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This thesis investigates all aspects of quality and evaluation issues concerning collections of Internet links in public libraries today and in the future. We have studied central theories concerning quality in general as well as quality aspects regarding the Internet and Internet links. In addition to this we have made three case-studies involving the development of collections of Internet links
The starting point DESIGN FOR ALL and the conception SMART ARCHITECTURE have been leading themes to the proposal MOVING IN PATTERNS. Smart architecture, in the sense to balance out individuals' diverse capabilities, has lead to a stimulating enviroment for all. The term ACCESS FOR ALL concerns everybody from disabled people to people of different ages and languages. The human aspect has been k
Uppsatsens syfte är att utifrån det sociala kapitalet belysa individuella och sociala aspekter av en omvändelse och anslutning till en religiös organisation, i mitt fall församlingen Fristaden i Uddevalla, från ett tidigare ickereligiöst liv. På samma gång omfattar syftet att ge en inblick i hur kristna i en församling som tillhör trosrörelsen ser på sin omvändelse, anslutning och på samhället. Mi
The purpose of this study was to investigate human memory capacity for hapticly presented structures and to discuss the results from a cognitive psychological and philosophical point of view. 20 participants took part in one learning and recognition task consisting of haptic structures and one learning and recognition task consisting of haptic structures equipped with a verbal anchor. The results
Grunden för examensarbetet är den tävling om nytt stadsbibliotek i Stockholm som Stockholms stad utlyste 2006. Det nuvarande stadsbiblioteket från 1928, ritat av Erik Gunnar Asplund, är en av Sveriges mest kända byggnader. Uppgiften har varit att rita en tillbyggnad som kan bilda en helhet tillsammans med det nuvarande biblioteket. Det har handlat om att först värdera det som finns idag och sedan
Den 11 augusti 1806 i Skänninge, på Olofsmässomarknadens första dag, öppnade den preussiske medborgaren Jean Baptiste Gautier dörrarna till stadens rådhus för att visa upp en elefant mot betalning. Vid middagstid utbröt slagsmål mellan den marknadsbesökande allmogen och representanter för stadens styrande, inne i rådhuset och på torget utanför. Under tumultet barrikaderade sig Skänninges borgmästa
In every population there are groups of minorities. These minority groups are often underrepresented on the labour market. This led us to the question whether or not this under representation is connected to the absence of cultural appropriate pedagogy in the education. In this study the specific minority group in focus is Indigenous Australians. By looking at educational programs with the aim to
The purpose of the study has been to recognise good development and the factors behind this development. We have chosen an aid-project co-financed first by the Swedish government and later by the government of Great Britain for our study. One of the conditions for good development, according to our chosen theory Another development, is peoples participation. To study good development and peoples p
Relationen mellan berättelsen, berättandet och berättaren studeras ur ett semiotiskt perspektiv. Varför berättar en västernkaraktär historien om the Dude. I uppsatsen undersöks the Big Lebowskis struktur, hur berättandet är uppbyggt och vilken roll berättaren har för filmens utformning.
The purpose of this essay was to study the family situation in connection to the absence of one parent due to participation in international peacekeeping and peace enforcement operations. Focus was on the temporarily absent parent's point of view. The study was based on five interviews with parents shortly after their returning home. The main questions has been how the parent described the chi
How does language work within the context of art and image? In what way can text contribute to the reception of an art work? In this essay I examine the role of language and how it, in selected works from the artists Sejla Kameric, Barbara Kruger and Jenny Holzer, becomes part of the deconstruction and exposure of social structures and issues of gender. My aim is to examine whether this deconstru
There were certain behaviours that were more or less correct during the 1950´s Cold War. Men had their fixed positions in society and women theirs. Men were the breadwinners and women were house makers. (McEnany, 52) Single men could easily become homosexuals or go to prostitutes and it was the women´s duty to tame those wild men. It was women´s obligation to make sure that their men were satisfie
The aim of this master's thesis is to study how gender equity is discussed and worked with at a Swedish public library, and what potential consequences these discussions will bring. By analysing different types of documents and interviews with library staff using discourse psychological theories and methods we show that two dominating discourses coexist and determine the direction of how gende
The purpose of this study was to find out how caregivers experienced their psychosocial work environment at three municipal homes for old people. The Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ) was used in order to study different dimensions of the work environment, and questions about health, sickness presence and sick leave were included. The questionnaire was answered by 86 out of 112 partic
Frågan om selektionsenheter handlar om vilka entiteter, gener, individer eller grupper, som det naturliga urvalet verkar på. Vilka av dessa uppfyller det naturliga urvalets krav på variation, ärftlighet och skillnader i konkurrensförmåga? Den klassiska synen är att urvalet verkar på individer. Individer som är altruistiska, i betydelsen att de gynnar andra individers överlevnad och reproduktion p
Abstract In this thesis I will discuss the relationship between the European Union and the regions of Europe. The development of the European Union has meant that many decisions are taken in Bruxelles. Many actors participate in the policyprocess ranging from national goverment to policynetworks of different kinds. An emerging actor has been the regions of Europe. Their influence on the policypro
