Sorry for the long delay in response, I'm behind on emails:
I found the same thing---my MS teachers love F&P so I was thrilled to
find I could now do searches only to realize --that information isn't in
my MARC records! Since I work a lot with Mackin, I contacted them,
uploaded my records, and they are going to add that information to my
records and then I will reupload them and ta-da! It's going to cost
around $250-300--we are small school, but it is worth it. Mackin is
GREAT, very helpful and I highly recommend them. Also, make sure to
tell them you use Destiny because they way they usually enter F&P is not
readable by the 8.5 version---Mackin has to enter the reading level in
the Mark Record with just the letter versus the words "Level X" .
Also I had them print out identification labels for me that go in the
front of all the books--the labels have reading level and F&P so that
every book is covered and books that don't have F&P have some
identification . . . Now I have to find a week to put all the labels
in!!
Team and Family,
Katrina Baecht | KIPP Austin Librarian
office: 512-501-3586 | fax: 501-3587
8509 FM 969, Bldg 676 | Austin, TX 78724
kbaecht@kippaustin.org
"Be the change you wish to see in the world."
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From: School Library Media & Network Communications
[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Michelle Marino
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 1:14 PM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: TECH: Destiny, Fountas & Pinnell, & MARC records
This question goes out to all you Follett Destiny users. We just had an
online presentation today with Follett. I was excited to hear about the
ability to list the Fountas & Pinnell levels in the MARC records. But
the rep told us they cannot add that information - that we would have to
take care of it ourselves.
We have Athena now and hope to get our new system up and running over
the summer. Those of you that have Destiny and use the F&P levels - how
did you get them in your MARC records? Did you manually imput them? I
imagine that would take a very long time. If you did manually imput them
- where did you get the information? Do you have a contract with Fountas
& Pinnell? Did you input the levels before moving over to Destiny or
after?
Doesn't Follett have a company they work with for cleaning up and
enhancing MARC records before transferring everything over? For
example, in our meeting with the Alexandria rep he told us that a lot of
our MARC record problems could be worked out with Mitinet through
Alexandria. What did you do as far as cleaning up your records before
you switched to Destiny?
Thanks!
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Michelle Marino
Children's Librarian
Hutchison School
1740 Ridgeway Road
Memphis, TN 38119
mmarino@hutchisonschool.org
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