LAMCOM—Libraries, archives, and museums in the community is a research group studying the community impact of LAMs in the digital age.

The group focuses on how public libraries, archives, museums, Sami, other indigenous, and minority documentation centers develop and implement new community-oriented strategies, priorities, models of cooperation, working methods, and activities. Community vulnerabilities are many when facing big slow-moving change processes—ecological change, technological change, migration, ageing, and policy regime change.

Main projects:

SAMCOM - Sámi cultural centers as community and cultural resilience infrastructure

PubLIB for Refugees

Peer-reviewed journal articles, conference proceedings, and book chapters

Barlindhaug, G. (2022). Artificial Intelligence and the Preservation of Historic Documents. Proceedings from the Document Academy, 9 (2). https://doi.org/10.35492/docam/9/2/9

Barlindhaug, G. (2020). The Ontological Status of Sound Recording: An Artistic Blend between Documentation and Sonic Aesthetics. Proceedings from the Document Academy, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.35492/docam/7/1/14

Francke, H. (2021). Trust in the academy: A conceptual framework for understanding trust on academic web profiles. Journal of Documentation, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print). https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-01-2021-0010

Mansour, A., & Francke, H. (2021). Collective Privacy Management Practices: A Study of Privacy Strategies and Risks in a Private Facebook Group. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 5(CSCW2), 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1145/3479504

Olsson, L., Francke, H., Lindelöw, C. H., & Willén, N. (2020). The first Swedish Read & Publish agreement: An evaluation of the Springer Compact pilot. LIBER Quarterly: The Journal of the Association of European Research Libraries, 30(1), 1–33. https://doi.org/10.18352/lq.10309

Francke, H. (2019). The academic web profile as a genre of “self-making.” Online Information Review (Print), 43(5), 760-74. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/OIR-12-2017-0347/full/html

Francke, H., Söderlind, Å., Pilerot, O., Elf, G. & Limberg, L. (2016). Folkbiblioteken i medielandskapet In O. Westlund, (ed.), Människorna, medierna & marknaden : Medieutredningens forskningsantologi om en demokrati i förändring, pp. 515-537. Stockholm: Wolters Kluwer.  http://www.regeringen.se/contentassets/a54e03720c7b4b9eb3f227e8ca32d72b/manniskorna_medierna_marknaden_SOU_2016_30

Mansour, A. & Francke, H. (2017). Credibility assessments of everyday life information on Facebook: a sociocultural investigation of a group of mothers. Information Research, 22(2), paper 750. http://www.informationr.net/ir/22-2/paper750.html

Grenersen, G. (2020). Libraries and the Sámi population in Norway – Assimilation and Resistance. In R. Audunson et al. (Eds.), Libraries, Archives and Museums as Democratic Spaces in a Digital Age (pp. 325–344). De Gruyter Saur. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110636628-016

Grenersen, G. (2018). Libraries and the Establishment of a Sámi Political Sphere. Proceedings from the Annual Meeting of the Document Academy,  5(2). https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/docam/vol5/iss2/7

Grenersen, G. (2016). Documentation, Information and the Animal Connection. Proceedings from the Document Academy, 3(2). http://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/docam/vol3/iss2/15

Grenersen, G., Kemi, K., & Nilsen, S. (2016). Landscapes as documents the relationship between traditional Sámi terminology and the concepts of document and documentation. Journal of Documentation. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-01-2016-0010

Grenersen, G. (2012). What is a document institution? A case study from the South Sámi community. Journal of Documentation, 68(1), 127–133. https://doi.org/10.1108/00220411211200356

Grini, M. (2022). Kunsten å vende hjem: Lars Hættas miniatyrduodji. Kunst og kultur, 105(2–3), 158–171. https://doi.org/10.18261/kk.105.2.8

Grini, M. (2021, in press). Duodji Matters: Comments on ‘Decolonizing Production: Healing, Belonging, and Social Change in Sápmi’ by Natalia Magnani and Matthew Magnani. Current Anthropology. http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/loi/ca

Grini, M. (2019). Sámi (re)presentation in a differentiating museumscape: Revisiting the art-culture system. Nordisk Museologi, 27(3), 169–185. https://doi.org/10.5617/nm.7740

Grini, M. (2019). Så fjernt det nære: Nasjonalmuseet og samisk kunst [So close and yet so far: The National art museum and Sami art]. Kunst Og Kultur, 102(3), 176–190. https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.1504-3029-2019-03-04

Grini, M., & Oskal, N. (2018). Fra Karesjok, Tana-elv og Vadsøe Sogn i Sommerdragt: Resepsjonshistorikk og tolkningsmuligheter. DIN - Tidsskrift for Religion Og Kultur, (2), 88–99. http://ojs.novus.no/index.php/DIN

