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University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal) Libraries at University of Nebraska-Lincoln Fall 2-19-2022 Mosque Library: History, Function and Research Map Sudana Sudana Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Persatuan Islam Bandung, Indonesia Aam Slamet Rusydiana SMART Indonesia, aamsmart@gmail.com Nur Fahmiyati Universitas Islam Bandung, Indonesia Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac Part of the Islamic World and Near East History Commons, and the Library and Information Science Commons Sudana, Sudana; Rusydiana, Aam Slamet; and Fahmiyati, Nur, "Mosque Library: History, Function and Research Map" (2022). Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal). 6878. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/6878
Mosque Library: History, Function and Research Map
Sudana1, Aam Slamet Rusydiana2, Nur Fahmiyati3
1Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Persatuan Islam Bandung, Indonesia. Email: sudana@staipibdg.ac.id
2Researcher at Sharia Economics Applied Research and Training (SMART) Indonesia
4Universitas Islam Bandung, Indonesia
Abstract
The existence of the mosque is a holy place for Muslims. Apart from being a place of worship, it also
functions as a center for Muslim activities in regulating the life of Muslims. Mosques have many functions,
one of which is as an educational institution. So that this function can support activities related to the life
of the people and run well and optimally, it is necessary to have supporting facilities and infrastructure.
One of the supporting facilities and infrastructure for mosques as educational institutions is a library,
which will provide reading facilities that can increase knowledge and religious insight for Muslims. One of
the efforts to empower mosques is to seek a mosque library. This study aims to determine the development
and trend map of the Mosque Library published by well-known journals in the library field. The data
analyzed were more than 92 research publications indexed by Scopus. The export data is then processed
and analyzed using the R Biblioshiny application program to find out the bibliometric map of the Mosque
Library’s development. The results showed that the number of publications on the development of the role
of library research continued to increase. In general, in Islamic history, mosque libraries have become a
means of education owned by mosques on a waqf-based basis.
Keywords: Mosque Library, Bibliometrics, R
Mosque Library: History, Function and Research Map
INTRODUCTION
The existence of the mosque is a holy place for Muslims. Apart from being a place of worship, it
also functions as a center for Muslim activities in regulating the life of Muslims. For the first time,
a Muslim child was introduced to the Islamic way of life in various ways, including recitation
activities, school activities, and so on. In addition, the mosque at the time of the Prophet
functioned as a place to perform prayers. The mosque at that time was also used as a madrasa for
Muslims to receive Islamic teachings. The mosque is also a meeting hall to unite various elements
of the Kabilah. The mosque also functions as a place for deliberation and running the wheels of
government. The existence of a mosque in the era of the Prophet is more accurately said to be an
institution that builds modern Muslim civilization (Daryono, 2017).
Today the role of mosques in solving socio-religious problems is increasingly declining. So many
mosques were built only as symbols rather than as a means to build the people. The lack of
optimal functioning of the mosque is caused by the low knowledge and understanding of the
community about mosques. In addition, our attention is still focused on efforts to procure
physical facilities. The fulfillment of non-physical needs to prosper the mosque as ordered by
Allah in the Qur’an is still relatively neglected.
The crisis of the role of the mosque needs to be scrutinized so that the mosque does not become
a silent witness to the frenetic social change of its people. The mosque needs to be seen again as
an agent of transformation of the people by expanding its role and function, which is no longer
limited to an empty prayer hall without a congregation. It is time for the mosque to be
reconstructed as a modern religious institution equipped with facilities that can empower the
people and no longer just organize prayers. Therefore, mosque management requires
professional management and has innovative activities.
Mosques have many functions, one of which is as an educational institution. So that this function
can support activities related to the life of the people and run well and optimally, it is necessary
to have supporting facilities and infrastructure. One of the supporting facilities and infrastructure
for mosques as educational institutions is a library, which will provide reading facilities that can
increase knowledge and religious insight for Muslims.
One of the efforts to empower mosques is to seek a mosque library. Because the library is an
educational institution and an information provider institution, if it has good performance and is
supported by an adequate management system so that all institutional activities will lead to the
achievement of the goals that have been set, likewise, mosque libraries, to be able to provide
information services to users properly, need to be supported by adequate management. This
research will try to map studies related to mosque libraries using a bibliometric approach. In
addition, the study will also look at the functions and roles of mosques and a brief history.
