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

[Dawn Brunschon]

Jackie,

What do you mean by "asset tag"?

Thanks,
Dawn

On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 11:30 AM Schauff, Kristine via AISLE <
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>   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.
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> *Mrs. Kristine Schauff,* Library Media Specialist
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> On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 10:27 AM Holtz, Alan C. (BMS) via AISLE <
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>> 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.
>> Looking for some advice from the hive mind please!
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