Factors Influencing Students’ Willingness to Use Academic Library after COVID-19 Lockdown

Q2 Social Sciences

International Information and Library Review Pub Date : 2022-06-21 DOI:10.1080/10572317.2022.2089528

Behzad Anwar, M. Shoaib, Raza- e-Mustafa

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Abstract

Abstract This paper is an attempt to determine the factors which influence the willingness of the students to use academic libraries after lifting the COVID-19 lockdown. A quantitative study design has been opted to conduct a cross-sectional survey from students of the BS (4 Years) program of five public sector universities in the Punjab province, Pakistan. A stratified random sampling technique has opted and a sample of 1288 students has been sampled. A well-structured questionnaire having close-ended questions has been constructed to measure the response in terms of (dis)agreement. Multiple regression analysis has been applied to predict the dependent variable. The study findings assert that students are willing to use the academic library for their academic work along with the following protective measures after the COVID-19 lockdown. It depends on the enforcement of the COVID-19 related aspects. These aspects include social distancing, wearing a face mask, seating arrangements in the library, and availability of hand sanitization in the academic libraries. The study findings conclude that students have practiced physical distancing in the library, wear a mask, hand hygiene, and also have a lack of fear of infection of COVID-19 pandemic that enhances their willingness to use the academic library.

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新冠肺炎疫情后影响学生使用高校图书馆意愿的因素

摘要:本文试图确定新冠肺炎疫情解除后，影响学生使用高校图书馆意愿的因素。本研究采用定量研究设计，对巴基斯坦旁遮普省五所公立大学本科(4年制)课程的学生进行横断面调查。采用分层随机抽样的方法，对1288名学生进行了抽样。构建了一个结构良好的问卷，其中包含封闭式问题，以衡量(不)同意方面的反应。运用多元回归分析对因变量进行预测。研究结果表明，在新冠肺炎封锁后，学生们愿意使用学术图书馆进行学术工作，并采取以下保护措施。这取决于COVID-19相关方面的执行情况。这些方面包括保持社交距离、佩戴口罩、图书馆的座位安排以及高校图书馆的手卫生措施。研究结果表明，学生在图书馆保持身体距离，戴口罩，保持手卫生，并且对感染新冠病毒的恐惧不足，这增强了他们使用大学图书馆的意愿。

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