Use of Multidimensional Library Anxiety Scale on Education and Psychology Students in Iran, Mohammadamin Erfanmanesh

Most users making use of library services encounter different levels of undesirable feelings of fear, tension, and anxiety. Coming across the library building, the presence of modern technology in contemporary libraries, the enormous bulk of information resources, lack of necessary skills for library research as well as the difficulties to interact with librarians can bring out unwillingness to use libraries (Jiao and Onwuegbuzie, 1997). Such negative feelings are known as "library anxiety." Library anxiety can be defined as “the fear and negative feelings when using library, making ready for use and even when thinking about use of library” (Mellon, 1986). In other words, library anxiety consists of any negative emotional symptoms such as fear, worry, uncertainty, perceiving lack of ability and efficiency, sense of loneliness, consternation, and etc. This phenomenon is a common thing among library users and has been the subject of a variety of studies.