Bibliotherapy

Arlene V. Salazar Research, Instruction & Outreach Librarian

Education Subject Librarian

Bibliotherapy Materials & Collections

A member of The Texas State University System

guides.library.txstate.edu/bibliotherapy-play-therapy

Start of Project – Key Points

Developing our Bibliotherapy material came out of a previous project, developing our Games Collection and 15 years of work on our Juvenile Collection.

A proposal was drafted for Library Administration. An existing catalog Location and floor location, “Toy

Shelves”, was taken and used to grow a more useable collection.

Contact was made with key student organizations, faculty/departments as collection stakeholders.


The Library of Congress defines a toy as “An object(s) designed for imaginative play or one from which to derive amusement.”

Proposal


Marketing and Promotion is …

2013 Roving Exhibits led to Games, Toy, and Bibliotherapy projects.

Juvenile Collection of about 30,000 pieces yet many students and faculty either have no idea we have the collection or are not aware of the scope of material offered.

Ensure the material is directly related to the needs of stakeholder populations in Social Work, Counseling, Special Education courses and student organizations.

Meet with stakeholder populations to help build the collections and continue developing them.

Most Importantly: Make material easily accessible!guides.library.txstate.edu/bibliotherapy-play-therapy

Be ProactiveSeek out relevant populations and groups


@TxState link pulls up a Catalog search

Questions? Future work will continue this Summer and Fall

as I work with courses that will be using this material to assess how they use it and if they may need additional material.

I’ll also be monitoring use of current material.


guides.library.txstate.edu/juvenileliterature

www.slideshare.net/avs0612/bibliotherapy

Bibliotherapy

Education

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