The necessity of changing and new proposals on information resources policy and information services structures: a Manifesto

Abstract

Author introduces activities and results of one research group on information resources and services which constitutes of voluntary members and has worked for about 2 years. The research group points out the faults of Japanese information policies. Japanese governments and academic institutions have been incompetent on policy-making of intellectual properties and information resources. The lacks of information policy for Japanese industrial and social developments should be supplemented by non-governmental organizations which include non-profit organizations and non-governmental persons. A business model for information and media center to be studied by such non-governmental organization has been proposed. These contents of proposal covers from the types of information services and resources to facilities equipments and financial resources.