DIGITAL LIBRARY

The Ambassador of The United States for the Indonesia Mr. HE Cameron R Hume said : “ It’s time for our library collection change over to easy digital book in bringing and legible everywhere ". Visited the American Corner ( Amcor) at the Library of Gajah Mada University UGM last Wednesday , the ambassador accepted by Head of UGM Library Ida Fajar Priyanto.

Mr.Hume accompanied by Anne E Grimes the American embassy of Culture Attache in Jakarta, University of Gajah Mada Rector Mr.Prof.Ir.Sudjarwadi M.Eng PhD, Executive Secretary of UGM Drs.Djoko Moerdiyanto MA. Mr.Ambassador wished to know about the collection of American Corner UGM nowadays and how its collection selection process.

According to Mr.Hume properties collect the journal of online and e-book will be able to be maximized if it can be accessed just wherever it from. E-Book reader technology itself, will facilitate or make easy to the student to read again the result of journal download and also e-book anywhere reside in the. Ambassador inform that currently there a technology of e-book reader which complete enough because it’s directly connect to E-bookstore.

" digital Book sales can be conducted in minute calculation. If calculated, cheap definitely more than have to buy the book pass the internet to United States requiring time about its one delivery month," said Mr. Hume when he circled around to American Corner which its collection about social problem , cultural and political.

He was interested with great amount of America film collection the had by the American Corner. Film Dokumenter " baseball" consisted of 10 pieces of DVD, reminding him at the time when he visited Solo Central Java some times ago . Ambassador surprised when he saw youngster playing baseball.

" Oh, in the reality is american athletics have to Indonesia. What a that culture can be spread over swiftly ," Mr. Humes said at the same time enhance that American Corner UGM as information center of course take a in spreading abroad the information about condition of social, political and American culture through the book collection, classic film and magazine, dokumentary to campus society and public

At the end of his visit to American Corner UGM , The Ambassador of Mr.HE Cameron R Hume wrote down the impression. I Was grateful for this visit. But It was to short. A Library for me he a sanctuary and only wish I had more time. ( Asp)-D.

(Taken from Daily Newspaper of Kedaulatan Rakyat, Yogyakarta )