VATL Resources
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Constitution: 1999 | 2011 | 2015
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Reports & Publications
| May 1979 | Work Value Changes for TAFE Library Personnel from March, 1975 to the Present prepared by a Salaries Working Party appointed by VATCL. |
| May 1981 | Work Value Changes for TAFE Library Personnel from March, 1975 to the Present prepared by a Salaries Working Party appointed by VATCL. |
| February 1985 | Future Development of TAFE Libraries. A Report by VATCL Working Party. |
| 4-6 September 1985 | TAFE Libraries and Educational Change – Accepting the Challenge Conference Report; VATCL and University and College Libraries Section of Library Association of Australia. |
| 23 July 1986 | Accepting the Challenge ’86. Report of the Victorian Association of TAFE College Librarians. |
| February 1988 | Guidelines for the Operation of TAFE Library Resource Centres in Victoria 1988-1992 – Barry McIntyre and Gary Hardy |
| February 1993 | Staff Development in Relation to Flexible Learning Strategies. State Training System, Learning Resource Centre (LRC) |
| 2005 | Canadian Colleges Libraries report: AUSTAFE study tour [PDF] – Leonie Pope |
| 2006 | Teaching and fostering information literacy in TAFE [PDF] – Jenny Fafeita |
| 2007 | Towards a learning commons: Modelling a transformation of library services and information resource provision in the Vocational Education sector [PDF] – Zita Youens, Graeme Johanson, Natalie Pang, Annette Sullivan |
| 2014 | Information Literacy at NMIT [PDF] – A Report by George Eraclides, VATL version (August 2013) |
| 14 June 2014 | VATL eNews |
*note: no link means document is not currently available.
VATL Conference 2004
TAFE Libraries collaborating for the future
1st – 2nd July, 2004 at William Angliss Institute of TAFE
| Collaborating for the future [PDF] | Dr Dahle Suggett Dep. Secretary , Office of Learning and Teaching DE&T |
| Establishing a library in Laos [PDF] | Amanda Steen Bendigo Institute |
| Reaching out / Reaching in (Staff development in a TAFE library) [PDF] | Cathy Smith East Gippsland TAFE |
| Strategies for teaching Gen Y [PDF] | Craig Jennings Swinburne University, TAFE Division |
| AEShareNET (Unlocking IP) [PDF] | Dennis Macnamara AEShareNet |
| Getting started with research at C.I.T : an Information Literacy success story [PDF] | Lynne Fletcher Canberra Institute of TAFE |
| Flexible learning: Collaborating with teaching staff [PDF] | Leonie Pope Box Hill Institute of TAFE |
| Performance planning [PDF] | Marion King Holmesglen Institute |
| Library services, Gen X & Gen Y [PDF] | Penny Braybrook School of Business Information Technology, RMIT University |
| Liaison newsletters: Old concepts, New Approach [PDF] | Sarah Cavanagh Waverley Branch Information Commons, Holmesglen Institute of TAFE |
| Researching VET policy and practice for librarians [PDF] | Sarah Hayman Manager, Information Services, National Centre for Vocational Education Research |
| Collaboration and cooperation through consortia. Opportunities for TAFE Libraries [PDF] | Sue Hencze Training & Consortia Manager, CAVAL Collaborative Solutions |
| AARLIN, Metalib & SFX: Streamlining information [PDF] | Tony Davies Swinburne University |
| Blurred boundaries, Mixed metaphors: Libraries form a helicopter [PDF] | Derek Whitehead OAM: Swinburne University |
| Internal and external collaborations: The way of the future [PDF] | Sheila Fitzgerald Executive Director, TAFE frontiers |
TAFE Library Futures Seminar 2007
20th June 2007 at Broadmeadows Library & Learning Centre, Kangan Batman TAFE
Presentations:
| Modelling a Learning Commons – VATL Search Conference – Summary [PDF] | Zita Youens – Holmesglen Institute of TAFE |
| Trends in service demand and delivery for libraries supporting learning [PDF] | Gary Hardy – Swinburne University |
| Now for something new: Vocational degrees and the TAFE library [PDF] | Maggie Iovanella – NMIT |
| Degree Programs and their impact on library services and the launch of ROOMS | Wendi Greenaway – William Angliss Institute of TAFE |
| Victoria University Learning Commons project: service concepts, relationships and technologies [PDF] | Frances O’Neil – Victoria University |
Workshop Summaries
Workshop Topic 1: How can we use collaboration between TAFE libraries in the future? [PDF]
Workshop Topic 2: How can we implement learning commons principles with little or no budgets? [PDF]
Workshop Topic 3: How can we extend our library services to those participating in industry based training? [PDF]
Workshop Topic 4: How are new technologies affecting our roles as librarians? [PDF]
Workshop Topic 5: How can the future TAFE library be more attractive to its clients? [PDF]
Archive (Members only)
Other resources, such as workshop documents and presentations, are available to VATL members only and are archived in the Member Portal.