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Website and app reviews

By Nigel Paull

Issue 122, Term 3 2022

Islander histories and cultures into their teaching’. The curriculum resources are searchable by KLA and the themes are water, fire and astronomy. SCIS no: 1992685 Bright Tomorrows https://apps.apple.com/au/app/bright-tomorrows/id1474778931 Developed in partnership with the Minderoo Foun

CC News

By Graham Williams

Issue 26, Term 3 1998

Handy Hints SCISWeb Q: I currently browse the Internet using the 100 MHz Pentium PC in the library with a 33.6K modem but find it quite slow, sometimes painfully so. I am keen to use SCISWeb but wonder if I should upgrade my PC with more memory, a faster processor, a faster modem, or all or so

CC News Continued

By Graham Williams

Issue 26, Term 3 1998

companies selling automation software packages, it is most likely you will find a system to suit your school's needs and budget.e Duplicate ISBNs SCIS occasionally receives calls from Teacher Librarians advising us that we have assigned the wrong ISBN to a record, e.g. The TL has ordered by ISBN

In this Issue

By Heather Kelsall

Issue 12, Term 1 1995

spects of the Internet highlights two service providers who have responded to schools: there's sure to be others around Australia. 1995 schedules for SCIS Microfiche and ASCISRECON are included, a report on the Online On Disk Conference held in January and a review of 'Recipe book service of online

In this Issue

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 11, Term 4 1994

Voyager has landed! Glimpses of the new SCIS on-line interface, a review of the Herald-Sun on CD-ROM and a report on the recent Computer Education Group of Victoria conference with special reference to school library technology issues. This will be the final issue under my editorship. The new edi

In this Issue

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 7, Term 3 1993

In this issue, Lance Deveson explains how the new Voyager software (announced in the last issue) will improve the use of the SCIS database and Rosemary Abbott shares her research on methods used for successful selection of a library automation system. Connections circulates throughout Australia,

In this Issue

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 6, Term 2 1993

ervice to us all. Makor library describes its unique service to the educational sector and describes how it can be accessed on-line. Another user of ASCISRECON shares her experience of the product. The pros and cons of using SCIS numbers as opposed to ISBNs are discussed, and we continue to provide

Cataloguing News

By Anne Dowling

Issue 30, Term 3 1999

1. Subiect Headings Book There is no list of amendments, additions and deletions to the SCIS Subject Headings List as over the past few months the cataloguing team under the direction of Cherryl Schauder, the SCIS National Cataloguing Manager, have been busily working on the 4th Edition. We are p

News from the Information Program - New, amended, replaced subject headings 1996

By School Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 17, Term 2 1996

on) See also BEDTIME Unmarried couples ** (Addition) See DE FACTO RELATIONSHIPS DDC 21 We have received many enquires from schools about when SCIS is to implement DOC 21. The short answer to the question is "as soon as we can". The DDC 21 edition won't be available until August 1996. Once

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

Website and app reviews

By Nigel Paull

Issue 108, Term 1 2019

nce’. Details of the variety of programs, workshops, and events offered to parents, families, schools, and communities are available on the website. SCIS no. 1536231 Archives New Zealand – Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga http://archives.govt.nz Archives New Zealand houses a searchable collec

Supporting Australian book creators

By Nicole Richardson

Issue 97, Term 2 2016

eir material held in public libraries. To gather a book count of titles held in Australian school libraries, Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS) asks 600 randomly selected schools to participate in a data collection survey, with at least 300 schools required to participate. SCIS works w

Issue 76 Summary

By Editor

Issue 76, Term 1 2011

ank: Next Generation Project Katrina Reynen, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, VIC School library blog value Emily Pyers, SCIS Cataloguer Website reviews Nigel Paull, South Grafton Public School, NSW SCIS is more... Leonie Bourke and Pru Mitchell, Education Serv

ASLA Conference Update

By Rita Henry

Issue 20, Term 1 1997

ogram will offer something for everybody. David Crystal from the UK and author of the Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language will deliver the SCIS Oration which is generously sponsored by Curriculum Corporation. The Corporation will also have a large booth in the Trade Exhibition displaying

Letters to the Editor

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 3, Term 3 1992

EVIOUS EDITION OF "CONNECTIONS" YOU ADVISE THAT THE MOST APPROPRIATE BAUD RATE TO ACCESS AN ONLINE DATABASE IS 2400 BAUD SO WHY THEN IS FULL ACCESS TOSCIS ONLY AVAILABLE AT 1200 OR 300 BAUD RATE? A. Schools are able to access the SCIS database at 2400 Baud rate via AUSTPAC. For country schools thi

Authority File Maintenance - An Ongoing Task

By Carolyn Brown and Jane Withers

Issue 36, Term 1 2001

ken in manageable batches, working with a 20-page printout of subject entries at one time. The entries are checked for spelling, consistency with the SCIS Subject Headings Fourth Edition, common appearance, appropriateness and, in some cases where there is doubt, whether there are actually resources

Dial Up

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 1, Term 1 1992

When using any Dial-Up service the user should do their thinking before going on-line. In relation to the SCIS database, if you are going to do some SEARCHING of resources to locate the SCIS Order Number, using the ISBN's as the search term (a quick way), sort the books with the ISBN's showing an

Issue 88 Summary

By Meelee Soorkia

Issue 88, Term 1 2014

Inanimate Alice : true transmedia Bill Boyd, independent literacy consultant School library collections survey 2013 Clare Kennedy, Student SCIS is more Pru Mitchell, Education Services Australia New and revised subject headings Soula Kipos, Education Services Australia Supporting

Issue 85 Summary

By Anthea Amos

Issue 85, Term 2 2013

d app reviews Nigel Paull, South Grafton Public School, NSW Captions as a literacy and learning tool Allayne Woodford, Media Access Australia SCIS is more... Pru Mitchell, Education Services Australia Resourcing the curriculum: focus on career development myfuture, CareersNZ and the Rea

Issue 82 Summary

By Anthea Amos

Issue 82, Term 3 2012

pportunities and the library catalogue Barbara Combes, Charles Sturt University Website reviews Nigel Paull, South Grafton Public School, NSW SCIS is more... Pam Kadow, Education Services Australia Teaching global citizenship Catherine McNicol, Education Services Australia Ready to I