Grini, M. (2017). Contemporary Sámi Art in the Making of Sámi Art History: The Work of Geir Tore Holm, Outi Pieski and Lena Stenberg. In S. Aamold, E. Haugdal, & U. A. Jørgensen (Eds.), Sámi art and aesthetics: Contemporary perspectives (pp. 297–323). Aarhus University Press. https://www.academia.edu/34702758/Contemporary_S%C3%A1mi_Art_in_the_Making_of_S%C3%A1mi_Art_History_The_Work_of_Geir_Tore_Holm_Outi_Pieski_and_Lena_Stenberg

Simmons, J. E., & Latham, K. F. (Eds.). (2020). Museum Studies. Oxford Bibliographies. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/obo/9780199766567-0244

Latham, K.F., Narayan, B., & Gorichanaz, T. (2019). Encountering the muse: An exploration of the relationship between inspiration and information in the museum context. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 51(4), 1067–1076. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961000618769976

Latham, K.F., & Simmons, J. E. (2019). Whither Museum Studies? Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 60(2), 102–117. https://doi.org/10.3138/jelis.2018-0050

Gorichanaz, T., & Latham, K. F. (2019). Contemplative aims for information. Information Research, 24(3), paper 836. http://www.informationr.net/ir/24-3/paper836.html

Latham, K. F. (2018). Blank slate: Using systems thinking to develop an integrated LAM curriculum. Education for Information, 34(2), 97–111. https://doi.org/10.3233/EFI-180188

Latham, K.F. (2018). The wonders of the Augsburg Cabinet: Three ways of experiencing a document.  Proceedings from the Document Academy, 5(2), Article 10. https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/docam/vol5/iss2/10

Gorichanaz, T., Latham, K. F., & Wood, E. (2018). Lifeworld as “unit of analysis.” Journal of Documentation, 74(4), 880–893. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-12-2017-0174

Latham, K. F. (2017). The Laboratory of Museum Studies: Museality in the Making. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science. https://doi.org/10.3138/jelis.58.4.219

Latham, K.F. & Simmons, J.E. (2017). Using systems thinking in teaching museum studies. In Jung, Y. & Love, A. R. (Eds), Systems thinking in museums: Theory and practice. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield

Hajibayova, L. and Latham, K.F. (2017). Exploring Museum Crowdsourcing Projects Through Bourdieu’s lens. Knowledge Organization, Special Issue on Museum Domain, 44(7): 506-514. https://doi.org/10.5771/0943-7444-2017-7-506

Lenstra, N., & Latham, K. F. (2019). Considering the Whole Person in GLAMs. Journal of the Australian Library and Information Association, 68(4), 321–326. https://doi.org/10.1080/24750158.2019.1685367

Lenstra, N. (2019) Designing for the Informatics Lifecourse and Ageing in Place. Perspectives on Human-Computer Interaction research with older people. Springer HCI Series. Book Chapter. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-06076-3_10

Lenstra, N., & Carlos, J. (2019). Public Libraries and Walkable Neighborhoods. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(10), 1780. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16101780

Lenstra, N., & D’Arpa, C. (2019). Food Justice in the Public Library: Information, Resources, and Meals. The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion (IJIDI), 3(4). https://doi.org/10.33137/ijidi.v3i4.33010

D'Arpa, C., Lenstra, N., Burke, S., & Rubenstein, E. (2019). Community health and wellness: Rural library practices, perspectives, and programs. iConference 2019 Proceedings. https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/handle/2142/103302

Lenstra, N. (2018a). The Role of Public Librarians in Supporting Physical Activity. Advances in Library Administration and Organization. 39. pp. 185 - 205. https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdf/10.1108/S0732-067120180000039012.

Lenstra, N. (2018b). The Experiences of Public Library Staff Developing Programs with Physical Activities: An Exploratory Study in North Carolina. The Library Quarterly, 88(2), 142-159. https://doi.org/10.1080/01616846.2017.1316150https://doi.org/ 10.1086/696580

Lenstra, N. (2018c). Let’s Move! Fitness Programming in Public Libraries. Public Library Quarterly, 37(1), 61–80. https://doi.org/10.1080/01616846.2017.1316150

Lenstra, N., Rubenstein, E. L., Smith, C. A., Flaherty, M. G., & Gibson, A. N. (2018). How does health happen in public libraries? Ethical and emerging issues. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 55(1), 704-707. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.2018.14505501087

Lenstra, N. (2017a). Agency and ageism in the community-based technology support services used by older adults. First Monday, 22(8). Retrieved from https://journals.uic.edu/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/7559

