THE PUBLISHING PROBLEM—A KITE FOR POLICY MAKERS

Abstract

The communications block is undeniable and its removal imperative. No modern society—and least of all Britain—can prosper unless it hastens the process which translates original thought into executive decision, and amongst the activities which contribute to this end few are as important as an improvement in the methods whereby the results of research achieve publication in journal and book. Yet, as we sit in common‐room and committee‐room debating current difficulties, it would be as well if from time to time we were to accept the fact that not all research is vital to anyone but the researcher and that not all publication is essential. It would be fatuous if we were to organize improvement and enlargement in order to make possible an even larger block.

Citation

MORPURGO, J.E. (1965), "THE PUBLISHING PROBLEM—A KITE FOR POLICY MAKERS", Journal of Documentation, Vol. 21 No. 4, pp. 236-249. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb026369