[Purpose/significance] Combining the academic hotspots in the field of library, information and archival management over the past five years, this paper reviews the theoretical framework of Information Resource Manage⁃ ment (IRM). [Method/process] It revisits the traditional Data-Information-Knowledge-Wisdom (DIKW) model in the field of IRM and develops the corresponding Technic/Operate-Analyze-Strategy-Culture (TASC) model from a profes⁃ sional practice perspective. Building upon the alignment of these two models, the theoretical framework of IRM is sys⁃ tematically examined. [Result/conclusion] Starting from Claude Elwood Shannon's contributions to the quantification, measurement, encoding, transmission, and processing of information, IRM has evolved, incorporating Karl Popper's "World 3" theory, Bertram Claude Brookes' "Knowledge Maps", Jesse Shera's "Social Epistemology" as intermediar⁃ ies, and inheriting Brenda Dervin's "Sense-making" theory. Together, these elements form a coherent theoretical frame⁃ work in IRM.