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SCIS is more

By Anthony Shaw

Issue 133, Term 2, 2025

directly feed into our evaluation or ‘discovery’ process, which aims to help us better understand our customers and how we can provide more relevant cataloguing services. The survey will be open from 7 to 24 May, and we encourage all users to participate and help shape the future of SCIS. You mig

Putting the ALIA Code of Ethics into practice in school libraries

By Jacqui Lucas

Issue 134, Term 3, 2025

t we choose to prioritise in the library curriculum; and how we engage with the school community. The ethical decisions we make around collections, cataloguing and access are our professional bread and butter, so integral to the Code of Ethics are the actions undertaken in creating, describing, st

School library spotlight: Trinity Grammar School, Sydney

By Courtney Nolan, Stefanie Gaspari

Issue 116, Term 1 2021

school, we don’t see as rapid a drop off in their borrowing and reading in the senior years. What is your favourite thing about SCIS? Courtney: Cataloguing service, engaging articles and prompt responses to enquiries. Stef: It makes cataloguing so simple! The cover images are fantastic – I

School library spotlight: Christian College Geelong

By Article by the Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 133, Term 2, 2025

ebook collection, among other things. There is a lot to manage, and SCIS is very important in that. How do you manage that across five campuses? Cataloguing is my priority at each campus, to ensure new resources are available for students and staff as soon as possible, so my role is quite focus

Architecture of genre

By Les Kneebone

Issue 96, Term 1 2016

IS standards committee is actively engaged in schools, education agencies, and school library associations with a view to observing trends in fiction cataloguing, storage and retrieval. SCIS genre headings have been informed by many years of involvement within the industry. For the same reason, they

The fourth age of libraries

By Sean McMullen

Issue 92, Term 1 2015

people could now read, and they all wanted books. Books began to be produced cheaply, on an industrial scale, and librarians became indispensable for cataloguing, storing, and retrieving titles within much larger libraries. Two centuries later, the Internet is now leading the biggest information e

The future role of the teacher librarian

By Dr James E Herring

Issue 100, Term 1 2017

ubjects, advise students, and complete administrative tasks. As the school librarian, I was expected to manage the library, taking in book selection, cataloguing and classification, displays and class visits — and advise students, liaise with teachers, complete administrative tasks, and teach studen

School library spotlight: Chisholm Catholic College

By Monique McQueen

Issue 100, Term 1 2017

nce we actively involved students in the collection development process. What is your favourite thing about SCIS? We rely heavily on SCIS for our cataloguing, and are always happy with the standards and information. Connections always has interesting and up-to-date articles which our whole l

CC News

By Schools Catalogue Information Service

Issue 31, Term 4 1999

ded us with feedback by completing product surveys, contacting us by email, telephone or fax and attending conferences and SCIS demonstrations. The Cataloguing Agencies who have endeavoured to catalogue resources as quickly as possible to ensure that the catalogue records are available when school

Reviews

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 29, Term 2 1999

es which the school's teacher librarian. Andrew Barber. outlines. Of particular importance is the close relationship the school has with the NSW SCIS cataloguing team, who catalogue the specialist resources that are not found on the SCIS database. Reviewed by Nigel Paull, Editor Connections D

CC News

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 28, Term 1 1999

complete listing of approximately 150,000 SCIS subject headings with cross references. It consists of a floppy disk, which is designed for use in the cataloguing module of your library automation system. Make sure to check compatibility with your library software supplier before ordering the product

Libraries: An American Value

By Lance Deveson

Issue 14, Term 3 1995

a are world class, (OASIS is even marketed in America now as ANNIE), there is nothing available for school libraries in America, by way of a national cataloguing service expressly created for and with established standards for schools, as SCIS. Delegates I spoke with at the Conference were amazed th

New SCIS Headings

By Ellen Paxton

Issue 7, Term 3 1993

Revised SOVIET UNION REPUBLIC HEADINGS These headings, listed below, have recently been approved by the SCIS cataloguing agencies for publication in the forthcoming third edition of the SCIS Subject Headings List. Please feel free to add them to your existing catalogue. ARMENIA May be subdi

Improving Retrievability in School Libraries

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 35, Term 4 2000

ty Files will provide significantly improved retrievability in school libraries. SCIS Authority Files format The authority entries within the cataloguing module of the SCIS database are encoded according to the MARC 21 Authority Format published by the Network Development and MARC Standards

School library spotlight: Good Shepherd Catholic School

By Helen Tomazin

Issue 104, Term 1 2018

ebsite — it is very easy to navigate. I particularly enjoy their professional learning webinars available to users. SCIS is also doing an amazing job cataloguing resources relevant to the Australian Curriculum, with new records always available to download. The SCIS team is professional, resourceful

LIFT: From little things ...

By Madeleine Galbraith and the LIFT team

Issue 108, Term 1 2019

ficers’ Survival Guide. It covered topics including roles and responsibilities, administration and operational procedures, collection development and cataloguing, display, and so much more. Committee member Lynne Mannolini took responsibility for this document, dedicating countless hours to editing,

Genrefication 3.5 years later: Reflections

By Susan Davenport

Issue 117, Term 2 2021

years later is easier to complete (really wished we’d thought of this earlier). • Create bookmarks with the genre logo to slot into the books during cataloguing. The genre allocation and label application may be some time apart and this has proven very efficient. Overall, we continue to be really

School library spotlight: Mercy College, Coburg

By Anne Girolami

Issue 118, TERM 3 2021

entral base to catalogue resources, Australia wide. This database is specifically designed to serve schools by providing a consistent approach to the cataloguing of all types of resources used in schools. It is a fantastic tool. The efficiency of how new resources are catalogued and added is such a

Unique libraries: The School of St Jude in Tanzania

By Rebecca Hansford

Issue 119, Term 4 2021

supported St Jude’s by donating their annual licensing fee and it’s made a huge difference in our libraries. ‘SCIS is a great help. We can do smarter cataloguing of materials and it fits perfectly with Oliver [their library management system]. We are saving time and it makes it much easier for us to

School library spotlight: Newtown public school

By Lucy White

Issue 121, Term 2 2022

ing a point of connection to other libraries and library professionals. I consider this to be a huge component of my own professional learning. The cataloguing work of the SCIS team is also so valuable and saves a huge amount of time. What would you like to see SCIS do more of?  I would love t