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A Research on Library Anxiety of Foreign Students in Korea: Concentrated on the CAU Library Users

Nam Young Joon 1 Gyuhwan Kim 1 Sung-Eun Choi 2

1중앙대학교
2중앙대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study has examined the cause of the library anxiety among foreign students upon visiting college libraries. 131 students were investigated using Library Anxiety Scale (LAS) to analyze the relationship between sex, grade, library use education, frequency of library use, Korean skill and cultural heterogeneity. The result of the LAS showed an average of 2.60 among foreign students, and the anxiety from the “mechanical barrier" was scored the highest. For sex, male students tended to be relatively more anxious than female students on the “accommodation of library" and “knowledge of library." Students who participated in the library use education were less anxious than those who did not, and the more one used library, the less one became anxious. Based on these results, the study proposes the way ahead for resolving library anxiety through library use education and frequency of use.

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