Over the last decade out-of-home care in Australia has experienced a period of considerable turmoil as royal commissions, parliamentary inquiries, departmental audits, empirical research and industry reports have highlighted the dire straits of the care system. A constant theme throughout has been the failure of the sector to adequately meet the needs of children and young people in care. Within this context the purpose of this study was to examine the needs of children and young people in care in Australia, giving voice to the full range of stakeholders, whose views were expressed in multiple documentary types. Specifically, the aim was to develop an in-depth understanding of their needs and formulate this into a formal taxonomy of needs. Using document analysis and the constant comparative method within the constructivist paradigm of social inquiry, the study involved analysis of 580 non-traditional, naturalistic and secondary documents relating to out-of-home care in Australia. The document sample consisted of five data types: primary data (letters, submissions to inquiries, transcripts of interviews and public hearings, and personal accounts); secondary data (reports resulting from commissions of inquiries and departmental reviews, audits and investigations); empirical data (the published findings from empirical research); legislative and policy data (legislation, regulation and quality frameworks); and industry and practitioner data (reports by academics, peak bodies and advocacy groups, and writings by out-of-home care practitioners). Further, the document sample included stakeholders from five major groups: children and young people in care (and former wards ); their parents and extended family; carers, agency staff and practitioners; statutory workers; and academics, advocates, and representatives of state and national peak bodies. The findings include a series of prominent themes of care; salient findings that highlight the experiences and needs of children and young people in care; and the taxonomy of needs. The prominent themes include the importance of natural family connectedness, cultural identity and connectedness, and counselling and therapeutic support. Issues relating to placement stability and disruption, safety and protection and, transition from care also featured prominently. The salient findings include an exploration of the overwhelming emotions of care, emotional putdowns, vicarious trauma and the witnessing of violence and abuse in out-of-home care, characteristics of children and young people who survive and thrive in care and beyond, characteristics of quality carers, symptom intolerance, disenfranchised grief – the never-ending story, and the defensive behaviours of children and young people in care. The taxonomy of needs provides a comprehensive overview of the needs of children and young people in care across 89 attributes and 21 attribute sub-categories, within 21 dimensions, and across three domains (the personal, placement, and community-of-care domains). The dimensions in the personal domain include attachment, physical development and health, personal growth, education and vocational attainment, development of the inner-self, and hope in life and for the future. The placement domain includes basic needs, basic entitlements, caring relationships, positive-parenting-practices, activity programming, focused-support, peer-relations and positive group management, and preparation for and transition from care. The community-of-care domain includes clinical intervention, family connectedness and involvement in placement, friends and social outlets, significant others, cultural-religious-spiritual connectedness, departmental worker capacity and support, and after care support. The principal theoretical, practice, and methodological conclusions derived from this study are that children and young people in care in Australia have considerable needs, are largely unable to meet their own needs, and experience harm when their needs are not met. Consequently, the out-of-home care sector has an inescapable obligation to provide for these needs if children and young people in care are to avoid harm and experience personal wellbeing. Further, children and young people in care have experienced considerable need deprivation, and if their needs are not to be forgotten, then a shift to a ‘needs-based’, ‘needs-focused’ paradigm of care is needed to inform out-of-home care policy, service design, and day-to-day practice. And finally, document analysis using non-traditional, naturalistic, and secondary data (representing the full range of stakeholder perspectives) within a constructivist paradigm of inquiry, provides an effective, indeed powerful methodology for exploring the needs of children and young people in care, and for giving voice to the many stakeholders who voices may never have been heard again.

