Questions and Answers about Destiny Circulation System
Destiny Information:
Remember that Destiny has a friendly help section and short how-to videos. To contact Destiny's live Tech Help, have your school code ready and call 1-800-323-3397.
Destiny Overview regarding features for students and teachers
Logins for Destiny: all students and staff logins are their universal ids and universal passwords. Do not create passwords or it will override this set up.
How to upload Fines & Overdue reports to School Messenger.
*Note: School Msgr format has changed for 2012-13 so the screen shots on this document may not match up to the current version.
NEW!Fastest Way to create HOMEROOMS: Print Overdue Period Teacher lists with barcodes. Thx Karen @ Stellar! Then scan those barcodes in to the Homeroom for a teacher.
Remember, "Overdue Period Teacher" field draws information from IC (2nd period for any student).
Re: ILLs. There are a total of five tasks shared by the borrowing library and the lending library. See this How-To called Steps for Requesting and Returning ILLs.
This is why ILL's go from En Route/Receive to Return automatically - the setting for Ready Holds is currently at 5 days and needs to be changed to 10 days (or longer.)
To do this, go to Back Office, Library Policies, Patron Types (do this for all patron types), Edit patron type, change Ready Holds Expire In from 5 days to 10 days (or longer if you want).
How to request a single ILL with screen shots by Jeri S.
Various Reports: End of Month stats Report, Overdue Report, List All Books Checked out to Students Report., and List all Books checked out to Staff Report.
*Circulation stats report - You can: Select information by date, View a summary or title and copy details, organize the information based on call number prefix, Dewey, or categor, Limit call number based reports by call number, circulation type and resource list. from Gigi McVey
*Collection Development - where are the holes in your collection and what needs to be weeded? Document compiled by Mary Gelb. Use this in conjunction with your Mackin Collection Development Report - available in your Mackin account.
One way to placeHOLDS for the same title with different patrons. Works great when placing holds for a list of patrons for the same title. Great for CCBA holds. With screen shots by Jeri S.
Add a Copy Instructions - pls do not add copies if you have not taken the class or if you are rushed for time. Send to Nancy Crochet for quick processing.
Don't forget to print some Quick Help sheets to have at OPACs (for students and staff) and your circ desk (for you) from the Destiny training site. Remember, the login for Destiny HELP page is not the same login as your user login for our Adams 12 Destiny catalog.
Note: Faculty barcodes are their universal ID# PLUS enough zeroes in front to = 8-digits. i.e. 00016352 ..
Destiny Information:
Remember that Destiny has a friendly help section and short how-to videos.To contact Destiny's live Tech Help, have your school code ready and call 1-800-323-3397.
*Note: School Msgr format has changed for 2012-13 so the screen shots on this document may not match up to the current version.
Remember, "Overdue Period Teacher" field draws information from IC (2nd period for any student).
End Of Year Procedures
Note: Faculty barcodes are their universal ID# PLUS enough zeroes in front to = 8-digits. i.e. 00016352 ..