Accelerating Interest in Reading Society through Libraries for Sustainable Cities
Adinda Nella Wisudayanti (1), Sulikah Asmorowati (2*) , Eko Supeno (3)

Fakultas Ilmu Sosial dan Politik Universitas Airlangga

Abstract

This paper explains the government efforts to realize sustainable cities, creating a productive city environment by increasing quality human resources through increasing public interest in reading. However, based on the study of "Most Littered Nation In The World" by Central Connecticut State University, reading interest in Indonesian society was ranked 60th out of 61 countries. Surabaya in 2014 declared itself as a city of literacy, namely the ability to read and write. In fact, reading interest and literacy culture in Surabaya are low. Government efforts to increase public reading interest through libraries are effective ways. The Surabaya City Government set the Archives and Library Agency as the manager of the expression park library to increase public reading interest. This research is a descriptive research, qualitative approach. The results of the study showed that the park expression library had a good role in increasing the publics interest in reading to create sustainable cities. There are obstacles in carrying out this role, there is no catalog of books, the book collection is incomplete, the coverage of the socialization activities is not extensive.*CoresspondingAuthor

Keywords: Reading Interest; Library; Sustainable City

Topic: Human Resource Development

Link: https://ifory.id/abstract-plain/tQTWNYU2AMuV

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