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hat’s New in Destiny 10.0

Destiny 10.0 Features Welcome to Destiny® 10.0. This new version incorporates many of your suggestions, and we’re confident you’ll find that the enhanced features and functions of Destiny 10.0 meet all your database needs. This document introduces you to the Destiny 10.0 features available for Destiny Library Manager™, Destiny Textbook Manager™, and Destiny Asset Manager™. The improvements include the following: Destiny Quest Mobile App: Browse your library catalog remotely and perform other functions within Destiny Quest through smart phones and mobile devices. My Quest: Manage recommendations and MyQuest comments more easily and experience an improved view of Updates. TitlePeek: Add your own local cover title images for items TitlePeek does not have covers for. Holds: Notify patrons that the item they placed on hold is ready by printing or emailing them a notice. Consumables: Track lab manuals, study guides, workbooks, and other materials students are not expected to return. Transfers: Retain budget category, order number, and purchase price fields when transferring unbarcoded copies, and send notifications to multiple email addresses when transferring textbooks or assets. Overdue Materials: Address notices regarding library materials and textbook to the Parent or Guardian of your patrons. Send notices to one or both email addresses from a patron’s record. Asset fines: Assign fines for lost or damaged asset items. This document provides a brief description, along with step-by-step instructions, if applicable, of the new and updated features and functions. It also notes the permissions and access levels required to access the updated functionality. We’re delighted that you are a Follett Software customer, and we look forward to providing you with training and services to help you fully optimize your product experience.

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Table of Contents All Products Improved Administration of Patron Data Loads ......................................................................................... 3 Multiple Currencies ................................................................................................................................... 5 Updated Follett Remote to Support Mac OS 10.7 Lion ............................................................................ 7 Patron Import Converter for Mac OS ....................................................................................................... 9 Report Builder Column Changes ........................................................................................................... 11

Library Manager Destiny Quest Application for Mobile Devices ......................................................................................... 15 Improved Ability to Manage Recommendations and .............................................................................. 17 MyQuest Comments ............................................................................................................................... 17 Improved View of Updates in MyQuest ................................................................................................... 19 Show LOST instead of OUT for lost items in Quest ................................................................................ 21 Show/Hide Option for Quiz Info Tab in Quest Title Details ...................................................................... 23 Improved Ability to Restrict Access to Comments Feature .................................................................... 25 Barcode Retained on Deleted Copies With Lost Fine ............................................................................. 27 Improved Support for Citations ............................................................................................................... 29 Improved Display of Fine Notes in Fine History ...................................................................................... 31 Improved Display of Call Number in Search Results .............................................................................. 33 Overdue Notice Address Options ............................................................................................................ 35 Printing Receipts for Refunds ................................................................................................................. 37 Allow Patrons to Delete Their Own Holds ............................................................................................... 39 Top 10 Titles List Includes Non-Book Checkouts .................................................................................... 41 Added Ability to Customize Top 10 Titles to a Call Number Range ......................................................... 43 Option to Print or Email an Individual Ready Hold Alert .......................................................................... 45 Overdue Notice Email Address Options .................................................................................................. 47 Require Note on Refund ......................................................................................................................... 49 Ability to Add or Replace Cover Title Images in TitlePeek (TitlePeek Subscribers Only) ........................ 51 Support for RDA (Resource Description and Access) Cataloging Standards ......................................... 53

Digital Content Subscriptions New Limiter Options in WebPath Express .............................................................................................. 57 Standards Improvements ....................................................................................................................... 59 New Fountas and Pinnell Reading Program Service .............................................................................. 61

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Textbook Manager Class Schedule Improvements ............................................................................................................... 65 Checking Out Consumables ................................................................................................................... 67 Add Copy—Barcode Entry Validation...................................................................................................... 71 Barcode Retained on Deleted Copies with Lost Fine ............................................................................. 73 Data Retained During a Transfer ........................................................................................................... 75 Incoming Transfers Email Address Options ........................................................................................... 77 Overdue Notice Address Options ............................................................................................................ 79 Overdue Notice Email Address Options ................................................................................................. 81 Require Note on Refund ......................................................................................................................... 83 Printing Receipts for Refunds ................................................................................................................ 85 Checked-Out Textbooks Appear in Destiny Quest .................................................................................. 87

Asset Manager Asset Fines ............................................................................................................................................. 91 Incoming Transfers Email Address Options ........................................................................................... 93 Asset Renewals ...................................................................................................................................... 95

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Improved Administration of Patron Data Loads Feature Description This feature allows you to schedule patron updates to run automatically. Note: this feature is not available for customers on a hosted environment or for customers in a consortium.