Lenstra, N. (2017b). The Community-Based Information Infrastructure of Older Adult Digital Learning. Nordicom Review, 38(s1), 65–77. https://doi.org/10.1515/nor-2017-0401

Lenstra, N. (2017c). Yoga at the Public Library: An Exploratory Survey of Canadian and American Librarians. Journal of Library Administration, 0(0), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2017.1360121

Lenstra, N. (2017d). Movement-Based Programs in US and Canadian Public Libraries: Evidence of Impacts from an Exploratory Survey. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 12(4), 214-232. https://doi.org/10.18438/B8166hD

Lenstra, N. (2017e). The informatics lifecourse: Studying the experiences of older adults learning technology in senior centers. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 54(1), 736–738. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.2017.14505401137

Lenstra, N., & Baker, K. S. (2017). The Intermediation of Community and Infrastructure. Library Trends, 65(4), 473–490. https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2017.0013

Olsen, H. K. (2019). What are they doing? And where? Tracking the Traffic as one of the instruments in an evidence-based redesign of a university library. LIBER Quarterly, 29(1), 1–32. https://doi.org/10.18352/lq.10276

Ravna, Z. V. (2021). “Skills come with experience” a pedagogical study of different forms of communication in Nenets nomadic communities in Northern Russia. Learning and Instruction, 71, 101373. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2020.101373

Skare, R. (2020a). Like, Share and Comment! The Use of Facebook by Public Libraries and Museums: A Case Study from Tromsø, Norway. In R. Audunson et al. (Eds.), Libraries, Archives and Museums as Democratic Spaces in a Digital Age (pp. 207–224). De Gruyter Saur. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110636628-010

Skare, R. (2020b). Paratext. In B. Hjørland & C. Gnoli (Eds.), ISKO Encyclopedia of Knowledge Organization. https://www.isko.org/cyclo/paratext

Skare, R. (2020c). Paratext. Knowledge Organization, 47(6), 511–519.

Skare, R. (2019a). Nanook of the North: Fra Broadway i New York til Storgata i Tromsø. Nordlit, 41, 7–18. https://doi.org/10.7557/13.4620

Skare, R. (2019b). Documentation Studies at the University of Tromsø: A new way to educate librarians? Education for Information, 35(4), 455–463. https://doi.org/10.3233/EFI-180228

Skare, R. (2019c). Paratext – a Useful Concept for the Analysis of Digital Documents? Proceedings from the Document Academy, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.35492/docam/6/1/12

Skare, R., Stokstad, S., & Vårheim, A. (2019). ABM-utvikling og avvikling: Institusjonell konvergens og divergens i kulturpolitikken. Nordisk kulturpolitisk tidsskrift, 22(02), 231–256. https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2000-8325/-2019-02-03

Skare, R. (2018). The Public Library and Social Media. A Case Study from Tromsø, Norway.  Proceedings from the Document Academy, Volum 5 (2). Retrieved from https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/docam/vol5/iss2/11/

Skare, R. (2017). Digital Film Preservation: The Search for the Original. Proceedings from the Document Academy, 4(2). Retrieved from http://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/docam/vol4/iss2/8

Hylland, O. M., Kann-Rasmussen, N., & Vårheim, A. (2022). LAMs as objects of knowledge and cultural policy: Developing synergies. In C. H. Rasmussen, H. Larsen, & K. Rydbeck (Eds.), Libraries, Archives and Museums in Transition: Changes, Challenges and Convergence in a Scandinavian Perspective (pp. 57–70). Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Libraries-Archives-and-Museums-in-Transition-Changes-Challenges-and/Rasmussen-Rydbeck-Larsen/p/book/9781032033648

Jochumsen, H., Johnston, J., & Vårheim, A. (2022). Pursuing sustainable futures through LAMs. In C. H. Rasmussen, H. Larsen, & K. Rydbeck (Eds.), Libraries, Archives and Museums in Transition: Changes, Challenges and Convergence in a Scandinavian Perspective (pp. 215–229). Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Libraries-Archives-and-Museums-in-Transition-Changes-Challenges-and/Rasmussen-Rydbeck-Larsen/p/book/9781032033648

Rydbeck, K., Johnston, J., Pálsdóttir, Á., Khosrowjerdi, M., Vårheim, A., Audunson, R. A., Hvenegaard Rasmussen, C., & Jochumsen, H. (2022). Social Reading and the Public Sphere in Nordic Public Libraries: A Comparative Study. Information Research, 27 (Special Issue, colis2234). https://doi.org/10.47989/colis2234

Vårheim, A., & Skare, R. (2021). Mapping the research on museums and the public sphere: A scoping review. Journal of Documentation, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print). https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-04-2021-0085

