The point of departure for this thesis was an article written by Christer Hermansson (2008). He thinks that librarians, following the development of Library 2.0 and the change of public libraries, have strayed away from what he believes should be the focus of the library: Literature. The aim of this thesis is to study how librarians in six Swedish libraries perceive their occupational roles. How does the increased user control, which is seen as part of Library 2.0, affect the tasks of libraries and librarians? The material used in this study was acquired using a qualitative interview technique in which six librarians working in public libraries with experience of IT, mediation and purchase of literature partook.

I Sverige tillämpas Svensk Kod för Bolagsstyrning (Koden). Denna infördes för att öka förtroendet för svenska företag på kapitalmarknaden. Uppsatsen undersöker om samband finns mellan antal avvikelser från Koden och företagens ägarstruktur. Teorier som används är institutionell teori och agentteori. Med hjälp av teorierna har hypoteser konstruerats.

The structure of the Swedish public library field has been evolving during the last decades. The traditional mission of educating the citizens to become responsible, democratic and knowledgeable members of society has in a way led to the integration between public and school libraries. Lately new co-operational models have been under debate and a sense of resistance has arisen because of the economical and market influences. In parallel with closure of library branches new libraries have evolved in malls and wash houses and some with self-service with no use of librarians. This work shows how co-operation in rural areas finds the common goals for the people living there who are concerned about keeping the service needed including the public library and thus using existing means and crossing borders of commercial thinking.

The aim of this study is to examine the interaction between a group of multilingual, twelve-year-old children, and three libraries. The children live in a suburb of a larger city. The three libraries are their school-library, the library in their suburb and the main library in the city. We have examined if and how the children use the libraries, what the libraries mean to them in their daily life and what their possibilities are when it comes to participate in and influence activities and collections at the libraries. We have pursued qualitative interviews with sixteen children in grade six and three librarians, working with multilingual children at the three libraries.

Swedish university libraries traditionally collect recreational readingmaterial only to support the teaching and research interests of theirinstitutions. However many university libraries hold a substantial yetunspecified collection of popular fiction. This thesis investigates theextent of these collections and examines academic librarians' viewsabout students' recreational reading in the academic context and theirattitudes towards the role of fiction and of readers' advisory inacademic libraries. The theoretical framework includes literature andresearch about the benefits of reading for pleasure, collections' rolesand readers' advisory strategies. The empirical material was gatheredthrough quantitative surveys sent to academic librarians in Sweden.The results show that academic librarians are positive about thebenefits of recreational reading for university students.

This essay concerns sponsorship of libraries within Sweden. It takes its starting-point in the libraries economical situation where resources are decreasing. The main purpose of the essay is to investigate how sponsorship is used in public libraries. The main questions are:o Why are sponsorships appealing to libraries? o What does the processes of sponsoring look like? o What are the possible risks concerning sponsor-ships ? could it endanger libraries democratic role? o How does library staff reflect on the role of libraries in contemporary society? In our study we chose to investigate the sponsorship issue from the sponsored libraries perspective.

Den svenska Försvarsmakten har de senaste åren omorganiserats från ett invasionsförsvar till ett insatsförsvar. Genom detta har bilden och kraven på officeren förändrats, därtill också officersutbildningen.År 2007 introducerades Specialistofficersutbildningen och fr.o.m. januari 2009 använder sig Sverige av ett tvåbefälssystem baserat på internationell praxis. De två befälskategorierna benämns specialistofficer och officer med taktisk- operativ inriktning.Med uppsatsen avsåg författaren analysera framtagandet av specialistofficersutbildningen samt analysera hur tvåbefälssystemet kan komma att påverka Försvarsmakten som organisation. Detta genomfördes genom intervjuer med avgränsning till ett kompani där två av sergeanterna som genomfört Specialistofficersutbildningen 2007-2008 tjänstgjort och berörda befäl i kompaniorganisationen.