Feature Information: To schedule a patron update: 1. Log in as a District User. 2. Navigate to Back Office > Update Patrons > Schedule subtab. 3. Click the New Update button. From this screen, you can schedule the day(s) of the week and time(s) you would like to run the update. For each day of the week that you schedule an update, select between a full or incremental update. You can temporarily disable the scheduled updates by selecting Disable Patron Update.

Access Level: District Level User Permission: Manage Patrons for the District

Importance: This enhancement allows you to schedule patron updates interactively rather than manually creating, scheduling, and maintaining batch processes to load patron updates.

Additional Resources: “Schedule a Patron Update” online Help article “Schedule a Patron Update” onscreen Help

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Multiple Currencies Feature Description: The list of international currencies supported by Destiny dramatically increases in Destiny 10.0. The Region Format feature offers 21 options for displaying dates, times, and numbers in Destiny. The Fine Currency feature includes 105 international currencies.

Feature Information: Region Format and Fine Currency are district settings. Region Format controls the display format for dates, times, and numbers and Fine Currency controls fines. To change the format of dates, times, and numbers based on region for the entire district: •

Access the Destiny district home page.



Log in as the Destiny Administrator.



Click the Setup button in the upper right corner of the screen.



Ensure that the Site subtab is selected.



Click the Edit icon adjacent to District.



Locate the Region Format drop-down list.



Select the appropriate region format from the list.



Click Save.

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Access the Destiny district home page.



Log in as the Destiny Administrator.



Click the Setup button in the upper right corner of the screen.



Ensure that the Site subtab is selected.



Click the Edit icon adjacent to District.



Locate the Fine Currency drop-down list.



Select the appropriate currency from the list.



Click Save.

Please note the following: •

There is no conversion of fine amounts or copy prices. If you have multiple currencies for fines and copy prices, you need to enter the appropriate fine values for lost copies.



To change the currency setting, you must have exclusive access to the Destiny database. No other users can be logged in and no other processes can be running.



Reports may now use international currencies as values. However, reports that display totals containing a mix of copy/title level currencies always display the Region Format for the currency, even if the copy/title level currencies are the same.

Access Level: Destiny Administrator

Importance: Districts can choose one of more than 100 different international currencies for fines and 21 options for the display of dates, times, and numbers based on regional preference.

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Updated Follett Remote to Support Mac OS 10.7 Lion Feature Description: Follett Remote is now compatible with Mac OS X Lion.

Feature Information:

Access Level: Site Administrator, Library Administrator, Staff

Importance: You can now use Follett Remote on your Mac OS 10.7 workstations. .

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Patron Import Converter for Mac OS Feature Description: The Patron Import Converter is now compatible with newer versions of the Mac OS.

Feature Information: To run the Patron Import Converter successfully on a Mac, you must run Mac OS X with Java 1.6.

Access Level: District User

Importance: You can now run the Patron Import Converter on your Mac workstations.

Additional Resources: “Run Patron Import Converter (MAC)” online Help article

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Report Builder Column Changes Feature Description: To make important enhancements to features that affect international Destiny customers, it was necessary to modify two internal columns: Patron Status and Copy Status. These changes may affect some of your previously saved Report Builder reports.

Feature Information: If you saved a report (prior to upgrading to Destiny version 10.0) that contains the patron or copy status field, you may receive a column error message when you try to run or edit the report, as displayed in the screenshots below.

Follow the steps below to update and correct the columns in the report: 1. From the list of saved Report Builder reports, click the Edit icon next to the report you need to update. 2. On the Step 1 screen, reselect the Status option. 3. Click the next arrow through the remaining steps of the report setup. • Please note: If the Status option is used in any of the subsequent steps, such as Report Limiters, the limiter is removed unless you set the limiter again. An error message does not display. 4. Save and run the report. You can now run or edit the report without error. Report Builder reports that may be affected follow: • Patron Reports: General Information, Transaction Summary, Current Checkouts, Current Fines/Refunds, Current Holds/Bookings • Library Reports: Library Reviews, Library Copies • Textbook Reports: Textbook Classes • Media Copies

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Access Level: Site Administrator, Library Administrator, Textbook Administrator, Asset Administrator Permission: One or more of the following—Generate textbook collection reports, add/edit/delete Report Builder—textbook reports, Generate library collection reports, Add/edit/delete Report Builder—library reports, Generate asset reports, Add/edit/delete Report Builder—asset reports

Importance: Report Builder reports affected by the necessary feature enhancements will be ready to run again once you follow the simple procedure to update the columns.

