[aisle] [*EXTERNAL*] Re: Destiny Question

[Schauff, Kristine]

  Hi Jackie,

We don't use Destiny, but your question is truly applicable to anyone that
is automated.  At the schools I have worked in, I advocate using the
library software to track textbooks and tech.  It only makes sense.  Having
an office lady count textbooks in teachers' rooms was hard and didn't
happen more than once a decade.  Also some teachers reported loss and
others didn't care.  The school library is the hub of the school and has
software built to track associations of items to persons.  I took this
chore off the hands of the office personnel who were extremely grateful and
that has been REALLY helpful in a number of ways.  I use a different asset
tag for all inventory (textbooks, chromebooks, hot spots, title one
purchases, etc.).  It is so easy for student services to quickly check with
me when a student transfers or withdraws to check for any tech.  They often
think of tech items before they think about whether or not the student has
library books.  This service has built relationships with the office, tech
staff, counselors, and teachers.  I would offer the service.  It is another
layer of things to do but it pays dividends.

Alan's points are very WELL put....you will need help, you'll want the
different asset tags.  You should be compensated for it and regular time
allotted.  They need a whole different level of durability and I have put
our school initials before the numbers.  Easy to spot inventory items in
the checkout list.  Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
*---------*
*Mrs. Kristine Schauff,* Library Media Specialist

Rock Falls High School
101 - 12th Ave.
Rock Falls, IL 61071
815-625-3886 x248
schauffk at rfhs301.org (respond to me directly)
library at rfhs301.org (general library question)
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On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 10:27 AM Holtz, Alan C. (BMS) via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Good morning Jackie,
>
> I agree with your principal that everything needs to be inventoried and
> Destiny can do it, but it boils down to a manpower (or womanpower) issue
> for you. Do you have the time to do primary cataloging to add a title
> record for each type of item? Do you have paid hours to organize everything
> over the summer? Do you have paid hours to check equipment out to faculty?
>
> If you have a written answer of "yes" to those 3 questions, then you need
> to do it. If you don't have yeses to all 3, the union rep in me says, you
> need to ask to be compensated for your time. I am the union rep for our
> "special" teachers. Basically, if a teacher is the plan period for another
> teacher, I am the union rep. I had to point out that the library directors
> get "extra" plan periods because we have extra duties. For example, I spent
> 3 days just adding portable amps and Bluetooth headsets to our inventory. I
> shared that with our union's other reps. I pointed out that our jobs are
> unique because we do stuff for other classrooms and not just ours. You need
> to talk to your union rep about this issue and is it in your job
> description to check out manuals and other things to your teachers?
>
> In my school, I get a few paid hours over the summer to set up AV
> equipment. On non-pandemic years, I have had a small army of NJHS and NHS
> volunteers in here doing everything from sorting our AV cords, cleaning
> remotes (How does a faculty member get a remote sticky?), covering
> paperbacks, repo-ing AV carts, putting kits of projector cables and
> SMARTboard pens together, coiling up the cords for surge protectors, et.
> al... I'm fortunate that my principal pays for a week of the pizza for the
> student volunteers. Bottom line is if they want it done, say yes and ask
> for compensation.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Alan, Librarian serving Brooks Middle School
>
> "What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it thinks
> about education."
> - Harold Howe, former U.S. Commissioner of Education
>
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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.
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