Vårheim, A., Jochumsen, H., Rasmussen, C. H. & Rydbeck, K. (2020). The Use of LAM Institutions in the Digital Age. In R. Audunson et al. (Eds.), Libraries, Archives and Museums as Democratic Spaces in a Digital Age (pp. 247–270). De Gruyter Saur. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110636628-012

Vårheim, A. (2019). Programs and Strategies for Community Resilience in a Metropolitan Area Public Library: A Case Study. Proceedings from the Document Academy, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.35492/docam/6/1/10

Vårheim, A., Skare, R., & Lenstra, N. (2019). Examining libraries as public sphere institutions: Mapping questions, methods, theories, findings, and research gaps. Library & Information Science Research. https://doi.org/10/gf3v4j

Vårheim, A., Skare, R., & Lenstra, N. (2019). Institutional convergence in the libraries, archives and museums sector: A contribution towards a conceptual framework. Information Research, 24(4), paper Colis 1918. http://InformationR.net/ir/24-4/colis/colis1918.html

Audunson, R., Aabø, S., Blomgren, R., Hobohm, H.-C., Jochumsen, H., Khosrowjerdi, M., Mumenthaler, R., Schuldt, K., Rasmussen, C. H., Rydbeck, K., Tóth, M., & Vårheim, A. (2019). Public libraries as public sphere institutions: A comparative study of perceptions of the public library’s role in six European countries. Journal of Documentation, 75(6), 1396–1415. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-02-2019-0015

Audunson, R., Aabø, S., Blomgren, R., Evjen, S., Jochumsen, H., Larsen, H., Rasmussen, C.H., Vårheim, A., Johnston, J., and Koizumi, M. (2019). Public libraries as an infrastructure for a sustainable public sphere: A comprehensive review of research. Journal of Documentation, 75(4), 773–790. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-10-2018-0157

Vårheim, A., Skare, R., Lenstra, N., Latham, K. F., & Grenersen, G. (2018). A Research Program for Studying LAMs and Community in the Digital Age. Proceedings from the Document Academy, 5(2), 12. https://doi.org/10.35492/docam/5/2/12

Vårheim, A. (2017). Public libraries, community resilience, and social capital. Information Research, 22(1),

Vårheim, A. (2016). A Note on Resilience Perspectives in Public Library Research: Paths Towards Research Agendas. The Proceedings from the Annual Meeting of the Document Academy, 3(2), 12. https://doi.org/10.35492/docam/3/2/12

Vårheim, A. (2015). Public libraries worked in the Tohoku mega-disaster. The Proceedings from the Annual Meeting of the Document Academy, 2(1), 10. http://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/docam/vol2/iss1/10

Books, dissertations, and research reports

Grini, M. (2021). Samisk kunst og norsk kunsthistorie: Delvise forbindelser. Stockholm University Press. https://doi.org/10.5617/nm.7740, https://hdl.handle.net/10037/18073

Lindbach, H. H. (2020). Minoritetspolitiske dokumentasjonsstrategier i Nordområdet på 1700-tallet: En komparativ analyse av hvordan og hvor samer og kvener trer frem i arkivene til lokal- og regionalforvaltningen i Danmark-Norge og Sverige, med spesielt blikk på Nord-Troms, Jukkasjärvi og Enontekis [Ph.D. thesis, UiT The Arctic University of Norway]. https://munin.uit.no/handle/10037/18927

Lenstra, N. (2020b). Healthy Living at the Library: Programs for All Ages. ABC-CLIO.

Ravna, Z. V. (2020). The Inter-Generational Transmission of Indigenous Knowledge By Nenets Women: Viewed in the context of the state educational system of Russia [Ph.D., UiT The Arctic University of Norway]. https://munin.uit.no/handle/10037/18231

Barlindhaug, G. (2019). The Kids Want Noise—How Sonic Mediations Change the Aesthetics of Music [Doctoral dissertation, UiT The Arctic University of Norway]. https://hdl.handle.net/10037/16097

Francke, H., & Johansson, M. (2019). Källkritik på internet. In Digitalisering – grundskola, gymnasieskola Modul: Kritisk användning av nätet Del 3: Källkritik på internet. Skolverket; DiVA. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-21751 

Francke, H., & Sundin, O. (2019). Källkritik och nya publiceringsformer. In Digitalisering – grundskola, gymnasieskola Modul: Kritisk användning av nätet Del 4: Källkritik och nya publiceringsformer. Skolverket; DiVA. http://urn.kb.se/resolveurn=urn%3Anbn%3Ase%3Ahb%3Adiva-21753