Over the last decade out-of-home care in Australia has experienced a period of considerable turmoil as royal commissions, parliamentary inquiries, departmental audits, empirical research and industry reports have highlighted the dire straits of the care system. A constant theme throughout has been the failure of the sector to adequately meet the needs of children and young people in care. Within this context the purpose of this study was to examine the needs of children and young people in care in Australia, giving voice to the full range of stakeholders, whose views were expressed in multiple documentary types. Specifically, the aim was to develop an in-depth understanding of their needs and formulate this into a formal taxonomy of needs. Using document analysis and the constant comparative method within the constructivist paradigm of social inquiry, the study involved analysis of 580 non-traditional, naturalistic and secondary documents relating to out-of-home care in Australia. The document sample consisted of five data types: primary data (letters, submissions to inquiries, transcripts of interviews and public hearings, and personal accounts); secondary data (reports resulting from commissions of inquiries and departmental reviews, audits and investigations); empirical data (the published findings from empirical research); legislative and policy data (legislation, regulation and quality frameworks); and industry and practitioner data (reports by academics, peak bodies and advocacy groups, and writings by out-of-home care practitioners). Further, the document sample included stakeholders from five major groups: children and young people in care (and former wards ); their parents and extended family; carers, agency staff and practitioners; statutory workers; and academics, advocates, and representatives of state and national peak bodies. The findings include a series of prominent themes of care; salient findings that highlight the experiences and needs of children and young people in care; and the taxonomy of needs. The prominent themes include the importance of natural family connectedness, cultural identity and connectedness, and counselling and therapeutic support. Issues relating to placement stability and disruption, safety and protection and, transition from care also featured prominently. The salient findings include an exploration of the overwhelming emotions of care, emotional putdowns, vicarious trauma and the witnessing of violence and abuse in out-of-home care, characteristics of children and young people who survive and thrive in care and beyond, characteristics of quality carers, symptom intolerance, disenfranchised grief – the never-ending story, and the defensive behaviours of children and young people in care. The taxonomy of needs provides a comprehensive overview of the needs of children and young people in care across 89 attributes and 21 attribute sub-categories, within 21 dimensions, and across three domains (the personal, placement, and community-of-care domains). The dimensions in the personal domain include attachment, physical development and health, personal growth, education and vocational attainment, development of the inner-self, and hope in life and for the future. The placement domain includes basic needs, basic entitlements, caring relationships, positive-parenting-practices, activity programming, focused-support, peer-relations and positive group management, and preparation for and transition from care. The community-of-care domain includes clinical intervention, family connectedness and involvement in placement, friends and social outlets, significant others, cultural-religious-spiritual connectedness, departmental worker capacity and support, and after care support. The principal theoretical, practice, and methodological conclusions derived from this study are that children and young people in care in Australia have considerable needs, are largely unable to meet their own needs, and experience harm when their needs are not met. Consequently, the out-of-home care sector has an inescapable obligation to provide for these needs if children and young people in care are to avoid harm and experience personal wellbeing. Further, children and young people in care have experienced considerable need deprivation, and if their needs are not to be forgotten, then a shift to a ‘needs-based’, ‘needs-focused’ paradigm of care is needed to inform out-of-home care policy, service design, and day-to-day practice. And finally, document analysis using non-traditional, naturalistic, and secondary data (representing the full range of stakeholder perspectives) within a constructivist paradigm of inquiry, provides an effective, indeed powerful methodology for exploring the needs of children and young people in care, and for giving voice to the many stakeholders who voices may never have been heard again.

Over the last decade out-of-home care in Australia has experienced a period of considerable turmoil as royal commissions, parliamentary inquiries, departmental audits, empirical research and industry reports have highlighted the dire straits of the care system. A constant theme throughout has been the failure of the sector to adequately meet the needs of children and young people in care. Within this context the purpose of this study was to examine the needs of children and young people in care in Australia, giving voice to the full range of stakeholders, whose views were expressed in multiple documentary types. Specifically, the aim was to develop an in-depth understanding of their needs and formulate this into a formal taxonomy of needs. Using document analysis and the constant comparative method within the constructivist paradigm of social inquiry, the study involved analysis of 580 non-traditional, naturalistic and secondary documents relating to out-of-home care in Australia. The document sample consisted of five data types: primary data (letters, submissions to inquiries, transcripts of interviews and public hearings, and personal accounts); secondary data (reports resulting from commissions of inquiries and departmental reviews, audits and investigations); empirical data (the published findings from empirical research); legislative and policy data (legislation, regulation and quality frameworks); and industry and practitioner data (reports by academics, peak bodies and advocacy groups, and writings by out-of-home care practitioners). Further, the document sample included stakeholders from five major groups: children and young people in care (and former wards ); their parents and extended family; carers, agency staff and practitioners; statutory workers; and academics, advocates, and representatives of state and national peak bodies. The findings include a series of prominent themes of care; salient findings that highlight the experiences and needs of children and young people in care; and the taxonomy of needs. The prominent themes include the importance of natural family connectedness, cultural identity and connectedness, and counselling and therapeutic support. Issues relating to placement stability and disruption, safety and protection and, transition from care also featured prominently. The salient findings include an exploration of the overwhelming emotions of care, emotional putdowns, vicarious