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Talkshow Building Early Literacy organized by the National Library and the GPMB organization - 

Head of Center for Library Information Services and Management of Archipelagic Manuscripts of National Library of Indonesia, Agus Sutoyo said on a talkshow Building Early Literacy organized by the National Library and the GPMB organization, on Saturday (17/6/2023) that National Library of Indonesia has long been campaigning about the importance of mother's role, especially in developing a love of reading in children.

In fact, it was clear that he was cooperating with the Reading Ambassador as the leading sector for the campaign, just like during the time of the Indonesian Reading Ambassador, Tantowi Yahya.

The talkshow also talks about healthy food for children to prevent stunting. 

Main Secretary of the National Library of Indonesia, Ofy Sofiana, said that currently the government is actively reducing the stunting rate.

"Therefore, the role of parents in choosing healthy food greatly determines the growth and development of children", she said.

According to a release received by Voice of Indonesia on Saturday, PAUD Lecturer Adiyati Fathu Roshonah explained that the program to introduce healthy eating has been carried out since early childhood, kindergarten to elementary school.

However, parents are still encouraged to provide the stimulation needed. For this reason, Adiyati emphasized that parents and teachers at schools must work together in forming smart children.

"Talking about smart children, of course there is nutrition and a healthy lifestyle that must be fulfilled," she said.

On the same occasion, Clinical Nutrition Specialist, dr. Inayah stated that there was nothing wrong with the concept of four healthy and five perfect, but rather the concept of a balanced nutrition pattern. 

There is a principle called the contents of my plate. So, one plate is divided into two. Half filled with staple foods and side dishes, then half filled with vegetables and fruit, he said.

"In fact, what must be limited is sugar, salt, and saturated oil which are hidden in many packaged foods," she said.

Apart from the talk show, this activity was also coupled with the holding of a coloring competition and a drawing competition which received high enthusiasm from the dozens of children who attended//VOI

The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with one of University in Indonesia - 

The Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, Penny Williams PSM, welcomed the partnership between the Centre Australian International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) with six universities in Indonesia. 

According to a release received by Voice of Indonesia on Saturday, the partnership was marked by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with six university by ACIAR CEO Prof Andrew Campbell this week in Jakarta.

"For more than four decades, ACIAR has partnered with Indonesia to find solutions for agricultural challenges that are faced together through international research," said the Ambassador Australia for Indonesia, Penny Williams.

"This MoU will generate many joint research ideas in the coming years." 

Prof Campbell said the results of previous research had clearly shown that the projects implemented would be of greater benefit to farmers, rural communities and policy makers when expert researchers from ACIAR work together with local experts.

"I am delighted that ACIAR has been able to realize its partnership efforts with universities in Indonesia because cooperative partnerships are the best way to overcome challenges that exist today and in the future," said Prof Campbell.

"ACIAR has been working with universities in Indonesia for many years, and we've seen first-hand how their research capabilities have developed. As is changes in the current system of research and innovation in Indonesia, we can make agreement directly with each university, and this is a very important thing interesting," said Prof Campbell.

Mataram University in Lombok, Bogor Agricultural Institute in Bogor and Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta has been a long-term partner of ACIAR, while Udayana University in Bali, Diponegoro University in Semarang and Sam Ratulangi University in Manado partnered on the project their first in agribusiness supported by ACIAR//VOI

One Mosque One Library Movement - 

The One Mosque One Library Movement has named Maros Regency in South Sulawesi as the first area to designate a mosque not only as a Muslim holy place but also as a means to empower the community.

"This is a concrete manifestation of making Maros Regency a literacy district," said Maros Regent A.S. Chaidir Syam at the Community Literacy Index Improvement (PILM) activity of the National Library of Indonesia with the Alumni Association of the Indonesian Mosque Youth Communication Agency (IKA-BKPRMI) in Maros, Friday, (9/6/2023).

This movement, added the Regent, must be fought for because the library is currently not only used for reading but also for activities. With the existence of a library at the mosque, it is hoped that bright ideas will be born from the community who continue to read after worship.

According to a release received by Voice of Indonesia on Friday, the Head of the National Library, Muhammad Syarif Bando, emphasized that the library is an open learning place for the community, assisted by the active role of librarians.

He also added that the holy book Al-Qu'ran commands reading because by reading humans can master knowledge, so they will avoid the threat of ignorance and poverty.

“Reading is not the point. Because after finishing reading, the next process is that humans are ordered to carry out or convey what we know based on the books they have read, "explained Syarif Bando.

Meanwhile, Deputy for Information and Development of the Indonesian National Archive Archive System (ANRI) Andi Kasman added that from mosques or Islamic boarding schools, people will get religious knowledge that is able to build human resources (HR) who have strong and pious characters. .

