Connections between research and practice in the information literacy narrative: A mapping of the literature and some propositions
2014 (English)In: Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, ISSN 0961-0006, E-ISSN 1741-6477, Vol. 48, no 4, p. 313-321Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The relationship between research and professional practice, often described in terms of a ‘gap’, is a topical issue involving stakeholders such as researchers, practitioners and policy-makers. Within the area of information literacy it is increasingly emphasized that practitioners make use of research and that research is conducted on problems relevant to practice. From a wide perspective, this paper discusses and identifies in the information literacy literature three different strands relating to research, practice and policy-making for information literacy. On the basis of a small-scale bibliometric investigation of samples of literature representing the identified strands, it is concluded that interconnections between the strands are weak. The results of the bibliometric study are discussed in the light of previous research on the relationship between research and practice. It is proposed that the research-based discussion on research and practice would benefit from a more nuanced terminology and by abandoning the prevailing gap-metaphor.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sage Publications Ltd. , 2014. Vol. 48, no 4, p. 313-321
Keywords [en]
Informationspraktiker
National Category
Social Sciences
Research subject
Library and Information Science
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-2058DOI: 10.1177/0961000614559140Local ID: 2320/14728OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hb-2058DiVA, id: diva2:870139
Note
This study was conducted within the frame of the Linnaeus
Centre for Research on Learning, Interaction and Mediated
Communication in Contemporary Society (LinCS) at the
University of Gothenburg and the University of Borås, Sweden.
The author would also like to thank Dr Gustaf Nelhans for assistance
with HistCite.
2015-11-132015-11-132017-09-11Bibliographically approved