THE PLACE OF BIBLIOTHERAPY IN THE TRAINING OF FUTURE LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SPECIALISTS IN BULGARIA

Abstract

The report presents the results of a survey conducted among students doing Library Studies and is part of a project funded by the National Science Fund of the Ministry of Education and Science. The survey was conducted in the period between 2nd and 30th July 2021 in an online environment and it involved 58.91% of students studying these specialties in the bachelor’s degree programs. The report presents conclusions about the following: the knowledge level of the possibilities of bibliotherapy; the need to study more alternative forms of working with readers; their awareness of the development and use of bibliotherapy in Събина Ефтимова 55 Bulgaria; the attitude of students to the application of bibliotherapy in the library environment in Bulgaria, etc. The obtained results highlight a major trend related to the need to obtain more information about alternative practices for working in a library environment.