Open AccessPERANAN PERPUSTAKAAN DALAM1VIENINGKATKAN MINAT BACA MASYARAKAT: Survei pada Perpustakaan Umum Kotamadya Jakarta Selatan =THE ROLE OF THE LIBRARY IN IMPROVING THE READING HABIT OF SOCIETY :Survey at public library of South Jakarta district
Author(s) -
Reni Kurniawati,
Nunung Prajarto
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
berkala ilmu perpustakaan dan informasi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2477-0361
pISSN - 1693-7740
DOI - 10.22146/bip.8271
Subject(s) - habit , reading (process) , library science , sociology , political science , psychology , computer science , social psychology , law
Library has social and education functions. The existence of South Jakarta public library cannot be separated from these functions. On the other hand, the reading habit of people need to be improved. The problems to be investigated thus center on the role of the public library in improving the reading habit of society.
This research tries to explore the role of public library in improving the reading habit of society. In compliance with survey method emphazising on descriptive analysis, this research studies 232 respondents. The result of the study indicates that statistically significant influences apply on the role of public library in improving the reading habit : for each variables (X,) 0.022