Positive Thinking Impact on Increasing Communication Skills of Public Library Librarians in Tabriz

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of positive thinking on increasing the communication skills of librarians in general libraries of Tabriz city. This research is an applied research method and is a survey method. The population of this study is librarians of general libraries located in Tabriz city. According to the relatively small number of statistical population, sampling was done by census method and a questionnaire (5 options based on Likert scale) was distributed among all librarians. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of 91% which is an indicator of the reliability of the questionnaire. The distributed questionnaire consists of two parts of communication skills and positive thinking, SPSS software was used to analyze the data. The results of the research showed that the amount of positive thinking effects on non-verbal skills is higher than other skills, and the level of positive thinking among librarians is relatively good. The overall results of the research indicate that the level of positive thinking between female librarians and those under the age of 35 years and with the level of undergraduate education is higher than other groups. Also, the higher the level of positive thinking, the more intense non-verbal communication librarians I t turns out. At the end of the research, there are suggestions for holding positive thinking courses and communication skills for librarians.