AL Live: Use the 2021 Summer Reading Report to Adapt for Summer 2022
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Hello ! I 'm Ari Slauenwhite Library Assistant for Youth Services at the Rowley Public Library in Rowley, MA !

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Mary Wegrzyn from Homewood Public Library, Homewood, IL

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Kathleen from LaFayette, GA

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Hi from Hayward, WI

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Hello, I'm Maeleah from Cora J. Belden Library in Rocky Hill, CT

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Hi, from Karen , teen librarian in Coralville, Ia

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HI! Michelle from Seekonk, MA-

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Hello all! Kathleen from Peoria Public Library in Peoria, Arizona

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Hello! Asha from Newark Public Library in Newark, NJ

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Hello, Mabel Rodriguez, from Milton Public Library, ON, Canada

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Hello everyone. I'm Pam Hamlin from the Prince George's County Memorial Library System (MD), right outside Washington, DC!

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HI from New Zealand!

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Hello from Vose Library in Union, Maine. My name is Debra Lay

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Hi Charlotte! So excited to have you here today!!

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Hello from Paramus, NJ

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Carol G from Swansea, MA

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Hi Alprescia Rivers: Enoch Pratt Free Library

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Hello from Ecorse, MI!

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Hello, This is Becca Sales, public education specialist for the City of Mansfield Environmental Services

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Hello from Frederick County, MD

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Hello! Becky here from Lake County Public Library in Leadville, Colorado.

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Hello from Cheyenne Wyoming

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Hello From Granville, OH

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Happy TWOSDAY! From Port Byron IL

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Hi- This is Paula Gilbert from York, PA

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Hello, I'm Shannon from Fruitport District Library in Fruitport, MI

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Hi from Long Island, NY!

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Hello from Birmingham Public Library system!

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HI PAULA!

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Hi! mI’m Tanya from Long Island.

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Hello! I am Michaela with Norfolk Public Library from Norfolk, Va

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Hello from the Corona del Mar Branch Library in Newport Beach, CA!

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Hello from Fort Worth, TX

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Hi friend!

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Iced in at Beloit (WI) Public Library.

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Hello from Olympia, WA!

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Hello from GLS Atlanta!

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Hello from Green Bay, WI - Brown County Library!

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Hello from Montgomery-County Norristown Public Library!

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Hello I'm Violeta from Union City Public Library - New Jersey

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Hello from Stow-Munroe Falls PUblic Library!

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(ohio)

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Hello from Dunham Public Library, in Whitesboro, NY!

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Hello from Connie in snowy, blowy Minnesota!

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Woo Don!

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Hi from Pickering PL Canada

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Thank you, Don! :)

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Birmingham, Alabama

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Aloha from Honolulu :)

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Hello from San Diego!

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Samantha from Hastings, Nebraska.

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Hi from Hicksville Public Library, Long Island Ny

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Fizz, Boom, Read was our biggest one

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the summer reading program that focused on music!

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Fizz Boom Read

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I liked the Metamorphosis one

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Build a Better World

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Ready, Set, Read!

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Going to read aloud events at the Library

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Under the sea TDSRC

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Zombies

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1976 Great America Was our theme

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we had a beat boxing program!

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2008 Catch the Reading bug

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Libraries rock

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Space theme, when we had the eclipse!

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My most memorable summer reading One World Many Stories

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Get A Clue, Read

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HAS to be Universe of Stories. 2019. Loved the space theme!

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Catch the Reading Bug!

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I loved the superheroes theme - we wore capes all summer!

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Piano concert in 2019. Standing room only. Great experience.

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The summer we made ice cream in ziplock bags, don't remember the theme.

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Dig into Reading

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Make a Splash

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Reading Road Trip!

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Build a better world, which we focused on our community.

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Catch the Reading Bug

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Dragons, Dreams and Daring Deeds! Our most popular.

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2020 memorable for the wrong reasons! Space was fun, with the eclipse, too.

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my 1st year Dragon Dreams and Daring Deads 2004

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2019 was big for us because we had an INCREASE in participation after a few years of decline.

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Libraries Rock!

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Hello from Hollidaysburg Area Public Library in Central PA!

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The first summer reading I did as a Teen Librarian which would have been Fizz, Boom, Read

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Bookmobile party for a family that had disabled parents.

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Libraries Rock

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So many great summer reading programs. Can't pick just one!

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Reading Rock Stars

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2008 we built castles and rocket ships, I think the theme was imagination unleashed.

