Information for Professional Experience Placement Hosts
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) states in their Employer roles and responsibilities in education and professional development policy "Library and information agency employers have a key responsibility to support and assist education providers in producing graduates capable of providing quality information services".
Thank you for your consideration to host a CSU student for their professional placement experience. Below you will find important information for conducting workplace learning.
Host Guidelines
The Placement Guidelines for Hosts are currently being revised and will be provided via this site shortly.
Insurance
Placement students are covered by Insurance during their period of Workplace Learning as outlined here
Forms
For students currently enrolled in 201860/90:
We value your professional feedback and ask that host supervisors complete a Supervisor's Report at the end of the placement period. Please note that the Supervisor's Report may be completed in consultation with the student on placement.
- Supervisor's Report for Information Studies students
- Supervisor's Report for Teacher Librarianship students
Please submit either of the above forms directly to:
The School of Information Studies greatly appreciates the continued support of the library and information studies community for the Professional Placement program.
For students enrolling in INF208 or INF408 in 2019:
We are currently updating the Professional Placement subjects for 201930 onward and more details will be available here shortly.