The purpose of this master?s thesis is to examine the activity at the library and preschool at Kristineberg (a part of the town of Borås) and its underlying approach. How do the activities agree with the ideological attitudes of the 1970s? To answer these questions I have carried out a case study based on qualitative interviews. The theoretical background includes ideas of the library, the community center and the cultural activity at the library.

The purpose of this thesis is to study the attitude towardscomics among librarians as well as their personal image ofthe overall attitude towards comics among librarians and themanner in which the attitude of the librarians affects how thecomics are treated in the library.I have performed this study with a qualitative approach andhave interviewed a total of five librarians working in twodifferent libraries.I have founded the theoretical base for my research in anumber of historical attitudes towards comics and thencompared these attitudes towards the answers given in theinterviews as well as prior research found in three theseswritten by Magnus Johansson, Sarah Johansson and KarinEsaiasson.The results of the study is that traces of most of thehistorical attitudes can be found among all of the interviewedlibrarians but that none of them are harboring any negativeattitudes towards comics themselves. On the other hand thestudy does imply that the image of the librarian who onlythinks that comics are meant for children is still very muchalive in the collective subconscious of the librarians.The study also shows that while librarians of today tend tohave a neutral outlook in comics the historically subpartreatment of comic in the libraries and the subsequent lack ofacademic support on the subject have made it necessary forthe librarian in charge of the comic-section to have apersonal interest/liking for comics to be able to do a goodjob..

The aim of this Master's thesis is to examine and analyze what discourses about children that can be found in three Swedish culture publications, and also to identify the different social roles that are attributed to children in these publications. The theoretical and methodological background is discourse theory, as described by Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe. Additional theory used is social constructionism and Norman Fairclough?s critical discourse theory. Three questions are asked: What discourse/s can be found in these publications? What do these discourses tell us about the view on children within the library domain? What social roles are attributed to the children in the texts and what consequences do these have for the power configuration between children and adults? Furthermore there is a discussion concerning what effects these discourses might have on the direct and indirect reception of children in the library.

Syftet med vår studie är att medvetandegöra och uppmärksamma betydelsen av olika faktorers påverkan när det gäller att ge skönlitteraturen en plats i skolan samt att synliggöra konsekvenserna av detta ur ett elevperspektiv. Vår frågeställning är; Vilka faktorer anser lärarna i vår undersökning påverkar arbetet med skönlitteratur i skolan? Metod: Vi valde att göra en kvantitativ undersökning genom att dela ut enkäter till verksamma lärare i grundskolan. Anledningen till det var att vi ville nå ut till ett större antal lärare och få ett bredare undersökningsmaterial. Eftersom vi inte var intresserade av människors upplevelse av ett fenomen valde vi bort intervjuer som metod.

The aim of this study is to compare how three local librarieshandle their collections, and to compare this with handlingcollections at national level. I have investigated librarian?sopinions of their collections and how they take care andpreserve them for the future. It has also been studied if thelibraries collections of old material contains more than justold book rarities.In this study I had compared my respondents answer withSvante Beckman and Magdalena Hillström`s theory ofmuseum`s four idealtypes. Their view of a museum is in theforms of a treasury, archive, school and a theatre.

Bakgrund: V?rldsh?lsoorganisationen (WHO) arbetar f?r att uppn? b?ttre h?lsa f?r alla m?nniskor ur ett globalt perspektiv. WHO:s senaste riktlinjer f?r psykisk h?lsa f?rd?mer anv?ndningen av tv?ngsmetoder inom psykiatrisk v?rd. ?ven om minskning av just tv?ngs?tg?rder inom psykiatrisk v?rd ?r ett av de viktiga internationella m?len, anv?nds det fortsatt i Sverige f?r att f?rhindra patienter fr?n att skada sig sj?lva och omgivningen.

The purpose of this thesis is to explore the situation for ebooksin Swedish public libraries. The background is anincreasing lending of e-books in public libraries, with anacquisition model formed when e-books were more of anexperiment in a few libraries. The debate has escalated in therecent years and in this thesis I aim to investigate thelibraries? experience with e-books and the current pricemodel. The empirical material comes from interviews witheight head of public libraries in the Västra Götaland region.As theoretical background, I have used Michael Buckland?sfour roles of collections and price models from Lee andBoyle.My results show ambivalence with the price model.

