Alliance Graduate School Library Testimony
by Ma. Maishel N. Lumaban
http://www.ags.edu.ph
Product: Follett Destiny Library Manager
2010
When our board of trustees requested to have our library
resources
visible in the web, I sought for a new program because our
current
Athena system cannot provide access on the web.
I was introduced to Destiny Resource Management solution by
our partner in USA Summer Institute of Linguistics since they
were
also using Athena before. So I invited Electronic Information
Solutions to our office and they made a demonstration of the
product called 'Destiny version 9'. I was impressed by the
product. Also, when I heard that FEU and Union Church of
Manila
are using the same product I called them right away and made
an
investigation regarding their technical assistance and they
gave
me a good feedback about EISI's technical support. When
buying
a product, I will consider first the aspect of technical
assistance, if they are 100% supportive of me and can easily
respond to my call. Googletalk is always available for us to
seek
assistance from them. I requested two times for demonstration:
first, with my staff, and second I invited the decision makers
in
our office together with our faculty and Finance administrator
to
watch the product demonstration. After the demonstration I
asked
them about the product and all of them gave a thumbs up sign,
no
words but thumbs up. And then I made a requisition to purchase
the
product.
What is good in the Destiny product?
Web-based design - searching the library collections can
be
done whether you are at home or at the office, and there are
many
additional features: like you can reserve and renew the book
through internet.
Cataloging - the process of cataloging is not a burden for the
librarian, which involves simple downloading and importing of
the
data from many sources. The original cataloging provides a
selection to correct punctuations to be used. It will add to
your
collection in a real time.
Circulation - is so simple and friendly, there is lot of
information displayed in one screen and a lot of features
added to
it.
Report - the report is customized according to your needs
Back-up - automatic back-up is easy to set-up
What is amazing is in Destiny Quest the top 10 books and new
arrival books are displayed for your faculty and staff to be
informed
Daily transaction and encoding are in the real time
Now, I received the new version of Destiny 9.5 with added
features
on it. I am contented with the product and I will recommend
the
Destiny software for your library. There are a lot more
features
in the product that I'm still discovering by manipulating the
software.
