Från krisen in i framtiden ? uppsökande verksamhet för barn och ungdomar
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the outreach services for children and youths in a specific area, in this case Västra Götalandsregionen. In particular this thesis will examine the development in the outreach services for children and youths from 1990-2010. Our thesis will also examine if the financial crises affected the outreach services for children and youths, and how control documents influence the work of the librarians. This study is based on interviews, document and literature studies. For the analyses we used Torgil Persson?s theoretical model. We modernized Persson?s model so it would fit our study better. The results of our study showed us that the outreach services for children and youths don?t rely on control documents. The financial crises did affect the outreach services for children and youths, but the interviews gave us the information that the librarians didn?t really think it was because of the financial crises. We also found out that the outreach services for children and youths depend on changes in society. The document and literature studies showed us that libraries closed during the 1990s.