3. Promote a transition to summer reading with the public library

4. Delete unneeded reports from Job Manager

5. Return loaned books back to schools

6. Data clean‐up task

Remove all library titles without copies: 

Catalog>Update Titles>Remove Titles>

Leave all boxes checked. 

Click on Preview. Remove titles if desired. 

7. Fix Call #’s

Reports>Library Reports>Call # Reports

Create a report for the last 2 drop downs.  

Put “a” in the “from box” and “z” in the “to box”.

 Edit copies to fix them.

8. Titlewise Analysis

This will let Follett know everything you have in your collection so that when you order in the fall, you won’t unknowingly purchase duplicates.

Catalog>Titlewave

Click on “Submit” for uploading your collection for analysis. Do this every time you purchase new books from a vendor other than Follett.

9. Inventory

✅    Complete a library inventory every other year or every year. 

✅    Complete a Resource inventory every year.  

✅    Delete lost copies:

 Admin > Inventory > View “Lost” 

Choose a date to ‘Delete all copies marked “lost” on or before a specific date. Don't delete copies that were marked lost in the last year or two.

It is recommended you delete copies that were marked lost 3 years prior or later.

(You cannot view lost items unless all inventories are finalized)

3.   On the last day of school (or sooner), all items not returned should be marked lost in Destiny.

Admin>Library Policies>Circulation Types

Edit “Regular”

Check the box  "Overdue to lost" and specify 1 day.  This can and should be changed back in the fall. You can even change this back as soon as students leave for the summer.

4.   Turn off any scheduled Reports

5.   Once students have left for the year, you can change the Ceiling Date for the following year. (typically the ceiling date is the last day of school):

Admin > Library Policies > PatronTypes

Edit each one for the following school year

6.   Put books all away

7.   Take down bulletin boards

8.   Take down signs, calendars, etc.