Information Scientist Careers

Work Environment:

Information scientists make up to date and high quality information available to clients/colleagues.

Being an information scientist, your main duty will be to create systems of arranging paper based or electronic data in a user friendly and efficient manner. Your job may comprise:

• Administering staff of information-assistants
• Storing, cataloging and organizing information
• Ensuring that information/data is comprehensive and up to-date
• Giving training to colleagues on how to utilize information systems
• Researching and obtaining new sources

• Handling information-budget
• Ensuring that information-systems meet data-protection regulations
• Handling research inquiries made by clients, colleagues or managers
• Writing site content, reports and briefings
• Administering electronic data/information e.g. designing user friendly search engines or creating intranet

Qualification, Education and Experience: <> To be an information research scientist, you'd generally have to achieve any of the qualifications, given as below:

• CILIP (Chartered Institution of Library and Information Professionals): degree into information librarianship/ management
• CILIP: degree into any-other subject with postgraduate qualification

You can accomplish a CILIP acknowledged postgraduate qualification into information management, if you've degree into another subject.

You must acquire around 1 year's-experience into information/library services setting, before beginning postgraduate course. You can accomplish this by trainee ship or voluntary work.

For a directory of acknowledged courses and information about training chances, check the website of CILIP.

Then again, you can begin as a library/information assistant and advance to information scientist. It might assist your career-prospects to accomplish NVQ: Second and Third level into Information and Library Services.

Training Details:

Most of the information scientists enroll with CILIP. There are 5 membership levels based on qualifications and experience. This membership would provide you with chances for professional-development, and access to advice and support.

You could obtain CILIP's chartered membership, to get professional-status acknowledged by academic and public libraries. To accomplish this, you'd require experience of 1 or 2 years, with proof to demonstrate that after qualifying you've participated in further training and development.

You could improve knowledge and abilities by accomplishing short training courses provided by ASLIB (Association for information-Management) or CILIP. You can also acquire related Masters-Degree.

For information about training and membership, check the website of CILIP.

Skills and knowledge:

• Understanding of data-protection regulations
• Accurateness and concentration to details
• Understanding of what data users require
• Outstanding written and verbal communication-skills
• Capability to work-well with others
• A systematic and analytical approach
• Excellent research abilities
• Outstanding organizational abilities
• High standard of computer-literacy, particularly with Internet and databases
• Problem resolving skills

Salary and Other Benefits:

• Remunerations for new staff could be around £20,500 to £25,000 for a year.
• By chartered-status, income can boost to around £26,000 to £32,000.
• Annual earnings of senior information managers may be around £33,500 to £64,000.

Working Conditions:

Generally, you'd work weekly for around 36 to 41 hours on weekdays. Working-hours might include shifts/flexible time, based on employer. You might work on part time basis.

You'd work within an office and employ much of time working-at computer. Sometimes, you might be required to voyage for meetings.

Different Opportunities:

You can discover work chances within various industries, specifically architecture, law, science, manufacturing and business. You can work within charities, universities or trade-unions.

Openings might be publicized by national and regional press, industry-publications and recruitment agencies.

You might have high-level of responsibility, as information divisions are generally small. Though, you might have to change companies to advance career in management. You can work on freelance-basis as an information-systems consultant.

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