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(jià)值。但與之相關(guān)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(guó)公司意識(shí)到這個(gè)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(xué)、學(xué)校或城市里的圖書館一樣，公司圖書館里存有圖書、雜志、報(bào)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(xué)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(gè)全職的圖書管理員，只要有一個(gè)人專門負(fù)責(zé)收集和保存有趣的刊物，有一個(gè)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(gè)全職的圖書管理員可能是個(gè)不錯(cuò)的主意。圖書管理員的工作是要隨時(shí)了解到公司可能需要的所有相關(guān)和必要刊物的最新消息，負(fù)責(zé)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(yīng)該能夠?yàn)樾枰緢D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(gè)公司圖書館花費(fèi)不少但也沒必要投資太多。試想如果沒有一個(gè)管理有序的集中收藏重要刊物的地方會(huì)帶來的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)-你的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手可能會(huì)因?yàn)槟芙o員工提供更多的最新資訊而遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)地超過你。

Can you afford not to have a library?
你能承擔(dān)得起沒有圖書館（的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)）嗎？