Denna studie syftar till att belysa l?rare i fritidshems perspektiv p? det h?lsofr?mjande arbetet i fritidshemmet samt hur detta arbete utf?rs i verksamheten. Med vetskapen om att barn i dag r?r sig f?r lite i f?rh?llande till rekommendationerna s? vill vi unders?ka hur detta ?terspeglar sig i den fritidshemspedagogiska verksamheten. Det ?r ett intressant omr?de att l?gga fokus p? d? m?nga barn spenderar mycket tid i fritidshemmet.

Examensarbetet har utfo?rts av Ida Montan, maskiningenjo?rsprogrammet pa? Karlstad Universitet. Arbetet har skett i samarbete med Swenox AB. Ett fo?retag vars produktion a?r bela?gen i Nyko?ping.

The purpose of this master?s thesis is to examine virtual reading groups, and which meaning the users perceive that the virtual reading groups offer. In addition, the study inquires which details can be improved to further amend the needs and wants among the users of virtual reading groups. Through these outlines, it is discussed how libraries and librarians can make use of virtual reading groups as a resource. The study is based upon qualitative interviews, consisting of asynchronous e-mail interviews with a total of sixteen members in two different virtual reading groups.

Syftet med studien var att underso?ka hur kla?desaffa?rer kan skapa en mer positiv syn pa? second hand kla?der bland konsumenter. Underso?kningen utfo?rdes genom att anva?nda Tricomponent Attitude modellen och erka?nda strategier fo?r attitydfo?ra?ndring. Tricomponent Attitude modellen utgo?rs av den kognitiva, affektiva samt konativa delen medan attitydstrategierna utgo?rs av tillva?gaga?ngssa?tt fo?r att fo?ra?ndra attityden.

Syftet med studien ?r att f? mer kunskap om hur pedagoger p? sfi reflekterar ?ver uttal och uttalsundervisningen i allm?nhet, men ?ven mer specifikt kring deras m?l med uttalsundervisningen och vilka prioriteringar den har i j?mf?relse med ?vriga delmoment inom sfi. Unders?kningen har genomf?rts genom kvalitativa intervjuer med fem sfil?rare verksamma p? studiev?g ett, kurs a, b, c, och d, d?r l?rarnas erfarenheter, funderingar och intentioner kring uttal och uttalsdidaktik ligger till grund f?r analysen. Resultatet visar att sfil?rarna anser uttal vara en viktig och relevant del av svenska som andraspr?ksundervisningen f?r elever p? sfi men samtidigt synligg?rs en avsaknad av gemensamma riktlinjer samt gemensamma pedagogiska praktiker och m?l med uttalsundervisningen.

This Masters thesis concerns feature film services in Swedish public libraries. We have investigated the opinion of eight librarians concerning values and criteria for selection as regards film. The theory chosen comes from varied disciplines, for example sociology, adapted to our subject. The most important theories are Antonio Gramscis idea of hegemony, Herbert J. Gans concept of taste cultures and Carl Gustav Johannsens discussion about quality.

Syftet med fo?religgande underso?kning a?r att studera hur en viss grupp flickor pa? gymnasiet upplever fo?ra?ldrarnas sto?ttning i sin skolga?ng. Studien a?mnar a?ven studera en eventuell a?tskillnad i hur sto?ttningen kan tas i uttryck beroende pa? fo?ra?ldrarnas utbildningsniva?. Begreppet sto?ttning har i studien operationaliserats med utga?ngspunkt i motivations- och fo?rva?ntansteorier och med hja?lp av Bourdieus teori kring kapital a?mnar studien att fo?rklara den reproducerande kraft som utbildningskapitalet hos fo?ra?ldrarna bidrar till.

Befolkningen i Sverige besta?r till cirka 17 procent av a?ldre individer o?ver 65 a?r. Att a?ldras med ha?lsa a?r en central byggsten inom det ha?lsofra?mjande arbetet. Vid kartla?ggning och underso?kning av de a?ldstas ha?lsa, levnadsvanor och livsstil kan ha?lsofra?mjande insatser tilla?mpas, riktade mot dess behov.