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What’s New in Destiny 10.0

Library Manager

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Destiny Quest Application for Mobile Devices Feature Description: Destiny Quest now has a mobile application designed for students.

Feature Information: The Destiny Quest mobile application is available to customers on Library Manager version 10.0. The apps are available for Android (v. 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3 for phones and v. 3.0, 3.1, and 3.2 for tablets) and iOS (v. 4.2 and higher, second generation iPod Touch and greater, iPhone 3G and later, and all iPads), in their respective app stores. To enable the app for students: • Enable external access to Destiny. •

Enable Destiny Quest.



Ensure that patrons know the library URL.



Ensure that patrons use their individual login for maximum utilization.

Access Level: All Permissions: Search Using Destiny Quest

Importance: Students can remotely browse the library catalog, place items on hold, save books to resource lists, view their account information, access their bookshelf, write reviews, and more using their smart phones and mobile devices.

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Improved Ability to Manage Recommendations and MyQuest Comments Feature Description: Administrators have enhanced abilities to manage Recommendations and MyQuest conversations. In addition, one access level permission was renamed and a second was revised to reflect their functions more accurately.

Feature Information: The former access level permission Approve/edit/delete recommendations has been changed to Process unapproved recommendations to indicate more accurately what the permission controls. The Moderate MyQuest conversations permission has been replaced by the permission Manage recommendations and MyQuest comments. This permission controls the ability to manage recommendations and MyQuest comments. An administrator with the proper rights can manage recommendations and MyQuest conversations for patrons in two ways. The first method is on the Patron Status screen for individual patrons. •

Navigate to the Circulation tab > Patron Status option and search for a patron.



Click on the Manage button in the Recommendations and MyQuest comments section.



Click the Hide button next to any recommendation that you would like to hide. The button changes to a Show button, which you can click if you later decide to show the function.



Click the More button next to any MyQuest comments that you choose to manage. Click the Hide All button to hide the whole conversation or the Hide button to hide an individual line of the conversation.

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Navigate to the Back Office tab > Update Patrons option > Delete subtab.



From the Delete drop-down list, select either the MyQuest Comments or Recommendations option.



From the Based on drop-down list, select Global criteria, Barcode list or file, or List of patrons based on how you would like to delete the comments or recommendations.



Depending on what you chose above, make the appropriate selections. Click on Preview to run a preview report or Delete All to complete the update.

Access Level: Site Administrator, Library Administrator Permissions: Process unapproved recommendations, Manage recommendations and MyQuest comments

Importance: These new administrative functions allow you to manage the recommendations and MyQuest comments of your patrons.

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Improved View of Updates in MyQuest Feature Description: Students viewing the MyQuest Updates screen can expand or collapse their view by clicking the arrow next to the section title.

Feature Information: Clicking the arrow adjacent to the date of the MyQuest Updates allows students to expand or collapse the update view.

Access Level: All Permission: Participate in MyQuest

Importance: The ability to expand or collapse MyQuest Updates by date range allows students to navigate quickly between posts.

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Show LOST instead of OUT for lost items in Quest Feature Description: Materials marked as lost are marked as LOST in Destiny Quest (formerly the display showed OUT if the only copy of the material was lost).

Feature Information:

Access Level: All Permission: Search Using Destiny Quest

Importance: Patrons can quickly identify that a title is lost without asking for more information.

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Show/Hide Option for Quiz Info Tab in Quest Title Details Feature Description: If a title is not associated with reading program quizzes, the Quiz Info tab does not display in Destiny Quest.

Feature Information:

Access Level: All Permission: Search Using Destiny Quest

Importance: The Quiz Info tab is not necessary if a title record does not have a reading program quiz associated with it. Hiding the Quiz Info tab for titles without associated program quizzes prevents the display of a blank screen and avoids patron confusion.

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Improved Ability to Restrict Access to Comments Feature

Feature Description: A new access level permission was added that allows you to restrict patrons from making comments on recommendations in Classic Destiny and restricts non-friends from making recommendations in MyQuest.

Feature Information: The new access level permission Allow comments on recommendations is on by default if the parent permission Recommend titles to other users is selected. If the parent permission is not selected, patrons can’t add comments when recommending a title. To restrict access to the comments feature while still allowing patrons to recommend titles to other patrons: • Navigate to Back Office tab > Access Levels option > Patrons subtab. •

In the Self-Empowered Patron Access section, uncheck the Allow comments on recommendations option.

