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1. 1. Merger and management : University of Rwanda libraries in a transitional context

   Författare :Berthilde Uwamwezi; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; University merger; resource sharing; library management; academic libraries; academic library merger; University of Rwanda; Rwanda; University of Rwanda libra;

   Sammanfattning : With a focus on management of libraries, this study is set in the context of a merger of the University of Rwanda with multi-sites and campuses. The study explores how librarians, library directors and representatives for university management understand and conceive of the libraries in relation to the merger. LÄS MER

3. 2. Subject retrieval in web-based library catalogs

   Författare :Koraljka Golub; Jadranka Lasić-Lazić; Department of Information Science Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; British university libraries; Croatian university libraries; Indexing and retrieval systems; Online library catalogs; Subject access points; Subject retrieval; User interface; User search behavior; WebPACs; Library and Information Science; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis has been motivated by past research, problems and realizations that online library catalog users frequently perform subject searches – using keywords, subject headings and descriptors – and these searches have yielded unsatisfactory results. Web-based catalogs or WebPACs (Web-based Online Public Access Catalogs), belonging to the so-called third generation of online catalogs and providing a wide variety of search options, remain largely underutilized despite the continuous advancement of information retrieval systems. LÄS MER

4. 3. Managers' Cooperative Work Practices in Computational Artefacts-Supported Library Systems

   Författare :Niki Chatzipanagiotou; Anita Mirijamdotter; Jaime Campos; Christina Mörtberg; Ulrika Lund Snis; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Work Practice; Cooperative Work; Cooperative Work Practices; Computational Artefacts; Computer-Supported Cooperative Work; Articulation Work; Awareness; Appropriation; Ethnography; Focused-Ethnography; Fieldwork; Vignettes; Complexity; Managers; Management; Libraries; Academic Library; Academic Library Managers; Informatik; Information Systems;

   Sammanfattning : The dissertation presents understandings of the complex, contextual, cooperative everyday work practices of academic library managers supported by computational artefacts, as well as challenges disrupting their practices and thereby computational artefacts usage. The doctoral research approaches and conceptualises managers’ work as ‘everyday cooperative practice’, in this way adopting the computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW) approach. LÄS MER

5. 4. Contribution of Library Managers to Information Society

   Författare :Arja Mäntykangas; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Nyckelord :library manager; Finland; Romania; Sweden; Library and Information Science; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap; Library and Information Science; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : .... LÄS MER

7. 5. I främsta rummet : planerandet av en högskolebiblioteksbyggnad med studenters arbete i fokus

   Författare :Krister Johannesson; Geir Vestheim; Jan Nolin; Maj Klasson; Nan Dahlkild; Högskolan i Skövde; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Academic library buildings; College and university libraries; Architecture and building; Discourse analysis; Architectural design; Programming and planning; Librarians; Architects; Professions; Akademiska biblioteksbyggnader; Universitets- och högskolebibliotek; Arkitektur; Planering; Bibliotekarier; Arkitekter; Professioner; Library and information science; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap; Humaniora-samhällsvetenskap; Humanities and Social sciences; Academic library buildings; College and university libraries; Architecture and building; Programming and planning; Social fields; discourse analysis; Discourses; Professions; Librariarians; Architects; Architectural design;

   Sammanfattning : The purpose of the thesis is to investigate planning processes for academic library buildings and the outcomes of such processes. This is accomplished through a case study utilising discourse analysis. LÄS MER