Involving students in reading different sorts of books is very
essential for their knowledge growth. To encourage this, most of the schools
have separate libraries and some schools also have in-class libraries.
The Bay International School, the prominent IGCSE School in Chennai offers the best library setup that contains huge collection of
books.
To make students get into reading, the first thing the school
has to do is to set up the library that easily grabs attention from the
students.
Identify the perfect flow - Imagine yourself how the students will move through to
search the book. Arrange books that could be accessible on both sides of the
shelves.
Display featured titles clearly - Always keep the books that catch the eyes of the
student. Seasonal and popular books gain the attention of the students and also
keep the walls decorated with book names and important quotes.
Arrange fiction and non-fiction books separately - You have to differentiate the arrangement of books by
providing labels or different colours given to shelves which makes easier to
identify books.
Get wish list from students - Ask the students about their books of the wish list and
if the wish list suits the school criteria then the librarian can update with
the new collection of books.
Categorize books to assist student’s choice - Divide the books and arrange them in different genre based on
series, topic, edition, author etc. Also, use the bin labels to find out the
right books in a short time.
Book collections with best titles - Ensure that the books available in the library is
relevant to the topics with the latest editions and right titles.
Update collections of books - Have a time gap to fill the school library with new books on a regular basis, so that students could get
to read the collection of new books.
Include audiobooks - Audiobooks is one of the great idea that makes the kids
excited to listen to the various topic because most of the smaller kids
hesitate to read books.
Ensure internet connection - Schools must provide internet facilities in the library
so that the topics related to journals and articles, students could able to utilize
the internet to gain knowledge by getting the required collections.
Create a separate place for damaged books - Usually, students will return the book in good
conditions, but in case any damage happen to book and make the student submit
that damaged books on another self-allocated to repair the books, so that once
the book is packed perfectly, it will be placed in the original place.
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