An information professional or information specialist is someone who collects, records, organises, stores, preserves, retrieves, and disseminates printed or digital information. The service delivered to the client is known as an information service.[1][2]
The versatile term "information professional" is used to describe similar and sometimes overlapping professions, such as librarians, archivists, information managers, information systems specialists , information scientists, records managers,[1] and information consultants,[3][4] but terminology differs among sources and organisations.[1] Information professionals work in a variety of private, public, and academic institutions, or independently.