VATL Resources
For current documentation, see Resources.
Strategic Plan: 2000-2001 | 2002-2004 | 2005-2007 | 2008-2010 | 2011-2013 | 2014-2016
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 |
| 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. A Report by George Eraclides, VATL version (August 2013) [PDF] |
| 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. William Angliss Institute of TAFE
| Collaborating for the future | Dr Dahle Suggett Dep. Secretary , Office of Learning and Teaching DE&T |
| Establishing a library in Laos | Amanda Steen Bendigo Institute |
| Reaching out / Reaching in (Staff development in a TAFE library) | Cathy Smith East Gippsland TAFE |
| Strategies for teaching Gen Y | Craig Jennings Swinburne University, TAFE Division |
| AEShareNET (Unlocking IP) | Dennis Macnamara AEShareNet |
| Getting started with research at C.I.T : an Information Literacy success story | Lynne Fletcher Canberra Institute of TAFE |
| Flexible learning: Collaborating with teaching staff | Leonie Pope Box Hill Institute of TAFE |
| Performance planning | Marion King Holmesglen Institute |
| Library services, Gen X & Gen Y | Penny Braybrook School of Business Information Technology, RMIT University |
| Liaison newsletters: Old concepts, New Approach | Sarah Cavanagh Waverley Branch Information Commons, Holmesglen Institute of TAFE |
| Researching VET policy and practice for librarians | Sarah Hayman Manager, Information Services, National Centre for Vocational Education Research |
| Collaboration and cooperation through consortia. Opportunities for TAFE Libraries | Sue Hencze Training & Consortia Manager, CAVAL Collaborative Solutions |
| AARLIN, Metalib & SFX: Streamlining information | Tony Davies Swinburne University |
| Blurred boundaries, Mixed metaphors: Libraries form a helicopter | Derek Whitehead OAM: Swinburne University |
| Internal and external collaborations: The way of the future | 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 [PPT] | 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?
Workshop Topic 2: How can we implement learning commons principles with little or no budgets?
Workshop Topic 3: How can we extend our library services to those participating in industry based training?
Workshop Topic 4: How are new technologies affecting our roles as librarians?
Workshop Topic 5: How can the future TAFE library be more attractive to its clients?
Archive (Members only)
Other resources, such as workshop documents and presentations, are available to VATL members only and are archived via the members login.