The information industry in the year 2000

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Kent, A.K.^{; *}

Affiliations: Kent-Barlow Information Associates, London, U.K.

Note: [*] Paper presented at the 1980 Anniversary Conference of EUSIDIC, Bled, Yugoslavia, 23 September 1980.

Abstract: The present state of the information industry is compared to that in 1960; from that comparison some predictions are being made for the next 20-year period. The further development of the information industry will be determined by three factors: technological innovation, socio-economic developments and the ability of industry to produce viable systems. A trend towards unification of components of the industry is predicted, together with one of elimination of intermediaries in the information flow.

DOI: 10.3233/ISU-1981-1103

Journal: Information Services & Use, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 11-15, 1981