[evergreen-outreach] Update on annual survey

[Rogan Hamby]

I'm fine with proceeding with this as is when Kathy comes back from her
well deserved time off.

On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 11:09 AM, Ruth Frasur <
director at hagerstownlibrary.org> wrote:

> I'm a fan of Google forms, with the caveat that Chris mentioned (if you
> don't mind Google "owning" your stuff - parenthesis mine).  I think my only
> other comment would be that, in order for someone to be able to edit their
> responses, they have to create a Google ID.  This probably isn't an issue
> for most, but might be for some.
>
> On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 6:50 PM, Chris Maas <chrism at roadrunner.com> wrote:
>
>> Kathy.   I've used Google forms in the past, with good success (as long
>> as you don't mind Google owning your stuff ......)
>>
>> I presume you'd send this out to each of the known consortia as an email
>> link?
>>
>> Before doing this, would edits be considered?
>>
>> Chris Maas
>>
>> 207-924-4553 <(207)%20924-4553>
>>
>> Chris Maas
>> (207) 924-4553
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 4:25 PM, Kathy Lussier <klussier at masslnc.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> As I mentioned on our last Outreach Committee call, I wanted to look at
>>> various WordPress plugins to possibly handle the community survey this
>>> year. My goal was to have a platform where participants could enter data
>>> for this year and then have a way to easily edit their data in subsequent
>>> years so that they don't need to re-enter the same information from year to
>>> year. Another secondary goal was that, if we entered this data on the
>>> Evergreen web site, we might possibly be able to utilize in a directory of
>>> Evergreen libraries that might be a little more up to date than what's
>>> available on the wiki.
>>>
>>> Rogan had previously looked for a plugin, and I have to concur with his
>>> opinion that there isn't anything that fits the bill.
>>>
>>> I originally looked at directory plug-ins, but most don't allow
>>> customization of the fields without an additional, annual licensing cost.
>>> The most promising one I found was called Business Directory Plugins, and I
>>> think it might be worth investigating if we ever do host a library
>>> directory on the Evergreen site, but it seemed to be a little more than
>>> what we needed for the purposes of the annual survey.
>>>
>>> I also looked at form plugins, which allow customizations, but they
>>> really didn't provide a way for users to update their information at annual
>>> survey time.
>>>
>>> However, I think I may have found a good solution by using Google forms.
>>> I created a form that allows users to go back and edit their entries at a
>>> later time. The link to edit the entry is included in a confirmation
>>> e-mail, which most people will probably delete by the time we send out the
>>> survey again next year. However, I found a script that will generate those
>>> edit links and add them to the spreadsheet where the Google form results
>>> are stored. When we send the survey out next year, then, we can send this
>>> link directly to the person who filled out the form the previous year and
>>> ask them to update their information. If there are new questions on the
>>> form, they can also answer those. If nothing has changed, they just need to
>>> click in a checkbox and submit the form as is. What do you think?
>>>
>>> The draft survey is available at https://goo.gl/forms/q4s12wQJ3eLnQNfe2.
>>> It's about the same as it was last year, with the addition of an e-mail
>>> field and a question on number of registered users, as we discussed on the
>>> call. I added the e-mail field to facilitate the process described in my
>>> last paragraph.
>>>
>>> Feel free to let me know if you have any feedback on the survey itself
>>> or on how I would like to use Google forms.
>>>
>>> Thank you and happy holidays!
>>>
>>> Kathy
>>>
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>>> Kathy Lussier
>>> Project Coordinator
>>> Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative
>>> (508) 343-0128
>>> klussier at masslnc.org
>>> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier
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