Hi Joan,
We use Destiny hosted by Follett and are very happy with the service.
We're not synced with our SIS, but uploading student records and photos is
not too difficult if you are comfortable working with CSV files.
We email students directly from Destiny re: overdue book reminders after we
run the report.
The only drawback I've run into--and it's more on our end than on Follett's
end--is setting up the One Search feature, which enables Destiny to access
our subscription databases. It requires the placement of a specific file
on a specific server, and our IT folks have been reluctant to do it. Some
day, maybe ...
I'd certainly recommend looking into it.
Patrick
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baisl Digest Tue, 28 Nov 2017 Volume: 04 Issue: 184
In This Issue:
[baisl] Destiny hosted by Follett
[baisl] Re: Destiny hosted by Follett
[baisl] Re: Destiny hosted by Follett
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From: Joan Tracy <jtracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 09:47:50 -0800
Subject: [baisl] Destiny hosted by Follett
We are thinking we will change from being a self hosted Destiny user to
having Follett host our catalog. If you are using Follett's hosted
service, would you mind answering a few questions?
1. Are you syncing with your SIS? If so, how do you like the process?
If not, how do you add patrons and patron pictures?
2. Do you directly email your students from Destiny?
3. Do you like the service overall?
Thanks!
Joan Tracy
Director of Academic Technology
925.686.5353 x 187 <(925)%20686-5353>
www.carondeleths.org
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From: Tessa Gaddis <tgaddis@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 11:00:07 -0800
Subject: [baisl] Re: Destiny hosted by Follett
We, and more importantly our tech department, love this service. It is
actually cheaper according to our tech folks. Updates happen automatically
and there is never a server problem. We update the photos ourselves. We
mail the students from a email address we created library@xxxxxxxx. We can
batch email them as well with newsletters etc. They email us with barcodes
to check out if there is no one on duty.
On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 9:47 AM, Joan Tracy <jtracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
We are thinking we will change from being a self hosted Destiny user to
having Follett host our catalog. If you are using Follett's hosted
service, would you mind answering a few questions?
1. Are you syncing with your SIS? If so, how do you like the
process? If not, how do you add patrons and patron pictures?
2. Do you directly email your students from Destiny?
3. Do you like the service overall?
Thanks!
Joan Tracy
Director of Academic Technology
925.686.5353 x 187 <(925)%20686-5353>
www.carondeleths.org
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From: Joan Tracy <jtracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 13:31:29 -0800
Subject: [baisl] Re: Destiny hosted by Follett
Thanks for feedback Tessa!
Joan Tracy
Director of Academic Technology
925.686.5353 x 187
www.carondeleths.org
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On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Tessa Gaddis <tgaddis@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
We, and more importantly our tech department, love this service. It isautomatically
actually cheaper according to our tech folks. Updates happen
and there is never a server problem. We update the photos ourselves. We
mail the students from a email address we created library@xxxxxxxx. We
can batch email them as well with newsletters etc. They email us with
barcodes to check out if there is no one on duty.
On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 9:47 AM, Joan Tracy <jtracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
We are thinking we will change from being a self hosted Destiny user to
having Follett host our catalog. If you are using Follett's hosted
service, would you mind answering a few questions?
1. Are you syncing with your SIS? If so, how do you like the
process? If not, how do you add patrons and patron pictures?
2. Do you directly email your students from Destiny?
3. Do you like the service overall?
Thanks!
Joan Tracy
Director of Academic Technology
925.686.5353 x 187 <(925)%20686-5353>
www.carondeleths.org
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