ALIA Training and Education
Ready to learn new skills and advance your career? ALIA Training brings world-class education offerings to you. Specifically made for the Australian library and information sector, ALIA Training has a course to suit any stage of your career journey.
Training courses are automatically added to ALIA Members’ CPD or PRP logbooks making it easier than ever to track your continuing professional development. ALIA Members also receive significant discounts and exclusive training events.
To see further information and to register for upcoming training events, please visit our events registration page, or click on the course title below.
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Current courses
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Dates
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Ethics 101
Self-paced, autonomous, online
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Register and commence any time
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Copyright 101
Self-paced, autonomous, online
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Register and commence any time
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ALIA Tutorial : Working with Software Vendors
Self-paced, autonomous, video tutorial with resources, online
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Register and commence any time (For ALIA members only)
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Cataloguing Basics - May 2022
(Accredited Course) Statement of Attainment in BSBLIB516 - Undertake cataloguing activities.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2022 –
Monday, June 13, 2022
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STEM in Libraries
This 4 week course will help you understand the resources and skills needed to develop strong STEM programming and collections for your library.
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Friday, May 17, 2022 –
Monday, June 13, 2022
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Readers' Advisory
Still a core skill necessary for many, especially those working in public and school libraries. This course will sharpen your skills and approach.
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Tuesday, May 24, 2022 –
Monday, June 13, 2022
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Bibliometrics & more!
Acquire and develop bibliometrics skills and knowledge to enable you to support academics, early- and mid-career researchers and PhD students with grant applications, promotions, and publication decisions.
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Tuesday, June 7, 2022 - Monday, June 27, 2022 |
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Community Engagement
Community engagement is the collaboration between an organisation and the community they serve.
For libraries and information services to remain relevant they need to be proactive and connect with those communities.
This is applicable to all types of libraries and information services.
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Tuesday, August 2, 2022 –
Monday, August 29, 2022
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Libraries and Metadata
This course will focus on current developments in the way libraries provide information about their resources in the online environment. The emphasis in this course is to find out about the current issues, NOT to create metadata.
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Tuesday, August 30, 2022 –
Monday, September 19, 2022
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Super Searching
Develop and enhance your existing reference and searching skills. The focus of this course will be on the core practises of this fundamental library skill, as well as searching in the web-based world. Consideration will be given to advanced searching skills – more than just “Google” - plus the possibilities and challenges that advancements such as artificial intelligence (AI) and metadata provide.
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Tuesday, October 11, 2022 – October 31, 2022
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Cataloguing Basics - October 2022
(Accredited Course) Statement of Attainment in BSBLIB516 - Undertake cataloguing activities.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2022 –
Monday, November 28, 2022
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