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SCIS is more

By Dr Ben Chadwick

Issue 91, Term 4 2014

take advantage of the rich reference structures in the ScOT thesaurus. Again, this will help direct your students and teachers to their learning and reading needs by exploiting ScOT's educational and curriculum-focused terms. We don't recommend rushing in and installing these authorities just yet:

Website and app reviews

By Nigel Paull

Issue 91, Term 4 2014

g and eclectic selection of links, or pins, using Pinterest. Teacher librarians will find an array of interests including: 'Librarian infographics', 'Reading suggestions engines', 'Favourite libraries', 'Apps for learning', right through to 'Curly hair'. SCIS no. 1678525 Milk Monitor - the officia

Website and app reviews

By Nigel Paull

Issue 93, Term 2 2015

periment with the variety of engaging online activities presented. Guides for students, families, and teachers are also available. SCIS no. 1704219 Reading Australia www.readingaustralia.com.au This website aims 'to make significant Australian literary works more readily available for teachi

Supporting Australian book creators

By Laura Armstrong, Gus Gordon

Issue 92, Term 1 2015

isit. I learnt librarians know things about their book readers that they themselves don't know yet. This is a super power. I enjoyed being led in new reading directions. It was entirely possible to go from a book about missing jewels to an undersea adventure to cold war spies to spontaneous human co

Barramundi and Chips at Christo's

By Kylie Hanson, Ashley Freeman, Ken Dillon

Issue 23, Term 4 1997

e more popular culture into the curriculum. Post modernism has provided the impetus and the recognition that children's literature carries the act of reading much further than the closing of the last page. Hand in hand with the debate about popular culture was the acknowledgement that if education

From the Ashes

By Nigel Paull, Ann Johnston

Issue 24, Term 1 1998

s established additional clerical staff were hired to cope with processing and the payment of orders. A significant loss for teachers was that of the reading resource boxes, which contained unique teacher developed material. Getting a workable Reference and Teacher Reference section up and running i

Key Issues About Cataloguing and the Use of SCIS

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 27, Term 4 1998

unsuccessful then other searches such as title can be used. It is important for users to be very familiar with the searching techniques by thoroughly reading the manual. We encourage people to contact us if they are experiencing difficulties as our aim is to ensure that all customers receive the max

Selections of an Automated System

By Rosemary Abbott

Issue 7, Term 3 1993

ire library staff is involved and interested, the process runs more smoothly. Those who had taken adequate time to plan found the selection easier. Reading journal articles, conference papers and other literature is seen as a good starting point; it establishes a basis for more practical investiga

Using Bulletin Boards in a Primary School

By Allan Garbutt

Issue 4, Term 4 1992

their experiences at that time. This electronic mail made its way via FidoNet to COMET and was used by students at Yarra Valley. As you can imagine, reading, discussing and answering this E-Mail generated enormous interest. Other casual use is made of COMET by students writing E-Mail to penpals

Setting Up a CD-ROM Service in a School Library

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 1, Term 1 1992

that the newly acquired CD-ROM station will be the first of several which will be eventually networked. I If the printer is to be located in the main reading areas of the library the noise level may be a factor to consider. Quiet printers and/ or acoustic hoods could provide solutions to this proble

Turning the school library into a thriving community hub

By Anne Devenish

Issue 103, Term 4 2017

wcasing the beautiful library environment and its resources, these lively sessions are an excellent way to engage very young children in the world of reading, and to show them that schools are not scary places to visit. The school’s big-book collection is used extensively. Such a collection is often

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

By Tania McCartney

Issue 107, Term 4 2018

re nuanced and complex.  Now that I’m biggest of all, books are not only the richness, nuance and complexity that comes with the sheer enjoyment of reading — they are my every day and my livelihood. They are who I am. Anyone (and children know this concept well) can enthusiastically throw themse

Cataloguing standards: what you see is what you get

By Natasha Campbell

Issue 111, Term 4 2019

by schools upon receipt. Our focus is on cataloguing new-release, curriculum-related and educational resources, as well as resources for recreational reading and literacy programs suitable for use in school libraries. The number and regularity of supply of new titles varies from publisher to publi

Website and app reviews

By Nigel Paull

Issue 111, Term 4 2019

demy has teamed up with experts at the Stanford Graduate School of Education and created a free, fun app for young primary students. Content features reading, mathematics, language and problem-solving, and it offers a personalised learning experience. SCIS no. 1935049 Libraries Ready To Code

SCIS is more

By Carmen Eastman

Issue 112, Term 1 2020

Welcome to 2020, and Issue 112 of Connections! We are looking forward to another busy year – look out for upcoming  professional learning sessions and webinars . We love talking with the SCIS community! When we are out and about at conferences, or in SCIS workshops, we are often asked about SCIS

Website and app reviews

By Nigel Paull

Issue 114, Term 3 2020

6 A past winner of Apple’s App of the Year, this brain training app has been created to enhance skills in writing, speaking, everyday maths, and reading. Students are provided with a personalised program based on an introductory analysis. The scientific research underpinning the app’s developme

SCIS is more

By Caroline Hartley

Issue 118, TERM 3 2021

School libraries have been evolving over recent decades from traditional knowledge centres that house print collections and archives and where quiet reading, research and individual study are the norm, into modern and interactive learning hubs based on the library learning commons model. School l

ASLA Australian Teacher Librarian Award 2021

By Kerry Pope

Issue 118, TERM 3 2021

and programs that are at the heart of learning and teaching and that adhere to best practice in library standards. She continually shares her love of reading and literature with her students. Anne works hard with staff to analyse data and identify student needs. She works closely with teachers and s

Education in difficult times

By David de Carvalho

Issue 119, Term 4 2021

be more or less difficult depending on the correctness of their answers. This means better assessment and more precise results. By the time you are reading this, ACARA will have published the summary results. The insights provided by the data will be one measure we can look to when considering the

SCIS is more

By Dr Ben Chadwick

Issue 121, Term 2 2022

Some things are fundamental to providing a library service. Of course, you need a decent collection of resources, but you also need to support students to discover it, explore it and use it to meet their interests and research needs. Now, imagine a student came into your library and asked if you