Grenersen, G. (2018). «Samisk språk og kultur i møte med institusjonalisering, dokumentasjon og digitalisering.» In Myrvoll, E.R.; Hesjedal, A; Holmgaard, S.B.; Grenersen, G.; Krogh, M.; Dunfjeld-Aagård, L.; Jåma, A.L. Digitalisering av samisk kulturarv – utfordringer og muligheter. Oslo: Norsk Institutt for kulturminneforskning 2018 (ISBN 978-82-8101-234-9) ; Vol. 107 s. NIKU Rapport(90) NIKU UiT. https://hdl.handle.net/10037/14269 

Peer-reviewed conference presentations

Francke, H., Lenstra, N., Vårheim, A., & Skare, R. (2019, September 27). Digital Literacy and Social Inclusion in Public Libraries: A Review of Research [Konferanse]. ECIL 2018 The Sixth European Conference on Information Literacy, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Francke, H., Lenstra, N., Vårheim, A. & Skare, R. (2018). Digital Literacy and Social Inclusion in Public Libraries: A Review of Research. Presented at ECIL: European Conference on Information Literacy, Oulu, Finland, September 24-27, 2018.

Grenersen, G. (2021). The Finnmark Library – “Finmarksbibliotheket”. A scholarly library at the second northernmost town in the world. What a remarkable idea! Annual meeting of the Document Academy 2021, Växjö, Sweden.

Grenersen, G. (2019). Libraries and a Sámi and Kven public sphere – a historical perspective. Presented at the Document Academy Annual Meeting, Toulon, France

Grenersen, G. (2018). Libraries and the establishment of a Sámi political sphere. Presented at the Document Academy Annual Meeting, Turin, Italy

Grenersen, G. (2017). The first Sámi intellectuals and their use of the libraries. Presented at the Document Academy Annual Meeting, Bloomington, Indiana

Grini, M. (2022, June 16). Curating the Anthropocene. Roundtable. Nordic Nature: Art, Ecology, Landscape. KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes/University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway. https://nordicnature.mystrikingly.com

Grini, M. (2022, September 15). Sami Art Beyond the Nation(-State): Artefacts, Practices, and Actors in Global Relations. (Post-)Colonial Knowledge: Histories and Heritage.  Claimed Pasts. Critical Knowledge and Heritage Production.  Claimed Pasts. Critical Knowledge and Heritage Production. University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway.

Grini, M. (2022, November 1). Sámi Art and the Art of Norwegian Art History. Art, Architecture and Visual Culture 1950-today. University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.

Grini, M. (2021). Differencing Canons. Sámi and Norwegian Art History. SASS 2021: Ecologies and Economies, Zoom. https://scandinavianstudy.org/annual-meeting/sass-2021-seattle/

Latham, K.F. (submitted 2019). Positive Museology: A framework for a future of flourishing museums. International Council of Museums General Assembly, ICTOP, Kyoto, Japan, Sept 1-7.

Latham, K.F. (accepted 2019). The Shroud of Turin: Experiencing a document that isn’t there. The Document Academy, Toulon, France.

Latham, K.F. (accepted 2019). So Where is the Magic in Museums? Spiritual Ways of Knowing. Visitor Studies Association, Detroit, MI.

Latham, K.F. (2018). The wonders of the Augsburg Cabinet: Three ways of experiencing the real thing. The Document Academy, Torino, Italy.

Latham, K.F. (2017). Blank Slate: (Re)Starting ALM Curriculum from Scratch. [Presentation & Workshop. AKM21: Archives, Libraries, & Museums, Poreč, Croatia.

Mariano, R., & Vårheim, A. (2021). Mapping the research on libraries, museums, and cultural centers in foreign policy and cultural diplomacy: A scoping review. Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) 2021 (Online), Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia. https://hdl.handle.net/10037/22214

Skare, R., & Lenstra, N. (2022, August 12). Public libraries in Norway and the U.S. – looking outside during and after the Covid-19 pandemic. Annual meeting of the Document Academy, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio.

Skare, R. (2021). Public libraries in Norway and the Covid-19 pandemic. Annual meeting of the Document Academy, online.

Skare, R. (2020). “What is truly Scandinavian?” – A SAS commercial and its surrounding documents. DOCAM 2020, Online.

Skare, R. (2019). Paratext - a useful concept for the analysis of digital documents? Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Document Academy. University of Toulon, 12-14 June, 2019, Toulon, France. 

Skare, R. (2018). The Public Library and Social Media. Presented at the Document Academy Annual Meeting, University of Torino, Turin, Italy

Skare, R. & Vårheim, A. (2018). Researching public libraries and the public sphere: A mapping of questions, methods, theories, and findings. Presented at the LIDA - LIBRARIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE, University of Zadar, Zadar, Croatia.