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Summer Reading for 9th Grade - The Color Purple by Alice Walker

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I second Libraries Rock

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Mystery theme, each week had clues to solve

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Catch the Reading Bug

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oh! the one with the eclipse was amazing

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Last year with Beanstack we changed Tales and Tailes to Tales & Mocktails - Adults

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Wild about Reading (Free Lib.) I created idea.

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a universe of stories

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Space themes

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Our state Bicentennial - Indiana Reads! We live in the first state capital of IN

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I'm old... Scholastic Reading book fairs were the closest we had to a program.

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I don't remember any specific theme, but my family participated every year in a small city in Ohio and I remember being so proud to participate :)

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Universe of Stories space theme. 2019. So many fun science programs.

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A Universe of Stories. The Holoholo Bookmobile partnered with the UH Institute for Astronomy and did a stargazing event. Gave away a telescope :)! Very successful!

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but I found a love for STEM w/Fizz Boom Read2014

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2020 - everything digital and video and lots of MA used the choose your own adventure/logic puzzle about myths and folklore

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Hello, new Beanstack user from Moreno Valley in SoCal -- actually a cloudy day. I loved the Reading is So Delicious! 7 or 8 years ago.

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Universe of Stories

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Medieval Theme

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Read Across Texas. It was in the early 2000s.

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Fizz Boom Read was my first as a public librarian, but 2015, Every Hero has a Story was our best registration numbers and a very fun in many aspects.

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we're long term Beanstack users

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Hello from Twiggs County in Jeffersonville, GA

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Library's Rock was our best

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Yeah, PGCMLS!

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Good Afternoon from Williamstown, NJ.

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Hi everyone...Carrie Sanders, Maryland State Library Agency. :)

01:00:16
Hi, Felix! We love Beanstack :)

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no rush to answer but does bean stack have a chat/email function where they can email us librarians directly from the app?

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Hi Breanna! We don't have a "live" chat in the app or on the website, but there is a "contact us" feature at the bottom of your landing page that folks can use to contact the librarians!

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wonderful, thank you!

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Let us know when to close out the poll as well! :)

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An increase of participation from our 2021 numbers. Less covid!

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We have never used this format. We are fully a paper and pencil program right now

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with us as a library switching the bean stack, this will be our first year offering a SRP App

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Our concern is outreach and getting patron's on Beanstack - we are a small and rural library

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I think the theme will draw kids in.

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We are expecting to be able to offer more programs this summer.

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We can do more outreach.

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Increase

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Increase because less Covid and we'll have a newly renovated children's room.

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Looking for more participation because we hope to have more direct contact with kids again to promote

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Our entire staff is new since Setpember 21

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More outreach and in-person programming.

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We are able to go back and talk up the program in the schools! We find great value in end of year school visits!

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Last year the Dunedin Public Library had the reverse happen, we had a drop in participation in the Adults department.

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we do not use this app, we use paper to track.

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We're thinking it'll increase due to finally having in-person programs (hopefully) and greater ability to engage with schools in May and June to promote.

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We've never used beanstack so not sure of expectations

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Increase, we will be opening up more of our branches

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We had decreased enrollment from 2020 to 2021 and we would like to reverse that trend.

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This years theme really appeals to kids and we seen an increase in visits to the library in general

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More outreach and programming bringing people into the branch.

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we're encouraging the use of beanstack even MORE SO this year. also, we're cranking up our social media so HOPEFULLY that means more participation but we don't know

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Hello from Florida. Q: I wish it is little easier for the patron to log minutes on the app. Now it only allow to find a title and then log the minutes. do you plan to update this?

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We can have in person programs this summer, so we're hopeful for increased enrollment.

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We actually had a decrease in 2021 from 2020, which was a surprise to us. Not sure what to expect this year.

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Still online, decreased EP TX

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We are going to have in-person programming this year so we are hoping to be able to personally invite kids to sign-up.

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My situation is a little different - I am a corrections librarian in a state prison for adult males. I run challenges usually September to January, following my fiscal year rather than the summer season.\

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Less restrictions.

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Now that we have had Beanstack for the past two years, our patrons are using it more.

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This will be Jersey City Free Public Library first time using the app. We love to promote and outreach so I feel we will do good using this app

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Last year we had a major growth in with our adults. I think it goes hand in hand with our prizes and programs that we offered adults. I also think it was great that we could have people log as a family.

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Howdy from Texas. Pardon my tardiness. Mary Beth

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Beyond the beaten path

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Ability of staff to interact with patrons in person is so important!

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Ocean of Possibilities!

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Also - iREAD - Read Beyond the Beaten Path!

