Social media Prevalence: information anxiety among the librarians: Survey study.
Keywords:
Information Anxiety, Information Overload, Health Information, social media, Librarian HealthAbstract
Library and information professionals also use social media platforms through computers, laptops, tablets, and mobile phones due to the excessive use of social media and health issues faced by library professionals.
The primary purpose of this paper is to bring up the issue of information overload and its impact on the professional lives of librarians. It is a quantitative study, and survey methodology is used as the data collection source. A total of 162 library professionals participated in this study.
The findings of this study showed that excessive use of social media anxiety has effects on the health of library and information professionals, such as eyesight weakness, mental stress, and sleeping disorders. Librarians can control information anxiety and create appropriate usage of social media. This study also provides implications for other professional domains to create a balanced use of social media.
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