BEGINI CARA MENDIRIKAN TAMAN BACAAN MASYARAKAT — Transcript

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1. 0:01Peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy
2. 0:03and blessings. How are you doing,
3. 0:05fellow subscribers? I hope you are all
4. 0:11in good health, and on this Valentine's
5. 0:14Day, on this voting day, um, today,
6. 0:16February 14, 2024, I would like to
7. 0:19share my experience with all of you,
8. 0:29especially those who have asked a lot
9. 0:31about how to establish a community
10. 0:33reading garden. Now, what is a
11. 0:38community reading garden? Well, it's a
12. 0:46space for creativity within the
13. 0:48community, a library that doesn't just
14. 0:50invite people to be literate by reading
15. 0:52books, but also hosts many other
16. 0:54educational activities managed by the
17. 0:57reading garden organizers, literacy
18. 0:59activists, ranging from the
19. 1:00aforementioned reading activities,
20. 1:02storytelling, writing, to social
21. 1:04inclusion activities. Now, these social
22. 1:16inclusion activities are essentially
23. 1:18about how to transform a library so it
24. 1:20can generate something from the reading
25. 1:22garden itself. For example, a reading
26. 1:33garden might run a goat farming
27. 1:34business, or create a duck pond and so
28. 1:36on, or make screen-printed clothing to
29. 1:39sell, or other merchandise that can
30. 1:40provide financial benefits for the
31. 1:42reading garden organizers and the
32. 1:44surrounding community they support. So,
33. 1:53the first step that those of you who
34. 1:55want to open a reading garden need to
35. 1:58take is, of course, to provide a space.
36. 2:01Provide a space, yes. Where should the
37. 2:04space be? Well, ideally, it could be in
38. 2:08your own home, the house where the
39. 2:10reading garden organizer resides. It
40. 2:17could be a private home or a rented
41. 2:19house, but, of course, a private home
42. 2:21is preferred as it can be permanent. So
43. 2:26that the reading garden won't have to
44. 2:27keep moving. Because there are many
45. 2:29experiences of reading gardens started
46. 2:31by friends. But because they were in
47. 2:35rented houses, when they had to move,
48. 2:37the reading garden had to move as well.
49. 2:44Even though they might have had many
50. 2:46people they supported and many local
51. 2:48children they were helping, when they
52. 2:49moved, they had to start from scratch
53. 2:51again. A permanent home is highly
54. 2:56recommended. If it's a permanent home,
55. 3:00then the activities can also be
56. 3:01permanent. Now, because a reading
57. 3:06garden requires a space, this space
58. 3:08must be made as attractive as possible.
59. 3:12In today's youth slang, it has to be "
60. 3:14Instagrammable." It must be attractive
61. 3:17with specific spots. The library
62. 3:21bookshelves should be arranged in such
63. 3:23a way, laid out in such a way that it
64. 3:25looks attractive to the eye, and can
65. 3:27serve as photo spots for the visitors
66. 3:29who come there. That is the first step.
67. 3:35Then the second step, of course, is
68. 3:37that you must have personnel who can
69. 3:39manage the reading garden. Who are the
70. 3:43personnel that can manage it? Well, of
71. 3:45course, there should be librarians. Now
72. 3:48, librarians do not have to be
73. 3:50professional librarians who are
74. 3:52graduates from, um, a library science
75. 3:55college, you know. Volunteer workers
76. 4:00from among students or other members of
77. 4:02the general public who have an interest
78. 4:04in taking care of books, um, can become
79. 4:06librarians at that reading garden. Of
80. 4:13course, keep upgrading your knowledge
81. 4:15and adding to your experience, so you
82. 4:17have the ability to manage an engaging
83. 4:19reading garden library, with
84. 4:21well-organized and labeled books, among
85. 4:23other things. This way, when visitors
86. 4:30come to the reading garden and need
87. 4:32specific books, they can look them up
88. 4:34in the database you have. Now, of
89. 4:41course, these volunteers, because they
90. 4:43are voluntary, may not always be
91. 4:45permanent. They might not stay if the
92. 4:52reading garden isn't very active or
93. 4:54doesn't have many activities. Therefore
94. 5:01, you need volunteers who can truly
95. 5:03help with programs and conceptualize
96. 5:05them so that the reading garden can be
97. 5:07active at all times. If it can be every
98. 5:12day, that's better, but at least there
99. 5:14should be activities in the reading
100. 5:16garden two or three times a week. Now,
101. 5:21after having a place and volunteers,
102. 5:23the most urgent thing is that a reading
103. 5:25garden's program must be a priority for
104. 5:28the management. What kind of programs?
