Teaching support
The Library serves as your strategic education partner, bringing specialised expertise in information literacy, academic skills development and learning resource integration to enhance your course and subject design.
Our Library Learning Services (LLS) team works collaboratively with teaching staff to ensure students develop the critical capabilities they need for academic success, graduate readiness and lifelong learning. We take a proactive, evidence-based approach that aligns with La Trobe University's (LTU) Education2030 framework and Graduate Attributes.
Course and subject collaboration
We partner with you from the earliest stages of course design to embed information literacy, academic skills and digital literacy systematically across year levels. Our approach ensures constructive alignment with your Intended Learning Outcomes and Graduate Attributes.
What we bring to your course and subject design:
- Develop, deliver and evaluate Library learning activities constructively aligned to course or subject Intended Learning Outcomes (mapped to Graduate Attributes).
- Identify and advise on relevant and accessible subject readings and learning resources.
- Set up your subject reading list in the Talis system with full accessibility and copyright compliance.
- Assessment design support focused on information literacy and academic skills.
- Course review process integration and impact measurement.
- Open Educational Resource development through La Trobe eBureau.
Partnership services
Our strategic collaboration focuses on three core areas where we can support your teaching goals and student success.
- Strategic advice on discipline-specific resource selection
- Reading list management through our digital-first approach
- Copyright compliance and resource accessibility
- Open access resource identification to reduce student costs
- Information literacy curriculum integration
- Academic skills development frameworks
- Digital literacy and research skills embedding
- Assessment preparation strategies
- LMS platform optimization and resource embedding
- Custom learning module development
- Interactive assessment tools and quizzes
- 24/7 digital resource access for students
Student success support
Your students benefit from our comprehensive support ecosystem designed to build graduate-ready capabilities.
Connect students with our specialist Academic Skills Advisors and Librarians for targeted support in research skills, academic writing, referencing, and subject-specific literacy needs.
Expert tutoring in essential skills:
- Maths Hub – Mathematical literacy and problem-solving.
- Science Hub – Scientific inquiry and laboratory skills.
- Coding Hub – Digital literacy and programming skills.
Our Peer Learning Advisors (PLAs) are experienced LTU students specially trained to assist other students with understanding assessments and navigating university life.
Contact us
If you have any questions or require further information about any of these services, please get in touch.