Rättsliga och sociala normer bland bibliotekarier: en rättssociologisk studie
(2020) RÄSK02 20201Department of Sociology of Law
- Abstract
- This study has its starting point in a public debate about disruptive behaviors at public libraries in Sweden. In 2019 a legal bill was proposed, which would make it possible to deny persons who disturb the order at libraries, access to libraries. Representatives from library organizations criticized the proposed bill, stating it is contrary to the current Swedish Library Act. The main purpose with this study was to investigate how librarians interpret the Swedish Library Act and what those interpretations mean for how they manage disruptive behavior at the library. A web survey was distributed amongst 56 public libraries and generated 32 responses. The responses were analyzed using the concept of norms as defined in Sociology of Law by... (More)
- This study has its starting point in a public debate about disruptive behaviors at public libraries in Sweden. In 2019 a legal bill was proposed, which would make it possible to deny persons who disturb the order at libraries, access to libraries. Representatives from library organizations criticized the proposed bill, stating it is contrary to the current Swedish Library Act. The main purpose with this study was to investigate how librarians interpret the Swedish Library Act and what those interpretations mean for how they manage disruptive behavior at the library. A web survey was distributed amongst 56 public libraries and generated 32 responses. The responses were analyzed using the concept of norms as defined in Sociology of Law by Baier & Svensson. The identified norms were categorized to being professional norms, specific for the library profession. However, their high conformity with the legal norms, as stated in the Swedish Library Act, made it difficult to say with certainty if the norms that were identified are professional rather than legal norms. More research is needed, preferably with a larger selection, to better understand how the social and legal norms interact, and by extension understand the function of the Swedish Library Act. (Less)
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- author
- Sikiric, Melina LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- RÄSK02 20201
- year
- 2020
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- norms, public libraries, librarians, the Swedish Library Act, Sociology of Law
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9019582
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- 2020-06-25 08:42:54
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abstract = {{This study has its starting point in a public debate about disruptive behaviors at public libraries in Sweden. In 2019 a legal bill was proposed, which would make it possible to deny persons who disturb the order at libraries, access to libraries. Representatives from library organizations criticized the proposed bill, stating it is contrary to the current Swedish Library Act. The main purpose with this study was to investigate how librarians interpret the Swedish Library Act and what those interpretations mean for how they manage disruptive behavior at the library. A web survey was distributed amongst 56 public libraries and generated 32 responses. The responses were analyzed using the concept of norms as defined in Sociology of Law by Baier & Svensson. The identified norms were categorized to being professional norms, specific for the library profession. However, their high conformity with the legal norms, as stated in the Swedish Library Act, made it difficult to say with certainty if the norms that were identified are professional rather than legal norms. More research is needed, preferably with a larger selection, to better understand how the social and legal norms interact, and by extension understand the function of the Swedish Library Act.}},
author = {{Sikiric, Melina}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Rättsliga och sociala normer bland bibliotekarier: en rättssociologisk studie}},
year = {{2020}},
}