Vi lever i ett alltmer urbaniserat samh?lle d?r v?ra landsbygder urholkas till f?rm?n f?r urbana omr?den. F?r att bryta denna urbaniseringstrend m?ste landsbygdskommuner hitta innovationsrika l?sningar som g?r att gemene man lockas fr?n staden och ut i v?r landsbygd.? Ett verktyg som kan vara landsbygdens r?ddning kallas f?r landsbygdsutveckling i strandn?ra l?gen (LIS). LIS ska m?jligg?ra f?r kommuner att exploatera strandn?ra.

Bakgrund: Att ?ldras ?r en naturlig process som kan leda till f?r?ndringar i meningsfulla aktiviteter, vilket kan p?verka ?ldre personers h?lsa och delaktighet. Arbetsterapeuter m?ter ?ldre personer i sin vardag f?r att delvis uppr?tth?lla h?lsan genom aktivitetsbaserade insatser, samt fr?mja sj?lvst?ndighet och deltagande i aktiviteter. Tidigare studier har visat att aktiviteten dans, som meningsfull aktivitet, har bidragit till ett aktivt och h?lsosamt liv, samt skapa en k?nsla av samh?righet hos ?ldre personer.

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).

Syfte: Att unders?ka det offentliga ledarskapet, s? som det gestaltar sig i en v?xelverkan mellan politik, f?rvaltning, f?retag och f?reningsliv samt i ett sammanhang av samh?llets alla tre niv?er; kommun, region och stat. Teori: Makt, organisationsstruktur, organisationskultur, f?r?ndring, kartellbildning. Metod: Kvalitativa intervjuer med ledare utifr?n ett sn?bollsurval.

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.

Arbetskraftsexploatering, s?rskilt av utl?ndska arbetstagare, ?r ett v?xande samh?llsproblem som kan omfatta allt fr?n l?ga l?ner och orimligt l?nga arbetstider till farlig arbetsmilj? och underm?liga boendef?rh?llanden. Trots inf?randet av brottet m?nniskoexploatering i 4 kap. 1 b ? brottsbalken har det visat sig vara sv?rt att lagf?ra arbetsgivare p? grund av h?ga beviskrav och komplexa rekvisit.

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.

?Facebook has become as natural as having a phone? The use of social media in three libraries in the Umeå region ? an evaluationSocial media has come to be an integral part of people?s everyday life, as well as the business world in terms of communication and marketing. More and more libraries also embark in the use of social media, and the purpose of this study is to evaluate the use of social media in three libraries in the Umeå region. The libraries all use Facebook as their current, primary social media. Thus this study focuses partly on the analysis of the content on each library?s Facebook page, and partly on the experiences of the responsible librarians. The evaluation is based on a mix of existing tools in evaluating social media that are relevant in a library context.

The role-playing game attracts a growing number of practisers. The aim of this master?s thesis is to examine role-playing literature as phenomenon in libraries through librarians´ attitudes. The paper is based on qualitative interviews with eight librarians: one personal interview with two librarians and six e-mail interviews with six librarians at different libraries. The paper starts with a definition of the term ?role-playing game?, its different categories and genres and a description of its background.

The purpose of this thesis is library work in exile, more specifically The Kurdish library in Stockholm (?Kurdiska biblioteket?). The Kurds have a long history of exile, forming a part of their national and cultural identity. I have therefore chosen in the analysis three concepts: nationalism, ethnicity and culture. The Kurdish library is unique and is different from a traditional library in many ways.

Ett Allt är möjligt hus lokaliserat i den gamla porslinsfabrikens lokaler i Gustavsbergs hamn. Ett interaktivt Cirkus Cirkör-hus där det även ska rymmas bibliotek, konsthall och porslinsmuseum. Ett öppet landskapsformat rum skapar publika ytor och sammanbinder de olika funktioenrna i huset..

In the wake of the electronic revolution digital library has become one of the central themes concerning libraries. The present study takes up the question whether digital library can function in the same way as the conventional library. The question can obviously be posed from different perspectives, e.g. technological-, the user-, or the organizational perspective. The study investigates if (and how) digital library can have the same functions as the traditional library.