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Theme does seem for IREAD, we're excited about the camp aspects.

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We plan on using Beanstack more throughout the year so participants are familiar with the format before the summer

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Sorry I am late.

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We’re doing iRead this summer!

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Right now schools near me are still asking for virtual outreach only.

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Oceans of Possibilities. I think going back to in-person programs is really going to be the game changer

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I had more completions in 2021 over 2020

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We just get pushback from parents who don't want to log. Anything that makes it easier is better.

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This will be our first summer using Beanstack.

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Our statewide library system and the Dept of Education have separate Beanstack programs. There are ways to link a student account to a public library account; however, it seems that isn't well known or practical for most people to do. If we had one statewide Beanstack challenge promoted in schools and public libraries, we would likely have more participation.

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This will be our third year using Beanstack

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Using TEAMS, college IT supports this

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Paramus Library had growth of adult users in 2021 by 172.12% from 2019

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Push the "why" of why it is worthwhile for parents to participate WITH their kids in Summer Readng.

01:09:31
is it possible to turn on closed captioning?

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That's amazing Becky!

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Dan and Colton- we've had a request to turn on closed captioning. Any chance you can help with that?

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yeah public librarians

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in person performers, using Beanstack for the first time, community more back to normal

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I expect a lot of stress and chaos! It's my first time being responsible for planning a whole SRP, and throwing the continuing Covid uncertainty in the mix...

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We believed that people were tired of "screen time" and looking forward to in-person events. Our in-person events are where we excel and we gave our Beanstack participants a chance to get credit for attending the events.

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Rebekah, I just enabled it for everyone so they can avoid menu-ing for it. Let me know if you don't see it!

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Hi Becca! Closed captioning has been enabled! Sorry about that and thank you for letting us know!

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SNAKES ON A LIBRARIAN!

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You're the best! Thanks!

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Bahahahaha

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the things we do for our programs

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I'm worried this is going to intimidate parents and kids and separate those who have computer access vs those who don't.

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🐍🐍🐍

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The photo is great! That's awesome!

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I had to hold a hissing cockroach once!

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Nooo 😰 I'd die

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This is our 3rd summer and we are definitely figuring out the log type.

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not for adults. got lots of complaints about this. are used to books.

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Yes I would like to see this info broken down by age: do teens and adults prefer minutes? My experience says no.

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I would agree with Laura.

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is there a limit how many minutes people can log a day?

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Having paper logs helps with reluctant computer users.

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A good note Laura! There is definitely a lot of be said about knowing your community and knowing what your audience are used to and motivated by!

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There could for sure be exceptions for your specific communities! But looking at data overall, adult readers engage way more in minutes challenges than books challenges.

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My adults prefer book option

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We use minutes because the adult reading War & Peace can log the same as a kindergartener reading stacks of picture books

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We had a lot of success letting adults log in their first language. I also allowed them to log the newspaper.

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due to our reports, we don't use minutes - we use items read.

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Parents and kids get nagged all year at school about logging books and minutes, though.

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We are trying out Days this year.

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We give them a badge to earn right away - then increase the time between badges

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In Paramus we were all about reading, we didnt care if they were reading news articles or in their first language they were working their brains and we wanted to reward that.

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Is there a "day" log?

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You can add titles and even a review when you log minutes if you want.

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There is Diana! It is something that you would have to enable in your site settings. But you can definitely log by "days"!

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thanks Pamela, that helps! We'll have ot look into trying minutes with teens and adults.

01:15:32
you just wanted to say the name of that library

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Ha! You know it Dawn!

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We didn’t see our patrons in Paramus using the activities Section. I spent so much time adding them to the site and people rarely used them .

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The interaction between different items offered does work!

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What is the average number of activites people put on a list in order to earn the badge? 1 per badge? Or two or more?

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We love adding,, digital activities, active/movement activities, and attending/watching library programs.

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I've done 1 or 2 per badge.

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Did the librarian log the activities for that patrons? Our patrons did not want to log them at all in Paramus.

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Can you talk about the tickets? I think if our patrons could see the tickets they're earning they might be more likely to engage.

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Love the family activity option!

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Activities are not engaging for adults here. Tips for making attractive?

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We incorporated PageTurner Videos in our program. It helps

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Thank you for making bilingual English-Spanish Badge books available - bilingual materials are crucial for engaging with our community.

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Can you talk about the tickets? I think if our patrons could see the tickets they're earning they might be more likely to engage.

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Yay I "second" that quote

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What do you mean by "all ages programming"?

