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<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>Sorry for the late response, but it turns out I did a great job
of staying away from e-mail while I was on vacation. </p>
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<blockquote type="cite">Kathy. I've used Google forms in the
past, with good success (as long as you don't mind Google owning
your stuff ......)</blockquote>
Given that we are not collecting personal information here, I'm
not as concerned about Google owning it as I might otherwise be. <br>
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<div>I presume you'd send this out to each of the known
consortia as an email link?</div>
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We generally send this out to the Evergreen general list, post it
to the blog, and also share it via Facebook/Google+/Twitter.
Previously, after we've sent out reminders and notice that known
libraries/consortia are missing from the survey results, we
contact these groups individually to try to get their information.
There are always several libraries/consortia that don't respond
and, in those cases, we fill in known information so that there
numbers can be counted. We generally can get a good idea of the
number of systems/branches by looking at their public catalog, but
we have no way of knowing what their user population is or their
number of registered patrons. In the end, the results included in
the annual report end up being a best estimate.</p>
<p>When we do this again next year, since we will have the previous
year's results and the 'edit' link, we will send the link to the
e-mail address that was used the previous year.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">Before doing this, would edits be
considered?</blockquote>
Once a user submits their information, they will receive a link via
e-mail that will allow them to edit their response.<br>
<blockquote type="cite"> 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.</blockquote>
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Actually, I did some testing on this when I was setting up the form.
You do not need to be logged in with a Google account to edit the
response. The unique URL is what allows the user to edit the form
data. I was surprised too.<br>
<br>
I'll send the survey out to the community today so that we can get
started on collecting this information.<br>
<br>
Thanks!<br>
Kathy<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/16/2017 11:09 AM, Ruth Frasur
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<div dir="ltr">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.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 6:50 PM, Chris
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<div dir="ltr">Kathy. I've used Google forms in the past,
with good success (as long as you don't mind Google owning
your stuff ......)
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<div>I presume you'd send this out to each of the known
consortia as an email link?</div>
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<div>Before doing this, would edits be considered?</div>
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<div>Chris Maas</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 4:25
PM, Kathy Lussier <span dir="ltr"><<a
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all,<br>
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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.<br>
<br>
Rogan had previously looked for a plugin, and I
have to concur with his opinion that there isn't
anything that fits the bill.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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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?<br>
<br>
The draft survey is available at <a
href="https://goo.gl/forms/q4s12wQJ3eLnQNfe2"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://goo.gl/forms/q4s12wQJ3<wbr>eLnQNfe2</a>.
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.<br>
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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.<br>
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(508) 343-0128
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