• ebook You can now access and check-out holdings from Perkins’ ebook collection (over 800) at home on your computers, tablets, and devices. We are merging two different companies for our ebooks, MackinVia and Follett.  Students in grade 3-5 have been instructed to follow these directions:

    • Go to the web address : http://destiny.pcsb.org/
    • Click on Elementary Schools drop-down menu: Perkins, or type it in
    • Click on the "Catalog" tab
    • Click on "Login" in the top right corner
    • You will need to Login using your R2.D2 and your s.########
    • If it directs you to MackinVia, you might have to use your R2.D2 number and the password: “pinellas"
    • Once you Login, you have the option to open or checkout a book.  
    • If you checkout a book, it will move to your Bookbag, then Checkouts.  Once you open a book, various icons appear.  Icons include bookmarking, adding notes; move from page to page, changing the font, turn audio on, search box, and the menu.  Click on the Menu to Logout.
    • Not all books are audio.
    • Once you have finished the book, please return it.  
    • You are able to place a Hold on a book if someone else has the book checked out and you want the copy when it is returned.
    • You are able to access these books from wherever you can access the internet.