Frá skruddum til skýja (From old tomes to the cloud) – Research in library and information science
8 November 2013 – 9:00 to 15:30 in the lecture hall on the 2nd floor of Þjóðarbókhlaða, the library building at Arngrímsgata 3:
Frá skruddum til skýja – Research in library and information science is the name of the conference of newly graduated master’s students in library and information science. The conference is an annual event organised by the Library and Information Science programme in the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences at the University of Iceland. A wide range of talks is on the programme, and this time 12 speakers present their research in the field of library and information work.
Research like this plays an important part in development and innovation and adds steadily to the field’s pool of knowledge. It gives Icelandic society and business valuable knowledge that can benefit public bodies and private companies alike. The conference is therefore an ideal forum for practising specialists in the field and others who want to add to their knowledge of library and information science.
The conference is free and open to all.
The programme is as follows:
09:00 – Opening
- Dr Jóhanna Gunnlaugsdóttir, Professor and Head of the Library and Information Science programme, gives an address.
- Dr Stefanía Júlíusdóttir, Lecturer in Library and Information Science, chairs the conference.
09:20
- Helgi Sigurbjörnsson. “I just download it”: the information behaviour of torrent site users.
- Árni Jóhannsson. Records management in the state’s regulatory agencies.
- Laufey Ásgrímsdóttir. Records and knowledge management in the merger of ministries.
- Gunnhildur Lilja Sigmundsdóttir. “The reason was first and foremost to do better”: quality managers’ views of quality and records management.
10:40 – Coffee break
11:00
- Helga Kristín Gunnarsdóttir. University students’ views of the library system Gegnir.
- Hrafn H. Malmquist. The Icelandic Wikipedia: an analysis of its development.
- Ásdís Helga Árnadóttir. Public libraries as community squares: the use of space.
12:00 – Lunch break
13:10
- Magnea Davíðsdóttir: The role of records managers in the process of change when an electronic records management system is introduced.
- Þórunn Erla Sighvats. The state of the state’s primary geographical data and the discourse about them.
- Vigdís Þórmóðsdóttir. Indexing television material in RÚV’s archive department.
14:30 Coffee break
14:40
- Dröfn Vilhjálmsdóttir. E-books and public libraries.
- Þórný Hlynsdóttir. The labyrinth of information: the cooperative environment of university libraries in Iceland in the digital age.
- Closing words and close of the conference. Dr Ágústa Pálsdóttir, Professor of Library and Information Science.