Oliver v5 Group Training
These lecture-based sessions include the full-day general ‘Getting Started’ and ‘Advanced’ courses, as well as more targeted, half-day sessions on ‘Cataloguing’, ‘Circulation’, ‘Serials’, ‘Acquisitions’ and ‘Stocktake’.
Scroll down for an overview of the content covered under each of these topics.
These sessions are delivered by one of our expert trainers at various host venues and represent good value for money.
Oliver v5 group training courses - Semester 1, 2019
Oliver v5 – Getting Started
Date: 11th Feb
Venue: Sunnybank State High School, QLD
Date: 20th Feb
Venue: Waverley College, NSW
Date: 14th March
Venue: Wallarano Primary School, Noble Park, VIC
Date: 18th March
Venue: Rangitoto College, Auckland, NZ
Date: 26th March
Venue: Perth, WA - TBC
Oliver v5 - Beginning of Year Procedures
Date: 13th March
Venue: Edgewater Primary School, Perth, WA
Advanced Oliver v5 with New Features and Homepage
Date: 12th Feb
Venue: Robertson State School, Brisbane, QLD
Date: 18th Feb
Venue: Bentley Park College, Cairns, QLD
Date: 22nd Feb
Venue: Nepean Christian School, Mulgoa, NSW
Date: 4th March
Venue: St Luke’s Anglican School, Bundaberg, QLD
Date: 15th March
Venue: St Joseph’s Primary School, Warragul, VIC
Date: 19th March
Venue: Epsom Girls Grammar School, Auckland, NZ
Date: 15th May
Venue: QLD - TBC
Advanced Oliver v5 and Circulation
Date: 13th Feb
Venue: Queen of Apostles, Stafford (Brisbane), QLD
Advanced Oliver v5 and Serials
Date: 21st Feb
Venue: William Clarke College, Kellyville (Sydney), NSW
Advanced Oliver v5 and Stocktake
Date: 6th May
Venue: Reservoir West Primary School, Reservoir, VIC
Date: 13th May
Venue: QLD - TBC
Date: 23rd May
Venue: NSW - TBC
Cataloguing and Circulation
Date: 7th May
Venue: VIC - TBC
Date: 14th May
Venue: Aquinas College, Southport, QLD
Date: 23rd May
Venue: NSW - TBC
Please email grouptraining@softlinkint.com if you are interested in hosting a group training course.
Oliver v5 - Getting Started
Covers cataloguing and circulation for new users.
Includes: navigation between menus; screens and records (including searching, sorting and basic reports); basic cataloguing, circulation and searching functions.
Cataloguing
Setting up cataloguing fields; SCIS imports; z-cataloguing; adding copies information; spine labels; weeding and archiving.
Circulation
Setting up circulation fields; borrower maintenance; lending rules; circulation desk; loans; returns; renewals; reservations; overdue notices.
Oliver v5 - Beginning of Year Procedures
Covers the updating of borrower records as well as other circulation-related update tasks for a smooth start to the new school year.
Advanced Oliver v5 with New Features and Homepage
Covers basic vs advanced searching; search results; Orbit parameters including pick & click; setting up and using reading lists; changing page layouts; book reviews.
New Features & Homepage
Highlights the latest features in Oliver v5 and how to get the most out of them; how to maximise your Oliver v5 homepage.
Advanced Oliver v5 with either Stocktake, Serials, Circulation or Acquisitions
Advanced Oliver v5 covers authority file maintenance, subjects, authors, publishers, tag manager, setting up and using reading Lists, exchange, merging catalogue records and library home page maintenance.
Stocktake
A discussion and explanation of the Oliver v5 Stocktake procedure for end of term and / or end of year, walk-through of the stocktake process, including examples and reports; Q & A.
Serials
This course includes creating catalogue records, components and subscriptions, check-in (receiving issues).
Acquisitions
This course covers the setting up of suppliers, cost centres and budgets. Creating, receiving, cancelling orders and retrospective orders.
Circulation
Setting up circulation fields; borrower maintenance; lending rules; circulation desk; loans; returns; renewals; reservations; overdue notices.