trauma and the witnessing of violence and abuse in out-of-home care, characteristics of children and young people who survive and thrive in care and beyond, characteristics of quality carers, symptom intolerance, disenfranchised grief – the never-ending story, and the defensive behaviours of children and young people in care. The taxonomy of needs provides a comprehensive overview of the needs of children and young people in care across 89 attributes and 21 attribute sub-categories, within 21 dimensions, and across three domains (the personal, placement, and community-of-care domains). The dimensions in the personal domain include attachment, physical development and health, personal growth, education and vocational attainment, development of the inner-self, and hope in life and for the future. The placement domain includes basic needs, basic entitlements, caring relationships, positive-parenting-practices, activity programming, focused-support, peer-relations and positive group management, and preparation for and transition from care. The community-of-care domain includes clinical intervention, family connectedness and involvement in placement, friends and social outlets, significant others, cultural-religious-spiritual connectedness, departmental worker capacity and support, and after care support. The principal theoretical, practice, and methodological conclusions derived from this study are that children and young people in care in Australia have considerable needs, are largely unable to meet their own needs, and experience harm when their needs are not met. Consequently, the out-of-home care sector has an inescapable obligation to provide for these needs if children and young people in care are to avoid harm and experience personal wellbeing. Further, children and young people in care have experienced considerable need deprivation, and if their needs are not to be forgotten, then a shift to a ‘needs-based’, ‘needs-focused’ paradigm of care is needed to inform out-of-home care policy, service design, and day-to-day practice. And finally, document analysis using non-traditional, naturalistic, and secondary data (representing the full range of stakeholder perspectives) within a constructivist paradigm of inquiry, provides an effective, indeed powerful methodology for exploring the needs of children and young people in care, and for giving voice to the many stakeholders who voices may never have been heard again.

Over the last decade out-of-home care in Australia has experienced a period of considerable turmoil as royal commissions, parliamentary inquiries, departmental audits, empirical research and industry reports have highlighted the dire straits of the care system. A constant theme throughout has been the failure of the sector to adequately meet the needs of children and young people in care. Within this context the purpose of this study was to examine the needs of children and young people in care in Australia, giving voice to the full range of stakeholders, whose views were expressed in multiple documentary types. Specifically, the aim was to develop an in-depth understanding of their needs and formulate this into a formal taxonomy of needs. Using document analysis and the constant comparative method within the constructivist paradigm of social inquiry, the study involved analysis of 580 non-traditional, naturalistic and secondary documents relating to out-of-home care in Australia. The document sample consisted of five data types: primary data (letters, submissions to inquiries, transcripts of interviews and public hearings, and personal accounts); secondary data (reports resulting from commissions of inquiries and departmental reviews, audits and investigations); empirical data (the published findings from empirical research); legislative and policy data (legislation, regulation and quality frameworks); and industry and practitioner data (reports by academics, peak bodies and advocacy groups, and writings by out-of-home care practitioners). Further, the document sample included stakeholders from five major groups: children and young people in care (and former wards ); their parents and extended family; carers, agency staff and practitioners; statutory workers; and academics, advocates, and representatives of state and national peak bodies. The findings include a series of prominent themes of care; salient findings that highlight the experiences and needs of children and young people in care; and the taxonomy of needs. The prominent themes include the importance of natural family connectedness, cultural identity and connectedness, and counselling and therapeutic support. Issues relating to placement stability and disruption, safety and protection and, transition from care also featured prominently. The salient findings include an exploration of the overwhelming emotions of care, emotional putdowns, vicarious trauma and the witnessing of violence and abuse in out-of-home care, characteristics of children and young people who survive and thrive in care and beyond, characteristics of quality carers, symptom intolerance, disenfranchised grief – the never-ending story, and the defensive behaviours of children and young people in care. The taxonomy of needs provides a comprehensive overview of the needs of children and young people in care across 89 attributes and 21 attribute sub-categories, within 21 dimensions, and across three domains (the personal, placement, and community-of-care domains). The dimensions in the personal domain include attachment, physical development and health, personal growth, education and vocational attainment, development of the inner-self, and hope in life and for the future. The placement domain includes basic needs, basic entitlements, caring relationships, positive-parenting-practices, activity programming, focused-support, peer-relations and positive group management, and preparation for and transition from care. The community-of-care domain includes clinical intervention, family connectedness and involvement in placement, friends and social outlets, significant others, cultural-religious-spiritual connectedness, departmental worker capacity and support, and after care support. The principal theoretical, practice, and methodological conclusions derived from this study are that children and young people in care in Australia have considerable needs, are largely unable to meet their own needs, and experience harm when their needs are not met. Consequently, the out-of-home care sector has an inescapable obligation to provide for these needs if children and young people in care are to avoid harm and experience personal wellbeing. Further, children and young people in care have experienced considerable need deprivation, and if their needs are not to be forgotten, then a shift to a ‘needs-based’, ‘needs-focused’ paradigm of care is needed to inform out-of-home care policy, service design, and day-to-day practice. And finally, document analysis using non-traditional, naturalistic, and secondary data (representing the full range of stakeholder perspectives) within a constructivist paradigm of inquiry, provides an effective, indeed powerful methodology for exploring the needs of children and young people in care, and for giving voice to the many stakeholders who voices may never have been heard again.

