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Following up on what Sean mentioned, we use MRBS where I work, and it was a really great solution for us. However, I'm not sure it will provide exactly what you want because it might be kind of a challenge to add custom questions (as far as I know, anyway). There is a way to add one custom dropdown field with established answers, but I think you can only add one, and it must be a dropdown field (that is you can't ask them a question and get a free-form answer... although there is a text box labeled "Full description" but you can change that label to whatever you want, so that might be a workaround). Outside of that, it does allow you to approve bookings and email confirmations and that sort of thing. If you're curious about setting it up, I have a video series on how to put it on a Debian based server: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD9kY5Nr-lSOjdqHQqX7a00LUQDnzdnym What I like most about MRBS is you can hack the code and give it some of your own customizations. If you're comfortable with PHP and MySQL you could probably build your custom question fields and store user answers in the MySQL database. I don't think it would be super difficult to add a table column in the MRBS database and edit the PHP/HTML to add a custom question field on the booking page that takes the user's answers and stores them in the new table column. It's a little extra development work at first, but once it was set up I've not had to spend much time troubleshooting and maintaining it. I certainly wouldn't say it's the most robust booking system, but we've been using it for over a year now and it has served our purposes well. I guess the best part about it for me has been that it's really easy to edit the code to make it do things the system didn't initially do. Jeremiah On Tue, Dec 7, 2021 at 5:45 AM Roberts, Spencer William <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Kayla, > > At Pitts Theology Library, we previously used OpenRoom ( > https://www.linuxlinks.com/openroom/), a free tool developed by Ball > State University Libraries. It was a cost-effective solution for many years > (mostly before my time here). > > We then switched to Springshare's LibCal ( > https://www.springshare.com/libcal/), which has a higher cost (i.e. not > free) but more options and a better interface. It also reduced our systems > maintenance load because we were already using other Springshare tools like > LibAnswers, LibGuides, and LibStaffer. > > > Best, > Spencer Roberts, PhD > he/him/his > Systems and Digital Scholarship Librarian > Pitts Theology Library, Emory University > > > > > > On 12/6/21, 12:10 PM, "Code for Libraries on behalf of Reed, Kayla" < > [log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hello! > > We are looking for a free (or low-cost) booking system for a library > space. We need to be able to add custom questions and we need to be able to > approve before it is added to a calendar. > > Calendly ALMOST works, but you cannot approve before an event is added > to a calendar. > > Any recommendations would be highly appreciated. > > Sincerely, > Kayla Reed > Discovery, Systems and Digital Strategy Librarian > Pronouns: She/Her/Hers > > -- Jeremiah Kellogg Systems Librarian Pierce Library Eastern Oregon University [log in to unmask] (541) 962-3017