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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.
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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.
2024-10-21
Biodiversity citizen science contributes to a large and meaningful body of data. More transparency can help new entrants to learn approaches that are otherwise implicit or characterised by tacit knowledge, according to the doctoral research conducted by Björn Ekström in Library and Information Science.
2024-09-17
Recently, Sweden was approved as a full national member of the Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities (DARIAH). The membership provides researchers in Sweden with access to a range of digital tools and data. Joining DARIAH is seen as a significant step forward in Sweden’s commitment to promoting collaboration in the humanities at an international level.
2024-04-15
Ingvar Carlsson has been appointed Honorary Doctor of Library and Information Science at the University of Borås. He is as forthright and determined today as when he held the post of Prime Minister of Sweden, and in his new role, he highlights the importance of protecting democracy, equality, freedom of expression, and the rule of law.
2024-02-28
It has now been announced who will be honoured with the title of Honorary Doctor: Former Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson, entrepreneur and investor Staffan Hillberg, and Professor Xianyi Zeng of ENSAIT, University of Lille.
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.