Access Level: Site Administrator Permission: Allow comments on recommendations

Importance: You can choose to allow patrons to recommend titles to other users. Patrons cannot add comments on recommendations without being able to recommend title to other users.

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Barcode Retained on Deleted Copies With Lost Fine Feature Description: Library Manager retains barcodes on copies with associated fines even when a copy or a title is deleted.

Feature Information: When a title or copy is deleted, Destiny retains the copy barcode. So you can identify fines still associated with deleted copies, the Fines and Patron Status screens indicate a deleted copy with the phrase Copy Deleted . This information also appears on the following reports: •

Current Checkouts/Fines



Fine History

Access Levels: Site Administrator, Library Administrator Permissions: Manage titles: Delete, Manage Copies: Delete

Importance: More information is available for deleted copies that have fines.

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Improved Support for Citations Feature Description: Library Manager now has citation templates for electronic books, computer files, maps, manuscripts, music (printed), recordings (musical), recordings (non-musical), digital resources, and pictures.

Feature Information: You or your patrons can create a citation list of titles in a resource list in Library Manager Classic or Destiny Quest by: •

Opening the resource list.



Selecting Citation List from the drop-down list at the bottom of the screen.



Clicking Go!.

Access Level: All Permissions: Access My Lists for library

Importance: The addition of these citation templates allows patrons to create citation lists for a variety of material types.

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Improved Display of Fine Notes in Fine History Feature Description: Fine notes display when you view the Fine Details after a fine is waived or paid.

Feature Information: In addition to viewing fine notes by hovering over the notes icon on the Fine History screen, you can now view fine notes entered for fines that have been paid or waived when you click on the Details button on the Fines screen.

Access Levels: Site Administrator, Library Administrator, Staff Permission: View library fines

Importance: In addition to offering another method to view fine notes from the Fine History screen, this new feature enables easy printing of fine notes.

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Improved Display of Call Number in Search Results Feature Description: An item’s call number is now labeled in the Search Results for Destiny Classic. Destiny Quest already has prominent call numbers.

Feature Information: To enable patrons conducting a catalog search to locate the call number more easily, the call number is now labeled on the Search Results screen.

Importance: The call number is easier for patrons to identify on the Search Results screen.

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Overdue Notice Address Options Feature Description: You can now address overdue notices to a patron’s parent or guardian by selecting the option To the Parent or Guardian of:.

Feature Information: To create an overdue notice that is addressed to a patron’s parent or guardian: • • • • • • • •

Navigate to the Reports tab > Library Reports or Patron Reports option. Click the Current Checkouts/Fines reports hyperlink. In step 1, select the appropriate options. Select Format: Notices. Continue to step 2 and select appropriate options. Continue to step 3. Select the Address Label: To the Parent or Guardian of: Patron’s Name checkbox. Click either Save Setup or Run Notices.

Access Level: Site Administrator, Library Administrator, Staff Permission: Generate library collection reports

Importance: You can send notices about overdue books or fines To the Parent or Guardian address when you set up the notice, which eliminates addressing notices to the wrong person.

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Printing Receipts for Refunds Feature Description: After you issue a refund to a patron and click Update, Destiny no longer removes the refund automatically. Instead, a message appears asking whether you want to clear the fine/refund or print a receipt.

Feature Information: You can print a receipt that shows a refund by clicking the Print It! button on the Fines screen.

Access Level: Site Administrator, Library Administrator Permission: View library fines: Add, Pay, Waive, and Delete

Importance: You no longer have to worry about manually deleting refunds because a message prompts you to delete the refund or print a receipt.

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Allow Patrons to Delete Their Own Holds Feature Description: Patrons can manage their own holds, interlibrary loans (ILL), and reserves with the appropriate access level permissions in Destiny Classic.

Feature Information: A new access level permission allows patrons to delete their own holds and reserves regardless of whether the patron or a librarian placed them. This permission is off by default; to activate this permission: •

Navigate to Back Office tab > Access Levels option > Patrons subtab.



Under the Self-Empowered Patron Access section, select the Delete holds and reserves for self option

Once this function is enabled, a patron can delete a hold by clicking on the trash can icon adjacent to the hold, reserve, or ILL.

Access Level: All Permission: Delete holds and reserves for self

Importance: Patrons now have the added convenience of deleting their own holds, reserves, and ILLs rather than having to contact a librarian.

