[ISLMA-Share] Emailing student fines/holds in Destiny

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I agree that this is such a convenient way to get the notices out!

Just a little heads-up though...  I had this all set up and working at the
beginning of the school year, but at the end of September my district
brought on a new security system called Securely.  Well, Securely was
really doing it's job and blocked the Follett-driven emails from going to
our student accounts.  All 560 of them were being bounced back to my spam
folder every week until we figured out what was happening.  All is fixed
now, but you may want to double check with students to make sure they are
actually receiving them.

*Amanda Kuzminski*
*Library Media Specialist*
Orland Junior High School
Orland Park, IL
708-364-4214


*No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message, but a large number
of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.*
*    - Neil DeGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist*

On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 1:00 PM, Email list for the Illinois School Library
Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Thank you Tim Yoder for offering your time and help and Leah Krippner for
> the info!  I was able to send them out.  Here are my steps to those who are
> interested:
>
> Patron reports
> Overdues
> Notices : English
> DISTRIBUTED:
>                   Via email
>                   Display name: I put my School's Name and LRC
>                   Email: my own
> EMAIL 1 (in the students' info their email is located in this spot.  It
> could be email 1 or email 2.  You need to check this)
> Changed the blurb to fit my need
> Scheduled it to go out every Weds.
>
> Whoop! Whoop!
>
> Very exciting!
>
> On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 3:11 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> We do this. The key is for your students to have email that the school
>> knows and have your tech input it as Email 2. (Our school provides gmail to
>> all students so it all auto-fills nicely.)
>>
>> You then run a patron report...all items overdue. Notice sent to email 2.
>> For this notice we schedule it to go on Fridays and include the titles.
>>
>> We send a similar notice to parents on Sunday, but suppress the title. We
>> used to send the notice to parents on Wednesday, but found it just
>> generated a million frustrated parent phone calls wanting to know what book
>> etc. On Sunday at noon, parent's are usually with their kids and can talk
>> about it right then. Our returns on Monday have gone through the roof.
>>
>> We also now send reminder notices to students the day before an item is
>> due. This has helped tremendously as well.
>>
>>
>>
>> Leah Krippner
>> Librarian, Harlem High School
>> I am currently reading *The White Bicycle* by Beverley Brenna
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 2:51 PM, Email list for the Illinois School
>> Library Media Association <islma at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> I would love some information on this as well.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info [mailto:
>>> islma-bounces at list.railslibraries.info] *On Behalf Of *Email list for
>>> the Illinois School Library Media Association
>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 25, 2017 2:22 PM
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>>> *Subject:* [ISLMA-Share] Emailing student fines/holds in Destiny
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Is there a way to do this or does it have to be done individually?  I
>>> can't seem to find it in the help section.  Thank you in advance for any
>>> help you can provide!
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>> District 122.
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