Information is currency in the business world. Just like public sector libraries and archive organisations, businesses large and small need access to information and a safe place to stockpile and store business and customer data. Protection laws, with regard to storing customers’ details, have thrust record management into the spotlight. Companies themselves need to be above board and squeaky clean, making sure information doesn’t fall into the wrong hands.
You might work within a large commercial company, for instance a bank, insurance or property development company. Alternatively, you may be based in a specialist public authority library, providing vital business information and support to young start-ups. Or what about a government team that gathers in statistics and compiles reports on all sorts of national matters about the economy, population or society at large? The City Business Library in London is the major public business reference library in the UK, but there are many more scattered around.