TAFE NSW Libraries in the in the

Web 2.0 World

Presenters:Presenters:

� Beatriz Aroche

Library Manager, Ultimo College, TAFE NSW - Sydney Institute

Helene Brown� Helene BrownManager, TAFE Library Resource Management Services

Overview of session:Overview of session:

� TAFE Libraries and Web 2.0

� Case Study – Sydney Institute libraries� Case Study – Sydney Institute libraries

� Challenges and rewards

About TAFE NSW.... About TAFE NSW....

� Largest vocational education and training provider in Australia

� Ten Institutes in regional and metropolitan areas offer over 1,200 work related qualificationsqualifications

� Between 2008 and 2009 TAFE NSW increased enrolments by 4.1% from 504, 009 to 524, 838

Source: Annual report 2009. Department of Education and Training.

TAFE NSW Strategic directionsTAFE NSW Strategic directions

include:include:

� Flexible training

� Employment based training � Employment based training

� Higher education

2010 Horizon Report2010 Horizon Report

� Time to adoption: one year or less◦ Mobile computing

◦ Open content

� Time to adoption: two to three years◦ Electronic books

◦ Simple augmented reality

� Time to adoption: four to five years◦ Gesture-based computing

◦ Visual data analysis

TAFE libraries:•299 staffed TAFE libraries across Australia

In TAFE NSW in 2009 there were:•107 staffed libraries •Over 2 million resource holdings•Around 1,326,810 physical resources borrowed•Around 275,000 full text downloads from eResource databases•Around 5 million visits by students and staff

Educational delivery and the Educational delivery and the mobile revolutionmobile revolution

“Do you think you could have my professors text me before I get out of bed if they are going to be absent from class?” an undergraduate student

EBSCO mobile SearchingEBSCO mobile Searching

E-Learning @ SISupportingE-Learning @ SIA Case Study

Supporting

Ambition in Action

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Ambition in Action

eLearning in this environment....

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Ambition in Action

Virtual Library Maps

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Ambition in Action

Database Portal

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Ambition in Action

iLectures

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Ambition in Action

FaceBook

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