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I'm having trouble finding the document provided for the Principals to put in their newsletter to publicize the Parent Preview. Can you help me find it? Would this be the same script the principal might use at a PTA meeting prior to the event? Thanks!

Can you email John or Birlly directly so that we know which campus this is, thank you.

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September 18th. Be sure to register

https://pulse.kickup.co/events/collection/cdqx3UQp683cmRxZb6hY8k/all-opportunities?eventType=session&pastEvents=false&registrationWindow=open_and_future&timeRange=00:00_23:59

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Parent said that books were turned in at the end of the year, but it shows that they were never turned in. She is afraid that her student will not be able to get a computer in high school. It will take a minute to go through to find out if there is really a problem. How to do we correct so that the student will not be impacted and cleared?

You can not guarantee that the student won't be impacted. Check in all the books from the summer. Search for the student using the ID number. Go to the shelf to look for the book.

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How do I mark a book as lost?

Under the overdue list, select the book and click LOST beside the book title.

And if a student later finds the book, what’s the process to restore it back into the system? Just scan the barcode and it will restore the title. Then give student a refund.

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Will there be a way, in the future, to have students pay book fines for other locations vs driving to that specific school? This depends but for the most part the money belongs to the campus that it came from.

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Please refer to the Job Description provided to you or the link.

Some of the responsibilites include but are not limited to:

Ensure the media center is a welcoming and inviting space for students, teachers, and staff.

Facilitate the daily operations of the campus media center including but not limited to: material circulation, book displays, bulletin boards, and general media center maintenance.

Ensure the media center is organized and orderly for optimal use.

Prepare and maintain records including but not limited to print and digital resources.

Assist students with book selections in alignment with district policy, age appropriateness, and individual interests.

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Is their any specific Media Center expectation we need to use ? 

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Is their any specific Media Center expectation we need to use ? 

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Here are some suggestions but this should be a campus specific expectations.

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Who is in charge of collecting fines for media centers?

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Who is in charge of collecting fines for media centers?

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Book fine collections are determined by each individual campus (Speak to your principal or point of contact person at your campus). If they already have protocols in place for collecting money as a campus, they should consider how this process can be included.

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Book Check out will begin Tuesday, September 2nd.

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My campus has assigned additional duties, such as making color copies for the teachers (because the copier is in the library). Is this something I should just accept as part of my job, or does this fall outside of my position and warrant a conversation with the principal?

This is a conversation to have with your principal. Everyone will have some other duties as assigned.

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Does the beginning check out date also apply for teachers or can teachers begin to check out books earlier? - Yes teachers can begin earlier if they are asking at the campus.

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Can the Check out limit be 5 books for 4th and 5th grade only? NO

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When we can, is there a preferred vendor to order books? ie; Scholastic etc.

Whatever vendors are on contract at that moment, but we have not purchase books so no one yet.

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Can the total number books check out be increased to 6?

NO

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Is there a report that can be run to provide information on overdue books. Can this list give all student info, books checkout to them from last school year, and book fines? Will the report be based on the most recent data?

Run report as explained during our training.

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what is the process of lending books between schools?

Inter Library Loans https://legacyhelp.follettsoftware.com/Default.htm#c_manage_requests.htm?Highlight=ill

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Destiny Help - Manage hold and ILL requests

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How to limit lost books?

Remind students about the book, show students the picture of the book cover. have drop off zones throughout the campus.

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Is there a list of popular books for middle schoolers that can be shared to help get more interest in our library? We do not have a list yet. Diary of a whimpy kid, Amulet graphic Novels, Manga, Dragon Ball, Baby Sitter Club. Check your campus dashboard in Destiny

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Who do we send teachers to who have questions or need help with Canvas? Incident IQ

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Is there a way to increase the number of books the students can check out? Primarily for 4th and 5th graders. check out max was changed to 10.

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Is there a deadline for uploading documentation to the "artifacts" section in the shared Drive, or can evidence be added throughout the school year?

No, just add pictures as the events are happening on campus, this will help with Media Center of the Month selection.

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Would it be possible to have a central space for sharing media center items that are in good condition but are no longer needed in our space? Example, I have display shelves and carts that I'm not using that are in good shape that could benefit another campus.

Also, if the PTA purchases a new 3D printer (hypothetical example) can we donate the old one to another campus?

What would be the potential red tape or road blocks to make this available?

There's a process, it has to get transfered and it must be approved by principal.

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MCAs shouldn't be subbing, but it is a possibility. This is a conversation to have with your principal.

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What if a parent sent an email about the fined book they have checked in the houston public library and requesting to get it from there? How will it work?

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What if a parent sent an email about the fined book they have checked in the houston public library and requesting to get it from there? How will it work?

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The book will make its way back to you at some point. If the book is returned at the public library most times it mailed at the TTC.

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This is a conversation you need to have with your principal. In general, I would recommend closing the media center when you are absent.

While you could put in for a sub, that sub cannot checkout books. In the case that you have a backup checkout person(s) on campus, it may be possible to make something work. However, this situation would likely require a good deal of planning and preparation; it's doubtful that the situation would work for an impromptu or short notice absence.

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What do we do with books that are damaged?

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What do we do with books that are damaged?

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1. Decide whether the book(s) is worth repairing or if its even reperable:

If they are refer to the resources tab, and click on the "Book Mending Supplies & Tutorials" of click the link.

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How is it decided that a book could be weeded or repaired?

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How is it decided that a book could be weeded or repaired?

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Wet books get weeded immediately, if you have to spend too much time repairing the book or is missing too much text- weed it.

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If we wanted to have incentives for students to check out books, does the funds come out of the school budget, or does the Media center have a budget for it? 

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If we wanted to have incentives for students to check out books, does the funds come out of the school budget, or does the Media center have a budget for it? 

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Campus Budget, talk to your campus about this.

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How much time do you give each class to be in MC? I do 30 mins. Also, can we share a weekly schedule, for examples of day to day routines? We will work in some time to share what is working for schedules.

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Can we get the bracket and timers from today?

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Can we get the bracket and timers from today?

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Click this link to access- https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kjawORtD-Ja48oExPkBrgoG5f6EQ062-CUb3sc1nN6A/edit?usp=sharing

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Would there ever be an opportunity during our monthly training to visit other campus media centers?

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Would there ever be an opportunity during our monthly training to visit other campus media centers?

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We will work on this.

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Can we make Thursday training in one of the Media center? 

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Can we make Thursday training in one of the Media center? 

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We will work on this for you.

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Come visit Terrace Elementary as we will be saying bye-bye in December. Built in 1973!

GO Timberwolves

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Who is in charge of digital citizenship lessons? 

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Who is in charge of digital citizenship lessons? 

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Your campus must designate a CIPA contact. How the lessons are completed is a at the campus discretion.

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When will the Summer Reading winners be announced so we can let the students know? That might be the first question they ask when they come to the Media Center?

We are still in the process of calculating Summer Reading Data. Once this is completed, more information will be shared. Students will be recognized at a Fall board meeting

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Could you share recommended read-aloud books list that align with the monthly theme or seasonal topics?

The Lead Media Specialist will work on this list and share it on the website when it is available.

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if books are damaged, how do I remove them from Destiny?

Please, place book on the side away from others in the mean time, Destiny permissions have not been updated or given for book removal.

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I don't have access to upload pics. I went to NEW but don't have the option to upload.

You all should have access now.

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Summer Reading additional ?if a child had a list of books but not entered into the system......how can I get the list to you all? 118 Books Total. 1st Grade

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Summer Reading additional ?if a child had a list of books but not entered into the system......how can I get the list to you all? 118 Books Total. 1st Grade

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We are no longer accepting summer reading submissions.

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Could you please outline the process for donating books?

Per policy, we cannot take/accept any donations at this time.

Is your campus trying to donate books? Please elaborate?

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Can we get a PDF copy of the policy? Also, could you please highlight the key points of the policy in case parents or teachers ask about the new changes?

Policy EFB Local can be found on the SBISD Website

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Could you please outline the process for acquiring new books in bullet points?

We do not have a process in place yet since SBISD Policy must align with the new state's legislation.

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Who need to remind parents to complete the Book Fair permission form on Skyward. Some have already finished their back-to-school verification? Or what is the process ?

"If there were any errors in the distribution of the electronic acknowledgement of Book Fair Permission(s) in the back-to-school forms, Technology Services will communicate that information with campuses.

Your campus registrar or administrator should be able to run a report to identify which students have been granted permission to attend campus book fairs. Once you have that information, you will need to meet with your campus principal to discuss that data and determine the best plan of action for your campus."

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I have a library book and I tried to check in the book but it keeps saying " Copy not found ".What can I do?

Please place it to the side: and bring it to our September meeting.

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Do we need to start prepping for the book fair if our campus has plans to have one in October? what do we need to do to get ready and what are any further steps?

This varies per campus, speak to those in charged at the campus level and maybe find out if they have a role for you and what that may be.

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Do we refer teachers that are asking about clever as well as keyboarding without tears to incident IQ? 

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Do we refer teachers that are asking about clever as well as keyboarding without tears to incident IQ? 

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Yes. All issues can be submitted to Incident IQ.

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Keyboarding without tears Teachers are asking when this will be up and available for use?  They are having log in issues? Who do we direct these questions to?  

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Keyboarding without tears Teachers are asking when this will be up and available for use?  They are having log in issues? Who do we direct these questions to?  

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Right now there is no estimated time for this to be up and running. Please have teachers submit an Incident IQ ticket.

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In the past we had 3 desktop computers available in the Media center for students to access the Destiny Catalog for general searching during their 15 minute check out. Tech services is telling us we can no longer use our generic log in to access the computer. So that leaves us with no access to just the general Destiny Catalog in our Media Center??? We also used these desk tops for parents to preview new books? Was also planning to use the generic login and desktop to have parents check in books at that station? Any suggestions or ideas?

Students can use their personal login info. to view the Destiny Catalog. Parents are able to log in to preview new books from their personal technology or they can physically see it in the media center.

For the generic login for parent volunteer check in, that is a tech serivce desicion, speak to your campus principal and see what their recommendation might be.

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Generic Login for Follett Destiny for Check-in & Catalogue ONLY

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Generic Login for Follett Destiny for Check-in & Catalogue ONLY

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Can we get a generic volunteer login for the Follett Destiny site? Currently the only way to check-in books is by logging in with our credentials. That means volunteers/teachers/students cannot check-in books, only the MCA. It would be nice to have help with check-in, and I am not comfortable with volunteers/teachers/students having access to the other parts of the site or to check out.

I have campus specific generic login computers for catalogue searching, but I do not have a generic login to the Follett Destiny site, and I believe this has to be provided by yall? Or is this also something that can be generated by individual campuses? Thank you!

Please reach out directly to either Birlly or John and they will be able to assist you with this information.

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I talk to the principal about checking books out to the students who have fines due, she said if they owe fines we shouldn't be check them out books. So in this situation what should I do?

If the principal made that decision it is up to them. You can allow the student(s) to read while they are in the media center. You can also remind student(s) & parent(s) to either bring back the book(s) or bring the payment.

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How do we know and find out if there are any restricted books in our media center? 

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How do we know and find out if there are any restricted books in our media center? 

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Go to Catalog > Library Search. Type "restricted", and press the Subject search button.

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How do I remove the books that were marked weeded from before summer?

I have them pulled, but have not taken them out of Destiny? I was putting them into a google sheet provided by previous MCS.

We have not done a training on weeding out books yet, so those permissions have not been set for your account.

Continue to scan them into the Google Sheet and please share it with your new MCS, thank you.

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I would like to read a book during read aloud time, but our campus does not have a copy. If it is a book that is allowed on other campuses/does not violate policy, and I have a copy of it in my personal possession, is it okay for me to bring my copy from home to read to the classes? For reference, I would like to read The Dot by Peter Reynolds on Dot Day. Thanks!

We actually provided the read aloud audio on the September programming display.

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Are we only allowed to read books from our particular library during story time, or is it okay to read any book as long as it is allowed in the district?

Both the students and you are allowed to request books from other campuses through the Interlibrary Loan.

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I have about three boxes with books that state they are not found on Destiny, do I take them with me for our meeting this month?

Just have a box designated for those specific type of books and placed them there until we have clear guidance of how to proceed.

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Will there be new Featured Series each month?

You can featured series that have been low in circulation to attract more checkouts.

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I have an entire homeroom class that is not listed in Destiny. The students (who are now in 5th grade) are still listed under their previous 4th grade teacher. How can we get this fixed - or do we need to request help from IT to do this?

If this problem persist, checkout by 'patron' instead of 'by homeroom' like that you can scan their ID.

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I would really love to scan student badges in order to have them check out books, but this is not working on my end. Is this an IT problem or is there a setting I need to be aware of?

If you are an elementary campus when you go to Check out:

Go to the right and instead of having it set "By Homeroom" make sure it is "To Patron" that should allow you to scan their IDs. If this still does not work please send an email directly to Birlly

If you are a secondary campus, please reach out to John.

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A student returned a book that had been marked lost to my school(PSE) but the book was checked out from Spring Shadows Elem. Spring Shadows is closed. How can I remove the student's fine and where do I place the book?

Please email Birlly with the student information. You can either Interoffice mail the book or bring it on September 18th.

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I am starting a read aloud with 5th grade next week. Any suggestions? I want a chapter book but not too long.. Last year we read, Home of the Brave and it was beautiful.

Please send an email directly to Birlly with the specific campus this is for and how many pages would you like the book to have so that she can better assist you.

