Again achieving A Accreditation, the UMSU Library received a certificate of accreditation from the Deputy for Library Resource Development of the National Library of Indonesia, Dr. Adin Bondar, with the Regent of Deli Serdang, H. Ashari Tambunan.
The handover was carried out during the Coordination Meeting and Capacity Building Workshop for Library Managers and the Best Archive Manager Award on Saturday (21/10) at the Convention Hall of Deli Serdang Regency, Jalan Medan-Tebing Tinggi.
The Deputy and Regent congratulated the achievements of the UMSU Library and hoped that the achievements obtained would continue to be improved. Separately, UMSU Rector, Prof. Dr. Agussani, M.AP congratulated the achievements and asked the library team to continue to create achievements.
Meanwhile, the Head of UMSU Library, Dr. Muhammad Arifin, M.Pd said that the re-accreditation of the UMSU library had been carried out twice. Initially the UMSU library achieved C accreditation in 2015, and re-accreditation was carried out in 2018, and the results achieved A accreditation. In 2023, re-accreditation was carried out again, and obtained A accreditation with a better score.
“I would like to thank the librarians, staff, and library volunteers for their hard work so that the library achieved A accreditation again. Thank you to the leadership of UMSU, the rector, vice rector, and those who helped, the Head of the North Sumatra Provincial Library and Archives Office, Dwi Endah Purwanti and the team who assisted the UMSU library in preparing for accreditation. “Thank you for the support of the Mayor of Medan, Muhammad Bobby Afif Nasution, members of Commission X of the House of Representatives, Prof. Dr. Djohar Arifin Husin and Dr. Sofyan Tan, who have provided support in testimony,” he said.
Muhammad Arifin said that the inputs and recommendations given by the assessor team would be an entry point for making improvements in the future, including that the UMSU library is committed to being an inspiration for other libraries. Hence, the slogan “Inspiring Library” continues to be echoed so that the existence of the UMSU library can really benefit.
In addition, library internationalization is a priority program going forward. Currently, UMSU librarians are encouraged to be active in international conferences on libraries and will establish library cooperation with universities abroad.
