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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 sector audit in contemporary society: A short review and introduction
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Purchasing Power Parity in Scandinavian Countries: Multi-Period Approach
(Master thesis, 2016)This paper investigate the idea of PPP for Scandinavian countries for the period 1946-2015. The dynamic properties of PPP is examined by graphical analysis and ADF test. Johansen test is applied to asses the long-run ... -
Purchasing Power Parity in the Nordic Countries
(Master thesis, 2015)This paper tests for purchasing power parity (PPP) between four Nordic coun- tries and the Eurozone using monthly observations from 2000 to 2014. The study employes the Johansen test for cointegration. Johansen method ... -
Pursuit of Social Legitimacy - A Case Study on Rhetorical Strategies Used by the Six Largest Pharmaceutical Companies to Restore Social Legitimacy
(Master thesis, 2016)Legitimacy has become one of the most critical issues for corporations, and especially for the global pharmaceutical industry, which is facing a fading reputation and increasing industry mistrust. Over the past few years ... -
Pushvarslerne - En casestudie av VG og TV2s bruk av pushvarsling
(Bachelor thesis, 2017)Denne oppgaven tar for seg VG og TV2s strategier og bruk av pushvarsling. Gjennom intervjuer, presentasjon og analyse forsøker denne studien å avdekke hva planen for bruken av pushvarsling er, og hvordan planen samstemmer ... -
Putting a Face on it: Individual Exposure and Subjectivity in Journalism
(Book; Peer reviewed, 2017)Putting a Face on It drøfter hvordan eksponering av individer og subjektive erfaringer i dag kan prege de fleste journalistiske temaer og områder, fra politikk til sport og fra forskningsjournalistikk til reportasjer om ... -
Putting your money where your mouth is: monetizing knowledge using communication roles
(European Conference on Knowledge Management;15, Peer reviewed; Chapter, 2014)In this paper we suggest that knowledge flows constitute the antecedences of value creation by means of its communication component. We bridge accounting theory with communication theory and explain how the role of ... -
Qualification requirements in Norwegian public libraries - an analysis of job advertisements
(Information research;Vol. 26, No. 1, March, 2021, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Introduction: For some years practitioners have observed a tendency that local government authorities advertising vacant professional positions in public libraries do not specify an educational background from library and ... -
Quality information on the internet: Norwegian library students on the search
(New Library World;107 (7/8), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007)Purpose In the autumn of 2006, two groups of students from the Faculty of Journalism, Library and Information Science at Oslo University College participated in a cooperative project with the Norwegian online reference ...