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Issue 38 Summary
By Editor
Issue 38, Term 3 2001
us Management Software Package Steven Haby, SCIS SCIS Agency Profile – Victoria Mavis Heffernan, Statewide School Library Support Centre, VIC School Libraries, Literacy Week and the Let’s Read Expo Mary Ellen Ray, DEET Cataloguing News
Cataloguing News
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 31, Term 4 1999
s is a professional subject cataloguing tool developed over many years by a team of qualified cataloguers. Features: Developed for Australasian school libraries and curriculum needs. Updated in response to changes in terminology, trends and attitudes. Broad and specific terms with scope fo
What's New?
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 29, Term 2 1999
ALIA Merit Award Congratulations to Michelle Ellis, Senior Curriculum Advisor. Library and I nformation Literacy, with the NSW Department of Educat i on and Training (Michelle is also the Manager of the New South Wales SC IS
New Zealand News
By James Carroll
Issue 20, Term 1 1997
rmation problem solving/gathering component. These changes together with the move to pupil centered education has impacted not only on teachers but school libraries as well. The expectation placed on school librarians are broadening to encompass an understanding of teaching a learning. This means
LM-NET
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 10, Term 3 1994
ing Canada, New Zealand and Australia. On LM-NET members share information and experience. There are discussions about issues such as censorship in school libraries (in which Australia's Ken Dillon has participated), how to set up CD-ROM networks, policies about charging for computer print-outs an
Selections of an Automated System
By Rosemary Abbott
Issue 7, Term 3 1993
0s, librarians have been placed under increasing pressure to automate their libraries' operations. This has particularly been the case with regard to school libraries. The pressure in this area has come from a number of sources: school principals, the activities of professional associations, the i
Leading whole school literacy from the library
By Dr Margaret Merga
Issue 124, Term 1 2023
their staff should feature in these policies as key literacy resources. Unfortunately, in my recent investigations of Australian WSLPs, I found that school libraries are often not mentioned at all (Merga, 2022). We need school libraries to feature strongly in WSLPs so that their contributions are r
Supporting Australian book creators
By Nicole Richardson, Frances Watts
Issue 100, Term 1 2017
come lost as a result of having their work held in educational libraries. The survey determines estimated holdings of particular titles in Australian school libraries, which are then used as the basis for payments for registered book creators. ELR ensures that while their work remains freely accessi
Thank you Heather, Welcome Nigel
By Lance Deveson, Heather Kelsall
Issue 23, Term 4 1997
years and wish her well with future endeavours. We look forward to occasional contributions to the newsletter as she visits interesting schools, and school libraries, in her new role. Nigel Paull, teacher librarian at Sth Grafton Primary school, NSW, has agreed to step in as editor for the next t
International engagement: the SLAV / IASL partner association program
By Susan La Marca
Issue 106, Term 3 2018
e chose to join up in this way as it was felt that access to the members-only area of the IASL website, the IASL Newsletter, and the research journal School Libraries Worldwide affords professional learning opportunities that are well worth investing in for our members. By joining as an associatio
SCIS is more
By Caroline Ramsden
Issue 107, Term 4 2018
include older records in future authority releases. ELR Every year, the Australian Government runs the Educational Lending Right (ELR) survey of school libraries. SCIS manages this on behalf of the government. The survey counts the number of copies of listed titles that are held in Australian s
The last word
By Article by the Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 136, Term 1, 2026
ibraries can integrate into their library development project. I still think this is interesting and has some relevant ideas that could be applied to school libraries. Jamali, Hamid R. (2025). Using codesign for the development of children and young adults’ spaces in public libraries. Public L
Setting yourself up for success in Term 1 as a teacher librarian
By Serena Bourke
Issue 136, Term 1, 2026
arch continues to demonstrate that qualified teacher librarians are linked to improved literacy outcomes and higher student engagement (Students Need School Libraries, 2018). Use Term 1 as the school’s “introduction” to the library. Younger students can explore picture books, Stage 2 can learn abo
SCIS is more
By Ben Chadwick
Issue 100, Term 1 2017
I hereby launch the 100th edition of Connections magazine! Connections celebrates all the superheroes that work in school libraries. Like superheroes, they possess special powers that are admired by their colleagues. They work alone — or in small teams — but are known to constructively negotia
What's New?
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 33, Term 2 2000
http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/itb/libryrpt/ index.him> and would provide further information. 4. The great divide? Physical and digital resources in school libraries School libraries face an increasing challenge to meet the needs of their users for integrated access to all resources -physical and
Cataloguing standards: what you see is what you get
By Natasha Campbell
Issue 111, Term 4 2019
the database each month, keeping it relevant and current. The resources catalogued come from a range of sources including publishers, booksellers and school libraries. These hot-off-the-press titles are our best means of creating a quality record that is accurate and compliant with international c
SCIS is more
By Renate Beilharz
Issue 122, Term 3 2022
‘The Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS) creates high-quality, consistent catalogue records for school libraries.’ The quote above introduces SCIS to all those who use our website. High quality means that we adhere to international cataloguing standards, ensuring SCIS records are compat
SCIS is more
By Anthony Shaw
Issue 127, Term 4 2023
the workforce, making her our longest-serving team member. She spent most of her working life focused on creating catalogue records for resources in school libraries. Mavis started as a cataloguer at Tottenham Technical School (Victoria) in 1973, then joined a team of 15 cataloguers in the Victoria
The Great Aussie Book Count 2021-22
By Michelle Harvey
Issue 121, Term 2 2022
Arts. This up-to-date library book count data ensures Australian creators and publishers can receive compensation for the free use of their books in school libraries through the Australian Government’s ELR program. Five minutes is all it takes! And don’t let the name fool you: ELR is not your typ
SCIS is More
By Anthony Shaw
Issue 130, Term 3, 2024
catalogue. Imagine an integrated library management system that could easily ingest high-quality digital catalogue records, created specifically for school libraries – back then that was the stuff of science fiction. Luckily for students and library staff, such a system now exists, and SCIS has sin