| dc.description.abstract | This study aimed to investigate the factors affecting student reading interest at the
library of State Senior High School SMAN 15 Medan. The qualitative descriptive
method was employed in this study. The population of this study consisted of
1136 students for the academic year of 2023/2024, while the sample comprised
100 students. Data were collected through a survey and documentation, and the
data analysis technique was percentage analysis. Based on the study and the
researcher's observation, it is concluded that there are several external and
internal factors influencing student reading interest. The internal factors include
the lack of library management staff, lack of funding to improve student reading
interest, limited library collection, limited space in the library, lack of library
facilities, and the non-strategic location of the library. Meanwhile, the external
factors involve the lack of participation from parties to improve student reading
interest, the absence of an established collaborative network among libraries to
improve students' reading interest, inadequate number of publishers participating
in fostering reading interest, and the lack of book writers' effort to improve the
students' reading interest. | en_US |
