Renew Checkouts

You can extend the due date of a checkout by scanning or entering an item/copy barcode.

Note: This topic covers checkout renewals for Library Manager, Resource Manager and Textbook Manager.

Renew library materials or textbooks individually

Change the due date of the renewal

Renew an ILL (interlibrary loan)

Renew textbooks by date

Renew resources by item

Renew resources by patron

Perform a global resource renew

Note: Checked-out resources can only be renewed if they have a loan policy interval that includes an associated calendar date or number of days. The Renew button only appears when the loan period changes the due date or has been updated. If the loan policy is Unlimited, the Renew button does not appear. To see it, check the item in and out again.

Renew library materials or textbooks

  1. Select Circulation > Check In.
  2. Scan the copy barcode into the Find Copy field, or type it in and click Go.
  3. If you manage both your library materials and textbooks in Destiny, choose the type from the list.
    • If you do not have the copy at hand, you can search the collection by entering a keyword from the title (or part of a word, followed by *) in the Find Copy field and clicking Go. Then, select the correct one from the resulting list.
    • If Destiny encounters any problems with the renewal, an alert message appears.
  4. For library materials, Destiny renews a checkout using the loan periods defined in Admin > Library Policies.

    For a textbook checkout, Destiny uses the class due date or the default textbook due date.

  5. To view more information about the patron or the copy, click the barcode number.
  6. To clear the copy and patron information after you have finished, click Reset on the side menu.

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Change the due date of the renewal

  1. To extend or shorten the loan period for the renewed item, click Change Date.
  2. Click the desired date on the calendar. It appears in the Selected date field.
  3. (Optional) From the drop-down, select until logout to apply the selected date for any other renewals you perform in this session.
  4. Click Save. Special Date then appears in front of the date.

    Note: If a ceiling date was used to determine the due date in Media Manager, Ceiling Date appears before the due date. You can also change a ceiling due date by clicking Change Date.

  5. If you need to renew any of the patron's other checkouts or mark them lost, click the patron's barcode number to open their Patron Status page.

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Renew an ILL

With the lending library's permission, if you want to renew an ILL, do one of the following:

  • Open the patron's Patron Status page, and click Renew next to the copy.
  • Re-check it out in Circulation > Check Out.

Note: If your district has enabled district-defined ILLs, date calculation for days to ship and days to circulate is controlled at the district level. The loan policy at the district overrides the site loan policy.

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Renew textbooks by date

Note: You can renew textbooks by date only in Textbook Manager.

If you have checked out multiple textbooks with the wrong due date, you can change due dates for all the copies globally.

  1. Select Circulation > Renew > By Date sub-tab.
  2. Next to Find all Textbooks…, enter the incorrect date that was used. Click for a calendar.
  3. Next to Assign new due date, enter the correct due date.
  4. Click Preview.
  5. When the Job Manager opens, click View.
  6. If the updated checkouts seem correct, click Update at the bottom of the summary to change the due dates.

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Renew an individual resource item

  1. Select Circulation > Renew.
  2. Enter an item in the Find Item field, and then click Go, or scan a barcode.

    Note: You can also enter a search term in the Find Item field, click Items, and then select the item you want to renew.

    A message identifies the person or place the item is renewed to and the new due date.

  3. Click Change Date, and complete the steps in Change the due date of the renewal.

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Renew a resource by patron

  1. Select Circulation > Patron Status.
  2. Enter a name in the Find Patron field, and then click Go. The patron's information appears.
  3. Click Renew for an individual item or Renew All to renew every item in the list that has a Renew button.

Note: To renew all of a patron's checkouts, retrieve the patron record in Patron Status, and click Renew All.

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Perform a global resource renew

  1. Select Circulation > Renew > Global sub-tab.
  2. Select a resource template from the Renew all drop-down.
  3. At Assign new due date, enter or select a date.
  4. Limit the search by doing any or all of the following:
    • Entering information in the Displayable Name/Title field
    • Scanning or entering an ISBN, including resource items with an unlimited loan period
    • Entering a specific original Due date
    • Updating the Patron Type
      1. Click Update. The Select Patron Types... page appears.
      2. Select patron types and click OK.
    • Entering a Graduation Year
    • Entering a Grade Level
  5. Click Preview to see the results of your selections.
  6. On the Job Manager page, find the Update Item Due Dates Preview job you just generated, and then click View. A Job Summary with the results of your global renew selections appears.
  7. Review the resource items that will be processed with the new due date, and then click Update to accept the global renew.

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