Bibliotherapy: a review and perspective from Poland

Czernianin, Wiktor; Czernianin, Halina; Chatzipentidis, Kiriakos

doi:10.1080/08893675.2019.1583413

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“…Būtent pastaroji imta labiau sieti su viešosiomis bibliotekomis 8 , argumentuočiau atsakant į ilgai diskutuotą klausimą, kad šios krypties paslaugas gali teikti ir (specialių žinių įgiję) bibliotekininkai 9 . Tačiau palyginti trumpas ne tik šios skirties, bet ir biblioterapijos taikymo viešosiose bibliotekose laikotarpis bei tai, kad jose, kooperuojantis su sveikatinimo specialistais, propaguojant kai kuriose šalyse itin populiarią bendradarbiavimo 10 kryptį, teikiamos ir su klinikine besisiejančios reabilitacinės biblioterapijos 11 paslaugos, dirbama su specialiųjų poreikių turinčiais skaitytojais 12 , taip pat ir ta aplinkybė, jog nėra aiškių kriterijų, kokių specialiųjų žinių ar įgūdžių kokioms biblioterapijoms paslaugoms teikti privalo turėti bibliotekininkas 13 , tebekelia painiavą, stabdančią biblioterapijos paslaugų plėtrą viešosiose bibliotekose 14 (pažymėtina, jog nedaug kur pasaulyje yra institualizuotų struktūriškų biblioterapijos mokymų programų 15 , trūksta aiškaus biblioterapeuto kvalifikacijos apibrėžimo 16 ). Tokia situacija suponuoja poreikį išgryninti edukacinės krypties bibliotekinę -t. y. pačių bibliotekininkų jėgomis galimų teikti biblioterapijos paslaugų -biblioterapijos paradigmą.…”

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Bibliotherapy Services in Public Libraries: the Case of Lithuania

Girčienė,

Damijonaitytė

2023

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Bibliotherapy, as an interdisciplinary field, is undeniably heavily researched on a global scale, yet there are relatively few studies, especially empirical ones, devoted exclusively to the problems of public libraries, while those that would focus only on the services provided by librarians themselves, excluding cooperation with specialists in the field of health promotion, have been undetected at all. The concept, typology, methodology of bibliotherapy and specialists, who can provide services in this field, especially the scope of librarians’ possibilities, are still being discussed in multidirectional works of bibliotherapy. The article presents the results of a quantitative empirical study based on the synthesis of multidisciplinary bibliotherapy research, which allowed to determine the librarians’ own possibilities to provide bibliotherapy services, revealing the state of bibliotherapy services provision in Lithuanian public libraries in 2022. In addition, the article provides a comparative analysis of this study and secondary sources, which showed the evolution and development possibilities of the provision of bibliotherapy services in Lithuanian public libraries. It was found that in most libraries, at least one bibliotherapy service is provided by their own staff. Out of them, slightly more than twice (both qualitatively and quantitatively) of services are attributable to passive bibliotherapy, exclusively covering an intrapersonal level of communication, based on recommendations of books to be read, which is traditionally more characteristic of these institutions, rather than those to be associated with its active variety, which includes an individual interaction of a reader with a librarian inspired by the read book, or a group one - with the members of the book club led by them that integrates an interpersonal level of communication as well. However, as shown by the comparative analysis of the results of the quantitative research of the same object of 2022 and 2011, the active bibliotherapy, which promotes the interaction of readers, is also becoming popular in Lithuania as the functions of libraries expand in the direction of socialization. This is largely in line with global trends. Summarizing the data of the latest research presented in the article and previous secondary sources, it can be stated that in the early 21st century, library bibliotherapy began to be developed at the formal level, and after the development breakthrough recorded at the turn of the first and second decades it has already established itself as a service provided by Lithuanian public libraries. The librarians’ attitudes towards it are positive, the motivation to expand the range or scope of bibliotherapy services is increasing. Although librarians both independently and institutionally, usually through projects or occasional trainings deepen their knowledge in this field, yet its lack is still mentioned, and in particular, the lack of practical skills necessary for organizing more formal active bibliotherapy activities, which leads to a lack of confidence in their own abilities and induces them to limit themselves to the role of an event organizer with a guest lecturer. As one of the ways to solve this problem, long-term institutionalized training in bibliotherapy is mentioned. It is available to those who want to improve in this field and to expand library bibliotherapy services, which help to implement the traditional functions of book repositories and reading promotion and more advanced, globally relevant functions of community gathering and reader education.

