Systematiske litteratursøk til salgs: Ny tjeneste fra biblioteket

AbstractThe popularity of the review article as a publication type has increased dramatically during the last decades. As the number of single studies published each year has reached staggering heights, the need to summarize or synthesize these has proportionally increased. As one of their core services libraries throughout Norway provides access for their users to as much of the published research as possible. Unfortunately, that is not equivalent to enabling the users to locate relevant research. This is a challenge often requiring a special skill set and expertise in literature searching, both which is often found among specialized librarians. Requests from researchers at OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University (formerly Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences) for assistance from the librarians in performing systematic literature searches was the basis in developing the literature search service described in this article. How a typical request for a literature search is handled, what the product comprises and which aspects that will be prioritized in the future is expounded. Furthermore, the authors describe some of the experiences in launching this service as a service charging the researchers for librarian assistance on an hourly basis. Finally, challenges and unresolved issues are commented on.    

Peroxy radicals in the summer free troposphere: seasonality and potential for heterogeneous loss

The sum of peroxy radicals (HO<sub>2</sub>+Σ<sub><i>i</i></sub>R<sub><i>i</i></sub>O<sub>2</sub>) and supporting trace gases were measured on the Jungfraujoch (3580 m a.s.l.) during the late summer of 2005. The period was marked by extended times of heavy snow which led to reduction in the observed peroxy radicals during the snowy periods that was greater than the concomitant reduction in <i>j</i>(O<sup>1</sup>D). In the limit a first order loss rate of 0.0063 s<sup>−1</sup> can be derived for the peroxy radical loss in the snowy conditions that could be potentially ascribed to a heterogenous loss process. On snow free days photolysis of HCHO is shown to be a significant peroxy radical source. The seasonal trends of the peroxy radical concentrations have been mapped from the winter to summer transition in line with previous experiments. Net ozone production in late summer at the Jungfraujoch was net neutral to marginally ozone destructive. A value of 28±4 pptv is calculated for the ozone compensation point for the snow free days

Atmospheric chemistry of isopropyl formate and tert-butyl formate

Article on the atmospheric chemistry of isopropyl formate and tert-butyl formate

Barnekonvensjonens krav til høring av barn i Utlendingsnemnda

NOVA-rapporten kommer med en rekke vurderinger og anbefalinger til UNEs praksis vedrørende høring av barn. UNE mener avvikene mellom deres praksis og NOVA-rapportens anbefalinger skyldes ulike oppfatninger om hvilke krav som ligger i barnets rett til å bli hørt etter barnekonvensjonen art .12. En vag konvensjonstekst kombinert med lite rettspraksis, få rettskilder, og uenighet rundt betydningen av eksisterende rettskilder, åpner for ulike tolkninger av barnekonvensjonen art. 12, og det finnes derfor ikke noe entydig svar på hvilke krav som ligger i artikkelen. Behovet for å avklare de generelle kommentarenes vekt gjør seg gjeldene

Review of \u3ci\u3eMany Danes, Some Norwegians: Karen Miller\u27s Diary, 1894\u3c/i\u3e Edited by John W. Nielsen

Letters, diaries, and other amateur writings provide an important prospect on the immigrant experience in America. Literary expressions of this kind are valuable; while mundane and archaic-sounding, they inform us of the lives of immigrants, their perceptions, their everyday encounters with a larger world. Many Danes, Some Norwegians is the diary of Karen Miller (Moller), a Danish immigrant who wrote from her home at Elko, Scott County, rural Minnesota, in 1894, a year before her death. The original manuscript was translated by Olaf M. Norlie in 1952, then mimeographed and bound. The current version was translated by Ninna Engskow using the Norlie transcription and retaining the Norlie translations of poems and hymns. Following thoughtful introductions by Solveig Zempel and John Nielsen, both well-versed in manuscript collections, the entries are laid out chronologically, month by month, each month\u27s entries preceded by general reflections. The text is interspersed with sketch maps and well-chosen photographs. The Miller diary transports the reader through a year of work and leisure, sadness and celebration. It paints a vivid picture of farm life in nineteenth-century Minnesota, repetitive and ordinary, dominated by the details of farm and household production. I am baking graham and white bread, cake and biscuits, she writes. The Miller home is a revolving door of visitors; neighbors join in threshing rings, road crews, and church socials. We come to know Karen Miller quite well through these passages of intriguing selfportraiture as a hardworking, devoted woman sustained by extraordinary faith. The passages are rich in spirituality, an interweaving of life and faith, at times eloquently: I close the day and go to rest in Jesus. There is loneliness and loss, but the general tenor is one of acceptance and contentment. Thanks be to God for all that is good. The purpose of the diary is unclear. Sensitive to her own mortality, often tired and ill, she uses the diary as a conduit in her conversations with God. She may have intended it as a legacy to her children, too, a means of imparting her Christian ideals to the next generation. A Danish church had been built, Immanuel Lutheran of Hazelwood, thus bringing Danes together for worship for the first time in their mother tongue. Happily she writes, many Danes and a few Norwegians. Commonness is the most important quality of the diary-ordinary immigrants faced with daily routines and ongoing challenges. If there is a blemish, it is minor: Karen\u27s story might well be enhanced by being placed in the macro-perspective of Nordic migration. A collection of this type is neither comprehensive nor definitive, yet it is important. In its brevity and simplicity it sifts out the common strands of life in an American immigrant community, engenders pride in a Nordic heritage, and offers a panorama of detail for the curious researcher. Its audience is naturally broad