Open AccessAnalisis Pemanfaatan Rumah Baca Apung oleh Masyarakat di Desa Tambak Lorok
Author(s) -
Rizki Nurislaminingsih,
Roro Isyawati Permata Ganggi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
berkala ilmu perpustakaan dan informasi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2477-0361
pISSN - 1693-7740
DOI - 10.22146/bip.27564
Subject(s) - recreation , documentation , geography , data collection , asset (computer security) , function (biology) , sociology , library science , socioeconomics , social science , political science , computer science , law , computer security , evolutionary biology , biology , programming language
Rumah Baca Apung located in Tambak Lorok Village is a valuable asset belonging to the community that can be used as meeting hall and village library. In fact Rumah Baca Apung has not been utilized optimally in accordance with the function and purpose of building a library. Based on preliminary observations of the researchers, can be knew that the location is more often used as a place for discussion by the local people.Therefore, this study aims to further study the utilization of Rumah Baca Apung and the reasons behind the utilization. This research uses qualitative approach of case study with using data collection technique through interview, documentation study, and observation. The results of this study show that the use of Rumah Baca Apung has not been based on the function of education, research and preservation function of a library. Rumah Baca Apung also has not been used as a place to increase reading habit. Rumah Baca Apung is now used as a place of recreation, a place to discuss, socialize and counsel for the local people. The utilization of Rumah Baca Apung which has not yet represented the function of the village library is due to the limited quantity and quality of the collection books, the lack of educative games equipment, and the absence of learning companion teacher as a volunteer for the coastal children of Tambak Lorok.