Use the Global Update sub-tab

Global Update lets you quickly search your entire library or district media collection for copies containing specific information, and then update that information or the information in another field of those copies.

Important: This process is not reversible.
  1. Select Catalog > Update Copies > Global Update sub-tab.
    Update Copies page, Global Update sub-tab.
  2. If you manage library materials for your district, select a specific school to update in the From drop-down.
  3. From the With drop-down, select the copy field, and then select or type the contents of the field that you want Destiny to find. These selections determine which records are updated.

    Notes:

    • For Funding Source, Sublocation, or Vendor, you can leave the second field blank to find and update those copies for which this information is not defined.

    • If you select Call Number Prefix, you must enter a letter(s). Entering numbers will return an error.

  4. From the Make drop-down, select the name of the field you want to change in the copy records, and then select or enter the new information.

    Note: Category or Description appears in the Make drop-down only if selected from the With drop-down.

  5. After making your selections, click Update and then Yes on the confirmation message.

When the process is finished, Destiny generates a report summarizing the update and listing all the copies changed. To view the report, select Admin > Job Manager.

Notes: 

  • The search is not case-sensitive. For example, a search for the Call Number Prefix Fic also finds the prefix fic.
  • A call number prefix is non-Dewey data to the left of the first blank space or period in the call number field of the copy record.
    • If you select Change Call Number Prefix from the Make drop-down, the remainder of the call number is unchanged.
    • If you select Call Number Prefix starts with from the Make drop-down, and a copy's existing call number starts with a number, Destiny inserts a space between the added prefix and number. If the existing call number starts with a letter, Destiny adds the prefix directly before it (without a space).