Students who enrolled in this course prior to 1998 should refer to previous years’ handbooks for relevant course information. The course details below are relevant for students who commence the course in 1998 or later.

This course is intended to produce graduates who will be able to operate as information professionals in any library or other information agency. The course aims to develop in graduates the ability to:

• synthesise experiences so as to generate ideas
• think creatively
• communicate effectively
• reason logically
• provide information services which are able to meet the perceived and unperceived needs of individuals, organisations and communities
• create, maintain and assess appropriate information environments
• operate within, develop, maintain and manage teams
• be proactive in ensuring their own professional development
• become reflective practitioners.

These broad aims will be achieved through the development of professional, educational, administrative and technical knowledge, skills, values and attitudes that will enable the graduate to fulfil the role of librarian and information professional. These will include, but will not be limited to, the following:

1. A knowledge of the philosophy, trends, ethics, values and major issues of the information profession.
2. An understanding of the role of the information professional within a rapidly changing technological society.
3. A knowledge of, and the ability to apply, the theories, principles and best practices of the key professional areas of:

• generation, flow and utilisation of information;
• information users and their needs;
• sources of information and their characteristics;
• provision and management of information services;
• acquisition and organisation of information resources;
• information control and retrieval;
• information dissemination.

Wagga Wagga Campus

Distance education

Part-time 6 years (12 sessions)

Applicants should have a basic knowledge and understanding of using personal computers. Assumed knowledge is NSW HSC or equivalent 2 unit English and 2 unit Mathematics.

Successful applicants must have access to the Internet during the period they are enrolled in the course in order to complete course requirements.

NSW TAFE Diploma of Library and Information Studies and equivalent. New Zealand Library Studies Certificate.

To graduate, students must satisfactorily complete 192 points as follows: a core of 11 library and information science subjects (88 points), 3 practicum subjects (equivalent to 8 points), 4 library and information science elective subjects (32 points), and a non-library academic major of 8 subjects (64 points).

Graduates of this course may be admitted to Associate (professional) Membership of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) without further examination.

INF100 Library & Information Services

INF101 Information Seeking

INF102 Organising Information

INF109 Compulsory Residential School

INF115 Information Technology in Libraries

INF200 Library Supervision & Management

INF201 Collection Management

INF202 Information Sources & Services

INF301 Contemporary Library Management

INF302 Information Management in Organisations

INF303 Information Society Issues

INF304 Performance Evaluation for Libraries

INF204 Publishing & Distribution

INF205 Trends in Literature for Children

INF310 Topics in Library Management

INF311 Preservation of Information Resources

INF314 Advanced Information Retrieval

INF421 Database Management Systems

LSC321 Research and Evaluation

ITC125 Information Superhighway

ETL401 Introduction to Teacher Librarianship

ETL402 Children’s Literature for Teacher Librarians

Students undertake an 8 subject non-library academic major. Any major may be undertaken subject to the approval of the Course Coordinator and the other discipline coordinator. Currently students in this course are undertaking majors in the following areas: Agriculture; Art History; Environmental Analysis; Gerontology; History; Human Resource Management; Information Technology (Computing); Japanese; Justice Studies; Law; Literature; Management; Management and Information Technology; Psychology; Public Administration; Social Welfare; Sociology; Theology; Vocational Education and Training.

INF107 Professional Study Visit (2 points)

INF207 Professional Placement (4 points)

INF307 Professional Activities (2 points)

INF100 Library & Information Services

INF101 Information Seeking

INF109 Compulsory Residential School (0 points)

INF102 Organising Information

INF115 Information Technology in Libraries

INF200 Library Supervision & Management

INF201 Collection Management

INF202 Information Sources & Services

INF301 Contemporary Library Management

INF302 Information Management in Organisations

INF303 Information Society Issues

INF107 Professional Study Visit (2 points)

INF304 Performance Evaluation for Libraries

[ ] Major 1

INF207 Professional Placement (4 points)

[ ] Library Elective

[ ] Major 2

[ ] Library Elective

[ ] Major 3

[ ] Library Elective

[ ] Major 4

[ ] Library Elective

[ ] Major 5

[ ] Major 6

[ ] Major 7

[ ] Professional Activities

[ ] Major 8

There is a compulsory four day residential school scheduled at the beginning of the first session of the course. Normally no exemptions will be permitted.

There are residential schools attached to some academic subjects. Attendance at these schools may be required unless the Subject Coordinator permits students to satisfy subject requirements through alternative methods.

There is one professional study visit (four days); a three week professional placement; and a professional activity subject which requires students to attend and report on a minimum of 30 hours of professional activities (such as conference sessions, seminars, workshops) of value to the development of library and information services professionals.

Course Coordinator
School of Information Studies
Roy Sanders
Telephone: (02) 6933 2417
Facsimile: (02) 6933 2733
Email: rsanders@csu.edu.au

Associate Course Coordinator
School of Information Studies
Val Mullins
Telephone: (02) 6933 2467
Facsimile: (02) 6933 2733
Email: vmullins@csu.edu.au