LITERATURE REVIEW
According to Bafadal (2008), a library is a work unit of a certain agency or institution that
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manages library materials, both in the form of books and non-book materials, which are
arranged systematically according to certain rules to be used as sources of information. By each
user.
According to Suwarno (2009), a library is a work unit in which an organization is in line with
the opinion above. Because without this organization, the library is no different from the
individual. This means that the library is an activity that involves more than one individual
working together (organized). The library is an organizational work unit, agency, or institution.
These work units can stand alone but can also be part of a larger above organization. Stand-
alone libraries, such as public libraries, are unique in implementing technical libraries at
universities and national libraries. Meanwhile, libraries that are part of a larger organization,
such as special/service libraries, joined to an institution that coordinates them and school
libraries under the auspices of the educational institution.
According to Sulistyo Basuki (1993), the function of the mosque library is as follows:
a. Educational function, the library is a source of learning for the congregation or the
surrounding community. Therefore, the collection provided is a collection that
supports increasing the congregation’s understanding and insight.
b. Function Information Library is a source of information that is easily accessible by
seekers and users of information.
c. The Library’s Research Function presents the most up-to-date primary and
secondary materials for conducting research and studying science, technology, and
the arts.
d. Recreation Function, Libraries must provide meaningful recreational collections to
build and develop library users’ creativity, interest, and innovation power.
e. The Library’s Publication function should also help publish works produced by the
surrounding community.
Meanwhile, the function of the mosque library, according to Wahyudin Sumpeno (1994)
explains that there are 6 functions of the mosque library, namely:
1) The function of information and facilities to develop Islamic da’wah.
2) The function of education so that people like to read.
3) Administrative function to plan and follow up through activities such as recording,
selecting, processing library materials, and others.
4) Recreational function, by providing reading materials for religious knowledge and
entertainment, the library can provide a recreational atmosphere for the community.
5) Social function, namely the mosque library, becomes a liaison for community life.
6) Research function, the library serves users in obtaining information as reference
material for the benefit of research on life problems that develop in the community.
Mosque library is a building or space in a mosque building that has various sources of
information, such as books, magazines, reports, audio-visuals, and so on so that it becomes a
reference and research on Muslim or non-Muslim communities in the area. Lasa (1994:4) states
that the function of the mosque library is: (1) A place of study for the congregation or the
surrounding community about Islamic sciences and other sciences. (2) As a place of study for the
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gathering. (3) As a means of creating a love for reading. (4) Development of physical and spiritual
life. (5) Document storage and mosque scientific activities.
Wuryani (2011:2) argues that the general purpose of the mosque library is to provide information
services to meet the information needs of the congregation and the community in the mosque
environment, both information for spiritual, intellectual, and emotional intelligence. Wuryani
(2011:3) argues that the specific objectives of the mosque library are: (1) Improving and
developing knowledge in the field of religion and other general knowledge. (2) Support and help
fulfil information needs in worship activities. (3) Support the implementation of the house of
worship program.
RESEARCH METHODS
Figure 1: Flow diagram of the search strategy
Topic Mosque Library
Topic, Scope & Eligability
Database: Scopus
Scope & Coverage Search Field: Article title, Abstract, Keywords
Time Frame: All
Language: English
Source Type: All Type
Document Type: All type
Keywords & Search TITLE- ABS- KEY (mosque library) AND (LIMIT-TO
String (SUBJAREA,"LIBR" ) OR LIMIT-TO ( SUBJAREA,"LIBRARY" ) )
Date Extracted 25 Oktober 2021
Screening
Record Identified & n = 92
Screened
Record Removed n=0
Included
Text analytic n = 92
Source: Zakaria et al. (2020), modified
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The review process was carried out on October 25, 2021. Figure 1 illustrates the three steps in
identifying research documents, namely eligibility, screening, and inclusion, involved in the
systematic review process. The keywords that will be used in this study try to answer the research
questions above. Some general statistics from the data set are presented to overview research
related to good governance. All articles that fulfill the search query are evaluated from the aspect
of text analysis
Then the research documents were analyzed using the bibioshiny software, a free software
supported by the R environment ((CRAN, The Comprehensive R Archive Network,
https://cran.r-project.org/) which provides a set of tools for quantitative research in bibliometrics
and scientometrics (Aria & Cucurrolo, 2017). In the bibliometric literature, the greatest attention
is on the construction of bibliometric maps. Research is concerned with the effect of differences
on the similarity of measures (Ahlgren et al., 2003), and they are tested with different mapping
techniques (Boyack et al., 2005). Next, a text analysis will be carried out on the results of
bibliometrics mapping related to “word.”
