Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
CULLB708C Mapping and Delivery Guide
Manage information access
Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
Qualification | - |
Unit of Competency | CULLB708C - Manage information access |
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Description | This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to monitor and evaluate customer information needs, and to develop and implement appropriate access policies within the organisation.No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of endorsement. | ||
Employability Skills | The required outcomes described in this unit of competency contain applicable facets of Employability Skills. The Employability Skills Summary for the qualification in which this unit of competency is packaged, will assist in identifying Employability Skills requirements. | ||
Learning Outcomes and Application | This unit applies to individuals working in any information services context who are responsible for developing information access policies at a strategic level. This includes a strong co-operative focus and recognition of broader national initiatives and standards. Work is undertaken autonomously, usually by those with management responsibility.Information services contexts may include public, corporate or institutional libraries, record management units, government departments or community advisory organisations. | ||
Duration and Setting | X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting. |
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Prerequisites/co-requisites | Nil | ||
Competency Field | Library Customer Service |
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners | Student Learning Resources | Handouts Activities |
Slides PPT |
Assessment 1 | Assessment 2 | Assessment 3 | Assessment 4 | |
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Elements of Competency | Performance Criteria | |||||||
Element: Monitor and evaluate customer information requirements | ||||||||
Element: Develop and improve mechanisms to maintain data on collection use and customer access demands | ||||||||
Element: Ensure evaluation mechanisms focus both on own collection and external sources | ||||||||
Element: Take into account the organisation's directions, plans and priorities in monitoring and evaluation | ||||||||
Element: Develop and maintain policies and strategies for information availability and access | ||||||||
Element: Develop policies, based on evaluation, and which take account of anticipated developments and provide for unexpected developments | ||||||||
Element: Develop policies which meet current organisational priorities and strategies | ||||||||
Element: Evaluate potential resource implications and ensure policies fall within current budgetary and other resource constraints | ||||||||
Element: Maintain awareness of technological and other trends and their potential impact on medium and long-term policy development | ||||||||
Element: Implement and manage information access policies | ||||||||
Element: Identify barriers to information access and develop strategies to overcome them in accordance with organisational policies | ||||||||
Element: Establish processes to coordinate and control collection of information, licensing arrangements and other agreements | ||||||||
Element: Provide opportunities for maximum input from staff and the formal and informal sharing of staff knowledge and expertise | ||||||||
Element: Monitor and assess short and long term implications of policies and strategies and take appropriate action | ||||||||
Element: Develop and manage cooperative information access activities | ||||||||
Element: Establish and maintain liaison and working arrangements with other information providers to explore and facilitate resource sharing and other cooperative activities | ||||||||
Element: Share research findings, information and ideas with others to facilitate cooperative arrangements | ||||||||
Element: Meet the organisation's responsibilities in relation to national initiatives and standards | ||||||||
Element: Initiate appropriate cooperative arrangements to bring identifiable benefits to customers | ||||||||
Element: Ensure co-operative activities reflect awareness of relevant local, national and international issues, standards and protocols, and legal and ethical issues | ||||||||
Element: Manage change in relation to information access | ||||||||
Element: Initiate change in a timely way to address information access arrangements | ||||||||
Element: Introduce and implement change in consultation with all relevant parties | ||||||||
Element: Ensure detailed plans for the implementation of change provide for assessment of the impact on communication and training needs and processes |