Analysing an assignment question
- 1. School of Information Studies
- 2. Step 1 Read the question Step 2 Identify topics and keywords Step 3 Identify the focus Step 4 Determine the task Step 5 Determine the limitations
- 4. Write a 2000-word essay evaluating the new and emerging roles of information professionals in special libraries in the Asia-Pacific region.
- 6. Write a 2000-word essay evaluating the new and emerging roles of information professionals in special libraries in the Asia-Pacific region.
- 7. Roles Information professionals Jobs, careers, profession, tasks, positions, functions, responsibilities and so on Librarians, records managers, knowledge managers, archivists and so on Special libraries Health libraries, corporate libraries, law libraries and so on Asia-Pacific Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia and so on
- 9. Write a 2000-word essay evaluating the new and emerging roles of information professionals in special libraries in the Asia-Pacific region. In other words, you should NOT write a response that focuses on traditional or historical roles of information professionals in the given region, but rather on the new and emerging roles of information professionals.
- 11. Write a 2000-word essay evaluating the new and emerging roles of information professionals in special libraries in the Asia-Pacific region. Above you can see that the task in our sample question is to evaluate. To evaluate is to make an appraisal of the worth of something, supported by evidence. Your appraisal should include pros and cons, and can include your own opinion.
- 12. Limits are placed on assignments to guide you. It is important to identify these limitations before you begin working on the assignment because they will help you to tailor your response.
- 13. assignment due date or exam time limit word limit format of response (essay, report, etc.) referencing style presentation requirements submission requirements content restrictions such as time (i.e., since 1990) or context (i.e., in the Asia-Pacific region etc.)
- 14. Write a 2000-word essay evaluating the new and emerging roles of information professionals in special libraries in the Asia-Pacific region. Other limitations would be the due date, referencing style, presentation and submission requirements.
Editor's Notes
- #13: Limits are placed on assignments to guide you. It is important to identify these limitations before you begin working on the assignment because they will help you to tailor your response. Common limitations are:assignment due date or examination time limitword limit (generally speaking, you may lose marks if you go 10% over or 10% under the specified word limit as going too far under means you haven't given enough depth to your response to the question and too far over means you have given yourself an unfair advantage by having more scope to add to your discussion)format of response (i.e., essay, report, bibliography etc.)referencing stylepresentation requirementssubmission requirements (i.e., forum posting, via Easts etc.)content restrictions such as time (i.e., since 1990) or context (i.e., in the Asia-Pacific region etc.)