De äldre samlingarnas betydelse för kulturarvet : En studie om hur tre bibliotek arbetar med äldre material i förhållande till nationell praxis.

Sammanfattning: The aim of this study is to compare how three local librarieshandle their collections, and to compare this with handlingcollections at national level. I have investigated librarian’sopinions of their collections and how they take care andpreserve them for the future. It has also been studied if thelibraries collections of old material contains more than justold book rarities.In this study I had compared my respondents answer withSvante Beckman and Magdalena Hillström`s theory ofmuseum`s four idealtypes. Their view of a museum is in theforms of a treasury, archive, school and a theatre. Theanswers of the interviews are compared with the fourdifferent ideals from the museum, and from that conclusionsare drawn. The main method that I have used for this study isqualitative interviews that handle different aspects ofthis subject. My respondents have been four differentlibrarians from three local libraries in three counties.The results of the study were that all three libraries saw thattheir collections both have a regional and national value, andthey represent both the social and cultural history of thatcounty. Another result was that all three libraries felt that theaudience should have the pleasure to view both the originalof the collections and digital versions. Finally the studyshowed that the libraries would like that older collections inlibraries should get the same protection as Cultural Heritage.