Festivalernes rolle og funktion i 10’ernes kulturliv

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Festivalernes rolle og funktion i 10’ernes kulturliv : En festivalanalyse, med udgangspunkt i CPH STAGE

Marchen Lyngby

Kandidatuddannelsen, Speciale, 2014

Studenteropgave: Speciale

• Marchen Lyngby

Speciale, Kandidatuddannelsen

Festivals have become a common venue for exposing a cultural theme to the public, with content ranging from the well‐known music festivals to more narrow cultural festivals celebrating, history, philosophy, humour, theatre and other subjects. This thesis aims at exploring what lies within the festival notion. Why has it become a popular platform for cultural display? What characterizes it? What are the qualities of a festival?
The festival is discussed and explored based on festival theory, flow theory and public domain theory. Through the introduction of flow and public domain into festival theory, a new definition of the festival is proposed. This theory forms the basis for an analysis of a case, the CPH STAGE festival, a new theatre festival held in Copenhagen, which took place for the first time in 2013.
This festival is aiming at letting the Copenhagen theatres present their offer on what makes a good theatre shown. In addition to this it is bringing theatre that is still in its development state, to a broader audience, as regular theatre guests have the opportunity to see, or even participate in the theatre, that is still a long way from reaching a main stream audience.
CPH STAGE has been analysed through participation in 22 events, to identify the festivals identity, qualities and its ability live up to its self‐declared purposes. CPH STAGE provides an ideal platform for an exploration of the festival concept, because it is new and exploratory, and it has not yet found its ground.
Through analysis the festival turns out not to comply, with all aspects of the proposed festival definition. The main reason being, that it is new, and thereby suffers from start‐up problems, and an incoherency in providing the festival mood to all parts of the festival. It does, in other words, not live up to its own ambitions. The discussion of these pre‐ conditions for CPH STAGE does, however, also reveal a great potential for this festival to grow and become a more harmonious offer to its audience than it presently appears to be, judging from its first year. It is recommended to the festival to make use of focussed curating to improve their offer and make a more clear identity towards their audience.

Sprog	Dansk
Udgivelsesdato	5 maj 2014
Antal sider	71
Udgivende institution	Det informationsvidenskabelige akademi, Københavns Universitet

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Utilizing Citation Contexts for Physics Retrieval

May 5, 2014, 1:12 am

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Utilizing Citation Contexts for Physics Retrieval

Anna Dabrowska

Kandidatuddannelsen, Speciale, 2014

Studenteropgave: Speciale

• Anna Dabrowska

Speciale, Kandidatuddannelsen

This master’s thesis studies the use of citation contexts in academic
literature retrieval. More specifically, it covers a project conducted
with physics papers and abstracts from the iSearch test collection.
Past research indicates that citation contexts can improve the retrieval
of relevant academic documents, much like anchor text aids in web
retrieval. For this study, we extended an existing test collection to
facilitate retrieval experiments with the addition of citation contexts.
A retrieval experiment indexing document text along with citation
contexts provides initial results for the collection.
First, information retrieval is introduced. We consider previous
research into academic citation practices and the use of citations for
document retrieval. We then describe how our project takes advantage
of documents in the iSearch test collection and the particulars of our
experiment.
The iSearch test collection was designed for information retrieval
experiments, and we extend it further. In addition to the original
document files, we used a newly acquired set of full-text physics
papers. This supplementary material, in conjunction with an internal
citation network, allowed us to extract words surrounding in-text
citations.
For the experiment, we appended citation contexts to documents
and conducted retrieval using a search engine with language modeling.
We studied the effects of indexing physics documents with their
citation contexts as compared to the documents alone. A range of
word-based context sizes, and variable weighting of citation contexts
relative to document text, showed that context size and weight impacts
retrieval effectiveness in this collection.
Our results point to citation contexts improving retrieval. However,
they are preliminary. iSearch is much larger than collections used for
previous work, and also brings the perspective of a new discipline to
this research area. Since citation practices vary with discipline, it is a
valuable addition. Through this process, we enable use of the iSearch
collection for further experimentation with citation contexts. We also
propose directions for future research.