Johnston, J., Jochumsen, H., & Vårheim, A. (2022, May 18). Pursuing Sustainable Futures: The Need for Information. Metropolitan Libraries Conference 2022. IFLA Metropolitan Libraries Section. Oslo Public Library, Oslo, Norway.

Rydbeck, K., Johnston, J., Pálsdóttir, Á., Khosrowjerdi, M., Vårheim, A., Audunson, R. A., Hvenegaard Rasmussen, C., & Jochumsen, H. (2022). Social Reading and the Public Sphere in Nordic Public Libraries: A Comparative Study. Conceptions of Library and Information Science - CoLIS11. Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.

Tóth, M., Audunson, R. A., Vårheim, Andreas, A., Khosrowjerdi, M., Hvenegaard Rasmussen, C., & Johnston, J. (2022). Collaboration and convergent development across libraries, archives and museums. 12th International Conference on Cultural Policy Research: ICCPR 2022. University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Vårheim, A., & Skare, R. (2021). Museums as public sphere infrastructure in the digital age: A scoping review of research. Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) 2021 [Online], Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Vårheim, A. (2019). Texan public library programming in the digital age. Annual Meeting of the Document Academy. University of Toulon, 12-14 June, 2019, Toulon, France

Vårheim, A., Skare, R., & Lenstra, N. (2019, June 19). Institutional convergence in the LAM sector: A contribution towards a conceptual framework. CoLIS. Conceptions of Library and Information Science 10th international conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Vårheim, A., Francke, H., Grenersen, G., Latham, K.F.,  Lenstra, N., Skare, R. (2018). LAMs in the Digital Age. Presented at the Document Academy Annual Meeting, University of Torino, Turin, Italy

Non-peer-reviewed publications and presentations

Barlindhaug, G. (2019). Våre Håpefulle filmmusikk. UiT The Arctic University of Norway [Music].

Grenersen, G. (2020, October 5). Libraries and the Sámi population in Norway – Assimilation and Resistance [Book launch]. Libraries, Archives and Museums as Democratic Spaces in a Digital Age, Online. https://youtu.be/c0eo8HKv42E

Grenersen, G. (2020, January 20). Bibotek, arkiv, museer og utviklingen av en samisk offentlighet – assimilasjon og motstand. ALMPUBSs sluttkonferanse: BIBLIOTEK, ARKIV OG MUSEER SOM OFFENTLIGHETSARENAER OG MØTEPLASSER I EN DIGITAL TID, Oslo, Norway.

Grenersen, G. (2019). Biblioteket ved Tromsø Seminarium og de samiske pionerene Isak Saba og Anders Larsen. Bob : Bok Og Bibliotek, 2, 46–51.

Grenersen, G. (2018). En samisk og kvensk bibliotekhistorie? Bob : Bok Og Bibliotek, 5/6. http://www.bokogbibliotek.no/

Grenersen, G. (2017). Fornorskningen i regi av skolen. Presented at the Snubbadagan, Snubba grendelag og foreningen Kystsamene, Snubba, Norway.

Grenersen, G. (2016). Hva var Finnefondet? Presented at the Arkivdagene, Tromsø: Statsarkivet i Tromsø.

Grini, M. (2021). Sámi Art Beyond the Nation(-state). Cross-border connectivity in Nordic–Baltic Art in the late 19th and 20th centuries, Paris; Södertörn, Sweden; Zoom. Omtale https://artlas.huma-num.fr/en/artls-seminar-paris-2020-2021-artistic-circulations-in-towards-from-northern-europe/

Grini, M. (2021). Sámi Art and the Poetics and Politics of Norwegian Art History. Art History and Visual Studies Lecture Series, IFIKK/University of Oslo, Zoom. https://www.hf.uio.no/ifikk/english/research/news-and-events/events/guest-lectures-seminars/art-history-and-visual-studies-lecture-series/2021/

Grini, M. (2021, August 27). De gamle må ut! Debatt om kunsthistoriefagets rolle og framtid. Fagutvalget for kunsthistorie; Kunsthistorisk forening, Oslo. https://www.kunsthistoriskforening.no/events/de-gamle-ma-ut

Grini, M. (2020). Presentation: “The Installation. Politics and Poetics of Display.” Zoomposium, The Societal Dimensions of Sámi Research, Zoom.

Grini, M. (2020). Kunsthistoriens politikk. In Se Kunst Magasin (Issue 3, pp. 16–19). Institusjonsarkiv https://hdl.handle.net/10037/20173 Data https://sekunst.no/SeKunstMagasin/Essay-Kunsthistoriens-politikk

Grini, M. (2020). Kunst(historie) er ikke det du tror det er: Noen refleksjoner rundt kunsthistorie som global praksis. Bildekunst mellom historie, estetikk og praksis. Ph.d.-emne, Tromsø, Zoom.

