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    • LAM professionals' roles and attitudes to user participation in Norway and Sweden 

      Johnston, Jamie; Huvila, Isto; Jochumsen, Henrik; Khosrowjerdi, Mahmood; Mierzecka, Anna; Pálsdóttir, Ágústa (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Recent studies provide insights into library, archive and museum (LAM) professionals' attitudes toward user participation, yet they do not address how the diversity of roles LAM professionals assume may influence their ...

    • Librarians, archivists, and museum professionals’ role perceptions and cross sectoral collaboration – Signs of convergence? 

      Toth, Mate; Rasmussen, Casper Hvenegaard; Vårheim, Andreas; Johnston, Jamie; Khosrowjerdi, Mahmood (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Public libraries, archives, and museums have identifiable differences related to their founding missions and play many roles in today’s cultural sector and broader society, yet LAM institutions’ professional activities ...

    • Libraries and Peacebuilding The role of public libraries in post-conflict societies: a systematic review 

      Qvortrup, Natalia (Bachelor thesis, 2017)
      The aim of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding of the roles of libraries in post- conflict societies. It analyses the roles that public libraries have taken on to help re-build post- conflict societies ...

    • Makerspaces i skandinaviske bibliotek: tilnærming og motivasjon - en casestudie 

      Olszeth, Lene (Bachelor thesis, 2017)
      Oppgavens tittel er Makerspaces i skandinaviske biblioteker: tilnærming og motivasjon- en casestudie. Makerspace vokser i popularitet i skandinaviske storbybiblioteker, og er et slags verksted hvor mennesker med lignende ...

    • Professional identity of public librarians, archivists, and museum professionals in five European countries 

      Khosrowjerdi, Mahmood; Johnston, Jamie; Rydbeck, Kerstin; Vårheim, Andreas; Huvila, Isto; Tóth, Máté; Pálsdóttir, Ágústa; Mierzecka, Anna (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 libraries as an infrastructure for a sustainable public sphere: A comprehensive review of research 

      Audunson, Ragnar Andreas; Aabø, Svanhild; Blomgren, Roger; Evjen, Sunniva; Jochumsen, Henrik; Larsen, Håkon; Rasmussen, Casper Havnegaard; Vårheim, Andreas; Johnston, Jamie; Koizumi, Masanori (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’ role in supporting Ukrainian refugees: A focus on Hungary and Poland 

      Johnston, Jamie; Mierzecka, Anna; Tóth, Máté; Paul, Magdalena; Kisilowska-Szurmińska, Małgorzata; Khosrowjerdi, Mahmood; Vårheim, Andreas; Rydbeck, Kerstin; Jochumsen, Henrik; Hvenegaard Rasmussen, Casper; Pálsdóttir, Ágústa; Olson, Anna; Skare, Roswitha; Mathiasson, Mia (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. ...

    • Public Library Programming and Events for Overcoming Social Divisions 

      Igarashi, Tomoya; Koizumi, Masanori; Johnston, Jamie (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 ...

    • Russisk og polsk i norske folkebibliotek 

      Jamne, Einar Tokvam (Bachelor thesis, 2017)
      I denne oppgaven har jeg sett nærmere på hvilken status og hvilket behov det er for russisk og polsk litteratur og språklig kompetanse i den norske folkebiblioteksektoren, for igjen å kunne si noe om hvordan dette best ...

    • Supporting immigrants' political integration through discussion and debate in public libraries 

      Johnston, Jamie; Audunson, Ragnar Andreas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Using Habermas’ theory of the public sphere, this article examines the potential of conversation-based programming (e.g. conversation groups and language cafes) in public libraries to bring immigrant voices into the public ...

    • Talking about picturebooks in libraries’ language cafes 

      Tveit, Åse Kristine; Johnston, Jamie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      How might picturebooks serve as reading and conversation materials in language cafes for international immigrants aiming to learn the local language? How might these books help foster meaningful exchanges between program ...