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Occupational health hazards of library professionals in India

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Title Statement Occupational health hazards of library professionals in India
 
Added Entry - Uncontrolled Name Pal, Jiban K.; Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
 
Uncontrolled Index Term Library and Information Science; Occupational health
Occupational health; Health hazards; Library workplace; India
 
Summary, etc. The paper revisits a wide variety of health hazards in the library workplace. Through an exhaustive review, it explores the underlying causes of occupational risk & injuries to library workers; aiming to raise the awareness of healthy working practices and statutory requirements. It reflects the viewpoints surrounding the health and safety in libraries to illustrate possible health hazards of library workers in an Indian context. The paper informs about a variety of burdens that persist in the library workplace. It also outlines the major causes of occupational risk in terms of physical, chemical, biological,technological, emotional, and psycho-social hazards. It reveals how occupational hazards emanate in the library work place and how library managers can prevent these hazards by creating health & safety compliance in the workplace. The paper concludes that there is a need for transforming the library profession to improve the level of occupational health practices ensuring standard norms and follow-up actions.
 
Publication, Distribution, Etc. Annals of Library and Information Studies (ALIS)
2019-12-07 16:59:07
 
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http://op.niscair.res.in/index.php/ALIS/article/view/27824
 
Data Source Entry Annals of Library and Information Studies (ALIS); ##issue.vol## 66, ##issue.no## 4 (2019): Annals of Library and Information Studies
 
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