[aisle] Destiny Question

[Michele Whisenhunt]

I imagine they want to do this to make insurance calculations easier, but
it does sound like a lot of work for you.  Would you have help?

On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 9:59 AM Christine Wilson via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Wow!
>
> Be sure to clarify with your principal who is responsible for what items.
> It's not unreasonable to want everything accounted for, but it *is*
> unreasonable to make you accountable for things you have no control over!
> You may need more operator accounts for people who actually distribute some
> of these items, i.e. will everyone come to you for a walkie-talkie, or are
> these distributed by office staff? If the latter, the office staff member
> responsible needs an account in the system so you know who checked out what
> item to whom. This can quickly get out-of-hand complicated, so you may have
> to patiently walk your principal through either centralizing checkout of
> everything, or backing away from cataloging certain things. If you're
> checking out everything, analyze the time needed to do that, and advocate
> for necessary staff!
>
> Secondly, whatever you catalog, make sure it has its own category, and if
> it isn't in your balliwick, it isn't mixed in with your library inventory.
> In our school, we use the 'resource' designation for all technology items -
> computers, chromebooks, ipads, external drives, doc cams, etc. The only
> thing in the Library designation are items in the library. We have separate
> copy categories for mp3 players, Playaways, professional publications,
> makerspace items, etc. Destiny makes this pretty easy to do, if
> time-consuming.
>
> Manipulatives? Really? You'll need to clarify how closely these are to be
> monitored. If a counting set or game starts the year with 25 pieces and
> ends the year with 24 pieces, is it charged to whoever checked it out? Are
> you going to go after a kid who spills parts and one goes under the
> radiator or gets stepped on?
>
> I wish you luck with this one, and hope you can work with others in your
> building to devise a way to be responsible with resources without driving
> everyone crazy!
>
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 4:24 PM Jackieusc via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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>> My admin wants everything barcoded and put into destiny. We are a new
>> school, on year three. My principal insisted all manipulatives, teacher
>> manuals,all walkies/radios, classroom library book sets, scanner
>> thermometers for covid.
>> I’m trying to come up with a good argument as to why “everything”
>> shouldn’t be barcoded and put into the school library catalog.
>> Help! Am I wrong?
>> What is best practice?
>> The teachers don’t check out their classroom libraries($2k) because they
>> are scared the students will lose them.
>> Looking for some advice from the hive mind please!
>>
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