Lars Seldén | lnu.se

Lars Seldén lives in Gothenburg, Sweden with his wife Ann-Mari. Since 2012 he is affiliated to Linnaeus University, Dept. of Library and Information Science, School of Cultural Sciences, Växjö, Sweden. Before that he spent nearly forty years as a lecturer/senior lecturer at the Swedish School of Library and Information Science, Borås, Sweden. He holds a PhD in Library and information Science from Gothenburg University. He is recognised as a Docent. Research interests are information seeking in scholarly practice and more recently library education and the library profession.

Publications

Article in journal (Refereed)

Golub, K., Hansson, J., Seldén, L. (2017). Cult of the "I" : Organizational symbolism and curricula in three Scandinavian iSchools with comparisons to three American. Journal of Documentation. 73. 48-74.
Seldén, L. (2007). The Bologna process and the ups and downs of professionalisation in Swedish public libraries. Information research. 12.
Seldén, L. (2007). Utbildningsvanor och rekryteringspraktik i en kvinnoprofession enligt biblioteksmatriklar 1932-1966. Svensk biblioteksforskning. 16. 1-38.
Seldén, L. (2004). On grounded theory – with some malice. Journal of Documentation. 61. 114-129.

Article in journal (Other academic)

Seldén, L. (1999). Images of Researcher : Librarian Interaction. Svensk biblioteksforskning. 27-43.

Chapter in book (Other academic)

Nalumaga, R., Seldén, L. (2014). Information experiences of female legislators : examining constituency activities and representation in the ugandan parliament. Information experience : approaches to theory and practice. Bingley, Emerald Group Publishing Limited. 221-238.
Seldén, L. (2012). Utbildning för folkbibliotekarier i Sverige : politiska beslut och deras följder. Styra eller stödja? : svensk folkbibliotekspolitik under hundra år. Borås, Valfrid. 189-215.

Collection (editor) (Other academic)

Golub, K., Hansson, J., Seldén, L. (2016). Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and Technology : Special Issue : iSchools Around the World. John Wiley & Sons.