105. 5:34There are many programs that can be
106. 5:36carried out by reading garden managers
107. 5:38so that the reading garden can grow.
108. 5:48Those programs range from encouraging
109. 5:51the community to read books, to perhaps
110. 5:53offering English courses, writing
111. 5:55classes, sewing, cooking, and specific
112. 5:57skill-related training, such as making
113. 5:59clothes or other crafts that can be
114. 6:01sold, and engaging the community so
115. 6:03that the reading garden becomes a
116. 6:05community hub. So it's not just
117. 6:17monotonous within the reading garden
118. 6:19environment, but it can also involve
119. 6:21the community. Make the reading garden
120. 6:25a center for community activities. So
121. 6:29youth, parents, farmers, and others can
122. 6:32utilize the reading garden for meetings
123. 6:34, deliberations, discussions, and so on
124. 6:37. Next, of course, for a reading garden
125. 6:44to receive government assistance, it is
126. 6:46important to establish its legal
127. 6:48standing. The legal standing here
128. 6:54refers to its notary deed. Then,
129. 7:00process the permits with the non-formal
130. 7:02education section at the Department of
131. 7:04Education. If necessary, also register
132. 7:10with the Library Office for routine
133. 7:12guidance regarding library management.
134. 7:19If you already have legal standing,
135. 7:21then when government assistance is
136. 7:23available, your community reading
137. 7:24garden can be prioritized to receive
138. 7:26that aid. Currently, there is a lot of
139. 7:35assistance provided by government
140. 7:37agencies, especially from the Language
141. 7:39Agency and the National Library, among
142. 7:42others, that have government aid
143. 7:43programs for literacy hubs, especially
144. 7:46community reading gardens. If you want
145. 7:55to be independent without receiving aid
146. 7:57, you don't necessarily have to process
147. 7:59the legal entity, but you will have to
148. 8:01spend your own money, use personal
149. 8:03funds, or build partnerships with
150. 8:05private institutions or influential
151. 8:07figures who care about literacy. So,
152. 8:13the most important thing first is how
153. 8:15you can carry out activities actively,
154. 8:18bit by bit, over time. One day, when a
155. 8:22legal entity is truly required, that
156. 8:24legality can be processed. So it
157. 8:28doesn't have to be the legality first;
158. 8:30start by being active to strengthen
159. 8:32your reading garden. Now, an active
160. 8:36reading garden must, of course, let the
161. 8:38public know what its activities are. To
162. 8:41ensure the public knows, the use of
163. 8:44social media and conventional media
164. 8:46becomes very urgent and very important.
165. 8:51Therefore, a reading garden must have
166. 8:53Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube,
167. 8:56and so on, so that your programs can be
168. 8:58shared on those social media channels.
169. 9:02If necessary, have a website for it.
170. 9:09That website will become its own
171. 9:11conventional media for reading garden
172. 9:13managers, so it can be shared more
173. 9:15broadly, and when checked on Google,
174. 9:17your reading garden will be easily
175. 9:18found by certain parties, its
176. 9:20activities discovered, so they can come
177. 9:22to visit your reading garden. Then they
178. 9:31might be able to establish an MOU for
179. 9:33cooperation to provide government
180. 9:35assistance, various programs from the
181. 9:37private sector, and so on. So, this
182. 9:43publication holds an important position
183. 9:45. Next is how you can also build
184. 9:53relationships as widely as possible,
185. 9:55not just in the local village or area
186. 9:57where you reside, but also by building
187. 9:59relationships at the city, provincial,
188. 10:02and national levels. Now, how can these
189. 10:08relationships be strengthened? Perhaps
190. 10:12you have friends or acquaintances in
191. 10:14the legislature or executive branch;
192. 10:16build a broad network there. When they
193. 10:23create a program, perhaps your reading
194. 10:25garden can be strengthened through
195. 10:26their programs. Your reading garden
196. 10:33could be given all sorts of assistance.
