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Discover your DESTINY!!!
Hello Barclay Brook families! Destiny, our online card catalog, is completely web-based! This means that you have access to it from ANY computer with an internet connection. This is so that you can have access to it from the comfort of your home. Please take advantage of this wonderful opportunity.
With Destiny, you can:
- Work together to create a reading list with your child. When your child comes to library, he/she will be able to access this reading list during book exchange!
- Turn your computer into a Kindle! We have a large collection of eBooks which you can access and read from your computer.
- Keep track of your child's library account. Find out what he/she has out and when it is due back to the library.
- Check out our educational and SUPER-AMAZING databases and interactive books with the Destiny Discover.
- Help your child to write a book review or recommend a book to a friend. *All reviews are edited and approved by the librarian before they are posted.
***** Your child's login info is the same info as their Computer Login info. If you need more info, please send me an email*****
To get to the Destiny Online Card Catalog, type: https://monroetwp.follettdestiny.com and Select “Barclay Brook” from the list of schools. You could also go to the Barclay Brook website, click on “Library” in yellow frame and click on the Destiny link there.
To Check Your Child’s Account: Click on “My Stuff” tab at the top/center of the screen. From there, you will be able to see your current checkouts, hold list, favorites and fines that may have accrued (VERY RARE).
To Search our Catalog: After logging in, click on the blue circle with the magnifying glass to the far, upper right of the screen. Type your search term (title, author, subject, keyword) into the search box and hit enter.
To Put a Book on Hold: Find the book you would like to hold by searching or browsing. Click on the book to view the details. Click the button that says “Hold” underneath the image of the book cover. **NOTE: The HOLD button will disappear when you are at your hold limit.
K-1st grade can only hold 1 book at a time. 2nd graders can hold 2 books at a time.
To Read an eBook: On the Destiny Discover home page, scroll until you see Lightbox (these are VERY special eBooks) and/or eBooks. Click the 3 dots on the bottom/right of the book image and then click “Open”. You could also click on the book you’d like to read and then click “Open”
To Create a Collection: Click on “Collections” at the top/center of the screen. Click on “PRIVATE” (just under “Collections”. Now, click on “Create a Collection”. You will give your collection a title (Books I Want to Read, Fractured Fairy Tales, Funny Stories, etc. Whatever you’d like!). Then, decide if the collection should stay private (just for you) or if you’d like other Barclay Brook students to see it. Once your collection has been created, you can add as many titles to it as you wish! Whenever you search for books, click on the book image, then click the 3 dots in the top/right corner and click on Add To Collection. Click on whichever collection you’d like and the book will be added. You can add as many titles as you wish!
To Create a Favorites List: Once you have your search results, notice the three little dots in the bottom, right corner of the book images. Simply click those dots and you are offered the choice to hold or add to favorites. You can add as many titles as you wish! To view your created favorites list, click on “My Stuff” at the top/center of the screen, then click on favorites!
To Write a Review or Recommend a Book: Search for the title you’d like to review/recommend. Click on the book to open the information. For a review, click on the “REVIEW” tab below the book’s information then click “Add a Review”. To recommend the book, click the “RECOMMEND” button to the right of the information. Then, type the name (first or last) of the person to whom you would like to recommend the book. Select the appropriate name from the list given. Type a comment if you wish and click the “SAVE” button.
Please contact me with any questions that you may have. I can create a step-by-step help video JUST FOR YOU
-Nicole Midura
