Editing Information science (section)

== Careers ==

=== Information scientist ===
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An information scientist is an individual, usually with a relevant subject degree or high level of subject knowledge, who provides focused information to scientific and technical research staff in industry or to subject faculty and students in academia. The industry *information specialist/scientist* and the academic information subject specialist/librarian have, in general, similar subject background training, but the academic position holder will be required to hold a second advanced degree—e.g. Master of Library Science (MLS), Military Intelligence (MI), Master of Arts (MA)—in information and library studies in addition to a subject master's.  The title also applies to an individual carrying out research in information science.

=== Systems analyst ===
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A systems analyst works on creating, designing, and improving information systems for a specific need. Often systems analysts work with one or more [[business]]es to evaluate and implement organizational processes and techniques for accessing information in order to improve [[efficiency]] and [[productivity]] within the organization(s).

=== Information professional ===
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An information professional is an individual who preserves, organizes, and disseminates information. Information professionals are skilled in the organization and retrieval of recorded knowledge. Traditionally, their work has been with print materials, but these skills are being increasingly used with electronic, visual, audio, and digital materials. Information professionals work in a variety of public, private, non-profit, and academic institutions. Information professionals can also be found within organisational and industrial contexts, and are performing roles that include system design and development and system analysis.