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 Talk on Increasing the Community Literacy Index (PILM) -

Voinews, Jakarta - A prosperous, prosperous and superior Golden Indonesia 2045 can only be achieved by encouraging literacy. When literacy has spread to various lines of knowledge, skills and attitudes as a literate human being will emerge.

"What is needed is to orchestrate brilliant ideas through collaborative programs so that the ideals of a Golden Indonesia can be realized," said Deputy Chancellor I of Universitas Prima Indonesia (UPI) Abdi Dharma, starting the talk on Increasing the Community Literacy Index (PILM), Monday (4/12 /2023).

The focus of Indonesia Emas 2045 lies in human resources and mastery of science and technology. Because this is one of the visions of Golden Indonesia 2045 echoed by Bappenas.

The existence of libraries as providers of information and knowledge plays a role in exploring regional potential through reading materials that are suitable for developing the quality of society. Not only serves as a repository. The library paradigm requires changes that make the library an open space.

"And the hope of a Golden Indonesia 2045 rests on the shoulders of today's students," said Head of the North Sumatra Province Library and Archives Service, Dwi Endah Purwanti.

In line with what Endah stated, Deputy for National Library Resource Development Adin Bondar also emphasized that the open space provided by the library is believed to improve the quality of abilities and life of the academic community. Everyone has the opportunity to access and create creativity from the knowledge they obtain.

“Economic poverty makes a person helpless because there is no good educational process to improve the quality of life. "That's why the library must be included," stressed Adin.

According to a release received by Voice of Indonesia on Monday (04/12/23), North Sumatra Province, as the region with the largest population in Sumatra, is also struggling to reduce stunting rates through massive literacy strengthening. The current need for reading materials has not yet reached ideal conditions compared to the population. In fact, the Pakpak Bharat and Simalungun areas still record illiteracy rates among elementary students.

It is hoped that the literacy promotion program, talk shows on the love of reading, access to digital books (e-books), reading carts, borrowing books through delivery applications, and the establishment of dozens of digital reading points (POCADI) can be a solution to literacy problems in society.

In the midst of conditions where technology 4.0 is still in progress, the world community is already faced with industry 5.0 which combines machines, workflows and intelligent network systems that are capable of controlling each other independently, communicating via the Internet of Things (IoT) or the Internet of People ( IoP).

Meanwhile, Professor at the University of North Sumatra, Jonner Hasugian, assessed that the emergence of Industry 5.0 must be addressed by libraries as an innovation in the use of digital knowledge services.

“The development of artificial intelligence (AI) is an interesting solution and has the potential to optimize roles and libraries. AI encourages unlimited access and timeless libraries," explained Jonner.

AI is capable of performing tasks that usually require human intelligence, such as object recognition, speech recognition, decision making, and translation between languages. Advances in AI programming make the development of smart libraries just a matter of time.

“Libraries are user oriented. Without users, the library will run out," concluded Jonner//VOI