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Jump to main contentThe Swedish School of Library and Information Science (SSLIS) is developed in close interaction with the global society around us.
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Each year, more than 300 students are admitted to SSLIS and about 130 Master’s theses are produced. We educate those who want to work with library and information services in a globalised knowledge society.
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Around 80 employees work on research, education, and administration at the Swedish School of Library and Information Science in Borås.
Information Research is a freely available, international, scholarly journal, dedicated to making accessible the results of research across a wide range of information-related disciplines. It was established in 1995 by Professor T.D. Wilson, Professor Emeritus of the University of Sheffield and subsequently Senior Professor, University of Borås. It is now published by the Swedish School of Library and Information Science, University of Borås, Sweden.
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With the broader ambition of Equal Opportunities for All, the Centre for Inclusive Studies aims to promote and enable research and innovation that relate to issues of Inclusion, Participation, Accessibility, and Equality.
Read more about INCLUDE – Centre for Inclusive Studies
The Centre for Cultural Policy Research work is based in the university's vision of Science for the Professions. We seek to play a key role in the growing field of research and practice in the field of cultural politics in the broadest sense.
Read more about The Centre for Cultural Policy Research (KPC)
The research group Information Practices and Digital Cultures acts as a dynamic cluster bringing together researchers at the Swedish School of Library and Information Science, whose work concerns people‘s engagement with information in different practices, roles, or institutions and the implications of digital cultures for how information and knowledge are shaped in contemporary society.
Read more about Information Practices and Digital Cultures
Studies of (public) libraries’ current and historical conditions in different respects, cultural policy change processes, and cultural mediation and citizen involvement; these three themes gather the members of this research group.
Read more about Culture, Library, Politics
The Knowledge infrastructures research group (KIR) focuses on how information and knowledge is generated, maintained, shared and transferred.
Read more about Knowledge infrastructures
2025-01-27
Since 2022, the prestigious EU-funded project MuseIT, aimed at widening access to cultural experiences, has been developing technology and concepts as well as influencing decision-makers and policies both nationally and internationally. The project is now entering its final stretch ahead of its conclusion in September.
2025-01-22
Climate change should be discussed in religious education – that's the opinion of Viktor Aldrin, who researches and trains tomorrow's religion teachers at the University of Borås.
2024-12-20
AI-generated research is a threat, both in terms of society’s knowledge and public trust in science. This was the conclusion made by the researchers behind the study that recently identified over a hundred suspected AI-generated articles in the Google Scholar search engine.
2024-12-03
Thai university libraries are given the main responsibility for selecting and digitising the nation’s local information on history, lifestyles, culture, and traditions. The compiled image becomes a tool for national social and cultural unity – while marginalised groups and unwanted local information are excluded. This is revealed in a new doctoral thesis from the Swedish School of Library and Information Science.
2024-11-21
With a focus on energy systems, a research project is now underway at the Swedish School of Library and Information Science at the University of Borås in collaboration with Halmstad University. The goal is to investigate more closely how research itself contributes to a sustainable transition in the energy sector.
A large consortium of interdisciplinary experts from four continents is brought together to combat the threat of forest fires and improve forest resilience against climate change. Researchers at the Swedish School of Library and information Science contribute with research expertise in knowledge organization, information management, user studies and participatory methodology.
Our new Master´s programme starts autumn 2023. You study information from both a technical and theoretical perspective.
The program is suitable for those with a bachelor's degree in library and information science, information architecture, archival science, digital humanities, computer science, information systems, or a related field.
Read more about the programme: Information Science: Digital Environments.
