The aim of this study is to examine how teenage boysperceive the public library. How do they utilize the resourcesprovided by a public library? What are their thoughtsregarding what a public library offers in terms of services toits visitors? Four qualitative interviews with teenage boyswere done for the purpose of this study. The study showsthat these individuals perceive the library as a resource foryoungsters, women, elders or people with disabilities orspecial needs, but not themselves. / Program: Bibliotekarie

The objective of this entire essay, founded on nineteen interviews of poetry readers at thepublic library in Borås, is to ascertain why people do read poetry. But in addition to examinewhat sort of people who enjoy poetry, as well as what they appear to get out of their exercise.I have also put together the position of the poetry reader as a customer of the library.The summary of contents is primarily based on direct quotations of the interviews, and doesnot reflect any generally applicable facts about poetry readers. I am only trying to focus on thethoughts and sentiments on poetry experienced by a few randomly selected individuals. DanAndersson, Karin Boye, Nils Ferlin and Gustaf Fröding were stated as favourites by many.The only thing in common subsequently found by those interviewed was a great affection forliterature and a diligent usage of the library.

The subject of this paper is the library job market in Sweden 1975-1995. Job advertisementsin the periodical of DIK Association (the Swedish federation for occupational groups thatworks with documentation, information and culture) have been studied.1975, 1980, 1985, 1990 and 1995 there were 2 170 advertisements of situations for librarians.They have been examined with focus on the following:situation description:qualifications requested:• type of library• size of municipality•county• hours per week• duration• designation• tasks• education• knowledge of languages• knowledge of specific subjects• knowledge of computers• experience• driving licence, carStatistics have been made. The figures of the five years have been compared to give a pictureof the development.The results have also been compared with what has been written about the changes that arehappening on the labour market in general, and similarities and differences have been pointedat.

<p>Som ett led i att kunna erbjuda bättre information och service till nyföretagare har det i Väster- och Norrbotten initierats ett projekt – Bibliotekskompaniet – bibliotek och företag i samverkan. Projektet syftar till att utbilda bibliotekarier i att bli bättre rustade att möta företagarnas informationssökningsbehov genom att utveckla bibliotekariernas kunskaper inom företagande och vad det kan innebära. Projektet syftar också till att öka företagares kunskaper om vilka slags resurser biblioteken inom projektet kan erbjuda som kan vara nyttigt för dem.</p><p>Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka vad representanter för kommunernas service för nyföretagande i Västerbotten använder sig av för informationskällor och hur de ser biblioteken som en resurs för informationssökning. Uppsatsen fokuserar på representanter för kommunernas service för nyföretagande för att de i ett tidigt skede i förstudien till projektet besvarade en enkät för projektets räkning vars syfte var att undersöka eventuellt intresse av samarbete mellan respondenterna och biblioteken.</p><p>Uppsatsen visar att respondenterna i dagsläget endast använder sig av biblioteken som resurs för privat räkning, och i väldigt liten eller inte alls när det gäller sin yrkesutövning. Resultatet visar också att respondenterna har en diversifierad uppsättning informationskällor som de anser vara tillräckliga för att sköta sitt arbete med rådgivning och stöd till nyföretagare.  Detta resultat bygger på respondenternas mångåriga erfarenhet av affärsrådgivning, aktiv omvärldsbevakning och, det som respondenterna pekar på är det viktigaste, ett väl fungerande nätverk med många olika kompetenser. Sett ur respondenternas perspektiv är informationskällorna tillräckliga, och de anser att projekt som Bibliotekskompaniet – bibliotek och företag i samverkan bara blir ytterligare en aktör på den redan fulla aktörsarenan för företagare. Visserligen stänger de inte helt dörren till bibliotek som informationsförmedlande resurs men önskar förtydliganden angående syftet med projektet.</p>

