Introduction to the special series of papers on informing each other: Bridging the gap between researcher and practitioners

Informing Science

Volumn 6, Issue , 2003, Pages 13-19

  Fitzgerald, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Information Science; Information Systems; Relevance and Rigour; Theory and Practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 18344378086     PISSN: 15214672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.28945/510     Document Type: Article

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