In the high school library, students have the chance to request any book they want to read, where later the head of the library decides which books to order.

As books grow old and are read by many students in the school, it becomes necessary to replace them by ordering new ones, complying to what students want. Connie Gonzalez, the head of the High School library, is in charge of analyzing students’ requests for new books to be brought in to the library.

“The school gives us around 25,000 dollars to buy all the books and electronic databases,” Gonzalez said.

If a student wants a book that is not available in the HS Library, he or she can approach to the library and fill in a simple sign up sheet with the book name and author. The head of the library and teachers will then decide which books to order based on this sheet.

“We have a notebook that students can come and write to recommend all the books to the library, we then pass the information to the English coordinator,” Gonzalez said.

After this process, the books are ordered, and students can enjoy their new desired books. But before students get a chance to read the new books, Connie has to check for the book quality and then the books are sent to the classes that need them.

“We have a process to do and ask the providers to show us samples and then show it to the teachers, this depends on the needs for the teachers and students,” Gonzalez said.

Recommending books to order is an easy and quick task. It benefits not only the student who requests them but the rest of the student’s body. The head librarian also has a word on deciding which books should be ordered, due to her deep knowledge of student interests.

“My favorite book wasn’t in the library, so I talked to Connie and it arrived at the HS Library,” Federico Jaramillo, 11th-grade student, said.

Each time, students become longer aware of the HS book orders, making them reach out to Connie much more often to submit requests for new books. Making the library’s content full of student interest.

“The library promotes students to come to us and learn more about how they could help the library and the school,” Gonzalez said.