Why We Shouldn’t Change

“Welcome to the Gibraltar School District, where we strive for excellence! Gibraltar Area School District has a strong tradition of student academic success. It is our mission to foster a learning environment that promotes student growth and achievement, instructional excellence and academic rigor. We take pride in offering our students enriched learning experiences in the arts, academics, athletics, and activities. Gibraltar Area School District is committed to providing learning experiences that ENGAGE the minds of our students, EMPOWER them in their learning and expect them to ACHIEVE excellence.”

Integrated content, technology, and services that EMPOWER and INSPIRE infinite learning Help students “learn how to learn” and stay inspired by knowledge for the rest of their lives Build stronger libraries, stronger schools, and more student success When everything connects, learning never ends

Been in business since 1873 Largest supplier of books, e-books, and audiovisual materials to PK-12 schools K-12 market leader for more than 140 years Destiny Resource Management System is in over 5,500 districts and in nearly 74,000 schools across North America and the world—147 countries

Destiny has 95% of Wisconsin schools as customers and some universities. DC Everest (large school district in central WI) just switched over from KOHA to Destiny this year. Library System Report 2014: “Companies that are able to develop compelling new products and services that meet current needs, [and] anticipate ongoing trends, …will find new clients at the expense of local incumbents.”

Follett welcomed 1,806 new clients of Destiny in 2013 It is in more than half of all schools in the United States 2013 brought support for RDA (Resource Description and Access) cataloging practices, enhanced mobile interfaces, new dashboard-oriented reporting module, deeper integration between Destiny and FollettShelf, (digital platform to access e-books) and other electronic content.

1999—Gibraltar uses Spectrum as Library Manager 2001—Gibraltar updates Spectrum 2003—Gibraltar updates Spectrum 2006—Spectrum purchased by Follett and no longer upgraded 2009—Gibraltar switches to Destiny version 9.0 (currently on version 11.0 latest update is 13.0) 2013—Purchased Destiny Asset Manager for Secondary 2014—Library Manager & Resource Manager (Asset Manager) expires

May 2015—quote obtained June 23, 2015—quote expired but accepted till end of September August 25, 2015—online presentations by Alexandria and Follett Destiny for Kinga, Steve, and Mike November 3, 2015—new quote obtained Our current Library Manager only works… …from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. …in the building …Monday through Friday Kinga, Steve, and Mike agree we need to have a hosted platform

The number of elementary book check outs this year is 2,668 The total number last year was 12,457. The number of student holds that have been placed this year is 74 and the total last year was 164.

OneSearch Title Peek--Cover images of book (front and back) and section Quest--Student dashboard—holds, renew, teacher public lists, student want to read list, student reviews, recommendations, book trailers Alliance Plus Universal Search FollettShelf TitleWave Standards Solution (Common Core, Wisconsin State Standards) Standards Solution Fountas and Pinnell reading level connections Lexiles—reading levels Webpath Express “Did you mean” feature Professional e-learning videos for training Easy Social Media posting to Facebook and Twitter from Library Manager overdue notices to students, parents, teachers Uses low bandwidth

A library search interface designed to appeal to today’s digital native students Share what they have read, are reading, want to read and suggestions for other books Share reviews, comments, recommendations— applications with new writing curriculum Shows holds, renewals, availability, shelf peek Students can see the Top 10 Books and new arrivals, search the collection, view book covers, and link to title details, and create citations for research reports. Let’s take a look

Destiny Quest Mobile App Search and access library resources iOS and Android Follett Destiny Mobile App Designed for school based staff Administrators access to perform circulation functions

Access to 10+ million quality MARC records for print materials Update current records to latest MARC 21 format Update partial records Process books using ISBN to get MARC record

OneSearch Search multiple resources, including our library collection, state databases, paid databases, free databases, and even the public library with one easy and time-saving search – Badgerlink, Britanica, PebbleGo, SIRS, ProQuest, Teaching Books, Soundzaboud, How Stuff Works, etc. Students are able to view a complete list of search results, AT ONE GLANCE, instead of one by one.

Websites that are safe to search and vetted by library media specialists

Powerful online book collection development and curriculum support tool

Supports and promotes easy usage of Gibraltar’s Follett e-content from home, in the classroom, or from anywhere with access to the web

Default robust reports Report builder utility --if desired report is not a default

Original Quote: $2,948.00—created in May 2015 – Migrate, update, and host 2 Library Manager databases – Migrate, update and host 1 Resource Manager database – Standards Solution and Webpath Express at original discount ($250 each for each site)(normally $500 each per site)-NOT INCLUDED IN ABOVE QUOTE – Waited too long and promotion ended—expired June 23, 2015 honored till end of September 2015 New Quote: $3, (+$1,000 WpE & SS 2 sites) – Same as above plus Standards Solution and Webpath Express at discounted price (within renewal period) NOT INCLUDED IN ABOVE QUOTE – Expires December 18, 2015 Year 2 Renewal: $2, for all 3 databases-not WpE and SS

Webpath Express: $500 for two sites Standards Solution: $500 for two sites Reading Program Service solution: F &P Entire Elementary School uses Fountas & Pinnell levels – $199 per site year 1 – $149 per site year 2+ Reading Program Service solution: Lexiles Secondary School Language Arts teacher use lexiles $149 per site (x2) renewal---previously purchased

Angela—Southern Door—2 libraries—has Destiny Hosted (Spectrum->Alexandria->Destiny) Holly—Sturgeon Bay—5 schools—has Destiny Hosted Bridget—Sevastopol—2 libraries—has Alexandria Algoma School District—2 sites—Destiny Hosted Kewaunee School District—2 sites—Destiny Luxemburg-Casco School District—4 sites--Destiny

Chris S. “If you’re switching away from Destiny, you’d be switching away from the direction from everyone else…which doesn’t make sense when you are thinking compatibility with a lot of other things.” Tiffany B. “Destiny pros: OneSearch, Universal Search, Title Peek, beautifully syncs/shows our e-books, vendor and OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog)…a stream lined process.

Polly L. “I love Destiny and wouldn’t want anything else.” “If I have questions, the support staff is always very helpful. I find the system user-friendly and also very useful for my patrons.” Jamie V. “Why would anyone switch TO Alexandria FROM Destiny?”

Iva, Lori, and Mike use this system all-day, every day Iva uses the Resource Manager to control the One-to- One initiative used in the Secondary School Practicum involved having 3 rd grade students at Sunrise School in Sturgeon Bay explaining how they use DestinySturgeon Bay

UW system is currently in the process of combining databases across the system Destiny has OneSearch which combines databases across the system….future thinking.

Follett brochure for Destiny Library Manager Follett business brochure Discussions with fellow Library Media Specialists Conversations with Debbie Kusz—Senior Inside Sales Consultant-Technology for Follett x46269 American Libraries “Library Systems Report 2014” by Marshall Breeding from April 15, 2014