Grini, M. (2020, January 7). Året for å feire “den guddommelige kunstneren” (H. M. Lindekleiv, Interviewer) [Vårt Land].

Grini, M. (2019). Samisk (re)presentasjon i et nasjonalt museumslandskap. Gjesteforelesning Nasjonalmuseet for kunst arkitektur og design, Oslo.

Grini, M. (2019). Panelist: “Research Matters: How to study colonial histories in art and visual culture?” The Art of Nordic Colonialism, Ilisimatusarfik. University of Greenland. Omtale https://kunstkritikk.com/lions-in-the-arctic/ Prosjekt https://artsandculturalstudies.ku.dk/research/the-art-of-nordic-colonialism-writing-transcultural-art-histories/

Grini, M. (2019). Arresting Actors, Equivocal Translations: Anders Poulsen and His Drum. Henrik-Steffens-Vorlesungen, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Omtale https://www.ni.hu-berlin.de/de/termine-ordner/sose-2019/hsv/20190521-hsv

Grini, M. (2019). Det store i det lille: Lars Hættas miniatyrduodji. Smávva diŋggaid stuorisvuohta: Lars Hætta duodji. Lars Hætta ja Anders Bæra muitalusat ja duodji, Sámi allaskuvla, Kautokeino, Norway. Prosjekt https://samas.no/se/a/lars-haetta-ja-anders-baera-muitalusat-ja-duodji

Lindbach, H. H. (2019). Kjønn og etnisitet i 1700-tallets rettsreferater i Nord-Troms og Torne Lappmark. In Haaløygminne (Issue 3, pp. 373–379). http://www.samiskhs.no/sa/girjerajus/Inter/title/50.htm

Lindbach, H. H. (2019). – EI DRAMATISK TID SOM PRESSET FOLK PÅ FLUKT. Ruijan Radio [Podcast]. https://www.ruijan-kaiku.no/ei-dramatisk-tid-som-presset-folk-pa-flukt/

Latham, K.F. (2018). Profound and transcendental information experiences [Panelmmember]. ISIC 2018: The Information Behaviour Conference, Kraków, Poland

Latham, K.F., Hartel, J., Gorichanaz, T., Nguyen, A.T. (2018). Contemplating information in the pleasurable and the profound. [SIE, chair]. iConference, Sheffield, U.K.

Latham, K.F. (2018a). Do Digital Mediators Create Relationships between Museum Visitors and Museum Collections? [Poster]. iConference meeting, Sheffield, U.K.

Latham, K.F. (2018b). Back to the Mindful Museum. MuseLab Blog: https://www.themuselab.org/single-post/2018/03/01/Back-to-the-Mindful-Museum

Mariano, R. (2021). The Library Diplomacy Initiative: The role of foreign cultural centers in bridging culture and innovation. IFLA Webinar on Projects in the Libraries - Ideas, Innovations, Initiatives, Hague, Netherlands (Online).

Skare, R. (2022, September 21). Folkebibliotek som kunnskapsaktør 2.0. Samlingsutviklingsseminar for folkebibliotekene.  Troms og Finnmark fylkesbibliotek, Hammerfest.

Skare, R., Torquil, M., & Eleanor Rosamund, B. (Directors). (2022, August 16). Robert Flaherty’s ground-breaking documentary film Nanook of the North. In Robert Flaherty’s ground-breaking documentary film Nanook of the North. BBC Radio. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0019xnl

Skare, R., Stokstad, S., & Vårheim, A. (2020). ABM-utvikling og avvikling: Hva skjedde? Bok og Bibliotek, 81(2), 14–21. http://www.bokogbibliotek.no/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=111835:tillit-til-biblioteket&catid=123

Skare, R. (2020, January 20). Sosiale medier og digital deltakelse i bibliotek, arkiv og museer. ALMPUBs sluttkonferanse: BIBLIOTEK, ARKIV OG MUSEER SOM OFFENTLIGHETSARENAER OG MØTEPLASSER I EN DIGITAL TID, Oslo, Norway.

 Skare, R. (2018a). Gir digitalisert arkivmateriale et enklere forskerliv? Erfaringer med Robert Flahertys "Nanook of the North". Nå blir mediehistorien digital. Hva gjør vi med det? Nasjonalbiblioteket

Skare, R. (2018b). Lite brukeraktivitet og diskusjoner på bibliotekenes facebook-sider.  Bibliotekaren (Oslo) 2018. ISSN 0804-4147

Skare, R. (2018, April 17). Hva gjør egentlig biblioteket på Facebook? Nordlys, p. 8.

