The purpose of this study is to investigate information seeking habits among young persons with mild mental disability. We wanted to know how they seek information in everyday life, barriers they experience when seeking information and also if they consider the library to be a source of information.The theoretical background of this study is based on the works of T. D. Wilson and Michael Buckland. Wilson?s model of information seeking behavior and seeking information was used as a tool analyzing the results from the interviews.

The aim of this master?s thesis is to examine the information needs in the character subjects of the students at a vocationally oriented program in the Swedish upper secondary school. I also examine from which sources the students get the information. I want to create a wider understanding of information seeking processes at a vocationally oriented programme. The main focus is the students? own thoughts and opinions about their information needs and information seeking processes.

Webbproduktionsbyrån Houdini arbetar bland annat med framtagning av lösningar för elektronisk utbildning. Denna typ av utbildning baseras på elektroniska hjälpmedel och är ofta interaktiv. Tidigare arbetade Houdini mestadels med att ta fram eutbildningslösningar för datorer, men ville nu undersöka ett koncept med utbildning i mobiltelefoner.Det bestämdes att en applikationsprototyp för mobiltelefoner skulle utvecklas baserat på iterativ och användarcentrerad systemdesign. En prototyp togs fram som fortlöpande vidareutvecklades med hjälp av inkrementell och evolutionär prototypframställning, den testades sedan kontinuerligt med användare under utvecklingen.Resultatet av arbetet blev en mobilapplikation där användare kan titta på utbildningsfilmer som strömmas till mobiltelefonen över Internet. Under utbildningen finns det möjlighet att genomföra övningar, och efter utbildningen genomförs ett test som bestämmer om användaren blivit godkänd på utbildningen eller ej.Systemet som utvecklades visar att tekniken idag är tillräckligt mogen för att kunna användas i en e-utbildningsapplikation för mobiltelefoner.

The purpose of this Bachelor?s thesis is to examine university librarians? perceptions of information literacy, of students? information literacy and of education in information literacy. The focus is on how they perceive the students? information literacy development during their university studies. Also of interest in this study is how librarians think that their teaching in information literacy should be included in the students? other courses. Three librarians at a Swedish university library were interviewed using qualitative interviews.

Some word processing programs save information that not all users of the program are aware of. This information consists of a number of things. Example of that is who the writer of the document is, the time it took to write it and where on the computer the document is saved. Text that has been changed or removedcan also be saved. This information is not shown in the program and the user will therefore not be aware of its existence.

Allt började med att vi fick ett uppdrag av ägarna på Treehotel som ville ha hjälp med att utveckla vissa delar av sin verksamhet. Vi bestämde tillsammans med dem att vi skulle fokusera på Victoriastigen, den transportsträcka som idag leder hotellgästerna upp till trädrummen, och hjälpa dem att utveckla denna med hjälp av upplevelseproduktion. Vårt syfte med studien är således att med storytelling som verktyg och teori från upplevelseproduktion utveckla Victoriastigen för att förstärka helhetsupplevelsen av ett besök på Treehotel. De metoder vi använt oss av är kvalitativa intervjuer samt egna reflektioner och vi har utifrån dessa metoder fått fram ett resultat som svarar mot våra forskningsfrågor. Vi har med utgångspunkt i en interaktiv metod med våra uppdragsgivare samt konklusionerna av vårt resultat sedan skapat konceptförslag för Victoriastigen.

This thesis examines the ideological implications of an emerging shift in human rights-issues regarding information. As Intellectual Property becomes increasingly important to the economy of developed nations previously commonly owned or unprotected information runs a real risk of becoming privatized. The World Trade Organization and its binding agreements GATS and TRIPS are subjected to a critical ideology-analysis, with special efforts to elucidate possible effects on the public service realm and its commitment as provider of free information as a human right. The result suggests that not only does a threat to information as such a right exist, but that its ideological basis however seemingly rooted in a liberal/neoliberal context actually in its express views on information deviates from liberal/neoliberal theory in many ways, and that there are theoretical inconsistencies in that same ideology..

The purpose of this Master thesis is to examine and describe dog breeders? information activities. Questions posed in this study are:? What are the information needs of dog breeders?? How does the dog breeder seek and use information?? How can the relationship between serious leisure and information activities be described?The theoretical framework consists of the sociologist Robert A Stebbins? theory about serious leisure. The study is based on a qualitative methodology.

Syftet med studien var att undersöka lärares uppfattningar i samband med användningen av IWB i undervisningen. Studien genomfördes med hjälp av kvalitativa intervjuer  med sammanlagd nio lärare i grundskolan. För att ta reda på lärarnas uppfattningar ställdes följande frågor: Hur uppfattade lärare att IWB påverkar på elevens lärande? Hur IWB påverkade på lärares behandling av undervisningsinnehåll? I vilka sammanhang upplever du fördelarna och/eller nackdelarna med användningen av IWB? Resultat visade att användningen av IWB skapade nya sätt att kommunicera med föräldrar både muntligt och med hjälp av den digitala IT-tekniken. Användandet av IWB i kombination med e-post och Internet ökade kontaktytorna mot elever och föräldrar.

Intranets has been marketing as the tool for solving the organisations information problems. My interest is to see how an intranet works in an organisation. This study was an investigation about the use of EkaForum, the intranet of Eka Chemicals, at the Rollsbo division. The study aimed to evaluate how EkaForum is being used, firstly as a transmitter of information and secondly as a communication tool for the organisation. The study was constructed as a quantity survey based on a questionnaire with 24 questions and was sent out to the staff of Rollsbo division.

During the last decades the evolution of information technology and the increasing ability to access information have been discussed in many ways. In the beginning the focus was on the technology but now the discussion is more and more about the use of information and how to develop knowledge out of it. There is an ongoing discussion about the difference between knowledge and information. The subject of this Master s thesis is to find out if and how the Swedish elementary school has written into its mission statements to help the pupils to become information literate. For this purpose I have examined literature about information literacy and pedagogic as well as legislation and other documents that control how the Swedish elementary schools work.

The aim of this study is to examine present forms of interaction between Child Welfare Clinics (Barnavårdscentraler, BVC), and libraries. The study departs from the user?s perspective, i.e. how the parents evaluate the information they are given about the library and its resources to provide information they want in their present and new situation. In two local communities the survey looks into how parents of babies are informed about the library in meetings arranged as part of the information and support program provided by BVC.

The aim of this study was to examine if an organisation that strives for democracy and participation, also possess an open information culture. This study deals with the information culture in a social movement organisation, Attac Gothenburg. To achieve the aim, following questions were asked: What is the organisation culture like, is it open or closed? What is the information culture like, is it open or closed? What is the information culture like, in relation to the identity of the organisation? The focus has been put on earlier research in social movements, organisation and information culture. In this qualitative study I have collected material mainly from interviews.

The aim of this study has been to investigate actors? methods for acquiring information that is necessary for their profession, with a focus on the more random methods they might possibly use. The study is based on the following questions: What information needs do actors have in relation to their profession? Which methods do actors use to procure information? Which information systems do actors use? What role does the library play in the actors? acquisition of information? Through an interview study with 10 informants a picture is formed of the actors? information behavior. With the help of theoretical ideas regarding random methods of acquisition, we describe which information needs actors have and how they acquire that information.

This work studied the information flow and information handling among different parties. The study focused on how educational materials on national tests from The Swedish National Agency for Education is managed by school principals and teachers and how the information is passed on to students. The data material was based on observations and interviews at two different high schools. Six teachers and their classes and principals participated in the study. The Agency was also interviewed.