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Source
The following is a table of the types of documents used in the study with the keyword Mosque
Library. The number of documents analyzed was 92 documents which were divided into 4 types
of documents, including journal articles (59 documents), anthology/book chapters (5 documents),
conference papers (20 documents), and reviews (8 documents).
Table 1: Document Type
No Document Type Number of Articles Percentage
1 Journal Article 59 64.13%
2 Book Chapter 5 5.43%
3 Conference Paper 20 21.73%
4 Review 8 8.69%
Total 92
Based on the results of the grouping of document types above, the most widely used document
types as research subjects with the keyword “Mosque Library” are documents in the form of
journal articles with a percentage of 64.13% or as many as 59 documents, and documents with the
lowest percentage are book chapters where the percentage is equal to 5.43% or as many as 5
documents. Based on the type of document, it can be concluded that the references used are quite
valid because most of them come from Scopus indexed scientific journals.
Analysis Text
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Text analysis was carried out using R-studio and biblioshiny software developed by Massimo
Aria and Corrado Cuccurullo from the University of Naples and Luigi Vanvitelli from the
University of Campania (Italy). Text analysis is done more deeply in searches related to words
that often appear in the Mosque Library theme. This is intended to add references that the
government can make in tackling economic problems based on existing studies worldwide.
To explore the meta-analysis results, in this section, a visual mapping chart of 92 documents
related to the Mosque Library will be presented. The results of the keyword mapping analysis
become the basis for mapping together important or unique terms contained in certain
documents. Mapping is a process that enables one to recognize elements of knowledge and their
configuration, dynamics, interdependencies, and interactions.
Most Relevant Words
Figure 2: Most Relevant Words
The most relevant word analysis was carried out on keywords from each document, where there
were several words with several occurrences between 0 to 5 times. The image above shows the
25 most relevant words used in the research collection related to “Mosque Library.”
The top word with the highest number of occurrences and the most relevant to the keyword
Mosque Library is the word culture, with the highest number of occurrences of 5 times. The
second, third, and fourth most relevant words related to the theme of the Mosque Library, namely
Information Needs, Islam, and Mosque with the same occurrence 3 times.
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Research entitled role of libraries & information centers in promoting culture and architecture in
the Cholistan a, south Punjab Pakistan (Bhatti R., Hayat M., Mukhtar S., 2005). This study was
conducted to explore the ancient and hidden treasures of Cholistan desserts in South Punjab,
Pakistan. It discusses the role of university libraries in South Punjab, museums, Pakistan National
libraries, Pakistan Libraries Association and HEC, digitization centers, and documentation
centers. This indicates that grants should be awarded for research activities in various aspects of
Cholistani Culture, including Tribal, Art, Culture, loriyan, and old songs. HEC and Punjab
government should provide special funds for libraries to support endangered arts and cultures
such as Chunri, khusa, painting, weaving, the famous Cholistan puppet show, Darawar folk song,
and cultural theatre. New technologies such as YouTube, social networking sites, Facebook, and
Web 2.0. dll can be used for public awareness. This paper highlights the beautiful culture and
architecture of great historical value in the Cholistan. The majestic forts, majestic palace mosques,
and shrines of Uch are living testimony to the majesty of the Cholistan in Punjab. The Cholistan
has about fifty sites and strongholds of Harappan behavior. Derawer is located on the dry bottom
of the lost Hacra river.
Word Cloud
Furthermore, relevant words in research related to the Mosque Library theme will be displayed
in the document title in the form of a word cloud. Word cloud is a description of words that often
appear in a collection of data papers that are researched with keywords from the title with the
theme “Mosque Library.” The word cloud displays an image of the words displayed with various
sizes according to the number of words that appear. In terms of placement, word clouds tend to
be random, but the dominant words are placed in the middle so that they are more visible with a
relatively larger size. In this study, the word cloud results were obtained based on an analysis of
the title of the document.
