This bachelor thesis explores how librarians are portrayed in fiction literature. The aim is to see how the librarian and their work tasks are described. Our material consists of 12 fiction novels from the years 2000 to 2012 (with an exception of a book from 1998). We have used discourse analysis in order to examine the picture of the librarian.We have used three major questions: How is the librarian portrayed in our selected fiction literature from year 2000 until today (the beginning of 2013)? How are the librarians profession portrayed in our selected fiction literature? Does our selection of the fiction literature give a positive or negative image of the librarianand how can that affect the view of the profession?Our analysis resulted in the discourses the librarian and literature and the librarian and the library.

Syftet med vår uppsats är att undersöka hur ledningen presenterar styrtekniken Regeringenoch vad som händer med Regeringen när den används av IT-konsulterna.Teori:För att undersöka hur IT-konsulter hanterar och uttalar sig om en styrteknik, Regeringen, harvi valt översättningsmodellen för att studera detta. Som en del i det har vi även använtforskning kring redigering, inskription, lösa kopplingar samt handlingsnät för att undersökahur Regeringen har gjorts stabil hos IT-konsulterna i organisationen. Vi har valt att se ITkonsulternasom en profession för att kunna använda isomorfism för att studera om det finnsen spänning mellan IT-konsulterna, som profession, och styrtekniken Regeringen.Metod:I vår studie har vi intervjuat fem stycken personer där vi fått ta del av deras uttalan och syn påRegeringen. Vidare har vi analyserat fem stycken textdokument som beskriver hur ledningenväljer att presentera Regeringen för IT-konsulterna. Vi har utifrån vårt empiriska materialurskiljt tre huvudrubriker som grundar sig i våra tre frågeställningar.

Forskning visar att många yrken kämpar för att få benämnas som professioner. För att kunna klassas som profession krävs det att yrkesutövningen uppfattas som professionell. Detta handlar om sociala konstruktioner som kontinuerligt utsätts för tvivel och omförhandling vilket tyder på att en professionell identitet skapas genom fortgående processer. Tidigare har fokus legat på just profession som ett statiskt begrepp men välfärdssamhällets utveckling har skapat ett behov av att revidera fenomenet till de mer dynamiska begreppen; professionalisering och professionalism.Vi kan se att det finns forskning kring olika yrkens professionaliseringsprocess såsom sjuksköterskor, socionomer, barnmorskor, bibliotekarier med flera men vi saknar en liknande studie över administratörsyrket. Administratörsprogrammet utgör en av utbildningarna på Högskolan i Borås.

Vårt syfte har varit att, med stöd av kvalitativa intervjuer samt litteraturstudier, undersöka hur förskollärare uppfattar professionalisering samt sina unika kompetenser. Begreppen profession o?ch k?ompetens utgör grunden för våra val av teoretiska utgångspunkter samt tidigare forskning. Studien har för oss synliggjort att även om förskollärare är positiva till professionalisering så förekommer det ingen djupgående relation till begreppet. Detta kan bero på att professionaliseringen främst har hanterats på en facklig samt statlig nivå och utan större förankring hos förskollärarna själva.

The main purpose of this Masters thesis is to examine gender division in public libraries by reviewing literature and interviewing eight public librarians and two chief librarians. The reason why we decided to investigate this topic is the lack of research concerning sex-segregation in library and information science. By choosing this subject we intend to deepen the understanding of the significance of gender both within the public library and of the occupation in general. Some researchers claim that the low status of librarianship is a result of the large proportion of women in the profession. We want to find out how our informants view the relation between professional status and female domination.

The purpose of IFLA:s Core Programme ALP Advancement of Librarianship in the third world is to further the objectives of the library profession, library institutions and library and informationservices in the less developed countries in the third world. This essay deals with how and with what purpose IFLA/ALP managing developing work in the third world. What roles do they consider that the public library could play for development of the society? The essay also deal with purposes that have resulted in the close cooperation between IFLA/ALP and other organizations.till comparing their work with SIDA and UNESCO. Finaly I try to connect this work with a development theory and a global context..

This Master thesis aims to illuminate nine librarians relation to professional information. This is accomplished by focusing on five questions: How do they communicate and acquire professional information, and how do they evaluate its relevance? What are their experiences of continuing professional education? What are their opinions on the academicalisation of the education? Is it possible to perceive something of the librarians professional project in the informants statements? What is their relation to the academic subject of library and information science and the research on the area? The analysis is based upon the interviews with nine librarians and carried out with Profession theory in order to study the role of theoretic knowledge in our participants professionalisation processes. We also use different context oriented theories to study the contextual dimension of information need and seeking. The conclusions of this Master thesis reveal that the communication between the theory of library and information science and the practice need to be improved if we want to see more of an evidence-based librarianship.

