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CONTROL OF COMMERCIALLY CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION IN REPORTS

K.E. JERMY (Senior Editor, Library and Information Department, Reactor Group HQ, UKAEA)

Aslib Proceedings

ISSN: 0001-253X

Article publication date: 1 August 1966

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Abstract

I shall be discussing the problem that faces all large organizations which employ research scientists in the fields of applied research and technology, i.e. fields in which results having commercial value are produced. This problem is not met, or not met to the same extent, in laboratories engaged in fundamental research, such as university laboratories. Here, although new knowledge often leads ultimately to commercial applications, it is usually not of immediate commercial value, and so the results can be published freely, and staff engaged on such work would be indignant at any proposal to restrict their right to publish results freely. Research in university laboratories sponsored by firms or commercial organizations, however, presents the same problems as these which we are discussing.

Citation

JERMY, K.E. (1966), "CONTROL OF COMMERCIALLY CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION IN REPORTS", Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 18 No. 8, pp. 218-223. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb050060

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MCB UP Ltd

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