Maria Kronqvist-Berg Email & Phone Number

Maria Kronqvist-Berg is currently the public library manager in the municipality of Korsholm. She was the library manager in the Municipality of Malax 2013-2018. She attained a PhD in information studies in 2014. She has been a researcher and a doctoral student at the Department of Information Studies, Åbo Akademi University and a member of the research project Library 2.0 – a new participatory context funded by the Academy of Finland. In connection to the project she has co-authored a book and several articles and presented her research at both national and international conferences. She also co-organized the first Information Science and Social Media – International Conference (ISSOME) in Turku 2011 and co-edited its conference proceedings. Kronqvist-Berg received her MSc from the Department of Information Studies, Åbo Akademi University in 2007.Specialties: Current research interests are information activities, users, library professionals, social media and public libraries.

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  Åbo Akademi University

  Information Studies