The aim of this thesis is to study what impact The USA Patriot Act has had on American libraries. The authors intent has been to see what changes have occurred in the librarians work-routines and to study their attitudes toward the Patriot act. The authors have also intended to find out what the consequences would be for the libraries. The findings are related to Swedish circumstances. The material used in this thesis consists of six interviews conducted at three libraries in the Bay Area in California.

This thesis takes a closer look at The USA Patriot Act and the literary debate that has followed the passing of that Act. The aim of the thesis is to define what freedom is for the two opposing sides using McCallum's freedom model.The literary analysis shows that the most common argument from authors who are pro Act is that in desperate times like these one must relinquish a part of the individual's freedom to ensure the safety of the collective. Amongst those authors who are against the Act concerns are raised for the possibilities of abuse as a result of increased government power such as the ability to detain immigrants for long periods of time, surveillance and increased exchange of information between federal agencies..

This paper addresses the need to review the modern presentation of textile archaeology in museums. It is time to look at textiles in archaeology with new eyes. The reality behind archaeological textilestudy is holistic, embracing many different aspects of society. The presentation of textiles has in my opinion become old-fashioned. I will show in my paper that Jonathan Adams? `seven constraints´ model, developed for research on ancient ships, can also be applied to textile research.

The terror attack in New York year 2001 was a turning point in international politics. New policies were reformed in both USA and EU to secure their citizens from terrorism. The power of the institutions has developed and the question is; how does the new security policy affect people?s freedom? Is it the agencies new policies that are restricting the freedom or the actions of a terrorist? The purpose of this study is to examine if the security policies in USA and EU are protecting their citizen?s freedom. Many individuals are not aware of how much the security policies are affecting their lives.

This master?s thesis is about freedom of information ideas in the European Union data retention directive, 2006/24/EC. The directive means that data about electronic communications services will be retentioned. The aim of the thesis is to examine what ideas related to freedom of information that appear in the directive and how these ideas belong to the ideology of freedom of information that is common within the library community and to the juridical restrictions. In the light of surveillance tendencies that have occurred over the last years, the most well-known is probably The USA Patriot Act, it is interesting to study how freedom of information ideas appears when surveillance is legislated.

Michael Moore är en av världens allra mest berömda dokumentärfilmare. Med sin personliga stil och sitt tydligt politiska patos har han blivit både hatad och älskad i USA. I sin senaste film Sicko, gick han till hård attack mot det amerikanska sjukförsäkringssystemet, och propagerade för att USA skulle ta efter de europeiska länderna, det vill säga skapa ett system där staten åtminstone i teorin garanterar vård för alla.Den här uppsatsens syfte var att undersöka vad det är som gör Michael Moore så kontroversiell. Vi ville se hur filmkritiker bedömde filmen och på vilka grunder. Vi gjorde därför en kvalitativ innehållsanalys där vi noggrant läste igenom texterna för att se hur tendenserna såg ut.