Figure 3: Word Cloud
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Based on the image analysis of the document title, it was found that the most dominant words
were related to Mosque Library, namely Library, Mosque, Libraries. Most of the current research
on Mosque Library is about “Library.” This is because the library plays an important role as a
medium and a means of disseminating knowledge to the public. Research conducted on the
Mosque Library is related to Literary genealogies from the mosque-library of Kairouan (Brockopp
JE, 1999), A digital precedent library for classical period Ottoman mosques (Tunçer B., 2013), and
the intricacies of capturing the holdings of a mosque library in Yemen: The library of the shrine
of Imam al-Hadi, Sa’da (Schmidtke S., 2018).
WordTree Map
Furthermore, the relevant words in the research related to the Mosque Library theme will be
displayed on the abstract document in the form of a word treemap. Word TreeMap displays
words that often appear in boxes similar to regions or regions on a map, where the more words
that appear, the larger the square area.
Figure 4: Word Tree Map
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Based on the image of the analysis of the document abstract, it was found that the most dominant
words in the research with the Mosque Library theme were Library, Study, Mosque, Mosques,
Libraries, Information, Islamic. Most of the current research related to the theme of Mosque
Library is about “Library.” This is because the library plays an important role as a medium and a
means of disseminating knowledge to the public.
Research conducted on the Mosque Library is entitled analysis on the Comparison of Retrofit and
Volley Libraries on Android-Based Mosque Application (Saputra K., Farhan K., Irvanizam I.,
2018), which discusses mosques not only as places of worship for Muslims but also as places of
worship for Muslims. But it can also be a community center that actively manages religious
activities, such as congregational prayers, religious ceremonies, and managing mosque finances.
However, disseminating information about what is happening inside the mosque or about its
activities is still done conventionally. Information about such finances is still displayed on
information boards. One solution that can handle this is to develop an information system based
on Android smartphone applications. This application collects mosque data such as mosque
profiles, activities, lists of ustadz/ulama, and financial information. This system was developed
using the RAD (Rapid Application Development) method, and satisfaction analysis was carried
out using the SUS (System Usability Scale) method. In addition, Retrofit and Volley libraries were
also used to compare the speed of data retrieval from the database. The result of this research is
an application that represents a mosque called MasjidPro. This study also found that Retrofit is
better than Volley in the speed of retrieving text data from the database to the Android
application. Finally, the satisfaction analysis shows that the final SUS score is 78.5, in the
“Acceptable Range.” This study also found that Retrofit is better than Volley in the speed of
retrieving text data from the database to the Android application. Finally, the satisfaction analysis
shows that the final SUS score is 78.5, in the “Acceptable Range.” This study also found that
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Retrofit is better than Volley in the speed of retrieving text data from the database to the Android
application. Finally, the satisfaction analysis shows that the final SUS score is 78.5, in the
“Acceptable Range.”
Word Dynamic
Figure 5: Word Dynamic
Based on the image analysis of the document title, in a study with the theme Mosque Library,
words that often appear are also described in the form of a development curve each year with an
annual occurrence value. These results show the average quantity of the appearance of the title
in the collection of data examined in research with the theme Mosque Library every year. Figure
5 shows that most titles that appear frequently began to develop in 1981 and continue to increase
until 2021. From the picture above, it can be concluded that the research with the most significant
increase in occurrence is keywords related to the library and has very significant potential to
continue developing.
Trend Topics
Figure 6: Trend Topics
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Based on the results of the analysis of the document titles in the research with the theme Mosque
Library, the topic trend is also an important part of this research. The picture above shows an
overview of the development of topics related to the Mosque Library from time to time with the
division per year, so it is known what topics have been used for a long time and what topics have
been used recently. The trend of this topic also considers the frequency value of each word
indicated by the log axis.
So, in addition to looking at annual trends, the emergence of topics is also adjusted to the
frequency of the number of words appearing in research themes related to the Mosque Library.
The higher indicates, the more the word is used, and the further to the right, the more recently
the word has been used. The development of the Mosque Library theme began to experience a
significant increase since 1990.
