AIS3705 Assignment 4 Practical Portfolio Semester 2 2026 - Due September 2026

AIS3705 Assignment 4 Practical Portfolio Semester 2 2026 - Due September 2026 lOMoARcPSD| ASSESSMENT 4 Module code and name AIS3705- Practical portfolio Opening date 07 August 2026, 8:00 AM Closing date 31 August 2026, 21:00 PM Instructions ▪ Answer ALL questions. ▪ Number your questions correctly. ▪ Upload your answer scripts in a single PDF file under the Assessment 1 shell in Module site. ▪ DO NOT password protect the answer file. ▪ Use the 12 aerial font with 1.5 line spacing. ▪ The assignment must be between 10-20 pages, including preliminary pages and bibliography. ▪ This is a practical portfolio that requires you to visit the information enterprise. ▪ Information enterprise can be a public, community, special, academic, national library, archive, and records management. ▪ You are permitted to use the information enterprise that you work at, but use it as a student not as a staff member. ▪ A representative of the information enterprise needs to stamp or append his/her signature, including the contact details of the Information Professional on the cover page of your portfolio as evidence that you have visited and used the information enterprise. Email from the Information Professional to student will also suffice. Additional student instructions 1. NO emailed scripts will be accepted. 2. Students are advised to preview submissions (answer scripts) to ensure legibility and that the correct answer script file has been uploaded. 3. Students are permitted to resubmit their answer scripts twice should their initial submission be unsatisfactory. ONLY within the submission period NOT after the submission date. 4. Incorrect file format and uncollated answer scripts will not be considered. Ensure that you submit the correct assessment on time, as the submitted document cannot be changed. 5. Incorrect answer scripts and/or submissions made on unofficial platforms will not be marked and no opportunity will be granted for resubmission. There will be no extension period after the closing date. 6. The mark awarded for an incomplete submission will be the student’s final mark. No opportunity for resubmission will be granted. 7. The mark awarded for illegible scanned submissions will be the student’s final mark. No opportunity for resubmission will be granted. 8. Submissions will only be accepted from registered student accounts. 9. Students who plagiarise and generate answers from artificial intelligence (AI) will receive 0% and will be subjected to the university disciplinary hearing. lOMoARcPSD| Portfolio Assessment 4: Information Literacy Training Question 01 1.1 Do you think the information centre that you visited prioritises the Information Literacy to its clients and why. /10/ 1.2 Advise the information centre that you undertake practicum at on how they can use the Big6 Information Skills Model to conduct information literacy to its target clients. /30/ 1.3. The “syllabus’’ (or learning content) of the information literacy training entails three components, namely, orientation to the information environment, the acquisition of information skills and the information content. Using practical LIS examples, justify why these three components are crucial for effective information literacy training at the selected information centre. /10/ Question 02 2.1 Consult your supervisor about information literacy training programmes at the information centre you visited and discuss any five reasons why the information centre is conducting or not conducting the Information Literacy Trainings to its clients. /25/ 2.2 Reflection about information literacy at the information centre visited. /10/ 2.3 Demonstrate how the information centre you visited determine the knowledge/ information needs of its users/05/ 2.4 Correct application of referencing techniques using a minimum of 10 sources. /10/ Total marks [100]