Karen Johanne Buset

About

Head of Library section for Teaching and Learning Support at NTNU UB. We are responsible for UB delivering timetable-integrated/tailored teaching and open courses to all faculties and all education levels. We are also responsible for the development and maintenance of UB's online resources and online courses in the area teaching and learning support.

Professional interests and projects

Library planning; Digital library; Next Generation Library and the library as a place; Emerging technologies and use of social media in marketing and communication; Learning technologies; Professional development; National and international cooperation

Benchmarking project of three European health libraries
Chair of the local organizing committee for the international conference emtacl10 (Emerging Technologies in Academic Libraries) in Trondheim 2010, chair of IPC for emtacl12, and member of the IPC for emtacl15.
Member of the program comitee for VIRAK - the bi-annual conference for university and academic libraries in Norway 2017 and 2022.
Chair for the local organizing committee for EAHIL 2023 workshop i Trondheim
European Association for Health Information and Libraries, Council member for Norway 2007-2010, Member of the EAHIL Executive Board from 2011-21.

Background

Bachelor in Library Science (1977) and Science Master study program in ICT (1985) from Norwegian School of Library and Information Science
Worked in medical libraries for most of my professional career, starting at the NTNU University Library, Medical Library in Trondheim in 1990.
2000-2009: research librarian, responsible for user education and with projects in areas as e-learning, learning technology standards, information literacy, web-based tutorials, web accessibility¸ new technologies in libraries and library planning
2010-2022: Head of section. Responsible for planning the new Medicine and Health library in Trondheim together with the library at the University College in Trondheim
From 2022: Head of Library section for Teaching and Learning Support

Publications

2015

Buset, Karen Johanne; Kvam, Anne Mari Selven; Nordrum, Ivar Skjåk; Strypet, Hanne; Sylvester, Morten; Ødegården, Mona; Aadahl, Petter; Selvaag, Elisabeth; Flo, Trude Helen. (2015) UNG HELSE. UNG HELSE [Kunstnerisk og museal presentasjon] . Medisinsk Museumsutvalg StOH og DMF-NTNU; Kunnskapssenteret. 2015-12-01.
Museum exhibition

2014

Buset, Karen Johanne; Kilvik, Astrid. (2014) Et neste-generasjonsbibliotek. Bibliotekforum. volum 39 (2).
Article
Nordrum, Ivar Skjåk; Strypet, Hanne; Sylvester, Morten; Buset, Karen Johanne; Kvam, Anne Mari Selven; Aadahl, Petter. (2014) Fra kalde isfjell til varme hjerter. Medisinsk museum i Kunnskapsenteret [Kunstnerisk og museal presentasjon] . Museumsutvalget St. Olavs Hospital og Det medisinske fakultet; Trondheim. 2014-01-30 - 2015-08-31.
Museum exhibition

Journal publications

Buset, Karen Johanne; Kilvik, Astrid. (2014) Et neste-generasjonsbibliotek. Bibliotekforum. volum 39 (2).
Article
Haglund, L.; Buset, Karen Johanne; Kristiansen, HM; Ovaska, T. (2012) International trends in health science librarianship: part 3-the Nordic countries. Health Information and Libraries Journal. volum 29 (3).
Academic article
Kvale, Sigvor; Buset, Karen Johanne. (2007) VIKO - an e-learning tool for information literacy support to all students. InfoTrend : nordisk tidskrift för informationsspecialister. volum 62 (3).
Academic article
Buset, Karen Johanne; Berg, Kari. (2004) Fleksibilitet i fremtidas bibliotek : referat fra EAHIL 2004 - Santander, Spania. SMH-nytt. volum 29 (3).
Popular scientific article
Buset, Karen Johanne; Kvale, Sigvor. (2004) VIKO: The road to information literacy. Scandinavian Public Library Quarterly. volum 37 (3).
Academic article

UTSTILLING

Buset, Karen Johanne; Kvam, Anne Mari Selven; Nordrum, Ivar Skjåk; Strypet, Hanne; Sylvester, Morten; Ødegården, Mona; Aadahl, Petter; Selvaag, Elisabeth; Flo, Trude Helen. (2015) UNG HELSE. UNG HELSE [Kunstnerisk og museal presentasjon] . Medisinsk Museumsutvalg StOH og DMF-NTNU; Kunnskapssenteret. 2015-12-01.
Museum exhibition
Nordrum, Ivar Skjåk; Strypet, Hanne; Sylvester, Morten; Buset, Karen Johanne; Kvam, Anne Mari Selven; Aadahl, Petter. (2014) Fra kalde isfjell til varme hjerter. Medisinsk museum i Kunnskapsenteret [Kunstnerisk og museal presentasjon] . Museumsutvalget St. Olavs Hospital og Det medisinske fakultet; Trondheim. 2014-01-30 - 2015-08-31.
Museum exhibition

Media

2012

Poster

Buset, Karen Johanne; Kilvik, Astrid. (2012) Collaboration for the next-generation medical and health science library. EAHIL 2012 Conference Health Information without frontiers . European Association for Health Informatjon and Libraries; Brussel. 2012-07-04 - 2012-07-06.
Popular scientific lecture

Buset, Karen Johanne; Kilvik, Astrid. (2012) Nytt, integrert bibliotek for medisin, helse og sosialfag i Trondheim. SMH-dagene 2012 . Spesialgruppen for medisin og helsefag/NBF; Gjøvik. 2012-09-10 - 2012-09-12.

2010

Academic lecture

Løkse, Mariann Cesilie; Buset, Karen Johanne. (2010) What happens next? Life after 2.0-training in academic libraries. EMTACL 2010 . NTNU; Trondheim. 2010-04-26 - 2010-04-28.

2009

Academic lecture

Buset, Karen Johanne; Kvale, Sigvor; Andersen, Rune Martin. (2009) WikiVIKO : Information Literacy on a Wiki Platform - or how to secure equal Access for Students with Disabilities. Eahil 2009 Workshop Working with Others: Explore, Engage, Extend! . EAHIL; Dublin. 2009-06-02 - 2009-06-05.
Academic lecture

Buset, Karen Johanne; van den Brekel, Guus. (2009) Web technologies for libraries. Transfer of knowledge VIII: Providing and managing evidence based health information . Nordic-Baltic Association for Medical and Health Information; St. Petersburg. 2009-06-16 - 2009-06-18.

Språkvelger

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