<p>The aim of this study is to examine if library and archive will meet professionally in digitization projects. The study has been conducted as a discourse analysis in accordance with the methods of Norman Fairclough, professor of Linguistics at Lancaster University. The texts are seen as linguistic and semiotic elements of social events that can be analyzed as parts of the social process – discourse. The relationship between events and structures in society will be part of the social practice.The basic data derive from five public documents collected from Swedish government agencies. The mutual subject is developing a national strategy for digitization and to contribute to the European digital library, Europeana, funded by the European Commission.The research question is: When digitizing the Swedish cultural heritage as a project of institutional cooperation, which discourses can be identified? Which will be regarded as a matter of course and which will be excluded?The conclusion is that the profession of library were the most frequent discourse in the analyzed texts. Another important factor is whether the information is born digital or if it is physical artifacts that has been digitized. The Swedish National Archives have stated detailed regulations of creating and transferring official documents as electronic records which differ from the National library proposed regulation for legal deposit of electronic documents.For the library profession, the focus is on classification, searching and access. For the archive, the focus is to secure that the records has not been modified or corrupted for sustainable authenticity over time.In the social practice it can be established that the public institutions – libraries, museums, archives – will meet concurrence on the Internet from new entrepreneurs like Google, Genline and Creative Commons.</p>

<p>Syftet med denna uppsats har varit att undersöka hur lärare och skolans bibliotekarier uppfattar skolbiblioteket och dess roll i undervisningen på högstadiet. Studien baseras på intervjuer som gjorts med lärare och bibliotekarier på två skolor. Vi har inspirerats av fenomenografin men använder en deskriptiv metod och beskriver i vårt resultat fyra delar: användning av skolbiblioteket, undersökande arbetssätt, skolbibliotekets roll och dess miljö och skolans bibliotekariers roll. I resultatet kommer vi fram till att skolbiblioteket har en viktig roll och att det finns en positiv inställning till skolbiblioteket. Skolbiblioteket används till studier, arbete och skönlitterär läsning. Viktigt för ett fungerande skolbibliotek är personal hela dagen, gott om fräscha media och att det ges utrymme för olika funktioner i bibiblioteket. För att verksamheten ska fungera optimalt krävs att de olika yrkeskategorierna samtalar med varandra och förstår varandras yrkesroller.</p> / <p>The purpose of this paper has been to study teachers´ and librarians´ perspectives of the role of the school library in education in secondary schools. The study is based upon interviews with teachers and librarians from two different schools. We are inspired by phenomenography but we use a descriptive method and the following four parts are described in our result: the use of the school library, investigative approaches, the role of the school library and its environment and the role of the librarian. The conclusions which are evident from our research suggest the library has a fundamental role in the heart of the school. The school library is a multi-functional service used to support school studies, independent work and promote and encourage the reading of fiction. Essential to making the school library function well is professional staff, inspiring new literature and sufficient space to allow such functions to operate without disturbing each other. To ensure co-operation functions optimally the two professions must work effectively together as one team, understanding each other’s roles fully.</p>

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The aim of this study is to examine if library and archive will meet professionally in digitization projects. The study has been conducted as a discourse analysis in accordance with the methods of Norman Fairclough, professor of Linguistics at Lancaster University. The texts are seen as linguistic and semiotic elements of social events that can be analyzed as parts of the social process – discourse. The relationship between events and structures in society will be part of the social practice.The basic data derive from five public documents collected from Swedish government agencies. The mutual subject is developing a national strategy for digitization and to contribute to the European digital library, Europeana, funded by the European Commission.The research question is: When digitizing the Swedish cultural heritage as a project of institutional cooperation, which discourses can be identified? Which will be regarded as a matter of course and which will be excluded?The conclusion is that the profession of library were the most frequent discourse in the analyzed texts. Another important factor is whether the information is born digital or if it is physical artifacts that has been digitized. The Swedish National Archives have stated detailed regulations of creating and transferring official documents as electronic records which differ from the National library proposed regulation for legal deposit of electronic documents.For the library profession, the focus is on classification, searching and access. For the archive, the focus is to secure that the records has not been modified or corrupted for sustainable authenticity over time.In the social practice it can be established that the public institutions – libraries, museums, archives – will meet concurrence on the Internet from new entrepreneurs like Google, Genline and Creative Commons.