| Title |
Bibliotherapy in Lithuanian public libraries: service identification and analysis |
| Translation of Title |
Biblioterapia w litewskich bibliotekach publicznych: koncepcje i formy realizacji. |
| Authors |
Janavičienė, Daiva |
| DOI |
10.12775/TSB.2012.025 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Torunskie studia bibliologiczne.. Toruń : Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika. 2012, nr 2 (9), p. 157-173.. ISSN 2080-1807. eISSN 2392-1633 |
| Keywords [eng] |
bibliotherapy ; library services ; Lithuanian public libraries |
| Abstract [eng] |
The article presents contemporary conceptions of bibliotherapy elaborated by researchers in diff erent countries (the USA, Great Britain, Israel, Russia, and Lithuania). On their basis, schematic coverage of library-provided bibliotherapeutic services was worked out that served as a framework for the analysis of the prevalence of bibliotherapy in Lithuanian public libraries. Main international experience of the bibliotherapy practice in public libraries is related to: 1) inter-institutional collaboration with healthcare institutions by providing access to medical professional-recommended texts; 2) organization of group (or individual) work with library users in terms of bibliotherapy; 3) compiling lists of recommended literature or creating full-text databases on the theme of bibliotherapy; 4) providing access to reading and target recommendations to groups of social exclusions; 5) providing the service of reading recommendations (mainly with the aim of emotional support) to readers. [...]. |
| Published |
Toruń : Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2012 |
| CC license |
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