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Information Research was founded in 1995, when the internet was still new to the general public. The journal has published its content with open access over the years and is on...

When the little goatling learned his numbers, he counted all his animal friends, and they are at first absolutely frightened. Is it dangerous to be count...

Since 2022, the prestigious EU-funded project MuseIT, aimed at widening access to cultural experiences, has been developing technology and concepts as well as influencing decision-makers an...

AI-generated research is a threat, both in terms of society’s knowledge and public trust in science. This was the conclusion made by the researchers behind the study that recently identified over a hund...

Thai university libraries are given the main responsibility for selecting and digitising the nation’s local information on history, lifestyles, culture, and traditions. The compiled...

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 chara...

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 rang...

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, Uni...

“It is clear that society has failed in our environmental communication in some way. Today's advanced technology provides us with extensive information about the critical situat...

Is it possible to tell something about a person from what is on their bookshelf? This is the question asked by Arvid Jakobsson, Court Librarian at the Bernadotte Library at the Royal Palace of Sweden, who has ...

Several of the university's researchers have once again been included in a prestigious international ranking of the most cited researchers in the world. This list was drawn up by researchers at Stanford ...

Gustaf Nelhans, Senior Lecturer at the Swedish School of Library and Information Science, has been selected as an expert in the National Library of Sweden’s reference group for work with the government's mis...

Elisa Tattersall Wallin, Senior Lecturer at the Swedish School of Library and Information Science, was first runner-up for the iSchools prestigious “Doctoral Dissertation Award” in her...

The Swedish Research Council has now granted funds for a doctoral programme in Library and Information Science to be coordinated by the University of Borås. This will mean a ...

The university is launching a new research centre, INCLUDE, for research on inclusion and accessibility. This idea came about in con...