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I wish I could "heart" react your message! Thanks for being here!

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yes, Kristine do you have 1 challenge, or 3 (1 for each age)

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WE are actually trying to go towards an all-age challenge - any one have success here?

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What are page turner videos? Like book trailers?

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last summer, admins were not able to edit completable activity counts, but the beanstack team were able to do so. We found customers using the app would push the button numerous times because they did not see an immediate change, which lead to them recording the activity 5 times instead of just one. Has this been fixed so as an admin I am able to edit and correct logs for activities now? Thanks

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its a program what has stories, authors, activities

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We did read and bead. They got beads and tags for reading all summer long.

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We offer a "reward" called: prize drawing entry!

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If I have four programs for the age group - do I add in a 5th for the family?

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Our 1 all-ages challenge was open to all to register for. We previously had four challenges broken down by ages but we simplified this past year and our parents LOVED the simplicity

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Our All Age challenges are: Rainbow Challenge (color in titles), Multi Genre Challenge, Alphabet Challenge (title for as many letters of the alphabet at the beginning of the titiel)

01:20:30
did you have different prizes for different ages? my biggest fear is insulting teens by offering only "kiddie" prizes.

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we gave a reward for two weeks of meeting challenge

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we're doing rewards for every 10 days

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Facebook: Page Turner Adventure's Virtual Summer Library Program

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We gave every adult that logged one book a $5 Starbucks card

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And we did $20 gift card raffles every week for two patrons

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Rewards are a problem for me - I am in a culture that does not believe that reading is “competitive” and think any challenge does this

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What promotional material beanstack offers

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creating a video for the schools where the librarians were involved was huge last year - so many kids came in and would get excited and say "I saw you on TV at school!"

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We have weekly prizes and a grand prize.

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We're doing a community challenge -let's build the Hat for the Cat in theHat

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We do a monthly reading challenge for all ages. Each month is a theme, people just have to read one book that month that matches the theme. At the end of the month a child, teen, and adult get drawn for a small prize

01:22:23
Promotional materials? I'm intrigued.

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Outreach

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Outreach for sure!

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We give away books as prizes

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outreach to schools

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Outreach/book-talks/funny skits visit to every individual grade in as many schools as possible.

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hand-selling

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having an block party at the end of Summer Reading

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Advertisement.

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talking to students in schools

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Outreach

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School Visits

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Book prizes

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outreach to school

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School visits (which has hurt our numbers the last couple of yers)

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Promoting the SRP at schools in May

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School and social media outreach

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Giving patrons to ability to register and log reading online - especially an app (thanks Beanstack!)

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bigger prizes and more outreach! also, programs were engaging

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using the tool regularly and building a habit with the community

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Classroom visits for sure.

01:22:53
Outdoor events and programs as weather permits!

01:22:53
@BarbaraReid

01:22:53
We had a sponsor provide bicycles to give away at the end of the program

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Kick-Off Carnival and bringing in outside presenters/performers

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Prizes/incentives with a short challenge timeline

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We logged time and activities for our all-ages program and offered tickets for all hours and activities completed. Each patron could submit tickets in for the prizes they wanted to try to win.

01:22:58
Gave $5 Starbucks cards to each Adult who logged one book and had an ice cream truck at registration day-Paramus Public Library

01:22:58
Books/activity bags for signing up.

01:22:58
Having teen volunteers help by signing kids up when they entered the library.

01:22:58
Outreach and promo videos on our social media

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Outreach and then doing a SLP Kickoff party

01:22:59
Joined a faculty meeting to coordinate with educators

01:23:00
The local children's librarian from public branch visited our school and spoke with every class about participating. :)

01:23:04
Offering the opportunity for kids to put their name on our summer reading statue (paper mache) when they've finished the challenge

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Activities

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Registration prize

01:23:04
Outreach to schools, community, and offering prizes throughout the program

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Library Champion signs when they finish the program!

01:23:04
staff training to promote and get excited about SRP

01:23:05
school virtual outreach with video they can share and special goodie bag when you sign up

01:23:06
variety of promotional materials in a number of places

01:23:08
Kick offs every year always help out!

01:23:08
Work with community partners like our Rec and Parks Dept to sign kids up in daycamp

01:23:08
Ice cream coupons to a local ice cream chain

01:23:09
School visits

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publicize the summer reading program.

01:23:10
Classroom visits is an excellent idea!!

01:23:13
prizes to schools who advertised to students

01:23:17
2 prizes for adults along with registration gift

01:23:18
Animal visits at the library tied to badges

01:23:19
good prizes

01:23:21
Promoting through schools

01:23:22
Outreach! Signing up school groups improves participation numbers.

