Search for dissertations about: "thesis in library and information science"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 104 swedish dissertations containing the words thesis in library and information science.

  2. 11. Everyday Life Information Practice : Affordances and Strategies within a Facebook Group

    Author : Ameera Mansour; Noora Hirvonen; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social media; social networking sites; Facebook groups; information practices; sociocultural theory; affordances; cognitive authority; situated learning; community of practice; communication privacy management; imagined audience; context collapse; everyday life; parents; mothers; Library and Information Science; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Social networking sites are integral in reshaping how we access and interact with information and others. This doctoral thesis aims to offer an in-depth understanding of engagement in an everyday life information practice within a private Facebook group. READ MORE

  4. 12. The Bureaucracy of Social Media - An Empirical Account in Organizations

    Author : Osama Mansour; Anita Mirijamdotter; Ulrike Schultze; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Wikis; Social Media; Structure; Organization; Immiscibility; Practice; Informatik; Information Systems; Library and Information Science;

    Abstract : This thesis examines organizational use of social media. It focuses on developing an understanding of the ways by which social media are used within formal organizational settings. READ MORE

  5. 13. The theory of mitigating risk : Information literacy and language-learning in transition

    Author : Alison Hicks; Pam McKenzie; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Library and Information Science; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap;

    Abstract : This qualitative study explores the information literacy practices of students who were learning a language overseas as part of their undergraduate degree. Constructivist grounded theory and situational analysis were used to examine the information activities of 26 English-speakers from Australia, Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. READ MORE

  6. 14. Att utvärdera i praktiken : The practice of evalutation - a retrospective study for local change and development in public libraries

    Author : Angela Zetterlund; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Evaluation; Evaluation Practice; Program; Project; Public Library; Library Management; Institutional Theory; Library and Information Science; Library and Information Services;

    Abstract : The study is placed within the area of library and information science (LIS) known as ”evaluation research” and in particular, the area that relates to theory of evaluation practice. An analysis of previous research reveals that there is a need for conceptualising evaluation activities in the real life of libraries and information services and to reflect further on the conditions for evaluation in various institutional contexts. READ MORE

  7. 15. Design researchers' information sharing : the enactment of a discipline

    Author : Ola Pilerot; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; information sharing; information practices; scholarly communication; interdisciplinary research; design research; practice theory; materiality; Informationspraktiker; Library and Information Science; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap;

    Abstract : This thesis is about information sharing in interdisciplinary research practices. It reports one conceptual and three empirical studies. The studies have been conducted through focusing on the field of design research, and in particular on a Nordic network of design researchers. READ MORE