Sprog	Engelsk
Udgivelsesdato	2014
Antal sider	43
Udgivende institution	Royal School of Library and Information Science

En opgave om indholdsbaseret søgning

February 10, 2014, 5:31 am

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Mette Marie Rasmussen

Bachelor i Biblioteks- og informationsvidenskab, 6. sem, 2014

Studenteropgave: Bachelorprojekt

• Mette Marie Rasmussen

6. sem, Bachelor i Biblioteks- og informationsvidenskab

Sprog	Dansk
Udgivelsesdato	10 feb 2014
Antal sider	21

Beyond Information Revolution

June 10, 2014, 2:26 am

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Beyond Information Revolution: Postlude to a Past Future

Vassilis Galanos

Kandidatuddannelsen, Speciale, 2014

Studenteropgave: Speciale

• Vassilis Galanos

Speciale, Kandidatuddannelsen

Information Revolution is a term frequently mentioned yet roughly defined. It’s apparent as a ghostly scapegoat that haunts or justifies anything that has to do with ICT’s and new technical media. Starting by the hypothesis that the term is misconceived, this paper is a thorough analysis of Information Revolution’s deferent occurring degrees – daily usage of ICT’s, economic, political, environmental, and ontological aspects – and concludes with a proposed unified general definition of the term. The reason, coinciding with the aim is multifold: Understanding Information Revolution means being able to define it. Defining it means it’s almost or already over. The feeling that it’s not over means misconception. Information Revolution is treated here as a descendant of a technical and ontological revolutions chain that by changing the techniques and the ontologies have also changed the very notion of “revolution.” The observation is divided into three main chapters: (1) The term is first examined through its indicating symbols in everyday life, and particularly how it has already affected the notion of “revolution.” The new political “augmented revolutions” are highly defined by ICT’s. (2) The second part is a comparative navigation between what was before Information Revolution, how it was expected, and how it was actually realized. Here is shown how the term was – and still is to an extent – misconceived, and how this generates an amount of crucial political and environmental struggles. To treat Information Revolution as a successor and not as an opposition to industrial capitalism causes the regeneration of industrial problems – political class differentiation and pollution – through the filter of information. Information flood and partial information directedness causes an identity loss which can be cured through the development/awareness of a new ontology that treats information as information – not as capital. (3) The third part shows this inforgian ontology of entities living “in” Information Revolution, and possibly beyond it. This description, supported by and supporting the previous chapters, leads to the final concluding definition. The discussion is open, like the discussion of every past or almost gone revolution. Yet, a new “revolution” seems to be expected.

Sprog	Engelsk
Udgivelsesdato	2014
Antal sider	78

Fra bibliotek til Knowledge Center

June 10, 2014, 2:45 am

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Fra bibliotek til Knowledge Center: Videnledelsesudfordringer i Haldor Topsøe - medfokus på hvordan Knowledge Centeret kan bidrage til at løse disse

Mette Green Fischer

Master Uddannelsen, Master Uddannelsen, 2014

Studenteropgave: Master speciale

• Mette Green Fischer

Master Uddannelsen, Master Uddannelsen

Den danske ingeniørvirksomhed Haldor Topsøes bibliotek har eksisteret i over 40 år og primært serviceret forskningsdivisionen (R&D) i virksomheden med videnskabelig litteratur og adgang til videnkilder inden for afgrænsede, kendte områder.
I dag er Haldor Topsøe A/S en virksomhed i vækst med en meget ambitiøs strategi om at øge omsætningen til 30 mia. frem mod 2025. Det forudsætter voldsom ekspansion i nye teknologier, nye forretningsområder, nye kontorer, landerepræsentation og med tilgang af mange nye medarbejdere. Det betyder, at virksomhedens videnprocesser udfordres og bliver langt mere komplekse, blandt andet på grund af mange nyansatte, flere regionale kontorer og nye markeder der skal udforskes. Målet for virksomheden er at skabe forretningsmæssig vækst og udvikling, og det forudsætter nytænkning indenfor blandt andet videnledelse.
Virksomheder skal i højere grad være i stand til at foregribe nye muligheder. Verden er blevet mere global, og udviklingen hurtigere, hvilket stiller krav til virksomheder om at afsøge og følge med i denne globale udvikling.
Overgangen fra industrisamfund til vidensamfund markerer bl.a. at vidensindholdet i produkter og services stiger mens værdien af fysiske produkter isoleret set falder. Viden bliver vigtigere og videnledelse er et mantra for den konkurrencedygtige virksomhed, idet viden således anses for det mest betydende aktiv og som den mest betydningsfulde motor til at skabe vækst.
Der er nu og i stigende grad fremover mange flere teknologiske muligheder til rådighed til at håndtere information med. Der kan hurtigere indhentes større mængder af information end tidligere, og denne information kan også spredes hurtigere. Flere og flere mennesker kan altså med diverse værktøjer hver især indsamle, behandle og opbevare mere information end tidligere.
Alt dette giver muligheder og udfordringer, som også Haldor Topsøes biblioteksfunktion i højere grad skal forholde sig til.

