Library Anxiety Impedes College Students’ Library Use, but May Be Alleviated Through Improved Bibliographic Instruction

Wildemuth, Barbara M.

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“…The cause of this gender imbalance is unclear; more female students than male students enroll in "EDHE 105" classes, but not at the level seen here (59% of the total "EDHE 105" students were female and 41% were male in Fall 2018). Previous studies have shown varying levels of influence of gender on library anxiety rates, with no clear indication that gender plays a role or which gender experiences library anxiety more (Bostick, 1992;Blundell & Lambert, 2014;Jiao, Onwuegbuzie, & Lichtenstein, 1996;Wildemuth, 2017). However, overall rates of library anxiety may be different with a more gender-balanced sample, which may affect the impact of library instruction.…”

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“…Sinnasamy and Abdul Karim (2015) demonstrated that communication anxiety and English language anxiety influence library anxiety. Blundell and Lambert (2014) examined the relationship between information anxiety, race, gender, and prior library experience, whereas Wildemuth (2017) noted that male students who spoke English as a second language experienced the highest rates of library anxiety.…”

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“…Library instruction has also been commonly used to decrease library anxiety. Mellon (1986) pointed to library instruction as a way to project warmth and minimize library anxiety and that recommendation has been echoed by others (Chimah, Nwajei, & Akpom, 2015;Collins, Mellon, & Young, 1987;Naveed, 2017;Wildemuth, 2017). Studies such as those by Van Scoyoc (2003) and Fleming-May, Mays, and Radom (2015) demonstrated that library instruction was correlated with decreased library anxiety, though Van Scoyoc focused on one-shot skills-based instruction sessions while Fleming-May, Mays, and Radom explored the impact of a three workshop series for at-risk students.…”

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Testing a Warmth-Based Instruction Intervention for Reducing Library Anxiety in First-Year Undergraduate Students

Parks¹

2019

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Abstract Objective – This study aimed to test the efficacy of a warmth-based library instruction intervention in reducing rates of library anxiety in first-year undergraduate students. "Warmth" is a concept that is commonly discussed within literature on library anxiety, but to date no studies have explicitly tested the application of a warmth-based instruction intervention. First-year students are ideal targets for this intervention because they are the most likely to experience library anxiety. Methods – A quasi-experiment was conducted examining library anxiety rates in first-year undergraduate students at a public research university in the U.S. South. A one-shot warmth-based instruction session focusing on the emotional dimensions of library use was compared to a standard one-shot instruction session. Library anxiety was measured using a modified version of Bostick's Library Anxiety Scale as a pretest and posttest. Results – Results indicated that both warmth-based and standard library instruction were associated with a decrease in participants' library anxiety rates without significant differences between the types of instruction. However, warmth-based instruction was correlated with greater reductions in areas of library anxiety related to interactions with library workers. Though library anxiety rates decreased significantly after experiencing library instruction, participants exhibited low levels of library anxiety before their library instruction session occurred. Conclusion – Though warmth-based instruction did not have a significantly different impact than standard library instruction on general library anxiety, the intervention tested in this study suggests strategies that could be used to increase student comfort with library workers. This study also demonstrates a successful method to include emotional factors such as library anxiety in academic libraries' regular assessment programs. Focusing assessment on students' skills and knowledge alone risks ignoring an important aspect of student engagement and missing opportunities for academic libraries to connect with students. Assessment of emotional components of library instruction initiatives is especially crucial to ensure and demonstrate that libraries are using their resources effectively to maximize student success.

