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Kajian Dalam Bidang Ilmu Perpustakaan dan Informasi: Filosofi, Teori, dan Praktik

and to use gadget, such as social media and other Internet based tools (Irianti,
P., 2014; Wallis, L., 2014; Mudiarta, KG, 2017; Muflih, M., Hamzah, H.,
& Purniawan, WA, 2017; Pebriana , PH, 2017). These findings mean that
libraries are institutions that are ready to assist readers who are accustomed
to using technology and make users do not see libraries as outdated and
unchanging institutions. The library remains a center of knowledge and
learning which, although in carrying out its role as users digital assistant,
still involves many collections in print and does not use communication
and information technology as a whole. The existence of librarians is also
the key to the ability of libraries to assist information technology users so
that they are able to properly use information technology to get the right
information.

B. Discussion
Library as an Interaction Center

When data and information is available in digital format and is
available everywhere, and can be accessed whenever and as much as
anything, people assumed that all problems in their lives are immediately
solved, so there is also an assumption that all answers can be found with
the data and information available in the presence of the Internet. Then,
with communication technology that is able to connect and bring people
together to exchange information virtually, it is no longer necessary to have
face-to-face communication, both between individuals and in groups. The
advance technology of a smartphone does make all data and information
can be exchanged as much as anything in any form, from text to video. The
assumption that all the data and information possessed is enough to solve
the problem, the community considers face-to-face meetings between
community members are no longer needed.
From research finding, it can be said that actually, people cannot solve
all the problems themselves only armed with data and information, but he
needs interaction with others, both as an additional source of information,
and as a stimulus for him to think, and provide alternative answers to
problems faced. Then a good interaction can be created if conducted in
a supportive situation, namely a situation that is regularly or deliberately
arranged to create a comfortable, calm situation, which makes people can
focus well on the same problems. When a community members look for a
place to interact with a comfortable, orderly and conducive situation, the
library is the most appropriate place because with library management,
library space becomes a very ordered space. Studies on the researched

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