Reading challenges and Summer Reading Program

Run a Summer Reading Program or any other multi-week reading challenge.

Setting up

• Settings → Programs → New Reading Challenge
• Pick start and end dates
• Set goals (books read, pages read, minutes read, or a combination)
• Pick the reward tiers (e.g., 5 books = Bronze, 15 books = Silver, 30 books = Gold)
• Optional: add a custom name and theme

Tiers

Each tier has:

• A name (Bronze, Silver, Gold; or Reader, Bookworm, Champion)
• A goal (e.g., 5 books)
• An optional reward (badge, certificate, library swag)

Custom bonuses

Bonuses are extra points patrons earn for specific activities:

• Reading a book from a specific genre
• Reading multiple books in a series
• Attending a library event
• Recommending a book to a friend

How patrons participate

• Patrons opt in from their portal: My account → Reading Challenges → Join
• Logging a book: open the book → "I read this" → confirm
• Logging pages or minutes: from the loan detail
• Earning bonuses: automatically when the rule triggers

Progress tracking

• Patrons see their progress in the portal (X of Y books, % to next tier)
• Librarians see a leaderboard in Settings → Programs → Reading Challenge

End-of-season recap

After the challenge ends, every participant gets an automated recap email summarizing their reading. Customize in Settings → Email Templates → Reading Recap.

Printing certificates

Settings → Programs → Reading Challenge → Print Certificates → pick participants and tier.