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Reviews of SCIS Subject Headings Fourth Edition
By Barbara Braxton, Barbara Shardlow, Rod Barker
Issue 33, Term 2 2000
A Teacher Librarian My previous life must have been quite spectacular, because I seem to be paying for it now! Otherwise, why, just weeks after completing my cataloguing course at Library School, ruining my eyes and my brain trying to figure out the complexities of the SCIS Subject Headings Thir
A Question of Technology?
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 33, Term 2 2000
Dr. Jamie McKenzie is well known to Australian teachers for his knowledge of information technologies in education and their potential to transform student learning, classrooms and schools. He supports student-centred, engaged learning, with his approach informed by 30 years of experience as a teac
Internetting Corner
By Nigel Paull
Issue 33, Term 2 2000
Archives of Australia <http://www.archivenet.gov.au/jsredirect.exe> Australian archive related sites and resources are available from this website, jointly developed by the National Archives of Australia, the various State and Territory archives and other significant archives. Additional links
What's New?
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 33, Term 2 2000
1. SLAQ 2000 'Frontiers of Learning'. Proudly sponsored by access ED and Karen Bonanno & Associates. Have your registered for SLAO 'Frontiers of Learning', the 7th Biennial Conference of the School Library Association of Queensland? It will be held from 3-5 July 2000 at Grace Lutheran College, Re
Reviews
By George Przywolnik
Issue 33, Term 2 2000
Science Australia 1 and Science Australia 2 ISBNs: 1 86366 390 8 and 1 86366 391 6 Publisher: Curriculum Corporation RRP: $31.95 each volume Science Australia 1 is intended for year 7 students, and consists of eight chapters spread over 216 pages, including a comprehensive index. Th
Catalguing News
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 33, Term 2 2000
1. New Subject Heading Proposal We encourage Teacher Librarians to use the New Subject Heading Proposal form to assist the SCIS team in ensuring that headings are kept up to date and relevant. A sample of a completed New Subject Heading Proposal form can be found on our website at <http://www.c
The Great Divide? Physical and Digital Resources in School Libraries
By Keith Grove
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
At SCIS we are grappling with the issue of school libraries' need to include Internet resources in their library catalogue. In addition, Curriculum Corporation and Education.au (which manages EdNA Online) have identified as an issue the need for schools to be able to search easily both catalogues o
CC News
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
1. SCIS Authority Files subscription 2000 Curriculum Corporation has released a new version of the previous product sets Subject Headings Disk. Please note that this product has been renamed and is now known as sets Authority Files. Order forms for this new product were sent to all schools recent
SCISWeb Handy Hints
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
1. Low hit rates To avoid problems with low hit rates we recommend that customers use a barcode scanner to ensure accuracy when inserting data. However, if you are typing ISBNs or SCIS record numbers into the Create Orders box or into a text file you must always press the return key immediately
SLANZA! School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa
By Penny Moore PhD
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
SLANZA! A vision of an eastern European football team? A toast to be followed by glasses dashed into the fireplace? Well, neither of those, but certainly a reason for celebration. And celebrate we did! About 150 people from a wide range of organisations gathered at the National Library in Wellingto
What Do Teacher Librarians Need to Know about Cataloguing?
By Ashley Freeman
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
The recent publication of the fourth edition of SCIS Subject Headings as a tool for use by both cataloguers in SCIS cataloguing agencies and Teacher Librarians in schools makes this an appropriate time to reflect upon the role of the Teacher Librarian with respect to cataloguing. The roles of a
Internet Resource Management-The Role and Development of Metadata
By Kyle Hassan
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
Since the early 1990s the number of searchable files available via the Internet has exploded at almost unimaginable rates, resulting in millions of websites and literally billions of web pages. The ease with which we can electronically publish a document and make it universally available is astound
What's New?
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
1. Valuing library collections SCIS sometimes receive requests from Teacher Librarians who are required to place a value on the their collections for insurance purposes. You may wish to read the useful information located at <http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/centoff/cmis/eval/library/avprice/index.htm
Reviews
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
MindMatters -A Mental Health Promotion Program for Secondary Schools Publisher: Mind Matters Consortium ISBN: 0 642415 285 RRP: $59.95 SCIS order number: 1008856 The MindMatters program uses a whole-school approach to mental health promotion and suicide prevention. It aims to develop
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
Metadata (part 2): Controlled Vocabulary and Metadata
By Cherryl Schauder, Keith Grove
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
When catalogue users search for a book or videorecording on a particular subject they are hoping that the computer will match the topic word(s) they have entered with the same word(s) in the description of the item created by the cataloguer. Computer systems usually offer a range of searching appro
Handy Hints for SCISWeb
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
If you are experiencing delays in retrieving WEB OPAC pages, it may be worth checking the settings in your browser cache. In Netscape Communicator this is found in: Edit/ Preferences/ Advanced/Cache. In Internet Explorer V5 this is found in: Tools/Internet Options/General/Settings. If the setting '
CC News
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
Survey of SCISWeb We would appreciate you spending a few moments to complete the survey form, which may be printed up from the 'SCISWeb Message Centre' page. Feedback will ensure that the SCISWeb product meets your needs. Please fax your completed survey to SCIS at (03) 96391616 as soon as pos
Using SCIS Leaves More Time for Student-centred Services
By Nola Smolders
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
At John Paul College we are finding that the use of SCISWeb and SCISCO in conjunction with our Bibliotech software enables us to save time with cataloguing duties and concentrate our efforts in the teaching domain. Some of our initiatives were outlined recently at a forum on information literacy as
Internetting Corner
By Nigel Paull
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
ARERA Website http://www.nexus.edu.au/TeachStud/arera/ INDEX.HTM The Australian Rural Education Research Association's presence on the Internet covers the group's activities in regard to news, research, upcoming conferences, and associated domestic and international links for rural educators.