Abstract

This research was conducted to determine whether there is an influence of reading interest on the intensity of visiting the library. This research uses a quantitative approach and uses a questionnaire as an instrument for collecting data. The population in this study were all students at SD Negeri 95 Palembang, totaling 206 students and those used as samples were classes IV A, IV B, VA and V B. Thus the entire sample consisted of 64 respondents. Based on the results of research and discussion regarding the influence of students' interest in reading on the intensity of visiting the library for classes IV and V at SD Negeri 95 Palembang. Therefore, it can be concluded that the results of the simple regression analysis value show a significant number of 0.000 < 0.05, which means that Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted, which means that there is an influence of reading interest on the intensity of visiting the library at SD Negeri 95 Palembang for the 2024/2025 academic year. . From the Summary Model of the simple linear regression test, the R Square result was 0.583, this value means that the influence of reading interest on the intensity of visiting the library is 58.3%, while 41.7% is influenced by variables not examined in this research. Keywords: Students' Reading Interest, Intensity of Visiting the Library.