Introducing Bibliotherapy in Public Libraries of Jaffna district: an Exploratory Study

Arulanantham, S.; Navaneethakrishnan, S.

doi:10.4038/jula.v17i2.6648

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“…"Bibliotherapy is the use of a set of selected readings as therapeutic ka. Some Sri Lankan researchers have discussed the importance of initiating bibliotherapy in Sri Lankan universities [2,3,4]. However, it has not been initiated so far, and there is a readiness to do so in the future.…”

Section: Bibliotherapy In Practicementioning

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Bibliotherapy in Practice: Initiated a new service at the University System of Sri Lanka

Gunawardhana¹

2022

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University education creates a transition period from school education to the real world through the provision of professional knowledge, soft skills, and different experiences. Students learn to deal with challenges, overcome conflicts, adapt to new environments, and cope with stress in university life, not only in engaging academic fields. Students face different problems in this new environment for these reasons. University counselors provide solid mental support with various tools to prepare them for higher-level challenges in the future. Bibliotherapy is a popular tool for them, although it is not widely used in the context of Sri Lanka yet. This service was initiated at the University of Moratuwa Library in Sri Lanka, where the researcher has been practicing bibliotherapy as a counselor for years. This work presents a new approach, which is very important in university libraries, dependent not just on traditional services, but on serving users. This article aims at sharing the researcher’s experience with other professionals and motivating them towards it.

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Section: Bibliotherapy In Practicementioning

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Bibliotherapy in Practice: Initiated a new service at the University System of Sri Lanka

Gunawardhana¹

2022

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“…The study on implementing bibliotherapy through public libraries in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka, identifies public librarians' awareness of the bibliotherapy service and their characteristics as bibliotherapists. It proposed this service helped develop the mental and social conditions of post-war community in the Jaffna District (Arulanantham & Navaneethakrishnan, 2014b). The proposed concept by Premarathne ( 2016) is expected to survey students who are seeking student counsellors' help through the health centre, career guidance unit, and the student counselling centre at the University of Peradeniya.…”

Section: Bibliotherapy Technique Of Counselling Has Been Widelymentioning

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Student Counsellors’ Perception on Initiating Bibliotherapy Service in the University Environment

Somaratna

2021

Jnl Univ. Librarians Assoc. Sri Lanka

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Bibliotherapy or use of books and literature related activities as a therapeutic method or counselling method to address students' specific issues is being practiced in several universities in developed countries all over the world. However, there is little evidence from the Sri Lankan scenario. Hence, this study aims to find the university student counsellors' perception on initiating bibliotherapy service in the university environment as a counseling tool. Structured interviews and a questionnaire survey were conducted using student counsellors at the University of Colombo to check their views on bibliotherapy service. Forty two counsellors responded, representing faculties of Arts, Education, Library, Management, Medical, and the Science, with response rate of 65.63%. Uncertainty about careers and study directions (63.64%), difficulties in motivation or decision making (36.36%), and exam stress and anxiety (34.09%) are the most prominent issues of university students those were brought to the counselors who practiced short-term individual counselling method, followed by workshops and long term group counselling. Only 2.38% of the counsellors are

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A Study on Relation Analysis between Book and Category in Bibliotherapy Catalog

Baek¹

2015

Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Informatio

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For bibliotherapy, users should understand their own life situation, select and access the book (self-help book). User access to book through situation catalog (or list) in reading list, but user is difficult to define and simplify in one word after understanding their own situation. Catalog of bibliotherapy reading list classifies books using one situation category or maximum of two categories other than the age-specific classification. In this study, the author approached and analyzes based on the result of the research on the relationship between bibliotherapy and reading list, in order that access more efficiently to book what user wants. Bibliotherapy reading-list by using mapping and crosswalk between categories, and analyzes category of reading lists through comprehensive review.

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Introducing Bibliotherapy in Public Libraries of Jaffna district: an Exploratory Study

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Bibliotherapy in Practice: Initiated a new service at the University System of Sri Lanka

Bibliotherapy in Practice: Initiated a new service at the University System of Sri Lanka

Student Counsellors’ Perception on Initiating Bibliotherapy Service in the University Environment

A Study on Relation Analysis between Book and Category in Bibliotherapy Catalog

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