Easy Editor

Whether you have a little or a lot of cataloging experience, you can use Destiny Library Manager's Easy Editor to add and edit bibliographic records. Most of the information you enter into the Easy Editor comes from a book's title and copyright pages. If needed, you can toggle between the Easy Editor and MARC Editor to add, edit, or duplicate a title record.

To add a record:

1. On the Add Title, Edit Title, or Duplicate Title page, click the ISBN field.
2. Scan the ISBN barcode on the book's back cover.
3. Add data to any other field.
4. Click Save Title.

Brief Title sub-tab

The Brief Title sub-tab creates a brief record and contains basic information, such as title, standard numbers, material type, author, publication information, and physical format. The fields correspond to MARC tags 000 through 300.

Note: If you plan to recon the records with Alliance Plus, you only need to enter title, a standard number (LCCN, ISBN, or ISSN), and select the correct material type. Alliance Plus adds the rest of the fields.

Section	Field	Contents	Tips
Title Information Note: Easy Editor adds punctuation to title and subtitle fields.	Title	Main title	Usually only the first word of the main title and proper nouns are capitalized.
	Subtitle	Additions to the main title
	Authors	People responsible for title (author, narrator, illustrator, etc.)
	Edition	Edition information for the title
	Material Type	Material type that most closely matches the item being cataloged.   Notes: To catalog eBooks, select eBook, and then enter the URL on the Resources sub-tab. Follett Digital and publisher-hosted content (purchased from Follett), as well as OverDrive®, and MackinVIA™ titles, are automatically updated daily, or on-demand.	If you choose any of the following, you can also select from the Subtype drop-down: Book (monograph) Computer file Maps Globes and Atlases Serial Sound Recording (musical) Audiobook Video
Author Note: Names without dates should end in a period. Names with dates should end in a comma. Dates should end with a period, unless they end with a dash (for example, Kraft, Jim, 1954-).	Name	Primary person responsible for title	Enter name with the last name first (for example, Canfield, Jack).
	Date	Any dates associated with the name. Typically these are the dates of birth and death (for example, 1902-1986 or 1968-).
Publication Information Note: Easy Editor adds punctuation to title and subtitle fields.	Place	City of publication or distribution
	Publisher	Name of publisher or distributor
	Date	Date of publication or distribution
	Copyright	Enter the copyright date	Enter the date as ©year; for example, ©2023
Physical Description	Extent	Number of pages, volumes, playing time, etc.	The ending punctuation depends on the information you enter. If you include Other Details, add a space and a colon to the end of the Extent field. If you include a size without Other Details, the Extent field should end with a space and semicolon. If you include information in the Size and Other Details fields, Other Details should end with a space and semicolon. If there is a Series, the last information added to the Physical Description should end with a period.
	Other Details	Other physical details of the item
	Size	Item's dimensions

 

Series/Notes sub-tab

The Series/Notes sub-tab provides information about the title's series and volume, notes, and audience.

Notes include additional information about a title's contents. The words in these notes are added to the keyword index, and, thus, provide better access through keyword searches. Enter a general note, a summary note, the interest grade level, or study program information. You can often locate this information on a book's copyright page.

Section	Field	Contents	Tips
Series Information	Title	Title of the series	If there is a volume entered, the Series title ends with space semi-colon.
	Volume	Title's position in the series
	Interest Level	Interest grade level
	Lexile	Lexile Code (selected from the drop-down), and Lexile Measure for the title
	Fountas and Pinnell	Fountas and Pinnell Level for the title
Notes		Information about the contents of the title

If your library participates in either the Accelerated Reader or Reading Counts! Reading Program Services, enter a reading level, point value, or test number in the 526 tag using the Marc Editor.

Subjects sub-tab

Use the Subject sub-tab to maintain subjects for the title, which helps your patrons find titles with a common topic. In the first drop-down, select the heading that matches the subject's primary term. If the subject needs additional definition, you can select up to three sub-headings.

To maintain consistency, click Find Heading to access a list of existing subject headings.

Notes: Subjects based on the name of a corporation or conference, genre, form, or uniform title must be entered in the MARC Editor. Personal names that include titles or numeration (for example, John Paul II, Pope), the full name in parenthesis, or that are based on a forename (such as Aristotle), or family name, must also be entered in the MARC Editor. Add a period to the end of the last entry for a subject, unless it ends with a dash or a closing parenthesis. Names can also be subjects. If there are dates associated with the name, the name should end with a comma. Select Chronological from the second drop-down, and enter the associated dates in the text field.

Resources sub-tab

Use the Resources sub-tab to include a URL link and description to a resource, such as author's notes for the title or the illustrators website, or digital content, such as worksheets related to the title.

Added Entries sub-tab

Use the Added Entries sub-tab to enter uniform titles and people (other than the main entry author) associated with the title, such as co-authors, illustrators, compilers, and editors.

Section	Field	Contents	Tips
Alternate Titles	Uniform Title	Distinctive title used for authority control
	Varying Form	Alternate form of title
	Series Uniform Title	Distinctive series title used for authority control
Co-authors, Illustrators, Editors, etc.	Name	Co-author, illustrator, etc.	Enter name with the last name first (for example, Canfield, Jack).
	Dates	Dates associated with co-author, illustrator, etc. Typically these are the dates of birth and death (for example, 1902-1986 or 1968-).
	Role	Contributor's role (for example, illustrating, writing, direction).

After making all updates to a record, do the following:

1. To have Destiny Check punctuation on Save, select the checkbox.
2. Click Save Title.
3. Select any of the Accept Suggestion checkboxes for punctuation .
4. Click Save Title.

When you save the record, Destiny checks that you entered the required title information, formats the standard numbers (LCCN, ISBN, ISSN), and verifies you haven't inadvertently duplicated a standard number from another record.