BIBLIOTERAPI: PERAN PUSTAKAWAN DAN PERPUSTAKAAN DALAM PENERAPANNYA

Abstract

Everyone's life is prone to problems, either external (environmentat) or internal (psychological). Bibliotherapy may help problematic person in expanding his horizon of knowledge, and the reading material may bring about a healing process. Evidences of positive effects of bibtiotherapy in mental health are accumulating. Bibliotherapy can influence attitudes, feelings, and behaviours of users and stimulate readers to think. When an individual relationship with the content or essence of books happens, bibliotherapy becomes a powerful healing medium for many kinds of life problems. Bibliotherapy prescribed for users can be facilitated by a readers' advisor in any library. Librarians are potentially able to assume the role as consultant bibliotherapists. They can recommend therapeutic books for users who need healing from a psychological disturbances.