Managing information as a corporate asset: Key strategies for information professionals to remain competitive

Conference · Tue Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1993

OSTI ID:10160770

Ashdown, B G

This report discusses the concepts and efforts involved in competitively managing an information organization that supports the 20,000 staff members of Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., a government-contracted organization run for the Department of Energy (DOE) by Martin Marietta Corporation. A range of library and records management services to three different plant locations and several off-site locations in Oak Ridge, Tennessee is provided. Library and records management consulting to the plants in Paducah, Kentucky and Portsmouth, Ohio are also provided. A dozen libraries, six records centers, 15 document management centers, a centralized policy management group, and other groups provide customized information analysis and database development services. Subjects supporting business include multidisciplinary basic and applied scientific research and development, manufacturing process support, environmental restoration and waste management, and legislative and management information. These endeavors are supported through 176 regular staff and about 25 subcontracted staff members, who reside in eight major site locations in the Oak Ridge vicinity.

• Research Organization: Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 10160770
• Report Number(s): CONF-9306177--1; ON: DE93015515
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
990100
990300
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION
INFORMATION HANDLING
INFORMATION NEEDS
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
LIBRARIES
MANAGEMENT
PLANNING
RECORDS MANAGEMENT