Vårheim, A. (2021, March 19). Public libraries and communities in disaster recovery . Facing the Post-Pandemic World Stronger Together: Cultivating Synergy Between the Library & Information Centers (LICs) and the Community [Online], Manila, Philippines

Vårheim, A. (2021). Messeltmo sentral i telehistorien. Kulturminnedagen 2021 - Dialog: De gamle telegrafene i dialogens historie, Høgtun kulturklynge, Moen i Målselv.

Vårheim, A. (2021). Bibliotek og lokalsamfunn under press. Troms og Finnmark fylkeskommune. Bibliotekpolitisk seminar, Tromsø. 

Vårheim, A., & Mariano, R. (2021). Vulnerable communities, community resilience and social capital: Challenges and opportunities for ASEAN public libraries. In 1ST ASEAN VIRTUAL REGIONAL CONFERENCE OF PUBLIC LIBRARIANS (1ST ASEAN VRCPL). 1ST ASEAN VIRTUAL REGIONAL CONFERENCE OF PUBLIC LIBRARIANS (1ST ASEAN VRCPL), Manila.

Vårheim, A. (2020, January 20)). Politikk på ABM-feltet. [Panel debate]. ALMPUBs sluttkonferanse: BIBLIOTEK, ARKIV OG MUSEER SOM OFFENTLIGHETSARENAER OG MØTEPLASSER I EN DIGITAL TID, Oslo, Norway.

Vårheim, A. (2020, September 23). Why are libraries important in crisis? [Keynote Address]. Chals 2020, Online, Gothenburg, Sweden. https://app.cristin.no/results/show.jsf?id=1832692

Vårheim, A. (2020). LAMCOM—Libraries, archives, and museums in the community. LAMCOM—Libraries, Archives, and Museums in the Community. https://en.uit.no/forskning/forskningsgrupper/gruppe?p_document_id=534721

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Andreas VårheimProfessor (Group leader)

Andreas Vårheim  –  Professor

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E-mail: andreas.varheim@uit.no

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Gaute BarlindhaugAssistant Professor

Gaute Barlindhaug  –  Assistant Professor

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E-mail: gaute.barlindhaug@uit.no

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Roswitha SkareProfessor

Roswitha Skare  –  Professor

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E-mail: roswitha.skare@uit.no

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Geir Grenersenemeriti

Geir Grenersen  –  emeriti

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E-mail: ggr002@post.uit.no

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Monica GriniAssociate Professor

Monica Grini  –  Associate Professor

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Position: Associate Professor

E-mail: monica.grini@uit.no

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Sunniva EvjenAssociate Professor

Sunniva Evjen  –  Associate Professor

Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet)

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Position: Associate Professor

E-mail: sunniva.evjen@oslomet.no

Homepage: https://www.oslomet.no/om/ansatt/suev/

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Harald LindbackAssociate Professor; State Archivist

Harald Lindback  –  Associate Professor; State Archivist

The National Archives of Norway

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Position: Associate Professor; State Archivist

E-mail: harlin@arkivverket.no

Homepage: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harald-lindbach-7b356a1a/

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Kiersten F. Latham President/CEO for Sauder Village; Director & Associate Professor

Kiersten F. Latham  –   President/CEO for Sauder Village; Director & Associate Professor

Sauder Village; Michigan State University

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Position: President/CEO for Sauder Village; Director & Associate Professor

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Noah LenstraAssociate Professor

Noah Lenstra  –  Associate Professor

Library and Information Science Department, University of North Carolina Greensboro

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Position: Associate Professor

E-mail: njlenstr@uncg.edu

Homepage: https://soe.uncg.edu/directory/faculty-and-staff/bio-noahlenstra/

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Helena FranckeAcademic librarian; Associate Prof/Docent

Helena Francke  –  Academic librarian; Associate Prof/Docent

University of Gothenburg; University of Borås

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Position: Academic librarian; Associate Prof/Docent

E-mail: helena.francke@hb.se

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LAMCOM – Libraries, archives, and museums in the community

The LAMCOM research group is in the Department of Language and Culture at UIT The Arctic University of Norway. The LAMCOM group is in full operation since 2018.

LAMCOM was a core partner in the international research project The ALM-field, digitalization, and the public sphere (ALMPUB). The ALMPUB project, which started in 2016, and ran through 2020, was  funded by the Research  Council of Norway and the KULMEDIA program. The international partners included Scandinavian, German, Swiss, Hungarian, and U.S. universities.

Presently LAMCOM research focuses Sami national museums and cultural centers' roles in community resilience.

LAMCOM – Libraries, archives, and museums in the community