Information officer

Job description

Information officers acquire, organise and distribute information in printed form and other media. They are not unlike librarians in that they identify, select, order and manage information in a variety of media, such as books, journals, newspapers, leaflets, video, audio cassettes, microfiche, multimedia, CDs, DVDs and computer databases. Information officers work in a variety of industries including education institutes and government departments. They perform a multitude of duties to provide information services internally to the organisation, externally to the public, or to both.

Work activities

• Sourcing relevant information in hard or electronic format
• Classifying and storing information for ease of access and retrieval
• Answering information-related queries from within the organisation and from the public where appropriate
• Advertising the service internally and externally.