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La Casa de la Lectura
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La Casa de la
Lectura
La Casa de La Lectura is a virtual space on the library’s website that encompasses four digital platforms: Multiskills, Odilo University, The Shelf, and Léctimus. Its primary objective is to offer university students at any level access to a variety of critical reading activities.
This initiative has been developed in response to the imperative to enhance students’ performance in the generic critical reading module and recognize the significance of this competency in both academic and professional domains. Furthermore, it acknowledges the importance of identifying and leveraging new forms of learning in our society to attain a higher quality of education for students. As Wasserman (2023) emphasizes, “there are new challenges. I will only mention a few (perhaps I can expand later). The dominant factor today in information and knowledge is obsolescence. Careers must change. The way programs are constructed must also change.” Therefore, these platforms aim to tackle emerging challenges, such as generic critical reading competency and knowledge of evolving learning technologies.
Schedule of activities at
La Casa de la Lectura (UIS Library 2024-1)
Schedule of activities – February
| Date | Activity |
| February Week 4: February 21 – March 3 | Start of registration in the Multiskills form |
Schedule of activities – March
| Date | Activity |
| First Week of March: March 3 – March 9 | Application of the Multiskills diagnostic test and feedback |
| Second Week of March: March 10 – March 16 | First philosophical lesson at Odilo University |
| Third Week of March: March 17 – March 23 | Reading of the book Pedro Páramo up to 50% |
| Fourth Week of March: March 24 – March 30 | Lectimus Module 1 and 2 (individual work) |
Schedule of activities – April
| Date | Activity |
| First week of April: March 31-April 6 | Second philosophical lesson at Odilo University |
| Second week of April: April 7 – April 13 | Reading the book Pedro Páramo up to 100%. |
| Third week of April: April 14 – April 20 | Lectimus Module 3 and 4 (individual work) |
| Fourth week of April: April 21 – April 27 | Fifth philosophical lesson at Odilo University |
Schedule of activities – May
| Date | Activity |
First week of May: April 28-May 4 | Start of registration in the Multiskills form |
Second week of May: May 5 – May 11 | Application of the Multiskills diagnostic test and feedback |
Third week of May: May 12-May 18 | Screening of Juan Rulfo’s Pedro Páramo at The Shelf |
Fourth week of May: May 19-May 25 | Delivery of certificates to the professors in charge |
MULTISKILLS
Platform
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Platform responsible for conducting diagnostic tests of critical reading, which take approximately one hour and 30 minutes, and are adjusted according to the guidelines established by ICFES. Consequently, it consists of 35 questions, of which 9 are about local reading, 14 about global reading, and 12 about critical reading.
ODILO UNIVERSITY
Platform
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Platform that allows the University Community to find a wide variety of books, podcasts, audiobooks, or learning experiences. These learning experiences are an added value where teachers can create different activities, such as the “learning path” or the “book club”.
Access Odilo University through this link, by entering the credentials of the Virtual Library UIS, which allows you to enjoy any of its contents (books, podcasts, audiobooks, and public learning experiences). However, critical reading lessons designed from the Library will be in a private “learning path”, with the aim that students who want to access them make the respective registration that allows better control of activity compliance and adjust the lesson to the needs of that group.
LÉCTIMUS
Platform
.
A socio-interactive reading platform focused on improving students’ performance in critical reading, through a methodology based on the standards set by PISA, the Programme for International Student Assessment, which is part of the OECD. The main objective is to provide strategies and tools that enhance the capacity for analysis, reflection, critique, and discussion of expository, argumentative, and narrative texts, through exercises and readings distributed in modules:
Module 1: Introduction to reading, which teaches strategies for reading planning, exposes interests and types of reading, among other reading tools.
Module 2: Comprehensive reading, focused on global, selective, intensive reading, and indicates the importance of main and secondary ideas within a text, among other aspects.
Module 3: Critical reading, focused on critical reading and includes exercises in text analysis, interpretation, and critique.
Module 4: Discussion and debate, focused on the presentation of modes of persuasion, types of arguments, counterarguments, the use of rhetoric, and other elements typical of debate.
The Shelf Platform
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A platform that offers the best streaming content of movies, documentaries, short films, over 500 works of opera and theater, more than 40 million songs for online and offline listening of all music genres, along with top series and educational games, all available in Spanish from anywhere and on any device. Additionally, it broadcasts cineclub sessions or live events for the entire University Community. All of the above can be enjoyed through “tickets” that allow for a true virtual cinema experience.
Access The Shelf by creating a personal account on the platform, providing your preferred email and password, selecting the country: Colombia, the library: Universidad Industrial de Santander – Bucaramanga, and in the Library card number field: your identification document number.
It is worth noting that the use of this platform will mainly be dedicated to presenting films that represent some of the books that will be used in the semester in the new collection of the Satellite Library, in order to reflect on the two artistic versions of a particular work and express personal views on this activity.
SATELLITE
Library
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The aim of this project is to create new spaces for the enjoyment of books in other areas of the university campus, thereby deterritorializing the Library. It involves providing new alternatives for accessing, reading in different campus locations, allowing all students from the UIS community to borrow any book that captures their interest.
The satellite libraries mark the emergence of innovative ideas that bring readers closer not just to usage but to the experience of belonging to a library offering various co-creation spaces, group work areas with digital resources, workshops, reading rooms, music rooms, newsletters with updates, and reading recommendations. Furthermore, it serves as a pilot to consider digital lending at other points in the city, gamifying spaces, and creating opportunities for literacy, love, and passion for reading.
