Sammanfattning: Föreliggande studie fördjupar sig i hur identiteten förändras i och med emigrationen till Sverige. Genom fyra bosniers subjektiva upplevelser av att fly ett krigsdrabbat land, komma som flyktingar till Sverige och sedan bo kvar här som invandrare, är avsikten få en större förståelse vad denna förändring har inneburit för dessa individer. Det har inte varit min ambition att skildra den stora berättelsen eller strukturen utan avsikten har varit att lyfta fram individen i det större sammanhanget. Genom att arbeta med muntlig historia och kulturanalys synliggörs hur fyra bosnier upplever sin identitet när dem började leva ett normalt liv i exil. Tyngdpunkten har lagts på de sociala samt kulturella förändringsprocesserna de genomgick samt hur dessa påverkat deras identitetskonstruktion.

The purpose of this Masters thesis is to investigate the reasons for public libraries to have story-time today and also the reasons for story-time at the public library historically in Sweden. Why is the phenomenon of story-time still existing at public libraries today? The study is based on a questionnaire that was sent to childrens librarians in the Västra Götaland region. The material collected in this questionnaire was put together and resulted in six different categories showing the libraries purposes and thoughts of their story-time activities. The categories were: cultural heritage/tradition, joy of reading, language and imagination, library visits, storytelling and mutual experience.

Arbetslöshet är ett världsomfattande problem som för med sig allvarliga konsekvenser både på samhälls- och individnivå. Att vara arbetslös innebär för de allra flesta att befinna sig i en icke önskvärd situation eftersom lönearbete har en så central roll i det moderna samhället och värderas högt inte minst av dem som är arbetslösa. Uppsatsens syfte är att undersöka hur arbetslösa på två kontinenter, i Sverige och i utvecklingslandet Honduras, upplever sin livssituation i form av meningsfullhet, begriplighet och hanterbarhet. De frågor som vi ställt oss är vilken betydelse har det sociala nätverket för den arbetslöse i Honduras och i Sverige? Skiljer sig de arbetslösas copingstrategier åt i Honduras och i Sverige.

Den här undersökningen har studerat skillnader mellan arbetets påverkan på utbrändhet i Kina och Sverige. Studien hade för avsikt att se om skillnader förekom, vilka skillnader det var samt hur de yttrade sig. Studier inom området i Kina är mycket outforskat medan det i Sverige och övriga västvärlden talas om det dagligen. Resultatet av den här studien pekar på att skillnaderna mellan länderna knappt är förekommande. Detta kan till stor del bero på Ikeas organisationskultur.

This thesis examines art exhibitions, literature events and music events in public libraries in Sweden. The aim is to study which event occurs most in the libraries in Sweden. I also examine who takes responsibility for the events, who the libraries engage, how much the events cost, and how often the libraries have the events. I also study Swedish cultural politics in purpose to see if the libraries follow the aims and directions decided by the Swedish government. One aim of the Swedish culture politic is to give every citizen in Sweden the same possibility to experience culture, no matter where they live.

The purpose of the present thesis is to investigate the interaction between the branches in the different villages and its users and the importance of the branches for democracy. To illustrate these points, I have focused on Högsby municipality, a local council in Kalmar county. Högsby municipality is of particular interest in this connection, since all seven of the branches have been closed recently; only the main library remains. Moreover, three of the closed branches were, in 2005, taken over by citizen organizations local to the part of Högsby municipality where the libraries were located. The specific issues that were addressed were:- What needs were satisfied by the local libraries in Högsby council and is it possible to satisfy these needs in other ways and then, how?- Does the absence of a local library affect democracy?Interviews were performed.

Sensory marketingAn effective instrument for libraries? We are living in a world of constant communication and information and because of that, marketing in general seem to have no distinctive effect. Consumers become overwhelmed by all the advertising messages. Due to this, it is clear that organizations like libraries must create a deeper and more personal connection to increase user satisfaction and foster the use of services, among both users and potential users. One way to achieve this is to make use of all the emotional elements of a product or a service.

I mars 2006 stämde den Europeiska kommissionen Sverige inför EG-domstolen. Denna rapport berör anledningen kring denna händelse som innefattar att Sverige har olika lagar gällande uppskovsavdrag vid bostadsköp. Historik och tillvägagångssätt kring svensk kapitalvinstbeskattning vid bostadsförsäljning, beskattning som gäller vid flytt till annat EU-land samt hur Sverige bryter mot EG-rätten har stor tyngdpunkt i rapporten. Hur den Europeiska Unionen är uppbyggd berörs samt hur skatteintäkterna för den svenska staten ser ut i dagens läge. Rapporten avslutas med en blick över hur en eventuell lagändring av uppskovsavdrag skulle påverka den svenska staten och den enskilde.

