Transfer textbooks from one school to another

Destiny offers multiple options to transfer textbooks from one school to another school.

To transfer textbooks from one school to another

  1. Select Catalog > Transfer Textbooks > Upload sub-tab.
  2. If you are a district textbook manager, select the school from which to transfer the copies in the From list. If you are a site lever user, select the destination school from the To box.
  3. How do you want to identify the copies that you want to transfer (in the Transfer box)?
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    transfer by Barcode
    By Barcode allows you to browse to either an existing list or create a list.
    1. To locate and select your barcode numbers file, click Browse.
    2. Place the cursor in the Create a barcode list box and scan the barcodes, or type them in and click Add. To remove a barcode number from the list, select it and click Remove.
    3. To locate and select your file of barcode numbers, click Browse.
    4. Continue with the next step outside of this table.
    transfer from List If you have multiple Resource Lists, select the one with the textbooks you are transferring.

    To review the contents of the list, click View List.

    Destiny transfers all of the local copies of the textbooks in your selected List.
    important: Destiny transfers only the copies owned by the From school (district textbooks managers).
    transfer from Transfer File
    You can create a text file that both adds copies and transfers them to multiple schools.
    important: Only available to district textbooks managers.
    transfer by Copy Category
    • If you have multiple Copy Categories, select the one with the textbooks you are transferring.
    important: Not available for district textbook managers.
    transfer by Copy CountBy Copy Count allows you to transfer copies without barcodes.
    1. In the Find by drop-down, select how you want to search for textbooks.
    2. In the text box, type in either the full textbook name, or part of the textbook name. You can use an asterisk (*) as a wildcard. For example, you type a*.
    3. When you make your selection, click Go!.
    4. Destiny displays a list of titles that match your term along with the number of copies of each title you can transfer. Please note that only titles that have copies without barcodes appear in these search results.
    5. For each title, enter the number of copies you want to transfer and click Select. Destiny moves your selection to the Currently Selected section below. To remove a selection, click Remove
    6. Continue with the next step outside of this table.
  4. To begin the transfer, click Transfer.

    Important: The transfer creates a job summary. To access the Job Summary, select Textbook View > Admin > Job Manager. The Job Summary lists the transferred copies as well as copies that were skipped.

    If the receiving school has designated a contact person on the Notices tab of Transfer Textbooks, the transfer also generates an email notification.

    Important: Destiny only transfers copies that have a status of Available. All other transfers are skipped.
    If any of the barcode numbers already exist at the destination school, Destiny removes these barcode numbers from the copies. It creates a separate transfer for the copies that are now without barcode numbers.
    You can include any number of titles in each transfer.