Abstract
In the last few years the message has become gradually more accepted that information is valuable and is worth paying for. This recognition enables us to put the whole future of libraries and information services on a totally new basis. If industry accepts that by spending money on searching and analysing information it can both save itself a lot of money and also help to identify exploitable ideas, we might then see the beginnings of a breakthrough.
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