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1. The Role of Public Libraries in Countering Misinformation : A Swedish Perspective
Master-uppsats, Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och ITSammanfattning : Misinformation poses a significant threat to democracy, as it undermines informed decision-making, creates distrust among citizens, and exacerbates social and political polarization. Public libraries can in theory mitigate this threat by serving as trustworthy sources of information and promoting critical thinking, but must contend with issues such as the politicization of library services, which have the potential to erode public trust in libraries. LÄS MER
2. Bildning och assimilering : En diskursanalys av sverigedemokratisk bibliotekspolitik
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för ABM, digitala kulturer samt förlags- och bokmarknadskunskapSammanfattning : The purpose of this study is to create an understanding of how the increased influence of the radical right party the Sweden democrats in Swedish politics may change how the democratic role of the public libraries is understood. The research questions asked are which discourses concerning cultural politics and library politics that can be discerned in cultural policy statements from the Sweden democrats, in what ways these discourses relate to the democratic role of the libraries as traditionally understood in Sweden, and what significance the party’s culture policy positioning can get for public library operations. LÄS MER
3. Det hälsofrämjande folkbiblioteket : en fallstudie av Göteborgs bibliotek och kulturhus hälsofrämjande arbete inom området psykisk hälsa
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för ABM, digitala kulturer samt förlags- och bokmarknadskunskapSammanfattning : In 2021, the public libraries and cultural centers of Gothenburg received initiated a project named “The Healing Force of Literature” (Litteraturens läkande kraft), aimed at promoting mental health among young adults through library programming. It included educating library workers on the topic of mental health, as well as methods of bibliotherapy and shared reading. LÄS MER
4. Får boken en plats på biblioteket? : En studie kring folkbibliotekens förvärvspolicy och demokratiska uppdrag
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för ABM, digitala kulturer samt förlags- och bokmarknadskunskapSammanfattning : The purpose of this master’s thesis is to investigate how librarians at public libraries relate to guidelines and governing documents when it comes to acquisition of materials that can be perceived as controversial, and how they think and act in cases where such difficult decisions about acquisitions must be made. Considering paragraph 2 of the Swedish library act which states that: “libraries in the public library system shall promote the development of democratic society by contributing to the transfer of knowledge and the free formation of opinions”, certain dilemmas and challenges may arise in the librarian’s work when acquiring books and other materials which in some ways can be perceived as offensive. LÄS MER
5. Bibliotek, censur och yttrandefrihet i dags- och fackpress före, under och efter andra världskriget
Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och ITSammanfattning : The perspective of this essay is within the field of library history with a focus on democracy and freedom of expression in a time of crisis and war. The purpose is to investigate how censorship and freedom of expression were discussed in connection with libraries during 1933–1950. LÄS MER