01:23:22
School visits and drop off registrations for each class and school emails

01:23:26
Visiting schools to promote the program, even if it's only a video is great promotion. Parents have told me they came to the library because I had visited the school.

01:23:26
prizes/ incentives

01:23:37
partnerships with schools/tandem accounts

01:23:38
Kids got a paper shark to put on the wall each week they reached their reading goal. everyone loved the sharks on the wall huge success

01:23:41
Offering prizes and outreach as well as advertising works for us.

01:23:42
Prize books are given at registration.

01:23:54
Increasing the number of milestones people could achieve

01:24:06
Back in the olden days, they got a free virtual chat with the authors (middle school kids)

01:24:20
partner with local sports teams for summer and other year round challenges

01:24:26
Taking the program out to young people, meeting them wherever they're at, multilingual outreach.

01:24:31
We do Goals so it's not about competition but about reaching a individuals goal. We also do one big Community Goal that people can Read it forward and we pick a community org to receive book donations.

01:24:33
Hi Alprescia Rivers: Enoch Prattt Fre LibraryBaltimore, Maryland. Our outreach through our Communities through our Branch libraries.

01:24:36
We also do cutout pictures (Heroes in 2015, NASA ID cards in 2019) when kids reach their first 10 hours and have them posted that they get to keep at the end of the summer.

01:24:39
take home kits in a drive through during pandemic and great performers when we are in person

01:25:06
Building relationships. I believe that we just talk to our patrons in house and out in the community.

01:25:08
Community Goal is a great concept! I like "Read it Forward"

01:25:19
Paramus!!!

01:25:23
Similar to Wheel of Fortune, we have a wheel that the children spin for prizes once a week and this gets them in the library where we promote Beanstack by helping them enroll and learn about all the events we have planned and how to earn badges and receive entries for the grand prize drawings at the end of the Summer Reading Program.

01:25:23
I also do weekly puzzles that people can do and turn in for a prize which is a favorite of the patrons.

01:25:36
Suggestions for prizes or incentives for Libraries with limited budgets?

01:25:36
YAYYY! Thanks, Becky!

01:25:41
Registering is different that participating.

01:25:47
We hand out ice cream from a local creamery for every one who participates at all

01:25:53
End of the Summer Raffle. Kids get to put a ticket in a bucket of their choosing with every program attended and every 10 hours read

01:26:00
excellent point Ann E

01:26:07
Raffle tickets have been very effective with larger prizes in the raffle!

01:26:16
Ticket drawings. Extra rewards after completion.

01:26:17
increased participation was by families feeling comfortable being able to give me as the admin a list to enter their minutes and activities for them. Via the personalization the emails I would be send reminding them. We have people in the community that do not have access to the internet.

01:26:17
Visited Summer Camps … an audience that is captive but also perfect!

01:26:20
Will we get a log of this chat after the presentation? So many great, unique ideas here!

01:26:52
The Zoom recording will include a playback of the chat, yes!

01:27:00
Thank you!

01:27:05
Wow, look at those stats!

01:27:05
great!

01:27:17
Yes, I hope you have made it more obvious about which app is the library app? We had someone sign up for the paid app by mistake.

01:27:42
does their login carry over year to year?

01:27:43
Are we able to pull a report on the number of participants who are using the app to log?

01:27:48
Hey Lisa! Yes! That is something that we're working on, and we've made some visual changes going into this summer to make that easier!

01:27:48
For Children's I give out coins for the kids to turn in at the end of summer. The last week of August is "Shop" Week. The kids earn coins for reading, attending programs, etc. and then turn the coins in and shop for the prizes. We purchase toys and also school supplies from Oriental Trading. It is a huge hit at my library.

01:27:51
Curious if there's any data about this in rural vs. urban communities where there isn't cell service?

01:28:22
Is there a way for libraries to reward reading streaks?

01:28:43
Asha M. the dolor stores offers great misc. items that you can make wonderful baskets for the end of the year. you can have a end of year party with cookies, icecream, popcorn, etc. take photos.

01:29:28
Breanna yes, once you have a Beanstack login you use the same one every year

01:29:37
It’s hard getting incentives for teens with a limited budgets. The cheap toys and Knick knacks don’t attract them

01:29:41
you just have to remind them to update their age and personal info, Breanna

01:29:42
Do we have to do anything to turn on reading streaks, or does this just happen automatically for our readers?

