Female lawyers and information, a gender and Context perspective

The primary aim of this thesis is to examine female lawyers' relationships to information from different angles. The starting-point is that the legal information, retrieved from through different information sources, is not free from values and subjectivity. The commonly presumed objectivity of legal information is questioned, based on the fact that this kind of information has developed and changed historically in the context of, and in relation to, society. Another aim is to find out how the female lawyers experience their situation in a traditionally masculine working environment. Qualitative interviews have been carried out with seven female lawyers involving questions about their daily work about the sources that they are using. The findings show that the female lawyers in my investigation mainly use traditional sources of information. To some extent however they use IT to find information, although they regard the search by electronic sources as being more difficult and more demanding than the traditional search methods. They have no wish to change their information habits since they manage well with the traditional habits, which they have learnt in law school. Being a female in a traditionally masculine work context is not easy, but it has not held back any of my interviewees from continuing to practice the profession. The conclusion of my investigation is that there is no explicit consciousness of the fact that jurisprudence is unfair in regard of not taking any notice of gender perspectives.Uppsatsnivå:

Female lawyers and information, a gender and Context perspective

The primary aim of this thesis is to examine female lawyers' relationships to information from different angles. The starting-point is that the legal information, retrieved from through different information sources, is not free from values and subjectivity. The commonly presumed objectivity of legal information is questioned, based on the fact that this kind of information has developed and changed historically in the context of, and in relation to, society. Another aim is to find out how the female lawyers experience their situation in a traditionally masculine working environment. Qualitative interviews have been carried out with seven female lawyers involving questions about their daily work about the sources that they are using. The findings show that the female lawyers in my investigation mainly use traditional sources of information. To some extent however they use IT to find information, although they regard the search by electronic sources as being more difficult and more demanding than the traditional search methods. They have no wish to change their information habits since they manage well with the traditional habits, which they have learnt in law school. Being a female in a traditionally masculine work context is not easy, but it has not held back any of my interviewees from continuing to practice the profession. The conclusion of my investigation is that there is no explicit consciousness of the fact that jurisprudence is unfair in regard of not taking any notice of gender perspectives.Uppsatsnivå:

Att läsfrämja för öronen : Litteraturen, rösten och samtalet

I den här rapporten presenterar vi en studie om hur folkbibliotekarier i VästraGötaland använder sig av ljudet, rösten eller samtalet i sitt läsfrämjande arbete.Undersökningen består av intervjuer med folkbibliotekarier och bibliotekschefer.Studien gjordes 2022 av Julia Pennlert och Sirpa Bark vid Bibliotekshögskolanpå Högskolan i Borås.En del av de intervjuade personernas berättelser handlar om att förmedla taloch ljudböcker till enskilda läsare, men undersökningen visar att den största deleni främjandearbetet handlar om den sociala läsningen. För många av folkbiblioteketsmålgrupper finns det ett stort värde i att läsa tillsammans. Shared reading nämnssom ett exempel på en metod för högläsning som blivit populär och spridit sigöver hela världen på senare år.Syftet med rapporten är att skapa en fördjupad förståelse för hur folkbibliotekarbetar med förmedling av litteratur och läsfrämjande där ljudet, rösten ellersamtalet står i centrum. Syftet är också att lyfta fram hur förutsättningarna serut idag för folkbiblioteken i det arbetet och vilka resurser som krävs

Using scenario-based training to promote information literacy among on-call consultant pediatricians

Background: Traditionally, teaching hospital staff to search for medical information relies heavily on educator-defined search methods. In contrast, the authors describe our experiences using real-time scenarios to teach on-call consultant pediatricians information literacy skills as part of a two-year continuing professional development program. Case Presentation: Two information-searching workshops were held at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden. During the workshops, pediatricians were presented with medical scenarios that were closely related to their clinical practice. Participants were initially encouraged to solve the problems using their own preferred search methods, followed by group discussions led by clinical educators and a medical librarian in which search problems were identified and overcome. The workshops were evaluated using questionnaires to assess participant satisfaction and the extent to which participants intended to implement changes in their clinical practice and reported actual change. Conclusions: A scenario-based approach to teaching clinicians how to search for medical information is an attractive alternative to traditional lectures. The relevance of such an approach was supported by a high level of participant engagement during the workshops and high scores for participant satisfaction, intended changes to clinical practice, and reported benefits in actual clinical practice