Forskarnas galleri är en plats för tvärvetenskaplig samverkan där universitetets forskning gestaltas i form av utställningar. Detta sker i en samproduktion mellan bibliotekarier och universitetets forskare. I kapitlet beskrivs bibliotekariens roll som kurator för utställningarna.

In spring 2021, the authors of this article ran staff focus groups to explore stories about the impact of COVID-19 on the librarians who work at Malmö university library. In what way have their work tasks and the work situation changed during the COVID-19 pandemic? What have they learned from the experiences and what do they want to develop after the pandemic? Three strong themes emerged: the digital shift, remote working and the library as place. The findings were that the pandemic has created a reality of remote working and learning in higher education. In designing the future library we need to capitalise on the gains of the digitalisation as well as address the potential issues, including loneliness, isolation and motivation. 

The Researchers' Gallery at Malmö University Library shows current research in exhibitions, co-created bylibrarians and researchers. The library invites all visitors to take part in and learn more about the research processand outcome. In an academic yet informal setting, the library offers a credible space for research communication.The Researchers' Gallery is a space for students, researchers and the society to meet, and encourage cross-borderknowledge creation. The Researchers’ Gallery has become a platform for continuing collaboration betweenresearchers and between researchers and librarians. Exhibited research now has a natural and an integrated placein the learning environment of the library and at the university

This exhibition places the concept "idyll" into a context of Swedish literary history and popular culture by highlighting works from different periods. The idyll has been, and is, used to express a critique of modernity, by advocate alternative life styles and ways of organizing society. Meet the authors Karl-Erik Forsslund (1872-1941), Vilhelm Moberg (1898-1973) and Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002), the protest singer Bernt Staf (1945-2002) and the blogger Clara Lidström (1986-). These writers all share a number of basic genre traits, and they also illustrate how the idyll as a disrespected genre has adapted itself to the development of popular media outlets – from the novel to the blog via the LP-record. Green waves and red cottages runs during the period of May 9th to October 19th 2019. The exhibition is part of the research project, Back to the homestead. The idyll as a critical and aesthetic discourse in Swedish literature funded by Riksbankens jubileumsfond.

Cancer is a term used for about 200 different diseases. What they all have in common is that the cells in the body start to divide uncontrollably. In 2018 there were 18 million cancer cases around the world. In Sweden, approximately every third person will be diagnosed with a cancer disease at some point during their lifetime.A major challenge for science is to find ways to diagnose and treat these diseases. At Malmö university a new generation of chemists, physicists and biologists work in two international networks, BioCapture and GlycoImaging. Their research focus on designing plastic antibodies, bullets. The bullets are cheap to produce and aim to detect cancer cells at an early stage.

The two projects are coordinated by Börje Sellergren and Anette Gjörloff Wingren, who train and tutor 19 PhD students. This exhibition highlights the interdisciplinary work of the PhD’s and their importance for the cancer research.

In 2018, Malmö University is celebrating its 20th anniversary with lectures, conferences, popular science talks, debates and exhibitions. In this exhibition, the library presents research from Malmö University’s five faculties. Research is a complex process, which questions, investigates and develops new aspects of the world. In this way, research fields are constantly moving forward. Results are disseminated in many ways, for example through scholarly publication, collaboration, researcher networks or exhibitions. When research findings reach a wider audience, they are presented in a simplified form and often out of context. This means that research findings presented in the media are often misinterpreted. Individual findings are part of a greater whole and are therefore not well suited for news headlines. This exhibition highlights the importance of reviewing information critically and encourages the visitor to think about whether you relate to news with your reason or with your emotions. Malmö University partakes in the VA (Public & Science) campaign #hurvetdudet (Eng.: How do you know that?). The aim of the campaign is to increase the knowledge of politicians and the public about what science is, how it is done, how different research findings can be evaluated and why research-based knowledge is needed as a basis for decisions about the development of society.

