Oliver Library Software
LearnPathOliver v5 Group Training is a fantastic professional development opportunity to learn from our expert trainers, develop your Oliver v5 skills, and find new ways to make the most of your library software.
It is also an opportunity to connect with other school library professionals to share ideas, network, and collaborate with the wider school library community.
Softlink runs Group Training sessions throughout the year, Australia-wide, at various host venues. While they represent great value for money, schools can further benefit from a discount by hosting a Group Training session at their school. If you would like to learn more about hosting, please email grouptraining@softlinkint.com.
Queensland
LearnPath Workshop
Date: Tuesday 18 March 2025
Venue: Softlink Education Head Office
Course Code: QLD1803
Advanced Training & Circulation
Date: Tuesday 6 May 2025
School: Calvary Christian School - Townsville
Course Code: QLD0605
Cataloguing and Reporting
Date: Wednesday 14 May 2025
School: Dalby State School
Course Code: QLD1405
Victoria
Oliver v5 New Features & Reports
Date: Wednesday 11 December 2024
School: Kilbreda College, Mentone
Course Code: VIC1112
Getting Started with Oliver v5
Date: Tuesday 11 March 2025
School: St Louis de Montfort's School
Course Code: VIC1103
New South Wales / ACT
Getting Started with Oliver v5
Date: Friday 31 January 2025
School: Narrabundah College, ACT
Course Code: ACT3101
New Features, Home Page & Circulation
Date: Tuesday 25 February 2025
School: Waverley College
Course Code: NSW2502
South Australia
Cataloguing and Stocktake
Date: Wednesday 26 February 2025
School: Good Shepherd Lutheran School – Para Vista
Course Code: SA2602
Host Training at Your School
If you would like to host a group training session at your school, please email grouptraining@softlinkint.com
Western Australia
Northern Territory
Host Training at Your School
If you would like to host a group training session at your school, please email grouptraining@softlinkint.com
Oliver v5 Group Training Course Descriptions
Oliver v5 Getting Started
This full-day course covers menu and records navigation, adding catalogue records, adding borrower records, circulation desk -loans and returns, basic OPAC.
The course duration is 6 hours.
Advanced Oliver
Advanced Oliver covers authority file maintenance, subjects, authors, publishers, tag manager, setting up and using reading lists, exchange, merging catalogue records and library home page maintenance.
The course duration is 3 hours and is generally accompanied with one of the additional 3 hour function specific courses.
Cataloguing
Setting up of cataloguing fields, SCIS imports, z-cataloguing, adding copies information, spine labels, weeding and archiving.
The course duration is 3 hours.
Circulation
Setting up circulation fields; borrower maintenance; lending rules; circulation desk; loans; returns; renewals; reservations and overdue notices.
The course duration is 3 hours.
Serials
This course includes creating catalogue records, components and subscriptions,check-in (receiving issues).
The course duration is 3 hours.
Stocktake
A discussion and explanation of the Oliver Stocktake procedure for End of term and / or End of year, walk through of the stocktake process, including examples and reports; Q & A.
The course duration is 3 hours.
New Features & Homepage
Softlink will highlight the latest features in Oliver v5 and how to get the most out of them and making use of your Oliver homepage.
The course duration is 3 hours.
Reporting
How to create custom reports, report template adjustments, analytical reporting, and library statistics
The course duration is 3 hours.