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Some Sources on Library Anxiety

Library Anxiety: A Grounded Theory and its Development Constance Mellon's article that first identified and named library anxiety. This gives a very good, readable overview of library anxiety.
Mellon's Theory of Library Anxiety The Wikipedia article on library anxiety.
Library Rx : Measuring and Treating Library Anxiety : A Research Study This book discusses an in-depth study of library anxiety and contains useful suggestions for how Libraries can work to alleviate it.
Don't panic! Managing library anxiety with a library survival guide. The goal of the guide was to decrease library anxiety and familiarize new students with library resources and services.
Psychosocial Reasons Why Patrons Avoid Seeking Help From Librarians: A Literature Review
This review summarizes literature on the educational psychology of help seeking, help seeking in college student services, interpersonal dimensions of library reference services, library anxiety, the effect of librarian behaviors on patrons’ perceptions of help received, and preliminary findings on help seeking in online settings.