The purpose of this bachelor thesis is to examine reviewswritten by users in library online catalogs, online bookstoresand on the web community LibraryThing, in order todetermine whether there are any differences in the way usersreview books, and whether these differences might explainwhy libraries experience difficulties in getting their users toreview books. At the core of web 2.0 and library 2.0concepts lies the thought of user participation, and largerlibraries have sought to implement systems for reviewingand tagging items in the catalog in ways similar to onlinebookstores and other websites.By analyzing the contents of user reviews, however, thisthesis shows that users express themselves differentlydepending on what kinds of literature they review, and inwhat context. Most notably, user reviews of ?the Classics? orcanonized literature recognizes the high status of suchliterature, while users reviewing popular fiction expressthemselves in a way that admits that the reviewed titles areconsidered less valuable. There are also signs that booksreviewed at online bookstores are seen as products ormerchandise, while the reviews at the library to a greaterdegree treat the books as works of literature.The conclusion reached in this thesis suggests that there maybe a relation between the image of the library as a defenderof high culture and the perceived status of literary works,causing users to become hesitant to review books, feelingthat they do not have the knowledge to describe or reviewthem ?correctly?..

This masters thesis concerns three different types of cataloguing within three different memory institutions museums, archives and libraries. The focus lies on the cataloguing elements which are compared in order to illuminate similarities and differences. The Regional Archive and The National Museum of World Cultures - both in Gothenburg - were chosen and compared to KRS, the Swedish counterpart to the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, AACR2, 2: nd ed. The purpose of this comparison is partly to display the elements in order to make students disciplines, but also the staff within archives, libraries and museums to become conscious of each others cataloguing methods in regard to future cooperations within the memory institutions and to see if it is possible to create common cataloguing rules for archives, libraries and museums. The questions asked in this thesis are: 1.

Mitt arbete behandlar skrivande hos ett antal studerande som deltar i en webbaserad svensklärarutbildning på distans. Jag beskri-ver vår användning av webben och vilken roll den spelar för vårt gemensamma lärande. Jag undersöker hur undervisningen är upplagd, vilka utmaningar som erbjuds, hur dessa upplevs och utförs och vilka olika strategier vi väljer för olika typer av kunskapskonstruktion. Jag analyserar skriftliga inlämningsuppgifter, längre texter i den vetenskapliga genren och olika typer av inlägg på WebBoard, där våra diskussioner och vårt samarbete konstituerar en grund för vårt lärande. Allt lärande är si-tuerat. Inom ramen för vår utbildning skapar vi en skriftlig praxisgemenskap.

Abstract: The aim of this study is to investigate the attitudes towards the labour movement?s strategies, goals and organisational issues in Swedish Miners? Union?s (Gruvindustriarbetareförbundet, hereafter Gruv) paper, Gruvarbetaren 1917-1925.The theoretical starting point is Engels? view on the class state. This perspective turns the question of socialism and the way to get there into an issue of working class power over the state. Another theoretical perspective is the partition of the labour movement into a trade-unionistic branch, seeing unions as financial organisations of interest, and a pro-state one, considering unions as political organisations.During the period investigated Gruvarbetaren was quite radical and advocated a firm class struggle strategy towards employers. Since these were considered unreliable, class struggle was seen as the only way to better the conditions for the working class.

"Outstanding" or "They ought to know more about computers" : A study on computer support at university libraries.The main purpose of this study is to investigate the support computer users are given at university libraries. Further, the aim is to find out if the users thought they received the support that they needed. The study is carried out at two different university libraries. The data is obtained through interviews with the librarians, observations of the daily work at the information counters and questionnaires handled out to the users.The study indicates that variables such as knowledge, time and equipment play a central role in making the computer support successive. To a great extent the computer support is synonymous with information search, but it also deals with word processing and technical support connected with computer errors.

The purpose of this thesis is to shed light on how evidence-based librarian and information practice (EBLIP) is understood and practised at some Swedish hospital libraries, and also to analyze how EBLIP functions as a strategy to bridge the gap between research and practice as described by Haddow & Klobas. The theoretical framework for the study is partly based on Haddow & Klobas description of the gap between research and practice in the field of LIS and partly a description of the EBP-process which plays a key role in the use of EBLIP. Interviews have been done with four people, three librarians, all with management experience, and an academic development officer, active at three different hospital libraries where EBLIP is practiced. All informants believed that it is important to make use of research results in order to improve services and practice. In their efforts to apply the research findings the informants face a number of hindrances, which indicates a gap between research and practice.

Introduktion: Hamstringsskador (HS) tillhör de mest prevalenta idrottsskadorna, och leder till förlorad match- och träningstid för utövaren. Skadan uppkommer oftast vid snabb löpning då muskulaturen tvingas bromsa benets framåtdrivande kraft. Styrka och flexibilitet i hamstringsmuskulaturen är två faktorer som anses ha betydelse både som riskfaktorer, och vid prevention samt rehabilitering av HS. Initialt efter skada är RICE-metoden allmänt vedertagen, och vid efterföljande rehabilitering används av dagens sjukgymnaster flera interventioner, däribland vanligast förekommande är styrketräning och stretching. Konsensus saknas dock beträffande dessa interventioners effektivitet.

