"Research in scholarly and professional fields is a discursive practice in which ideas are formulated, debated, and weighed against one another over extended periods of time. Instead of seeking discrete answers to complex problems, experts understand that a given issue may be characterized by several competing perspectives as part of an ongoing conversation in which information users and creators come together and negotiate meaning. "
Source: ACRL Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education
Das Gelehrtengespräch (The Scholarly Conversation) by Josef Wagner-Höhenberg (1870–1939)
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