Checkout Directions for Students
Checking Out Books:
1. To have good records in the catalog so that patrons can find what they need
2. To have the materials shelf-ready and in patrons' hands as quickly as possible
In order to help achieve these 2 goals, we are asking you to:
Order from vendors who provide MARC records with your order (pay for the MARC records and vendor processing if necessary).
Order books already processed whenever possible to cut down on time spent cataloging and processing.
Purpose: Use while weeding to provide more data points
Purpose: Identify books to pull as weeding candidates (great for volunteers/TAs!)
Destiny Video: Creating a Collection Statistics Historical Report
Purpose: Many quick snapshot reports including total titles, checkouts, circulations by time period, and top/bottom titles
Destiny Guide: Creating Custom Reports with Destiny Report Builder
Tips:
Include whatever you think you need or might use to filter data in the initial checkboxes
Identify your filters at the end of the file setup--these can be some of the same info from the checkboxes, but it doesn't have to be
Download as an Excel file to make the data more flexible and sortable