<p>The aim of this study was to, with a social constructivistic approach, examine how parents,regarded as neglecting their children, are depicted in 12 LVU-legal cases from the Supreme Administrative Court in Sweden. By using a document analysis influenced by discourse analytical tools, we found that there are repeated descriptions of the parents, which constructs an image of parents as shortcoming in the care of their children. The categories lack of emotions, mental disorder, substance abuse and physical maltreatment were the main reasons for child neglect that the parents were described from. Attitudes towards authority, aggression and immaturity, lack of insight, and deficiencies in the home were repeated in the description of the parent. We further found that mothers were regarded as more responsible of the children compared to fathers. According to Goffman, describing certain groups of individuals with discredited words has a stigmatizing effect. It helps to reinforce what is considered normal or abnormal. Furthermore, we have found that the language of the LVU-legal cases, possess a power in the construction of parents who neglect their children, which was analyzed on the basis of Foucault's theory of power.</p>

A veiled space - Ideological Images of Society in Swedish Compulsory School Civics Lars Sandin  This study deals with the ideological dimension of education in the Swedish compulsory school [grundskolan]. By focusing on the images of the social world which are configured in the content of education, the study pays attention to the reproduction of an ideological dimension which is latent in our social imaginary. The theoretical problem was formulated as a question about if, and in what form, critical knowledge content is offered as part of the reproduction of the social imaginary that takes place in education. The empirical aim was to interpret the images of society configured in policy documents and teaching practice in compulsory school civics [samhällskunskap] with regard to how the differentiation of social space appears in these images. A hermeneutic approach was used. In the first of the two parts of the study, a number of policy documents – curricula and syllabi – were interpreted. In these documents, the differentiation of social space was found to be made visible selectively. The gender dimension and the dimension termed “cultural diversity” were highlighted, while the link between social differences and the uneven distribution of resources could only be glimpsed sporadically. A clear pattern of individuality could also be interpreted. The second of the two parts of the study was designed as a multiple case study. In this, the teaching of two teaching contents in civics, politics and economics, were studied as two separate cases. Three different images of society could be interpreted: a rationalist, a functionalist and a socio-political image. Of these, only the socio-political image offered a transparent view into the differentiated social space. However, the socio-political image was given a weak and unclear legitimacy in the teaching. The dominance of the rationalist and functionalist images were related to traditions that embed the teaching of civics. In the discussion the results from the two parts of the study were taken together and related to the problem. Among other things, the results were interpreted as an example of a conflict between contemporary reproduction and historical reproduction in education.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:26:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2008-10-09Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:34:38Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 antonio_dm_me_mar.pdf: 599158 bytes, checksum: c816f105b74ebf2d17876b2c62152a0e (MD5) / Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) / A pesquisa tem como tema “O percurso gerativo de sentido aplicado à análise documental de textos narrativos de ficção: perspectivas de utilização em bibliotecas universitárias”, com o foco no estudo da análise textual buscando a concretização de sentido no encadeamento das figuras e no encadeamento dos temas presentes nos contos para a recuperação da informação. O pressuposto é que não existem ferramentas de análise de assunto adequadas para a análise de obras de ficção devido à ausência de procedimentos metodológicos que contribuam efetivamente para o tratamento desse tipo de documento para o estabelecimento do tema. Dessa forma, propõem-se a busca subsídios teórico-metodológicos no percurso gerativo de sentido, componente da Semântica Discursiva, para compreensão e extração do tema em obras de ficção. Os objetivos da pesquisa são: a análise, identificação e aplicação metodológica do percurso, buscando identificar os textos figurativos e temáticos, bem como a concretização do sentido do texto; o estudo dos atores que permeiam o encadeamento das figuras e dos temas, determinando