Site Configuration (Destiny Administrator)

Site Configuration lets you customize and set up many of the features in Destiny.
As a Destiny Administrator, you can apply the settings to new sites only, and/or push many of the settings to a single site, a site type, or the whole district.

Because these pages contain all the settings available in Destiny, the following list indicates the product – Library Manager, Resource Manager and Textbook Manager – to which they apply.

Catalog Options

You can make selections to alter or enhance the appearance and function of options in the Catalog and for a library inventory.

  • Reading Program Searches (Library Manager only):
    If your libraries use Reading Counts!®, Accelerated Reader™, Lexile®, or Fountas and Pinnell, you can let library patrons limit their searches to books in one or more reading programs.
  • Library Title Display Settings (Library Manager only):
    Select the order of information on the Title Details page, include a reviewer's name in library reviews and the Visual Search results display format.
  • Supported Search Languages (Library Manager only):
    In addition to English, you can let patrons view the Catalog in French, Spanish or both, and set the default display language.
  • Library Inventory Options (Library Manager only):
    Set how Destiny should check shelf order and discover incorrectly shelved Dewey range titles during Inventory.
  • Miscellaneous Settings (Library Manager only)

    Configure various options related to available search limiters and how search results display; set whether to remove titles from the collection when all copies are deleted; enter how long search statistics are stored in Destiny; and add or edit your library sublocations.

Circulation Options

You can set up several circulation limits and policies, define barcode symbologies, and change sounds produced during circulation transactions.

  • Loan Policies (all products):
    Decide whether library materials can be circulated throughout the district; set default checkin settings; and determine how library loan periods will be calculated; as well as how and what textbooks and resources, including consumables and unbarcoded, can be checked out.

    To set loan policies at the district level:

    1. Select Setup > District Options sub-tab.
    2. Click Edit next to Site Configuration Settings.
    3. Click the Circulation sub-tab.
    4. Next to Loan Policies, click Edit icon..

      Note: If your district has enabled district-defined ILLs, date calculation for days to ship and days to circulate is controlled at the district level. The loan policy at the district overrides the site loan policy.
  • Fine Policies (all products):
    Choose to automatically calculate fines for lost or overdue library, textbook and resource items. You can require library and resources staff to enter explanatory notes when waiving fines.
  • Hold/Reserve Policies (Library Manager only):
    Set the number of days required to prepare ready reserves, determine the number of days after which Destiny automatically deletes expired holds, and select the default delivery method for interlibrary loans (ILL).

    Note: Hold/Reserves policies are only applied to new sites. You cannot push the settings.

  • Preferred Barcode Symbologies (all products):
    Define the default barcode symbology settings for new sites. The supported symbologies are Follett Classic, Generic Code 39, Code 39 mod 10, Code 39 mod 43.

    Note: Barcode symbologies are only applied to new sites. You cannot push the settings.

  • Patron Display (all products):
    Decide if patron pictures and what information will display during circulation, and if patrons can create their own username and password. Customize user-defined and email fields.
  • Circulation Sounds:
    Change the default sound files that are played when certain events occur during circulation.