Comments on: Who needs therapy? http://tametheweb.com/2008/06/18/who-needs-therapy/ Libraries, Technology and People Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:01:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: leeleblanc http://tametheweb.com/2008/06/18/who-needs-therapy/comment-page-1/#comment-5216 leeleblanc Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:38:09 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/?p=3051#comment-5216 That is awesome -thanks for the information! That is awesome -thanks for the information!

]]> By: ~Kathy Dempsey http://tametheweb.com/2008/06/18/who-needs-therapy/comment-page-1/#comment-5215 ~Kathy Dempsey Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:29:55 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/?p=3051#comment-5215 Actually, a UK library won a Libraries Change Lives award (from CILIP) for its Bibliotherapy program last year: "The Read Yourself Well program at the East Ayrshire Li­brary is a bibliotherapy program that launched in October 2005. It seeks to help people with mild mental health problems overcome them through reading. The person seeking help makes an appointment with a bibliotherapist, who will recommend appropriate books after a discussion. There are one or two follow-up sessions." pretty darn innovative stuff! See the full coverage in the July/Aug 07 issue of Marketing Library Services at http://www.infotoday.com/mls/jul07/Koerwer.shtml And look for the 08 winners to be featured in the upcoming July/Aug issue! more great programs where libraries really DO change lives. ~KD Actually, a UK library won a Libraries Change Lives award (from CILIP) for its Bibliotherapy program last year:

“The Read Yourself Well program at the East Ayrshire Li­brary is a bibliotherapy program that launched in October 2005. It seeks to help people with mild mental health problems overcome them through reading. The person seeking help makes an appointment with a bibliotherapist, who will recommend appropriate books after a discussion. There are one or two follow-up sessions.” pretty darn innovative stuff!

See the full coverage in the July/Aug 07 issue of Marketing Library Services at http://www.infotoday.com/mls/jul07/Koerwer.shtml

And look for the 08 winners to be featured in the upcoming July/Aug issue! more great programs where libraries really DO change lives.

~KD

]]> By: Edward Vielmetti http://tametheweb.com/2008/06/18/who-needs-therapy/comment-page-1/#comment-5192 Edward Vielmetti Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:39:51 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/?p=3051#comment-5192 ah yes, taking the library cure. i dug up some info on lapidus, one of the UK organizations that does this professionally: http://vielmetti.typepad.com/superpatron/2008/06/lapidus-the-bib.html sounds like a really good idea, "reading group" as "group therapy". ah yes, taking the library cure.

i dug up some info on lapidus, one of the UK organizations that does this professionally:

http://vielmetti.typepad.com/superpatron/2008/06/lapidus-the-bib.html

sounds like a really good idea, “reading group” as “group therapy”.

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