Spanning the theory-practice divide in library and information science
By: Bill Crowley.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
Subjects: Information science.; Library science.; Learning and scholarship.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.211-229) and index.
Table of contents: title: Theorizing for diverging contexts : why research results and theory development are so little used outside the campus; title: Developing a research philosophy; title: The revival of pragmatism; title: Tacit knowledge: bridging the theory-practice divide; title: The academic as practitioner; title: The practitioner as academic: adjunct facility/lecturers; title: Other worlds of practice: the field practitioner; title: Other worlds of practice: the consultant; title: Theory and revelation; title: The foundations for building bridges.