iBISTRO VIDEO BOOKING

as of September 2005

 

Teachers and certified staff are now able to book videos on their own through iBistro (District 12’s online union catalog).  Each teacher will need to know his/her user ID.  District 12 staff IDs are 14-digit numbers beginning with 21856 …

 

My user id is:  2185600_________

 

1.     Go to our school online catalog or to the DLMS web page:

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.  Click on “Professional Library”.    A separate web box will open that is defaulted to the   Adams 12 Professional Library.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.    Type your subject, title or author search and press Return/Enter. If more than one record matches your search criteria, then a listing of titles will appear:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select a title by clicking on the ‘See More’ button located on the left-hand side of the screen of the video you wish to book.  This will get you to the bibliographic record for the item.

 

 

3.  If only one ‘hit’ matches your search criteria, the full record will display.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next, click on the ‘Book It’ icon found in the upper right-hand corner of the blue area.  Only items that have been designated as ‘bookable’ will have this icon.

 

4.    Bookable items include all AV materials found in the Adams 12 Professional Library, located at the Educational Support Center.  The following screen will appear:

 

 

        

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Type your user ID in the box provided.  Your ID:  2185600 _______________

b.  Check the lower left part of the screen to see if bookings already exist for the title, then click on “Set Booking Date/Time” button.

 

5.    The next window will allow you to schedule the video.  If your needed dates are available, fill in the Start day/time and End day/time boxes (follow the examples given) and choose which school you would like the item shipped to.  It is not necessary to put in the time as illustrated above.  If a booking already exists for the date you wanted a video, the next available date will be 2 school days after the date listed.  Be aware of weekends and district-level holidays.  The Professional Library is closed on weekends and district-level holidays, so videos may not be booked on those days   nor do they count as transport days.

 

 

 

6.    Click the ‘Book It’ button to complete the transaction.  If the transaction is successful the screen will show “Item Booked”:

 

 

 

 

 

To order another title click on ‘Quick Search’ and start a new search.

 

 

 

a.    Booking length is a maximum of 3 days, please be aware of days your school may be closed when creating a booking.

 

 

 

c.    All videos must be booked by 12 noon two school days prior to the date needed to allow prep and travel time.

 

d.    Whenever you get the message ‘unacceptable booking date time’ click on the ‘OK’ button to re-enter another date.  Remember to take into consideration  weekends and district-level holidays.