MEMBERS' FORUM The FUTURE OF DOCUMENTATION IN APPLIED CHEMISTRY: The ROLE OF INDUSTRY

The chemical industry has developed and used documentation services perhaps to a greater degree than any other industry. This has arisen because of the necessity for a progressive and research‐minded outlook in a very competitive industry where development of new and improved products is necessary for existence. Many firms have documentation centres of their own, collecting their information from sources both within the firm and outside, while those firms who do not have documentation centres of their own, for economic or other reasons, have available to them well‐organized documentation and information services from outside sources such as the research and trade associations.