Tips from the trenches for INVENTORY

• Are your eyes tired from scanning barcode uploads in Job Manager?

Try using the “Find” keyboard command to save your precious peepers! Press the Ctrl and f key. A find box will open. This picture shows it on the left side of the screen; yours might be on the right side.  You can look for the highlighted text or click on Next.

• There are so many Skipped barcodes to find!

Copy and paste the 'Accounted For' items before, the skipped barcode and the "Accounted For"  item after. Then paste into a document to create a to-do list of books to go back and find! Copy all of the title/copy information so the book can be located on the shelf.

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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.

Library Data Wall

I was in a building last week and saw an interesting Library Data Center display. The librarian printed reports for Top Homerooms, Top Patrons, New Books, Database Use and ‘What Students and Teachers are Reading’.
Here’s the ‘rest of the story’…since displaying the information about the Top Homerooms, the teachers with lower circulation numbers have made a point of having their students go to the library  to check out more books!
Most of these reports can be created and printed from circulation. I’d be happy to help you create and print any of them.

Jane

Inventory

Inventory instructions have been updated on the BOCES 2 website. There are no major changes in the process. Follett updated their FAQs and the Library Automation Team improved the step-by-step directions located there. Contact us to reserve scanners or to schedule an appointment for your library visit. 

Destiny Promotional Printouts

Bookmarks, table toppers and mini-posters are available at the BOCES 2 Follett Help page. Click on the 'ADVERTISING' green button.

Khan Academy Through One Search

http://www.khanacademy.org/

Did you know Khan Academy is now available through Destiny One Search?

The Khan Academy is a non-profit organization that offers over 2,700 free online math, science, and humanities tutorials because they believe in providing a free world-class education to anyone anywhere. It is a wonderful resource. To learn more, watch these videos:

Khan Academy on Nightly News

Khan Academy on TED

Check it out and share it with your teachers.