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Is better information literacy the solution to conspiracy theories and misinformation? These problems are more complex than that. So says Jutta Haider, at the Swedish School of Library and I...

The 10th Nordic Conference for Cultural Policy Research was held in Borås on 10-12 November. Seventy researchers from Nordic and other European countries gathered together...

What affects and motivates librarians to develop within their profession? This is a question that is raised in a new doctoral dissertation on academic librarians in Pakistan.

Ecological, social, and economic sustainability is the common denominator for the research projects that are being awarded research grants this year by Sparbanksstiftelsen Sjuhärad.

It will now be easier to conduct modern, digitised, and interdisciplinary research in the humanities. The Swedish School of Library and Information Science is one of twelve partners in...

Last week, new exchange students from the East African School of Library and Information Science (EASLIS) at Makerere University in Uganda were welcomed to the University of ...

What happens if a future employer reads your old posts on Facebook? A new study sheds light on how members of a private Facebook group relate to the risks involved in posting under their own names.

How do young people use social media to present their identity? That question is addressed in a new doctoral thesis by Amira Sofie Sandin, doctoral student and lecturer in Library and Information Science, w...

During the last week of April, we will celebrate new professors, doctorate recipients, and honorary doctors at the University of Borås. You are welcome to take part in the lectures, which are open to the public, and ex...