Comparative Investigation Between Library Personnel Anxiety and Information Seeking Anxiety among Students of Tertiary Institutions

Abstract

The aim of this study is to analyze the perceived relationship that exist between Library Personnel Anxiety and Information Seeking Anxiety among college students how does the two components (antecedents) contributed to Library avoidance syndrome. A structured questionnaire was adapted and modified to fit the study for data collection in which five research questions guided the research. The research design adopted was a survey method. The population for this study comprises 270 students in two colleges of Education. Data were analyzed, simple percentage were used to answer the research question. The study revealed that students with Library Personnel Anxiety due encounter Information Seeking Anxiety and the two are antecedent of library avoidance. The study recommends therefore that teaching library skills at the beginning and end of each study program should be adopted to ameliorate the situation.