Welcome to the Skills Audit of Victorian Public Library Sector 2019. When you get an invitation to participate in the Skills Audit, please do so as this research work will provide fascinating insights into the changing skills focus in public libraries. The objectives of this project are to encourage you to value the range of skillsets you already have and to help with the planning of professional development opportunities that can be tailored to your own particular library context. Your managers will complete a similar survey to consider the future skills required across the library service as a whole.

The initial Skills Audit, Victorian Public Libraries: Our Future, Our Skills was completed in 2013. As the questions in the 2019 Skills Audit directly replicate the 2013 questions, we will be able to undertake the comparative analysis between the 2013 and 2019 data. Each question relates to a skillset included in the Our Future, Our Skills: Skills Framework

Anonymity and confidentiality

At the beginning of the survey you will be asked a few demographic questions. You can be assured that when you enter your name and email address to verify your employment, the information will be translated into a respondent code to ensure your anonymity as a respondent and the confidentiality of your data. This means that in the analysis, interpretation and reporting of the data we collect in the Skills Audit, none of the data can be linked back to your personal details.

The demographic data that is collected about your age, education and employment will help us better understand the public library sector for workforce planning and advocacy purposes.

Help and support

If you need any support during the Skills Audit, please look here for assistance or send a message using the contact form.