknown patron…
Set up library policies – Circulation Types
Set up library policies – Circulation Types Library Manager is installed with the default Circulation Type “Regular.” But you can set up customized circulation types for your school’s collection. To add or edit a circulation type at the district level: Notes:When you push district-level patron and circulation types, Destiny determines if a matching patron or circulation type already…
Set up library policies
Set up library policies Library policies define the circulation rules for your library materials. You can customize the policies to monitor and control circulation events, such as checkouts, renewals, fine calculations, refunds, and holds. Destiny uses the following to define loan policies: The combination of Circulation Types and Patron Types creates a loan policies matrix. Examples of…
Set up library policies
Set up library policies Library policies define the circulation rules for your library materials. You can customize the policies to monitor and control circulation events, such as checkouts, renewals, fine calculations, refunds, and holds. Destiny uses the following to define loan policies: The combination of Circulation Types and Patron Types creates a loan policies matrix. Examples of…
Generate an inventory report (Library Manager and Media Manager)
Generate an inventory report (Library Manager and Media Manager) In Progress & Completed Inventory reports let you view a summary of your inventories, and generate reports listing the copies in them. For in-progress inventories, you can see which copies still need to be found. To generate an In-Progress Inventory report: To generate a Completed Inventory report: To…
Finalize an inventory
Finalize an inventory You finalize inventory after all items are entered. To do so, you must have the Start new/finalize library inventory (for Library Manager) or Start new/finalize resource inventory (for Resource Manager) permission for all branches included in the inventory. In Resource Manager, each site must finish a district-initiated inventory before the district can finalize it. To finalize an inventory:
Scan/Load library inventory barcodes
Scan/Load library inventory barcodes An inventory lets you track the location and status of library materials, as well as identify missing or damaged items. You can use a library inventory to identify any gaps in your collection and plan for future purchases. To conduct an inventory, enter the barcode of each copy in your collection….