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Private taste and public space: the heated media debate about a privately initiated sculpture park in Oslo
(The International Journal of Cultural Policy;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-02-28)In 2003, billionaire and art collector Christian Ringnes launched an idea to fund a sculpture park in the Ekeberg area of Oslo, based around his private collection of female sculptures. The idea spurred heavy criticism for ... -
Produksjon og innovasjon. Kunnskapsbasert praksis i norske folkebibliotek.
(Dansk biblioteksforskning;6 (2-3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)Artiklen omhandler anvendelsen af kunnskapsbasert bibliotekpraksis (KBP) i den norske folkebibliotekssektor. KBP svarer i Norge til EBP i Danmark og EBLIP i Sverige. Den sætter fokus på det både spændende og anspændte ... -
Professional identity of public librarians, archivists, and museum professionals in five European countries
(Journal of Documentation;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Purpose: To investigate the professional identity of Public Library, Archive, and Museum (LAM) professionals in Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Norway, and Sweden by administering three questionnaires. Methodology: The data ... -
Public art and private wealth: the controversial collaboration between the national museum in Norway and Fredriksen Family Art Company Ltd
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)There has been much discussion in the US and European media about the evolving relationship between wealthy private art collectors and underfunded public art museums. This paper examines the public debate regarding the ... -
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 ... -
Public libraries’ role in supporting Ukrainian refugees: A focus on Hungary and Poland
(Journal of Librarianship and Information Science;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 led to Europe’s largest displacement of people since World War II, with significant substantial numbers of Ukrainian refugees seeking shelter in neighbouring countries. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 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, ... -
Readers and "misreadings" of Brand (1866)
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Reading experiences and reading efficiency among adults with dyslexia: An accessibility study
(Lecture Notes in Computer Science;12769, Conference object, 2021-07-03)Dyslexia is a common reading disorder that typically affects reading, concentration and short-term memory. Consequently, for people with dyslexia, reading fictional books might be challenging. Several studies have addressed ... -
A record-keeping approach to managing IoT-data for government agencies
(Records Management Journal;Volume 30, Issue 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-04-09)Purpose – Particular attention to the issue of information management will be required to meet the expected growth in IoT-devices and the data they generate. As government agencies start collecting and using such information, ... -
The relational hashtag patterns of Scandinavian instapoetry: An exploratory metadata analysis of the poetry phenomenon, focusing on community practices and thematical patterns in the instapoetry ecology
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This paper uses visual network analysis (VNA) to do an exploratory data analysis of instapoetry, focusing on the use and co-occurrences of hashtags connected to Scandinavian instapoetry. The goal was to reveal and explore ...