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Handy Hints for SCISWEB
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 31, Term 4 1999
Customers are reminded to use the limits button, which is located at the bottom of the page when searching in WEBOPAC. This function is helpful when searching for computer software or video recordings as the system only retrieves records of these types. You are able to impose limits on the four t
Internetting Corner
By Nigel Paull
Issue 31, Term 4 1999
Ancient Egypt <http://www.angelfire.com/wi/egypt/index.html> Aimed at senior primary students, this age appropriate site offers concise information and graphics regarding most aspects of the flourishing life of Ancient Egypt. Additional links for teachers include lesson plans and resources.
Reviews
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 31, Term 4 1999
Impressions: Texts from Asia for the lower Secondary English Classroom Publisher: Curriculum Corporation ISBN: 1 86366 415 7 SCIS: 935224 RRP: $14.95 Reflections: Texts from Asia for the Middle Secondary English Classroom Publisher: Curriculum Corporation ISBN: 1 86366 416 5 SCIS: 939
What's New?
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 31, Term 4 1999
1. LIIWeek If you subscribe to this free service, the top twenty or so sites that are added to the Librarians' Index on the Internet each week are emailed to you in one batch weekly. Emanating from Berkeley sunSITE, Librarians' Index to the Internet is an annotated and searchable database which c
Post Modernism and the Shelf Ready Item
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 31, Term 4 1999
The involvement of SCIS with Campion Education in providing shelf ready books to schools with catalogue records is outlined in an article written by Wilma Kurvink (Director of Library Services) and Marie Turnbull (Technical Services Librarian) at Wesley College, Melbourne. The authors state: 'O
Cataloguing News
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 31, Term 4 1999
SCIS Subject Headings 4th edition Over 2,000 customers have already placed a prepublication order for the new book with expected delivery in November 1999. The 620 page book is available for purchase (RRP $90.00; for Australian orders under $100.00 add $6.00 delivery) by sending an order form to
'A valuable national asset...'
By Tricia Nathan
Issue 32, Term 1 2000
In launching the SC!S Subject Headings Fourth Edition Keith Gove, Manager of Information Services at Curriculum Corporation, described the SCIS Subject Headings as 'a valuable national asset' and 'a unique contribution to the use of Australasian terms, language and cultural ideas in schools'. The
Using SCIS Subiect Headings Book with students: a school's view
By David Morris
Issue 32, Term 1 2000
We have a school library serving grades 7 to 12. We keep a spare copy of SCIS Subject Headings on the workstation where most of our library's OPACs are located. We find that students who have been shown its use, especially in the older grades, will use the publication as a thesaurus of search terms
Handy Hints
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 32, Term 1 2000
Cataloguing pictures and prints Did you know that SCIS catalogues pictures and prints? As these items do not have an ISBN Teacher Librarians need to locate the SCIS record number in the SCIS OPAC before they create or upload an order. When applying limits for pictures and prints in the SCIS OPAC,
CC News
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 32, Term 1 2000
1. Welcome to the future ... Well that is what much advertising and media hype would have us believe 2000 brings. I'm not sure that January 1, 2000 was much different to December 31, 1999, except perhaps for the hangover. In the first edition of Connections last year I indicated that SCIS' 'new
School Libraries and the Knowledge Economy of the 21st Century
By Kerry Tanner
Issue 32, Term 1 2000
Just when we'd become accustomed to living in the Information Age, the Knowledge Age is upon us! 'The knowledge economy', 'knowledge management', 'knowledge work' and 'intellectual capital' are catch-phrases of the new era. How is 'knowledge work' and 'knowledge management' different from what we h
Cache: n., 1 : a hiding place. 2: a secret store
By Ivan Trundle
Issue 32, Term 1 2000
The other day I was asked why ALIAnet, the website, does not bother to have counters anywhere across the plethora of pages offered. The answer is very simple (they don't work}, but the question did lead me to delve more deeply into the reason why: caching. It also led me to consider the issue of co
Internetting Corner
By Nigel Paull
Issue 32, Term 1 2000
The Abacus: index http://www.ee.ryerson.ca:8080/-elf/abacus/ Fascinating details of the construction, history and application of the abacus are covered here. Complete plans for building an abacus using LEGO blocks could form the basis of a creative lesson. SCIS 990154 Arctic Circle http://J
Reviews
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 32, Term 1 2000
A Survival Guide to the Internet tor Teachers Publisher: Curriculum Resources, South Australian Department for Education and Children's Services, 1997 RRP: $84.95 This is a resource that every school should have for its teachers! The aim of this CD-ROM is to provide teachers with help in unde
What's New?
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 32, Term 1 2000
The following are some interesting websites which may be of particular interest to Teacher Librarians. The first site is http://www.telerama.com/-mundie/ CyberDewey/CyberDewey.htm I. This site lists internet sites organised using Dewey Decimal Classification numbers. The front page displays the
Cataloguing News
By Cherryl Schauder
Issue 32, Term 1 2000
SCIS Subject Headings has a new look! The SCIS cataloguing agencies and the unit at Curriculum Corporation worked around the clock to complete work on SCIS Subject Headings Fourth Edition. This newly revised tool was released in November 1999. Work on a revision such as this is a painstaking ta
Metadata (Part 3)
By Heather Watson
Issue 33, Term 2 2000
Metadata and resource location Increasing use of the Internet in education has heightened awareness of the need for user-friendly searching and navigation tools to locate information for users. However, the Internet has not developed with school users in mind and to select and manage access to th
Handy Hints
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 33, Term 2 2000
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) We encourage customers to print up SCIS OPAC FAQs located at <http://www.curriculum.edu.au/scis/manuals/ faq.htm >. These FAQs contain valuable information to enhance your search strategies when searching in SCIS OPAC. For example, if you have set Limits in SCI
CC News
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 33, Term 2 2000
1. Cataloguing of websites Bev Blackwell is Cataloguing Coordinator of Curriculum Materials Information Services at the Education Department of Western Australia. Bev has been responsible for managing the trial of cataloguing websites onto the SCIS database and has recently written a report which
Television Broadcasts
By Leonie Samuelsson
Issue 33, Term 2 2000
Many schools are taking advantage of the Screenrights Agreement to tape television programs off-air. After making the effort to record these programs for educational use, it is worth considering cataloguing those programs that the school decides to keep. Cataloguing television broadcasts has a