Library-anxious students

Anxious mothers... anxious babies?

Many mothers of infants experience days of worry and weeks of work—an experience made so much harder by the presence of a crying infant. Up to 20% of mothers in developed countries report excessive crying in their infants. Although often thought of as a benign, self-limiting condition, infant crying—in particular, crying that lasts more than 3 h per day, for more than 3 days per week and for mo...

An Investigation of Library Anxiety Rate of Postgraduate Students

Background and Aim: The purpose of the present research was to investigate the library anxiety rate of post-graduate students at Shaheed Chamran University (SCU). Method: 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. Sam...

Students take advantage of longer library hours

With the f irs t p re s id e n t ia l p r im aries only th ree m on ths aw ay, c a m p u s g ro u p s h av e begun to address rates of stu­ dent voter registration. Newly fo rm e d c a m p u s i n i t i a t iv e N D V otes’08, a n o n p a r t i s a n ed u ca t io n a l cam p a ig n s p o n ­ sored by the Center for Social Concerns, is spearheading the efforts. Senior Mike McKenna, CSC co o rd i...

"I Am More Productive in the Library Because It's Quiet": Commuter Students in the College Library

Effect of massed and disturbed practice on reading comprehension for high and low anxious college students