PRESERVASI NASKAH KUNO(STUDI PADA PERPUSTAKAAN REKSA PUSTAKA PURA MANGKUNEGARAN SURAKARTA)

Abstract

Ancient manuscript is a legacy of a civilization that has the value of information is very valuable both in terms of aspects of the history and content of information contained in the text. Compared to other cultural heritage objects, ancient manuscripts are more vulnerable to damage, either due to the humidity of the air and water, rodents destroyed, indifference, natural disasters, fire, theft, and coupled with the activities of buying and selling a script to foreign countries. still neglect of ancient manuscripts in the archipelago. Storage method is only stored in glass cabinets or unprotected without any preservatives. In fact, there are ancient manuscripts that were torn and patched with other paper to glue back the tears. The objective of research was to find out the preservation attempt, reservation implementation problems and the attempts the Mangkunegaran Reksa Pustaka Library of Surakarta has taken continuously to improve the society’s learning and utilization of ancient manuscript. This type of research used in this study was a descriptive study with a qualitative approach. Subjects were managers and the visitors at the Library of Reksa Pustaka Library. The object of research is the Library of Mangkunegaran Reksa Pustaka Library of Surakarta. Data collection techniques using observation, interviews, and documentation studies. The result of research showed that the Mangkunegaran Reksa Pustaka Library of Surakarta as the oldest library with ancient manuscript collection had high historical value and remained to maintain its existence. The number of ancient manuscript collection the Reksa Pustaka Library had was 944 exemplars; some attempts had been taken to secure its intellectual content including transfer of information and cooperative action and the use of technology on a large scale or by transferring media into microfilm. In addition, the physical preservation had also been conducted using housekeeping nature and disaster preparedness plan methods. In addition ancient manuscript preservation, Reksa Pustaka Library had transliterated the ancient manuscript, by means of transferring it from Javanese letter to Latin letter. In the attempt of preserving and of realizing a national standardized ideal library, some constraints were faced such as human resource, infrastructure and funding leading to the implication to the service to society.

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