(DOWNLOAD) "Community Libraries in Indonesia: A Survey of Government-Supported and Independent Reading Gardens (Report)" by Stian Haklev * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Community Libraries in Indonesia: A Survey of Government-Supported and Independent Reading Gardens (Report)
- Author : Stian Haklev
- Release Date : January 01, 2010
- Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines,Books,Professional & Technical,Education,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 115 KB
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Introduction Indonesia is a country with over 240 million inhabitants and 16,000 islands, 8,000 of which are inhabited. After having been colonized by the Dutch for over four hundred years, the last fifty years has seen the country develop at a rapid pace. To promote equitable development and democracy in such a large and variegated country, spreading literacy and access to information is crucial. Uniquely, this is achieved through a combination of public libraries, private renting libraries, and a variety of free informal lending libraries or community libraries, also called reading gardens (Taman Bacaan).