A BRIEF HISTORY OF MAY 17 NATIONAL BOOK DAY
Every year, May 17 is celebrated as National Book Day. The celebrations are not large-scale and lively, but rather interpret the efforts to grow and increase interest in reading in Indonesian society. Determining the date was the idea of the Minister of Education from the Gotong Royong Cabinet, Prof. Dr. Abdul Malik Fadjar since 2002. The day coincides with the anniversary of the founding of the National Library of Indonesia (Perpusnas) in Jakarta on May 17, 1980. It is hoped that the establis
