The number of employees are preparing to carry out their duties as a library given a special mandate to take care of thousands of books in the Bung Karno Proklamator Library, Blitar, East Java. They must ensure that books that are “world windows” are high-value that can still be stored and well nurtured so that it can be referrals for the development of Indonesian culture and civilization to the next generation.
Bung Karno Proclamator library is a presidential library that includes in a special library type that is responsible for improving the love to Indonesian culture and civilization as well as is one of the Technical Execution Units (UPT) under the National Library of the Republic of Indonesia (the Indonesian National Library). The library inaugurated on July 3, 2004 by President Megawati Sukarnoputri was in one area with the tomb of the Bung Karno Proklamator on Jl. Kalasan No.1 Kota Blitar.
The Bung Karno Proklamator library saves 126.941 titles of books, or about 250.087 exemplar books, among which there are 5.301 exemplar rare collection book, four ancient manuscripts, and 7.735 exemplar special collection of karno bung.
Visitors cross near President Sukarno statue in the Bung Karno Proclamator Library, Blitar, East Java.
Petugas carries rare collection books that will be cleaned and carried out treatments from special collection rooms towards collection treatment rooms in the Bung Karno Proclamator Library, Blitar, East Java.
The rare collection of rare collections is the collection of 1980's rising books under which the nature is closed and limited and can only be read in place. While ancient manuscripts are all written documents that are not printed or not reproduced in other ways, either in the country or abroad that is at least 50 years old and has important value for national culture, history, and science. While the special collection of Bung Karno is a collection of books written by Bung Karno, books written by others about Bung Karno, and books read by Bung Karno as well as other nation’s fighters.
Many collections of books stored in the Bung Karno Proclamator Library requires special care and the task is submitted to a number of libraries. Their tasks include preserving preventive (determination and treatment) namely by checking temperature, humidity, and light intensity periodically in the collection room. Includes the administration of new lime (napthalene) and silica gel.
Then the curative preservation task is to make the repair of damages that occur in books (pustaka ingredients). And the latter is a text digitalization or attempting to preserve and rescue collections in how to record books and move them in digital form.
Petugas wears special clothing before cleaning and treatment of rare books and ancient manuscripts in the collection of Library Proklamator Bung Karno, Blitar, East Java.
Petugas uses special gloves and clothing before cleaning and treatment of rare books and ancient manuscripts in the collection of Library Proklamator Bung Karno, Blitar, East Java.
Bung Karno’s Proclamator Library was established due to its strong desire in growing Indonesian nationalism to face globalism and admiration of Bung Karno’s figure with his thoughts and ideals in ordering the foundation of Indonesian nationalities.
In the special collection of the Bung Karno Proklamator Library contains the idea, ideas, ideals, and history of struggle as well as the richness of Bung Karno and the nation’s fighters in seizing and maintaining Indonesian independence. The existence is expected to be a motivation to aggravate the sense of nationalism and patriotism and improve the insight of the nationality of the success generation.
"For me, science is only a full value if he is used to adhere to the practice of his life of man, or his practice of the nation, or his life practice of the humanitarian world." (Pidato President Sukarno when receiving Doctor Honoris Causa degree from Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, 19 September 1951)
Petugas identifies to ensure the condition of the rare collection book belonging to President Sukarno before purifying and treatment in the collection of the Bung Karno Proclamator Library, Blitar, East Java.
The poultry cleans the rare collection book belonging to President Sukarno in the treatment room collection of the Library Proklamator Bung Karno, Blitar, East Java.
Photo and text: Irfan Anshori
Petugas poisoning chemical liquids used to clean ancient manuscripts written on the lontar in the treatment room of the Bung Karno Proclamator Library, Blitar, East Java.
Petugas identifies to ensure the condition of ancient manuscripts before cleaning and treatment of ancient manuscripts written above the lontar in the collection of Library Proklamator Bung Karno, Blitar, East Java.
Petugas identifies to ensure the condition of ancient manuscripts before cleaning and treatment of ancient manuscripts written above the lontar in the collection of Library Proklamator Bung Karno, Blitar, East Java.
Petugas recalls the rare collection book belonging to President Sukarno to be stored in digital form in the collection of Library Proklamator Bung Karno, Blitar, East Java.
Petugas keeps back rare collection books that have been cleaned in a special storage place in the special collection rooms Library Proklamator Bung Karno, Blitar, East Java.
Petugas checks the lighting level of rare collection storage room and special collections so that the level of moisture and the acidity of the room remains preserved in the Bung Karno Proclamator Library, Blitar, East Java.
Editor: R Rekotomo
