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Public libraries’ role in supporting Ukrainian refugees: A focus on Hungary and Poland : A focus on Hungary and Poland
(2024-08-07) Johnston, Jamie; Mierzecka, Anna; Tóth, Máté; Paul, Magdalena; Kisilowska-Szurmińska, Małgorzata; Khosrowjerdi, Mahmood; Vårheim, Andreas; Rydbeck, Kerstin; Jochumsen, Henrik; Rasmussen, Casper Hvenegaard; Pálsdóttir, Ágústa; Olson, Anna; Skare, Roswitha; Mathiasson, Mia Høj; Félagsfræði-, mannfræði- og þjóðfræðideild
The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 led to Europe’s largest displacement of people since World War II, with significant substantial numbers of Ukrainian refugees seeking shelter in neighbouring countries. International research attests to the crucial roles public libraries can play in the reception and integration of refugees. However, diverse professional and geographical contexts and sociopolitical landscapes in which libraries work to support refugee reception and integration processes, necessitate ongoing and renewed focus on the topic. Therefore, this study examines how public libraries in Hungary and Poland responded to the influx of Ukrainian refugees, investigating their roles, programmes and partnerships. Using mixed methods, the study analyses previously unexamined 2018 questionnaire results and conducts 12 subsequent interviews with library staff. Findings reveal that libraries addressed a spectrum of user needs falling into three broad phases. Initially, they focussed on primary needs during the first phase, transitioning to settlement-related needs in the second phase. Variances between Poland and Hungary emerged during this phase, with Hungary primarily serving transient refugees and those with Hungarian backgrounds, while Poland saw a higher number of refugees of Ukrainian background settling. In the final phase, libraries emphasized literacy, integration and cultural support, aligning with reading and collection-oriented services. Service provision was characterized by nontraditional services in the first phase, non-collection-oriented services in the second phase and collection-oriented services in the third phase, with information provision central to all three phases. The study underscores public libraries’ role in addressing community needs, rooted in their core values of inclusivity and community engagement. However, their effectiveness hinges on inclusion in community-level efforts, awareness among new groups and securing economic and political support. Further research is warranted to explore library services to refugees globally amid increasing global migration and to understand the experiences of refugees using library services.
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Talking about picturebooks in libraries’ language cafes
(2024-12) Tveit, Åse Kristine; Johnston, Jamie; Félagsfræði-, mannfræði- og þjóðfræðideild
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Engaging Users in Creating the Next Library Space
(2025-03-13) Johnston, Jamie; Green, Miriam; Reuter, Katja; Piščikova, Viktorija; Derksen, Benjamin; Eigenbrodt, Olaf; Aue, Stefan; Babre, Andra Marta; Babris, Matijs; Krag, Susanne Dalsgaard; Hansen, Lars; Zeuner, Martin Hauge; Müller-Laackman, Jonas; Johnsen, Solveig Sandal; Johnston, Jamie; Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics
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Transcatheter or surgical aortic valve replacement in patients with severe aortic stenosis aged 70 years or younger : A NOTION-2 substudy
(2025-06) NOTION-2 investigators; Faculty of Medicine
This NOTION-2 sub-study revealed distinct outcomes for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in low surgical risk patients aged ≤ 70 years with a tricuspid or bicuspid aortic valve stenosis (AS). One year after intervention, the risk of death, stroke or rehospitalization in patients with tricuspid AS was similar after TAVR when compared to SAVR (absolute risk difference: −2.0%; 95% confidence interval (CI): −11.8% to 7.7%) Conversely, in patients with bicuspid AS, TAVR was associated with a significantly higher risk of adverse outcomes (absolute risk difference: 13.8%; 95% CI: 1.2% to 26.3%). These analyses are exploratory, but highlight the importance of tailoring the intervention to the patient's clinical risk profile, life expectancy, native aortic valve morphology and the anticipated risks associated with TAVR or SAVR.
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Distance matters to sperm whales : Behavioural disturbance in response to both sonar received level and source distance
(2025-05) Wensveen, Paul J.; Isojunno, Saana; Kvadsheim, Petter H.; Lam, Frans Peter A.; Curé, Charlotte; von Benda-Beckmann, Alexander M.; Miller, Patrick J.O.
Understanding the main drivers of behavioural disturbance in deep-diving cetaceans would improve predictions of anthropogenic noise effects on individual animals, habitats and populations. To investigate the potential roles of received level and source distance on behavioural disturbance, we tagged 14 sperm whales in northern Norway with multi-sensor data loggers and conducted dose-escalation experiments. Each experiment included 1 to 4 tagged individuals and involved multiple vessel passes (‘exposure sessions’, n = 25 total) by a navy frigate or research vessel towing a naval sonar, at different starting distances and maximum source levels. We analysed behaviour state series and proxies for locomotor activity and foraging success with generalized additive mixed models. The probability of occurrence of non-foraging active behaviour was affected by received level, source distance and session order, with decreased foraging effort at higher received levels and shorter distances, and during subsequent sessions (indicating short-term sensitisation). Prey capture attempts decreased with increasing received level when whales kept foraging. Similar to what has been suggested for some populations of blue whales and beaked whales regularly exposed to navy sonar, but unlike northern bottlenose whales in more pristine waters, source distance affected sperm whale behavioural responses on a high-latitude foraging ground.