09:35 all 4G ) INS3703 MAY/JUNE 2024 ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS Question 1 Scenario: An information professional should be adept at handling information in different formats and contexts. Consider the following scenario that tests the information handling skills of an information professional and answer questions accordingly. You are leading a team tasked with investigating the impact of social media on teenage mental health. In the process, you encounter a wealth of contradictory information, ranging from scholarly articles to anecdotal accounts on social platforms. How would you navigate through this maze of information sources by considering: 1.1 Biases and societal norms, (10) 1.2 Reliability and relevance of each source, and (10) 1.3 Industry interests on the available information (10) [30 marks] [SCROLL TO THE NEXT PAGE] INS3703 MAY/JUNE 2024 Question 2 Scenario: ' 09:54 : al o 0 ) 4 Files chrome://external-file [SCROLL TO THE NEXT PAGE] 3 INS3703 MAY/JUNE 2024 Question 3 Theories and models are important, not only in guiding information behaviour research and its understanding, but in day-to-day interactions with information. Consider the scenario of a student tasked with writing a research paper to present the effects of war on the climate. With this specific topic in mind and the need to find scholarly articles to support the writing, consider Wilson's information behaviour model and detail how the search for information should proceed from searching to presentation of the paper. Ensure clear detail on the following components of 'demand on information systems/sources', 'satisfaction or non-satisfaction', 'failure or success', 'information use' and 'information exchange' in your presentation. [30 marks] Question 4 Information professionals often have to provide information to individuals and communities from different cultural backgrounds. Now consider the following scenario and answer accordingly. A young librarian has been appointed in a community library that is situated in a multicultural community with different cultural backgrounds. Her first task is to facilitate the exchange of information across cultural boundaries. This, she must accomplish by undertaking a collection development project for her library. Provide her with a detailed plan of action for navigating the creation of a library collection that respects and accommodates various cultural boundaries in terms of information and language preferences. Detail the steps and principles or values the librarian should infuse in her collection development project to achieve this task. [20 marks] Total: 100 MARKS [SCROLL TO THE NEXT PAGE] + @