At the workshop, better management through strategic planning of information and consultancy was discussed as one way in which developing and Eastern European countries could tackle the complex information problems they are facing during the transition to a market economy. The sixteen papers in this volume are grouped into three basic categories: those dealing with an overview of strategic information planning (SIP)-information resource management (IRM) concept, or some important aspect of it in applied business or other organizational setting; those dealing with case studies in a national, institutional, or private enterprise setting; and those dealing with the education, training, and learning aspects of transferring SIP-IRM knowledge to others in academic or on-the-job settings. Summaries of the 16 papers are also provided in Slovenian. The papers are: "The Role and Training of the Information Resource Manager in Nigeria" (E. N. O. Adimorah); "Strategic Planning: An Essential Process for Research and Information Centres" (Kieran P. Broadbent); "International Information Exchange in the Period of Transition to a Market Economy" (A. V. Butrimenko, A. V. Sorokin); "The Consultancy in the Network Environment" (Marta Dosa); "Information Management for Marketing a Consulting R&D Organization: The Role of the Technology Information Service" (Barbara Gumbs); "Concepts of Success Factor Based Consulting Tools for Information Management" (Josef Herget); "Consultancy on Strategic Information Planning" (Sylvia James); "Development of Management Systems for Slovene Enterprises" (R. Jayashankar); "Business and Information Planning: A Strategic Link" (Barbie E. Keiser); "Information Intrapreneurship in the Company" (Ritva Launo); "Strategy for Training Professionals in Library Science, Documentation and Archives in Africa: New Training for New Professionals" (Mamosi Lelo); "Issues and Challenges for Organisations in Strategic Use of Information" (Liz Orna); "Information Policies for Profitable Information Management Practical Steps" (Liz Orna); "Designing International Information Management Activities for a School of Business Administration" (Eugene J. Rathswohl); "Information Policy in the Pharmaceutical Firm LEK-Ljubljana" (Nada Trzan-Herman, Alenka Kosak); and "Training for Strategic Information Planning" (Irene Wormell). (MAS)