Kegiatan Pojok Baca oleh Komunitas Medan Membaca dan Literasi Baca Masyarakat Kota Medan

Abstract

This research is entitled Reading Corner Activities by the Medan Reading Community and Reading Literacy of the Medan City Community. The purpose of this study is to find out the activities of the Reading Corner in improving the reading literacy of the community in the city of Medan as well as the supporting and inhibiting factors of the Reading Corner in improving the reading literacy of the community in the city of Medan. This study uses a qualitative approach of descriptive methods. The data collection technique was carried out by in-depth interviews and observations. The informants in this study totaled seven people selected based on the criteria that had been set by the researcher. The results of this study show that the efforts of the Reading Corner in improving community reading literacy are as a facilitator in providing reading books, providing literacy activities, and literacy learning for the community. Administrators and volunteers as motivators who provide services to encourage the community to be able to improve reading literacy. This Reading Corner not only holds a feather stall for the community, but all literacy activities in the Medan Reading Community are also given to the community now directly by learning together. In addition, the Medan Reading Community through literacy activities seeks to provide benefits for the community to expand knowledge through literacy activity programs which are expected to increase reading literacy understanding. This is in line with the vision and mission of the Medan Reading Community. The supporting factors of the Reading Corner in improving people's reading literacy are, the existence of reading books, interesting literacy games, literacy learning presented by each mentor, active administrators so that the Reading Corner continues to run, social media as a support in campaigning for Reading Corner activities where online news media like to cover Reading Corner activities, invited to radio shows, In addition, other supporting factors are the standard location, as well as the willingness and proficiency of the community in understanding and receiving information. Meanwhile, the inhibiting factors of the Reading Corner in improving people's reading literacy are, human resources in this case are still hampered by volunteers who participate voluntarily to provide knowledge and energy in carrying out literacy activities, weather because the Reading Corner is carried out in open spaces, city facilities that are still not supportive in literacy activities.