Knowledge Shop
One meaning of "knowledge shops" are institutions or services within higher education in which it is possible to request investigations for a fee. It is an attempt to strengthen the connections between students and teachers in higher education and their actual or potential users. The quote below (in Danish) contains a suggestion for establishing a knowledge shop (Danish: Vidensbutik) in the field of Library and Information Science.
"Vi laver for mange teoretiske opgaver på Biblioteksskolen. Med det postulat som udgangspunkt, kom vi på den idé, at vi fremover vil skabe en form for vidensbutik, der vil kunne formidle kontakten mellem spændende undersøgelsesområder ude i bibliotekarernes virkelige verden. " (Kragh-Nielsen, 1995).
It is difficult to find literature about knowledge shops, and the idea may have been a short-living one.
Literature:
Kragh-Nielsen, H. H. (1995). Et nyt samarbejde for de studerende. Over broen. http://web.archive.org/web/20030115002641/http://ix.db.dk/ob/gammel_ob/ob19/7.HTM
Birger Hjørland
Last edited: 21-05-2006