The aim of this Master's thesis is to study what place public libraries have in local politics, particularly from the point of view of the politicians. To answer this, I have interviewed politicians, participated as a silent observer of a public debate, and studied articles on library politics in newspapers and other press. The results show that politicians in general have a positive view of libraries and good co-operation with library professionals, and that they have a fairly up-to-date view of libraries. They are, however, less interested in library issues in general, and are often complacent with the way things are already running. The newspaper studies show that library issues are usually only discussed when a specific library is somehow in danger.

The aim of this essay is to examine fan culture?s role in Swedish public libraries. I have interviewed, via email, six librarians who encounter and use fan culture in their daily work. The theoretical elements of my essay are based on a modified set of theories by Dorte Skot-Hansen that identifies six ideal types of cultural political rationalities. My study reveals that fan culture is used in Swedish libraries as a tool in increasing user participation in library activities.

In this report you can read about a service company that wants to introduce a new decision tool for their customers. The first question that will be answered in this report is, what information is needed for market controllers. The second question investigates how a decision tool that gives the answers to the first question would work. Theories in business and economics written by Jan Lindvall (2001) and sociotechnical work analysis written by Kim Vicente (1999) are used in this report. To find the answers to question number one, interviews with two market controllers were done.

Our purpose with this research has been to obtain a deeper insight and understanding for the phenomenon and term ?weekday-luxury.?Through our research, we have found a link between value, service, brands and consumer behaviour into a relationship that we termed ?weekday-luxury.? This link of values is particularly interesting to us and we are curious about the underlying motivation to ?weekday-luxury? and the driving forces underlying the phenomenon. We have noticed in society that people need something extra in their daily lives and we attempt to speculate where their perceived value lies through the concept of ?weekday-luxury." Our goal is to determine a deeper understanding and insight into this phenomenon and how it meets our needs through an identifiable pattern. We also analyze the nature of ?weekday-luxury? and its meaning.

The purpose of my study is to investigate teachers? opinions about learning difficulties in mathematics.I have read relevant literature on this subject. I have conducted interviews with seven class teachers, one special-needs teacher, a psychologist and one special-needs teachers who specifically worked with investigations concerning pupils with difficulties in mathematics.The result of my study shows that learning difficulties in mathematics can/might be prevented if children in pre-school are introduced to mathematics as early as possible. This should be done in a delightful way in their daily activities and while there are playing. I didn?t find any complete method to help children with mathematics difficulties in compulsory school.

Celebrities used in advertising has recently been something that consumers have come in contact with on a daily basis. Corporations use celebrities and their attributes as positive reinforcement and association towards the company or their marketed product.Through increased usage of media, the consumers to this advertising technique have been given an opportunity towards better insight into celebrities? daily life. People are not only receivers of advertising, they are also media producers for the medias agenda. This makes everyone significant in the distribution of advertising.

Syftet med utvärderingen var att ta reda på vad besökarna tyckte om tidningshallen på Umeå stadsbibliotek. Besökarna fick i en enkät svara på frågor om belysning, ljudnivå, möbler och utbud. De fick även svara på om de använde datorerna i tidningshallen och vilka dagstidningar de läst.Resultatet visar att besökarna överlag är nöjda med tidningshallen. Mest nöjda är de med belysningen och utbudet av tidningar och minst nöjda med ljudnivån. Vid undersökningstillfället pågick byggnadsarbete på andra sidan gatan vilket i hög grad påverkade ljudnivån.

Denna studie har haft till uppgift att behandla hur nya medarbetare introduceras till sitt arbete inom Vattenfall Norden. Detta med anledning av att man står inför stora rekryteringsbehov och på grund av detta upplevt ett behov av en homogenisering av introduktionen av nyanställda. Undersökningen har utgjorts av intervjuer med representanter för HR på Vattenfall Nordens olika enheter, av en enkätundersökning bland nya medarbetare och litteraturstudie inom arbetsintroduktionsrelaterad forskning och pedagogiska teorier.Slutsatserna är att det finns stora möjligheter för HR Norden inom Vattenfall att sätta upp gemensamma riktlinjer för introduktionen, och att förbättra och tydliggöra strukturen. Större vikt bör även läggas vid att erbjuda de nyanställda ett socialt stöd från såväl mer erfarna medarbetare som jämlikar när de börjar.För att introduktionen ska bli framgångsrik är det viktigt att den följs upp regelbundet och att den är flexibel för förändringar, men också att det sätts press på introduktionen från en högre nivå, att chefer och ledningen uttrycker att det är viktigt..

