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Converging Knowledge: Networking the Gap between Public Librarians and Researchers
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posted on 2015-10-07, 17:43 authored by Shannon Crawford BarniskisShannon Crawford Barniskis, Adriana McCleer, Renee Bennett-Kapusniak, Jennifer Thiele, Joyce M. LathamThis project was presented at ALISE 2014. It highlights the early results of an extensive study in how public librarians use national research data, what research questions they feel are unanswered, and how they view the pressing problems of librarianship. This project also sought to bridge the gap between practitioners and scholars, and marked the beginning of an open-access public library collaboratory: https://publiclibraryleaders.wordpress.com