TY - JOUR AB - The strategic value of competitive information to a corporation has received increased attention in management, business practice and information literature. This paper describes the role the staff of a special library can play in obtaining and processing competitive information. It is suggested that a library should make an effort to become the centre of a company's environmental scanning programme. The librarians in a special library are well‐positioned to become a valid part of the corporate information environment, but they must become more proactive in promoting and defending their library within their own company. VL - 9 IS - 4/5 SN - 0264-0473 DO - 10.1108/eb045074 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb045074 AU - Svoboda Olga PY - 1991 Y1 - 1991/01/01 TI - The special library as a competitive intelligence centre T2 - The Electronic Library PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 239 EP - 243 Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -