Alli, I removed some things that seemed to fit in other categories. I tried to arrange what was left for the Powerpoint. Change anything you want. Or maybe you have a better idea? If you think it looks OK, I'll do an attachment so you can see what it should really look like. It looks kind of funny here. Carole
OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES ·Web-based automation system - installed on a single server, intuitive and fast ·In addition to library automation, Destiny offers products to manage library resources, textbooks, media materials, equipment and other assets. ·Different levels of access for library administrator, library staff, and patrons. ·Inventory: ocan be done any time of the year ocan do partial, full, or special circulation type inventories
_ STRONG SUPPORT ·Three ways to get help: ovia telephone – 800 number oHelp button oOnline tutorials ·If the Network is down: ouse Follett Remote. obook and patron barcodes can be recorded in a text file at checkout and later downloaded into Destiny
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OPTIONS: ·Web-Path Express - helps students find age-appropriate Web sites for research ·Standards Search - you can find thousands of resources already aligned to your state's learning standards. ·Reading Programs - once enabled - Accelerated Reader, Reading Counts, and lexile measures can be searched.Quiz files can be uploaded ·Title Peak – book cover picture is provided, with access to table of contents, author notes, and journal reviews. ·One Search – patron may search for both online resources and catalog resources. ·Find-a-Book– helps patrons find books associated with Reading Counts, Accelerated Reader, or by Lexile Levels.
Reading programs - Accelerated Reader - AR quizzes will match readers with appropriate titles from the collection, quizzes are automatically uploaded into Destiny
Web-based automation system - installed on a single server, intuitive and fast
Access problems - even when the network is down books can be checked in and out using a text file that can later be loaded into Destiny
"Web-Path Express" - helps students find age-appropriate Web sites for research (catalog)
"Find-a-Book" - find books associated with Reading Counts, Accelerated Reader, or by Lexile level (catalog)
"Follett Support is one of its strongest features" (Doe, 2003 There's help via telephone.(800 number)
Online Help is designed to get you answers quickly and efficiently at your fingertips.
You also have access to online tutorials.
Once you log in, you can move between schools in the district without logging in to each school separately.
You can set it up so that you have access to be able to do everything you need to do, your aides have access to be able to do the things you want them to do, but not what you don't want them to do, and you can limit the access patrons have.
There is a Standards search option, in which you can find thousands of resources already aligned to your state's learning standards.
Destiny makes it possible to inventory your collection any time of the year. You can do partial, full, and special circulation type inventories.
(Blue items are from FSC book)
The company aims beyond basic libraryautomation, offering a suite of products to manage library resources, textbooks, media materials and equipment, and other assets. (Company Profiles, 2009)
Alli, I removed some things that seemed to fit in other categories. I tried to arrange what was left for the Powerpoint. Change anything you want. Or maybe you have a better idea? If you think it looks OK, I'll do an attachment so you can see what it should really look like. It looks kind of funny here. Carole
OTHER NOTABLE FEATURES
· Web-based automation system - installed on a single server, intuitive and fast
· In addition to library automation, Destiny offers products to manage library resources, textbooks, media materials, equipment and other assets.
· Different levels of access for library administrator, library staff, and patrons.
· Inventory:
o can be done any time of the year
o can do partial, full, or special circulation type inventories
_
STRONG SUPPORT
· Three ways to get help:
o via telephone – 800 number
o Help button
o Online tutorials
· If the Network is down:
o use Follett Remote.
o book and patron barcodes can be recorded in a text file at checkout and later downloaded into Destiny
_
OPTIONS:
· Web-Path Express - helps students find age-appropriate Web sites for research
· Standards Search - you can find thousands of resources already aligned to your state's learning standards.
· Reading Programs - once enabled - Accelerated Reader, Reading Counts, and lexile measures can be searched. Quiz files can be uploaded
· Title Peak – book cover picture is provided, with access to table of contents, author notes, and journal reviews.
· One Search – patron may search for both online resources and catalog resources.
· Find-a-Book– helps patrons find books associated with Reading Counts, Accelerated Reader, or by Lexile Levels.
Reading programs - Accelerated Reader - AR quizzes will match readers with appropriate titles from the collection, quizzes are automatically uploaded into Destiny
Web-based automation system - installed on a single server, intuitive and fast
Access problems - even when the network is down books can be checked in and out using a text file that can later be loaded into Destiny
"Web-Path Express" - helps students find age-appropriate Web sites for research (catalog)
"Find-a-Book" - find books associated with Reading Counts, Accelerated Reader, or by Lexile level (catalog)
"Follett Support is one of its strongest features" (Doe, 2003
There's help via telephone.(800 number)
Online Help is designed to get you answers quickly and efficiently at your fingertips.
You also have access to online tutorials.
Once you log in, you can move between schools in the district without logging in to each school separately.
You can set it up so that you have access to be able to do everything you need to do, your aides have access to be able to do the things you want them to do, but not what you don't want them to do, and you can limit the access patrons have.
There is a Standards search option, in which you can find thousands of resources already aligned to your state's learning standards.
Destiny makes it possible to inventory your collection any time of the year. You can do partial, full, and special circulation type inventories.
(Blue items are from FSC book)
The company aims beyond basic library automation, offering a suite of products to manage library resources, textbooks, media materials and equipment, and other assets. (Company Profiles, 2009)