Edi Dimyati, Cycling for Mobile Library Service
Six years ago, Edi Dimyati. 44, decided to quit his job for the sake of developing his library in Cibubur, Ciracas district, East Jakarta. He wanted to be at the library, Taman Baca Kampung Buku, the whole day.
Edi Dimyati (43) with a reading cargo bicycle that he often carries around town, in front of the Kampung Buku Reading Park, Cibubur Village, Ciracas District, East Jakarta, Sunday (29/1/2023).
Since he set up the library in 2009, Edi had craved spending his free time serving visitors. He was already keen about working with his peers at a library in the early 2000s. Within seven years, Edi had changed his library twice, but it did not last long due space constraints.
Like hitting the jackpot, a neighbor contributed a plot of 115 square meters after noticing the young librarian’s efforts to encourage intellectual development in the community. Edi had to build the library on his own. The vacant land was overgrown with weeds, so he took out a cooperative loan worth Rp 5 million to build a structure to shelter his collection of books.