Sprog	Dansk
Udgivelsesdato	23 maj 2014
Antal sider	35
Udgivende institution	Københavns Universitet, Det Informationsvidenskabelige Akademi

”Måske bedre dengang? - Nietzsche, Dylan og historiesyn”.

June 30, 2014, 5:29 am

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”Måske bedre dengang? - Nietzsche, Dylan og historiesyn”.

Martin Lind

Kandidatuddannelsen, Speciale, 2014

Studenteropgave: Speciale

• Martin Lind

Speciale, Kandidatuddannelsen

Abstract
Existing project is the final project, of the Master of Information Science and Culture Education at the Information Science (IVA), at The University of Copenhagen spring of 2014. The title of the master thesis is "Maybe better back then? - Nietzsche, Dylan and views of history. ", The project is prepared by Martin Lind. The project deals with Nietzsche’s thoughts and theory, on the way of viewing history and treats the way of viewing history compared to the sight on Bob Dylan, in both selected retrospective literature and selected album reviews respectively. The problem statement of the project reads:
Which of Nietzsche's view of history is reflected in retrospect literature mentioned in the introduction?
Is this view on history in the selected reviews of Bob Dylan eventually more titanic (history sight changes over time)?
And are the reviewers thus become chroniclers / tribute signatories, building on Bob Dylan's "monument" - and if so, from which the view of history?
It is noticed in the beginning of the project how Bob Dylan is viewed upon in retrospective literature, looking back to the 1960’s. After that the theories of view of history by Friedrich Nietzsche are explained. Furthermore background information on Bob Dylan, retrospective literature and on the review in itself is given along the way. Hereafter 12 reviews of all in all 4 different Bob Dylan records are presented. Hereby the answers are sought in the theory as well as in retrospective literature and reviews. The project concludes that there is no direct answer to the first question, as it is not possible to prove which of two, views of history is dominant.
In the way of viewing on history is in the selected album reviews, in time are getting more and more titanic. They are not all titanic all the time, as there were signs of the antiquarian and the critical view on history along the way. However all tend to the titanic view on Bob Dylan over time.
This answer leads to the final question which is that the reviewers are ending up being chroniclers /tribute signatories, building on Bob Dylan's "monument", whether they like it or not and in this matter with the monumental way of viewing.

Sprog	Dansk
Udgivelsesdato	2014
Antal sider	68
Udgivende institution	IVA

Ørestad - den sjette finger i Fingerplanen

July 1, 2014, 4:53 am

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Ørestad - den sjette finger i Fingerplanen

Anna Sophie Skov Wittorff, Sara Frahm Pors

Kandidatuddannelsen, Speciale, 2014

Studenteropgave: Speciale

• Anna Sophie Skov Wittorff
• Sara Frahm Pors

Speciale, Kandidatuddannelsen

The purpose of this master thesis is to analyse the urban space in Ørestad and how the architecture and building affect urban life. In the media Ørestad has been criticised for being a dead part of town. We are therefore analysing this area to explore how the buildings affect urban space and how the identity of Ørestad can be defined in order to create solutions for how city life can be strengthened. In this context, we work with several different aspects of what can create life in a neighbourhood, including the construction of infrastructure, urban space and parks, architecture’s impact on the urban space and what creates identity. Our main theoretical basis is architect Jan Gehl’s notions of urban theory. He deals with how urban space affects people and how it can encourage and improve urban life. Furthermore, we have used Kevin Lynch’s mapping model to get an overview of the town structure and to examine how the neighbourhood’s elements interact. To analyse the identity of Ørestad, we have examined which branding strategies have been used for Ørestad and compared them with Ørestad’s condition nowadays. In addition, we have used architect Christian Nordberg-Schulz’s notions about the spirit of the place, to analyse how the spirit of Ørestad can be characterized. Based on the theoretical basis, we have analysed the three neighbourhoods of Ørestad to answer our thesis.
Based on our analysis, we conclude that the structure and building of Ørestad does not support urban life. Considerations to social activities and the human scale has not been taken. However, a number of the neighbourhood’s trenchant buildings attract tourists, which gives the area a boost. Ørestad has been branded as a metropolis with magnificent architecture as well as being close to nature and the centre of Copenhagen. The branding strategy works well, however due to a lack of urban life, Ørestad cannot be defined as a metropolis. The spirit of Ørestad is cold and lifeless as there are no connections to the original nature and has no history. The neighbourhood is predominantly influenced by cold materials. Ørestad is missing activity-generating elements such as and extraordinary playground that can attract people from other areas, urban gardens, more distinctive vegetation and shops at street level.

