

(Rubin, 1978) The aim of the dissertation is to investigate the practice of bibliotherapy to provide a basis for a bibliotherapy service for Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL). Print or non-print material, either imaginative or informational is experienced and discussed with the aid of a facilitator. It can be defined as: A program of activity based on the interactive processes of media and the people who experience it.

It is a cross-disciplinary area involving collaboration between medical and library professionals.

Bibliotherapy is a reading therapy and is currently developing widely in the UK public library community.
