Latest news
Connections 110 is now online
Mon, 29 Jul 2019
The latest edition of Connections is now available. This quarterly magazine is freely available to anyone, anywhere. Read issue 110 now.
SCIS professional learning in Term 3
Mon, 29 Jul 2019
SCIS is hosting a series of professional learning sessions in Term 3, including a new webinar 'Understanding Dewey and book numbers' and workshops in VIC and SA. Visit our professional learning page to learn more.
Building a catalogue with SCIS APIs
Fri, 26 Jul 2019
Libraries have consistently led the way in best practice information management, and we’re pleased to contribute one more step in the revolution. In the latest SCIS Blog post 'Life beyond MARC and Z39.50' Rachel Elliott explores the benefits of SCIS APIs.
SCIS services are important in ensuring efficiency and quality in our cataloguing processes. SCIS provides an authority set that is school-catalogue appropriate and meets our curricula needs. The Dewey classification is thorough and systematic. I unreservedly recommend SCIS to library professionals.
Robert George
Head of Libraries
The Alice Smith School, Malaysia
SCIS is great. It’s really, really helped my cataloguing. It has such a high hit rate, especially as SCIS has got so many English schools now. I would say the hit rate is about 98%. The ability to enter a book that SCIS doesn’t have a catalogue record for, and to ask for it to be done for you is just great. I love that.
Caroline Roche
Librarian
Eltham College, UK
SCIS is an essential pillar within the school library community. Through the provision of accurate and comprehensive catalogue records, as well as their strong role in advocacy and professional learning, SCIS plays an active and vital role. I recommend their high-quality and timely services to any school library.
Kay Oddone
Teacher Librarian
Queensland, Australia
Library management systems
SCIS works with providers of library management systems to ensure the most efficient delivery of SCIS products and services. Subject to agreement, library system vendors are offered complimentary access to SCIS products for the purposes of development, testing and demonstration.
University and TAFE educators
SCIS supports university and TAFE educators in training and developing future librarians with essential cataloguing skills. Subject to agreement, lecturers of librarianship courses are offered complimentary access to SCIS for their students to use as part of their studies.
Publishers and content providers
SCIS works closely with a number of publishers, distributors and suppliers. By arranging for new, high demand titles to be catalogued in the SCIS database, publishers have an additional avenue for reaching their market and customers have a consistent resource management solution.