Investigating the components of bibliotherapy implementation process in digital hospital libraries of Iran: Survey analysis

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the components of bibliotherapy implementation in digital hospital libraries of Iran. The research method regarding purpose is applied and regarding methodology is survey. This showed the desired level of reliability was human resources, information resources, technology and technology infrastructure, services, copyright and financial resource. The most important basic requirements for the implementation of this plan in hospital digital libraries were as follows: Method of providing information resources: ‘Collection of various digital resources to launch bibliotherapy (audiovisual resources, audio, video, etc.)’; the most desirable people to provide information resources: ‘Librarians of digital libraries in consultation with physicians and consultants’; digital resource prioritisation: ‘Multimedia Resources’; services for users: ‘Providing digital information resources, suitable for any age group in the field of bibliotherapy’; legal barriers: ‘The unwillingness of authors and publishers to support free access and at the same time protect the copyright of digital resources in the field of bibliotherapy’; and economic barriers: ‘Impossibility to provide the necessary funding to provide bibliotherapy related services in hospital digital libraries’. Its conceptual and structural model, design and research results indicate a proper fit of the components. Based on the findings of the present study, it can be concluded that the components of bibliotherapy implementation in hospital digital libraries can be classified into six sections in terms of importance and effectiveness: technical and technological infrastructure, services, financial resources, information resources, copyright and human resources.