Destiny+-+Materials

Please post your questions here and if you have an answer, please provide it for the group. __**Inventory**__ __**Is there anything similar to the holding cart for processing books in Destiny?**__ __How can I print a sheet of unused barcodes? It says barcode filter enabled - please turn off filters to run report.__ Joan is looking into the barcode filters, this is not something to turn off and on.
 * Back Office
 * Inventory
 * Start New
 * There is a "how to" button at the top right - print out instructions....
 * If you have an area (workroom, etc.) not easily accessible, try using the wireless with a laptop to Inventory that area.
 * Create a circulation type for processing (Back Office, Library Policies, Circulation, Add a circulation type)
 * Check the box making it Hidden.
 * When you import titles or work on cataloging a book use the copy type - Processing
 * When you are finished processing it, change it to the correct copy type (book, ebook, etc.)

code 3 of 9 no check digit
 * __What is the barcode symbology?__**

Try this website for **help information**: []

__**What is the app address to add Destiny to my phone?**__ [|Destiny App]


 * __How do I delete a copy of a book?__**

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‍Once all of the copies of a title have been deleted from YOUR SCHOOL - then you can delete the title record from YOUR SCHOOL only. To do that you go to: Update Copies - Delete Title======

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‍**__In order to aid in weeding, how can I view a list of books that have never circulated?__**======

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‍ Reports - Back Office - Title and Copy List - Show Titles with all copies - Check Circulation Stats - Choose Less Than 1 Time Total - Run Report. ======

Categories allow you to group your copies for many different purposes. These include supporting curricula, tracking vendors and funding sources, producing bibliographies and reading lists, and promoting special collections or new materials.
 * __What is a copy category and what is it used for?__**
 * __How do I add a book to a copy category?__**
 * 1) Find the book in the catalog.
 * 2) Click on the book’s details
 * 3) Copies Tab
 * 4) Edit Copy
 * 5) Update Copy Category
 * 6) Check the appropriate boxes
 * 7) Click Ok

**__Some books are marked LOST, but were checked out in Infocentre before the Destiny installation.__**
Because there are duplicate patron records in a file to be merged, those books signed out by those patrons are not on the shelf, nor are they signed out according to Destiny. Once the patron records are merged by you, the book status will be "out"

__**When we checked out books on the remote, it often added digits before and after the copy ID number on the book**__. Now that the books are being checked in on Destiny, some of the barcode lables are not being recognized. The message is that the copy ID number cannot be found. If we look for the book by title, the copy is found with the " new" longer copy ID that was established with the remote. We can check it in by title. Then the bar code number can be changed to its original number and Destiny will accept it. Otherwise it cannot be checked in or out by scanning the barcode. Do you think these books will need to be done individually for the next 2 weeks, or would there be a way to globally identify any books with these 11 digit barcodes? Check with Follett Tech support on thsis one and please post the answer. I learned that if your barcodes are not being read by your scanner (message: "not found" or "not catalogued"), then you must individually find each book by searching for title, edit the record by deleting the long barcode number with added digits, save it, and proceed. Support desk reported that it should read up to 14 digits, but.... A quick way to change the barcode to meet the criteria is to delete all the digits, and then scan your barcode. The digits on your barcode will then be added, with //possibly// two zeros added on the front. (Sometimes adds them, sometimes it does not !?!) Then it will work. No way to do this globally. Each and every record must be changed in order to check in or check out the book. //PC//

Question: Will we be able to view **past history of a book** under copy status? I understand all past history was erased with conversion but is this an option for us? The History has been restored! __**Having trouble with aligning barcode labels?**__ Thanks to Brooke who offered this advice when changing the Vertical and Horizontal settings did not do the trick to align the barcode labels. If the alignment of the label becomes progressively worse as it proceeds down the page, the settings in Adobe will need to be changed. The report has been scaled down or shrunked before it reached the printer. Once you've configured the ** Adobe ** Reader ** settings **, it may be necessary to go back and use the Horizontal and Vertical printer offsets (these directions are easily found when searching for barcode labels in the HELP section.)
 * 1) Open your label report in ** Adobe ** Reader, and click the **Print** button.
 * 2) On the **Print** dialog that appears, change the following ** settings ** :
 * 3) ** Set ** **Page Scaling** to None.
 * 4) Clear the **Auto-Rotate and Center** check box.
 * 5) Clear the **Choose Paper Source by PDF page size** check box.
 * 6) Click **OK** to print a test page.

When I go to enter fines for a student, the choices only include damaged, etc, but no LOST. However the HELP section directly says that Lost is a choice, yet it is not. Also read directions about being able to print a LOST list under Library Manager. Reportedly will help with Inventory. But cannot find Library Manager. Am thinking that maybe we are not set up to have these options, maybe our access does not permit. In the meantime can mark fine for OVERDUE and then add a //note// that book status was changed to LOST and patron issued a "fine' for cost. Anyone know otherwise or have steps to do?
 * __LOST BOOKS:__ Anyone able to assign a "fine" for a lost book to a patron? Can mark an item as LOST, but not add a fine or charge for LOST.**