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Featured Case Study: Vancouver, Washington (Vancouver School District) • 23,000 students, 34 schools • Using the web-based Destiny Textbook Manager the district was able to use the barcodes already in place on library books and integrate easily with the existing textbook data and student information system. • The reduction in textbook over orders paid for the purchase and implementation of Destiny Textbook Manager within the first year. |
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Fort Myers, Florida (Lee County School District)
• 65,000 students, 62 schools • Textbook losses at Lee County School District were growing yearly, with over $2 million in losses in just 5 years. • Destiny Textbook Manager was the affordable, easy to use software solution chosen to implement district-wide textbook inventory. • Within one year, Destiny Textbook Manager had reduced textbook losses by $91,494. |
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Pensacola, Florida (Escambia School District)
• 41,000 students, 80 schools • By implementing Destiny Text Book Manager, the Escambia School District was able to create more accurate textbook inventories, efficiently distribute surplus textbooks, and create an accountability system for student textbook usage. • The use of scanners for data entry, along with Destiny Textbook Manager’s intuitive interface, minimized the time burden for staff by greatly reducing the time it takes to redistribute textbooks. |
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Pomona, CA (Pomona Unified School District)
• Destiny Textbook Manager created a single textbook database for the Pomona Unified School District, facilitating the transfer of textbooks and surplus textbooks from one school to another. • By identifying surplus books in the district, Destiny Textbook Manager supported a significant reduction in textbook replacement costs, saving over $130,000 in one year. |
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Rialto, California (Rialto Unified School District)
• 30,172 students, 26 schools • Destiny Library Manager was able to provide the Rialto Unified School District a single integrated textbook management system during a chaotic time of consolidation and staff cutbacks. • Destiny Library Manager sharply reduced the amount of staff time devoted to the transferring and maintenance of textbooks. • The centralized technology also allowed for easy transfer of students and books from school to school during consolidation. |
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Riverside, California (Jurupa Unified School District)
• 20,469 students, 24 schools • Using Destiny Library Manager Jurupa School District eliminated $15,000 a year in site-based server costs. • Destiny Library Manager’s centralized system streamlined the tracking of books between schools and saved site library staff hundreds of hours formerly spent barcoding. • Using Destiny Textbook Manager, the district identified over $140,000 in lost books within the first three years and enabled precise management of over 250,000 district textbooks. |
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Vancouver, Washington (Vancouver School District)
• 23,000 students, 34 schools • Using the web-based Destiny Textbook Manager the district was able to use the barcodes already in place on library books and integrate easily with the existing textbook data and student information system. • The reduction in textbook over orders paid for the purchase and implementation of Destiny Textbook Manager within the first year. |
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Vista, California (Vista Unified School District)
•25,000 students, 26 schools • Destiny Library Manager & Destiny Textbook Manager provided a flawless mid-year system conversion, transferring over 60,000 textbooks with no data loss. • The web-based system provided an integrated approach to textbook management which allowed teachers to locate materials at appropriate reading levels for struggling students and borrow classroom sets of books without buying them on their own. |
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"The money saved paid for the cost to deploy and purchase Destiny within the first year."
-Linda Turner, Washington
