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Issue 53 Summary

By Editor

Issue 53, Term 2 2005

nly available in PDF format. Articles in this issue include: Caught in the rip Sister Betty Brown RSJ, Catholic Schools Office, NSW School libraries play major role in helping students learn Lyn Hay, Charles Sturt University Using LAMS in the classroom: new ways to engage students wit

Issue 46 Summary

By Editor

Issue 46, Term 3 2003

Please note this issue of Connections is only available in PDF format. Articles in this issue include: Principals’ Support of School Libraries Gary Hartzell, via ERIC Digest SCISWeb handy hints Authority Control Leonie Bourke, SCIS CC NEWS ELR School Library Survey News

Reading the Future

By Dianne Hager

Issue 19, Term 4 1996

lture: Reading our Future in the Mirror of our Past Heritage , the speakers, Professor Marcia Langton and Professor Stuart McIntyre spoke of the role libraries play in preserving our national culture. After morning tea, which was served amongst the huge array of exhibitors (what a good idea), I atte

3rd Edition of the SCIS Subject Headings List

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

ed to the list. These headings have been contributed by librarians, Ms Mary Gavagan and Ms Jan Foote, from Wellington, after consultation with school libraries. The headings include specific Maori language headings. Curriculum Corporation looks forward to Mary and Jan contributing regularly to the

Issue 36 Summary

By Editor

Issue 36, Term 1 2001

issues Cherryl Schauder, RMIT University SCIS authority files vs SCIS subject headings Cataloguing news Inspiring connections: Learning, libraries and literacy Linda Selby, Penny Moore, Conference Coordinators

School library spotlight: Christian College Geelong

By Article by the Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 133, Term 2, 2025

rch for schoolwork, so the way students engage with the library changes as they move through the years. Do you celebrate national occasions in your libraries? For example, National Reconciliation Week is coming up in Term 2. Is that something you celebrate? Absolutely. I’m also a member of our R

Supporting Australian book creators

By Laura Armstrong

Issue 90, Term 3 2014

Ministry for the Arts. The ELR school library survey collects data used to estimate the number of copies of specific titles held in Australian school libraries. These book counts are the basis for payments to Australian book creators. The payments are made to assist book creators and publishers to c

Taking the guesswork out of genre

By Brendan Eichholzer

Issue 91, Term 4 2014

School libraries are not just designed for accessing curriculum material; they are also a playground for young minds. Students who discover the joys of reading for pleasure are well positioned for enhanced literacy, language acquisition, cultural understanding, and social skills (Clark and Rumbold,

Have You Read This?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 14, Term 3 1995

omputer 2 technology, we may need to reconsider our Library policies. Customer expectations in a volatile political environment has forced the public libraries of Eastern Regional, Melbourne into organisational change. John Binnion gives a comprehensive summary of the experience in Work and job des

New Zealand News

By Rosa-Jane French

Issue 13, Term 2 1995

at the end of a busy first term, whilst those on a four year term are hard at it again and preparing for internal senior exams. A number of school libraries have recently purchased Index New Zealand CD-ROM which came onto the market at the end of 1994. Produced by the National Library of New

What's New?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 36, Term 1 2001

rful opportunity for Teacher Librarians from Australia and New Zealand to participate in an international forum and hear about developments in school libraries around the world. Follow the links to the conference website from <www.iasl-slo.org> This website is being updated regularly and will includ

The library, the child, the book creator: ELR and its role in the story cycle

By Tania McCartney

Issue 107, Term 4 2018

spell over kids that changes the way they think and feel about themselves and their place in the world. Creators create. Children consume. Without libraries, children’s books would never receive the kind of exposure and sharing required to keep the dance of creation and consumption alive. When li

Celebrating the school library officer

By Madeleine Galbraith

Issue 103, Term 4 2017

tion. It arose when he announced that the aim of his tenure was ‘to champion creative opportunities for children, and to highlight the essential role libraries play in nurturing our creative lives’ (Hobbs 2016). In fact, the cheer came from Western Australia’s school library officers. These inspir

Metadata and Marc

By Keith Gove

Issue 29, Term 2 1999

he books and other resources in a library. There is a library catalogue metadata standard, MARC (Machine Readable Cataloguing), which is used by most libraries in the world. It was developed to allow libraries to share their cataloguing data. Recent international work has led to agreed standards a

Have You Read This?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 11, Term 4 1994

nt project to be known as VICNET. It is intended that VICNET will give inexpensive access to the Internet either directly to home users or via public libraries (and schools). It will also provide access to state and local government information and services. VICNET will be piloted during the latter

Thank you Dianne

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 11, Term 4 1994

be underestimated. Dianne is fully employed as Library Manager at Mt Scopus Memorial College in Melbourne and is currently involved in automating 3 libraries at the school. Knowing the amount of work involved in this process, Curriculum Corporation reluctantly accepted her resignation. Dianne felt

SCIS is more

By Caroline Ramsden

Issue 108, Term 1 2019

ur cataloguers to ensure that we continue to provide consistent, quality records. As I am out and about, meeting with SCIS users, I hear a lot from libraries about workflows for managing digital content records, particularly for free online resources. At the time of writing this article, there are

Cover images and SCIS

By Renate Beilharz

Issue 109, Term 2 2019

Cover images have now become a part of most public interfaces to library catalogues, and school libraries use them to promote resources and reading. ESA has been offering cover images to schools as part of their subscription since 2008. This article explains how school library staff can use these w

Building a reading culture: A selection of articles from FYI and Synergy

By Pat Pledger

Issue 118, TERM 3 2021

genous Literacy Foundation is described, and Victorians will learn about the Languages and Multicultural Education Resource Centre, while some school libraries may wish to take the opportunity to join the Stella Prize School’s Program or the ISLM bookmark exchange project. In the Organisations sec

1,000 reasons to support Australian book creators

By Jackie French

Issue 97, Term 2 2016

bout their problems. But there are royalties from the books to compensate for this time, aren’t there? Except, of course, if your books are read in libraries — and when your readers are children, most of the books they read are likely to be from their school library. How long does a book last in