The aim of this study is to examine how librarians experience implementations of changes in the physical space of the public library. The study seeks to answer the following questions from the librarians? perspective: What are the underlying reasons for changes in the physical space of the library? What are the important functions of the public library to the community residents? What reactions do librarians get from community residents after changes in the physical space of the public library? The study is based on semi-structured interviews with librarians working at seven small public libraries in Sweden. A model of four library spaces, which was developed by Andersson and Skot-Hansen in 1994 and refined in 2012, is used as a theoretical framework to help analyzing the results. The majority of the libraries are structured according to the older version of the model.

The aim of this master's thesis is a comparative study on units for civic information in Göteborg. The study is based on a project currently in progress at the main public library in Göteborg. It is observed that according to the library's mission statement the library aims to become the most competent intermediary of civic information in Göteborg. This statement suggests a competitive strategy towards other intermediaries of civic information. The mission statement does, however, also state that their goal is to be obtained in cooperation with other intermediaries.

Syftet med denna kvalitativa intervjustudie var att ge en bild av varför några föräldrar väljer att resa från Sverige, och en skola för alla, till Thailand och placerar sina barn i en svensk privatskola där. I intervjuerna ville jag få reda på hur den svenska privatskolan i Thailand upplevs av lärarna, skolans ledning men framför allt av föräldrarna i jämförelse med deras erfarenheter av skolan i Sverige..

This masters thesis is a study of official political documents in order to discuss privatisation and the Swedish public libraries. In the 1990s public libraries became placed on contractors, and that was said to be one form of privatisation. The main issue for this study concerns driving forces and obstacles for privatisation of public libraries. Another issue concerns advantages and risks. We will also discuss how the future of public libraries will be in this context.

The aim of this master thesis is to study what relationship mentally disabled adults have with the public library and what factors affect their meeting with the library. The work of the library is also studied so that the experiences of the mentally disabled can be put in relation to the work performed for the group. The method used was interviews with four mentally disabled adults and one librarian responsible for the social function and availability at the library. As a theoretical framework Marianne Andersson and Dorte Skot-Hansen?s model over the profiles of the library and Michael Buckland?s barriers, which must be overcome to achieve full access to information, were used.

The aim of this study is to investigate librarians? opinions about books supported by the government and delivered for free to the main public libraries in every community. The study is also investigating how the governmentally supported books affect the process of buying books for the public libraries and how the librarians think about quality and mediation in the acquisition. The analysis is based upon interviews with six librarians that are responsible for the purchasing at five main libraries in small communities in the South of Sweden. The results from the interviews are discussed and analyzed from the perspective of mediation.

Denna rapport är ett examensarbete som har genomförts i Kiruna på SMC/Kulturgeografen, Umeå universitet. En viktig fråga i Sverige idag är vad som händer med befolkningsutvecklingen om fertiliteten stannar på den låga nivå där den befinner sig för närvarande. Examensarbetets syfte var att som en förstudie undersöka och analysera fruktsamheten i Sverige 1991 och 1995 för olika boendemiljöer och olika regioner. Under 1991 var den summerade fruktsamheten hög i Sverige (2.1135) medan den var låg under 1995 (1.7083). Boendemiljön ?byar? är den miljö där fruktsamheten har varit mest stabil.

The aim of this thesis is to investigate and increase the understanding of a present function of today´s public library, namely the function of meeting place; here called the social function or social space. Two small town libraries are included in the study, and the questions examined are:How is this function described at the two libraries and what similarities and differences are there between the two? How can one describe the relation between how the library as social space is described in research and at the libraries? The theoretical framework used in examining these questions, consists of three different discourses in culture policy (the discourse of state, market and civil society) and theories on civil society and the public library. A summary of current research makes visible eight different aspects of the public library as a social space. These aspects functions as parts of the theoretical framework as well.

Den här uppsatsen handlar om sanktioner mot marknadsmissbruk i Sverige. Begreppet marknadsmissbruk innefattar, insiderhandel, röjande av insiderinformation och otillbörlig kurspåverkan. Det huvudsakliga syftet med studien är att redogöra för de nya tankar som framförts i samband med den utredningen som legat till grund för förslaget om skärpning av insiderlagstiftningen i Sverige. Studien har genomförts genom att granska lagtext, förarbeten och doktrin. Sverige instiftade en lag (Insiderlag 1990:1342) mot marknadsmissbruk i början av 1990-talet, då Sverige trädde in i EG.

Invandringen i Sverige har ökat under de senaste decennierna, detta har gjort att Sverige gått från att bestå av relativt få kulturer till att bli mångkulturellt. Att beskriva faktorer som påverkar förståelsen för kulturella olikheter i mötet mellan vårdpersonal i Sverige och personer med invandrarbakgrund var syftet med litteraturstudien. Studien baserades på nio vetenskapliga artiklar och materialet bearbetades genom innehållsanalys. Resultatet visade att det finns kulturella olikheter i mötet mellan vårdpersonal och personer med annan kulturell bakgrund än den svenska. Många invandrare har svårt att anpassa sig till sitt nya hemland, både språkligt och kulturellt, vilket avspeglas som ett problem i den allmänt stereotypa vården.

The main purpose of this master's thesis is to investigate to what extent municipal politicians govern a selected public library. This means to clarify who determines the direction of the library and its services and in what way. It also involves examining the relationship between library staff and local politicians in the decision-making process. Which decisions are made by the politicians and which are left to the employees? The study is based on an investigation of a public library in a municipality over a period of ten years the 1990s.

Public libraries have an important roll of making information accessible to all people. This democratic right supports the cultural development in our society. When public libraries build websites offering information and services it can sometimes cause obstacles for impaired users. It is therefore our purpose to evaluate a selection of websites and library plans to examine how the libraries work with accessibility for these users. This thesis is based on theories of cognitive and human computer interaction, and information architecture.

This essay was to investigate what self-image public libraries convey on Facebook and what image is received by the users, along with comparison of those. It was investigated if the received image corresponded with the users? previous image of public libraries. The method used was interviews with the Facebook administrators and surveys with the users. The theoretical framework was Kotler?s model for image creation.The research is mainly American and shows Facebook as an accepted marketing tool for libraries among students, but as not taken seriously by the library staff.

The purpose of this master thesis is to investigate and analyse how the concept of lifelong learning is expressed in political documents concerning public libraries and education and how it can be related to earlier concepts of education within the discourse of public libraries. Focus is the official approach to the concept of lifelong learning and public library. The documents examined contain the political aims for education and culture policy on a national and local level. The theories used in the study concern the background and meaning of the concept of lifelong learning, they describe public libraries and their earlier perspectives of education and they also give a picture of practices of governing within the framework of public libraries. The purpose is to see how the speech in the documents is reflected in discourses of society and public library.

The purpose of this thesis is to get knowledge about how it is to work as a librarian at Gothenburg city library during a rebuilding process and during the time when they have worked in a temporary library so called niche library. Which part did they have in the renovation project and in the niche library? The aim is also to find out how the librarians have experienced their time in the niche library and if it has affected their profession and identity.The method that is used to answer questions of the study is semi-structured interviews with four public librarians. Through comparing previous research in building and rebuilding process I have analyzed the four public librarian?s part in the renovating process and the temporary library.