Research and practice have a symbiotic relationship. Interesting research problems often
arise from practice. Scholars attempt to isolate problems for research purposes and then
provide solutions to practitioners for implementation. Partnerships between researchers and
practitioners are fundamental to the design of current funding initiatives, encouraging such
relationships. Universities are ever more eager to establish partnerships between scholars and
industry, in hopes of cross-fertilizing ideas and acquiring new funding sources.
Christine L. Borgman, p.229 of “What are digital libraries? Competing visions” in Information Processing and Management, 35 (1999)
Moderately random paragraph in the article that speaks to the disconnect and potential complementary nature of UX practice v. academia. Looking forward to some rumored PhillyCHI events this winter around that topic!
And as much as I will complain and stress out for the next 11 weeks, I have to admit it feels good to read grad class articles again…Even though I’m jittery on caffeine and banging my head against the weekly Sunday 11:59pm deadline as usual.
