Swedish Library Research /Svensk Biblioteksforskning - ISSN 0284-4354
Swedish Library Research has been a freely available as an electronic
journal since January 2006 and takes this opportunity to welcome articles
within library and information science. The journal accepts articles in two
main sections: a research section and a section that may include
reflections on practice, the results of library research projects, articles
on education within the discipline, and literature reviews. The journal is
published by the Swedish School of Library and Information Science at the
University College of Borås/Goteborg University.
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Contents of current issue - Vol 15:2, 2006
Information, communication and society
T. D. Wilson
Visiting Professor, Swedish School of Library and Information Science,
Gothenburg University and Högskolan i Borås
Professor Tom Wilson introduces this issue of Swedish Library Research with
a discussion of the future for Library and Information Science. With a
departure point in the sociological aspects of the discipline, he examines
social trends and their implications for libraries. He argues for a greater
focus on the things we are good at – the organisation of information - and
also makes a case for the library’s role in education by emphasising,
amongst other things, the significance of books for children’s reading.
”Hur stor skulle världen vara om jag inte kunde läsa?” En studie av
kvinnliga interners läsning vid anstalten Hinseberg [How big would the
world be if I couldn’t read? : A study of women’s reading in prison]
Per Schmidt och Mikael Gille
The authors have examined women’s reading at a maximum security prison in
Sweden. The interviewed women prisoners describe their reading habits and
the meaning that reading has for them while interned. The findings of the
study reveal the need for library support for this marginalised group.
Högskolebibliotekariers informationssökning i teoretisk belysning
[University librarians’ information seeking from a theoretical perspective]
Jenny Hedman
Jenny Hedman studies university librarians’ self-generated information
seeking as well as their information seeking on behalf of others from both
socio-cultural and new institutional perspectives.
Exploring the contexts of information designed for Swedish school-leavers
Frances Hultgren
Frances Hultgren investigates the messages embedded in career and study
information for young people with a departure point in information
literacy. Her results suggest that the library has a role to play in the
support offered to young people in issues concerning study and occupational
guidance.
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