Oliver v5 Library Software
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OverDrive eBooks for SchoolsOliver 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.
New South Wales
Oliver Advanced, New Features & Homepage
Date: Monday 5th September 2022
Host School: Waverley College (Sydney)
Course Code: NSWWC0109
Queensland
Oliver v5 Advanced & Reporting
Date: Wednesday 27th July 2022
Host school: Brisbane Boys’ College
Course code: QLDBBC2707
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Oliver v5 Advanced & Cataloguing
Date: Friday 29th July 2022
Host school: Gabbinbar State School (Toowoomba)
Course code: QLDGSS2907
South Australia
No Current Sessions
If you would like to host a group training session at your school, please email grouptraining@softlinkint.com
Victoria
Oliver v5 Advanced & Stocktake
Date: Monday 8th August 2022
Host School: Bayside P-12 College – Williamstown campus
Code: VICBPC0808
Oliver v5 Getting Started
Date: Tuesday 9th August
Host School: Caulfield Grammar School (Melbourne)
Code: VICCGS0908
Western Australia
Due to the large number of Western Australian schools that moved to Oliver v5 recently, we are offering a range of tailored Group Training sessions and user groups in term 2. Click here to find out more.
Northern Territory
Oliver v5 Advanced & Stocktake
Date: Friday 4th November 2022
Host School: Good Shepherd Lutheran College (Palmerston Campus)
Code: NTGSLC0411
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.