"The mosque as its function, namely as a place for ubudiyah (worship), tarbiyah (education), and ijtima'iyah (social)," he explained.

It is believed that the One Mosque One Library Movement will run optimally if it creates easy access to reading materials (accessibility). However, according to a literacy activist from South Sulawesi, Bachtiar Adnan Kusuma, currently only the reading movement dominates. Meanwhile, the writing movement is still abandoned.

“The culture of reading and writing is in line with each other and cannot be separated from one another. And no civilization lasts forever unless it is written down," he said.

At the last opportunity, Main Librarian of the National Library, Abdullah, said that the mosque community consists of two components, namely users and administrators of the mosque.

"To foster a love of literacy in mosques, real innovative action is needed from the administrators," he said//VOI

MOU signing between National Library of Indonesia and British Library Council - 

The National Library (Perpusnas) has again entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Library of the British Library Council of the United Kingdom of Great Britain or commonly called the British Library (BL).

The MoU was signed by Muhammad Syarif Bando from National Library and Phil Spence from BL. Previously, National Library of Indonesia and BL had entered into a memorandum of understanding in the field of libraries in 2018 - 2021.

Head of National Library Muhammad Syarif Bando stated that the MoU which will be implemented over the next three years is expected to establish close collaboration in the library sector. In the previous MoU period, several activity agendas were carried out including inviting Annabel Teh Gallop, Lead Curator specialist for Southeast Asia to become one of the reviewers in the National Manuscript Journal (Jumantara) published by the National Library and guest speaker at the webinar on Digitizing Archipelago Manuscripts.

The National Library together with the Yogyakarta Palace also succeeded in obtaining 75 digital copies of ancient manuscripts from the British Library to coincide with the 2019 Manuscript Exhibition "Strangling the Traces of Nagari Ngayogyakarta Civilization".

"On this occasion we would like to express our respect and gratitude to the British Library for receiving a visit from the National Library and for responding to the Memory of The World, we will prepare everything including academic manuscripts to obtain a letter of support from the British Library to nominate the Hamzah Fansuri Manuscript. included in the Memory of The World,” he explained in the signing of the MoU which was held at the British Library Building on Wednesday (24/5/2023).

Phil Spence also said that the relationship between the two institutions is very close and has been going on for years since the first Head of National Library, Ms. Mastini. "The British Library will always be the best supporters for the National Library," he said.

Head of National Library of Indonesia hopes that, in the future, the exchange of information and knowledge, sending human resources, and exchanging library materials, can continue. On this occasion the British Library was attended by Phil Spence (Chief Operating Officer), Xerxes Mazda (Head of Collections and Curations), Luisa Elena Mengoni (Head of Asian and African Collections), Annabel Teh Gallop (Lead Curator for Southeast Asia), Marcie Hopkins (Head of International), Khairul Munadi (Duties of Education and Culture Attache Indonesia Embassy in London).

On the same day, Muhammad Syarif Bando was also invited to a celebration event "The Bollinger Javanese Manuscript Digitization Project: 120 more Javanese manuscripts to be digitized" which was held in the Foyle Room, British Library Building.

“We are very grateful to William and Judith Bollinger that 120 Javanese manuscripts at the British Library have been digitized. The manuscripts date from the 18th to the late 19th century, and cover a wide range of subjects, ranging from Javanese literature, history and calendar traditions to Islamic texts on theology, law and Sufism, and include several volumes supplemented by illustration,” said Annabel Teh Gallop.

According to a release received by Voice of Indonesia on Thursday, the British Library is working with partners in Indonesia, especially National Library of Indonesia to help develop metadata for digitizing Javanese manuscripts and observing all aspects of manuscript management at BL.

The British Library also guarantees the Nusantara Manuscripts Society (MANASSA), and the Digital Repository of Endangered and Affected Manuscripts in Southeast Asia (DREAMSEA) to promote and conduct research on Javanese manuscripts in the BL collection.

Selected digital Javanese manuscripts from the British Library will also be transliterated in collaboration with the Sustainable Literature Foundation (YASRI) and will be accessible via the Javanese literature pioneer portal with the link https://www.sastra.org/.

In addition, the Head of National Library of Indonesia was also invited to enjoy the exhibition "Animals: Art, Science and Sound" which tells a global story about the relationship between humans and animals.

The collection draws from original manuscripts, print publications, artwork and sound recordings from the renowned British Library. Potential highlights in the exhibition include Robert Hooke's influential Micrographia (1665), drawings of the endangered South Asian river dolphin from Baburnama (Mughal India, c. 1590s), correspondence between Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace and the LP Songs of the Humpback Whale by Roger Payne (1970)//VOI