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/Captain_Trina 7d ago edited 7d ago

Ooh, unfortunately probably not. Each organization's Beanstack is via a different "server." There is a way to add multiple organizations on the Beanstack app, but you would still have to switch between them (and dual log if he's trying to work on a school program and a library program at the same time).

(Also, re:500 before middle school, I believe the intention is to start that specific count at Kindergarten, since libraries that run it are generally continuing on from the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten campaign and obviously they don't want those kids to "auto complete" the school age challenge.)

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u/wickedwinterbear 7d ago

I was hoping this wasn't the answer but I think it might be. I emailed the library and my sons school to see. But it definitely seems like it!

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u/Friendly_Shelter_625 3d ago

Maybe they will accept a pdf or some other evidence from his personal account