Based on the description of the data above, the newest and most widely used topics are related
to the theme of the Mosque Library, namely Waqf, Islamic, Library, Public, Mosques. The word
public was most widely used in 1992-2021. The journal entitled “Post-revolution Developments
in Public Libraries in Iran” was written by Zanjani B. (1990). In this article, the author summarizes
the latest developments in public libraries since the 1979 Revolution about past practices.
Currently, there are four types of public libraries in Iran a) public libraries, b) children’s libraries,
c) rural libraries, d) religious libraries, and mosques. The aims and objectives, organization, staff,
buildings and equipment, collections, and services of this library are discussed. Several
suggestions for the further development of all types of public libraries are recommended.
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Co-occurrence Network
Figure 7: Co-occurrence Network
The co-occurrence network displays words related to document keywords related to the Mosque
Library theme in the form of colored clusters by considering the relationship between one word
and another. Some keywords that often appear in research with the theme Mosque Library are
divided into 2 clusters, namely:
• Cluster 1 in red consists of keywords: Library, Research, Study, Mosque, Community,
Result, Learning, People, Analysis, School, Public, Data, Services, Service, Health,
Conducted, Design, Found, Information, Pwhi.
• Blue Cluster 2 consists of keywords: Mosques, Libraries, Islamic, Social, Mss, Paper,
University, Building, Period, Main, Activities, Development, City, Culture, Muslims,
Muslim, Article, Historical, Islam, History, Oress, Architecture, Culture, Century, Studies,
Religious, World, Role, Ottoman.
Thematic Map
Figure 8: Thematic Map
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In this study, a thematic map analysis that appears based on density and centrality will also be
analyzed based on the document’s title with the research theme Mosque Library, which is divided
into 4 quadrants. This result is obtained from a semi-automatic algorithm by reviewing the titles
of all references to the object of research.
The upper left quadrant is a highly developed and isolated theme. Quadrants show specific
themes and are rarely studied but have high development, which is indicated by high density but
low centrality. The themes in this quadrant are Library, Ve, Books, Service, Nigeria, Activities.
While the lower left quadrant represents emerging or declining themes, this quadrant shows
themes that have been used for a long time but experience an increasing or decreasing trend with
low density and centrality. The themes in this quadrant are Study, Cultural, Historical. Seeing
developments with the Mosque Library sub-theme in recent years, words in this quadrant have
increased.
While the upper right quadrant is a motor theme or a driving theme characterized by high density
and centrality, it needs to be developed and is important to be studied in further research. The
themes in this quadrant are Des, De, Kitab, Waqf, History, Ait, Role, Information, School. Finally,
the lower right quadrant is the basic and transverse theme characterized by high centrality but
low density. These themes are important to be included in the research because they are general
topics that are commonly used. The themes in this quadrant are Mosque, Analysis, Design,
Development, Health, Arabic, Libraries, Public, Comparison, Islamic, Mosques, Islam.
Thematic Evolution
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Figure 9: Thematic Evolution
The theme used in the paper that is the object of research continues to change, especially from
papers that have been recently published when compared to papers that have been published for
a long time. The picture above shows the evolution that is analyzed by theme with research
related to the Mosque Library, which consists of themes depicted as rectangles with a larger size,
the more widely used. Although the theme of this research is the Mosque Library, the data
obtained show that several sub-themes are widely used.
The Thematic Evolution is divided into 3 parts. The left side shows several themes that were
widely used from 1981 to 2014. There are 5 themes listed with different sizes depending on the
quantity of use of these themes. The “Mosque” theme ranks first, followed by the “Libraries”
theme.
The second or middle section shows the most frequently used themes in the period between 2015-
2018. There are 6 themes, where the 3 themes are an evolution of the themes that appeared in the
previous period, namely the theme “Mosque,” “Libraries,” “Analysis,” which is an extension of
several themes shown by colorful plots.
The last or right section shows the most used themes from 2019-2021. There are 5 themes, of which
there are 3 evolutionary themes from the previous period, namely “Study,” “Mosque,” “Library,”
which is an extension of several themes shown by colorful plots.
FINDINGS
Since the prophet Muhammad established the Islamic society, mosque libraries have played a
number of critical roles deserving of scholarly attention. The process of education and teaching
has historically been closely tied with mosques . Until now, these learnings and teachings in
mosques have provided Muslims with an opportunity to grasp Islamic principles and incorporate
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them into their daily lives as a fundamental method to interact with the living world (Laugu,
2007).