Aim: Preferential treatment and allocation of quotes according to sex are two current concepts due to the increasing demand for equality. One organization that may use preferential treatment is the fire department. This is why we chose it as a starting point for our study. The aim with this essay is to investigate how Gästrike Räddningstjänst can create a more equal organization.Method: We have interviewed eight employees and prepared questions for each one. This represents a qualitative method.

The focus of this research is to investigate how the client's emotions can affect the social worker and how the social worker manages these feelings in order to make the right decisions. We have used a qualitative approach in our investigation. We have interviewed six social workers at social welfare bureaux in southern Sweden. Our theories are ?Nai?ve Theory? and ?Affect Theory?.

The aim of this essay is to get a deeper understanding of a teachers' profession and to get knowledge of how earlier experiences can influence you as a teacher. I have interviewed a female teacher, Pia to get this understanding. As a tool to get the teacher's whole story I used the life story method. In her profession she is influenced by her own importance of security as a child.Her own needs of security has given her an deeper understanding for pupils like herself during the childhood; insecure and afraid. Her understanding for all kinds of behavior among the children has increased by her own experiences.The story shows that Pia is frustrated by the fact that she can't control her own working time.

The aim of this essay was to investigate what images are conveyed through Swedish daily press and to discuss the possible consequences of these images for librarians and users of the library. What discourses can be identified in the material; how are librarians and their profession described in the press; what attitude can be detected towards librarians and in what contexts are librarians discussed, are questions that were asked. Discourse analysis was used as theory and method. A discourse can be understood as a certain way of talking about and understanding the world. 55 articles from the period of January 1^st 2002 to March 7^th 2003 were analysed with the help of a model.

Reflektion kan vara ett betydelsefullt redskap i omvårdnadsarbetet för att skapa en god och säker vård. Det är av stor betydelse att sjuksköterskor tar sig tid att stanna upp och ge tid för reflektion kring situationer och handlingar. Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att belysa betydelsen av reflektion inom ramen för sjuksköterskeprofessionen. Studier söktes i databaser och bearbetades. Resultatet visar att sjuksköterskor växer i sin profession genom att reflektion används som ett instrument till utveckling.

The idea to this bachelor thesis was born after carefully following the coverage of Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye in Swedish media during their imprisonment in Ethiopia from June 2011 to September 2012. Based on our interest we designed two questions to answer throughout the thesis. These are:(1) How are Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye portrayed as journalists in the discussion about them that has taken place in Swedish media?(2) How is the journalistic profession described in the discussion about Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye in Swedish media? To answer these questions we decided to analyse texts that can be defined as the genre of opinion journalism, which all came from Swedish printed media. We have chosen 16 texts to analyse which show the variety of ways to write about Persson and Schibbye in the chosen genre during the chosen period of time. Opinion journalism is what newspapers use to attract readers, as they want to supplement the news coverage with comments and analysis from ?experts?. Persson and Schibbye were imprisoned in Ethiopia in June of 2011, and weren?t released until 15 months later, in September of 2012. To analyse our material we have amongst others used theories regarding social constructionism, representation, discourse, the journalistic identity and the journalistic ideals that exist in Swedish society.

The drug treatment staff attitude towards needle exchange is what investigates in this study. The aim of this study is to see what?s affecting the standpoints in the needle exchange issue and also to investigate if the needle exchange is compatible with Swedish drug policy. The study has a qualitative approach and it?s based on eight semi-structured interviews with drug treatment staff.

In this Bachelor thesis, we examine how the work of the librarian has changed over the past three decades. The research questions focus on the changes in librarians´ roles and working tasks regarding factors like technique, meetings between librarians and visitors and also how to give service to visitors.We have conducted interviews with librarians at university libraries as well as public libraries. In all, there were four interviews. We have also compared the two types of libraries.We have looked closely at these factors: the tasks of the librarians, the skills needed, how the library has been used as a democratic arena, and what kinds of meetings there are among librarians and users of the library. From these themes we have created interview questions, and our analysis is structured according to the themes.We have worked from a theory on different kinds of identities within the profession.