Kinder- und jugendliterarische Ankaufspolitik in öffentlichen Bibliotheken Österreichs

The goal of this thesis is to analyse the purchase of children's and young people's literature in public libraries in Austria, namely which sources librarians use for the selection of children's and young people's literature and which factors they take into consideration when selecting a book. The research methods have taken a combined approach that has included both quantitative and qualitative research methods. The quantitative data are collected by sending out an email-based questionnaire. First, the questionnaires are analysed, which then formed the basis for the guided interview. Afterwards, a guided interview with the librarians of the libraries in question was carried out to collect information about the purchase of children's and young people's literature. In conclusion, it was found that the purchase of children's and young people's literature is based mainly on assumed interests of the readers and not on pedagogical, literary, nor educational aspects. The analysis of the questionnaire showed that there is a link between the proportion of children’s and young people’s literature and the size of the library. It was found that mass media, for example radio and TV are seldomly used for selecting children’s and young people’s literature, while lists of recommendations, professional journals and recommendations on advanced training are often used as selection sources

Ernährungsstrategien im Ultraausdauersport

Das Ziel der vorliegenden Masterarbeit war es, die verschiedensten Ernährungsstrategien im Ultraausdauersport theoretisch zu vergleichen und empirisch zu untersuchen. Um zu überprüfen, ob eine einheitliche Ernährungsform vorliegt, wurde zuerst die aktuelle Literatur diesbezüglich bearbeitet und anschließend wurden sechs erfolgreiche UltraausdauerathletInnen in qualitativen Interviews befragt. Dies sollte einen praxisnahen Einblick in dieses komplexe Thema schaffen. Dabei wurden interessante Gemeinsamkeiten, wie die fast ausschließliche flüssige Nahrungsaufnahme im Wettkampf, erkannt. Jedoch scheint es nicht sinnvoll, eine zur Gänze einheitliche Ernährungsform im Ultraausdauersport zu empfehlen. Sowohl persönliche Unterschiede wie Geschlecht, Alter und Trainingslevel als auch wettkampfspezifische Unterschiede, wie Sportart, Wettkampfdistanz und Außentemperatur haben einen wesentlichen Einfluss auf die Nahrungsaufnahme. Trotz der vielseitigen Empfehlungen zu spezifischen Ernährungsweisen in der Literatur, wird in der Praxis deutlich, dass man die Ernährung immer individuell betrachten muss und eine praktikable Integration der Ernährung in den Alltag als sehr wichtig erscheint.The aim of this master’s thesis was to compare and empirically investigate the various nutritional strategies in ultra-endurance sports. To find out whether a standardized form of nutrition exists, the current literature was first analyzed and afterwards six successful ultra-endurance athletes were interviewed in qualitative interviews. This should provide a practical insight into this complex topic. Interesting similarities could be identified, such as the almost exclusive liquid intake of food in competition. However, it does not seem to make sense to recommend a completely unitary form of nutrition in ultra-endurance sports. Personal differences such as gender, age and training level as well as competition-specific differences such as type of sport, competition distance and outside temperature have a significant influence on food intake. Despite the enormous amount of recommendations on specific diets in the literature, it becomes clear that nutrition always hast to be considered individually in practice and a practicable integration of diet into everyday life is very important