Science · Information Sources & Systems

Examine the following statements regarding human sources of information: Statement I: Invisible colleges refer to formal scholarly associations that publish peer-reviewed journals and organize annual conferences for knowledge dissemination. Statement II: Technological gatekeepers typically occupy middle-level professional positions and facilitate informal information transfer within organizations by actively seeking and disseminating relevant knowledge to colleagues. Statement III: Information brokers do not maintain their own information resources but rely on skills, subject knowledge, and professional networks to obtain required information from external sources. Statement IV: Resource persons and experts perform identical professional functions — both primarily engage in research-oriented problem solving in specialized subject areas. Which of the statements given above are correct?