Book League Is Back!

LOYOLA SUMMER BOOK LEAGUE FOR FACULTY & STAFF
READ TO PLAY, PLAY TO WIN!
JUNE 1 – AUGUST 1, 2015
Brought to you by the Loyola Libraries

The Loyola Summer Book League is back! Step up to the plate and get ready to read! The Summer Book League is a reading contest for Loyola faculty and staff, which starts on June 1st and ends August 1st. We have a few new features this year, so please review the rules below!

BOOK LEAGUE RULES:

THE HIGHLIGHTS…

• Reading will be scored based on number of pages read
  
• Starting June 1st, submit your pages read at libraries.LUC.edu/summerreading
  
• Earn bonus pages:
  • Check out and read an item from Loyola Libraries (+25 pages)
    
  • Attend Book League Brown Bag lunches (+25 pages)
    
  • Complete a Bingo (+100 pages) and/or blackout Bingo (+500 pages)
  
  
• Three ways to win:
  1. BE A TOP READER: Three individual winners will be chosen randomly from the top 20 readers at the conclusion of the summer (August 1)
     
  2. ENCOURAGE YOUR DEPARTMENT TO JOIN: The department with the highest average (pages divided by participants) will be named the winning department.
     
  3. SIMPLY PARTICIPATE! Not a top reader? Don’t give up! All participants who read over 250 pages will be entered into a raffle for other prizes.

THE DETAILS…

PARTICIPANTS:

• The Summer Book League is only open to Loyola staff and faculty. Student workers are not eligible to participate.
  
• Submissions are based on the honor system. Remember, this is a free summer activity to engage faculty and staff in the Loyola community, so let’s have FUN!

PAGE COUNTS:

• Only include pages read between June 1st and August 1st
  
• Every time you submit your pages, ONLY include pages read since your last update. We’ll keep track of your totals!
  
• Submit your pages and bonuses online at libraries.LUC.edu/summerreading. Individual scores are not displayed publicly, so you can use the Book League Scorecard to keep track of your pages submitted. The scorecard is for your personal use and will not be turned in.
  
• Audiobooks and eBooks count! For most titles you can find page counts on Amazon.com.

BONUS PAGES:

• Earn 25 bonus pages for every item you checkout and read from Loyola Libraries. (WTC: Lewis Library and LSC: Cudahy Library/Klarchek Information Commons). This applies only to paper books, eBooks, and audiobooks.
• Earn 25 bonus pages for every Brown Bag lunch event you attend (up to 4). Specific locations TBD.
  • Thursday, June 11 @ LSC / IC 317 Quiet Reading Room / 12-1 PM
    
  • Thursday, June 25 @ WTC / Corboy Law Center Rm 727 / 12-1 PM
    
  • Thursday, July 9 @ LSC / IC 317 Quiet Reading Room / 12-1 PM
    
  • Thursday, July 23 @ WTC / Corboy Law Center Rm 727 / 12-1 PM
• Earn 100 bonus pages if you complete a BINGO (5 squares in a row) on the Book League Bingo Card.
  
• Earn 500 bonus pages if you blackout the Bingo Card (complete all the squares).

WAYS TO WIN:

1. Top Individual Readers (3 people): At the end of the season (August 1) three individual winners will be chosen at random from the top 20 readers.

2. Top Department (1 department): Department scores will be based on number of pages divided by the number of participants from that department. (For example, if the University Libraries has read 2,500 pages and has 20 participants, the University Libraries’ department score is 125 pages per participant)

3. Raffle Winners: All participants who read over 250 pages by the end of the season will be entered into a raffle for other prizes.

STILL HAVE QUESTIONS? Please contact Sarah Meisch-Lacombe at smeisch1@LUC.edu.

Thanks for playing!

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