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News from Curriculum Corporation
By Lance Deveson
Issue 14, Term 3 1995
ts and services will be held at 1995 prices. Please note, the subscription form will be addressed to the Principal with, " For the attention of the Teacher Librarian ", on the mailing label. Dates for 1996 The Summer edition of Connections (November) will include insert sheets of the following
A Masters - What's The Point?
By Jan Barnett
Issue 13, Term 2 1995
The benefits (for me): being current in my professional reading in education, teacher librarianship and librarianship; gaining a sense of achievement; having empathy with all students; improving my time management skills; having a current recognised qualification; being able to stud
Have You Read This?
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 13, Term 2 1995
f multimedia computers and CD ROMs within the classroom. Jon Madian evaluates their educational value in Multimedia -Why and why not. The Computing teacher. Vol. 22 No. 7. p:16. T /L's faced with providing staff inservice on the Internet could find the paper Training with the Web: Internet tr
Have You Read This?
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 12, Term 1 1995
has written the first of six articles on various aspects of the Internet. For those still hazy on the terminology, ownership, global networks, use to teachers, etc you will find this article most informative. Rosie Cross and Suzanne Fraser believe the Internet is dominated by males 'bent on confro
Cessation of CIN
By Warren Brewer
Issue 2, Term 2 1992
ACIN was deliberately conceived as a network with no centralised collections of materials and no systematic accessing of the data. It intended to put teachers and curriculum workers in touch with each other across the nation. That vision has only partially been realised and the challenge remains. AC
Improving Retrievability in School Libraries
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 35, Term 4 2000
SCIS is launching a new product, SCIS Authority Files, that will enhance retrievability in school catalogues. All Teacher Librarians know that searching in a library catalogue is not as simple a task as it may appear at first glance. While the modern automated catalogue supplies the user with a
Morris Gleitzman on the uniquely contributive role of school libraries
By Morris Gleitzman
Issue 109, Term 2 2019
had been very right to focus in that area — because these are difficult times in which some of the irreplaceable values of a good school library and teacher librarian are not as widely understood or prioritised as they have been in the past. My own initial focus as laureate was on the power of stor
The value of podcasts for school library staff
By Amy Hermon
Issue 110, Term 3 2019
is, the knowledge I have gleaned from fascinating author interviews and informative book reviews finds its way into my interactions with students and teachers throughout the day. As a dedicated podcast listener, I’ve learned to embrace my kryptonite and enjoyed finding ways to compensate and catch u
What the School Library Survey has taught me
By Jen Sheridan
Issue 117, Term 2 2021
ion specialists’, can offer. Here are just a few comments from the survey: ‘Instead of collaborating with only those who choose to work with the teacher librarian I’d like the school to build intentional, curriculum-based teaching programmes that incorporate information and digital literacy, li
Supporting learning: a digital collection tale
By Kathy Talbot
Issue 124, Term 1 2023
journey began to gain more traction as the pandemic hit our shores. Ideal circumstance? Definitely no! Timely? Yes! Approximately five years ago, the teacher librarians (TLs) embraced an added feature in our library management system (LMS) that allowed us to integrate physical and digital resources
School Library Spotlight: Evelyn Scott School
By Natalie Otten
Issue 125, Term 2 2023
tive Coach. I’ve not stepped out of the library, but sideways into a coaching role in the school, but still managing the library with a library tech (teacher in library) coming on board three days a week to assist me because we’re going to share the teaching load while she completes her masters. I’l
Cataloguing News: New, Amended, Replaced Subject Headings 1998
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 24, Term 1 1998
EDUCATION See also DOCUMENTATION; REPORT WRITING x Achievement portfolios; Student portfolios; Work samples XX DOCUMENTATION; STUDENT EVALUATION; TEACHER EVALUATION; REPORT WRITING REPORT WRITING** (Addition) See also PORTFOLIOS IN EDUCATION XX PORTFOLIOS IN EDUCATION SECOND COMING** (Addi
School library spotlight: Yarra Valley Grammar
By Dr Mark Merry, Miriam Meehan
Issue 112, Term 1 2020
ents are studying. We intend to enter into partnerships with universities, research groups, and consultants where they will come in and work with our teachers and students in joint research projects. We opened the building at the beginning of Term 2 this year. Already, we have one project underway
To inspire or to instruct
By Ta'afuli Andrew Fiu
Issue 91, Term 4 2014
During May and June this year, I travelled Australia as part of the Positive Schools Initiative to speak and network with teachers and educators. Doing so provided an insightful introduction to what teachers are thinking and drew thousands to Fremantle, Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney. The convent
Website and app reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 100, Term 1 2017
100 and not out The 100th issue of Connections is a milestone for SCIS, its parent company Education Services Australia, and teacher librarians. My involvement with Connections dates back to 1997 when Lance Deveson, the SCIS manager at the time, asked me to be the editor. I had been involved
Librarians in the digital age: experts in e-health
By Susan Marshall
Issue 101, Term 2 2017
with others. This exhilarating, instantaneous, results-driven phenomenon has resulted in both benefits and challenges for the digital novice, be that teacher or student. Of central importance to librarians is teaching the skill of evaluating online websites. In a world of ‘fake news’, misleading in
Internetting Corner
By Nigel Paull
Issue 32, Term 1 2000
s or simply browsing the well organised sub sections. SCIS 990138 BBC Schools Online http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/schools/ Aimed at students, teachers and parents this encompassing UK site includes primary and secondary curriculum material, news and resources. At the time of review, Michael
Cataloguing News
By Cherryl Schauder
Issue 32, Term 1 2000
gnalled for ongoing and further review. Over time the list will benefit enormously from ever-increasing dialogue between the cataloguing agencies and Teacher Librarians. This two-way communication process is steadily being enhanced by information technologies both in schools and in the SCIS agencies
Internetting Corner
By Nigel Paull
Issue 33, Term 2 2000
s/-anne/culture_of _peace. html> The year 2000 has been selected by the United Nations as the International Year for the Culture of Peace. To assist Teacher Librarians locate resources, the International Association of School Librarianship (IASL) has created this website, with links to a variety of
Internetting Corner
By Nigel Paull
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
Australian Science Teachers Association http://sunsite.anu.edu.au/asta/ Published by the Australian Science Teachers Association (ASTA) this website includes links, services, publications, projects and forthcoming activities for science teachers in primary schools, high schools and tertiary ins