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Synopsis Unless the heart is sound and continually pumping a supply of regularly renewed and fresh information into the system, it will not function at its best. Therefore it is important to give extra care and attention to planning the resources needed to set up a sound information base and a workable system for keeping it upto date some basic things as how is the information to be collected, what method is to be used for processing and storing information, how is the information to be retrieved, what areas, geographical and subject are. The information user and the information provider potentially have a much more direct and interactive relationship possibly to the extent that the information exchange cannot be completely separated from the communication process itself. As the growth in electronic information begins to demand a new philosophy of the nature and function of information, so also the activities of the information professional must in this setting atleast change and adapt.