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Adults can sign up now to participate in the Syracuse Public Library’s adult winter reading challenge, which runs from Sunday, Jan. 4, to Saturday, Feb. 24. Unlike other reading challenges, this one simply encourages daily reading habits rather than the number of pages read.

For every seven days read, participants receive a ticket that they can add to win one of three prize baskets: the reading basket; the family game night basket; or the technology basket. During the reading challenge, readers can earn extra tickets by completing weekly activity packets, which are available at the upstairs desk, or by attending adult programming at the Syracuse Public Library.

Interested participants can sign up for the challenge through the Beanstack app or by visiting https://syracuselib.beanstack.com. Readers can sign up at the library’s upstairs desk and receive a paper log if they don’t want to use Beanstack.

Once registered, participants can start logging reading on Sunday, Jan. 4. Just log that you read; it doesn’t matter if it was only a sentence or a paragraph. All logs and tickets must be submitted by Saturday, Feb. 28.
For information, contact adult services librarian Hanna Kunkel at [email protected].

Firstly, staff at Syracuse Public Library will still be able to check materials out to you during our Saturday hours of 10-2 p.m.; however, you will need your library card handy since we'll be unable to look anyone up with a photo ID while Evergreen is down. If you use digital library card in the Evergreen app, you may want to screenshot it if you plan to visit the library on Saturday.

Additionally, we will not be able to open new library accounts until Evergreen Indiana's upgrades are completed.

During the Evergreen's downtime, you will also not be able to place holds on materials.