From the perspective of career paths, it is considered that the purpose of Qualifying Examination for Information Specialist, the assumed applicants, and the abilities required for the 3rd, 2nd, and 1st grades. Based on these elements, it is investigated that all 376 people who passed the 1st grade about the number of years from the 2nd grade, which is the start of information professionals, to the 1st grade. As a result, the number of applicants who passed the examination the following year was the highest, and many applicants passed the examination in the following several years. In addition, it is investigated that the motivation for taking the examination and future resolution for 49 essays written by successful applicants from 2012 to 2021, and attempted to read the thoughts of successful applicants regarding their career paths. Some 1st grade successors thought the success was not the goal but the start, or it was just a milestone.

The aim of this study was to verify the knowledge and skills that mid-level information professionals need to provide and manage documents and information. First, this study examined the “Qualifying Examination for an Information Specialist” administered by INFOSTA and the “Research Data Management Training Tool” created by JPCOAR, and it verified the knowledge and skills required of information professionals. Next, this study compiled that knowledge and those skills as indicated by the relevant entities such as the Council of Science and Technology and library societies, and it examined the positioning of the knowledge and skills that were identified earlier. Results indicated that the Qualifying Examination and the Training Tool examined in this study accorded with that knowledge and those skills. The current study revealed the knowledge and skills that information professionals need to provide and manage documents and information.

In this paper, I propose how to approach programming for information professionals, with presenting my experiences as practice. Mastering programming will help you to solve job problems of information professionals by yourself. For thinking about information systems, thinking method and knowledge of information technology through programming experience will help you. Even easy programming, you can solve job problems in some cases. You will find your pleasure in thinking about programming logic, and skill of programming help communication with your companion and system vendors.