Abstract
Research and Development personnel spend a considerable portion of their time in investigating, collecting, classifying and filing information that comes in their way. In fact, the portion amounts to such a magnitude that a good supporting system is desired for processing information efficiently so that they can devote more time to their essential R & D activities.
This paper discusses how an information management system in an enterprise should be, describing mainly activities at Technical Information Section of which the author is in charge. In this paper, information is divided into in-house information and outside information. For the former the basic concept is to prohibit individual staff members from hoarding information and manage it as an asset of the entire staff; for the latter, emphasis is laid on making an efficient use of information services offered by outside organizations which have recently improved rapidly.