01:29:48
What are "reading streaks"? Is this a particular feature on the Beanstack app?

01:29:57
Do you have to log by days to achieve streaks? Or just log any measure (books, time, days) for multiple days in a row?

01:29:57
Five Below is a great store to get prize basket supplies from

01:30:12
that is something I would like: asking for birth year instead of age, so that the app would automatically update their age. My teens never rememver to update their age.

01:30:24
Dollar tree (well 1.25 tree) is also a GREAT place to get sign up prizes

01:30:24
@Asha, I used scratch off tickets last year for teens, so I was able to offer fewer more pricey prizes and remain in budget.

01:30:28
Cindy- Reading Streaks should be automatically enabled on your site. If it does not see to be turned on, pop a message over to your client success manager and they can take a look!

01:30:31
We did a Harry Potter House challenge where each house competed against each other

01:30:31
Asha, we offer tickets for a raffle at the end for BIG Tickets items like a Switch and a family 4 pack to aquarium

01:30:38
I wish some of the designs were a little more adult

01:30:39
for teens

01:30:43
I love 1,000 books before Kindergarten but I wish it was easier to log books multiple times :) It’s a bit clunky for me!

01:30:48
Can also do staff challenges to help staff become comfortable with Beanstack.

01:31:12
I feel like they are really lovely for young readers, but we are looking to address readers who might not have children, we need a way to draw them in.

01:31:20
Carrie Sanders! I love that!

01:31:27
P.S. The Badge Books are super cute.

01:31:53
What do badge books cost?

01:31:57
Is there a little to the amount of challenges can have running?

01:32:06
I would love would love to get the color codes to plug into Canva that way the graphics I make can match the Badge Books!

01:32:07
@Breanna, what about for incentives for registering and throughout the challenge. They said having more prizes throughout helps engagement.

01:32:16
If you are interested in more information about Badge Books you can email me here: Rebekah@zoobean.com

01:32:30
No limit Cynthia!

01:32:35
Sorry is there a limit to the amount of callenges can have running.

01:32:58
Hey Sammy! Reach out to your client success manager! They would be able to reach out to our designers and get that for you!

01:33:10
Awesome! Thank you!

01:33:20
@Asha, they get a book mark and book for registering and they get a ticket to enter the drawing for every program and badge they earn with a coupon prize for half way through the program

01:33:20
Is the friends option available at the school/district level?

01:33:21
Did any one has missing data from the winter reading challenge this year? I was a way in January it was was just brought to my attention

01:33:26
@Cynthia, you can have as many concurrent challenges in Beanstack as you’d like

01:33:32
We are going to try to promote Streaks during next month's IditaRead challenge!

01:33:42
IditaRead! Adorable!

01:33:50
Are the friends and leaderboards just on the mobile app?

01:33:55
@SAmmy Nieman - there are chrome extentions you can add and they can color pick from anything on your screen

01:33:56
@Andrea, yes absolutely you can use friends in schools!

01:34:12
Is there a way to have questions unique to a particular challenge? I know you can have custom questions when folks sign up. But if we - for example - wanted to collect t-shirt sizes for Summer Reading - could we do that?

01:34:15
Can you set the chat so we can download it? Thanks

01:34:34
Easy app is key.

01:34:36
Our patrons haven't yet caught on to using the friends and leaderboard feature. I'm hoping to promote it more this year.

01:34:40
I would LOVE an easier way to explain Friends and Leaderboards to our community from Beanstack itself - promotional wise

01:34:40
Thank you, Don will need toxheck into that.

01:34:41
Year Round Reading Challenges are great for us

01:34:43
I still would like to see a survey option for our users. It's how we improve our programs

01:35:11
And also, marketing, marketing, marketing.

01:35:15
A webinar on successful Activity Badge ideas would be really helpful

01:35:24
agreed lisa

01:35:38
For the Friends and Leaderboard: Can a user (librarian) be an automatic friend for users so that they can compete with a librarian?

01:35:48
Does Beanstack sell marketing materials for outreach?

01:36:27
Yes, we're here. Thank you. Pratt library.

01:36:30
@Tyara, many of our template challenges have marketing materials you can customize and use and there’s no extra cost for that.

01:37:11
Also, we use Mobile Hotspots now hav UNLIITED Data.

01:37:36
That's SO cute!

01:37:55
We were thinking about using experiences for prizes for teens

01:38:06
Did she have to pay to dye her hair herself? :-D

01:38:08
can you explain how to set up that feature? What tickets?