Sprog	Dansk
Udgivelsesdato	1 jul 2014
Antal sider	199
Udgivende institution	Københavns Universitet

Uniforms in University Libraries in Denmark

July 31, 2014, 9:32 pm

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Uniforms in University Libraries in Denmark: as seen in a presentational labour context

Melissa Wieser

Kandidatuddannelsen, Speciale, 2014

Studenteropgave: Speciale

• Melissa Wieser

Speciale, Kandidatuddannelsen

This thesis examines perceptions and attitudes about the use of uniforms and branded clothing in university libraries in Denmark among library staff.

Methods: Following an initial pilot study, which examined current use of uniforms in university libraries, an exploratory sequential mixed methods study was designed. Attitudes and perceptions among library staff were explored in depth by using a qualitative interview study. Ten staff members were interviewed. The interviews were transcribed and analysed using grounded theory, which yielded both qualitative results and the forming of four hypotheses, which were tested statistically through a survey study. A survey was sent to staff at all university libraries in Denmark and 468 responses were received and analysed using hypothesis testing, exploratory correlation analysis and descriptive statistics.

Results: Positive attitudes toward uniforms focused around visibility for users, professional appearance and staff not having to decide what to wear in the morning. Weak correlations were found between younger staff and staff with fewer shift hours per week and positive attitudes about uniforms when tested statistically using the survey data.

Negative attitudes about library uniforms focus on lack of identity and individuality, concerns with the quality and fit of the uniforms, as well as uniforms projecting a lower standard of knowledge.

Staff actively think about the choices of clothing that they wear for a shift, as well as being as presentable and welcoming in their body language for library users, thus using both their aesthetic and emotional literacies as well as their information literacy skills. Shift work at the library is emotional labour where staff must both project positive emotions and suppress negative emotions.

Conclusion: University library staff members have focus on being visible and welcoming to users, but the majority of staff members view uniforms to be unnecessary and perhaps even damaging to the service interaction between library staff and library user. User studies should be performed before introducing mandatory uniforms at university libraries.

Sprog	Engelsk
Udgivelsesdato	1 aug 2014
Antal sider	73

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Document Representation Beyond Correspondence

August 1, 2014, 5:02 am

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Document Representation Beyond Correspondence: Describing Difference

John Holmberg

Kandidatuddannelsen, Speciale, 2014

Studenteropgave: Speciale

• John Holmberg

Speciale, Kandidatuddannelsen

To approach the notion of document representation from a philosophical perspective has been the objective of this thesis. Firstly, articulations of this notion within library and information science have been studied. And after, thinking from philosophers of creative thought, such as Gilles Deleuze and Alfred North Whitehead, together with that of scholars from science and technology studies, has been employed to propose a revised notion of document representation that does not rely upon representationalist understandings of science. So instead of conceptualization that relate to correspondence, modes of thought that attempt to grasp Difference have been pursued. A case, that of constructing document representations of the Swedish botanical journal Botaniska Notiser, has been used to illustrate and explore the revised notion of document representation. The representations of the journal were constructed using visualization techniques, co-word analysis, as well as citation and reference analysis.

Sprog	Engelsk
Udgivelsesdato	1 aug 2014
Antal sider	76
Udgivende institution	Det Informationsvidenskabelige Akademi, Københavns Universitet

Det digitale byrum som social scene

August 7, 2014, 3:48 pm

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Det digitale byrum som social scene: En undersøgelse af massive multiplayer online roleplaying games som mødesteder

Marie Caroline Brix

Kandidatuddannelsen, Speciale, 2014

Studenteropgave: Speciale

• Marie Caroline Brix

Speciale, Kandidatuddannelsen

Opgaven stiller spørgsmålet om hvilke affordancer der karakteriserer det digitale rum indenfor MMORPG genren og hvorledes det påvirker de sociale interaktioner heri. Formålet med undersøgelsen er at skabe en bedre forståelse for hvilke forhold det digitale rum opererer under, således at vi i fremtiden kan skabe rum der er målrettet deling af viden. Opgaven er dermed rettet mod fagfolk med interesse for at fremme sådanne former for rum i forbindelse med læring eller kulturformidling.
Undersøgelsens metode er et case study af MMORPGet Guild Wars 2, gennem en deltager observation der har fundet sted over fire måneder. Teoretisk set benytter opgaven sig af en bred række af forskere fra forskellige discipliner såsom sociologi, medievidenskab og arkitektur, for at understøtte de forskellige facetter af spørgsmålet.
Undersøgelsen konkluderer at hvor det fysiske og digitale rum indeholder mange fælles affordancer, så er den mest interessante forskel i internettets mulighed for anonymitet, leg med identitet, samt dets evne til at stille folk over for mennesker fra andre lande og kulturer.

