Indonesia to build 10,000 village libraries this year
Indonesia’s National Library (Perpusnas) aims to build 10,000 village libraries across the country in the fiscal year 2024 to improve the literacy of the community.
Students read books at a library in the Daru train station in Tangerang, Banten province, on September 9, 2023. (Photo: Antara)
Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia’s National Library(Perpusnas) aims to build 10,000 village libraries across the countryin the fiscal year 2024 to improveꦺ the literacy of the commun𒐪ity.
Perpusnas Acting Director E. Aminudin Aziz on February 16 said that the villagelibraries are built to improve the literacy of the community, especiallystudents in rural areas, whose access to library facilities and infrastructureis limited.
According to Aziz, village governments will appoint officers tomanage the libraries and support people in accessing books.
In addition, the village libraries will be supported by severalprogrammes, such as the Social Inclusion-Based Library Transformation (TPBIS)Programme at 600 selected loc𝕴ations as well as the community reading parks(TBM).
Village and school libraries should collaborate byswapping their collections. The regions' library offices will manage librariesin villages, while libraries in schools are managed by the local languageoffices.
In addition to building village libraries, Perpusnas ispreparing mobile libraries for regions that have not received assistance. The step is taken to create equality for regions that do not yethave mobile librariജes, so that literacy can reach people in 𝓰remote areas, Azizsaid./.
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Students read books at a library in the Daru train station in Tangerang, Banten province, on September 9, 2023. (Photo: Antara) 
