VILLAGE LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT FOR COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT IN MOYOKETEN VILLAGE, BOYOLANGU DISTRICT, TULUNGAGUNG REGENCY. (English)

PEMBINAAN PERPUSTAKAAN DESA UNTUK PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT DESA MOYOKETEN, KECAMATAN BOYOLANGU, KABUPATEN TULUNGAGUNG. (Indonesian)

Background: The village library should be utilized by all segments of village community groups, but the realities on the ground demonstrate that the village library is exclusively used by children; parents do not use it. This community service is in collaboration with the Tulungagung Regency Moyoketen Village Library. Target Partners are experiencing issues in the form of Village libraries being closed during the COVID-19 pandemic due to a lack of qualified library managers, out-of-date village library content, and the Moyoketen village community's low literacy. Conditions on the ground have revealed that many residents believed and even practiced spreading misleading information during the outbreak. To empower rural communities, the recommended solution is to construct village libraries through the concept of village library revitalization. Results: The results of this service activity are that the quality of village library management is improving following the revitalization of the village library, the number of visitors to the village library from children and adults is increasing, the library management knowledge and competence of village library managers is increasing, and this is helping to improve the community's literacy skills. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Latar belakang: Perpustakaan desa seharusnya digunakan oleh semua segmen kelompok masyarakat desa, namun fakta di lapangan menunjukkan bahwa perpustakaan desa hanya digunakan oleh anak-anak saja, para orang tua tidak ikut menggunakan. Pengabdian masyarakat ini dengan bermitra dengan Perpustakaan Desa Moyoketen Kabupaten Tulungagung. Mitra Sasaran memiliki permasalahan berupa: Perpustakaan Desa tidak berfungsi selama pandemic covid 19; Pengelola perpustakaan tidak memiliki komptensi yang sesuai; Buku-buku perpustakaan desa yang sudah usang; literasi masyarakat desa Moyoketen yang rendah. Kondisi di lapangan terbukti bahwa di masa pandemic, banyak warga yang mempercayai bahkan mempraktekkan berita hoax. Solusi yang ditawarkan terhadap permasalahan tersebut yakni dengan melakukan pembinaan perpustakaan desa melalui konsep revitalisasi perpustakaan desa demi pemberdayaan masyarakat desa. Hasil: Hasil dari kegiatan pengabdian ini yakni pengelolaan perpustakaan desa yang semakin baik kualitasnya setelah proses revitalisasi perpustakaan desa, pengunjung perpustakaan desa dari kalangan anak-anak dan dewasa yang meningkat, peningkatan pengetahuan dan kompetensi manajemen perpustakaan dari pengelola perpustakaan desa, serta membantu meningkatkan kemampuan literasi masyarakat. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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