Transferring textbooks on the fly

When you scan a textbook copy that doesn't belong to your school, you may be able to transfer it to your school.

You can transfer in a textbook on any of the following pages:

Textbook Search by Barcode in the Catalog

Check Out Text in Circulation

Check In Text in Circulation

Copy Status in Circulation

• If your Destiny Administrator has also prevented duplicate barcode numbers in the district, Destiny displays the following message:

Barcode: <number> does not exist at your site, but is currently assigned to

"<textbook title>" - <school name>

Do you want to transfer this copy to <your school name>?

You can select either Yes to accept the copy, or No and send the copy back to the owning school.

• If there are duplicate barcode numbers in the district, Destiny displays the following message:

Barcode: <number> does not exist at your site, but is currently assigned to other sites.

Select the copy you want to transfer to <your school name>.

Below that is a list of textbook titles that have that barcode number on a copy and its owning school, and the choice Don't Transfer.

You can either select the correct title/school to accept the copy, or select Don't Transfer, and send the copy back to the owning school.

Click to close the message.

In addition, you can receive textbooks in Transfer Textbooks that are not part of an actual transfer.
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Setting it up

To have the option to transfer copies when scanning them, your Destiny Administrator must select the Allow sites to receive textbooks by barcode scan check box on the Edit District page.

Similarly, you can transfer textbooks in Inventory in the Back Office, but that ability depends on whether you have the Transfer textbooks through inventory permission in your Access Level.