[CASL-L] Student book lists/holds

[Susan Martinez Sendroff]

My district uses Destiny and we used the hold feature for elementary students and families to reserve books for a touchless curbside pickup. 

In order to do this remotely, I created and shared a how to video to model how to place books on hold. This worked well for both my students and adults supporting them.

Another success I had was instructing use of the Destiny Discover format (rather than classic view). Then I added and customized categories for easy browsing based on my sub locations In the library and resource lists I created. Also, you can customize how many holds students can place through back office.

For my organization for pulling books, I ended up running the basic report in Destiny for holds (in view format so call numbers were visible), then copied and pasted the information into a spreadsheet to sort and organize for pulling book orders.  

I hope some of this helps. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions. 

Susan Martinez Sendroff
Hamden, CT

> On Jul 14, 2020, at 9:35 PM, Elizabeth Mueller <ehjmueller at alum.vassar.edu> wrote:
> 
> I use a different lms (Mackin) but I am sure sorting data in Destiny is much the same. It all depends on how your student data is initially entered in your database and which fields you selected to populate. You can generate reports and sort data any way you want although in Destiny it may be that you have to export the your “holds” report to a spreadsheet first,  and then sort it the way you want—by grade, classroom, etc.
> 
>> On Jul 14, 2020, at 2:13 PM, Erin Madeira <emadeira at hebron.k12.ct.us> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Hello!  I'm hoping the great minds in this group can help me out.
>> 
>> I teach in a PK - 2 school and the plan right now is for me to teach library from a cart in classrooms including book circulation.
>> 
>> Here's what I'm thinking...
>> Have kids/parents make book lists (preferably in Destiny) that I will then have easy access to.   I would pull books based on those lists and check them out to students prior to class.
>> 
>> I know if they sign in, they can make lists and place holds in Destiny, but I'm struggling with how to access those lists EASILY on my end.  I'd love to get a report of holds/and or book lists by homeroom like I can get a report of books currently checked out.
>> 
>> My other thought is to make a Google Form to collect the requests. 
>> 
>> Not sure if I'm making sense, but does anyone have experience with this?  OR Do you have another idea that might be more efficient?
>> 
>> I've brought baskets of books to classes before for book circulation, but with social distancing and fear of cross contamination, I'm not sure that is a viable option in this case.
>> 
>> I'm guessing many of us will be in the same boat, and I'll be happy to compile and share whatever responses I get into a Google Doc.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance for your help,
>> Erin Madeira
>> Gilead Hill School
>> Hebron
>> 
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