The Status and Impact of Technostress on Library Professionals: A Study among the Professionals of the Selected Private College Libraries in North Bengal

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Santanu Das, Jadavpur UniversityFollow

Date of this Version

Winter 11-12-2019

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Article

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Abstract

The article sought to examine the causes, symptoms and reducing strategies of technostress among the library professionals of the selected Private College Libraries in North Bengal. The descriptive survey method was employed using the questionnaire to collect data from the 52 respondents in ten higher education institutions in the northern region of West Bengal. The gathered data were analyzed by using the Likert scale and mean value calculation. The findings of the investigation show that library professionals experience technostress to a great extent. It was identified that the major cause of technostress was information overload. Different reducing strategies of technostress also revealed through this study.