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Public Governance-Constraints and Challenges for Social Work Practice
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)In the wake of public sector reforms, the work environment of professionals is changing; there is more description of results and outputs and tighter requirements of front-line work. The changes taking place address a ... -
Public health nurses' barriers and facilitators to the use of research in consultations about childhood vaccinations
(Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences;Early view, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-12-15)Public health nurses’ barriers and facilitators to the use of research in consultations about childhood vaccinations The aim of this study was to describe sources of information, as well as barriers and facilitators to the ... -
Public home care professionals' experiences of being involved in food distribution to home-living elderly people in Sweden - a qualitative study with an action research approach
(Journal article; Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-05-01)Background: Research focusing on Food Distribution (FD) from various professionals’ and organisational perspectives are lacking. The aim of this study was therefore to explore various professionals ’ experiences of ... -
Public involvement and narrative fallacies of nanotechnologies
(NanoEthics;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-08-12)This paper analyzes a European research project called ‘Deepening Ethical Engagement and Participation in Emerging Nanotechnologies’ with the abbreviation DEEPEN. The DEEPEN’s findings and conclusions on the narratives, ... -
Public libraries : a meeting place for immigrant women?
(Library & Information Science Research;33 (4), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-05-06)The potential role of the public library in the lives of immigrant women is elicited by in-depth interviews with nine female immigrants to Norway from Iran, Afghanistan, and Kurdistan. The research utilizes social ... -
Public libraries as an infrastructure for a sustainable public sphere: A comprehensive review of research
(Journal of Documentation;Volume 75, Issue 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-08)Purpose: The purpose of this research is to examine the shaping of public libraries as an infrastructure for a sustainable public sphere through a comprehensive literature review. Design/methodology/approach: In order to ... -
Public libraries as public sphere institutions: A comparative study of perceptions of the public library’s role in six European countries
(Journal of Documentation;Publication date 26 September, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the role of public libraries as institutions underpinning a democratic public sphere as reasons legitimizing libraries compared to reasons that are more traditional and the ... -
Public libraries, social capital, and low intensive meeting places
(Information research;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007)Introduction. This paper presents a research project aiming at eliciting the potential of public libraries in building social capital, and promoting generalized trust in today's multicultural society. Method. Two approaches ... -
Public libraries: places creating social capital?
(Library hi tech;27(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show why studies of public libraries, regarding their possible contribution in creating social capital, are important for social capital research in general, and are important for ... -
The Public Library Metadata Landscape, the Case of Norway 2017–2018
(Cataloging & Classification Quarterly;Volume 58, 2020 - Issue 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-10)The aim of this paper is to gauge the cataloging practices within the public library sector seen from the catalog with Norway as a case, based on a sample of records from public libraries and cataloging agencies. Findings ... -
Public Library Programming and Events for Overcoming Social Divisions
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Increasing and persistent social divisions are a global challenge that threaten the stability of our societies and soundness of our democracies. Public libraries can potentially play an ameliorative role in reducing ... -
Public policy on career education, information, advice and guidance: Developments in the United Kingdom and Norway
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-22)This chapter considers the role of career education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) services. On the one hand, it looks at public policy in England, where such services have a 20-year record of instability; on ... -
Public sector audit in contemporary society: A short review and introduction
(Financial Accountability and Management;Volume 35, Issue 2, May 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-27) -
Public sector unions’ ideas about employee-driven development: Restricted conceptualization of representative participation in workplaces
(Economic and Industrial Democracy;, Journal article; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-11-28)This article explores unions’ ideas about representative participation in employee-driven development in the Norwegian public sector, using key documents from two unions for professionals and one general union. By means ... -
The public sphere and Habermas: Reflections on the current state of theory in public library research
(Journal of Documentation;Volume 77, Issue 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-06)Purpose: This article addresses a recent debate in this journal between Buschman and Widdersheim and Koizumi on public libraries and public sphere theory in library and information science (LIS). The article moves beyond ... -
Public user innovation: exploring the support mechanisms and user roles in a public organisation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Purpose: This article expands literature on user innovation by exploring the mechanisms that support user innovations in the context of a public organisation. Research has hitherto documented support mechanisms for user ... -
Publisering om dansekunst (moderne dans og samtidsdans) i norsk papirpresse 1990-2017
(Bachelor thesis, 2017)Dansefeltet er et relativt snevert felt. Selv om det er mange som driver med dans i en eller annen form, på ett eller annet tidspunkt i løpet av livet, er profesjonell dansekunst – og da særlig samtidsdans – fremdeles lite ... -
Publishing and using record-keeping structural information in a blockchain
(Records Management Journal;Volume 30, Issue 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-04-20)Purpose: To examine the role blockchain can play for record-keeping by exploring what information from a record-keeping system it is possible to publish to a blockchain. A credible approach is presented, followed by a ... -
Pudendalblokade og fødselsforløp - En deskriptiv retrospektiv kohortstudie av førstegangsfødende kvinner
(Master thesis, 2023)Hensikt: Hensikten med denne studien er å øke kunnskapen om pudendalblokade (PNB) i fødsel, gjennom å beskrive fødselsforløpet, med hensyn til varighet og hvilke tiltak som iverksettes, hos førstegangsfødende kvinner med ... -
The pull and push factors in the acceptability and use of contraceptives among women in the Kwabre-east district of Ghana.
(Master thesis, 2018)This study explores why some women are able to use contraceptives and why others are not able to use contraceptives in relation to pregnacies in the Kwabre East District of Ghana. The study employs the qualitative method ...