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Information manager

Latest available data: December 2024 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Academic information coordinator Documentalist Information manager Information officer Information scientist Knowledge manager

Information managers are responsible for systems that provide information to people. They assure access to the information in different work environments (public or private) based on theoretical principles and hands-on capabilities in storing, retrieving and communicating information.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Organizing, developing and maintaining a systematic collection of books, periodicals and other printed or audiovisually and digitally recorded material;
(b) Selecting and recommending acquisitions of books and other printed or audiovisually and digitally recorded material;
(c) Organizing, classifying and cataloguing library material;
(d) Managing library borrowing and interlibrary loan facilities and information networks;
(e) Retrieving material and providing information to business and other users based on the collection itself or on library and information-network systems;
(f) Conducting research and analysing or modifying library and information services in accordance with changes in users' needs;
(g) Devising and implementing schemes and conceptual models for the storage, organization, classification and retrieval of information;
(h) Preparing scholarly papers and reports;
(i) Performing manual, on-line and interactive media reference searches, making interlibrary loans and performing other functions to assist users in accessing library materials.

Knowledge

  • Management and administration
  • Database and network design and administration
  • Work skills
  • Law
  • Business and administration not further defined

Digital competencies

  • Developing solutions
  • Planning events and programmes
  • Collaborating and liaising
  • Managing information
  • Developing operational policies and procedures

Digital competencies

  • Managing, gathering and storing digital data
  • Designing ict systems or applications
  • Analysing and evaluating information and data

Personal competencies

  • Working efficiently
  • Leading others
  • Collaborating in teams and networks
  • Processing information, ideas and concepts

Professional groups of the occupation

Professionals

Legal, social and cultural professionals

Librarians, archivists and curators

Librarians and related information professionals

Other occupations of the professional group

Do you want to know the demand for this occupation in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Librarians and related information professionals

123

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

44,73%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-4,65% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

29,27%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

16,26%

Part-time contracts

1,18% Turnover index

129

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

3%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Legal, social and cultural professionals

41%

59%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Legal, social and cultural professionals

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Librarians, archivists and curators

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Librarians and related information professionals

No experience
9%
Less than 1 year
26%
Between 1 and 2 years
17%
Between 2 and 4 years
20%
Between 4 and 8 years
16%
More than 8 years
12%
Actividades profesionales, científicas y técnicas
30%
Información y comunicaciones
29%
Actividades administrativas y servicios auxiliares
15%
Educación
11%
Industria manufacturera
6%
Otros
9%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.