The aim of this Master’s thesis is to present guidelines for making a digital repository. To attain this, useful factors for creating an archive were examined. Also different organisations’ strategies were analysed. The method used is evidence-based practice, including reading literature and e-mail interviews. Five people in Sweden working with digital repositories were e-mail interviewed. The theory behind the investigation is based on Sheila Corrall’s and Elizabeth Orna’s research on the creation of information strategies. Three main areas were identified: environmental issues, strategic focus and strategy formation. The literature study identified different areas that are involved in creating a digital repository. These are administrative factors, technical aspects, content, publication forms, cultural factors and marketing. In a similar way the interviews clarified why the repositories were created, such as administrative factors, technical aspects, how to publish, quality aspects, marketing, cultural factors and good advice. The literature and the interviews were compared and conclusions were made. These conclusions were used to set up guidelines for developing a digital repository. To create a strategy, the chosen organisation has to be evaluated, which was beyond the scope of this thesis. It is suggested that the thesis is suitable for a starting point, initiating work on digital repositories. / Uppsatsnivå: D

Syftet med studien är att få en ökad förståelse för hur skolkuratorer tänker kring användningen av metoder i det skolkurativa arbetet. Utifrån studiens syfte ville jag ta reda på vilka metoder använder de intervjuade skolkuratorerna i sitt arbete, hur de ser på kunskapskällor vid val av metod samt hur de ser på behovet av fortbildning kring metoder. Studien har en kvalitativ ansats som bygger på fem intervjuer med fyra skolkuratorer i grundskolan och en skolkurator på en gymnasieskola från tre städer i Sverige. Huvudresultaten i studien visar att skolkuratorer använder olika typer av metoder som används med syfte att driva deras skolkurativa arbete framåt, dessa är; samtalsmetoder såsom MI, behandlande metoder såsom KBT och olika metodprogram såsom ABC som används vid konflikthantering. Dock framgår det även att man som skolkurator har ett tankesätt som gör att man tillämpar dessa metoder på ett oreflekterat sätt genom att man går på magkänsla, blandar metoder samt provar sig fram utan att ha koll på metodernas effekter. Resultatet av studien visar även att man tycker att forskning som kunskapskälla vid val av metod är viktig och man uppger att man arbetar i en evidensbaserad praktik som enligt dem är eftersträvansvärt men enligt deras berättelser framgår det inte i praktiken. Dels beror det på bristen av reflektion över metoders effekter samt att man väljer att inte ta sig tid till fortbildning kring metoder, vilket en evidensbaserad praktik kräver då man ska ha en medvetenhet kring vilka metoder man använder och vilka effekter de har. Detta tankesätt kan utgöra en risk för utvecklingen hos den berörde eleven. Slutligen visar resultatet av studien att arbetsgivare inte uppmuntrar till fortbildning kring metoder såsom skolkuratorerna önskar, men samtidigt uppger skolkuratorerna att det handlar om en prioriteringsfråga där man tänker att eleven går före behovet av kunskap kring de metoder som man använder i det skolkurativa arbetet. / The aim of the study is to gain an increased understanding of how school counselors think about the use of methods in the school-based work. Based on the purpose of the study, I wanted to find out what methods the interviewed school counselors use in their work, how they look at sources of knowledge in the choice of methods and how they look at the need for further training on methods. The study has a qualitative approach based on five interviews with four school counselors in elementary school and a school counselor at a secondary school from three cities in Sweden. The main results of the study show that school counselors use different types of methods used to drive their school-based work forward, these are; Call methods such as MI, treatment methods such as KBT and various methodologies such as ABC used in conflict management. However, it is also apparent that, as a school counselor, you have a mindset that allows you to apply these methods in an unexplored way by feeling in the mood, mixing methods and trying out without looking at the effects of the methods. The result of the study also shows that research as a source of knowledge in choosing a method is important and it is stated that one works in evidence-based practice which, according to them, is desirable, but according to their stories, it does not appear in practice. This is partly because of the lack of reflection on the effects of methods, and that one chooses not to take time for further training on methods, which an evidence-based practice requires when you have an awareness of the methods used and the effects they have. This approach may pose a risk to the development of the pupil concerned. Finally, the results of the study show that employers do not encourage further education on methods that the school counselors had desired, but at the same time, the school counselors state that it is a priority issue, thinking that the student goes before the need for knowledge about the methods used in school-based work.