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Testing a Warmth-Based Instruction Intervention for Reducing Library Anxiety in First-Year Undergraduate Students

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2019

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“…Jiao didalam Wildemuth menyatakan bahwa library anxiety adalah kecemasan perpustakaan sebagai perasaan tidak nyaman atau disposisi emosional yang dialami saat berada diperpustakaan yang memiliki konsekuensi kognitif, afektif, fisiologis, dan perilaku. Ini ditandai dengan perenungan, ketegangan, ketakutan, perasaan ketidakpastian dan ketidakberdayaan, pikiran negatif yang merugikan diri sendiri, dan disorganisasi mental [2].Gangguan kecemasan dicirikan oleh kecenderungan tidak langsung terhadap rangsangan ancaman yang berkaitan secara pribadi, dan cenderung menafsirkan kebingungan dengan sebuah ancaman. Selain itu, kecemasan juga dicirikan dengan kecenderungan yang lebih lambat terhadap ancaman ketika memikirkan kondisi negatif maka seseorang akan berpikiran relatif terhadap kecemasan Transformasi digital yang terjadi pada UPT.…”

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Pengaruh Transformasi Digital terhadap Library Anxiety di UPT. Perpustakaan UIN Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh

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2022

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Penelitian ini berjudul Pengaruh Transformasi Digital terhadap Library Anxiety di UPT. Perpustakaan UIN Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh. Rumusan masalah pada penelitian ini adalah apakah transformasi digital berpengaruh terhadap library anxiety di UPT. Perpustakaan UIN Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh transformasi digital terhadap library anxiety di UPT. Perpustakaan UIN Ar-Ranir Banda Aceh. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif dengan pendekatan kuantitatif. Penelitian ini dilakukan di UPT. Perpustakaan UIN Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh dengan teknik purposive sampling dan sampel sebanyak 100 orang pemustaka. Adapun teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah dengan penyebaran angket dan dokumentasi. Teknik pengolahan data menggunakan rumus regresi linear sederhana dengan bantuan SPSS. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian diperoleh nilai signifikan pada regresi adalah 0.971 > 0.05 atau 5% taraf kesalahan yang telah ditentukan yang berarti bahwa tidak ada pengaruh atau keterkaitan yang signifikan antara transformasi digital dengan library anxiety.

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“…Asimismo, destacaron términos sobre elementos metodológicos de tipo cuantitativo, lo que sugiere una oportunidad para investigar la AB desde enfoques cualitativos. Todo lo mencionado indica lo fructífero de investigar el tema, dependiendo de la perspectiva que se siga (Wildemuth, 2017). Figura 8.…”

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Producción científica sobre ansiedad bibliotecaria: un análisis bibliométrico y cienciométrico desde Scopus

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La ansiedad bibliotecaria (AB) es el estado de incertidumbre que experimentan algunos usuarios cuando acuden a la biblioteca, cuyo estudio comenzó en los años 80, pero que carece de un análisis métrico actualizado. El objetivo de este estudio fue hacer un análisis bibliométrico y cienciométrico de los artículos sobre AB indizados en la base de datos Scopus entre 1989 y 2018. Se analizaron 118 publicaciones según indicadores de producción, colaboración, impacto y mapas bibliométricos. Se encontró que las publicaciones sobre AB han aumentado progresivamente, que la colaboración de autores fue baja, que una revista influyente en el área fue Library Review, y que los autores con más impacto fueron Onwuegbuzie y Jiao. Asimismo, destacaron palabras clave sobre la formación del usuario y cuatro frentes de investigación: instrumentos de medición, resultados, marcos teóricos y tipos de unidades de análisis. Dichos resultados sugieren que la AB es un tema fructífero de investigación.

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Library Anxiety Impedes College Students’ Library Use, but May Be Alleviated Through Improved Bibliographic Instruction

Cited by 5 publications

References 13 publications

Testing a Warmth-Based Instruction Intervention for Reducing Library Anxiety in First-Year Undergraduate Students

Testing a Warmth-Based Instruction Intervention for Reducing Library Anxiety in First-Year Undergraduate Students

Pengaruh Transformasi Digital terhadap Library Anxiety di UPT. Perpustakaan UIN Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh

Producción científica sobre ansiedad bibliotecaria: un análisis bibliométrico y cienciométrico desde Scopus

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