Catalog Settings

Catalog Settings

You've always been able to customize the catalog interface for students.

• Want to sort by ‘Call number’ instead of the 'relevance'? Why? Easier to find items on the shelf.
• Can you turn off the elementary interface and use standard? Why? The standard shows the open button for SLS eBooks.
• Do you use the Follett suggested reading and interest levels? Why? If they are cluttering the results page, turn them off. Use the reading programs that your school supports.

 

To look at these settings, go to Back Office>Site Configuration and click on the Catalog sub tab.

 

End of year - Circulation - "Ceiling Date"

The Ceiling Date overrides the normal due date calculated by Destiny if the ceiling date is earlier than the calculated due date. A ceiling date also overrides any fixed due date.

Some use the last day of school so that all items are due on the last day of school, no matter what their calculated due date would be. Others want all items back in the library sooner.

Make sure to change this date each year. Destiny increments the year if needed, but the date may not be correct for your school year. It might fall on the wrong day of the week.

To change the ceiling date: Back Office>Library Policies. Destiny opens on Patron Type. This will be the easiest location for you to use because most libraries have fewer patron types than circulation types. Change the Ceiling Date for each Patron Type and Save. 

NOTE: Once past the Ceiling Date, Destiny reverts to regular circulation parameters, like Faculty can check out books for 30 days.