Diploma of Library and Information Services - BSB52115
TAFE NSW
Type of institution: TAFE Institute
Level: Pre-degree
CRICOS: 00591E
This qualification reflects the role of individuals with a sound theoretical knowledge base who use a range of specialised, technical or managerial competencies to plan, carry out and evaluate their own work or the work of a team. They may provide leadership and guidance to others and have some responsibility for the output of others.Licensing/Regulatory Information No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.
Structure
- 19 units: 7 core
- 12 elective
Subjects
- Contribute to collection management
- Research and analyse information to meet customer needs
- Manage lending and borrowing processes for collections
- Lead team effectiveness
- Analyse and describe information resources
- Obtain revenue to support operations
- Develop and manage a budget
- Assess the significance of collections
- Prepare specialised interpretive content on cultural and heritage environments
- Manage and monitor business or records systems
- Work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural material
- Provide multimedia support
- Lead and manage team effectiveness
- Manage personal work priorities and professional development
- Manage quality customer service
- Work with diverse people
- Manage risk
- Provide subject access and classify material
- Review and maintain a website
- Promote literature and reading
- Promote products and services
- Analyse and describe specialist and complex material
- Use established cataloguing tools
- Write content for web pages
- Prepare and present tour commentaries or activities
- Integrate social web technologies
- Research and document collection material
- Ensure a safe workplace
- Manage collection maintenance and preservation procedures
- Install and dismantle exhibition elements
- Participate in formal communication processes
- Respond to client language, literacy and numeracy needs
- Use and monitor advanced functions of integrated library management systems
- Manage the development of collections
- Extend own information literacy skills to locate information
- Define recordkeeping framework
- Obtain information from external and networked sources
- Consolidate and maintain industry knowledge
- Coordinate the installation and dismantling of exhibitions
- Use development software and ICT tools to build a basic website
- Design and develop learning programs
- Develop workplace policy and procedures for sustainability
- Roster staff
- Develop and monitor procedures for the movement and storage of collection material
- Monitor compliance with copyright and licence requirements
- Develop and promote activities, events and public programs
- Recruit, induct and support volunteers
- Develop and implement exhibition interpretive strategies
- Plan management of records over time
- Maintain digital repositories
- Use advanced features of computer applications
- Develop and maintain business continuity plans
- Identify and resolve client ICT problems
- Undertake project work
- Develop and maintain community and stakeholder relationships
- Develop disaster management plans
- Use social media tools for collaboration and engagement
- Complete a range of cataloguing activities
- Develop exhibition concepts
- Write complex documents
- Search library and information databases
Study information
| Campus | Fees | Entry | Mid year intake | Attendance |
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| Newcastle Campus | No information available | No |
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| Western Connect | No information available | No |
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| Ultimo College, Main Campus | No information available | No |
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| Nepean College, Kingswood Campus | No information available | No |
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| NCI Open | No information available | No |
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Further information
To meet accreditation requirements as a Library Technician, at least 7 elective units must be from Group A.
