Meningkatkan Gerakan Literasi melalui Pengelolaan Perpustakaan SMA Negeri 1 Deli Tua Kabupaten Deli Serdang

Abstract

The background of this research is the current condition of SMA Negeri I Deli Tua is library that is rarely visited by teachers and learners. This is because the library does not run in accordance with National Library standards. A red color is found which indicates the need of special intervention. In 2023, the data of Education report of SMA Negeri I Deli Tua indicated a moderate level of literacy rate. However, it also indicates a significalll decrease by 34,15%, and a decrease in numeracy ability by 48,78% compared to the previous year. Therefore, this research tries to find why these problems occured by using the theory of library management according to George F Terry viewed from its Planning, Organization, Implementation, Supervision. Descriptive qualitative is used in this research through Field Research. The results indicate that the library management has not been conducted optimally due to separate system used by the school for borrowing books, book data is not updated regularly on the website, the lack of human resources, adequate trainings regarding library information system management have not been received yet, lack of facilities and infrastructure as well as low in budget for library management to improve the literacy movement.