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I must start by congratulating Aslib on its 60th anniversary. It is a great pleasure to speak at this celebratory conference, and I am even happier that I can do so in a godfatherly way, as representing not only CICI, of which Aslib is a member, but also The Publishers Association. We enjoy a friendly rivalry, with the emphasis on the word friendly, because even if at times our interests do not coincide, there has to be a clear recognition that both the producers and the users of books and information are in the same game together. Indeed, it is a commonplace these days that we are all both ‘providers’ and ‘users’ of information, all of us in our industry drawing upon information provided by others and providing our own information to our own customers. It's an unending cycle, and we are in it together, all with the need to maintain the viability and success of the whole operation.