The aim of this bachelor thesis is to examine how public librarians perceives the library role towards young people. This is done by interviews with four youth librarians in various cities in Sweden and the interviews were analysed with the aid of “the four spaces”. The central questions for this thesis are: How do the librarians perceive the libr...
Rekrytering till flottan har alltid varit en utmaning. Sedan Gustav Vasa grundlade svenska flottan 1522 så har målet varit att rekryteringen ska ske på frivillig bas. Sedan 1930-talet har Sjövärnskåren genomfört utbildning av ungdomar som syftar till att förbereda dem för ett yrke inom marinen. Under den gångna periodens förändringar in...
Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att studera folkbibliotekets ungdomsverksamhet genom att undersöka dess arbete med deltagarkultur som arbetssätt. Med hjälp av semistrukturerade intervjuer intervjuas 6 yrkesverksamma personer som arbetar aktivt med ungdomar och/eller deltagarkultur i folkbibliotekssammanhang. I intervjuerna beskrivs folkbibliotek...
The purpose of this thesis is to examine how librarians who work with young people as their main target group view youth participation in public libraries, in particular inactivities directed to young people. Earlier studies find that young people appreciate libraries, but they also see libraries as more relevant for younger children and not so muc...
Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att studera folkbibliotekets ungdomsverksamhet genom att undersöka dess arbete med deltagarkultur som arbetssätt. Med hjälp av semistrukturerade intervjuer intervjuas 6 yrkesverksamma personer som arbetar aktivt med ungdomar och/eller deltagarkultur i folkbibliotekssammanhang. I intervjuerna beskrivs folkbibliotek...
“The importance of representation and structures to establish influence. A study of the Trade Unions Youth Activities within The Swedish Trade Union Confederation.” -Katrin Olofsson This essay is studying the importance of representation and structures for the youth to establish influence, within the Trade Unions of The Swedish Trade Union Confeder...
Ostlänken, Sweden's first high-speed railway is to be completed in 2027. Nyköping is located right in between the two end destinations. The initiative aims to link the regional economies and reduces the travel time to Stockholm from todays’ one hour to 40 minutes. Today we are getting fed the word "resecentrum" that more or less equals adding a va...
The aim of this thesis is to study 15 and 16-year-olds’ perception of libraries. Despite the fact that the youth is seen as a prioritized group when it comes to library work, the focus is often drawn to the children, and there is a risk that teens and their needs are set aside. My focus is the public library and how the young people in my study use...
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to examine what expectations young adults have of the public library andthereby determine the relevance of the library guidelines, Påbarns och ungdomars villkor (2003), for young adults. The empirical data is gathered through focus group interviews consisting of 18 participants between the ages of 16 and 17. The c...
In the paper we bring up and analyse the attitudes librarianshave towards youth and youth programs in the public library.The purpose is to raise awareness among librarians and tomake the process of change and development. We have usedsemi structured interviews in order to answer our researchquestions and conducted the interviews with five librarian...
