Kulturskapare eller serviceorgan? : en studie över folkbibliotekets uppdrag i samhället idag
(2002)Division of ALM and Digital Cultures
- Abstract
- The subject of this thesis is to ascertain the task of the public library in Swedish society today according to the employer, that is the State and the municipalities, and according to the public library itself. The thesis also tries to establish as to what extent these different actors share the same view of the task. To this purpose I have studied the library law, the target reports of municipal authorities and public libraries, and made interviews with public library representatives during the autumn of 2001. The particular consideration of this paper is whether the task is being described in active, culture making terms or in passive, service functionary terms. Initially, I describe the task according to the library law. Thereafter the... (More)
- The subject of this thesis is to ascertain the task of the public library in Swedish society today according to the employer, that is the State and the municipalities, and according to the public library itself. The thesis also tries to establish as to what extent these different actors share the same view of the task. To this purpose I have studied the library law, the target reports of municipal authorities and public libraries, and made interviews with public library representatives during the autumn of 2001. The particular consideration of this paper is whether the task is being described in active, culture making terms or in passive, service functionary terms. Initially, I describe the task according to the library law. Thereafter the task is discussed in relation to how it is expressed in target reports from individual municipalities and public libraries instructions and guidelines, as well as by the library representatives. Finally I analyse the written directions given by the employers and what is expressed in the libraries own target reports and in the interviews. In conclusion, it can be said that it is a very complex picture that emerges regarding how the task of the public library is understood and interpreted. This is definitely in contrast to the prevailing administrative school of thought which teaches that the mission and targets of public administration and publicly funded service institutions should be restricted, well defined and clear. Whether the complexity of purpose and aims described is a weakness or an asset remains to be seen. One thing, however, which is rather obvious is that the library is more than before seen as a centre of public information. (Less)
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- author
- Ellingjord Johansson, Kristina
- organization
- year
- 2002
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- folkbibliotek, bibliotekens roll, biblioteksanvändning, Documentation, information, library science, archivistics, Arkiv- och bibliotekskunskap, dokumentation
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 1333886
- date added to LUP
- 2002-01-19 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2014-04-11 14:17:06
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abstract = {{The subject of this thesis is to ascertain the task of the public library in Swedish society today according to the employer, that is the State and the municipalities, and according to the public library itself. The thesis also tries to establish as to what extent these different actors share the same view of the task. To this purpose I have studied the library law, the target reports of municipal authorities and public libraries, and made interviews with public library representatives during the autumn of 2001. The particular consideration of this paper is whether the task is being described in active, culture making terms or in passive, service functionary terms. Initially, I describe the task according to the library law. Thereafter the task is discussed in relation to how it is expressed in target reports from individual municipalities and public libraries instructions and guidelines, as well as by the library representatives. Finally I analyse the written directions given by the employers and what is expressed in the libraries own target reports and in the interviews. In conclusion, it can be said that it is a very complex picture that emerges regarding how the task of the public library is understood and interpreted. This is definitely in contrast to the prevailing administrative school of thought which teaches that the mission and targets of public administration and publicly funded service institutions should be restricted, well defined and clear. Whether the complexity of purpose and aims described is a weakness or an asset remains to be seen. One thing, however, which is rather obvious is that the library is more than before seen as a centre of public information.}},
author = {{Ellingjord Johansson, Kristina}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Kulturskapare eller serviceorgan? : en studie över folkbibliotekets uppdrag i samhället idag}},
year = {{2002}},
}