Evaluation of library Anxiety among students: A case study of Rehabilitation School of Iran University of Medical Sciences

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the library anxiety among the students of Rehabilitation School of Iran University of Medical Sciences. The research method is survey and 211 students have participated in the study. The Bostick's library anxiety scale in the form of a researcher-made 39-item questionnaire was used as the instrument of data collection. The findings revealed that the library anxiety of the students is at average level. The library anxiety also was at average level in terms of barriers with staff, affective barriers, library knowledge, comfort with the library and mechanical barriers, but the anxiety in terms of mechanical barriers was at higher level than the other indicators. The findings of the study showed no significant difference in the library anxiety based on the educational level. Only in the indicators of the mechanical barriers, the library anxiety of males was higher than females. The average level of library anxiety among the students is an important finding which needs the librarian's effort for its reduction.