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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Maintain knowledge about literature and reading
   • Research promotion of literature and reading, and research its importance to society
   • Recognise reading levels and interests of various customer groups
   • Source reviews about relevant literature from a range of sources
   • Identify classification systems and shelving options for literary works and literary information for a range of formats
   • Update own knowledge of a broad range of literary works, publishing trends and formats
   • Share information collected on literary works, trends and formats with colleagues
2. Implement a range of strategies to promote literature and reading
   • Research methods used to organise and access literature collections
   • Develop own strategies to promote literature and reading and use current or emerging technologies
   • Interview and provide advice to customers to meet their literature and reading needs
   • Source information from a variety of sources to meet customer literature requests
   • Identify and assess strategies used by organisations to promote reading, and adapt as required for the organisation
3. Monitor and evaluate effectiveness of strategies to promote literature and reading
   • Monitor feedback of strategies implemented to promote literature and reading
   • Suggest methods to determine the effectiveness of strategies used to promote literature and reading
   • Recommend changes to strategies in response to evaluation of feedback

Performance Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including evidence of the ability to:

on at least two occasions interview and provide advice to customers to meet their literature and reading needs.

In the course of the above, the candidate must:

develop, implement and evaluate strategies to promote literature and reading

meet customer literature requests

promote use of an organisation’s collections and resources

share information collected on literature, trends and formats with colleagues

monitor and evaluate effectiveness of strategies to promote literature and reading.

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must be able to demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including knowledge of:

concepts of literacy and literature and the role organisations play in promoting reading

scope and arrangement of literature collections in libraries and related organisations

relevant literature information sources located in publications, including:

blogs

catalogues

databases

websites

key methods for arranging literature collections

literature requests and strategies for answering requests

literature reference resources and common application of each

common categories and genres into which literature is divided.

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