[aisle] form for recording patron purchase requests

Coffman, Tricia CoffmanT at hcusd2.org
Fri May 17 07:28:26 CDT 2019


I love this idea. Thanks for sharing.

From: AISLE [mailto:aisle-bounces at list.railslibraries.info] On Behalf Of Jill Berry via AISLE
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Subject: Re: [aisle] form for recording patron purchase requests

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<mailto: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<mailto: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
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