Abstract

ARAUJO, Vania M. R. Hermes de; FREIRE, Isa Maria  and  MENDES, Teresa Cristina M.. Demanda de informação pelo setor industrial: dois estudos no intervalo de 25 anos. Ci. Inf. [online]. 1997, vol.26, n.3 ISSN 0100-1965.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-19651997000300009.

As information is increasingly becoming an important input to the production process, more studies about the demand of information by the industrial sector are needed. This paper analyses two studies carried on within a period of 25 years, through the cooperation between the public and private sectors. The similarities and the differences between them are presented, and the main information demanded by the industrial sector revealed by each one are stressed.

Keywords : Information demands; Industrial information; Productive sector.