Visit Library with The Man of Letters

SALEMBA - Indonesian artist and poet Taufiq Ismail propose a sinergy with National Library of Indonesia trough an event called visit library with writers, said the famous writer on his visit to National Library of Indonesia, Friday (20/6) he was welcomed by Director of National Library of Indonesia Dady P. Rachmananta at Director Meeting Room Salemba jakarta. Taufiq Ismail was accompanied by editor-in-chief of Horison magazine Jamal D. Rachman and the executive director Ati Ismail, he said that his coming to NLI beside just visit also to held some events which could enrich the children of this nation`s diversity by giving understanding of the importance of library for the barrenness of knowledge.

Library is the warehouse of science. In a library it`s kept human civilization recording in a good way, and from library the effort of developing human civilization was began and done,"said the poet who recently launched the book 55 years of Taufiq Ismail Works. that`s why he continued, it`s not surprising if library became the benchmark of communities development progress. and developing a library is an obligation for a community who want their civilisation went up.

Horison Magazine Editor-in-chief Jamal D. Rachman mentioned that in the context of promoting the importance of library for the progress of civilisation, it is also important to grow reading interest in the community and visit library as early as possible, and in the end for progress of the community. Especially in big cities, shopping malls have grow a new trend between young generation, ie hanging out in a mall, which kept them away from library. that was also restated by Ati Ismail which said that without real effort to attract them to library environment, they will become a generation which closed with mall and unfamiliar with library. This trend should be anticipated by holding a program which will push them to love library. "visit library with poet program was put forward as an effort to bring students to library," She said.

Meanwhile Director of National Library of Indonesia Dady P. Rachmananta who was accompanied by Head of Center of Library Services and Information Woro Titi Haryanti and Head of Public Relation Agus Sutoyo
had a good respond to the sinergis program, he hoped that the program will become a routine to encourage children and students to use a library which enrich with knowledge. "to library with the man of letters, I think very suitable as an interesting activity to motivate students to use library collection of letters and culture," he said. During the occasion, The Poet Taufiq Ismail handed over several books he wrote, and a proposal of to library with the man of letters to propose the sinergis activity.

Source : www.pnri.go.id