Åsne Ø. Høgetveit Senior Academic Librarian
Worktitle
Senior Academic Librarian
Job description
Senior Academic Librarian at the University Library, subject librarian for Slavic, Baltic, and Scandinavian languages and literature, child protection, and social work.
I am a member of the library's working group for systematic and structured literature searches. Among other responsibilities, we develop and maintain an online resource for literature search.
In addition, I serve as a member of the University Library's literature committee. The committee oversees the library's budget for literature and advises the director on matters concerning our collection and portfolio.
I am also a substitute teacher in contemporary Russian history at the Department of Archaeology, History, Religious Studies, and Theology in the spring of 2026.
Research interests
Russian culture (especially film and literature), Russian history, and gender studies.
Teaching
I teach information literacy and advanced academic search and source management on all levels.
In spring 2025 I co-teach two subjects about contemporary Russian history at The Department of Archaeology, History, Religious Studies and Theology.
In the period 2015-2018 I co-taught in UiT's courses about older Russian history (RUS-1210), introduction to Russian literature (RUS-1110), contemporary Russian culture and politics (RUS-1115), Russian media and media language (RUS-2021), and madness in Russian literature (RUS-2110)