Sprog	Dansk
Udgivelsesdato	8 aug 2014
Antal sider	75
Udgivende institution	Det Informationsvidenskabelige Akademi

The narrative self and cyberbullying

August 8, 2014, 2:43 am

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The narrative self and cyberbullying: An examination how cyberbullying affects a narrative personal identity.

Julius Arnason

Kandidatuddannelsen, Speciale, 2014

Studenteropgave: Speciale

• Julius Arnason

Speciale, Kandidatuddannelsen

This thesis is a study of how cyberbullying affects a constructed personal online identity and the
metaphysical implications of cyberbullying. It is about the interaction between bully and victim and
using narrative theory, as well as studies in cyberbullying and net culture this thesis examines how
information on the internet not only represents a person but becomes that person's constructed personal
identity. Additionally this thesis studies how and why cyberbullies bully, what their motivations are and
the implication that has on their own narrative identities.
The thesis seeks to illuminate the interaction between bully and victim through theoretical applications
of psychiatric studies and the theory of narrative identity.
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Sprog	Engelsk
Udgivelsesdato	8 aug 2014

Digitale indfødte og offentlig digital selvbetjening

September 8, 2014, 12:38 am

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Digitale indfødte og offentlig digital selvbetjening

Pia Kragskov Olsen

Master Uddannelsen, Master Uddannelsen, 2014

Studenteropgave: Master speciale

• Pia Kragskov Olsen

Master Uddannelsen, Master Uddannelsen

Med udgangspunkt i digitaliseringen i det offentlige og specielt med henblik på de unge såkaldt digitale indfødte, stilles følgende spørgsmål:
 Hvad er de unges informationspraksis?
 Kan de unges informationspraksis fortælle os om deres tilgang til digital selvbetjening?
 Kan et kendskab til de unges informationspraksis optimere formidlingen af digital selvbetjening?

Sprog	Dansk
Udgivelsesdato	2014
Antal sider	43
Udgivende institution	Københavns Universitet, IVA

Skønlitteratur i biblioteksrummet – formidlingspraksis og muligheder

September 8, 2014, 12:46 am

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Skønlitteratur i biblioteksrummet – formidlingspraksis og muligheder

Hanne Klinting

Master Uddannelsen, Master Uddannelsen, 2014

Studenteropgave: Master speciale

• Hanne Klinting

Master Uddannelsen, Master Uddannelsen

Opgaven fokuserer på litteraturformidlingen på Vejen Bibliotek. Med udgangspunkt i Dag Solhjells kunstformidlings teori og med inddragelse af Rasmus Grøns anvendelse af teorien på bibliotekernes litteraturformidling kortlægges litteraturformidlingen på Vejen Bibliotek. Desuden undersøges hvordan ”Vidensamfundets biblioteksmodel” eller ”4 – rums modellen”, udarbejdet af Dorthe Skot-Hansen, Casper Hvenegaard-Rasmussen og Henrik Jochumsen dels kan anvendes i kortlægningen af bibliotekets litteraturformidling og dels kan bringe nye perspektiver og muligheder i spil. Endelig inddrages også nogle af de nyeste nationale bruger- og ikke-bruger undersøgelser, som en mulighed for perspektivering af bibliotekets nuværende og kommende litteraturformidling.

Sprog	Dansk
Udgivelsesdato	2014
Antal sider	87

Studerendes biblioteksadfærd

August 8, 2014, 12:52 am

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Studerendes biblioteksadfærd: Et empirisk studie af de studerendes anvendelse af Aalborg Universitetsbibliotek

Pernille Gaardsted Rasmussen, Lotte Hansen

Kandidatuddannelsen, Speciale, 2014

Studenteropgave: Speciale

• Pernille Gaardsted Rasmussen
• Lotte Hansen

Speciale, Kandidatuddannelsen

This thesis explores student’s behavior at Aalborg University Library with the purpose of discovering how Aalborg University Library can enhance the physical space based on the student’s needs and wishes. The behavior is examined through the use of three different methods; the observational method seating sweeps, questionnaire and interview. The methods are triangulated in order to look at behavior from different perspectives and not only examine what the students are doing at the library, but also why. The theoretical foundation of this thesis is the cognitive viewpoint, and therefore the focus is on the user’s interaction with the system (the library). Two different branches of the library are studied; Langagervej and Strandvejen, at the beginning and end of a semester; March and May. This is done to see whether there is a difference between the use of the two branches in relation to how far along the students are in their education and at a specific time during a semester.
It is concluded that Langagervej is used for a broader variation of activities compared to Strandvejen, and more people are studying alone at Langagervej. At both branches there are students from 2nd to 10th semester. However, there are more 2nd semester students at Strandvejen. Therefore the hypothesis that more bachelor students use Strandvejen than Langagervej is not completely confirmed. A big difference is seen in the amount of people present in the two different months, and also in which activities they are involved in. There are twice as many students observed in May and more writing projects, while in March they are reading, finding literature and spending less time at the library.
It is argued that Langagervej fulfills the student’s needs, but that there is room for improvement at Strandvejen. More specifically, different areas of Strandvejen would benefit from being targeted at different activities.