All around us sensors collect data, which is analyzed to figure out how to save energy, how much insulin to inject, where the closest rental bike is located, how many people are still inside a building that is on fire… This fast-spreading technology is called the Internet of Things, or IoT for short. People have the power, or do we really? How much do we value our privacy? What internet connected gadgets will help us lead a healthy, sustainable life – and what gadgets will only increase our stress level? When does use become abuse? This exhibition explores how IoT affects people, society and industry. You are welcome to try out IoT through demos and hands-on experiences based on research projects at Malmö University. Research projects in the exhibition: Emergent Configuration for IoT Systems (ECOS+), Smart energy management and security (SEMS), Fair Data, Walk the ward, Dynamic Intelligent Sensor-Intensive Systems (DISS), PELARS project and Busrunner are presented in the "IOTAP-lab"

At Malmö University, research questions often arise in collaboration between researchers, citizens, practitioners and sectors. This research is important to communicate because an open dialogue between science and society contributes to the use and understanding of the research results. In the project "The Researchers' Gallery", librarians and researchers collaborate to visualize the research in an exhibition at the library. The work establishes a platform for meetings and interdisciplinary cooperation. The gallery offers visitors both informal learning and active research communication.

In these times where news and facts are challenged and the discussion of knowledge resistance is highlighted, there is an increased need for strengthening the information literacy competencies among students as well as the public in general. At the same time, universities and their researchers have a need for making their research tangible and for communicating it to the surrounding community. In this project, we meet these demands by presenting research in the form of exhibitions in the most accessible place of the University – the library. University libraries in Sweden are used daily by researchers and students as well as the public and they are a possible link in the dissemination of knowledge to society. The foundation of the project is to bridge the boundary between the work of libraries in the area of formal scholarly communication and the activities of research or science communication, i.e. communication not targeting the academic society, but being part of public involvement. The aim is to create enhanced opportunities for research communication in the library space and to bring together the two strands of information literacy work and dissemination of research results performed by librarians. The library is a place for creation and use of academic knowledge as well as an informal learning environment. The focus is this physical setting and the library as a credible place where communication of research in an exhibition is developed in close collaboration between librarians and researchers and in a format that is interactive, attractive and accessible. The idea is to develop the visitors’ (students, researchers, staff, students from other universities and residents in the city etc.) information literacy and foster a critical stance to news and presentations of research findings. The exhibitions are created to encourage continued learning, for example by connecting the theme of the exhibited research to the library collections for further reading. The key to success is the teamwork that is developed with the researchers and the librarians. The collaboration is not only part of creating the exhibitions, but gives unique opportunities and has explicit synergies in terms of furthering other collaborations among the researchers themselves as well as with the library as a whole, facilitating collection development and fostering the librarians’ knowledge of current research at the university. One concrete result of the project is a model for designing sustainable exhibitions in which the possibilities of a new role for the librarian as a curator-librarian and the library as the credible place is explored. A web-based, five-step model is made available for other libraries - of any size and type - that wish to communicate science and research to their users. The five steps include: idea formation, planning, production, exhibition period, closing. Each step includes a description of the stage in the process, a specific checklist, the reflections on insights from the project and further reading. 

The core of the exhibition is a presentation of six researchers, linked to the Center for Sexology and Sexual Studies, presenting their respective fields of research. The exhibition also consists of a timeline with stops in Swedish sexuality history, a curiosity cabinet and a collection of literature. The visitors can leave comments or ask questions to the researchers in a mailbox. The questions and the answers are then projected on the wall for everyone to see. Two public talks are held and filmed; “Sex and Power” and “Theme Erotic Literature”. The art project "Kiss" (an interpretation of the song of Songs) by the priest and artist Kent Wisti and the author Maria Küchen can also be seen in the exhibition.

The city of Malmö inhabits about 330,000 people. Half of them are under 35 years and one fifth is under 18 years old. In Space & Place two research groups present how children and adolescents experience some of the urban spaces in Malmö. The exhibition highlights different methods in the research process. These research projects are examples of how Malmö University contributes to a socially sustainable Malmö.

In Sweden, the tradition of working-class literature is stronger than in many other countries. However, the history this literature has been very masculine. Maria Sandel is sometimes called our first female working-class author. And, for a long time, she was also considered to be our only female working-class writer. Even during the Golden Age of working-class literature in the 1930s, women were few. The most famous one from this period is Moa Martinsson. Today the situation is different. The latest breakthrough for working-class literature is led by women, who, in several ways, have renewed the tradition. Daria Bogdanska, for example, has contributed to the rise of working-class comics, which is often more humoristic and explicitly political than traditional forms of working-class literature. In the exhibition, female working-class writers in Sweden are presented in a timeline, movies and dioramas. The exhibition includes the authors' works and a selection of relevant literature on the topic. A summary of research and education in the subject area at Malmö University is also included.

