An Investigation of Library Anxiety Rate of Postgraduate Students

The purpose of the present research was to investigate the library anxiety rate of post-graduate students at Shaheed Chamran University (SCU). Research was a survey of descriptive-analytical type that applying Van Kampen’s multi-dimensional scale، Translation and was the standard for the community. Population included all the post-graduate students (4422) at SCU. Sample size of 354 students was selected using Krejcie-Morgan table. Of 354 distributed questionnaires some 287 were returned (response rate of 81. 07%). Data analysis was performed. Descriptive as well as inferential statistics were used (t-test and ANOVA) to determine the significant differences. Descriptive results indicated that the library anxiety rate is equal to 151. 69 which indicates to be at the medium level. Variables such as: sex; age; college attended; educational level; frequency of library usage، on library anxiety were studied. Level of education، and the frequency of library usage found to be effective on students’ library anxiety.