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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

Supporting Australian book creators

By Nicole Richardson, Simmone Howell

Issue 96, Term 1 2016

We often celebrate libraries for providing free access to information, but rarely think about what this means for the authors, illustrators, editors, and publishers responsible for the books currently sitting on library shelves. If we are interested in reading a particular book, whether for leisu

Supporting Australian book creators

By Laura Armstrong

Issue 93, Term 2 2015

Lending Right (ELR) school library survey. The data collected is used to estimate the number of copies of Australian books held in Australian school libraries. These estimates are then used to calculate payments to Australian book creators and publishers in compensation for earnings potentially los

Issue 89 Summary

By Laura Armstrong

Issue 89, Term 2 2014

n the issue include: Once upon a story time Ursula Dubosarsky and Andrew Joyner, author and illustrator of Too Many Elephants in this House . Libraries and metadata in a sea of information Alan Manifold, State Library of Victoria Growing, harvesting, preparing, sharing and learning Bev

Issue 87 Summary

By Meelee Soorkia

Issue 87, Term 4 2013

, St Michael's Primary School, VIC Helping Australian book creators Meelee Soorkia, Education Services Australia Gold Coast study links school libraries and teacher librarians to literacy Dr Hilary Hughes, QUT. Educating the educators: a disaster resilience education project Heather Bail

Issue 72 Summary

By Editor

Issue 72, Term 1 2010

Please note this issue of Connections is only available in PDF format. Articles in this issue include: Libraries for a post-literate society Doug Johnson, Mankato (MN) Public Schools, USA After school in the library media centre Bob Hassett, Luther Jackson Middle School (VA), USA A l

Issue 71 Summary

By Editor

Issue 71, Term 4 2009

Please note this issue of Connections is only available in PDF format. Articles in this issue include: Twitter for libraries (and librarians) Sarah Milstein, Author Do you want kids to be safe online? Loosen those filters! Mary Ann Bekll, Sam Houston State University Rearrange the fu

Issue 69 Summary

By Editor

Issue 69, Term 2 2009

subject headings ergo : an online framework for critical literacy in secondary education Linda Angeloni, State Library of Victoria School libraries: making a difference Kerry Neary Educational Lending Right Chris Kilfoyle, Leopold Primary School, VIC What’s new at The Le@rning Fe

Issue 62 Summary

By Editor

Issue 62, Term 3 2007

lease note this issue of Connections is only available in PDF format. Articles in this issue include: Graphic attraction – graphic novels in libraries Allison Lee, Emanuel School, NSW Exchange – to give and receive reciprocally Karen Lindsay, Ecole Reynolds Secondary School, Canada

Supporting Australian book creators

By Nicole Richardson, Morris Gleitzman

Issue 99, Term 4 2016

Every year, SCIS works closely with the Department of Communications and the Arts to conduct a survey of book holdings in Australian school libraries. This is the ELR School Library Survey , and it is integral to the growth of the Australian writing and publishing industry. The survey produces e

Issue 57 Summary

By Editor

Issue 57, Term 2 2006

vailable in PDF format. Articles in this issue include: No time to gather dust Catherine Kerstjens, The Le@rning Federation Perceptions of libraries and information resources Excerpt from OCLC Information literacy review Barbara Braxton, Palmerston District Primary School, ACT Sho