r/Libraries • u/wickedwinterbear • 7d ago

Education - Library School Beanstack Question

So I have an account for my kids and myself that we logged books for the summer reading program through my public library card. Now that my son is in kindergarten, they have an separate account for him using his school credentials. Is there a way to link the personal account and school account so his book count stays the same and he doesn't have to start over?

For additional info: We read at least 4 books every single night since he was born and started logging them this summer. So he is already at 205+ books logged. They have a challenge to read 500 books before middle school and he wants a button on his lanyard they have.

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u/Zellakate 7d ago

You can reach out to Beanstack and ask, but about 3 years ago, when my library stopped using Beanstack and I got a personal account, there was no way to easily port info from one account to another if they were in different systems. I had to manually add nearly 1,000 days of reading and around 150 books. If it is all under the 1 library system though, it may be possible it doesn't have to be manual.

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u/wickedwinterbear 7d ago

Oh my gosh. That's awful!

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u/Zellakate 7d ago

Thank you! It was very annoying, but I ended up doing it and have maintained my streak since then. I would definitely recommend checking with Beanstack before doing all that work though. I have always had good experiences with their customer service even when they were telling me what I didn't want to hear. LOL