Community Reading Habit Levels

A Case Study at Kediri City, East Java, Indonesia

DOI

10.2991/aebmr.k.210928.057How to use a DOI?

Keywords

public library, library services, library patron, user attitude, revisiting interest

Abstract

Since it was launched in 2015 by the government of the Republic of Indonesia, the national literacy movement program has been able to encourage literacy practices both in schools and in the community. However, the description of the condition of community literacy cannot be known with certainty. So far, the level of literacy of Indonesian society is generally described through surveys conducted by international institutions. On the other hand, the results of the two studies need to be tested again in Indonesia. Researchers chose Kediri City, East Java Province, Indonesia that has increased with the trade, industry and also services city. It was encouraged the Local Government of Kediri City declared to be the service city. This study seeks to respond to the need for a reading habit levels that can describe a map of the condition of community literacy holistically in Kediri by examining two things, namely examining variables and indicators that represent reading habit and determining how to compile an appropriate index to measure the level of reading habit. This research has resulted in the Reading Interest Index of Kediri City in the high category, which is at 73.7. Where the details of Kediri City this year get a value of the proficiency variable of 90.2 which is in the very high category; access variable of 58.8 is included in the medium category; alternative variable of 86.7 falls into the very high category; and cultural variables of 59.1 which fall into the medium category. From the four variables that contribute to this index, there are two variables that are quite prominent, namely the proficiency variables which shows that efforts to distribute education are very good. Another variable that is very positive is also seen in the alternative variable, where the people of Kediri City in general start to use information technology tools, although access to computers and the internet must continue to be encouraged to increase equity, benefits, and skill in using it. On the other hand, the inclusion of the average index score in the access variable and cultural variable in the medium category shows the need for the attention of the Kediri City Government to these two variables to be improved.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Andy Fefta Wijaya
AU  - Muhammad Rosyihan Hendrawan
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/09/30
TI  - Community Reading Habit Levels
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd Annual International Conference on Public and Business Administration (AICoBPA 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 294
EP  - 301
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.210928.057
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.210928.057
ID  - Wijaya2021
ER  -