Sprog	Dansk
Udgivelsesdato	8 aug 2014
Antal sider	202

Forskningsbibliotekernes digitale formidling i et genreteoretisk perspektiv

September 5, 2014, 1:15 am

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Forskningsbibliotekernes digitale formidling i et genreteoretisk perspektiv: A Case Study

Christine Petersen

Kandidatuddannelsen, Speciale, 2014

Studenteropgave: Speciale

• Christine Petersen

Speciale, Kandidatuddannelsen

Through a case-based qualitative study and with the concept of genre as a point of departure, this thesis explores the communicative strategies, which are employed design-wise in order to realize the function of the academic library website as an access point to the resources and services of the academic library. The five cases, which are included in the study, are the websites of five Danish academic libraries, namely Statsbiblioteket and Aarhus University Library in combination, the Faculty Library of Humanities at the University of Copenhagen, Aalborg University Library, University Library of Southern Denmark and Roskilde University Library. According to Bazerman (2000) genres help us navigate “the complex worlds of written communication and symbolic activities”, and thus in recognizing a certain text type we also recognize many things about the institutional and social setting it appears in, the expected content of the text, and the roles, which the text implicitly allocates for us as writer and reader respectively. Thus a genre-based approach can provide insight into not only the given text, but also the function it has in a certain context and how this affects its overall appearance with regards to both contents and formal features. Freedman & Medway (1994) identify two schools of thought within modern genre studies: The North American School, which derives its concept of genre from a rhetorical tradition, and the “Sydney School”, which is based in systemic functional linguistics. In this thesis the concept of genre is viewed in accordance to the understanding of the North American School and especially Carolyn R. Millers (1984) definition of genre as a “typified rhetorical action based in recurrent situations”. Consequentially, the academic library website is viewed, in this study, as belonging to a certain genre of websites, which are recognizable in that they are used (as means to an end) to achieve certain goals and that they contain certain similar features and functionalities. However, what is yet to be proved is whether these shared features as regards to purpose and contents are realized in specific and similar ways visually and design-wise across different websites. This is one of the questions, which are asked in this thesis. The study is realized in two consecutive steps: In the first step I identify the (above mentioned) features as regards to purpose and expected contents of the academic library websites in general. Through an investigation of the views held by the five selected academic libraries regarding, what they consider to be the main design requirements that their websites should meet, the study furthermore establish, that the common denominator, across institutional settings, is the requirement, which holds that the website should provide access to the resources and services of the library (i.e. the contents in general) in a user-friendly, logical and easy-accessible manner. This is accordingly assumed as being a genre specific feature of the communication of the academic library website.Hoff-Clausen (2002) equates usability (user-friendly design) with the ability of the applied website design to minimize or reduce complexity. This reduction of complexity is achieved through the creation of a “choice-architecture”, which guides the user by means of visual and textual cues and through strategic placement and topic- or task-based classification of content, and by making way for the customization of content by the use of the inherent technical and media specific affordances of the website. In the next step the study looks at the five different cases in order to identify and account for the character of the communicative strategies employed in the specific design practices in each case (in the study emphasis is put especially on the design of the front page of the website). This is accomplished by using the above mentioned complexity reducing criteria as points of departure for the analysis. Furthermore Engholm & Klastrups (2010) model for website analysis, which considers both media specific features and sociocultural aspects of the use context, is used as an overall theoretical framework for the study. To account more specifically for the media specific aspects of the website, the study draws on theoretical insights from Medium Theory and accordingly views the medium as possessing certain affordances, i.e. the medium enables certain communicative features and possibilities while limiting others. Though website design is viewed essentially, and in accordance with a rhetorical perspective, as an (intentional) act of communication in this study, the Medium Theory-perspective at the same time underlines the significant part played by the medium in the shaping of the communication design, which also must be taken into account in the characterization of the individual website as well as the genre.On the basis of the analysis of the academic library website as a genre and the websites of the five cases respectively, it is concluded that the five different websites employs both similar and different communicative strategies in their realization of the academic library website as an access point to the resources and services of the academic library and in creating user-friendly design. The most significant similarities found in the five cases are the use of classification of contents based on the specific user groups (e.g. students (current as well as prospective), researchers and external stakeholders), that is the sender creates different access points to and “paths” through the website for the different user groups, in order to accommodate the specific information needs of the user group in question. This ultimate reduces the complexity if seen from a user perspective. Another similarity is the placement of the main search box, which is placed centrally, on the upper half of the front page of the website and often highlighted (e.g. by means of specific colour) on every website. The websites especially differs in the way they structure and represent information visually, which is to some extend determined by e.g. the chosen content management system.