The aim of this thesis is to answer whether a group of databases dedicated to selling books or a group of databases dedicated to lending books is more efficient. The measurements used to determine the efficiency of the two kinds of databases are Cumulated Gain and precision in modified versions. The inquiry has been conducted thus that the same 18 queries have been put forth to six databases and these results have consequently been judged according to relevance on a 4-graded scale by five respondents. The rankinglevels have then been merged to one average value per respondent and ranking. These values have then been used to determine CG/iCG/nCG and P@n per query, rank 1-10, per database and per group (the groups being STORE (BUTIK) and LIBRARY (BIBLIOTEK).

I NJA 2007 s. 86 ansågs fastighetssäljaren ansvarig för ett fel trots att köparen borde ha upptäckt felet före köpet eftersom säljaren underlåtit att upplysa köparen om felets existens. Med stöd i nämnda rättsfall har därmed fastighetssäljaren en viss upplysningsplikt för fel som denne känner till. Trots HD:s tydliga ställningstagande angående fastighetssäljarens upplysningsplikt råder dock en viss förvirring angående rättsläget eftersom NJA 2007 s. 86 fått utstå allvarlig kritik från en av de mest ledande och inflytelserika forskarna inom fastighetsrätten.

The purpose of this Master?s thesis is to describe the development of the most important libraries in Skövde, starting from 1830. We conclude our examination about 1940, when the municipal library has been active for almost ten years, and the libraries started by the temperance and working-class movements have been deposited at the municipal library. In order to explain this process we describe the development of the Swedish public library and its predecessors, such as reading societies and the popular national movements? libraries, as a background and comparison to the early libraries in Skövde.

The purpose of this study is to examine how immigrant authorsare mediated in texts. The study is based on three magazines which are directed towards the library sector. These texts have been published from the year 2000 to the year 2012. The study focuses on two of these magazines, namely Bibliotek i Samhälle and Biblioteksbladet. The study focuses on authors who write in the swedish language, but who still seem to be perceived as immigrant authors.

The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how librarians andteachers work together and with the help of other researchtry to understand what influences this cooperation. The studyis based on the following questions:1. These two professional groups have differentprofessional identities and work in two differentprofessional cultures. How does this affect theircooperation?2.

Under hösten 2007 gjordes en inventering av sötvattensmusslor i vattendrag och sjöar i Västra Götalands län, Sverige. Studien fokuserade på andelen juveniler i förhållande till total populationsstorlek hos ett antal arter, eftersom detta värde antas ge en indikation på föryngringens status inom musselpopulationerna. I detta projekt har fyra av de lokaler som studerades år 2007 besökts på nytt och en inventering av arten allmän dammussla (Anodonta anatina) har gjorts. Syftet var att se om det har skett någon förändring sedan den förra undersökningen. Har andelen juveniler inom de undersökta populationerna ökat eller minskat? Inventeringen i kombination med de statistiska analyserna kunde inte påvisa någon verklig förändring på någon av lokalerna.

Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary scientific subject which connects biology, biomedicine and information science. Bioinformatics generates new biological knowledge by using computer methods and biological databases and can thereby play an important role for the understanding of diseases and be used for development of new medicines. The appearance of bioinformatics has thereby had a big impact on biomedical research.In this study, I have examined bioscientists' use of bibliographical databases, bioinformatic databases/web sites and bioinformatic tools and their needs of support concerning these resources. I have also examined which support the scientific libraries offer their users concerning bibliographical databases, bioinformatic databases/web sites and bioinformatic tools and have compared it with the needs the libraries think that the users have and the needs the users state that they have.The results from the study show that there is a wish for library support concerning bibliographical databases, bioinformatic databases/web sites and bioinformatic tools. The wishes of the respondents are in contrast to the libraries' view about bioscientists interest concerning bioinformatic databases/web sites and bioinformatic tools.

In the library community there is a continuous discussion about enhancing user interactivity on library websites, according to the principles of Web 2.0, called Library 2.0. The purpose of this thesis is to study how librarians conceive Library 2.0. The focus is on the study of the librarians? conceptions of user interactivity on the website, and if the librarians conceive that their professional role is affected by Library 2.0. The study is implemented methodologically by interviewing six librarians and using phenomenography as an approach.