CENTRE FOR LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT
The responsibilities of the Centre for Library Development include the
formulation of a policy with regard to library development, co-ordination of the provincial libraries and development of libraries in general, especially
the public libraries and school libraries.
Library development policy is aimed at establishing a national system
of libraries capable of stimulating and promoting reading interest and
reading habits (still a problem in Indonesia where total literacy has not
yet been completely attained), promoting the development of existing
libraries and the provision of library material (specifically books and other
reading material written in Indonesian for the rural community) and
assistance in the establishment of new libraries.
The organization network of the Centre for Library Development covers
also the National Library in Jakarta and twenty- six provincial libraries
outside Jakarta.