The prevalence of digital media is more and more changing how service professions work is carried out, librarianship being no exception. With more and more focus and resources being laid on the digital side of the professions, with ebooks, e-service desks and interactions with users via social media, it is important to evaluate how these changes have transformed the librarian profession. This paper has had as a goal to find connections between the rise in use of digital media in the library workspace, and increased stress and burnout in the library profession. By compiling previous research and comparing it to my own quantitative research I have created a jumping off point for further research into the effects digital media has on mental health amongst library staff. In this study I have managed to present tentative evidence of rising stress and anxiety within the Swedish public library sector, as well as a rise in the use of various forms of digital media. This paper has not managed to find any concrete evidence linking these two trends together.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hb-26797 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Norin, Samantha |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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