The aim of this master?s thesis is to examine the accessibility for persons with disabilities to service, materials, and the library building in one Swedish public library, and also to see what guides the development of accessibility at this library. In order to do this we have studied guidelines and political documents to se how this library responds to them. To our case study, data have also been collected by qualitative interviews, and observation of what this library offers impaired persons at the library?s web site, in special materials, facilities, and the functionality of the library building.

The purpose of this bachelor?s thesis is to examine how public librarians and people engaged in sports associations think of the possibility of collaboration between their organizations regarding children and youth and furthermore how they think this collaboration and collaboration in general would or should be practiced. This is done in the light of the increasing necessity of collaboration in today?s information society as well as the view that reading and sports could make a good match. Focus is placed on the libraries? perspective and also on the respondents? perceptions and thoughts.

Integration projects at two libraries: multiculture, meetings and possibilities takes its start in the fact that Sweden is populated with people from many different nations. The libraries have a unique possibility to arrange integration projects as a supplier of culture and information. This case study focuses on two integration projects arranged by two libraries; the library of Jönköping with the project Brobyggarbiblioteken, and the library of Kortedala which was involved in the project Ordbron. My purpose is to find out how these two libraries chose to work with integration, migrants and multiculture. The aim is to examine if the library could function as a passway to the Swedish society, and to find out if the library can facilitate for migrants to maintain contact with their native country.

Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att beskriva hur föräldrar till barn med diabetes mellitus typ 1 upplever och hanterar sin vardag samt hur de upplever stöd och information från sjukvården. Den design som användes var beskrivande litteraturstudie. De databaser som användes var Cinahl och PubMed och resultatet formades från 15 vetenskapliga artiklar. Det resultat som framkom var att i samband med barnets insjuknande upplevde föräldrar bland annat kaos, ångest, sorg och chock. Föräldrarna fick ta ett stort ansvar över sjukdomen och de använde olika copingstrategier för att kunna hantera detta.

The purpose of this Master thesis is to increase the knowledge about how public libraries can contribute to fulfil political programmes aimed towards integration. To achieve this we have conducted an evaluative case study about a public library in Sweden and the activities they carried out within the framework of the metropolitan policy programme Storstadssatsningen?. The questions raised consider which the political aims for integration within this programme were, which activities the library did accomplish, what the result in comparison with the politically decided aims was, and what conclusions can possibly be drawn from this? The theoretical framework consists of theories regarding evaluation, political programmes, integration and segregation, and public library-activities.

Syftet med denna uppsats är att identifiera och beskriva de intellektuella redskap för lärande som läraren uppmanar studenterna att tillämpa inom ramen för två nätbaserade distanskurser i pedagogik. Studien tar sin utgångspunkt i ett sociokulturellt perspektiv och baseras på kvalitativ analys av sex chattar som förs mellan läraren och studenterna. Resultatet visade på flera intellektuella redskap som läraren uppmanade sina studenter att använda sig utav. Ur analysen kunde också vissa relationer mellan redskapen uttolkas mot bakgrund av hur läraren relaterade redskapen till varandra i undervisningskontexten. Det intellektuella redskap som läraren mest uppmanade studenterna till att använda sig av var meningsfull interaktion i den meningen att läraren kontinuerligt försökte få studenterna till att föra en fruktbar dialog både med varandra och med läraren.

Abstract: The aim of this study is to investigate the attitudes towards the labour movement?s strategies, goals and organisational issues in Swedish Miners? Union?s (Gruvindustriarbetareförbundet, hereafter Gruv) paper, Gruvarbetaren 1917-1925.The theoretical starting point is Engels? view on the class state. This perspective turns the question of socialism and the way to get there into an issue of working class power over the state. Another theoretical perspective is the partition of the labour movement into a trade-unionistic branch, seeing unions as financial organisations of interest, and a pro-state one, considering unions as political organisations.During the period investigated Gruvarbetaren was quite radical and advocated a firm class struggle strategy towards employers. Since these were considered unreliable, class struggle was seen as the only way to better the conditions for the working class.

Bakgrund: Tillverkande företag har ställts inför ökade kundkrav och konkurrens underde senaste åren och tvingas arbeta med verksamhetsutveckling för att överleva påmarknaden. Slöserier som förekommer i tillverkningsprocesser påverkar lönsamhet ochinnefattar aktiviteter som kund inte är beredd att betala för. Kartläggning av värdeflödehar därför utvecklats för att identifiera och eliminera slöserier i ett produktionsflöde föratt effektivisera ett företags processer.Syfte: Uppsatsen syftar till att kartlägga värdeflödet från inleverans av stationer tillbehov i slutmonteringen. Vidare syftar studien till att identifiera slöserier av detkartlagda värdeflödet samt genom förbättringsförslag reducera slöserier.Metod: Uppsatsen följer ett positivistiskt synsätt med ett deduktivt angreppssätt.Datainsamling av empiri har gjorts genom en kvalitativ fallstudie som innefattarobservationer, ostrukturerade och semi-strukturerade intervjuer. Urvalsmetod somanvänts är ett bekvämlighetsurval som bottnar i ett snöbollsurval.