Attributes and factors affecting the organization of knowledge resources: a case study of the library and information service industry in Taiwan.

Based on qualitative research, this study investigated the attributes and factors that might be affect the organization of knowledge resources in the library and information service industry. The findings from this study suggest that in addition to “document/content” attributes (i.e., author, title, subject, etc.) traditionally emphasized by the library and information science field, the library and information service industry may also take “disposition”, “situation”, and “order/scheme” attributes as its standards for organizing knowledge resources. Above all, the most important factors are “location”, “time”, “form”, “use/purpose”, and “item to be discarded”.