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Digitalisasi Pengelolaan Perpustakaan Organisasi Pelajar Pondok Modern Gontor Ponorogo Yusuf Al Manaanu; Alif Cahya Setiyadi; Fadhil Muhammad; Muhammad Dliya Elhaq; Amin, Fajar; Ahmadan, Madani; Mohammad Mahasim Soleh; Muhammad, Abdurrahman
Ruang Pengabdian: Jurnal Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat Vol. 5 No. 2 (2025): RUANG PENGABDIAN: Jurnal Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat
Publisher : Universitas Lampung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.23960/rp/v5i2.hal.100-107

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Library management plays an essential role in supporting access to and dissemination of knowledge within educational institutions. This paper discusses a community service program aimed at developing a digital system for library management at the Student Organization of Pondok Modern (OPPM), Pondok Modern Darussalam Gontor, Mlarak, Ponorogo. The program was carried out through collaboration between the community service team and library administrators, encompassing software selection, staff training, and improvements to information technology infrastructure. Participants included 10–20 library staff members who took part in the training and 30–100 students who served as survey respondents. Data were collected through observation, interviews, surveys, and documentation, and then analyzed using descriptive quantitative and qualitative techniques. The evaluation results indicate significant improvements, with access to library collections increasing by approximately 30–50% and the efficiency of borrowing and returning books improving by 40–60%. This study not only provides a comprehensive overview of the effectiveness of library digitalization but also offers practical references for other educational institutions, while emphasizing the importance of stakeholder collaboration in the successful transformation of library management in the digital era.
The Integration of Knowledge in Islam and a Critique of Western-Style Fragmentation of Knowledge: A Study of the Ideas of Ziauddin Sardar and Imre Lakatos Amin, Fajar; Khakim, Usmanul
Islamic Journal of Communication and Public Discourse Vol. 3 No. 1 (2026): Islamic Journal of Communication and Public Discourse
Publisher : Sekolah Tinggi Agama Islam Kuningan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.59784/2wqm6g88

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Background: Modern civilization is built upon a secular and fragmented epistemology that separates rationality from spiritual values a condition Ziauddin Sardar refers to as epistemic apartheid. This worldview has significantly influenced educational systems in many Muslim countries, including Indonesia, leading to a dichotomy between religious and worldly sciences. Objective: This study aims to explore the epistemological roots of this fragmentation from both Islamic and Western perspectives and to examine the potential for synthesizing the ideas of Sardar and Imre Lakatos. Method: The research adopts a qualitative library research approach utilizing a philosophical-analytical method. It traces the historical and epistemological dimensions of knowledge fragmentation and comparatively analyzes Sardar’s Islamic epistemological reconstruction and Lakatos’s scientific research programmes model. Findings and Implications: Sardar advocates for knowledge reconstruction based on the Islamic worldview, the principle of tawḥīd, and the objectives of maqāṣid al-sharīʿah, ensuring that knowledge remains value-driven and oriented toward the public good. Lakatos offers a structural model of scientific progress comprising a hard core and protective belt, which maintains theoretical continuity while accommodating rational development. Both thinkers reject positivism and value neutrality, emphasizing that knowledge is shaped by foundational assumptions and must respond to real ethical and social challenges. The proposed synthesis results in a comprehensive paradigm encompassing ontological (tawḥīd), epistemological (revelation, reason, and experience), axiological (maqāṣid), and methodological (research programmes) dimensions. Conclusion: The integrated framework offers a practical and transformative proposal for developing a contemporary Islamic epistemology that is rational, ethical, contextual, and capable of guiding future research and educational reform.