Simplify Your Library Management: Tips, Tricks & Resources for Weeding and Inventory

1. Login to Destiny Library Manager:

2. Follow the Inventory Guide:

1. • Use the comprehensive guide from Follett Software to conduct and complete your inventory efficiently.

3. Login to Destiny, click on Admin at the top, and go down to Inventory on the left hand side.

4. Evaluate and Update:

• • Once the inventory is complete, analyze the report to understand the current state of your collection and identify areas for improvement.

In the next post of this series, we’ll delve into the inventory report and discuss how to utilize this information to enhance your library.

To foster a collaborative environment, let’s use this Padlet to share our weeding and inventory strategies. Whether it’s advice, resources, or tools, your contributions can help us all improve our libraries.

I hope you find these posts and tips helpful. I look forward to hearing about your weeding processes and how they benefit your library collections.

Stay tuned for more insights and happy weeding!

Shannon McClintock Miller
Innovation Director of Instructional Technology and Library Media
Van Meter Community School
Van Meter, Iowa

Shannon McClintock Miller is the Innovation Director of Instructional Technology and Library Media at Van Meter Community School in Van Meter, Iowa. She is also the Future Ready Librarians Spokesperson working with librarians, educators and students around the world every day as an international speaker, consultant and author who has a passion for education, librarianship, advocacy, technology, social media and making a difference in the world and lives of others, especially children. Shannon brings a special expertise and vision to conversations around school libraries, education, technology, creativity and student voice. Learn more about Shannon on her award-winning blog, The Library Voice. Follow her on Twitter @shannonmmiller.