dc.description.abstract | The objective of the research is to analyze the Special Library, based on the
Directive of the Head of the National Library No. 14/2017 at the Special Library
of the North Sumatera Regional Police. The research employs descriptive
qualitative, and the data are gathered by conducting observation, interview, and
documentation. The informants are selected by using purposive sampling
technique: an in-depth interview is conducted. The Directive of the Head of the
National Library No. 14/2017 had 7 (seven) library standards: library collection
standard, library facility and infrastructure standard, library service standard.
librarian standard, library organization standard, library management standard,
and information technology and communication. Each standard is divided into
some indictors. The result of the research shows that in each of its operation, this
library has not fulfilled these 7 (seven) standards, according to the Directive of
the Head of the National Library No. 14/2017. However, there are some
Indicators in the standards which have been implemented such as the indicators of
location, types of service, cooperation, promotion, developing the librarians, its
vision, its mission, its establishment, its goal, policy, its tasks and fuctions,
institutional status, work program, its development, its planning, budgeting, and
supervision. Some indicators which have not been implemented, according to the
standards, are types of collection, the number of collections, the development of
collection, recounting/taking stock and weeding, processing the library materials
colletion preservation, its building, its service and work facility, opening hour, the
number of employees, qualification of the libratry head, librarians, its technical
personnel, organization, library inplementation, report of performance, and
information technology and communication. It is found that 50% of the indicators
have been fulfilled and the other 50% of the indicators have not, according to the
standards of the Directive of the head of the National Library No. 14/2017. | en_US |