En undersökning utifrån den ramfaktorteoretiska modellen av tre folkbiblioteks förutsättningar att vara en resurs för högskolestudenter.

Sammanfattning: The aim of this thesis is to study the conditions three public libraries have to be a resource for university students. The libraries are all situated at a distance from universities that allow the students to commute between the university and their homes. These students often make the same demands on the public library as they do on the university library. In order to conduct this study the frame factor theory has been used. This theory was developed by pedagogic scholars during the 1960s and focuses on how the framework surrounding the school affects the learning results. By means of using this theory it is possible to study how the framework surrounding the public libraries affects their abilities to assist the students. The frame factors are divided in two main parts, which are organizational frames and the participant’s conceptions. These frames are studied on a national as well as on a local level. The method that has been used is qualitative interviews with local politicians, librarians and university students. The purpose for choosing these three groups is to get their different points of view of how the public library can be a resource for the students. The thesis shows that although co-operations between public and university libraries already exist these co-operations must be more developed than they are today. It also shows that the conceptions that the different participants carry not always are in accordance and that the public libraries therefore must be better on marketing themselves.