INFORMATION ALCHEMY - TRANSFORMING INFORMATION THROUGH KNOWLEDGE UTILIZATION

Strategies for knowledge utilization in the health and social service fields have many conceptual linkages with the field of information sci ence. Knowledge utilization involves interventions aimed at increasing the use of knowledge to solve human problems. A review of definitions of various subfields included under this term is followed by a discus sion of the historical evolution of knowledge utilization concepts and practices. Basic principles and strategies are presented, along with key issues confronting the field for the 1990s. Areas of current and f uture interaction with information science also are discussed.