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Bibliotherapy Services in Public Libraries: the Case of Lithuania

Girčienė,

Damijonaitytė

2023

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“…Recent studies from Sweden (2020) and Poland (2017) indicate that bibliotherapy can be an efficient complement to therapy and traditional medical interventions ( 38 , 39 ). However, more clinical studies are needed to support physicians and psychologists with an evidence-based framework for clinical bibliotherapy ( 10 , 29 , 34 , 39 ).…”

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“…Despite a call for more evidence-based research about the wider effectiveness of bibliotherapy ( 11 , 18 , 30 , 39 , 48 , 49 ), the reported benefits and zero harm makes bibliotherapy an effective form of therapy for individuals with mental and personal development issues ( 30 , 49 ). Bibliotherapy can be useful for health professionals and physicians.…”

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Bibliotherapy: Reading OVID During COVID

2020

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An epidemic of an infectious disease such as COVID-19 is often a source of emotional distress, even among those who have not been directly exposed to the disease. The period following the acute phase of the coronavirus epidemic and the mitigation measures will likely be hardest for medical professionals in terms of psychological impact. Bibliotherapy is a systematic intervention regarding the use of carefully selected reading materials in order to help persons to cope with stress and personal problems. This therapy can be used easily during the pandemic. The review of evidence shows that this kind of intervention can be helpful in educational and clinical contexts. During the crisis, it can be an alternative to video and film entertainment and a transition from serious medical journal clubs to a softer medical humanities experience. In this article, we summarized the historical background of bibliotherapy. We also proposed a reading list from different times, and cultures relating to pandemic, quarantine, symptoms, confinement, and social impacts (e.g., Camus, Moravia, London, Le Clezio etc.). Bibliotherapy can be a way for doctors and healthcare workers fighting on the frontline of the pandemic to find psychological support and for debriefing. Bibliotherapy can help individuals that need support for emotional distress during the pandemic to verbalize their feelings and emotions and identify new ways of addressing problems.

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“…In some sources, bibliotherapy has been introduced as one of the activities offered by the hospital and organizational librarians (Beatty, 1962;Salimi et al, 2014;Bankar and Patil, 2021). Librarians and information professionals committed to their profession and expertise, familiarity with various information sources and continuous interaction with different people in educational, research and library environments can play essential roles in bibliotherapy (Gualano et al, 2017;Czernianin et al, 2019). Roberts (1984) pointed out the importance of bibliotherapy for the blind and Hardiansyah et al (2022) indicated that bibliotherapy is effective in the environmental mastery of blind students.…”

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Bibliotherapy by medical librarians for the blind females

Shekofteh,

Ahmadi,

Kazerani

et al. 2023

IFLA Journal

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This quasi-experimental study aimed to investigate the effect of group bibliotherapy on the self-esteem of blind females. Thirty blind females agreed to participate in the study. They were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. Data were collected through the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory. A medical librarian performed an eight-session bibliotherapy intervention in collaboration with a psychological counsellor for the experimental group. After the intervention, the experimental group’s self-esteem scores were higher than the control group’s ( p < 0.05). The mean self-esteem scores in the experimental group after the intervention increased significantly ( p < 0.05). The highest percentage increase is related to the family and educational/professional self-esteem subscales. Using bibliotherapy by a team of medical librarians and psychologists to improve the psychological problems of the blind and other people with disabilities is recommended.

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Bibliotherapy: a review and perspective from Poland

Cited by 11 publications

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Bibliotherapy Services in Public Libraries: the Case of Lithuania

Bibliotherapy Services in Public Libraries: the Case of Lithuania

Bibliotherapy: Reading OVID During COVID

Bibliotherapy by medical librarians for the blind females

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