PERAN SUARA SASTRA DALAM MENINGKATKAN LITERASI INFORMASI DI PERPUSTAKAAN DAERAH KABUPATEN BLITAR

Abstract

Literacy skills are very important, especially in the 21st century. Literacy culture in Indonesia is still considered very low, therefore the government continues to promote literacy-based programs, the government through the Ministry of Education and Culture emphasizes every regional government to cultivate literacy in the community. Regional libraries in this case play a very important role in developing interest in literacy in the community, as is done by the Regional Library of Blitar district, they hold a program called Suara Sastra to increase literacy, this program is a collaboration between literacy and literature. The aim of this research is to find out how literary voice classes can increase people's information literacy and what obstacles occur when implementing this program. This research uses qualitative research methods, data collection is carried out by observation, interviews and documentation. The informants in this research were library staff, literary activists and participants who follow literary voices. The results of the research show that the implementation of literary voice classes can increase information literacy because in this event there are many communities who join and discuss together so that information exchange occurs. There are obstacles faced ranging from internal factors, namely inadequate facilities to personal problems between participants which become external problems. It is hoped that the literary voice program in the Blitar district library can be used as an example for other libraries to spread literacy to the community in a unique form so that it can attract people's interest in joining.