1. A method for managing information in an on-line community of a plurality of members, the method comprising: assigning, in an information management system to each member of the on-line community, a distinct domain within the on-line community, each distinct domain hosting at least one on-line information archive associated with the member assigned to that distinct domain; associating with each on-line information archive a plurality of different dynamic member-configurable data entry forms, each member-configurable data entry form associated with a given on-line information archive associated with the member and comprising a reusable template defining a format and content of a different, specific type of information item that may be posted to that on-line information archive by the member associated with the given on-line information archive, each reusable template including a name and at least one form field, the name being specifiable by the member of the on-line community associated with the given on-line information archive, a number of the the at least one form field being selected by the member of the on-line community associated with the given on-line information archive and each form field definable and configurable by the member of the on-line community associated with the given on-line information archive and independent of other members of the plurality of members of the on-line community; and setting access permissions for each on-line information archive in accordance with preferences of the member associated with that on-line information archive, the access permissions specifying which members of the on-line community are permitted to access that on-line information archive and to what extent each of those members is permitted to access that on-line information archive.