Masanin Akan bayanai ko ƙwararren masani bayanai shine wanda ke tattara bayanai, yin rikodin, shiryawa, adanawa, kulawa, karbowa, da rarraba bayanan da aka buga ko na dijital. Sabis ɗin da aka ba abokin ciniki an san shi da sabis na bayanai.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Oliveira |first=Dalbert Marques |last2=Rodrigues |first2=Luis Silva |last3=Pereira |first3=Patrícia Miranda |date=November 2019 |title=Profile of information professionals: an information science perspective based on the RIM framework |url=https://recipp.ipp.pt/handle/10400.22/16231 |journal=Proceedings of the 34th International Business Information Management Association Conference |issue=34ª |pages=11233–11241