信息资源管理(Information Resources Management，IRM)是20世纪70年代末、80年代初在西方发达国家(首先是在美国)兴起的一个新学科领域。虽然来自不同领域的研究者对信息资源管理有不同的理解和阐释，但实质都是将信息看做一种重要的资源，对其进行规划、预算、组织、协调、控制和开发，以实现最大效用。-information resources management (Information Resources Management in t, IRM) of the 20th century, the late 1970s, in the early 1980s, the Western developed countries (primarily the United States) the rise of a new subject areas. Although they came from different areas of researchers Information Resources Management had a different understanding and explanations but the real message is seen as an important resource, its planning, budgeting, organizing, coordinating, controlling and development, to achieve the greatest impact.