The Role of Rumah Baca in Increasing Village Community’s Reading Interest

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Indonesia’s reading literacy is still low when compared to other countries. The results of the study from PISA 2018 show that Indonesia is in the bottom 10 of the 79 participating countries. PISA 2018 also shows that 70% of students in Indonesia have low reading skills, which are below level 2 on the PISA scale. Yogyakarta is one of the provinces with the Alibaca Index at a moderate level, there is 56.20%. The Yogyakarta government is actively engaged in making literacy program to increase people’s interest in reading by establishing 7 Kampung Baca and Taman Baca Masyarakat. In order to support the government’s literacy program, Rumah Zakat establishing Rumah Baca in Brontokusuman Village to increasing people reading interset. This study aims to see the role of Rumah Baca in increasing people’s reading interest in Brontokusuman Village. This study used a mixed-method and was conducted in Brontokusuman Village in Yogyakarta. The results showed that the existence of a Rumah Baca in Brontokusuman Village with family-based borrows service and weekly book fair could increase Brontokusuman communities reading interest. This can be seen from the increase in the number of people who visit book fair and the number of books borrowed.