Sprog	Dansk
Udgivelsesdato	8 sep 2014
Antal sider	56

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Billedsøgning og brugerindeksering: En sammenligning af brugergenererede emneord og søgetermer fra online kunstfællesskabet deviantART

Betinna Odgaard, Lone Grip

Kandidatuddannelsen, Speciale, 2014

Studenteropgave: Speciale

• Betinna Odgaard
• Lone Grip

Speciale, Kandidatuddannelsen

This Master’s Thesis investigates what value the user-generated keywords (tags) on deviantART (dA) add, and how this value can be increased. To answer this an empirical user study is conducted to determine: 1) how many of the keywords dA users add to their images are unique access points that do not duplicate the access points present in the images’ titles, descriptions or the users’ user names, 2) which types of keywords the users add and how these compare to the types of tags users add elsewhere, 3) which types of search terms users utilize when searching for images on dA and how these compare to the types of search terms used for image searching in other contexts. Finally the types of keywords and the types of search terms used on dA is compared in order to discuss the value of the keywords as access points and how their overall value can be improved. The study includes 3.018 keywords from 237 images provided by 237 users who uploaded the images to dA, as well as 1.993 search terms from 1.133 search queries. The queries were collected through a 30-day diary study where 45 users registered their exact search queries as they were entered in dA’s search fields along with contextual data. The keywords and search terms are categorized using categories based on Shat-ford’s (1986 & 1994) image attributes for cataloging of images (subject, biographical, exemplified, relationship) and her facetted classification of the subjects of pictures. Three extra categories are added to handle the unique characteristics of the user’s keywords. It is found that the dA keywords to a high degree constitutes unique access points that do not duplicate the access points present in the images’ titles, descriptions or the users’ user names, and that the category distribution of keywords and search terms to some degree corre-spond. Generic subject terms are dominant in both keywords and search terms, but the dA users utilize more terms that are specific and less that are abstract when searching than when adding keywords. The users also add fewer keywords relating to their images’ status and more associa-tive keywords or keywords that are present in a work’s title than they search using these terms. It is concluded that the keywords have a reasonable value as access points, although this value can be improved through changes to the dA system and better guidance of the users.

Sprog	Dansk
Udgivelsesdato	26 aug 2014
Antal sider	136

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Kødbyen for alle?: Byplanlægningens svære kunst

Jacob Trans Bach

Kandidatuddannelsen, Speciale, 2014

Studenteropgave: Speciale

• Jacob Trans Bach

Speciale, Kandidatuddannelsen

In 2005 the municipality of Copenhagen decided to launch a strategy for the area “Kødbyen” – the Meat Packing District, called “Meat and creativity”. The aim was to combine the already existing food production businesses with creative businesses and experiences, such as galleries, restaurants and design. The plan was make a new unique combination that could brand Copenhagen as a trendsetter for visiting tourists and others, by supporting the living conditions and the economic growth of the existing and new businesses.

In this thesis I will analyse the possible inconsistencies between the municipality of Copenhagen and the tenants of the Meat Packing District, and discuss which problems this can lead to. Moreover I will discuss how future plans can contribute to create more consistency between the municipality of Copenhagen and the tenants of the Meat Packing District, and which actions that can be taken in connection to this.

The focus of this thesis is to examine how the plans of the Copenhagen municipality and the growth of the Meat Packing District are expressed, compared to the actual situation through interviews and written plans. Subsequently I will discuss to which extend the Meat Packing District and the surrounding areas are a part of the growing gentrification of city areas, and how possible city planning strategies and co-creation and involvement of citizens can be used to address this.

Sprog	Dansk
Udgivelsesdato	10 okt 2014
Antal sider	67
Udgivende institution	Det Informationsvidenskabelige Akademi

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Hvorfor er det så svært at styre vidensdeling blandt underviserne: - og kan Lectio understøtte vidensdelingen i gymnasiet?

