| dc.description.abstract | The research aims to find out about Mobile Library Service at the Library Agency of
Binjai. This is descriptive qualitative research and the informants are determined by
conducting purposive sampling. The research informants are the section head of service, the
section head of library material management, the clerk, and driver of the mobile library.
Data are collected through observation, intervei ws, and documentation. Data are tested using
data triangulation namely source triangulation, technique triangulation, and time
triangulation. The result indicates that the Mobile Library Service at the Library Agency of
Binjai, according to the Guideline of Mobile Library Implementation of 2013 issued by the National
library of the Republic of Indonesia, consists of 4 categories. First, the type of service
provided by the mobile library in Binjai consists of circulation/borrowing service and
references service. The circulation service of Binjai mobile library currently is not running and
does not serve book lending due to the pandemic. Secondly, Binjai mobile library has
service programs namely the promotion of mobile library and free reading service which is conducted
in schools during the reading service given to visitors. Thirdly, there are 2 vehicles used for
mobile library equipped with vehicle tools such as a jack stand, wheel chock, wheel lock, spare
tire, medicine box, and warning triangle. Some equipment of mobile library namely
collection shelves, folding chairs, loudspeakers, and fans. Lastly, type of service statistics
of Binjai mobile Library is the statistic of library material borrowed by the librarian, number of
visitors, and number of borrowers. The monthly statistic of mobile library visitors in
2021 reaches approximately hundreds of visitors and during the year of 2021 the number
of mobile Library visitors reaches 4,948 people. | en_US |
