Are librarians burning out?

A critical analysis of stress and burnout studies of librarians published over the last ten years The researchers fall into two camps those who want to investigate the prevalence of stress/ burnout and those who merely insist that it exists Unfortunately, the believers are more numerous than the empiricists No conclusive evidence regarding the existence of stress and burnout amongst librarians was discovered A brief review of the most popular stress remedies is given and, finally, tentative proposals are made as to the most appropriate direction for future research