The question of the provision of electronic books in Swedish public libraries has lately evolved into a lively debate in Swedish media, where the public library?s identity and itsexpected role as a democratic institution is an underlying topic. The aim of this bachelorthesis is to examine the idea of the public library?s identity as expressed in newspaperand journal articles by writers connected to the library sector. The aim is achieved byexamining the language-use and identifying discourses in the debate.

This thesis studies if public libraries in Sweden have taken part ofinformation regarding the Swedish government policy that publicareas are to be made accessible by 2010. Also studied is thesignificance of information and resources on the execution ofaccessibility adaptations at public libraries.The analysis uses Lennart Lundquist?s theory of implementation ofpublic policies, that the person executing the policy needs tounderstand, be able to and want to in order for the policy to besuccessfully executed. The study was carried out through a surveyand the thesis focuses on the factors of understanding and beingable to.The survey was sent by email to all 290 municipal libraries inSweden with an answering frequency of 65%. The results arepresented in table format with explanations.The thesis finds that a clear majority of respondents have hadaccess to information about accessibility adaptations, but thatmuch fewer consider the information clear enough.

The purpose of this study is to describe and analyzes how the bookmobile librarians approach to purchase and selection and the range of views that may exist. The study is based on a qualitative method using a document study and three interviews included. The document study looking closely at public libraries library plans in Vastra Gotalands county. The qualitative interviews gets a closer look at librarians´approach regarding the purchase and selection and also if there are any similarities or differences between mobile library activities versus the main library.The theoretical framework is based on Sanna Taljas study where she has identified three different perspectives on the library´s music department. These are categorized as the interpretative repertoires and involves three categories of approach to quality.

The aim of this Master?s thesis is to investigate and increase the understanding of Swedish Public Library Websites and to determinate which activity they mediate. To analyse the Public Library Websites Andersson and Skot-Hansen?s model of roles for the Public Library has been used. This model in¬cludes four roles for the library: the library as a cultural centre, a knowledge centre, as an information centre and as a social centre.

The aim of this thesis is to examine how librarians are workingwith the selection and purchase of feature films in Swedish publiclibraries. I was interested in examining the underlying reasonsbehind the selections. I chose to focus on how librarians areworking and reason about the library´s film collection.The purpose of my study is to answer the following questions:? How are librarians working with selection and purchase offeature films in the public library?? What factors motivate librarians´ selection of featurefilms?? What do librarians reason about the public library filmcollection?To answer these questions I performed interviews with sevenlibrarians in five different public libraries. The results of theinterviews have been analyzed on the basis of the theories andtheoretical model of Sanna Talja.

Futurum.kom is a collaborative marketing project with the aim of strengthening the internal organization of Länsbibliotek Sydost, Regionbibliotek Kalmar and the 25 public libraries within the southeast region. The project intends to externally build the brands of the public libraries in Blekinge, Kalmar and Kronobergs län. This thesis is a study and evaluation of the implementation and results of Futurum.kom?s first campaign "Låna dig rik" at a public library. The analysis is based on the following issues:? What goals does the library have with the "Låna dig rik"-campaign.? What is the feedback from the staff's experience of the users in terms of needs and demands?? In which way does the library choose to implement the marketing campaign and what role do the users have in this process?? What is the internal performance of the library's marketing campaign, what was the experience of the staff of the campaign?? What is the external result of the library's marketing campaign?The method is based on a case study of a single library, with a series of interviews and document analysis of written and electronic documents.

The aim of this thesis was to understand and illuminate how readingpromotion projects can be carried out, what sort of activities they mightcontain and what sort of lasting impressions they might make. We choseto examine reading promotion projects because we consider thepromotion of reading and literacy a vital and important part of thelibraries work. The study took place at the city library of Uddevalla andthe projects included in the study were all directed towards children andyouth.The theory used in the thesis was Aidan Chambers?s model of theReading Circle which consists of the four themes of selection,?reading?, response and the enabling adult. Methods used were semistructuredinterview, document studies and observation.The results show that reading promotion projects benefit from cooperationbetween the adults involved and that education of the adultsin order to indirectly target the children is an effective way of spreadingthe love of reading.