Members of the Information Resources team recently hosted an online course for librarians based in Australia. Led by Anthea Sutton, the FOLIO programme has been delivering web-based CPD courses to library and information professionals for over a decade.
Recently, FOLIOz (see what we did there?) has been partnering with ALIA, the Australian Library and Information Association to offer bespoke training catering for the needs identified by its members.
For the latest course, on Evidence-Based Library and Information Practice (EBLIP for short), Anthea was joined by a small team including Andrew Booth, Helen Buckley Woods and Mark Clowes to design and deliver the course content (which included video lectures, readings and assessed course work); as well as facilitating the group discussion boards and hosting two live webinars (a particular challenge given the time difference between ourselves in the UK and our participants "down under"). We were also delighted to welcome Professor Alison Brettle (from Salford University) to deliver a guest lecture on the future of EBLIP.
The course attracted participants from a range of sectors, including education and public libraries as well as from health - all keen to apply an evidence-based approach to solving problems and achieving best practice in the settings of their different services.
As one delegate commented: "This course is right on point as far as the skills I need to develop so our unit can reach its goals."
If you are interested in discussing how FOLIO could help with the training needs of your library/information team, please get in touch with us at folio@sheffield.ac.uk
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Showing posts with label Australia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Australia. Show all posts
Wednesday, 28 March 2018
Thursday, 27 January 2011
Best Wishes
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Posted by Anthea
Our thoughts go out to our colleagues in Australia, particularly those in Queensland and Victoria. where many have been affected by floods. ScHARR Information Resources have links with ALIA (the Australian Library and Information Association) as our FOLIOz project provides e-learning courses for ALIA members and other library and information professionals in Australia and New Zealand. The ALIA website provides more details of disaster recovery, including lists of libraries in the affected areas.
Monday, 2 March 2009
FOLIOz 2009
ScHARR IR Group, in collaboration with ALIA (the Austrailian Library and Information Association), are pleased to announce a new programme of FOLIOz (e-learning for health library and information professionals in Australia and New Zealand) courses in 2009.
The courses are on: promoting & marketing library and information services, supervisory skills for library technicians and/or newly qualified professionals, managing for service quality, and maximising the impact of your service.
For further details, please visit the ALIA website.
Tuesday, 1 April 2008
FOLIO Down Under!
G'day! The FOLIO Team are pleased to announce a new programme of FOLIOz courses for 2008, in partnership with ALIA, the Australian Library and Information Association. FOLIOz courses are delivered by e-learning and are available to any library and information professionals working in Australia. Topics for 2008 are Knowledge Management, Evaluating Information Skills Training Courses, and Project Management. For further information, please see our FOLIOz Wiki at: http://folioz.pbwiki.com/.
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