Nordic Research School in Library and Information Science

Planned activities 2004-2008

Note: This is the preliminary plan of activities for the first five years

2004
Course: Research Design I: Theory and Development
Course: Research design II: Methods for studying information behaviour
Workshop: Research in the field of Public Libraries
Road show seminar in Bibliometric methods
Visiting professor: Dr. Jane Klobas, Milano

2005
Course: Research Issues in Knowledge Organisation
Course: Libraries in Transition
Workshop: Structures of Power: Information, Knowledge, and Property
Road show seminar in Information Seeking & Retrieval in Contexts
Visiting professor: Dr. Ian Ruthven, Univ of Strathclyde, UK

2006
Course: Information access in context
Course: Information Management
Workshop on information seeking and searching in education and work
Roadshow and Visiting professor to be decided in 2005 for 2006.

2007
Cources: The same two basic research design courses as for year 2004
Workshop: Socio-cultural and cognitive aspects of information science (IS)
Road show and Visiting professor to be decided in 2006 for 2007.

2008
Course: Digital Libraries
Course: Informetrics and scientific communication: Methods and Applications
Workshop on New Research Challenges and Themes
Road show and Visiting professor to be decided in 2007 for 2008.

2004-2008 Each year the research school will support mobility of students, postdocs and senior researchers