[aisle] form for recording patron purchase requests

[Jill Berry]

I have used a "suggestion box" for several years. It works great. You can
see it on the Elm School library catalog.
<https://d181.booksys.net/opac/elms/index.html#menuVisual> There have been
458 suggestions since I started in 2014, 62 this year. I make tabs in the
spreadsheet for each year. I get notified when someone makes a suggestion.

I give the disclaimer that I read reviews of all the books suggested and
not every suggestion will make it into the library, but the vast majority
do. Kids are thrilled when a book they suggested becomes part of the
library. They've made some great ones.

The information goes into a spreadsheet. I make notes by each suggestion
indicating when I bought it or why not. Just a few words.

I got this idea from the AISLE President, Mary Morgan Ryan. It works so
well!

Jill Berry
Elm School

On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 2:24 PM Jill Bennin via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> I am working on one myself right now - I am talking to my tech people
> about posting it on the website.  I already keep a spreadsheet for each
> building - but I run into the same issue.
>
> On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 1:51 PM Meredith Riddle via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> Does anyone use a Google Form or similar to record patron purchase
>> requests? Teachers and students frequently ask me to buy the latest book in
>> a series, or start buying a new series, and when they ask me in the
>> hallway, it's hard to remember to capture that information! I would love if
>> there were a form they could fill out electronically. It would also provide
>> excellent data for my annual evaluation about student engagement with the
>> library program.
>>
>> Meredith Riddle
>> District Librarian
>> Cerro Gordo CUSD #100
>> MAILMAN_MIMEDEFANG
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