Building Community Literacy to Increase the Use of Assets Through the Mosque Library

Abstract

Literacy is a person’s ability to search for information needed to solve current life problems. By increasing public literacy, it is hoped that they will be able to manage this beautiful natural gift for broad benefits, not only for humans but also for other God’s creatures. The task of increasing literacy is not the task of just a group of people or librarians, but the task of everyone. This research only focuses on the utilization of assets in the form of buildings and land that are not utilized properly. The research method used is a qualitative phenomenological research method. This research aims to attempt to build awareness, especially among Muslims, through religious literacy in mosque libraries to increase creativity and productivity. The theory used is John Stuart Mill’s theory of utilitarianism. The results of the author’s findings include that there are still many mosques that do not have libraries, mosques have not been optimal in building community literacy, and there are still many assets, both in the form of buildings that are left without use.
 Keywords: literacy, assets, mosque library