Prompt ideas for Library AI Assistant
Use the Library AI Assistant to explore collection and circulation data, get help with common library and resource-management tasks, and receive recommendations to inform collection decisions. Explore the examples in this topic for ideas.
Get started
Start with a pre-built prompt, and customize it with criteria such as grade level, a time period, or a Dewey range.
Ask for detailed insights into catalog and circulation data, such as circulation statistics for nonfiction and fiction. To refine a response, enter a follow-up prompt.
Use your assistant for job-related tasks, such as generating theme ideas and title recommendations for a book display.
Ask how to complete a task in Destiny, such as emailing overdue notices or running labels. The assistant provides responses sourced from the Destiny Help Center.
Prompt ideas
Use the following examples to help you get started.
Policies and procedures
If your district has uploaded policies, procedures, and guidelines, use prompts like these to ask questions grounded in your district's documents.
- According to our district's policy, what criteria should I use to evaluate weeding candidates?
- What does our circulation policy say about overdue items?
- How should we handle retained or damaged materials?
- What procedure should staff follow for inventory reconciliation?
- Use our district documents to explain our collection guidelines.
Library Manager prompt ideas
Use these examples to explore your collection, analyze circulation trends, support reading, and plan library work.
Explore your collection
- Which titles in our collection have not circulated in the last 2 years?
- Break down my collection by Dewey classification, and show the percentage of my total collection represented by each classification.
- Break down my collection by language.
- Break down my collection by material type.
- Show a collection health summary for the 2025 school year.
- What is the total value of my collection?
- What are the biggest gaps in our nonfiction collection?
Analyze circulation and demand
- Show circulations by interest grade level for this school year.
- What are the most popular books checked out in the last 6 months?
- What eBook titles have been checked out this school year? Show the circulation count.
- What subjects or titles have high demand but too few copies?
- Show me year-over-year changes in collection usage.
- Show me underused titles with an interest grade level of 5-8.
- Give me a leadership-ready report on circulation trends.
Promote reading
- How can I customize the Destiny Discover homepage to promote reading?
- With summer break coming up, can you recommend a summer-themed reading display for 3rd-5th graders? Provide titles in my collection.
Support library work and plan next steps
- Suggest purchasing priorities for this school.
- What library management tasks should I focus on this week?
- Where do we have the biggest collection issues?
- Create a weeding list for the 600s section.
- How do I run and print spine and barcode labels from Destiny?
- How do I remove a copy from my collection?
- How do I run and print spine and barcode labels?
- How do I remove a copy from my collection?
Resource Manager prompt ideas
Use these examples to explore resource status, inventory, locations, and replacement needs for your resources.
Check resource status and inventory
- How many items have a status of Lost?
- How many resources are damaged?
- How many items don't have a replacement price value?
- How many items are checked out to individuals?
- How many items are checked out to the Science department?
- How many unbarcoded resources do I have?
- How many items are assigned to the English department?
- How many items have been paid for by each funding source?
Support resource-management work and plan next steps
- How do I generate an inventory worklist for missing items?
- Create a list of resources needing replacement.
- Which resources are aging and due for review?
- What resource-management tasks should I focus on this week?