Mosque libraries have been crucial in the advancement of Islamic and human civilizations,
particularly in terms of encouraging education within the Islamic community. Thus, in order to
appreciate Islam, mosque libraries are among the most critical phenomena that require
examination in order to depict Islamic religiosity and culture holistically. Throughout the world,
mosque libraries have been involved in and contributed to the growth of Islamic civilization and
scientific pioneering. Thus, we will examine the vital role that mosque libraries play in supporting
their umbrella organizations, the mosques .
Historically, mosques have been well-known as vital places of education and devotion. Both
positions have been played consistently throughout Islamic history, including the Umayyad and
Abbasid eras. When Islam was originally spread, mosques were constructed to house educational
activities, both religious and non-religious, that became widely available in early Muslim
societies. During the early stages of the creation of Islamic societies, the fundamental levels of
learning were imparted by teachers instructing in mosques (Elayyan, 1990). Numerous mosques
were converted into significant and distinguishing schools, attracting some illustrious
intellectuals such as al-Ghazali.
In such conditions, mosque libraries were critical and indispensable for facilitating the process of
learning and teaching. Due to the widespread belief that learning solely through teachers will be
highly limited due to a shortage of available time, mosque libraries were anticipated to house a
variety of collections to assist instructional activities in the mosques. Throughout Islamic history,
numerous examples demonstrate mosque libraries' contribution; some mosques with enormous
libraries evolved into centers of higher education, such as the Kairouan Mosque-Library
(Brockopp, 1999).
Each mosque library has been established to serve the religious needs of the moslems using that
mosque and usually living in the neighborhood. Therefore, mosque libraries, like western church
and synagogue libraries, are established to serve the religious needs of the immediate
congregation, are located in and supported by the mosque and are staffed by persons associated
with it. A number of agencies are interested in mosque libraries.
Another example is the Imam-e-Zaman Mosque Library was located on the city’s main East-West
traffic artery, Engelab or Revolution (formerly Eisenhower) Boulevard, leading from Mehrabad
Airport and the large Engelab Square revolutionary demonstration area into the heart of the city.
Its crowded lower to middle class neighborhood contained Tehran’s Pepsi Cola bottling plant,
near Azadi Square. The mosque occupied an almost new building and was named to honor the
twelfth Emam, referred to as “An Emam for all time.” It was founded in 1975, had a large
congregation and was active during the Iranian revolution. A mosque lecture hall seated 250
people.
The library was established by the mulla, Mr Khonsari, for congregation educational purposes.
Its establishment was facilitated through donations from wealthy persons. The chief librarian,
who reported to the mulla, was an electrician with two years of college work and whose staff
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consisted of volunteers. One of them had a four year library science bachelor’s degree. Current
library budget came from the mosque, from book dedication donations and from library
membership fees.
The Office of Mosques associated with the Prime Minister’s Office is planning to carry out a
library survey soon, and its preliminary library list, with indication of collection and floor space
size, was available to the authors. In addition, the Tehran Book Processing Centre has assisted
certain mosque libraries in organization plans and is now compiling a directory of Iranian
libraries which will include them.
Each mosque library was built to meet the religious needs of the Muslims who worship at that
mosque and typically live in the surrounding area. Thus, mosque libraries, like western church
and synagogue libraries, are founded to satisfy the immediate congregation's religious
requirements, are housed and financed by the mosque, and are managed by mosque members.
Numerous organizations have expressed interest in mosque libraries.
Classical era The famous architect Sinan designed and engineered Ottoman mosques. It
establishes a precedent that is critical to design research and teaching. Digital precedent libraries
are well-suited and often utilized for the collection and access of precedent documents (Anameri
& Rukanci, 2009). Traditionally, these libraries organized papers according to broad categories
such as building year, style, and architect. These environments are typically created in the form
of image archives and content management systems for the aim of displaying stored data (Tunçer,
2013).