Pernille Rolph Pedersen

Master Uddannelsen, Master Uddannelsen, 2014

Studenteropgave: Master speciale

• Pernille Rolph Pedersen

Master Uddannelsen, Master Uddannelsen

This assignment is based on interviews with the management at Erhvervsskolen Nordsjælland’s technical high school about the management’s thoughts and attitudes regarding knowledge sharing and knowledge management as well as how the management of the technical high school may assist in strengthening the knowledge sharing among the teachers.
Furthermore, I have looked at how the e-Learning Management System (LMS) Lectio may help supporting the knowledge sharing, and how the management might be able to measure the effect of the knowledge sharing among the teachers.
The idea for this assignment rose from the changes in the working procedure that were introduced in the wake of the new collective agreement of 2013 at the Danish high schools. The changes meant that the teachers now have to teach more, prepare and plan their lessons less and that they also have to be present at the school during school hours.
However, this led to question of whether or not the increase in the teachers’ presence at the school has created better conditions for knowledge sharing among the teachers?

Sprog	Dansk
Udgivelsesdato	2014
Antal sider	49
Udgivende institution	Det Informationsvidenskabelige Akademi

Dokumentrepræsentation af computerspil

January 4, 2015, 1:07 am

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Dokumentrepræsentation af computerspil: En undersøgelse af Domæneanalyses anvendelighed som teoretisk grundlag for dokumentrepræsentation af computerspil

Peter Olsen

Kandidatuddannelsen, Speciale, 2015

Studenteropgave: Speciale

• Peter Olsen

Speciale, Kandidatuddannelsen

Dokumentrepræsentation af computerspil er et område, som ikke nyder stor, hvis nogen, opmærksomhed inden for biblioteks- og informationsvidenskaben. Dette på trods af, at katalogisering af computerspil foretages i stor stil for især danske biblioteker. Den nuværende situation vidner om en mangel på et teoretisk grundlag for en dokumentrepræsentation, der tager tilstrækkeligt hensyn til spilmediets særegenhed. Dette speciale bekender sig til en pragmatisk tilgang til vidensorganisation, og forsøger at skabe et grundlag for dokumentrepræsentation af computerspil ud fra en Domæneanalyse af spildomænet. På grund af computerspillets dobbeltrolle som underholdningsmedie og genstand for spilforskning, behandles computerspilsdomænet som en kombination mellem en hobby og et videnskabeligt område. En epistemologisk undersøgelse af paradigmer i spildomænet bruges til at bestemme relevanskriterier for de forskellige brugergrupper og klarlægger en række aspekter af computerspil, som på meningsfuld vis kan indgå i dokumentrepræsentationen. Disse paradigmer er: det tekniske, det ludologiske, det narrative, læringsparadigmet, det grafiske, lydparadigmet, det feministiske, det bekymrede og markedsparadigmet. Yderligere diskuteres problemstillinger i forbindelse med spilgenrer. For at tage højde for domænets hybride natur, anvendes en let modificeret Domæneanalyse. Specialet diskuterer hvordan analysens resultater kan bruges som teoretisk grundlag for en hensigtsmæssig katalogisering af computerspil, som effektivt kan servicere både spillere og forskere. Der afsluttes med en diskussion af, hvordan et sådant system kunne realiseres i praksis.

Sprog	Dansk
Udgivelsesdato	5 jan. 2015
Antal sider	75
Udgivende institution	Det Informationsvidenskabelige Akademi

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January 5, 2015, 12:37 am

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Nuets Ægtefælle: En genrehistorisk analyse af den fortællende journalistik med udgangspunkt i Herman Bangs føljetoner

Kit Melchert Bonnicksen

Kandidatuddannelsen, Speciale, 2015

Studenteropgave: Speciale

• Kit Melchert Bonnicksen

Speciale, Kandidatuddannelsen

Dette speciale undersøger forholdet mellem Herman Bangs føljetoner og de moderne journalistiske genrer new journalism, feature, reportage og den såkaldte single. Gennem en litterær og sproglig analyse af 10 artikler - 5 af Bang, 2 af Tom Wolfe, der repræsenterer new journalism, og 1 reportage, 1 feature og 1 single fra den aktuelle danske journalistik - giver det et genrehistorisk blik på den fortællende journalistik. Det konkluderer, at journalistikken har udviklet sig fra at være litterær og meget subjektiv, undertiden fiktion, som i det franske causeri, til at være nyhedsorienteret og fokusere på sagen frem for journalisten. Derud over er det fokus på skriveprocessen, som skygger for begivenheden i føljetonen, forsvundet i de moderne genrer - undtagen, når det kommer til singlen.

Sprog	Dansk
Udgivelsesdato	5 jan. 2015
Antal sider	81
Udgivende institution	IVA