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| Authors: | E M Campos |
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| Institution: | Department of Librarianship, Queensland Institute of Technology, G.P.O. Box 2434, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia. |
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| Abstract: | AbstractA practicing profession’s bond to the university accentuates the profession’s mode of knowledge creation and dissemination. Social work journals are seen to facilitate the growth and development of scientifically based knowledge in the profession. The literature reports that in the social work profession social work practitioners do not read a great deal of research articles in journals, do not contribute many articles to scholarly journals, do not write many articles based on empirical research, and are not influenced by social work theory. Grey documentation is presented as an additional source of knowledge for the social work practitioner. Its characteristics, subject areas, mode of presentation and sources are seen as making it conducive for use by social work practitioners. A proposal for the dissemination of grey documentation in social work is made. |
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| Keywords: | Academic librarians research competencies training human resources |
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