We previously had Bibliocommons and are moving to Vega. We actually turned off their suggestions for purchase module because of the volume of suggestions and Bibliocommons requiring a staff member to respond to every single suggestion with an answer. What we would like to see is the ability to limit the number of suggestions per customer per month, and an automated workflow that does not require staff intervention. It is also the library holy grail if we could have a hold placed for this suggested title if purchased for the customers who suggested the purchase (could be more than one customer).

Hello, in our old library catalog, patrons could request items not yet held by the library. I'm not referring to requests from other branches or other libraries, but rather requests for purchaises. A form for this was integrated into the catalog, which was then automatically sent as an email to the library's email program. This feature made processing purchaise requests quick and easy.

Such an option would be great in Vega as well. How are purchaise requests currently recorded there?

Best regards, Sandra

We use OpenForms (but could use Vega WebBuilder/Wix for this, too) for purchase suggestions - https://us.openforms.com/Form/1761c561-177c-4f91-9d1d-30d88b3dff75 - If Vega allowed for this, I'd want the ability to customize. I'd prioritize getting the online registration and any other forms - PIN Reset Request, Login, etc., that dump you back in Classic converted to Vega first.

We currently use a suggestion site that our IT department developed. It is great, but would be nice to see it integrated into Vega. It needs to be somewhat customizable and give feedback to customers in the same space. We have an active group of customers that use our patron suggestions and the ability for us to seamlessly let them know the status is importatoin.

It would be nice if it can limit the amount of suggestions in a time period per user. Overdrive does a good job on suggest to purchase. Obviously theirs has a list of available titles to purchase but our staff like to look up the suggestions and find the ones multiple people are interested in before purchasing so we dont buy for just one patron.

We would like to see this, but as part of its implementation, we would like to be able to limit PTYPEs that can submit suggestions. For example, our Internet registrant PTYPE shouldn't be allowed to make any suggestions, until they validate their card for a more permanent PTYPE.

We would also like a limit on the number of suggestions that can be made by a given user in a specified period of time (for example, a max of 10 per month).

Lastly, if the suggestion is approved, an option should allow that a hold can be placed on the item for the requesting patron.

Yes, please! We currently allow our patrons to set OCLC WorldCat as a secondary database when they can't find what they want in our PowerPAC, then they can place their hold there and staff can then decide whether it is a purchase or ILL request.

I am disappointed to see that Vega Discover doesn't have that capability as we transition over to Discover.

Yes, and please give us the ability for this request to go to the patron's registered home library and not a central email account. Thanks!

In addition to having Suggest a Purchase as option in discovery it can also notify the patron when the item is purchased (or not) and offer the patron the opportunity to place a hold when the item is added to the collection.

(Update - this is no longer listed on the roadmap.)

Not sure why it says Anonymous... I submitted this idea!

Yes, please give us the ability for this request to go to the patron's registered home library and not a central email account. Thanks!