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Supporting Australian book creators

By The ELR team

Issue 106, Term 3 2018

o have Commonwealth Government-funded Lending Right programs that see eligible book creators and publishers recompensed for having their work held in libraries. In Term 4, Australian schools will be invited to participate in the annual Educational Lending Right (ELR) School Library Survey. SCIS

All together now: recognising the work of all school library staff

By Karys McEwen

Issue 107, Term 4 2018

There’s no doubt that school libraries in Australia are facing challenges. You only have to pick up a professional publication or attend a conference to hear the widespread discussion about how shrinking budgets and staffing cuts are affecting the industry. But amid all the debate, school library s

Building capacity for Australian book creators

By Article by Education Services Australia (ESA)

Issue 131, Term 4, 2024

s and publishers with compensation for potential loss of income as a result of their books being available for loan in public and educational lending libraries. ESA assists the the Australian Government’s Office for the Arts by delivering the Educational Lending Rights scheme through Australian scho

Adding to the local evidence base: developing and implementing a study on classroom teacher and teacher librarian collaboration

By Vicki Bennett

Issue 133, Term 2, 2025

is an essential need for evidence to demonstrate this to others. In 2010, Hay and Todd made recommendations about the essential elements for future libraries, including, for teacher librarians, ‘Developing capacity as an evidence-based practitioner’ (Hay & Todd, 2010). They argue that to create mo

SCIS is more

By Dr Ben Chadwick

Issue 99, Term 4 2016

publishers. If you are invited to participate this year, please take the opportunity to support book creators. International Association for School Libraries Rachel Elliott (Director, Metadata and Library Services at ESA) and I were fortunate enough to attend the International Association for Sc

Have you Read This?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 7, Term 3 1993

d to the usual first line approach. At an anticipated price of £23,500 for the set, it is not in our league, but hopefully some of the large academic libraries in Australia will subscribe. BULLETIN BOARDS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS Some of our previous issues have discussed educational bulletin boar

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By Dianne Lewis

Issue 1, Term 1 1992

CURRICULUM CORPORATION is well aware of the demands placed on libraries, school libraries and libraries in tertiary institutions to access current curriculum information at the lowest possible cost and often without access to on-line databases or microfiche. Educators need current information and

Website and app reviews

By Nigel Paull

Issue 107, Term 4 2018

des images, videos, news, resources, and links to other NASA apps and websites. SCIS no. 1487361 Human Library http://humanlibrary.org Human libraries, or living libraries as they are also known, have gained popularity in recent times. Teacher librarians could use the ideas presented by thi

What Do Teacher Librarians Need to Know about Cataloguing?

By Ashley Freeman

Issue 34, Term 3 2000

and promoting a love and appreciation of I iterature. Because of the constantly expanding use of information and communication technologies in school libraries, many Teacher Librarians have also gained technical and educational responsibilities in this field within their school. Additionally the Tea

Diversity audits and catalogue records

By Renate Beilharz

Issue 128, Term 1 2024

se audits. While these catalogues have some limitations, they can still be valuable for initial collection assessments. As we strive for more diverse libraries, we must consider how these catalogues can be updated and better utilised for the future. What is a diversity audit? A diversity audit i

Selections of an Automated System

By Rosemary Abbott

Issue 7, Term 3 1993

er of Business in Information Technology at RMIT. Since the mid-late 1980s, 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 sour

ASLA Australian Teacher Librarian Award 2021

By Kerry Pope

Issue 118, TERM 3 2021

e Hartley, the Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS) manager. SCIS is the proud sponsor of this prestigious award. Anne’s passion for school libraries and teacher librarians has been a driving force in her career and she has devoted many hours to this cause. She has more than 30 years’ expe

Leading whole school literacy from the library

By Dr Margaret Merga

Issue 124, Term 1 2023

ould guide collective understandings of literacy within a school, articulating clear literacy learning goals and detailing how they will be attained. Libraries and their staff should feature in these policies as key literacy resources. Unfortunately, in my recent investigations of Australian WSLPs,

Library catalogues and the World Wide Web: it takes two to tango

By Nicole Richardson

Issue 101, Term 2 2017

es (Tillett 2004). While these are still the main functions of the library catalogue, suggesting that these are its only functions is to suggest that libraries are used only to store information. Through enhanced content, the online catalogue can now reflect the physical library environment, shif

The Listserv for Australian Teacher Librarians

By Schools Catalogue Information Service

Issue 30, Term 3 1999

rnet resources; information literacy issues, programs and strategies; reference questions for teachers and students; products and services for school libraries; general discussion of Teacher Librarianship issues; training tips and use of information technologies; and workshop and conference announce

Have You Read This?

By Heather Kelsall

Issue 20, Term 1 1997

inar Series. November 1996, No.59. Insite Vol.18 Issue 2, February 1997 features informative reports from State and Federal parliamentary libraries and is worth reading from cover to cover! Nick Bannenburg , Queensland Parliamentary Librarian maintains that with the ever-increasing invo

Supporting Legal Study requests with ease

By Jan Barnett

Issue 15, Term 4 1995

Affording major law references and having access to legal cases is not always an easy task for school libraries. Use can sometimes be made of libraries at private law firms in the extended school community however, whilst this form of inter-library loan or inter-library photocopy is effective it is

Supporting Australian book creators

By Deborah Abela

Issue 105, Term 2 2018

d they help you feel understood’. But it’s a big task that needs many hands: family, teachers, librarians, publishers, creators … everyone. We need libraries filled with books kids love and are yet to discover, and a dedicated book-loving librarian who’ll help find them. We also need creators an

SCIS on the road: where to find us in Term 2

By Article by the Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 133, Term 2, 2025

rence We’ll be attending the ASLA 2025 Biennial Conference. This year’s theme is Energise | Empower | Explore, which focuses on celebrating school libraries and invigorating them to lead education, empower learning communities, and explore new literacy and information management pathways. We’re p

Supporting Australian book creators

By Nicole Richardson, James Moloney

Issue 98, Term 3 2016

e are lucky to have government-funded Lending Right programs that see eligible book creators and publishers compensated for having their work held in libraries. Look at those copies of The 65-Storey Treehouse or Tomorrow, When the War Began sitting on your library shelves: how many students have rea