as relações existentes nesse tipo de superestrutura narrativa; identificar e analisar o nível de experiência na atuação profissional dos bibliotecários na atividade de indexação de obras ficcionais; identificar e analisar as atitudes dos profissionais bibliotecários em relação à atividade de indexação com vistas a oferecer embasamento teórico para futuros estudos que efetivem uma proposta metodológica para a identificação do tema de obras ficcionais. O método escolhido para a realização da investigação é a pesquisa descritiva por permitir a observação, o registro, a análise e a correlação dos fatos. A entrevista estruturada e focalizada será utilizada como técnica de coleta de dados que permitirá a comparação e reflexão das respostas... / The works of fiction have no tools for appropriate subject analysis due to the absence of methodological procedures that contribute effectively to the treatment of this kind of document to the establishment of the theme. Thus, it is proposed to search for subsidies in the gerativo theoretical and methodological journey in a sense, part of Discursive Semantic for understanding and extracting the theme in works of fiction. The objectives of the research are the analysis, identification and methodological application of the route, seeking to identify those figurative and thematic texts as well as the implementation of the meaning of the text, the study of the actors that permeate the sequence of figures and topics, determining the relationship in that kind of superstructure narrative, identify and analyze the level of experience in the professional performance of librarians in the activity Index of works of fiction, identifying and analyzing the attitudes of professional librarians in relation to the activity of indexing and the offering theoretical basis studies for future studies that put into effect that a methodological proposal for identifying the subject of fictional works. The chosen method to carry out the research is the descriptive search that allows the observation, the registration, examination and the correlation of facts. The structured and focused interview will be used as a technique for collecting data that will allow comparison and reflection of the answers. The thematic and figurative journey will be applied and analysed in short stories for the establishment of the theme (Phase 1). The collection of data was held in three libraries of UNESP Libraries Network in order to extract the techniques used by librarians to identify the topic of fictional documents (Stage 2). The final phase includes the transcription and analysis of results and reflection enabling guidelines for the analysis of documentary works fictional.

Syftet med denna kvalitativa dokumentstudie har varit att med utgångspunkt i LSS-bedömningar studera hur enskildas rätt till insatser förhandlas, och kan ses i relation till lag, förarbeten samt Agenda 2030, Förenta nationernas konvention om rättigheter för personer med funktionsnedsättning samt Uppsala kommuns program för full delaktighet för personer med funktionsnedsättning. För att besvara syftet har utredningar och prejudicerande domar analyserats genom kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Studiens teoretiska avstamp är i socialkonstruktionismen och Webers teori om byråkrati. Därutöver används begreppen inkludering, exkludering, normalitet och andrefiering. Studien visar att det främst är personkretstillhörighet, samt behovets/stödets omfattning och karaktär, som har betydelse vid bedömningar. Vidare har medicinska underlag betydelse för hur både personkretstillhörighet och stödbehov bedöms. Tolkningen av begreppet goda levnadsvillkor framträder implicit i materialet. Omsorgsmässiga behov tycks premiera sociala behov. Gränser finns för vad som bedöms utgöra ett behov. Även om ett behov anses föreligga, kan det behövda stödets karaktär anses vara en annan än den som enligt riktlinjer utgör skäl för beviljande av insatser. Fokuset på omsorgsmässiga behov skiljer sig från de vägledande dokumenten, vilka nästan uteslutande betonar den sociala aspekten. Resultatet har utöver detta påvisat hur myndigheter gör generaliserade tolkningar av praxis och förarbeten för att legitimera sina beslut. Motiveringar sker genom “icke-motiveringar” som inte förankras i den enskildes situation. Även den hierarkiska kedjan inom och mellan myndigheter tycks ha betydelse för beslutsfattandet. Prejudicerande domar förändrar villkoren för stöd, vilka får konsekvenser för bedömningarna som görs på handläggande myndigheter. Det rättighetsperspektiv som finns i utredningar och domar fokuserar på villkor för tillgång till insatser snarare än erhållandet av rättigheter. I sin helhet visar studien på hur handläggare navigerar mellan olika intressen knutna till dels lagens intention, dels organisatoriska ramar, dels enskildas förväntningar. Slutsatsen dras att en reform kan behövas, där lagens verkliga intention klargörs.

