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Willard Intermediate South Media Center
The library media centers in the Willard school district are fortunate to have the Follett Destiny software as our circulation/catalog system. There are many advantages to using the Destiny suite. Two of these advantages are Destiny Collections and the Destiny Chrome Web Extension. These two features make our circulation/catalog system and integral part of the classroom.
Collections is somewhat like the “List” feature; however, collections are a little more powerful. The List feature allowed Destiny users (Media specialists, students, and staff) to create resource lists of items that are in our libraries. For instance, you could create a list of all the 6 Trait picture books in our collection. Collections allows the users to create resource lists of items in our collection, web links, Google Docs, and YouTube videos. Basically, if a resource has a web address, it can be added to the collection. I am finding this to extremely useful. So far, I have created Collections for text structures, Ancient Egypt, and our LightBox resources. The best aspect of collections is that you can share the link with your students and staff. These links can then be put into hyper-docs or Google Class to be shared. You can make the collection private, public, or shared to the building level. Here are the collections that I have created so far - Ancient China https://collections.follettsoftware.com/collection/5e1772ecfbc71500121e8c77?h=a9fb39f0a12b594bd7970bcad12940feb858b1d7fdeffaf44d3f3629d38ea848 LightBox Interactive Books https://collections.follettsoftware.com/collection/5dea7ed2d2b39c001201582e?h=8a03367d0530fc199213d98ef0f8a3221b1f902ebed8ebd5a81d5940fd031ee6 Text Structures - Description https://collections.follettsoftware.com/collection/5da7395c2fbd660012bdadca?h=e801d63321b0fe776902f66fd1e8f142fb6e2a1e472a71b6ebd293e501aabd63 Text Structure - Cause and Effect https://collections.follettsoftware.com/collection/5da743e831fb9b00122a2098?h=17bb491e777019efdb03698bdf4bc05113cab56f8d2c68fb05754675a175ba88 The Destiny Chrome Web Extension is a wonderful thing! This extension will connect patrons to the card catalog when they are performing a Google search. Your resources will be displayed first in the results. Students simply need to click on the Destiny results to be automatically connected to the card catalog. It is extremely easy to install. Simply type - “Destiny Chrome Web Extension” in the search box. It will probably be the first link listed in the results. Click on this link and follow the online instructions for installing it. Our district down not block this access. After installing the extension, make sure you click on the gofollett.com link. From here you will need to select your state from the drop down menu and then the name of your school. Now, you should always be connected to your Destiny catalog! |
Mr. David Stockton
Library Media Specialist Willard Intermediate South |