Analysis of Media Utilization of Website-Based Circulation Services in the Library of State Vocational High School 1 Koto Besar, Dharmasraya Regency

Abstract

The main problem in this thesis is the use of website-based circulation service media to help users and librarians when the librarian is not in the library. The aim of this research is to find out the condition of utilization, obstacles in utilizing it and efforts to overcome obstacles to website-based circulation service media in the library of SMK Negeri 1 Koto Besar, Dharmasraya Regency. The type of research that researchers use is field research or (field research) with a qualitative approach. The data collection techniques that researchers use are through observation, interviews, and documentation. Data analysis techniques start from data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing or verification. The guarantor of the validity of the data in this study uses source triangulation and method/ technique triangulation. The research results show that this website-based circulation service can improve the performance of librarians and is quite effective for users in borrowing and returning books to the library when the librarian is not in the library with details of the findings, namely (1) Website-based circulation service media is quite widely used based on visit data library website in 2023 and currently only for borrowing and returning activities as well as data collection for library members. (2) Accessing this website is not subject to access restrictions, so that users are free to borrow and return books. (3) To overcome this problem, IP codes are given only to users who wish to borrow and return books.