ALIA is the national organisation for the Australian library and information services sector. They provide high-quality PL courses and webinars that are useful for school library people.
Libraries Tasmania is providing free access for DECYP and non-DECYP schools.
Online short courses
On demand and always available: https://www.alia.org.au/events-and-training
- Copyright 101
- Ethics 101
- Respect and Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Cultures and Country in Australian Libraries
Email your request to the School Libraries Team School.libraries@libraries.tas.gov.au
2026 courses aren’t listed yet but may include
- Cataloguing for beginners
- Cataloguing for practitioners
- Acquisitions – getting it right
Webinars
The next School Libraries live webinar is ‘Your AI conversation is overdue’ https://www.alia.org.au/EventDetail?EventKey=SCH1125
- Saturday November 8th 2025, 10.30am-11.30am
- RSVP before 5 Nov 2025 by emailing the School Libraries Team school.libraries@libraries.tas.gov.au
- A recording will be made available within 5 business days of the event.
On demand and always available webinars
Filter the list https://alia.org.au/Web/Shop/ALIA-Shop-Videos.aspx using the word ‘schools’ to find:
- Maximising your school library budget: doing more with less
- Embracing student wellbeing
- Copyright in schools
- Beyond Information Literacy
- Information Literacy
- Curation for your community
- Teams: the hard conversations
- Engaging readers a novel approach
- Equipping students as information seekers
- Get ‘the knack’ on reading
- How does data tell your story?
- School library annual report
- Skilling up, up, up!
- Switch on to reading
Email your request to the School Libraries Team School.libraries@libraries.tas.gov.au
Further information
- These webinars are focused on teacher librarians but the content is useful for everyone working in school libraries.
- More details about ALIA Schools can be found on the ALIA website https://schools.alia.org.au/
- Sign up for the ALIA Schools newsletter or read the newsletter archive (no membership required) https://schools.alia.org.au/newsletter/
- Sign up for the ALIA CYS SCOOP newsletter or read past issues https://www.alia.org.au/Web/Groups-and-Committees/SIG/ALIA_Childrens_and_Youth_Services
Update knowledge and skills about:
- Trends and issues in the school library and information services sector
- Providing contemporary school library services that are focused on reading engagement and student wellbeing
- Developing and maintaining library collections that create a high-quality literacy rich environment