Information Management and Library Services (IMAB) is a service department with responsibility for centralised services relating to the procurement, processing and provision of information for use in research, data production, policy advice, public relations and internal services. It supports the IAB's strategic objectives regarding open access, other aspects of open science, and digital transformation. IMAB's main tasks include the digitalisation of scientific services and, in this context, the analysis and optimisation of existing business processes. This enables it to provide the best possible support for IAB researchers' core activities. 

The Fachbibliothek für Arbeitsmarktforschung und Arbeitsverwaltung (specialised library for labour market research and labour administration) is a reference library at the IAB that is also open to members of the public with an interest in this field. The library's tasks and services comprise building up the collection, providing printed and electronic media, licensing specialist databases and offering an extensive range of advisory services. Library services support not only the IAB's research, which is interdisciplinary and draws on a wide variety of methods, but also the work of the strategic and operational departments at the Federal Employment Agency's headquarters in Nuremberg. 

The Business Applications team designs the IT application landscape for the IAB's central business database, which is the research information and management system underpinning the institute's service-oriented business processes. The team thus creates crucial digital infrastructure for the planning of research, the management of resources, internal reporting and the public dissemination of research findings. In this role, the team sees itself as an innovator that is unlocking the potential of technology for use in forward-looking information processing.

The Specialist Information team procures publication and research information relating to research in the areas of employment policy and social policy. It also curates InfoAB – an IT system serving as an information platform for the IAB – and the underlying literature database, LitDokAB. The team assists IAB researchers by providing a reference service and other publication support services. 

IMAB collaborates with DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education, belongs to the Association of the Libraries of the Federal Government's Departmental Research Institutes (BRB) and is a member of the Working Group of the Parliamentary and Public Authority Libraries (APBB).