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Destiny Part 2

    Although it is not yet over, I have found this week (6/17-6/21) to be very productive. I've conducted many new activities and learned how to do many more. Most of this involved Destiny; through Microsoft Teams and screen-sharing with my internship supervisor, Mrs. Cassidy Lee, I learned how to add new patrons, run weekly reminders, add copies of books to the catalog, managing call numbers, applying fines to patrons, checking library items in and out, and running circulation reports. We've met twice during the week - 12PM EST on Tuesday and Thursday - and will meet again next Thursday in order to continue my instruction in Destiny. Also, yesterday, I put my newfound skills to use by adding a patron to LRCE's online system.

    While I am very grateful for this instruction, and have taken handwritten notes, I am still finding all this information to be a little overwhelming. I find it do be a lot to take in at once. However, through practice and much trial and error, I am confident in my abilities to eventually master Destiny. Doing so is in my best interest, because there is no doubt in my mind that I will be using Destiny in an official capacity in the future. I've heard that there's is a usability class offered by FSU's School of Information, and after seeing the usefulness of library management software, I definitely plan on taking that class as soon as possible. OPALS, Mandarin, Apollo, and many other pieces of library management software are on the list of programs I want to learn how to use. With all these library programs in circulation and use, it's vital that I acquire working knowledge of all of them. Unless a national, standardized information software is decided upon, it is important that young information professionals learn about as many different programs as possible. 

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https://www.bookrunch.com/top/library/

https://www.g2.com/categories/library-management

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