Explore our stunning collections, which include booklets containing reviews of the works in the collection, along with QR codes to access the electronic book on the Virtual Library UIS.
Student Welfare
Booklet: Literature and Cinema
Pro Welfare
Booklet: Latin American Women Writers
Central Library
Booklet: Literary Destinations – Haruki Murakami
Booklet: Endless Reading – Poetry
Booklet: Literary Destinations – José Saramago
Barrancabermeja Library
MULTISKILLS
Platform
.
Platform responsible for conducting diagnostic tests of critical reading, which take approximately one hour and 30 minutes, and are adjusted according to the guidelines established by ICFES. Consequently, it consists of 35 questions, of which 9 are about local reading, 14 about global reading, and 12 about critical reading.
ODILO UNIVERSITY
Platform
.
Platform that allows the University Community to find a wide variety of books, podcasts, audiobooks, or learning experiences. These learning experiences are an added value where teachers can create different activities, such as the “learning path” or the “book club”.
Access Odilo University through this link, by entering the credentials of the Virtual Library UIS, which allows you to enjoy any of its contents (books, podcasts, audiobooks, and public learning experiences). However, critical reading lessons designed from the Library will be in a private “learning path”, with the aim that students who want to access them make the respective registration that allows better control of activity compliance and adjust the lesson to the needs of that group.
LÉCTIMUS
Platform
.
A socio-interactive reading platform focused on improving students’ performance in critical reading, through a methodology based on the standards set by PISA, the Programme for International Student Assessment, which is part of the OECD. The main objective is to provide strategies and tools that enhance the capacity for analysis, reflection, critique, and discussion of expository, argumentative, and narrative texts, through exercises and readings distributed in modules:
Module 1: Introduction to reading, which teaches strategies for reading planning, exposes interests and types of reading, among other reading tools.
Module 2: Comprehensive reading, focused on global, selective, intensive reading, and indicates the importance of main and secondary ideas within a text, among other aspects.
Module 3: Critical reading, focused on critical reading and includes exercises in text analysis, interpretation, and critique.
Module 4: Discussion and debate, focused on the presentation of modes of persuasion, types of arguments, counterarguments, the use of rhetoric, and other elements typical of debate.
THE SHELF
Platform
.
A platform that offers the best streaming content of movies, documentaries, short films, over 500 works of opera and theater, more than 40 million songs for online and offline listening of all music genres, along with top series and educational games, all available in Spanish from anywhere and on any device. Additionally, it broadcasts cineclub sessions or live events for the entire University Community. All of the above can be enjoyed through “tickets” that allow for a true virtual cinema experience.
Access The Shelf by creating a personal account on the platform, providing your preferred email and password, selecting the country: Colombia, the library: Universidad Industrial de Santander – Bucaramanga, and in the Library card number field: your identification document number.
It is worth noting that the use of this platform will mainly be dedicated to presenting films that represent some of the books that will be used in the semester in the new collection of the Satellite Library, in order to reflect on the two artistic versions of a particular work and express personal views on this activity.
SATELLITE
Library
.
The aim of this project is to create new spaces for the enjoyment of books in other areas of the university campus, thereby deterritorializing the Library. It involves providing new alternatives for accessing reading in different campus locations, where all students from the UIS community can borrow any book that captures their interest.
The satellite libraries mark the rise of innovative ideas that bring readers closer not just to usage but to the experience of belonging to a library offering various co-creation spaces, group work areas with digital resources, workshops, reading rooms, music rooms, newsletters with updates, and reading recommendations. Furthermore, it serves as a pilot to contemplate digital lending at other points in the city, gamifying spaces, and creating opportunities for literacy, love, and passion for reading.
Explore our stunning collections, which include booklets containing reviews of the works in the collection, along with QR codes to access the electronic book on the Virtual Library UIS.
Student Welfare
Booklet: Literature and Cinema
Pro Welfare
Booklet: Latin American Women Writers
Central Library
Booklet: Literary Destinations – Haruki Murakami
Booklet: Endless Reading – Poetry
Booklet: Literary Destinations – José Saramago
Barrancabermeja Library
Links to the
Platforms
MultiSkills
ODILO University
LÉCTIMUS
The Shelf
Inauguration of the
Satellite Library
Every day something new happens!
The most important news from our school that motivates us to continue growing
Every day something new happens!
The most important news from our school that motivates us to continue growing
Every day something new happens!
The most important news from our school that motivates us to continue growing
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Contact us
La Casa de la Lectura
PBX: +57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 2180
Email: libruis@uis.edu.co
UIS central campus
Bucaramanga, Santander
Carrera 27 calle 9
Ciudad Universitaria
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday
7:00 a. m. a 8:00 p. m.
Saturdays
Saturdays
DO YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION?
Contact us
La Casa de la Lectura
PBX: +57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 2180
Email: libruis@uis.edu.co
UIS central campus
Bucaramanga, Santander
Carrera 27 calle 9
Ciudad Universitaria
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday
7:00 a. m. a 8:00 p. m.
Saturdays
8:00 a. m. a 1:00 p. m.
DO YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION?
Contact us
La Casa de la Lectura
PBX: +57 (607) 634 4000
Extension: 2180
Email: libruis@uis.edu.co
UIS central campus
Bucaramanga, Santander
Carrera 27 calle 9
Ciudad Universitaria
Opening hours:
Monday to Friday
7:00 a. m. a 8:00 p. m.
Saturdays
8:00 a. m. a 1:00 p. m.