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Top 10 Titles List Includes Non-Book Checkouts Feature Description: You can choose which material types to include in the Top 10 Titles list in Destiny Classic and Destiny Quest.

Feature Information: By default, Library Manager now includes all material types in the Top 10 Titles list. To remove a material type from the list: •

Navigate to the Back Office tab > Site Configuration option > Catalog subtab.



Scroll to the Top 10 Titles section.



Click the Update button adjacent to Count circulations of these material types: All Material Types.



Uncheck the checkbox next to the material type(s) that you do not wish to appear in the Top 10 Titles list.



Click the OK button to save changes.

Access Level: Site Administrator, Library Administrator Permission: Manage Site Administration Options

Importance: This feature allows you the flexibility to customize the Top 10 Titles for your site. Note: The options you select do not affect the Top Title Statistics report.

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Added Ability to Customize Top 10 Titles to a Call Number Range Feature Description: You can limit the Top 10 Titles list to titles in a specific call number range. For example, if you want to display the top 10 biographies checked out in the last month, you could specify the call number range for biographies.

Feature Information: To limit the Top 10 Titles list to a specific call number range: •

Navigate to the Back Office tab > Site Configuration option > Catalog subtab.



Scroll to the Top 10 Titles section.



Select the Count circulations of this call number range option.



Fill in the From and to fields with the call number range you would like to include.



Fill in the displayed as field if you would like to add a title to the Top 10 List based on the call number range you chose.



Click the SAVE button to save changes.

Access Level: Site Administrator, Library Administrator Permission: Change library site preferences

Importance: Offering the flexibility of customizing the Top 10 List to a call number range gives you the ability to highlight specific types of titles in your collection.

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Option to Print or Email an Individual Ready Hold Alert Feature Description: You can print or email a Ready Hold Notice when a pending hold item is checked in.

Feature Information: When an item that is on hold for another patron is checked in, a message displays with links to print or email that patron a Ready Hold Notice. The patron’s record must include an email address for the link to appear. Please note: In order for the email link to appear, you must have sent some type of email message from Destiny in the past at least once.

Access Level: Site Administrator, Library Administrator, Staff Permission: Check in library materials

Importance: Printing or emailing a Ready Hold Notice as soon as an item is checked in allows you to notify a patron quickly and conveniently that a hold is ready. This feature is in addition to the ability to run a Hold Notices report.

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Overdue Notice Email Address Options Feature Description: You now have the option to send overdue notices to one or both, if applicable, email addresses in a patron’s record.

Feature Information: To create and send an overdue notice via email: •

Navigate to the Reports tab> Library Reports or Patron Reports option.



Click the Current Checkouts/Fines reports hyperlink.



In step 1, select the appropriate options.



Select Format: Notices.



Continue to step 2 and select appropriate options.



Continue to step 3.



Select the Distributed: Via eMail checkbox.



Complete the Display name and Email fields.



Select the radio button adjacent to Email 1 and Email 2, Email 1, or Email 2.



Click either Save Setup or Run Notices.

Access Level: Site Administrator, Library Administrator, Staff Permission: Generate library collection reports

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Require Note on Refund Feature Description: Your site can require that staff add a note of explanation when issuing a refund.

Feature Information: To require that staff add an explanatory note when giving a refund: •

Navigate to the Back Office tab> Site Configuration option > Circulation subtab.



Select the Require explanation when issuing library refunds checkbox.



Click Save.

Access Level: Site Administrator, Library Administrator Permission: Change library site preferences

Importance: To ensure that you know the reason an assessed fine has been refunded, you can set up your site to require that staff add an explanatory note when issuing a refund.

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Ability to Add or Replace Cover Title Images in TitlePeek (TitlePeek Subscribers Only) Feature Description: As a TitlePeek subscriber, you can add your own scanned image to replace an existing TitlePeek title or a title for which TitlePeek has no cover image.

Feature Information: To add or replace a cover image, click the Image button from the Title Details screen. Click the Browse button to upload your image. The supported file formats are .jpg, .jpeg, .png, and .gif.

Access Level: Site Administrator, Library Administrator Permission: Manage copies: edit

Importance: With the option to add an image to TitlePeek titles that don’t have cover images or replace an image for any TitlePeek title, you can enhance your patrons’ catalog search experience.

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Support for RDA (Resource Description and Access) Cataloging Standards Feature Description: Functional improvements have been made for future support of new RDA cataloging standards. This includes enhancements to fixed field support (008) and the display of RDA tags in Title Details. Library Manager also supports 33x tags in import and in the MARC Editor.

