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Librarians more stressed out than doctors and fire fighters? (2/22/2006) A study presented at the British Psychological Society by consultant Saqib Saddiq claims that librarians find their work more stressful than emergency workers. Theories abound about how he reached those results. Head of libraries of the Glasgow City Council Karen Cunningham said she loved her job and found Mr. Saddiq's claims bizarre, and she's not alone. One piece of advice I saw on a mailing list was, "If you are in one of those libraries described in the article, get out! And quickly!" ADDED (2/23/06): Another librarian emailed SHL, the firm sponsoring the research, and got the following reply from Lesley Kirby, Product Design Consultant: "The research collected data from 44 librarians working in public libraries. The authors are aware that there are many different types of library (sic)...we did not set out to attract, nor did we claim, a representative sample that encompassed these different types of librarian." |
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