Library Catalog Now an App

If you have a smartphone or iPad, you can now access our library catalog via our new Destiny Quest app. The free app, available through the Apple iTunes App Store or Android Marketplace, runs on iPhones, iPod touches and iPads with iOS 4.2 or later and on Android 2.1-2.3.7 phones. Here’s some of what you can do with the new app:

  • Search for books in our collection
  • See the top ten recent checkouts
  • See recent additions to our collection
  • Access resource lists of books on different topics
In addition, you can login to:
  • Place holds
  • See what books you have checked out. (The list does not currently include textbooks).
To download the app, go to the iTunes App Store or Android Marketplace and search for Destiny Quest, click on the app name, then click on Free and Install to install it. Once the app is installed, you need to set it up by entering our district url: http://destiny.mbusd.org. Then, select Mira Costa from the list of MBUSD schools. You can now access the library as a guest, or login. To login, enter your nine- or ten-digit Permanent ID number as your username and destiny as your password.
If you don’t have a smart device, you can still access our library catalog on any computer with a web browser. Either follow the link from the library website (mchslibrary .org), or type destiny.mbusd.org on the URL line. Then, select Mira Costa from the list of MBUSD schools. You can now search for books and resource lists. To check the books you have borrowed, place holds, or create resource lists, you can login from the Mira Costa page, entering your nine- or ten-digit Permanent ID as your username and destiny as your password. When you login on a web browser, you can display both your checked library books and  textbooks.

Social Media Story on “Mustang Morning News”

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Mustang Morning News Story on Positive Social Media
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Shot of Students in the Library
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Interviewing your librarian as part of the story.

If you missed the “Mustang Morning News” on Friday, January 14, be sure to check the online version of their “Positive Social Media” story. You will see shots from the Mira Costa HS Library and interviews with with different Mira Costa people who use Facebook, Twitter, and other social networking tools to communicate with students, staff, and parents. Thanks to reporter Brad Baeuchler and photographer Lauren Williams for including the library in a great story.

If you aren’t following the library on Facebook or Twitter yet, please do!