Pengaruh Kompetensi Pustakawan Pelatihan terhadap Kinerja

Abstract

Introduction. The school library is one of the school components to support the information needs of teachers and students. Therefore, in realizing a good library, a competent librarian is needed. In Law no. 43 of 2007, it is stated that in managing and serving the library users, it can be done by a librarian whose competence obtained from college education or training. In recent years there are many school librarians whose competence is obtained from training, whether government or non- government institutions organize it. It is interesting to examine further how good the competence of these school librarians influences their performance in managing school libraries. Data Collection Method. This research uses the explanative quantitative approach with survey method on school librarians with training background. Analusis Data. Then, to see whether there is any effect on the librarians’ performance, the general, core, and special variables are analyzed by using Smart PLS. Result and Discussions. The results of this study indicate that there is no influence on the librarians’ performance in Libraria core competence and specific competence variables, while the general competence variable shows a significant influence on the librarians’ performance. Conclusions. From these results, it can be concluded that librarians with training backgrounds have less than maximum performance in serving and managing the school libraries.