Jakarta, Sept. 18 -- Indonesia's National Library is driving a nationwide literacy movement by transforming libraries into centers of community creativity through its Social Inclusion-Based Library Transformation (TPBIS) program.

"TPBIS challenges communities to become more creative through multi-stakeholder collaboration. It facilitates advanced literacy-creativity," said National Library Director E. Aminudin Aziz in Jakarta on Thursday.

Aziz said TPBIS aims to improve quality of life by promoting higher-order literacy skills-from understanding and applying knowledge to creating original ideas.

"A person's quality of life is shaped by their literacy level. At its peak, literacy leads to creativity," he said.

Despite the program's cre...