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Alternative LIS Job Titles

One of the questions that have come up on the LIS Career Options LinkedIn group is what types of titles to search for when looking for alternative LIS positions. This list below, which I put together for my Alternative LIS Careers course, is by no means comprehensive, but may help provide a starting point!

Research Skills, Information Resources Roles
• Business analyst
• Business development analyst
• Business information coordinator/officer/analyst/specialist
• Business intelligence
• Competitive intelligence
• Data analyst
• Donor/prospect research
• Executive information services
• Industry analyst
• Information associate
• Information resources specialist
• Information scientist
• Information services specialist
• Information specialist
• Knowledge analyst
• Knowledge resources specialist
• Legislative analyst
• Librarian
• Market analyst
• Market research
• Mergers & acquisitions research
• Policy analyst
• Product analyst
• Product research
• Research associate
• Research librarian
• Research services team leader
• Risk management researcher
• Senior information analyst

Information Organization Roles, Micro
• Archival processor
• Authority control
• Cataloging/cataloging & metadata services librarian
• Document analyst
• Electronic resources cataloger
• Indexer/abstracter
• Metadata specialist/librarian
• Taxonomy building

Information Organization/Technology Roles, Macro
• Archivist
• Corporate archivist
• Compliance information resources
• Data manager
• Data mining
• Data services librarian
• Database design analyst
• Database editor
• Database manager
• Digital archivist
• Digital assets manager
• Digital collections coordinator
• Digital image control specialist
• Digital initiative librarian
• Digital library production services
• Digital preservation specialist
• Digital product manager
• Director, archives & records
• Document controller, manager
• Document services coordinator
• Electronic documents librarian
• Electronic resources officer
• Electronic text and imaging center management
• Imaging coordinator
• Information architect
• Information manager
• Information systems engineer
• Intranet manager
• Knowledge engineer
• Knowledge management
• Knowledge network specialist
• Management information systems (MIS)
• Network designer
• Photo-archivist
• Preservation coordinator
• Records manager/records management specialist
• Strategic information manager
• Systems architect
• Technical information specialist
• User experience specialist
• Web development librarian
• Web services librarian
• Website manager

Content Roles
• Acquisitions editor (publishing)
• Content developer
• Content manager
• Content/information/resource aggregator
• Content/information/resource curator
• Content/information/resource developer
• Content/information/resource evaluator
• Content/information/resource licenser
• Content/information/resource marketer
• Digital acquisitions coordinator
• Editor
• Electronic content manager
• Intellectual property analyst
• Manager, external content
• Social media specialist

Customer Sales/Service Roles
• Account manager/representative (sales or account management)
• Instructional designer (online tutorials)
• Training (internal or customer/client)/teaching

Information Services/Resources Management Roles
• Business resource manager
• Chief information officer
• Chief knowledge officer
• Coordinator, information services
• Corporate Librarian
• Digital resources librarian
• Director of research
• Director, Archives
• Director, Information Services
• Director, information technology services
• Head curator
• Information center director
• Information officer
• Information resources officer
• Knowledge integrator
• Knowledge leader/manager/director
• Knowledge management services administrator
• Library director
• Manager of information services
• Manager, electronic text and imaging center
• Research director
• Special collections librarian

Additional Roles
• Embedded librarian, performing multiple LIS roles within organizational departments
• Grants writer, manager
• Head, document delivery services
• Information project manager
• Information strategist
• Marketing/copy writer
• Product manager