Feature Information: Drop-down lists allow you to edit the data in the 008 tag for an Authority Record by following strict rules. In other tags, such as the 100, you can manually enter data but the subfields that you add are strictly enforced.

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Access Level: Library Administrator Permission: Manage authority

Importance: These enhancements prepare for future RDA cataloging standards and provide more direction for editing Authority Records.

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What’s New in Destiny 10.0

Digital Content Subscriptions

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New Limiter Options in WebPath Express Feature Description: WebPath Express has more options for searching.

Feature Information: The new filters are: Topic, Format, Grade Level (PreK–2, 3–5, 6–8, and 9–12), Source, Domain, and Language. Material type icons and language now display in the search results.

Access Level: All Permission: Search WebPath Express

Importance: The new filters in WebPath Express allow patrons to refine their searches further.

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Standards Improvements Feature Description: The Standards Search now has the following standards: •

AERO



Canadian Provinces



Puerto Rico



ISTE (Nets for Students)



NCTE (Standards for the English Language Arts)



NSTA (National Science Educational Standards)



Common Core

Feature Information: To search for standards, including the newly added standards: Navigate to the Catalog tab > Standards Search option. Search or Browse the Standards by selecting the desired standards option.

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60 Please note: On the Standards Search screen, the For drop-down menu lists the source of the available standards. Additionally, some standards sources are found in the Subject drop-down menu as a subcategory of the selected standards source in the For menu. For example, to search using ISTE, NCTE, or NSTA standards, select National Standards from the For drop-down menu, and then select the appropriate standards from the Subject drop-down menu. Standards for Puerto Rico are found under United States Holdings.

Access Level: Site Administrator, Library Administrator, Staff, Teacher Permission: Search Standards

Importance: You and your patrons now have more Standards searching options.

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New Fountas and Pinnell Reading Program Service Feature Description: You can subscribe to a new site-based service that provides Fountas and Pinnell levels of titles in the Fountas and Pinnell collection.

Feature Information: To set up the Fountas and Pinnell Reading Program Service: •

Navigate to the Back Office tab > Site Configuration option > Site Info subtab.



Select Use Fountas and Pinnell.



Click the Save button.

The Fountas and Pinnell levels appear in the Additional Info section of the Title Details screen.

Access Level: Site Administrator, Library Administrator Permission: Change Library Site Preferences

Importance: Previously, you could allow patrons to search by Fountas and Pinnell Reading program levels. The new Fountas and Pinnell subscription service populates Fontas and Pinnell data within Library Manager.

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Textbook Manager

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Class Schedule Improvements Feature Description: Destiny 10.0 resolves issues related to use of student information system extracts to update class schedule and textbook association uploads. Previous versions encountered problems when students with outstanding checkouts were removed from a section via the XML update.

Feature Information:

Access Level: Destiny Administrator, Site Administrator

Importance: With this feature update: •

Students can be removed from a section via the XML update without removing the section-linked checkouts. In previous versions, students with section-linked textbook checkouts could not be removed.



Students can be transferred to a different section of the same class via the XML update. In previous versions, students with section-linked textbook checkouts could not be moved.



Students can be dropped from a section and the section link is removed.



Textbooks can be checked out to a student via checkout To Patron before the student is enrolled in a class and before the class schedule is loaded without an issue.

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Checking Out Consumables Feature Description: Consumables, such as lab manuals, study guides, workbooks, and other materials students are not expected to return at the end of a class term, can be checked out for tracking purposes.

Feature Information: You can now classify textbooks as consumables in Textbook Manager and check them out to patrons. When adding these textbooks to the system, enter the copy count instead of assigning barcode numbers to the items. To designate material as a consumable from the Title Details screen: •

Click the Edit Title button.



Select the appropriate material type from the Instructional Classification drop-down list.



Ensure that (consumable) appears in the Instructional Classification field. Click the Other button adjacent to Instructional Classification if (consumable) does not appear.



Click the Edit icon adjacent to the material type you want to classify as a consumable.



Select the Are consumable option.



Click Save.



Select the appropriate material type from the Instructional Classification drop-down list.



Scroll to the bottom of the screen and click Save Title.

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To allow consumable to circulate: • • •

Navigate to the Back Office tab> Site Configuration option > Circulation subtab. Select the Allow consumable textbooks to be checked out checkbox. Click Save.

