Getting Our Destiny Self-Checkout Station Ready As We Kick Off A New Year In The Library!

                

As we get ready to kick off a new school year, we are making sure everything is set in our school library too. 

One thing that is super important to get all set up are our Follett Destiny self-checkout stations in our libraries at Van Meter.  We will have one in our elementary library and one in our secondary library. 

This will allow our students to check out their books when they come for their weekly library time. It will also give my library assistant, Natasha, more time to talk to the kids about books while they are looking for new books to check out. 

And most of all, it will give the students the opportunity to engage in our library in new and meaningful ways. They will love it! 

Let me show you how we do our self-checkout stations. 

First, I ordered the Destiny EasyScan Corded Scanner Kit from Follett. You will find this scanner and others here. 

When we received the scanner, it was easy to set up. We followed the Quick Start Guide, plugged it into our library laptop and it worked with Destiny. 

After we got the scanner all set up, we logged into our Destiny to get it all set up for self-chekout.  

We found the instructions for Setting Up a Self-Checkout Station here on the Follett site. The instructions walked us step-by-step through the set up process within Destiny.

One of the most helpful parts is this image that shows how to Edit Patron Access and set up the Self Circulation Access. We love how easy Follett has made this within Destiny. 

Once everything was working, it was time to set up the self-checkout station on our circulation desk. 

I went to Canva and made a sign for the top of our laptop.  I took photos to use to make it super easy for all readers to understand the steps to check out books. 

You will find the template here to copy and edit for your use too. 

I copied it in color, laminated it and...

....taped it to the top of the laptop. 

The steps to our self-checkout are easy too! 

Every student has a library card that includes their barcode at the top. These were printed on sticky labels and Natasha placed them on each card. 

All of our books have library barcodes that we order from Follett. You will find the Follett Barcodes here.

They are placed on the front of each book making it easy for students and teachers to find them. 

They scan their library card barcode and....

...check to make sure their name pops up on Check Out screen. 

Next, they find the barcode on the library book and hold it under the scanner.  They don't have to touch the scanner.

It will automatically light up and scan the barcode, checking the book out to that student. 

They will see the title of the book on the screen. 

That is all there is to self-checkout. 

We can't wait to welcome our students back to school and back to the library.  They love coming to the library to check out books and the self-checkout station sure does add so much fun and ownership for all of our students.  

You will find more information about the Follett Destiny scanners here, friends.