What’s new in the Library Suite

Report Builder 2.0 is a new custom report-building experience for library and patron reports. From one page, choose your data and its organization, and preview it before you run the report.

Besides the time-saving workflow, Report Builder 2.0 offers new data points, including:

• Site short name
• Genre (references MARC record field 655)
• Interest level (references MARC record field 521)
• Series volume number (references MARC record field 490_v)
• Language (references MARC record field 008)
• Circulation statistics

Access Report Builder 2.0 from the Custom Reports sidebar menu option (Reports > Custom Reports).

Learn more about Report Builder 2.0. (To access a Help topic link, you need to log in to Destiny v23.5 [when available]).

You can now print or email a checkout summary from the Check Out or Patron Status pages.

The report contains all checked-out and overdue items (from all Destiny products), including off-site materials.

Learn more about patron status and checking out copies to patrons (Library Manager and Resource Manager). (To access a Help topic link, you need to log in to Destiny v23.5 [when available]).

When you generate Current Checkouts/Fine notices, you can now decide what value to use for a patron's name. Choose from the following:

• Patron's full name (default)
• First name and last initial
• First name only
• Initials (first and last)
• District ID
• No name (Salutation followed by 'Patron')

Learn more about the Current Checkouts/Fines report. (To access a Help topic link, you need to log in to Destiny v23.5 [when available]).

In Advanced Search, a new Language filter lets you narrow your search to content in a specific language. Over 30 languages are available.

Learn more about searching for library resources.

Destiny v23.5 brings a re-designed Title Details page to Destiny Back Office. The new Title Details design is responsive to screen size, providing a seamless experience on any device.

Turn on the new interface to:

• See all copies across your district right away.
• Quickly access titles in Destiny Discover.
• Add and remove titles from multiple Resource Lists.
• Access a device-friendly view of a title's details.

Use the toggle to turn on the new look. During this introductory period, you can toggle back to the previous version of Title Details at any time.

Learn more about the Title Details page. (To access a Help topic link, you need to log in to Destiny v23.5 [when available]).

More reports now give the option to output data as an Excel file (CSV format), including:

Learn more about reports. (To access a Help topic link, you need to log in to Destiny v23.5 [when available]).

More reports now offer the Sublocation field as a limiter and/or data you can include in the output. Reports include:

• Completed Inventory
• In-Progress Inventory
• Spine/Pocket Labels
• Barcode Labels
• Title & Copy List
• Weeding Log
• Collection Statistics - Historical

Learn more about reports. (To access a Help topic link, you need to log in to Destiny v23.5 [when available]).

There's now an option to run monthly overdue notices. When you schedule the Current Checkouts/Fines report to run monthly, choose the day of the month it runs – a specific date, such as the 15th; or the first or last.

Learn more about the Current Checkouts/Fines report. (To access a Help topic link, you need to log in to Destiny v23.5 [when available]).

Checking out materials to students in a homeroom is more intuitive and efficient than ever. Enhancements include the following:

• From the Check Out By Homeroom page (Circulation > Check Out > By Homeroom) and when checking out to a patron accessed via their homeroom, the button you click once you select a homeroom was renamed "Go to Homeroom" (previously Select Patron). This more appropriately describes the button's action.
  
• Once you select a homeroom, on the Select Patron page, there is a new link to return you to the Check Out By Homeroom page – where you can choose another homeroom, or switch to the Check Out To Patron page.
  
• A new option lets you move more quickly between patrons when checking out materials to students in the same homeroom. If enabled, when you click Reset Checkout from a patron's checkout page, you will return to the currently-selected homeroom page (rather than to the homeroom selection page).
  To enable this option, go to Admin > Site Configuration > Circulation tab. Then, under Library Options, select For homeroom checkout, maintain current homeroom selection after reset.

Learn more about homeroom checkout and Site Configuration Circulation settings. (To access a Help topic link, you need to log in to Destiny v23.5 [when available]).

The ability to limit interlibrary loans by site type gives you more oversight in how you receive and share materials.

From Admin > Site Configuration > Circulation tab, if you select the Allow materials at my site to circulate to all patrons in the district option, you choose if materials should circulate to all sites in the district, or to selected sites by site type (such as high schools).

Learn more about Site Configuration Circulation options. (To access a Help topic link, you need to log in to Destiny v23.5 [when available]).

To allow districts to bulk update items, such as from lost to available, offline circulation is now available at the district level.

The functionality is very similar to offline circulation at the site level.

Learn more about offline circulation. (To access a Help topic link, you need to log in to Destiny v23.5 [when available]).

Warehouse users can now transfer resources to individual sites using a purchase order number. PO numbers are pulled from the resource item record.

Learn more about transferring resources. (To access a Help topic link, you need to log in to Destiny v23.5 [when available]).

You can now run a Signed Agreements report showing students who have signed a specific digital signature agreement. This ensures your district is in compliance with acceptable use policies and other agreements for devices checked out by students.

Learn more about digital signature agreements. (To access a Help topic link, you need to log in to Destiny v23.5 [when available]).

Key information about a title now displays more prominently, helping students quickly identify where to find a resource in the library.

Enhancements to titles on the homepage, in search results, and on title details pages are as follows:

• If a title has a call number and sublocation, both appear. Previously, on the homepage and in search results Card view, only sublocation displayed.
• Design updates improve the visibility of information of most interest for students.

Search results: Card view

Search results: List view

Title details

Learn more about search results and viewing title information.

The Destiny Discover Engage experience has been reimagined to make it quicker and easier to create student book clubs that promote a life-long love of reading.

The following updates help you more easily create book clubs that drive student engagement:

• Improvements to the user experience:
  • Ability to review added titles and students.
  • Reduction in the number of clicks.
  • Streamlined book club creation process.

• Users with the appropriate access can export data to Excel (CSV file format).

Learn more about Destiny Discover Engage.

Guest cataloger links now have more options for adding books, including entering titles manually, scanning ISBNs, importing an ISBN list, importing a CSV file, and importing a Follett invoice.

Learn more about the guest cataloger link.

District and site-level administrators can now filter by potential duplicate titles on the Title Management page.

Learn more about filtering title records.

District and site-level administrators can now filter by Incomplete Titles on the Title Management page. Find title records missing an ISBN, an author, or both an ISBN and author, to quickly resolve these issues.

Learn more about filtering title records.

District and site-level administrators can now search by title or author without punctuation. Enter search terms like 'babysitters club' or 'jk rowling' without hyphens, periods, or other symbols, and get the correct results.

Learn more about searching title records.