TAFE Library Course Log 📒✍🏻

“How does studying at TAFE work? What kind of classes do you take, and what topics do they encompass? How can somebody find out about them if they are on the fence about enrolling?”

Included on this page is a record of the Library courses that I have enrolled in at TAFE, the units or subjects which they consist of, and some helpful supplementary sources.

About these Library courses

About TAFE Unit codes and unit names

Unit Code	Unit Name (and easier name)	Key topics/terms	Supplementary sources
BSBINS407	Consolidate and Maintain Library Industry Knowledge (Library Industry)	Library Act 1939, Library Regulation 2018, Peak bodies such as ALIA, industry representatives such as CAUL, Library organisations, ILFA

Not related to the unit but relevant to the field of knowledge of Library Science: SR Ranganathan’s Five Laws of Library Science | SLNSW Public Library Services, People Places (published by SLNSW), | | BSBOPS404 | Implement Customer Service Strategies (Customer Servicing) | | TAFECat results for Libraries—Customer Services | | BSBINS404 | Search Library and Information Databases (Search Databases) 🗃️ | Databases, eResources, CRAAP source evaluation (Currency, Reliability, Accuracy, Authority, Purpose), simple and advanced searching, Boolean searching, keywords, filters, database vendors (e.g., EBSCO, Gale, Proquest, JSTOR), | TAFECat results for a textbook called ‘Librarian’s Guide to Online Searching’ | | BSBPMG430 | Undertake Project Work 📅📊 | Project management, Gantt chart, Work Breakdown Structure/Schedule (WBS), risk management, deliverables, project scope, scope creep, budget blowout, time blowout, goals > objectives > tasks (broadest to most specific of actionable items), milestones (checkpoints of progress), project stakeholders | Unit Workbook in TAFECat, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_breakdown_structure, possibly the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), some terms and concepts of project management | | BSBXCM401 | Apply Communication Strategies in the Workplace (Workplace communication) 💬 ☎️ 📤 | | TAFECat results (multiple workbooks) for BSBXCM | | BSBINS405 | Use Integrated Library Management Systems (Beginners’ ILMS) | Acquisitions, Cataloguing, Circulation, Reporting, Weeding, patron management, ILMS | TAFECat results for ‘Learn Basic Library Skills’ (a textbook that gives an overview of these functions and modules of a library & its ILMS) | | BSBINS304 | Process and Maintain Information Resources 📕📚🏷️ | Call number, labelling, barcodes, RFID, end processing, covering and repairing books, shelving

Definitely check out Quantum Library Supplies’ processing catalogue since it showcases much of the materials involved in getting books ready for library shelves | Meghan Allen’s youtube video on ‘Proper Book Handling for Library Staff’, TAFECat results for Book Repair: A How-to-do-it Manual for Libraries, Syba Signs (library signage supplier) and Quantum Library Supplies include many products that staff would handle (QLS also has a product magazine of repair materials) | | BSBINS403 | Obtain Information from External and Networked Sources 🌐🔗 | Trove, WorldCat, National Library of Australia (NLA catalogue), State Library of NSW catalogue/collection search, Interlibrary Loan, Document Delivery, Interlibrary Resource Sharing (ILRS directory), Libraries Australia Document Delivery (LADD, check WSU Library’s page for tips), Interlibrary loan policy, copyright infringement and authorised infringement, copyright act 1968 and copyright regulations 2017, copyright notice | Maybe ‘Librarian’s Guide to Online Searching’ | | CUAEVP411 | Present Information on Activities, Events, or Public Programs (Program dev. + presentation) | Organisation strategy, powerpoint slide design, project timeline, budgeting, promotional channels and materials, accessibility, | TAFE Book: Comprehensive Microsoft 365 Powerpoint, TAFECat listings for Powerpoint, | | BSBINS406 | Assist Customers to Access Information | Reference interview, active listening, OPAC (Open public access catalogue) | SLNSW PLS Reference and Information Services and the Reference Excellence self-paced training modules | | BSBWHS311 | Assist with Maintaining Workplace Safety 🤕 | WHS Act 2011, Risk Analysis Matrix (wiki, QLD govt, auditboard), Likelihood and Severity, WHS stakeholder consultation | TAFECat results for Workplace Health and Safety, and results for WHS | | BSBINS503 | Monitor Compliance with Copyright and Licence Requirements | Australian Copyright Act 1968 and Copyright Regulation 2017, Infringement, Authorisation Infringement, Fair Use, Indigenous Intellectual and Cultural Property (ArtsLaw, NLA, artsgov, CreativeWorkplaces, NSLA) 12 Protocols | | | ICTWEB306 | Develop Web Presence Using Social Media | Social media marketing, engagement/reach, Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, cross-posting, virtual/preview posts | TAFECat results for ‘Social Media Marketing’ (435 results), or for ‘Social Media Basics’ (6 results) | | BSBINS305 | Participate in Cataloguing Activities 🗂️ | Cataloguing, Classification, Dewey Decimal classification system, Library of Congress system, ISBD (International Standard Bibliographic Description), MARC Records, AACR2, z39.50, SCIS (Schools Catalogue Information service) | Edmonton Public Library’s Cataloguing and Processing manuals. my own blog page on Memorising Library Class’n Systems, TAFE Libguides page for the topic of Cataloguing, Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives (KDLA) Library Development Branch’s Introduction to Cataloguing video |

Cert IV in Library and Information Services (Completed! 🎓)

Diploma in Library and Information Services (in progress… ✍️)

Unit Code	Unit Name (and easier name)	Key topics/terms	Supplementary Sources
BSBINS511	Develop and promote library activities, events and public programs (Library events and programs)	Patron demographics, Library strategic plan, budgeting, promotional channels and materials (e.g., offline vs offline methods), collaborative organisations, risk analysis, task assignment, podcasting	DK’s Help Your Kids with Geography,
BSBLDR414	Lead team effectiveness 👨‍💼👩‍💼	Belbin’s 9 Team Roles, Organizational Psychology, MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator)
BSBINS507	Use advanced functions of integrated library management systems (In-depth ILMS)	* ILMS modules: Acquisitions, Cataloguing, Circulation, Reporting, Weeding/Disposal