AN ELECTRONIC SOCIAL-WORK KNOWLEDGE-BASE - A STRATEGY FOR GLOBAL INFORMATION SHARING

The establishment of an internationally linked electronic knowledge ba se by social work educators and practitioners could advance the global dissemination of social work information. This Internet-accessible re pository would allow for the creation of a peer-reviewed electronic jo urnal, immediate retrieval of recent papers, sharing of electronic cou rseware, and archiving of research databases, and would provide a foru m for addressing emerging social problems. The creation of a social wo rk international informational resources linkage (SWIIRL) for the adva ncement of social work education and practice is proposed and describe d.