Swedish dissertation on blogging

Thanks to the Swedish IL blog (see link on the right) for reference to a Swedish Masters dissertation on blogging in libraries in Sweden.
Swedman, Angelica. (2006). Bloggtider för bibliotek och bibliotekarier?: studie om bloggars användbarhet i bibliotekssektorn. Boras: Hogskolan i Boras.
It is in Swedish, but with an abstract in English "The purpose of the study is to examine the Web phenomenon: Weblogs, and their significance for a total of 11 Library Heads and librarians together with their view on the Weblog activity at each library connected Weblog, to get comprehension and new knowledge on the usability of Weblogs in the library sector ... From the result and analysis can be found that Weblogs serves a purpose as virtual arenas, where people can meet, communicate, discuss and exchange information along with networking. The Weblog is a complement to other information channels as for example Web, e-mail and intranet. Weblogs are used for the purposes of communication and information, for marketing and for pedagogical activities. My conclusion is that for libraries and librarians the Weblog activity means a new way of communication and dialog with the surrounding world. The Library Sector can make its activities come into sight and the librarians can inform and communicate with colleagues and users." The web address is https://dspace.hb.se:8443/dspace/
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Photo by Sheila Webber: Gloriette, Vienna, Austria, December 2006.