Bakgrund: Vägen mot rättigheter för personer med intellektuell funktionsnedsättning (ID) har varit lång. Ännu idag krävs fortsatta ansträngningar då personer med ID har avsevärt sämre hälsa och medellivslängden är minst 20 år kortare. Detta är undvikbart och ojämlikt samt en överträdelse mot lagar och förordningar. Ett paradigmskifte krävs för att undanröja hinder för tillgänglig och jämlik hälso- och sjukvård för personer med ID. Syfte: Syftet var att undersöka hur jämlikhet och tillgänglighet för personer med intellektuella funktionsnedsättningar synliggörs i hälso-och sjukvårdsregioners styrdokument. Metod: Dokumentgranskning med innehållsanalys av kombinerad typ, såväl kvalitativ som kvantitativ. Resultat: Många regioner berör i sina styrdokument flera aspekter av tillgänglig och jämlik hälso- och sjukvård för personer med ID. Dock är det enbart i få dokument som åtgärder, uppföljningar och mätbara mål konkretiseras. Flera regioner nämner mänskliga rättigheter och kopplar även ihop detta med begreppet Känsla Av Sammanhang (KASAM). Konklusion: Rätt utformade och konkreta styrdokument, tillsammans med organisatoriska anpassningar verkar ge goda förutsättningar för såväl synliggörande av målgruppen samt implementering av åtgärder för att gynna tillgänglighet och jämlikhet. / Background: The efforts towards equality for persons with intellectual disabilities(ID) has been under way for a long time. Still today, continuous efforts are needed when persons with ID suffer from significantly worse health and with a life expectancy at least twenty years shorter than the rest of the population. The situation is avoidable and unequal as well as a violation against laws and regulations. A paradigm shift is needed to remove obstacles for accessable and equal healthcare for persons with ID. Aim: The aim of the study was to examine how equality and accessibility for persons with intellectual disablities is made visible in municipal health care policy documents. Method: Document analysis with mixed method content analysis, qualitative and quantitative. Results: Policy documents in several municipal healthcare reflect on several aspects of accessible and equal healthcare for persons with ID. However, only a few of them mention concrete measures, follow-ups and measurable goals. Several regions mention human rights and relate it to the concept of sence of coherence (SOC). Conclusion: Adequately formulated and concrete policy documents, combined with organizational adaptations seem to facilitate visibility for persons with ID andfurthermore the implementation of measures to promote accessibility and equality.

This thesis concerns itself with the notion of a networked or cooperating library and the discursive means by which it is constructed in documents related to the formation of a national strategy of libraries in Sweden. I study the draft as presented by the national library, Kungliga Biblioteket (KB), in early 2018, the comments and advice submitted by different parts of the library sector during the fall of 2018 as well as the final proposition handed over to the Minister of Culture in March 2019. The study focuses on what defines or constitutes a networked library, on the significance of a networked library for the perceived identity of libraries and library professionals and finally, on what grounds a networked library is ascribed legitimacy or is subject to criticism. This is worth investigating because of the calls for increased collaboration and coordination of different parts of the library sector and its implications for the professional identity as well as the wider understanding of what a library is and what a library does. The method of approach is a thematic document analysis informed by discourse studies. Discursive strategies are used as the main analytic tool. Strategies are adopted from the critical vein of discourse analysis (CDA) but are applied here in a way consistent with poststructuralist discourse theory and its ontological assumptions. The results show that the library sector is going through a dilemma of redefining, adjusting, modernizing, and broadening the meaning of libraries or keeping with a long-standing tradition that not always corresponds with the library practices of today. This tradition is subject to changing conditions – not least due to the digital transformation – as much as it remains a firm ground for legitimizing the professional field. A networked library requires a stale image to be left behind in favor of a collaborative library infrastructure, extending its meaning towards a library identity which adheres to the conditions of a networked world. In conclusion, a networked library is found in the middle-ground between a traditional identity and creating a new story about libraries.