This study aims to look at how atmospheres impact library rooms at the public library of Umeå and the public library of Östersund. The theoretical framework is based on Tuan’s theory of ”Space” and ”Place” as well as earlier research on atmosphere in library environments. The empirical material is a selection of observations and surveys made at the two libraries, in the facts department and the daily newspapers room. The method that is used is autoetnographical analysis made with thick description.  This study argues that atmospheres can change rapidly in different library rooms at different times, which impacts the library user in many ways. This purpose is achieved by using five atmospheric themes; light, sound, architecture, furnishings and human impact. The result indicates that library users were impacted by these five atmospheric themes albeit in different ways, depending on the room, the time and the subjective experience of the library user. This knowledge is useful for future library operations, due to the fact that atmosphere impacts the experience of a public library. The study articulates that The International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) should include the importance of atmosphere in the IFLA manifesto.

La célèbre expansion de facteurs d’orgues d’origine vasque-navarraise vers le centre de la Péninsule Ibérique à partir de la seconde moitié du XVIIe siècle – qui va porter l’orgue ibérique de racine castillane à son zénith et dont la figure de proue fut le franciscain Joseph de Echevarría – s’est rayonnée en Galice grâce à l’activité du facteur d’orgues Manuel de la Viña. Il construisit deux orgues monumentaux revêtus de buffets jumeaux pour la cathédrale de Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle (1704-1712). Ces instruments ont institué le paradigme de symétrie visuelle et sonore inspirant la construction d’orgues doubles dans les principales cathédrales et temples prestigieux de la Galice. La construction des deux orgues visuellement identiques de la cathédrale de Braga (1737-1739), chef-d’œuvre du facteur d’orgues Simón de Fontanes, franciscain oblat de Compostelle, institue le principal foyer du rayonnement de l’activité de facteurs d’orgues d’origine galicienne au Portugal. Dans le cadre de la présente thèse, nous étudions l’activité des organiers liés au parcours ouvert par De la Viña, dans les deux côtés du fleuve Miño, ainsi que l’impact de leurs principales innovations esthétiques et techniques, notamment l'implémentation du concept de symétrie visuelle et sonore aboutissant à une véritable architecture sonore, et son influence au sujet de la musique. / The well-known expansion of organ makers from the Basque country and Navarra to the centre of the Iberian Peninsula in the second half of the 17th century – which would bring the Iberian organ of Castilian roots to its zenith and of which the main figure was the Franciscan friar Joseph de Echevarría – reached Galicia thanks to the activity of organ maker Manuel de la Viña. He built two monumental organs enclosed in identical cases for the Cathedral of Saint James of Compostela (1704-1712). These instruments established the paradigm of visual and sound symmetry which inspired the construction of double organs in the main cathedrals and other important churches in Galicia. The construction of two visually-identical organs for Braga Cathedral (1737-1739), the masterpiece of organ-builder Simón de Fontanes, also Franciscan friar oblate in Compostela, made it the principal point of departure for Galician organ-builders’ subsequent activity in Portugal. The present thesis studies the activity of organ-builders linked to the path opened by De la Viña on the two sides of the Miño river and the impact of its main aesthetic and technical innovations, especially with regard to the introduction of the concept of visual and sound symmetry leading to a true sound architecture and its influence on the music written for these instruments.

This thesis deals with library for recording video in the background of 3D application. A library is designed to work under the Microsoft Windows and Linux operation systems.  It records image and also sound. Image recording is supported in OpenGL, Direct3D9, Direct3D10 and Direct3D11. To reduce video data size, library supports image compression using MJPG codec. Audio is recorded by WaveForm audio, Windows Core Audio or ALSA. Recorded sound is for whole operation system. A library is able to record up to two audio streams to accommodate possible microphone input. It can mix audio data together if needed. Output data are then written into AVI file. It is possible to write own text information as overlay that is rendered as part of application screen output.