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Changing/Editing Call No. Labels & Catalogue

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Changing/Editing Call No. Labels & Catalogue

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I have quite a few books that have the wrong call number/spine labels and I would like to be able to fix these. Do we have permissions to do this? If so, what is the process? I have attached a photo as an example. Two of this series have been catalogued as the adapted author (who isn't mentioned on the cover, spine, publishing page, or title page, only on the back inside cover). The other has been catalogued under the series' original author - all three of these books have the same author and adapted author and I would like to shelve them together. This is one example of many in the media center.

Were you able to fix this, or do you stil need assistance?

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How can we print copies of existing barcodes? For instance, I had a Life Skills student bring back their book, but they had peeled off and thrown away all of the stickers. All I need to do is print the existing barcode so I can put it back on the shelf.

I have attached pictures. Thanks!

Refer to our October PD

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Spine label sticker peeled off and thrown away.

Refer to our October PD

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When checking out some of the books, I get asked if I want to renew book (s) for some of the students?

Please reach out via email to either Birlly or John. Make sure to include more details.

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What do I do if I have book from the Harris County Public Library?

Talk the campus admin assistant or front desk for more information.

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Can we please have printable bookmarks?

For things like these, email either John or Birlly so that they know which specific campus have the need.

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I dont see HOLD on the books in Destiny Discover on Chromebooks? I see all the books and Log In is all?

Is this from students accounts?

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What does it mean when this appears under restricted access?

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Is it a mistake? I have about 100 students that have this listed.

Thanks!

Submit an Incident IQ with screenshots of this. It may have to do with parents beginning of the year paperwork that they fill out in Skyward.

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Have we figured out how to:

1- Mark a book as in the hospital/being repaired so we know where to find it?

2- Add a fine to a student who ruined a book? Do I need to just mark it as lost? How does this work?

1. Are you able to repair the book? If so, you do not have to do anything on Destiny. Once it is repair just place it back in circulation. If you are not able to repair it, place it on the side, we will discuss the procedure for similar situations.

2. It is the campus decision if they want to add a fine to the student if they 'ruined' a book.

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Demco is preferred vendor for supplies, are there any others we can use besides Amazon etc.?

Your campus may also purchase things from Amazon.

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A student that was in my school checked out a book, now that student is in high school and brought back the book that was marked lost. I tired checking it in but it says it is not found, although when I search for it in the "library search" it comes up as lost. Is there a way to unmark that is not lost without scanning it?

Please email John or Birlly directly with the student's information so that they can look into it, thanks.

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If a book has substantial water damage (dry now, but wavy pages), but no mold, can it remain in circulation?

If it still looks good and no damages, yes it can

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Is there any spanish read aloud videos I can show for my bilingual students that the MCA recommends?

You can check the books that you already have in your collection and see if the videos are available.

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I have quite a few books that come up as "item not found" in Destiny even though they have barcodes printed and appear to belong to our school. Is there a way I can add these books to our system?

Please email either Birlly or John directly so that we can know what school this is and look into it, thanks.

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my students love using the computers in the library, is there any websites or a list of websites I can use here in the library for them to use? I would really appreciate a list of links please!

Refer to https://tech.springbranchisd.com/Sites/ApprovedSoftware to see what is approved or not for the district and grade levels.

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Teachers are asking if we have any type of accountability to show if the students are really reading the book? ie; quiz, book report, etc.?

This would be up to teachers to create and implement.

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If I have several books of Dog Man that are in Destiny, but are labelled BackOffice, what does that mean exactly? I cannot circulate as of yet? THX

Correct, they cannot be circulated yet.

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Can the 10-day book preview for new books be conducted digitally?

No.

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Which document will the Admin Assistant use to place the order in Munis?

The PDF Quote from Titlewave, since that is the official information submitted to the vendor.

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When submitting our order in Munis, which 'Contract' should we select.

You will select 'Contract 15860A'.

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What are the steps when submitting our order in Munis:

Create a blanket PO

Create a new line item

Enter the total from the Quote we emailed back.

Attach the, original Purchase_Campus_Spreadsheet, the Pre-Attestation Form, and Quote you received from us.

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Are we able to use Follet as our Book Fair vendor next year? Scholastic takes quite a bit of dollars! and we cant buy books from them. PS: i have this in the wrong column :)

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When can we begin checking out books this school year?

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When can we begin checking out books this school year?

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As long as you have your Destiny credentials, you can check out books. Please speak with your campus principal to decide on the date that will work best for your campus.

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When I login to my credentials on destiny, I can't see the checkin/checkout when i go under circulation.

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Parent preview? Books purchased 2015/2016

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Parent preview? Books purchased 2015/2016

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I found a stash of brand spanking new books purchased in 2015/2016. Some are in destiny barcoded, some are not. Since many rules have changed, how do I know if I can have a parent preview and if these books meet the new law requirements. Total of 55 books. Can someone stop by please and thanks.

Rachel - SBE