Who does what within Textbook Manager?




District Roles
School-Level Roles

District Library Media Leader

  • Ensures student information is downloaded from Infinite Campus to Destiny
  • Maintains, adds and deletes schools
  • Sets up district-level and building-administrator users
  • Sets Destiny Textbook Manager and Library Manager policies for the district.
  • Runs reports across the district.
  • Communicates department, building and district wide TM issues and trends to Learning Services Directors.
  • Works with Learning Services Directors and building administrators to identify textbooks in adoption and disposition of materials out-of-adoption.
  • Guides warehouse, DIRC and schools on the best method of handling surplus curriculum materials.

DIRC Office

  • Barcodes and enters textbooks into Destiny.
  • Facilitates textbook transfers through textbook contacts and principals.
  • Support inventories for schools.
  • Maintains textbook and patron database integrity.
  • Answers help desk (software) requests in coordination with District Library Leader.
  • Trains and supports textbook contacts, teachers and principals in schools.
  • Annually visits each textbook contact.
  • Communicates upcoming TM tasks and yearly calendar to school contacts.
  • Communicates Textbook Manager issues and concerns to DLL.
  • Stores textbook overflow.

Warehouse/Materials Management

  • Receives textbooks and ships them to DIRC for title entry and processing.
  • Manages disposition of surplus curriculum materials (overflow, out-of-adoption, etc.)
  • Manages physical transfer of materials between district buildings.
  • Communicates materials shipping guidelines.

Curriculum Heads and Textbook Purchasers District Level

  • Check Textbook system or with DIRC for available textbooks in the district
  • Request transfers as appropriate
  • If purchasing textbooks through p-cards, ensure textbooks are sent to DIRC for TM system entry.
  • Identify surplus textbooks/curriculum materials and write work orders for materials management pick up.

Information Technology Department

  • Create appropriate IC reports to upload student data into Destiny
  • Forward Destiny related help desk tickets to Penny Wesanko

Principal

  • Designate Textbook Contact
  • Ensure building’s implementation of textbook policies and procedures
    • Textbook purchasing protocols (see Curriculum Heads and Textbook Purchasers)
    • Textbook Contact responsibilities
    • School Tasks on Textbook Manager calendar

Textbook Contacts

  • Check out and in textbooks to teachers or students (building level decision which to check them out to)
  • Store unused textbooks in a secure location, or supervise teacher storage of materials
  • Conduct yearly inventory
  • Assess, bill and collect fines for damaged or lost textbooks
  • Request and conduct transfers of textbooks (going through building principals)
  • Perform School Tasks on Textbook Manager calendar

Curriculum Heads and Textbook Purchasers School Level

  • Check Textbook system or with DIRC for available textbooks in the district
  • Request transfers as appropriate (go thru DIRC)
  • If purchasing textbooks via Purchase Order, ensure textbooks are received through warehouse who will then DIRC for textbook entry and bar-coding.
  • If receiving P-card shipments on site, create a work order to have textbooks shipped to DIRC for system entry and bar-coding