I dagens samhälle har kommuner blivit allt mer konkurrensutsatta då möjligheterna för befolkningen att flytta har ökat. Detta har medfört att kommuner fått ökad press på sig att anpassa sig till nya förhållanden för att attrahera invånare. Nya förhållanden kan orsakas av bland annat demografisk utveckling, politiska val och konkurrerade kommuner. Därmed blir kommuners målstyrningsmodeller och hur de klarar av förändringar av intresse. Vi har kommit fram till att Falkenbergs Kommun som organisation är förändringsbenägen.

Sjukvården har sedan slutet av åttiotalet varit satt under en konstant press för att sänka sina utgifter. Reformer och besparingar har blivit en del av vårdarbetets vardag. I denna uppsats försöker vi skapa oss en bild av hur läkaren, som är vårdens viktigaste aktör, ser på den ?nya? sjukvården.Med stöd i teori har vi sökt svaret hos den enda tillförlitliga källan som finns att tillgå, läkarna själva. Ett antal intervjuer gav oss en bild av hur läkaren ser på sitt arbete och sin roll i sjukvården.

The work aims to clarify what nautical officers onboard in today's merchant can do to help reduce bunker consumption during the voyage? The question we have asked ourselves during the autumn term in 2008 much was said about the premium bunker prices, and how the future could affect our daily lives as nautical officer. We felt here that the school had relatively little knowledge of the subject and therefore felt that it would be interesting to identify how it really looks like onboard the ships today. To collect information we contacted 7 Swedish companies that operate with different types of vessels, in order to get a broad picture of the whole industry. For shipping companies we asked questions about how actively they were working on the issue and what methods they used.

This study highlights the stereotypical depictions of journalists in film using a narrative analysis of four major Hollywood productions, starting with All the President?s Men from 1976 through The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo from 2011. Its purpose is to highlight traits given to journalists in the movies and re-occuring themes in the portrayal of the media and the journalistic occupation. Differences and commonalities between the films are concluded in a discussion of ethics, personalities and the media?s self image.

Att utveckla hållbart innefattar att behoven hos den nuvarande generationen möts utan att äventyra framtida generationers möjligheter. En integrerad syn på hållbarhet är viktig eftersom de tre dimensionerna (ekologisk, ekonomisk och social) är förbundna med varandra. Samhället ställer krav på arbete kring hållbarhetsfrågor och att företag tar ansvar för sina organisationer. Offentliga upphandlingar innehåller krav på att företag kommunicera sitt arbete kring hållbar utveckling. Studien visar på att IT- företag känner denna press och de arbetar ständigt med att förbättra sättet de kommunicerar och presenterar arbetet kring hållbarhet.

This Bachelor paper deals with skeletal diseases like osteoporosis and osteoarthritis. 24 medieval individuals from the block Banken 1 in Visby, Gotland were chosen for an osteological analysis. Osteoporosis affects the bone with low bone mineral density and can lead to possible fractures and Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease. A DEXA reading was done at Dr. Roland Alvarssons Doctorial practice in Visby and the results from the DEXA reading showed that none of the individuals suffered from osteoporosis, but one suffered from osteopenia.

One of the essential needs of human beings is to be involved in a social context. The intention of this study was to see if the opportunity to have an iPod Touch, could make it possible for students with literacy difficulties to participate in the regular classes and if the implementation of iPod Touch in the school setting would result in informal learning outside the school. In this case study two pupils with literacy difficulties have been using an iPod Touch in their daily school activity. The pupils as well as their teachers have been interviewed about their experiences of implementing iPod Touch as a tool in the regular classroom teatching. The results indicate that iPod Touch can help students to be in inclusive education and that they use the iPod Touch outside school.