Increasing Reading Interest Among Tebel Village Children Through The Micro Library at Riverbanks

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Increasing Reading Interest Among Tebel Village Children Through The Micro Library at Riverbanks Rita Ambarwati There is even a factor that they do not want to bother the administration when they visit the library for the first time.

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Furthermore, the most significant factor is the increasingly rapid technological developments. 2From there arises the factor of declining interest in reading.Tebel Village is one of the villages in the Gedangan District, Sidoarjo Regency, East Java Province.The population in Tebel village is 13,304 people, the area of Tebel village is around 224.6 ha, with details of rice fields area of 50.77 ha and a dry land area of 10.92 ha.The community in Tebel Village in Tebel Village is relatively dense from these data.Tebel Village is known as the Literacy Village because it has a library which is a unique attraction for children.Furthermore, Tebel Village itself has become a model for Literacy Villages throughout Sidoarjo Regency.
Literacy is a cultural and social condition or situation to interpret in text form. 3teracy culture is an essential pillar in people's lives, and people need to apply it in everyday life.People with a high literacy culture will examine whether the information is true or false.So that literacy itself must continue to be pursued by many parties.
The library in Tebel Village itself is pretty attractive to local children because the atmosphere is comfortable with excellent views and an adequate playing area.
The Tebel Village Government hopes that the Literacy Village will become a tourist village.Therefore, we from the Tebel Village KKN-P Team will manage a comfortable reading room layout to attract children to explore reading interests and creativity.
The village officials and we work together to make the reading room more attractive.
Micro Library is a small library that is strategic and easy to reach to make it easier for someone who wants to read a book. 4There is a location in Tebel next to the  Our contribution as students who carry out community service in the village is to encourage education and understanding to increase reading interest among children in Tebel Village.So it is hoped that it will bring many benefits in the educational aspect.

Methods
This community service program was carried out in the West Terrace of the Literacy Village of Tebel Village, using a survey method for children in Tebel Village.
According to (Sugiyono, 2017). 5The survey method directly observes the object to be studied by collecting data such as conducting interviews.In addition, we also held educational activities about the importance of reading to increase knowledge and socialize with 20 children who live in the surrounding area.This activity lasts for one week.In addition to educating, we also contribute to teaching and learning activities outside of school hours held at night.We educate the children about the importance of reading to make the literacy culture that has existed previously become more developed in Tebel Village.The steps for implementing a literacy program that aims to increase reading interest among children with a micro-library as a supporting object are divided into three steps, i.e.: 1.The first step was to visit to find out the conditions and interest in reading among the children who live around the Literacy Village in Tebel Village.We asked some simple questions about the library and how often they visited it during this visit.

Results And Discussion
The implementation of community service activities programs increased reading interest among Tebel Village Children through a micro-library with a oneweek implementation time in February 2022.The following explains the program activities of the Tebel Village KKN-P Team students, Muhammadiyah University Sidoarjo.
The first step in implementing the program to increase children's interest in reading, we have opened book donations for four days.Moreover, we set the criteria for books donated to previous donors.The criteria are books worth reading, books on general knowledge, children's stories, novels and comics, and magazines for children.This donation activity adds to the collection of existing books.Figure 1 is the result of books donated by donors so that later the micro-library will be more varied, Increasing Reading Interest Among Tebel Village Children Through The Micro Library at Riverbanks Rita Ambarwati   Some of the obstacles we faced were the children's lack of interest in reading books because they were more dependent on their gadgets than studying together with their friends. 10They mentioned that neither society nor children could use it optimally to find information or knowledge of internet technology that continues to develop.Therefore, we can evaluate or educate them on temporarily distracting them from playing gadgets.During the mentoring process, we also invited them on the sidelines of teaching and learning activities to play a bit, like giving them quizzes in English, and in the end, their enthusiasm for learning began to form so that the program of activities that we had held went well.In addition, the local community's benefits are that they feel happy because the literacy village has become active again after several years of being quiet due to the pandemic.

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into a tourist spot.Starting from murals, the existence of several gazebos, beautifying the main road with wall paintings, several rides on the river, and a micro-library in the form of a small cupboard next to the children's gazebo of Tebel Village.A reading room close to a dense community mobilization can foster interest in reading to bring a literacy culture beneficial to people's lives in Tebel Village.
Furthermore, observe the inhibiting factors and the supporting factors to realize the program are.Increasing Reading Interest Among Tebel Village Children Through The Micro Library at Riverbanks Rita Ambarwati The second step is to analyze the problems that arise from previous visits and see the potential to make allowances in running the literacy program.Next, develop a program of activities involving the potential we discovered during our first visit.In implementing the second stage above, as students involved in the community, we intend to build two-way communication and understand Tebel Village's people.3. The third step is the implementation of previously planned activities.This program involves children, students, and several participating communities to succeed.The description of the literacy activity program in Tebel Village is as follows: a) Conducting education, KKN students educate children about the importance of reading to increase knowledge.Besides that, KKN students also contribute to teaching and learning with the community responsible for learning outside of school hours for children.We conduct education to increase reading interest among children around Tebel Village.b) We invite children to learn while reading books in the micro-library already available on the riverbank.
be more interested in reading.

Figure 1 :
Figure 1: Results of open book donations

Figure 2 :
Figure 2: Learning and mentoring process