01:38:13
I do apologize for the misspelling. Pratt uses also, UNLIMITED Data Mobile Hotspots

01:38:27
Our state requires that we report summer reading stats by age group. Was Pratt able to pull those stats from an all-ages program?

01:39:56
Hey @Maria, as long as you’re asking for ages in registration fields, you can filter reports to run data on a single age range even within a single program

01:40:57
E mily years ago I used experiences: be a DJ at local small indie radio station, free limo ride, spend a day with local golf pro.

01:41:07
@Alicia, tough to explain the raffle system in chat, but basically you can have participants earn tickets when they earn specific badges and then they can digitally drop them in whichever prize buckets you set up for them. Happy to help out with this if you’d like: don@zoobean.com

01:41:34
@Rosie - thank you!!

01:42:58
Thanks, Don.

01:43:19
Im sorry, I have to leave. I look forward to listening to this later.

01:43:30
No problem if we run a few minutes over on our end!

01:44:10
I have to go. See you next time. Thank you!

01:44:20
We had a YA book author/publisher reach out to us asking to collaborate with the summer reading program. We shout out their books and they promote our program. They also offered to provide some of the incentives or prizes. Has anyone done something similar? Wondering if this sounds like a good idea!

01:44:42
Is there a way for libraries to hold state award winners as a Reading list challenge? (e.g MD - Black-eyed Susan award lists.)

01:45:05
Is it possible to create a reading challenge using our own curated lists of books?

01:45:13
Definitely Carrie! I've been wanting to make one for the Buckeye Children's and Teen Book Awards here in Ohio.

01:45:21
Absolutely Carrie! That is one of the primary use cases of the reading list challenges!

01:45:29
@Carrie, absolutely! These can be made as Reading List Challenges and is actually something commonly done already among our school partners

01:45:36
Lol, Rebekah beat me

01:45:43
Awesome -- thank you! :)

01:46:00
Suzanne- also yes! You have the freedom to great a reading list challenge based on just about any book list you would want!

01:46:14
Thank you so much for this everyone! :)

01:46:17
When do we get info about the Original content program?

01:46:18
@Rebekah, thank you.

01:46:26
We like that we can use Page Turner Adventures on Beanstack.

01:46:29
I would love to start a Reading Fundraiser RIGHT NOW!

01:46:40
is there an end of summer survey option for patrons?

01:46:40
I have to run , thanks so much for this! Have a great day everyone

01:46:44
This is SO intimidating!!! How do I make all these challenges/ How do I create programs?!!

01:46:44
This was super helpful! Data is enlightening :)

01:46:49
Thank you!

01:46:49
Your team is awesome. Thank you!

01:46:54
Survey option would be great for end of program

01:46:58
We've spent a lot of years encouraging people to read whatever they want, because they think summer reading equals only certain titles. I'm a little concerned that the reading list is counter-messaging?

01:47:02
I am excited! Themed Reading list challenges are amazing.

01:47:04
thanks for the info!

01:47:08
Can you tailor reading list challenges for local context ie our own local book award

01:47:10
I'm feeling like this is not goingto be easy enough

01:47:14
thanks! great content!

01:47:15
Can you talk about report running? Can you run reports listing kids names and what they have won?

01:47:20
Absolutely Barbara!

01:47:23
Although I see the benefits of a state based challenge for schools

01:47:27
Where can we access this and other Beanstack webinars. I was looking for one the other day and couldn't fine out where to view it.

01:47:27
Beanstack is so easy - you can do it!

01:47:28
I feel same way Shannon

01:47:35
The templets are FANTASTIC!

01:47:37
Amy- We won't have time to go too deep into reports today, but yes- you can do that!

01:47:38
Keep it simple Shannon!

01:47:56
Beanstack is so easy. Our staff and patrons love it!

01:47:57
do you have a page that helps us with HTML coding?

01:47:58
When can we expect the report for 2022 summer Reading results? Also is there a better way to adjust the reports

01:48:02
The Beanstack admin trainings they offer make this easy for us!

01:48:10
I think this got lost - is there a way to create questions for a particular challenge? We want to collect t-shirt sizes for just summer reading. I think the only custom questions now are when you initially sign up.

01:48:10
After setting up the first challenge it gets so much easier. You can do it! Its so worth it!

01:48:13
Thank you so much for the great info and conversation! This has been wonderful :)

01:48:15
Deborah--this recording will be posted to the American Libraries website, but we'll also email it to everyone who registered by the end of tomorrow!

01:48:18
What is the cost of Beanstack?

01:48:19
If I make a ReAding list based on my state list, how do I make it available for other libraries in my state to use?

