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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
(Financial Accountability and Management;Volume 35, Issue 2, May 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-27) -
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 ... -
Quality of life of people undergoing hemodialysis in Nepal and Norway
(Master thesis, 2022)Introduction Chronic kidney disease is increasing day by day in the world and it has become one of the leading reasons for mortality over the world. Currently, in the world, it is estimated that nearly 13.4% of people ... -
Quality of Linked Bibliographic Data: The Models, Vocabularies, and Links of Data Sets Published by Four National Libraries
(Journal of Library Metadata;Volume 17, Issue 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-08-07)Little effort has been devoted to the systematic examination of published Linked data in the library community. This paper examines the quality of Linked bibliographic data published by the national libraries of Spain, ... -
Questioning researchers’ evaluation of communication experiences: A combined interview- and media-based study of communicating socially contestable research
(Observatorio (OBS*);Vol 15, No 4 (December 2021), Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This case study examines researchers’ experiences with – and several media’s practices of – communicating a research project that is scientifically complex, potentially highly impactful and socially contestable: the NTNU ...