Another example is the Imam-e-Zaman Mosque Library, which is located on the city's primary
East-West thoroughfare, Engelab or Revolution (formerly Eisenhower) Boulevard, which
connects Mehrabad Airport and the large Engelab Square revolutionary demonstration area to
the city's central business district (Harvey & Musavi, 1981). In its densely populated lower to
middle class neighborhood near Azadi Square was Tehran's Pepsi Cola bottling facility. The
mosque was built in a near-new structure and was dedicated in commemoration of the twelfth
Emam, dubbed "An Emam for All Time." It was created in 1975 and maintained a sizable
attendance throughout the Iranian revolution. 250 persons could be seated in a mosque lecture
hall.
The mulla, Mr Khonsari, founded the library for the congregation's educational reasons. Its
establishment was made possible by donations from affluent individuals. The head librarian, who
reported directly to the mulla, was an electrician with two years of college experience and a
volunteer staff. One of them held a four-year bachelor's degree in library science. The library's
current budget is funded by the mosque, book dedication gifts, and library membership fees.
The Office of Mosques, which is affiliated with the Prime Minister's Office, is preparing to
conduct a library survey shortly, and the writers were provided with a preliminary library list,
including an indication of collection size and floor area size. Additionally, the Tehran Book
Processing Centre has aided in the arrangement of select mosque libraries and is now producing
a database of Iranian libraries that will include them.
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Mosque libraries are also defined as entities that manage knowledge and provide information
services. They are primarily established to meet their users' information demands; to increase
their Islamic religious knowledge and to satisfy other associated information requirements. The
activities of this sort of special library are relatively similar to those of other types of libraries;
however, mosque libraries are frequently patronized by Muslims who are part of the community
in which the mosques are located.
Additionally, several mosque libraries are not entirely functional due to an unmanaged collection
of materials. The issue of implementing mosque libraries is that they currently need a sufficient
classification method for managing the items stored within. As a result, there are a few problems
associated with installing mosque libraries in all mosques (Akinwande et al., 2019).
However, with the advent of information and communication technologies (ICTs), which have
invariably transformed human operations and daily activities, a mosque library may no longer
be viewed as just a room linked to or within a mosque (premises). Mosques have steadily
integrated ICTs into their operations, as demonstrated by the internet streaming of lectures and
tafseer sessions during and even outside of Ramadan. Additionally, mosques that have formal
Islamic teaching arrangements equip their pupils (children and adults) with resources such as
Pen Qur'an, personal computers (PCs), and movies to aid in the teaching and study of Islamic
knowledge. Thus, a mosque library can be thought of as a collection of print and non-print
information resources that have been carefully chosen, purchased, and most likely organized to
benefit the Muslims in the community in which the mosque is located. Typically, these
information resources are acquired through gifts from charitable persons or organizations, and
are intended to enhance customers' intellectual and spiritual growth.
The mosque library's existence is critical, as the frequency with which Muslims attend mosques
is extremely high. Along with serving as a place of worship, mosques serve as a hub for Islamic
activities such as education, culture, politics, and society. As a result, the mosque is projected to
improve people's quality of life. Islam encourages Muslims to pursue knowledge, as seen by the
Qur'an's first verse concerning the reading instruction. God told the man to read for the sake of
studying. Recognizing the value of reading, Muslims have established a facility in their places of
worship to house reading materials. Thus, in order to foster a lifelong academic community and
to foster the development of reading interests and critical thinking among the populace, a mosque
library should be built to complement mosque facilities as a place of worship for Muslims
(Rahmawati, 2012).
CONCLUSION
This study tries to evaluate the topic of the Mosque Library using text analysis from 1981-2021.
The conceptual structure of R ‘biblioshiny’ provides the network and the main research themes.
We have identified two research networks in the Mosque Library literature using the co-
occurrence network. This research network is “Library” and “Mosques.” Furthermore, in
conceptual structure, this research has spread thematic maps to place themes and subthemes on
the graph and divided them into four clusters (dropping or emerging themes, basic themes,
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highly developed and isolated themes, motor themes). The highly developed and isolated themes
quadrant is represented by the theme Library, Ve, Books, Service, Nigeria, Activities.
Furthermore, the themes in the emerging or declining themes quadrant are Study, Cultural,
Historical. In the motor themes quadrant, the themes that emerge are Des, De, Kitab, Waqf,
History, Ait, Role, Information, School. Finally, the basic and transverse themes are represented
by Mosque, Analysis, Design, Development, Health, Arabic, Libraries, Public, Comparison,
Islamic, Mosques, Islam.
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