Follett Destiny

FOLLETT DESTINY

AU T O M AT I O N S Y S T E M E VA LUAT I O N

BY: DA N N A C H U RC H , A L L I S O N C RA I G , KAT H Y E V E TT S , L A U RA F U L L E R , & LY N DA G A R Z AL SS L 5 3 9 6 C O M P U T E R S C I E N C E A P P L I C AT I O N S T O L I B R A R I A N S H I P

A BRIEF HISTORYThe Follett Cooperation began in 1873 as a homebased used book store by Charles M. Barnes in Wheaton, Illinois. Between 1873 and 1923, the company was run by Charles, his son William, and William’s father-in-law John Wilcox. The company moved to Chicago, Illinois, and developed into a prominent book wholesaler.

C.W. Follett began as a stock clerk at C.M. Barnes & Company and began to work his way up in the company becoming vice president and stock holder of C.M. Barnes & Wilcox Co. in 1912, and finally taking over management of C.W. Wilcox & Follett Co. in 1918. In 1924 after the death of Wilcox, Follett & his wife purchased the company & his sons joined the family business adding a publishing company, retail college bookstores, and library book company over the next 2 decades.

In 1952, C.W. died, and his son continued his legacy. In 1957 the company was given the name we still know it as today, Follett Corporation. Follett Corporation is the world’s largest single source books, entertainment, digital, and multimedia for libraries, schools, and retailers, and is highly invested in a future in eCommerce.

FOLLETT STRENGTHS• Convenient access through any web

browser and with free mobile apps.• Easy-to-use circulation, cataloging,

inventory, and reporting capabilities.• Destiny offers powerful district-wide

management functionality.• Follett is available in both English

and Spanish.• Connected to Titlewave book

ordering site.

•Destiny features new arrivals and top ten books.•Destiny offers powerful district-wide management functionality.• Includes all standard automation library features.

• User friendly with simple search features along with abilities for advanced searches.

• Includes technical support.

• Follett has launched Students’ Choice- a monthly list developed by compiling regularly generated circulation statistics from school libraries.

UNIQUE ATTRIBUTES

WEAKNESSES• Although improved, eBooks

are slow.• The interface is dated in

appearance.• Assigns students to

English/reading teacher automatically. This is difficult to change for schools that are not blocked or with elective classes.

• No spell check or auto complete for younger users.• Price: Extra cost for

add-ons like TitlePeek, Web-Path Express, and Asset Manager.• Reports are difficult to

generate and require many steps.

WHY WE RECOMMEND FOLLETT:• Follett Library Management System is used by more K-12

school districts than any other company. It has more than 60,000 customers.• Destiny Discover allows access to students to all print and

digital books in the collection.• All students can access Follett using any web browser and free

mobile apps.

CONVENIENCE• Librarians are able to access

the system from home.• For librarians, it offers ease

of use for all circulation needs, as well as cataloging, inventory, and reports.

• Getting help from Follett is easy. There is a help button available on their pages!

QUALITY CONTROL• Follett does regular system updates. The last one was completed in August of 2016.

PARTNERSHIPS

EBSCO• Follett is in partnership with

EBSCO to add 600,000 ebooks to the catalog of titles for purchase.

OVERDRIVE & MACKIN

• Other partners include OverDrive and Mackin Education Resources to provide more ebooks to K-12 schools.

FOLLETT PROMOTES LITERACY• Follett has launched

Lightbox as an interactive learning application to help increase student engagement and overall literacy.

• Follett gives back to communities. It was part of a project that provided 17 million books to New York City schools.

Thanks for choosing

Follett Destiny!

REFERENCEShttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Follett_Corporationhttps://www.follett.com/about-storyhttp://www.follettlearning.com/about-ushttp://www.follettlearning.com/professional-services/simplify/library-serviceshttp://www.follettlearning.com/technology/products/library-management-systemhttp://www.follettlearning.com/technology/products/library-management-system#featureshttp://www.follettlearning.com/technology/products/library-management-system#overviewhttp://www.follettlearning.com/technology/products/library-management-system#wats-newhttp://www.internetatschools.com/Articles/News/Breaking-News/Follett-Launches-Students-Choice-List-107874.aspxhttp://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1608&L=LM_NET&P=R38263&1=LM_NET&9=A&J=on&d=No+Match%3BMatch%3BMatches&z=4

REFERENCES CONTINUED• Comtex. (2016). Follett releases new updates of Destiny solution.

Datamonitor. Retrieved from http://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/news/15EEF6BF976BCDC8?p=WORLDNEWS

• PR, N. (2013). “Follett software’s Destiny Library Manager plays key role in New York City initiative to connect students to millions of books.” PR Newswire US, January 11. Regional Business News, EBSCOhost (accessed November 17, 2016).

• School Libraries. (2016). American Libraries, 475, 38.

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