This thesis aims to investigate the information habits of peoplewith a serious interest in music. What information needs do theyexperience, what information sources do they seek out to fulfillthese needs and what part does the public libraries play in theirinformation habits?To answer these questions a qualitative approach was used. Fourrespondents with a serious interest in music were interviewed.The theoretic framework was based on Robert A. Stebbins theoryon serious leisure and Karen E.

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 purpose of this thesis is to investigate the functions of the public library for parents of infants and how they see the ideal library. The research questions are: How do parents of infants use the library and what are their experience of it? What opinions and wishes do parents of infants have regarding the library? How can library services be developed to better match the needs of the parents of infants? The theoretical approach is based on Marianne Andersson and Dorte Skot-Hansen?s model of the public library?s functions and the model of classification by Ellen-Merete Duvold and Gunnar Sæbø. To answer my research questions I have carried out three focus-group interviews with parents of infants. The study revealed that the public library functions as a cultural centre, a social centre, a knowledge centre and, to a certain extent, an information centre for the parents.

The purpose of this bachelor thesis is to find out how information seeking habits and experiences of people in different generations affects their expectations on information retrieval systems like OPAC. Two OPACs are used, one web-OPAC and one mobile-OPAC. The following questions are asked: how can theories about information seeking behaviors explain why and in which way one seeks information? In which way does information seeking behaviors and habits affect the experience of OPAC? Which differences and/or similarities can be found between the web-OPAC and the mobile-OPAC? How does generational aspects affect experiences and preferences in an information seeking context? The theoretical framework of the thesis is information retrieval with several models about information-seeking/searching needs and behaviors. The empirical data contains interviews with nine people in different generations and protocols about two different OPACs.

The aim of this thesis is to investigate what information needs arise from the interest in music, which sources are preferred, how this information is sought and what part does the public library play in providing music materials. Brenda Dervin`s Sense-Making theory is what serves as a theoretic framework for this study. A qualitative approach was undertaken in the investigation and nine interviews were conducted with people interested in music. Findings indicate that different ways of acquiring information are used depending on the situation in which the information is needed and also what kinds of music people prefer. The main findings of this study suggest that people interested in music are keen to constantly discover new music to perform or listen to.

The main purpose of this Master?s thesis is to develop an understanding of why non-users do not use public libraries by studying their information and culture habits and their relationship to public libraries. One of the motivating factors behind this choice is the lack of earlier research on the subject, particularly qualitative research. The theoretical framework is stratified into three associated levels with Brenda Dervin?s sense-making theory on an individual level, Marianne Andersson?s and Dorte Skot-Hansen?s model of the roles of public libraries on an institutional level and Pierre Bourdieu?s theoretical apparatus on a social level.

I denna uppsats har jag undersökt Josefina Holmlund som studerade i Düsseldorf under dess storhetstid i mitten av 1800-talet och Pamela Noréus som var elev till Marcus Larsson och anammade det düsseldorfska landskapsmåleriet. Jag har undersökt vad landskapet som motiv hade för betydelse för kvinnliga konstnärer. Det tyskinfluerade landskapsmåleriet i Sverige vid denna tid brukar i allmänhet förknippas med bland annat Marcus Larsson, Edvard Bergh, Gustav Rydberg, Kilian Zoll och Alfred Wahlberg. Det är ytterst ovanligt att kvinnliga landskapsmålare nämns i svensk litteratur som behandlar Düsseldorf specifikt. Men kvinnor reste till Düsseldorf för att studera, Christine Sundberg, Sofie Ribbing, Jeanette Holmlund, Amalia von Schwerin, Josefina Holmlund och Vilhelmina Lagerholm är några exempel.

En användare vilken inte är tillfreds med användarupplevelsen på en internetsida tar sig lätt vidare genom endast ett musklick, vilket betyder att det är av största vikt att användbar design är central. Disciplinen interaktionsdesign tar hänsyn till hur användaren använder och upplever en internetsida genom att ta hänsyn till mänskliga beteenden och vad användaren vill uppnå med tjänsten och på så vis skapar positiv användarupplevelse, samt gör den användbar.Interaktionsdesign är en av flera discipliner som ingår vid skapade av positiv användarupplevelse för användaren. Andra av dem är informationsarkitektur, grafisk design och användbarhet. Informationsarkitektur är en disciplin vars syfte är att särskilja information och dataledning ifrån varandra och genom detta att skapa en internetsida som är lätt att använda, ger bra information och uppfyller syftet för användaren genom strukturerad information. Grafisk design handlar om hur element tas om hand och arrangeras för att förmedla beteende och information.