Ⅲ.課文篇

A well-organized company knows the power and value of information. One of the main problems with information though, is how to collect, store and manage all of the information so that anyone needing it can access it easily.
管理有序的公司知道信息的力量和價值。但與之相關的的主要問題之一是怎樣收集、保存和管理所有的信息，以便任何有需要的人能夠方便地查閱。

Multinationals have understood this issue for many years and have well developed company libraries. Just like your university, school or city, a company library contains books, magazines, journals and periodicals as well as electronic documents, films, videos and audio materials.
跨國公司意識到這個問題已經(jīng)很多年了，已建立了完善的公司圖書館。正像你的大學、學?；虺鞘欣锏膱D書館一樣，公司圖書館里存有圖書、雜志、報紙和期刊，以及電子文件，電影、錄像和錄音資料。

A company library does not have to be the same as a city or university library. You don't need a special quiet room or even a full-time librarian. What is needed is someone responsible for gathering and storing interesting publications and a central place to store them.
公司的圖書館沒有必要跟城市或大學里的圖書館一樣。你不需要有一間特別安靜的房間，甚至不需要一個全職的圖書管理員，只要有一個人專門負責收集和保存有趣的刊物，有一個集中的地方來收藏這些刊物就可以了。

If you work in a large company, appointing a full-time librarian might be a good idea. A librarian's job is to keep a current knowledge of all of the relevant and necessary publications that the company might need, manage the purchasing of materials and then oversee the storage of the publications. A good librarian will also be able to offer assistance to staff who need to use the company library to find research materials and information.
如果你在一家大公司工作，做一個全職的圖書管理員可能是個不錯的主意。圖書管理員的工作是要隨時了解到公司可能需要的所有相關和必要刊物的最新消息，負責購買資料以及監(jiān)督刊物的收藏情況。好的圖書管理員還應該能夠為需要公司圖書館查找研究資料和信息的員工提供幫助。

Maintaining a company library is not cheap, but it does not have to be expensive, either. But consider the risk of not having a central well managed place where important publications can be stored - your competitors could well get the jump on you by having more up-to-date information that is accessible to staff.
維持一個公司圖書館花費不少但也沒必要投資太多。試想如果沒有一個管理有序的集中收藏重要刊物的地方會帶來的風險-你的競爭對手可能會因為能給員工提供更多的最新資訊而遠遠地超過你。

Can you afford not to have a library?
你能承擔得起沒有圖書館（的風險）嗎？