What opportunities do dental hygienists have to search for information in his or her daily professional life? Do dental technicians continue to update their skills after graduation? Do private dental practitioners have access to databases? Are graduating students experiencing that training in information literacy is relevant in their professional life? These questions gave birth to the idea to study if and in what ways dental hygienists, dental technicians and dentists are searching for information in their professional life, and which information resources they have access. Through a study of this kind we were hoping to evaluate our work with teaching information literacy. We sent a survey to 164 students that had graduated from the Faculty of Odontology during the years 2005-2009, and got 97 responses. From the responses we have seen that the most frequently used resources were Google, books, colleagues and journals. A far larger percentage of those who work within the public sector and universities have access to a library than those within the private sector. We have observed differences between the three professional groups in terms of search patterns and choice of sources. 79 % of the respondents answered that they benefit from what they learned through the library's instruction and guidance in their work. Thus, the lack of time often determines how often, and where, the information searching is done. Many expressed that they have forgotten what they learned during their studies and comment that refreshing these skills would be beneficial. The results made us think about how we could adjust our teaching in order to prepare the students for their professional life, without cutting down on the regular teaching which the students need in order to manage their studies. How do we highlight the future usefulness of information literacy? The students who graduate from Malmo University will be a part of the surrounding society with which the library should interact. Do we inform students of the services the library can offer them as professionals?

How can we achieve the objectives related to information literacy in our teaching? This question was asked by a teacher and a librarian at Malmö University’s Faculty of Odontology. It led to a collaboration where the librarian’s teaching was fully integrated in the case studies used in the dental technician programme. This article describes the structure and implementation of a model where information literacy and problem-based learning are combined (called the IK&PBL-model). The librarian’s problem-based learning approach is characteristic of the dental education in Malmö. Examination results and course evaluations show that the IK&PBL-model seems to help to develop the students’ ability to seek information and critically examine, and produce reflections on the concept of science. As a result, the librarian’s understanding of students’ education and knowledge of odontology increased, and she achieved a greater understanding of the students’ learning process. The teacher gained an insight into students’ problems relating to information seeking and critical evaluation of sources.

Arbetsgruppen för ”Forskningskommunikation i det fysiska biblioteket” på Bibliotek och IT, Malmö högskola undersöker i detta projekt hur den egna högskolans forskning kommuniceras i de fysiska biblioteken och i vilken mån biblioteken är öppna mötesplatser. I projektrapporten redogörs för riktlinjer och rekommendationer omkring samverkan och forskningskommunikation samt för hur biblioteken deltar och skulle kunna delta i detta sammanhang. Malmö högskolas fysiska bibliotek inventeras med fokus på exponering och kommunikation av forskning och bibliotekariens roll granskas. Möjligheten att utöka kontaktytan gentemot näringslivet genom att erbjuda service till småföretag diskuteras och undersöks. Inventeringen visar att det redan idag sker en hel del forskningskommunikation i biblioteken men att det finns utvecklingsmöjligheter genom en mer medveten och strukturerad satsning. I rapporten föreslås en strategisk planering, både vad det gäller lokaler och information till bibliotekarier, för att förbättra kommunikationen. Arbetsgruppens slutsats är att biblioteken fungerar som öppna mötesplatser och är lämpliga arenor för samverkan. Ett utökat samarbete med Malmö högskolas informationsavdelning, avdelningen Innovation och utveckling samt forskningsprofilerna rekommenderas. Dessutom föreslås att biblioteken erbjuder företagsservice i mindre skala med integrerad forskningskommunikation.

Studenternas galleri är ett samarbete mellan Malmö högskolas bibliotek och Studentkåren Malmö. Artikeln beskriver arbetet med att planera en konstutställningsverksamhet i biblioteket, från idéskiss till första vernissage. Galleriet ställer ut verk av konstutövande studenter vid Malmö högskola och är ett av rummen i konceptet "the library as a village".