From punched cards to apps and iPads: Fifty-five years of the P-D-R. (June 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Clark, Andrew; Körner, Claudia; Nielsen, Henning P.
• Is Part Of: Business information review. Volume 30:Number 2(2013)
• Page Start: 96
• Page End: 101
• Publication Date: 2013-06
• Subjects: collaboration -- content licensing agreements -- e-journals -- industry forum -- information management -- innovation -- insight -- inter-company collaboration -- knowledge development -- knowledge exchange -- P-D-R -- pharma -- pharmaceutical industry -- professional association -- professional network leaders -- ringcode -- ringdoc -- sector collaboration; Business enterprises -- Information management -- Periodicals; Business information services -- Periodicals; Business -- Information resources -- Periodicals; Information storage and retrieval systems -- Business -- Periodicals; Knowledge management -- Periodicals; 658.403805
• DOI: 10.1177/0266382113489867
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0266-3821

Abstract

The Pharma Documentation Ring (P-D-R) has gone from strength to strength in the 55 years that it has existed. A leading think tank of industry professionals representing some top 20 pharmaceutical companies, the P-D-R has adapted to the challenging and changing environments in which information professionals in today's environment have to work and has been influential in educating information providers as the sector has evolved. Knowledge, insight, collaboration, innovative technologies, new and emerging trends are key strengths of the P-D-R and this article takes a journey from the very first days when the association was formed to the innovative, influential and growing organization it is today.