Changes in information strategies in a company—Experiences from ASEA

Issue title: Information as a Strategic Tool to Improve Industrial Competitiveness. Papers from the FID/II Pre-Conference Seminar

Guest editors: Ben G. Goedegebuure and Karl Kalseth

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Cederberg, Bertil

Affiliations: Asea Brown Boveri AB, Corporate Research, 721 78 Västerås, Sweden

Abstract: One of the most characteristic features in the industry during the current decade is the decentralization of the business into a number of product oriented companies. This process will strongly affect the library functions. Decentralization of corporate libraries into smaller units will create difficulties for the library employees to keep and develop their competence. In turn this can be prejudicial to the technical and market development in the company. The possibilities for running libraries in this new industrial environment will be described. An analysis of the consequences of decentralization of the library functions in a large industrial company will also be presented.

DOI: 10.3233/ISU-1989-9408

Journal: Information Services & Use, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 241-245, 1989