01:48:22
The support staff are awesome!!!! They can walk you through everything

01:48:28
Thank you, Felix, and team for loving summer reading as much as we do! :)

01:48:28
The team that helps you set up and get out of sandbox is fantastic and will walk you through absolutely everything! The internal training will build your confidence.

01:48:32
Would love to learn more about simplifying my four challenges into one generic one! Help Rebekah!

01:48:36
I think the Reading List Challenge would work nicely for book clubs. I agree Summer Reading for kiddos needs to be free choice!

01:48:38
How do I get these trainings? Will they be available soon?

01:48:40
Beanstack has excellent customer service too so lots of help :)

01:48:47
Hello!

01:48:48
The folks at Beanstack are so helpful and engaging with whatever questions that you have.

01:48:51
I like the idea of a challenge where its kids against their parents/grownups..

01:48:52
Pop me an email Ann!!!

01:48:56
I just wish I could get into our account! Former director left without giving any of the login info or admin access to anyone else.

01:49:01
@Cynthia -- I don't know html, and this link has been very helpful: https://html-online.com/editor/

01:49:09
Are y'all going to be at PLA?

01:49:11
Thank you! Lots of great ideas.

01:49:12
Is there a sample/details for switching from multiple challenges to one?

01:49:14
This company is so remarkable. The entire staff loves to work with librarians.

01:49:14
Jennnifer!! Email me! I'll get you back in!

01:49:25
Is there an easy way to email the participants in the challenge? It would be nice to email the people that have achieved certain milestones that awarded them a prize. Like a bulk email.

01:49:30
The best HTML resource was the Facebook User Group

01:49:31
Read and Ride - when does it start?

01:49:33
Are there tutorials on the App that can be shared with patrons?

01:49:37
I'm looking forward to learning how to get the community involved in a fundraiser with Beanstack.

01:49:44
Just want to say that LAPL had the opposite experience than Platt - better participation having the four age leveled challenges so we could customize the activities

01:49:58
sorry, Pratt

01:50:05
is there a way to collect surveys at the end of summer from patrons on the app?

01:50:11
Hey Alison! Please shoot me an email don@zoobean.com and I’d be happy to talk cost. It’s largely broken down by service population in libraries and student population in schools.

01:50:19
Appreciate everyone at Beanstack. Thank you!!!

01:50:20
Thank you so much the information was awesome!

01:50:32
Thank you! This was great!

01:50:35
Thank you to everyone at Beanstack

01:50:41
Thank you!

01:50:41
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01:50:43
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01:50:45
thanks so much!

01:50:46
Thank you

01:50:46
thanks!

01:50:48
So glad you could be here T!!

01:50:49
Thank you!

01:50:51
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01:50:53
thank you

01:50:53
Thank you for your time!

01:50:55
thanks!

01:50:57
Thanks!

01:50:57
Thank you for this informative session!

01:51:01
Great ideas, thank you!

01:51:01
Thank you!!

01:51:05
Good session!

01:51:06
Thank you!

01:51:11
Alprescia Rivers, Thank you.

01:51:12
Thanks so much!

01:51:16
Thank you! Appreciate you all!

01:51:18
Did you all share your contact information on one of the slides?

01:51:21
Thank you!

01:51:23
Thank you!

01:51:25
is there a way to collect surveys at the end of summer from patrons on the app?

01:51:25
Thank you! Great presentation!

01:51:26
Thank You

01:51:28
thank you.

01:51:28
Thank you all from PGCMLS!

01:51:28
Thank you for a dynamic presentation.

01:51:32
Good team!

01:51:33
I wish I knew who else locally is using so I could reach out for help

01:51:34
Thanks

01:51:34
Love this! Thank you for all the great information. I am hoping for a great year in NeCa!

01:51:34
Thank you!

01:51:36
Thank you!!

01:51:37
Thank you.

01:51:38
Thank you.

01:51:40
Thank you!

01:51:41
Thanks Beanstack folks!

01:51:44
Thank you for Beanstack!

01:51:47
Thank you

01:51:49
thank you! Will we get the report?

01:51:50
Thank you. I look forward to sharing what I have learned with those planning the 2022 Summer Reading Program at my library.

01:51:50
Thank you!

01:51:51
Shannon, post in the User Group to find locals

01:51:51
Thank you so much. Amazing presentation

01:51:52
Thank you!

01:51:54
Thank you, AMLIB and Beanstack!

01:51:57
thanks Beanstack !

01:51:57
Wonderful to you as well!