You can check out a consumable to your patrons in two ways. After you have searched successfully for a patron, from the Check Out Text screen, choose option 1 or 2. Option 1 •

Type the title of the consumable into the Find field.



Click the Find Copy button.



Click the Check Out button adjacent to the consumable.

Option 2 •

Click the View Classes button.



Click the Check Out button adjacent to the consumable.

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You can check in a consumable by using the Circulation tab > Patron Status option if a student switches classes early in a term. At the end of a semester or school year, the system runs a job in the background and deletes all checked-out consumables from a patron’s record and deletes the consumable from the inventory of textbooks. Consumables appear in the following reports: •

Textbook Status Report



Textbook Title and Copy List



Current Checkouts/Fines



Textbook Checkout Summary



Student to Textbook Statistics

Access Level: Site Administrator, Textbook Administrator, Staff Permission: Check out textbook, Check in textbook

Importance: Checking out consumables allows you to track the number available and associated costs.

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Add Copy—Barcode Entry Validation Feature Description: If the barcode length of copies you are adding to Textbook Manager does not match the Preferred Barcode Symbologies, one of two warning messages appears indicating that the entered barcode is invalid.

Feature Information: If you receive either warning message, the barcode does not match the selected symbology, so you will need to ensure the correct barcode length is entered into the Starting Barcode field. If the barcode symbology is defined as Follett Classic and a starting barcode with a different symbology is entered, the message received is as follows:

However, if the symbology defined is other than Follett Classic and a starting barcode with a different symbology is entered, the message presented is:

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Importance: A warning message appears when you add two or more copies if the barcodes do not match the length specified in Site Configuration. Correcting the barcode at this time eliminates the need to delete copies later that do not match the correct barcode length.

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Barcode Retained on Deleted Copies with Lost Fine Feature Description: Textbook Manager retains barcodes on copies with associated fines even when a copy or title is deleted.

Feature Information: When a title or copy is deleted, the copy title and barcode are retained. The Fines and Patron Status screens indicate a deleted copy with the phrase Copy Deleted . This information also appears on the following reports: •

Lost Textbooks and Fines



Current Checkouts/Fines



Fine History

Access Level: Site Administrator, Textbook Administrator Permission: Manage titles: Delete, Manage Copies: Delete

Importance: More information is available for deleted copies that have fines.

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Data Retained During a Transfer Feature Description: Budget category, order number, and purchase price information may be included on a transfer import file. These fields are retained during a textbook transfer even when barcodes are assigned to the unbarcoded copies.

Feature Information:

Access Level: Site Administrator, Textbook Administrator, Staff Permission: Transfer/Receive Textbooks, Receive textbook copies without barcodes

Importance: Budget category, order number, and purchase price information in an import file are now retained during a textbook transfer when unbarcoded copies are assigned a barcode.

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Incoming Transfers Email Address Options Feature Description: You can send an email notification to multiple email addresses when transferring textbooks between sites.

Feature Information: To set up multiple email addresses for transfer notification: •

Navigate to the Catalog tab> Transfer Textbook option > Notices subtab.



In the Attention field, enter the name of a person you want to receive notification.



In the Email field, enter the person’s email address.



Use the Test Email button to send a test email to the receiver’s email.



Click the Add button to save the email address.



Repeat the process to add the email addresses of others you wish to notify.

Access Level: Site Administrator, Textbook Administrator, Staff Permission: Transfer/Receive Textbooks, Receive textbook copies without barcodes

Importance: Sending notification of a textbook transfer to multiple email addresses eliminates relying on one person, who may have other responsibilities or be off-site, to receive the transferred textbooks.

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Overdue Notice Address Options Feature Description: You can address overdue notices to a patron’s parent or guardian by selecting the option To the Parent or Guardian of:.

Feature Information: To create an overdue notice addressed to a patron’s parent or guardian: •

Navigate to the Reports tab> Textbook Reports or Patron Reports option.



Click the Current Checkouts/Fines reports hyperlink.



In step 1, select the appropriate options.



Select Format: Notices.



Continue to step 2 and select appropriate options.



Continue to step 3.



Select the Address Label: To the Parent or Guardian of: Patron’s Name checkbox.



Click either Save Setup or Run Notices.

Access Level: Site Administrator, Textbook Administrator Permission: Generate textbook collection reports

Importance: You can send notices about overdue textbooks or fines To the Parent or Guardian address when you set up the notice, which eliminates addressing notices to the wrong person.

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Overdue Notice Email Address Options Feature Description: You have the option to send overdue notices to one or both, if applicable, email addresses in a patron’s record.

