Boken är en festskrift till Bibliotekshögskolans 50-årsjubileum. Den innehåller bidrag av 22 skribenter som har eller har haft stor betydelse för institutionens liv och utveckling. Tillsammans formar texterna ett brokigt porträtt av Bibliotekshögskolans tidigare och nuvarande verksamhet, med vissa inslag av framtidsspaningar.

Since the 1980s educational methods in Swedish schools gradually moved from teacher-directed instruction to student-centred learning. Students work with problem-based tasks on topics related to school subjects. This type of work, based on constructivist views of learning, involves students’ independent information seeking and use. The strengthened roles for school libraries linked to the changing teaching practices provided rich empirical settings for research on information seeking and learning. This chapter presents an overview of Swedish research on information activities in school library contexts. Findings emphasize particular dimensions of information literacy, including critical searching for information, determining credibility and trust, and meaning-making about information infrastructures that partly reshape more traditional views. Research findings contributed to raising political interest, as evidenced in government proposals in Sweden to strengthen school libraries. Implications of library science involvement in an interdisciplinary centre of excellence are discussed. 

Viewpoints to ISIC 2020 touching on ISIC as a forum for INSU/Information Behaviour/Information practices research, grounded on personal experiences of ISIC during 24 years, since 1996. Commenting on ISIC as a research community including observations on achievements, some shortcomings and remarks on key issues from a personal point of view.