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HOLY ANGEL UNIVERSITY

THE LIBRARY ERGONOMICS OF THE AUTOMATED WORKSTATION OT THE LIBRARY

STATFS

IN AI{GELES CITY

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A

Thesis Presented

to

The Faculty of the Graduate School

Holy

Angel

University

Angeles

City

In Partial

Fulfillment

of the Requirements for the Degree

of

Master of

Arts

in

Library

Science

Remedios

DL.

February 2008

Library

ergonomics

HOLY ANGEL TJNIVERSITY

Abstract

The

library

is considered an important educational system in

which

the

library

staffs are the key persons in the provision

of

unquantifiable information services to library patrons and

community

of

users. Poor working conditions affect the physical well-being of the

library

staffs.

In

line

with

this, the researcher attempted to

find

how the workstations of the

library

staffs and workers of the seven

(7)

academic institutions and eleven (11)

schools institutions

in

Angeles

City

are ergonomically designed. The researcher used the descriptive method and inferential statistics such as T-test

to

check the significant differences between the

library

ergonomics of the academic and school institutions and also percentage distribution and weighted mean of the responses

ofthe

research respondents. Findings of the study showed that

library

staffs in both academic and school libraries were not

fully

ergonomically aware on the different physical factors that strain their bodies when staying in their workstation. The respondents indicated uncertainty on the comfort they have on their workstation. They also indicated that they experienced less ^stress on the eyes but they experienced much pain on the

wrist

and

neck.

These pains that were brought by the unergonomic furniture did not

fit

the different

anthropometric measures

ofthe library

staffs that require knowledge and training

to

correct the

unfit

furniture. Indeed,

it

is desirable

to fully

understand the benefit

oftaking

micro-break, offrce exercises, and proper arrangement

ofthe

furniture and equipment in the offrce to avoid strain and injuries in the workplace.

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