Activities
CAVAL host a range of activities each year, including half-day forums, study tours, workshops and the annual CRIG Seminar. Many activities are free of charge, and held exclusively for staff of CAVAL's member libraries. Others are open to all.
Upcoming Activities
In 2023, the annual CRIG Seminar will be brought to you on 10th, 11th and 12th of October, where each day will have a two-hour session. More details are available here.
On Thursday 7 December PDIG will visit the State Library of Victoria and RMIT University's Carlton and Swanston Street Libraries.
Registrations will open shortly.
Past Activities
2023
- A virtual panel discussion, Tuesday 12 September 2023
What makes a library a library?
The full program can be viewed here. - Virtual Workshop, Thursday 13 July 2023
Getting started with AIs – Your first steps down the rabbit hole of these new digital disruptive technologies
The full program can be viewed here. - CAVAL Study Tour, Thursday 6 July 2023
The University of Melbourne, Eastern Resource Centre (ERC) & Baillieu (Rare Books & Virtual Reading Room) Libraries
The full program can be viewed here. - A conference created by CAVAL and the CSCN
Frontline Services: responding to a changing landscape, 28th June 2023
The full program can be viewed here, while slides from the event can be accessed here.
2022
- Reshape you career-readiness, PDIG webinar 23rd November 2022
The full program can be viewed here, while slides from the event can be accessed here. -
Library Transformers: More than meets the eye, CRIG Seminar, 8th, 9th and 10th November 2022.
The full program can be viewed here, while the slides and resources can be access here. - Courageous conversations, PDIG webinar 31st August 2022.
The full program can be viewed here, while slides from the event can be accessed here. - CRIG webinars 7th and 9th June 2022
The program and slides from the presentations can be accessed here. - CSCN Community of Practice 24th and 26th May
What IS the ‘new normal’? and Changing ‘inaccessible’ to ‘accessible’ for our students
The full program can be viewed here. The slides from the presentations can be accessed here. - Communicating with impact, PDIG webinar series 1, 3rd and 5th May 2022.
The full program can be viewed here, while slides and further resources from the events can be accessed here.
2021
- Creativity Out of Uncertainty, CRIG Seminar, 9th, 10th and 12th November 2021.
The full program can be viewed here, while slides and further resources from the events can be accessed here. - DigiDeclutter: What works for you? Workshop. CRIG forum 2 20 October 2021.
Slides and further resources from the workshop can be found here. - Boost your Comms Cred with Negotiation and Networking, PDIG webinar series 2, 7th and 8th September 2021.
The video recording of the negotiation event can be found here, while the full program can be viewed here. - CSCN Community of Practice 25th and 26th August 2021: Digital Literacy Skills for Staff and Students.
The full program can be viewed here. - SOS: Selling Open Scholarship – Innovations in librarians advocating for open scholarship, CRIG webinar series 1, 23rd and 25th June 2021.
Video recordings, slides and further resources can be found here. - CRIG / PDIG Joint Forum 2021, Our future: Diversified or diluted?, 25th May and 27th May 2021.
Video recordings, slides and further resources can be found here. - Steer your Career, PDIG webinar series 1, 23rd, 25th and 30th March 2021.
Video recordings, slides and further resources can be found here. - Championing the CAUL Digital Dexterity Framework, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 11th and 12th February 2021.
Video recordings, slides and further resources can be found here.
2020
- CRIG Seminar 2020, Access, equity and inclusion, 10th, 12th and 18th November 2020.
Video recordings, slides and further resources can be found here. - CRIG webinar - Something old, something new webinar 2, 28 October 2020
Watch the video here. - CRIG webinar - Something old, something new webinar 1, 27 October 2020
Watch the video here.
Slides from Dr Trent Hennessey’s presentation - CSCN Community of Practice 2020 Session #3, 24 September 2020: The implementation of a “Click and Collect” service
- CSCN Community of Practice 2020 Session #2, 22 September 2020: Transition to online-only client services across 5 campuses
- CSCN Community of Practice 2020 Session #1, 21 September 2020: Library & Learning Skills: Riding the Rona Wave of Change
- PDIG Special Event - The Art and Science of Storytelling with Gabrielle Dolan 12th August 2020
- PDIG Forum 2020 Webinar #3, 27 August 2020: The New Normal: Looking Forward With Fresh Eyes
- PDIG Forum 2020 Webinar #2, 21 July 2020: The New Normal: Reflections on COVID - Lessons learnt
- PDIG Forum 2020 Webinar #1, 15 June 2020: The New Normal: Health & Wellbeing - #WFH and beyond
- CRIG Forum - Advocating us: shining a light on our work and achievements inside and outside the library - April-May 2020
2019
- PDIG Forum - Taking charge of your PD - 19 November 2019
- CRIG Seminar 2019 - Libraries shining: shaping our practice - 6 November 2019
- CSCN Community of Practice - Service Models - 17 September 2019
- CRIG Forum: Engaging with Indigenous Knowledges - 5 September 2019
- PDIG Forum - Thriving in a digital world - 12 July 2019
- Joint CRIG/PDIG Forum - Positioning our libraries - 28 May 2019
- CSCN Community of Practice - Orientation - 16 May 2019
- CRIG Forum - Getting your library project off the ground - 30 April 2019
2018
- PDIG Forum - Building a career: Thriving in a Brave New World - November 2018
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CRIG Forum - Library Impact and what it means for teaching and learning - 14 September 2018
- CSCN Community of Practice - Rostering - 14 August 2018
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PDIG Forum - Frontline Services : Responding to a changing landscape - 14 June 2018
- CSCN Community of Practice - Digital Services - 29 May 2018
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CRIG Forum - Library Impact and what it means for research services - 11 May 2018
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PDIG Study Tour - Monash University (Caulfield and Clayton Libraries) - 7 February 2018
2017
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PDIG Forum - New Roles for New Times - 23 November 2017
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CRIG Seminar 2017 - Librarians as Researchers - 8 November 2017
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PDIG Study Tour - University of Melbourne & RMIT - 26 September 2017
- CRIG Forum - UX and You - 1 September 2017
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CAVAL-ANDS workshop - Managing library teams for a research and data intensive future - 28 July 2017
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CRIG-PDIG Joint Forum - Imagine! Future Present Libraries - 2 May 2017
- Neil Carrington - Masterclass in Strategic Leadership - 28 February 2017