Penerapan Biblioterapi di Perpustakaan: Sebuah Kajian Bibliometrik

Bibliotherapy is the use of literature to treat mental and emotional health problems. An appropriate library collection will influence the success of applying the bibliotherapy method to readers. This research uses quantitative methods with bibliometric analysis which aims to analyze the application of bibliotherapy in libraries. Bibliographic data was taken from journal articles indexed by the Scopus, Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (EBSCO), and Lens databases, published in the last ten years. Data processing was carried out using VOSViewer software. Bibliometric analysis shows that the number of studies on bibliotherapy has increased in the last three years. Limited mobilization due to the pandemic is one of the causes of stress and bibliotherapy can reduce this problem. The results of word co-occurrence analysis show that most of the research on bibliotherapy in libraries is discussed from psychological and medical aspects, with reading activities as the bibliotherapy method most widely discussed. However, bibliotherapy has also now experienced developments in terms of technology, including regarding the use of multimedia collections. This research is useful in providing information for librarians who want to implement bibliotherapy as a part of library services and collections. Bibliotherapy has the potential as a method to increase literacy regarding mental health for readers.