Library Anxiety of LIS Students in Universities of Pakistan: A Measurement Using MLAS

Authors

Mahe Bushra Asghar, Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, The Islamia University of BahawalpurFollow
Rubina Bhatti, Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur
Salman Bin Naeem, Associate Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur

Date of this Version

12-28-2021

Abstract

The present study was conducted with an aim to determine the level of library anxiety among the graduate students of Library and Information Science enrolled in public sector universities of Pakistan. The Multidimensional Library Anxiety Scale developed and validated by Dr. Doris Van Kampen, was used for this study. The data was collected from 511 students of MLIS studying in different library schools of Pakistan. The collected data was then analyzed statistically by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22. The findings of the study indicated that graduate students of Library and Information Science exhibited overall a mild level of library anxiety on all the six dimensions of MLAS. There was statistically no significant difference in the level of library anxiety among male and female graduate students of LIS and also in the frequency of library use, on the level of library anxiety. The study also provides recommendations to overcome the library anxiety.