197. 10:39Then they can also socialize and
198. 10:41promote the reading garden to their
199. 10:43environment and network so that one day
200. 10:45your reading garden will be seen more
201. 10:47widely. So, building these
202. 10:53relationships is very important for
203. 10:55strengthening a reading garden. Then,
204. 11:00of course, besides the aforementioned
205. 11:03publication, it is also important how a
206. 11:05reading garden, while having social
207. 11:08media, also documents everything
208. 11:10related to its activities, starting
209. 11:12from videos, photos, correspondence,
210. 11:14and guest lists. This is so that,
211. 11:20perhaps one day, if there is some kind
212. 11:22of competition, those archived
213. 11:24documents can be reviewed and evaluated
214. 11:27, and so on. These are some
215. 11:36reinforcements that can serve as a
216. 11:37guide for you to create a reading
217. 11:39garden if you have an interest in
218. 11:41literacy activities, which today are
219. 11:43attracting a lot of attention and
220. 11:44seeing many literacy activists emerging
221. 11:46. I have two reading gardens in West
222. 11:55Sumatra: one in Padang Panjang called
223. 11:58Ruang Baca Rimba Bulan in Silaing Bawah
224. 12:01Village, Padang Panjang City, and
225. 12:03another in Kampung Pasir, Negeri Kajai,
226. 12:06West Pasaman Regency, called Rumah Baca
227. 12:09Aitayo. So, these two reading gardens,
228. 12:13the Rimba Bulan reading space and the
229. 12:15Aitayo reading house, have their own
230. 12:18mentored communities, especially
231. 12:19children. As for the Rimba Bulan
232. 12:23reading space, their activities include
233. 12:26inspirational discussions, short film
234. 12:28classes, English classes, music classes
235. 12:31, and so on. Meanwhile, at the Aitayo
236. 12:35Reading House in Kampung Pasir, Negeri
237. 12:37Kajai, Pasaman Regency, children's
238. 12:39activities range from painting, drawing
239. 12:42, storytelling, poetry reading,
240. 12:44studying, practicing religious worship,
241. 12:47and planting activities, given that the
242. 12:49community there consists of farmers,
243. 12:52among other things. The programs are
244. 12:55strengthened for the children, so that
245. 12:57after school, the children in Kampung
246. 13:00Pasir, Negeri Kajai, can engage in
247. 13:02activities at the Aitayo Reading House.
248. 13:05Hopefully, these two reading gardens
249. 13:07will continue to grow because they are
250. 13:09managed by resilient volunteers. They
251. 13:13are unpaid, yet they are always
252. 13:15thinking about how to develop these
253. 13:17reading gardens. And I act as their
254. 13:24advisor, so that one day these two
255. 13:26reading gardens can collaborate with
256. 13:28other reading gardens or government
257. 13:30agencies and the like, to work together
258. 13:32in promoting literacy in the community,
259. 13:34especially in the areas around the
260. 13:36reading gardens. Congratulations to
261. 13:42those of you who are planning to
262. 13:44establish a reading garden. Do not
263. 13:47hesitate, do not be confused. The first
264. 13:50thing you need to do is just go ahead
265. 13:52and run the reading garden. Start by
266. 13:56providing a space, find books either by
267. 13:58buying them or opening donations, and
268. 14:00so on, so that there are books in the
269. 14:02reading garden that can be read by the
270. 14:04children we mentor. Then, for the
271. 14:07program, at least once a month or once
272. 14:09a week, there should be one or two
273. 14:11activities that can be held at the
274. 14:13reading garden. And don't forget to
275. 14:16invite friends, other colleagues, or
276. 14:18anyone in government institutions to
277. 14:20come and visit, starting from the
278. 14:21neighborhood head, perhaps the village
279. 14:23head, or the sub-district head who
280. 14:25wants to see the activities there, and
281. 14:27who knows, maybe later you can
282. 14:29collaborate with those institutions.
283. 14:33Keep up the spirit, friends, to stay on
284. 14:36the path of literacy service. That is
285. 14:41all for my video for now; please look
286. 14:43forward to other videos coming soon. I
287. 14:46hope it is useful. Don't forget to like
288. 14:48, comment, and share. See you in more
289. 14:51exciting conversations next time.
290. 14:54Please accept my apologies. Peace be
291. 14:56upon you, and Allah's mercy and
292. 14:58blessings. Yeah.