New techniques are being implemented at The Columbus School to help encourage reading and student academic interaction in which they can share books.

By using the High School Library page, students will be able to share reading experiences by using much more crowded social platforms such as Facebook and Twitter to increase other students’ interest about reading.

“You can recommend some books to other students using facebook and/or Twitter,” Connie Gonzalez, The head librarian, said.

According to Connie, using these is very simple , you just follow some quick steps and you will be able to do as many reviews as you want.  

“You use your ID and your two last names, after you sign in at The Columbus School page, you will be able to search any book that The Upper Library has in-stock, after this you will link your Facebook or Twitter account to make any comment on that book on your social wall,” Gonzalez said.

The school has been implementing different techniques to improve in academics as much as creating a Columbus Way or even a custom culture where students help each other develop.

“This technique has been on session for more than two years, we have been given the correct tools to help improve reading skills amongst students,” Gonzalez said.  

Class development, better inductions, and much more advertizing is what these techniques need, Connie says that they need our support to help the school, because these databases are not cheap.

“It’s hard for people to know about us, we never have a library class were we can help students to discover and use every single tool we are provided with,” Gonzalez said.

The only information this student had about the library was very basic, he had no idea of how to make proper use of the library resources, this is why no one is using them, students are ignorant of the amount of opportunities these offer us.

“I remember having an introduction when I entered middle school, which talked briefly about how to use Ebscohost and other search databases, but the time was limited and we weren’t provided with all the information to make good use of the library,” Manuel Santiago Villegas, 11th grade student, said.

So according to the staff members of the library, the plan is to create more laborate ways to engage students on academically or even intellectual entertainment at school.

“What better way than to link Columbus School students to a virtual site which most of them are now comfortable using to reinforce their reading and critical skills,” Gonzalez said.