News archive

2015-01-15
In the beginning of the new year 2015, the usability lab was visited by Jenny Friedl and Lars Eriksson from the Psychology department at Karlstad University. Discussions about collaboration between Psychology and Information Systems in course assignments and students' project works. The meeting started by Prof. John Sören Pettersson and lab assistant Malin Wik visiting the psychologists' lab.        
2015-01-15
In the beginning of the new year 2015, the usability lab was visited by Jenny Friedl and Lars Eriksson from the Psychology department at Karlstad University. Discussions about collaboration between Psychology and Information Systems in course assignments and students' project works. The meeting started by Prof. John Sören Pettersson and lab assistant Malin Wik visiting the psychologists' lab.        
2015-01-07
The library has ended the subscription of e-books from ebrary from 1 january 2015. The ebrary-collection contained approximately 118,000 titles. Instead, we now subscribe to EBSCO eBook Collection containing approximately 130,000 titles. You can search the new e-books from EBSCO in OneSearch or directly in EBSCO eBook Collection. Soon you will also be able to search them in the library catalog and in Libris. The old e-books from ebrary has been removed from the library catalog.
2015-01-07
The library has ended the subscription of e-books from ebrary from 1 january 2015. The ebrary-collection contained approximately 118,000 titles. Instead, we now subscribe to EBSCO eBook Collection containing approximately 130,000 titles. You can search the new e-books from EBSCO in OneSearch or directly in EBSCO eBook Collection. Soon you will also be able to search them in the library catalog and in Libris. The old e-books from ebrary has been removed from the library catalog.
2014-12-19
Autumn 2014 students Marcus Nygren (study programme IT-Design) and Jonatan Lidholm (Webb and Multimedia) had their internships at Karlstad University's usability lab. During their internship they have further developed a few functions in the web-based Ozlab system which will facilitate the work of future Ozlab wizards.
2014-12-19
Autumn 2014 students Marcus Nygren (study programme IT-Design) and Jonatan Lidholm (Webb and Multimedia) had their internships at Karlstad University's usability lab. During their internship they have further developed a few functions in the web-based Ozlab system which will facilitate the work of future Ozlab wizards.
2014-12-16
On December 17th Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius Foundation announced the recipients of this autumn’s scholarships. The Foundation promotes Postgraduate studies at foreign universities, and one of the recipients is Henrik öhlin, Ph D student at CTF. Congratulations Henrik, you are one of the recipients of the scholarship! - Thank you! I am both happy and proud to receive this scholarship.
2014-12-16
On December 17th Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius Foundation announced the recipients of this autumn’s scholarships. The Foundation promotes Postgraduate studies at foreign universities, and one of the recipients is Henrik öhlin, Ph D student at CTF. Congratulations Henrik, you are one of the recipients of the scholarship! - Thank you! I am both happy and proud to receive this scholarship.
2014-12-15

New database – Amadeus

News » 2014-12-15
Amadeus contains detailed information on private and public companies across Europe. What information does Amadeus contain? Company information for both Western and Eastern Europe Company financials in a standard format so you can compare companies across borders Financial strength indicators Directors Images of report and accounts for listed companies Stock prices for listed companies Detailed corporate structures Market research Busin
2014-12-15

New database – Amadeus

News » 2014-12-15
Amadeus contains detailed information on private and public companies across Europe. What information does Amadeus contain? Company information for both Western and Eastern Europe Company financials in a standard format so you can compare companies across borders Financial strength indicators Directors Images of report and accounts for listed companies Stock prices for listed companies Detailed corporate structures Market research Busin
2014-12-10
The library computer system upgrade was successful! The library computer system was upgraded tuesday 9 december after 16:30. This meant that we had to turn off the system during the evening and it was impossible to borrow in the "bokautomaterna" or to return. Wednesday 10 December are both loans and return back to normal function
2014-12-10
The library computer system upgrade was successful! The library computer system was upgraded tuesday 9 december after 16:30. This meant that we had to turn off the system during the evening and it was impossible to borrow in the "bokautomaterna" or to return. Wednesday 10 December are both loans and return back to normal function
2014-12-09
Tuesday evening our library system will be upgraded to a new version. Today Tuesday we will upgrade the library system. The system will be down during Tuesday evening starting 16.30. During this time it will not be possible to borrow books in the self check out stations or to renew your loans. If you urgently need to borrow something, please turn to staff at the issue desk.
2014-12-09
Tuesday evening our library system will be upgraded to a new version. Today Tuesday we will upgrade the library system. The system will be down during Tuesday evening starting 16.30. During this time it will not be possible to borrow books in the self check out stations or to renew your loans. If you urgently need to borrow something, please turn to staff at the issue desk.
2014-12-09

New Ph D Students

News » 2014-12-09
CTF expands, and during the last two months we have three new colleagues. Here is a short presentation of our new Ph D Students. Johan Högberg, Ph D Student in Psychology, will conduct his research within the field of Transformative Service Research with Professor Per Kristensson as main supervisor.
2014-12-09

New Ph D Students

News » 2014-12-09
CTF expands, and during the last two months we have three new colleagues. Here is a short presentation of our new Ph D Students. Johan Högberg, Ph D Student in Psychology, will conduct his research within the field of Transformative Service Research with Professor Per Kristensson as main supervisor.
2014-12-05
You are now back in Spain after spending four months at CTF. What were your expectations before you came here, and what have you achieved during your visit? - My expectations before coming here were basically: learning new ways of working and presenting my research at an international level, deepening my dissertation research with the brilliant researchers of CTF, attending research courses, and trying to build partnerships for future research.
2014-12-05
You are now back in Spain after spending four months at CTF. What were your expectations before you came here, and what have you achieved during your visit? - My expectations before coming here were basically: learning new ways of working and presenting my research at an international level, deepening my dissertation research with the brilliant researchers of CTF, attending research courses, and trying to build partnerships for future research.
2014-12-05
CTF’s efforts to develop groundbreaking theoretical knowledge has resulted in multidisciplinary research themes: Service Innovation, Service Management, and Service Experience. Based on these themes CTF is now developing a crosscutting theme on Transformative Service Research, TSR. It is a relatively new field in service research and is increasingly getting more attention in academia.
2014-12-05
CTF’s efforts to develop groundbreaking theoretical knowledge has resulted in multidisciplinary research themes: Service Innovation, Service Management, and Service Experience. Based on these themes CTF is now developing a crosscutting theme on Transformative Service Research, TSR. It is a relatively new field in service research and is increasingly getting more attention in academia.