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Stress in library

This is a survey of the opinions of librarians working in central university libraries in Iran about the problem of library stress. Fred Luthanʹs categorization of organizations stressors is applied. A questionnaire with 36 questions using Likert Scale is used. 150 filled questionnaires were received. Results are analyzed using percentage and means. Luthanʹs five factors causing the most amount of stress in libraries are identified as: a lack of library directorʹs support, lack of job security, lack of library directorʹs cooperation, lack of correct measures for encouragement, and lack of scientific methods of performance evaluation.