Feature Information: To create and send an overdue notice via email: •

Navigate to the Reports tab> Textbook Reports or Patron Reports option.



Click the Current Checkouts/Fines reports hyperlink.



In step 1, select the appropriate options.



Select Format: Notices.



Continue to step 2 and select appropriate options.



Continue to step 3.



Select the Distributed: Via eMail checkbox.



Complete the Display name and Email fields.



Select the radio button adjacent to Email 1 and Email 2, Email 1, or Email 2.



Click either Save Setup or Run Notices.

Access Level: Site Administrator, Textbook Administrator Permission: Generate textbook collection reports

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Require Note on Refund Feature Description: Your site can require that staff add a note of explanation when issuing a refund for a textbook.

Feature Information: To require that staff add an explanatory note when issuing a refund for a textbook: •

Navigate to the Back Office tab> Site Configuration option > Circulation subtab.



Select the Require explanation when issuing textbook refunds checkbox.



Click Save.

Access Level: Site Administrator, Textbook Administrator Permission: Change textbook site preferences

Importance: To ensure that you know the reason staff have refunded a fine assessed on a textbook, you can set up your site to require that staff add an explanatory note when issuing a refund.

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Printing Receipts for Refunds Feature Description: After you issue a refund to a patron and click Update, Destiny no longer removes the refund automatically. Instead, a message appears asking whether you want to clear the fine/refund or print a receipt.

Feature Information: You can print a receipt that shows a refund by clicking the Print It! button on the Fines screen.

Access Level: Site Administrator, Textbook Administrator Permission: View textbook fines: Add, Pay, Waive, and Delete

Importance: You no longer have to worry about manually deleting refunds in Textbook Manager because a message prompts you to either delete the refund or print a receipt.

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Checked-Out Textbooks Appear in Destiny Quest Feature Description: Patrons logged in to Destiny can view textbooks checked out to them in Destiny Quest.

Feature Information: To view their checked-out textbooks in Destiny Quest, patrons click the My Info link. Ensure the My Status tab is highlighted and click Textbook.

Access Level: All Permission: View own status

Importance: Patrons can view library books and textbooks checked out to them whether in Destiny Quest or Destiny Classic.

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Asset Fines Feature Description: You can now assess fines for lost or damaged items in Asset Manager.

Feature Information: You can assess a fine when a checked-out item is marked as lost or damaged. Damaged or lost fines are determined by the item’s replacement price. If the replacement price field in the item record is empty, the purchase price is used. If the replacement price and purchase price fields are blank, a fine is not assessed. To assess a damaged fine: •

Navigate to the Circulation tab > Fines option.



Search for a patron.



Click the Add Fine button



Ensure that the drop-down list shows Asset Items.



Type the asset item type in the Item field.



Click Go!



Complete the Amount, Waive, and Pay fields, as appropriate.



Click Save.

Access Level: Site Administrator, Asset Administrator Permission: View asset fines, including Add, Pay, Waive, and Delete

Importance: You can now create fines for lost and damaged asset items. To assess fines, you must ensure that the replacement price or purchase price field is populated in the item record.

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Incoming Transfers Email Address Options Feature Description: You can send an email notification to multiple email addresses when transferring assets between sites.

Feature Information: To set up multiple email addresses for transfer notification: •

Navigate to the Catalog tab> Transfer Asset option > Notices subtab.



In the Attention field, enter the name of a person to receive notification.



In the Email field, enter the person’s email address.



Use the Test Email button to send a test email to the receiver’s email.



Click the Add button to save the email address.



Repeat the process to add the email addresses of others you wish to notify.

Access Level: Site Administrator, Asset Administrator Permission: Transfer/Receive Asset Items

Importance: Sending email notification to multiple email addresses when transferring assets eliminates relying on one person, who may have other responsibilities or be off-site, to receive the transferred assets.

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Asset Renewals Feature Description: Checked-out assets can be renewed if they have a loan policy interval that includes a calendar date or a number of days associated with them.

Feature Information: Assets checked out To Patron can be renewed one at a time from the Patron Status screen if they have a due date. To renew an asset: •

Navigate to the Circulation tab > Patron Status option.



Search for a patron.



Click the Renew button next to the asset to be renewed.

Access Level: All Permission: Renew Assets

Importance: Instead of checking in and then checking out an item to renew it, you can now use the Renew button on the Patron Status screen when checked-out items have a loan policy interval that includes a calendar date or a number of days.

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