An investigation into the role of electronic resources in librarians' job stress in University of Tehran libraries

Subject Areas : Journal of Knowledge Studies

Mehrdokht Vazirpoor Keshmiry ¹ , Maryam Rezvanfar ^{2 *}

1 - Faculty Member of Islamic Azad University , North Tehran Branch
2 - MLIS in Librarian Information

Received: 2008-07-07 Accepted : 2009-01-12 Published : 2009-08-23

Keywords: Job Stress, Stress, Librarians, Electronic resources, University of Tehran, Electronic equipment,

Abstract :

The main purpose of this research is to investigate the role of electronic resources in University of Tehran librarians’ job stress. To achieve the purpose, electronic equipment, electronic resources, network resources, databases, data retrieval and the components related to librarians’ job stress were investigated. The statistical population consisted of 262 University of Tehran librarians. 110 librarians replied to the questionnaires. The questionnaire was used to gather the needed information. And, descriptive and inferential statistics including 2-sentence and chi-square tests were applied to conduct the research and also SPSS and Excel softwares were utilized to analyze the collected data. The analysis of data shows that electronic equipment plays a role in reducing the librarians’ job stress (meaningful level = 0.000). There is a relationship between the provided services in the form of electronic resources and librarians’ job stress (P< 0.05). There is a relationship between the provided services in the form of network resources and librarians’ job stress (P< 0.05). There is a relationship between the provided services in the form of databases and librarians’ job stress (P< 0.04) and data retrieval plays a role in reducing librarians’ job stress (meaningful level = 0.000).