Efektivitas Penyebaran Informasi di Bidang Pertanian melalui Perpustakaan Digital (Kasus Pusat Perpustakaan dan Penyebaran Teknologi Pertanian)
Abstract: The research was
conducted to know and analyze the effectiveness of agricultural information
dissemination throughdigital library. The characteristic, information
accessibility and communication intensity of library user and thecorrelation of
their variables was analyzed partially or simultaneously. The research location
was performed atPusat Perpustakaan dan Penyebaran Teknologi Pertanian (PUSTAKA)
Bogor, and conducted from March until June2008. This research was designed by
using a survey method with correlation descriptive. Data collected
byquestionnaire and the samples were taken by employing a non-probability
sampling method with conveniencesampling, involving 82 respondents which
consists the library user of university student. The analysis was done bydescriptive
frequency and inferential analysis with Rank Spearman correlation by SPSS 16.0
for windows program.The result showed that the characteristic, information
accessibility and communication intensity of library user bytogether didn’t
show significantly correlation with the diffusion effectiveness of agricultural
through digital library atPUSTAKA Bogor. It means the user come to the library
to look for the information what they need, it doesn’t showcorrelation with the
availability of facilities at PUSTAKA. However the correlation occurring
between thecharacteristic of library user and information accessibilities was
shown significantly. The diffusion of agriculturalthrough digital library at
PUSTAKA Bogor has already run effectively. Therefore, it can be as a reference
for thesame library to other libraries in Indonesia for developing the digital
library. The digital library of PUSTAKA shouldpromote to the public with
publicity and advertisement, especially through television as the digital
library beingcomplete and modern in agriculture sector.
Keywords: The diffusion
effectiveness, digital library, characteristic, information accessibility,
communication intensity
Penulis: S. Maryam, M. Hubeis,
Maksum
Kode Jurnal: jpkomunikasidd090075
