General Information
School circulation practices are site specific. Using the 'Back Office' tab in the Destiny program the teacher-librarian can determine:
- loan periods
- number of materials that may be borrowed
- circulation types (e.g. Reference, Regular etc.)
- calendar
- renewal limits
- holds
- ceiling date
Additional support information may be found in the Destiny Support on-line manual.
Elementary Practices
Additionally, the teacher-librarian determines policies on:
- barcodes
- overdues
- lost and damaged books
Refer to the Destiny manual for suggestions on generating barcodes and managing overdue, lost, and damaged books.
Secondary Practices
Students are issued a Go Card each year as their photo identification card. Go Cards can be barcoded to correspond with user accounts. The teacher-librarian should check with the appropriate administrator to ensure this takes place.
Late arrival students may not have been issued a Go Card. In the vent that a student has not been issued a Go Card, the teacher-librarian can confirm a student's identity by:
- creating a library card by generating barcodes
- using picture ID to confirm identity- possibly a student composite from the photo company (print or electronic), BCDL or other photo ID
- receiving a note from the classroom teacher
- being shown a printout of the student's timetable signed by the counsellor or office staff
- confirm student in MyEd
- student number
Further, the secondary teacher-librarian must manage overdues. A number of strategies may be used, including:
- emailing teachers to remind students in classes that the books are due. Students should be sent down by the classroom teacher to renew or return their books
- giving printout reminders to homeroom teachers whenever a homeroom occurs or to a regular classroom
- attaching overdue notices to report cards
- using School Messenger to phone students with outstanding overdues
- not allowing further loans until overdues have been cleared with individual students
- revisiting overdues from the previous year at the beginning of September and contacting home