The 54 conference papers compiled in this proceedings include plenary addresses; reviews of Nordic databases; and discussions of documents, systems, services, and products as they relate to information resources management (IRM). Almost half of the presentations are in English: (1) "What Is Information Resources Management?" (Forest Woody Horton); (2) "Training and Education in Information Resources Management--The European Scene" (C. N. Jansen Van Rosendaal); (3) "Information--Education--Industry" (Jon Erlendsson); (4) "HELECON Databases" (Eeva-Liisa Lehtonen); (5) "Nordic Energy Databases" (Leena Katajapuro); (6) "The ARAMIS Project and Information Resources Management within Environmental Health and Protection" (Gunnel Hessler and Christina Olivercrona); (7) "Information Systems in Companies--Focus on Integration" (Ritva Launo); (8) "Research and Communication" (Jostein H. Hauge); (9) "On Information Resources Management in the Finnish Government" (Aatto J. Repo); (10) "Role of Classification in Information Systems Management" (Anna-Liisa Toivonen); (11) "Call for Integration: Redefined Educational Needs for Information Professionals" (Irene Wormell); (12) "Use of a Literature-Based Model To Define Research Activities: Applications in Research Planning" (Robert Kimberley); (13) "Aspects of Creating an Online Database" (Anni Huhtanen); (14) "Evaluation of Library Systems" (Siv Hunstad); (15) "Information Resources Management (IRM). Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" (Mats G. Lindquist); (16) "Information Technology--Strategic Possibility or Investment Risk?" (Marita Kaatrala); (17) "Decentralization of Information Services in a Research Centre" (Eero Sormunen); (18) "DOCLINE--The Development of a Computerized Interlending Link" (Ulla Daehli Martins); (19) "EPOS/VIRA and Downloading: What We Have Achieved" (Inger Enander and Marie Wallin); (20) "Commercial Information Services" (Maria Vahlgren Wall); and (21) "Changes in the Resource Allocations in Response to the Increasing Use of Source Databases" (Sinikka Koskiala). Conference participants from the following countries are listed: Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, England, France, Iran, Luxembourg, the United States, and South Africa. (BBM)