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The National Peer Learning Meeting (PLM) 2023 in Yogyakarta - 

The National Library of Indonesia (Perpusnas) successfully held the National Peer Learning Meeting (PLM) in 2023. DIY Governor Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X fully supports this event which was held in Yogyakarta. Thursday 21 September 2023 PLM officially closed.

National PLM 2023 is a knowledge sharing and experience sharing activity in the social inclusion-based library transformation program (TPBIS). The 2023 National PLM carries the theme "Strengthening Literacy towards a Prosperous Society through Creative and Innovative Libraries".

According to a release received by Voice of Indonesia on Thursday, National Library Library Resource Development Deputy Adin Bondar said that the 2023 Peer Learning Meeting (PLM) activity is expected to make library practitioners and managers through Social Inclusion Based Library Transformation (TPBIS) motivated to carry out innovation and creativity. 

"The reason is that through this activity the impact felt by the community is very clear because it improves community welfare," said Deputy for Resource Development at the National Library of Indonesia, Adin Bondar, after the closing of the 2023 National PLM in Yogyakarta, Thursday (21/9/2023).

He said, through the applied literacy that we carried out through library transformation from 2018 - 2023, marginalized communities have gained a new insight into their quality of life, so that many participants through this social inclusion-based transformation got new jobs and also new businesses.

"Through the transfer of knowledge in village libraries, in open spaces, they learn contextual life skills and share experiences with village residents," he explained.

Adin hopes that the 1100 participants who attended the PLM event in Yogyakarta will be able to become role models and also literacy companions for the community.

In fact, it is hoped that the impact of this literacy on both the problem of extreme poverty and also the problem of malnutrition and stunting, which reaches 1.6 percent, can be affirmed and the problem can be resolved quickly.

It is said that the problem of malnutrition, stunting and poverty, although it tends to decrease, if we consider that this problem is not only a factor of economic poverty, but is mostly a problem of ignorance by families and society.

"This is where literacy comes in, the nation's problems can be solved by them using a literacy approach," he stressed.

For this reason, National Library continues to collaborate with government and private institutions so that problems can be resolved.

Adin also said that the presence of the Governor of DI Yogyakarta Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono will carry out massive collaboration and the community will truly understand the very essential role of inclusion in improving their lives.

It was explained that the results of PLM activities from 2018 - 2023 factually prove that many people who previously did not have jobs have acquired new skills and skills so that they produce.

Meanwhile, the Cost Benefit Ratio of this program is 2.30, which means every Rp. 1 (one) The costs incurred will produce a benefit of IDR 2.30. This means that if you invest IDR 1 for library transformation, you will get a return on investment of 2.3 times.

"But because the scope is still small, the macro impact is not yet visible," he stressed. It is said that literacy can have an impact on happiness. In literacy of life, it is explained that literacy can build happiness. We need to encourage this," he said.

Head of the Center for Public and Special Library Development, Nani Suryani hopes that after this event, participants from all corners of the archipelago can continue the results of the self-assessment process to find out the performance of program implementation and the mentoring process carried out so that Social Inclusion Based Library Transformation activities in libraries managed increases and is more useful in increasing literacy for the welfare of society.

"We also hope that you will remember, absorb and apply new insights about best practices in library management which are important for the sustainability of library transformation. "And in the spirit of developing the country, immediately prepare and implement follow-up plans for the implementation of each library program," said Nani Suryani.

Nani Suryani also congratulated the award winners as proof of their performance in managing the Social Inclusion Based Library Transformation Program.

“For those who have not succeeded in showing their best, don't be discouraged. Keep working and be enthusiastic in implementing the Social Inclusion Based Library Transformation Program which can provide benefits for the people in their respective environments to innovate and continue to work," Nani stated//VOI