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The fast-moving, unlimited flow of information and the appearance of various publications of information sources both printed and non-printed make students as information users trapped in the many sources of information circulating and do not allow them to evaluate one by one. Therefore, it takes the role of librarians and academics to form an information literacy programme as an effort to improve students' information literacy skills. The purpose of this study is to find out and describe the extent to which the readiness of librarians and lecturers of UIN North Sumatra in building collaboration to form an information literacy learning curriculum programme in lectures. This research uses a descriptive qualitative approach with data analysis techniques using the Miles and Huberman model. The results stated that librarians and lecturers strongly support the implementation of collaboration to integrate information literacy into the learning curriculum. However, in reality, librarians and faculty are still not ready to assign librarians as teaching staff who will teach information literacy learning in the classroom. So the reviewer suggests that UIN North Sumatera library can move more actively to encourage librarians to various skill development activities that can improve teaching competence.

<p class="Default" align="center">Abstrak</p><p class="Default">Program Studi Ilmu Perpustakaan di Indonesia merupakan salah satu bidang pendidikan yang sedang berkembang sesuai dengan tuntutan perkembangan teknologi informasi dewasa ini. Sekalipun bidang pendidikan ini sudah cukup tua namun penamaan dan penempatan bidang pendidikan ini pada fakultas tidak sama antara satu Perguruan Tinggi dengan yang lainnya. Profesi pustakawan yang akan dihasilkan dari lulusan bidang pendidikan ilmu perpustakaan, masih merupakan profesi yang tak banyak diminati dibandingkan profesi lainnya. Namun demikian, sejak dibukanya bidang pendidikan ini di UIN Sumatera Utara, minat calon mahasiswa untuk belajar di program studi Ilmu Perpustakaan meningkat dari tahun ke tahun. Karena itu, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menggali data tentang faktor-faktor yang mendorong mahasiswa memilih program studi Ilmu perpustakaan di Univesitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara Medan. Dengan menggunakan tehnik pengumpulan data <em>Focused Group Discussion</em> (FGD), penelitian ini menemukan bahwa ada empat faktor yang mendorong mahasiswa memilih program studi Ilmu Perpustakaan diri sendiri, orangtua, kerabat dan teman. Dalam hal karir, sebagian besar mahasiswa ingin melanjutkan studi untuk mendapatkan peluang kerja menjadi dosen pada Ilmu Perpustakaan. Hambatan-hambatan yang dihadapi oleh mahasiswa meliputi keterbatasan dalam sarana dan prasarana dan keterbatasan kemampuan Bahasa asing.  Karena itu, mahasiswa berharap agar program studi melakukan update kurikulum untuk menyesuaikan dengan perkembangan baru dalam ilmu perpustakaan dengan implementasi teknologi informasi dan menyelenggarakan program-program pelatihan dalam bahasa asing dan IT.</p><p class="Default"> </p><p class="Default" align="center"><em>Abstract</em></p><p class="Default"><em>The School of Library and Information Science is one of the growing field of studies in Indonesia. The growth of this school is in line with the recent development of information technology. Although this education has long been in existence in the history, the name and the positioning under certain faculty differs from one university to another. Although study shows that the profession of librarian in Indonesia gains less interest from the society compared to other profession, the interest of student to study at LIS program at UIN Sumatera Utara has been increased since the beginning of its opening. This study aims at investigating factors that determine the students to choose Library and Information Science Department at UIN Sumatera Utara Medan. Using survey and Focused Group Discussion techniques, this study found that there are four factors encouraging students to study at LIS program, they are self- motivation, parents, other family members and friend supports. In terms of career, most students want to pursue their studies to a master degree to obtain better profession in LIS program instead of working as information specialists or librarians. Regarding the obstacles they face during the period of their study at LIS program, students maintain that lack of laboratory and lack of adequate resources in have made their learning difficult. Therefore, they expect for the school to provide more trainings in hard and soft skills, especially in foreign languages and IT while updating the curricula to keep up to date with new trends in LIS.    </em></p><p class="Default"><em>     </em></p>

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui kompetensi literasi Informasi dalam proses pengembangan minat bakat siswa berbasis model empowering 8. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di MAN 2 Langkat. Metode penelitian yang digunakan ini adalah metode kualitatif dan triangulasi data (observasi, FGD, dan dokumentasi) dalam proses pengumpulan data. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan siswa MAN 2 Langkat secara garis besar telah menerapkan komponen model literasi empowering 8 dalam pengembangan minat dan bakatnya. Kendati demikian, terdapat kekurangan beberapa langkah yang terdapat dalam komponen model empowering 8 yang belum dilaksanakan, hal ini mendorong penguatan program kegiatan literasi informasi di sekolah untuk membentuk siswa yang mampu mengeksplorasi informasi secara efektif serta menggunakan informasi secara etis, sehingga karya, konten, dan informasi baru yang dihasilkan dapat menjadi lebih berkualitas.Kata Kunci : literasi informasi, pengembangan minat dan bakat, program ekstrakurikuller, empowering 8, kompetensi literasi informasi siswa ABSTRACTThis study aims to determine the competence of information literacy in the process of developing students' interest in talent based on the empowering 8 model. This research was carried out at MAN 2 Langkat. The research method used the qualitative method and data triangulation (observation, FGD, and documentation) in the process of data collections. The results of this study indicate that the students of MAN 2 Langkat have generally applied the components of the empowering 8 literacy model in developing their interests and talents. However, there is a lack of several steps contained in the components of the empowering 8 model that have not been implemented, this encourages the strengthening of information literacy activity programs in schools to form students who are able to explore information effectively and use information ethically, so that creation, content, and information produced can be of higher quality.

This viewpoint aims to present the important role of liaison librarians and their relationship with teaching staff in STEM academic programs. The work provides a detailed explanation of the role of the four components of liaison librarians in the STEM higher education environment, each with the best practice proposed. The closing remarks emphasize the importance of liaison librarians, which are absent in academic libraries in most nations of the world, but in this case especially in Indonesia.