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SCIS is more
By Ben Chadwick
Issue 103, Term 4 2017
exciting times, indeed. Over the past three years SCIS has changed from being the service that provides MARC records to Australian and New Zealand school libraries to being an international provider of gold-standard bibliographic data for the K–12 education sector. Importantly, SCIS is not a face
SCIS as a resource selection aid
By Nicole Richardson
Issue 104, Term 1 2018
d approximately 4,500 catalogue records to the database each month. The resources come from a range of sources, including publishers, booksellers and school libraries. We are always on the lookout for publishers with whom to partner. We even find inspiration for the SCIS catalogue on social media. H
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
SCIS is more
By Caroline Hartley
Issue 114, Term 3 2020
e-learning, publishing and educational services across K–12 and higher education. I’m thrilled to join Education Services Australia and work with our school libraries. The Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS) wishes to acknowledge the Kulin Nation, Traditional Custodians of the land on whi
AI and the lone librarian: how artificial intelligence can be your collaborative partner
By Jessica Finden
Issue 136, Term 1, 2026
These agents can be programmed to suit your needs and the needs of your school community. As Dr. Kay Oddone notes on the Engaging and Empowering School Libraries podcast, AI can be a powerful tool for enhancing library services when used ethically and thoughtfully. Practical AI use for librar
Reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 26, Term 3 1998
Collection Management Issues Providing more with less: collection management for Australian school libraries is the aptly named title of a recently published book, edited by Ken Dillon and James Henri of Charles Sturt University. This comprehensive work tackles the problem school libraries ar
LIFT: From little things ...
By Madeleine Galbraith and the LIFT team
Issue 108, Term 1 2019
ns for the excellence awards came in from all over the state. LIFT is just one example of the many groups getting creative in their efforts to help school libraries survive and thrive. It is more than a network, it is a community. To date, we have organised 24 workshops in three years, and plan ma
School library spotlight: Mercy College, Coburg
By Anne Girolami
Issue 118, TERM 3 2021
ing students and staff use the library and seeking their feedback on how to improve the services or programs, as well as keeping abreast of trends in school libraries, is important to enable the Library Team to deliver effectively. Are there any current issues or challenges facing your library? Ho
The future is bright
By Authored by Future You and SCIS
Issue 121, Term 2 2022
STEM skills like never before. How can schools foster a greater understanding of the possibilities of working in STEM for girls, and what role can school libraries play in that education? As part of a two-part special on primary schools and STEM, Connections spoke with astrophysicist and author P
ELR interview with Kim Brunoro
By Education Services Australia
Issue 123, Term 4 2022
y Survey provides up-to-date library data that ensures Australian creators and publishers can receive compensation for the free use of their books in school libraries. Why is it important for school library staff to participate in ELR if they’re invited? School library staff are in an important p
Love and Autism
By Kay Kerr
Issue 125, Term 2 2023
to not just neurodiversity, but diversity in general? I’ve actually just started my Master of Children’s Librarianship and I’m the biggest fan of school libraries. I can still vividly picture my primary school library. It was incredible. It had this sunken reading den that the librarians and the
The DANZ Childrens Book Award
By Kate Foster
Issue 126, Term 3 2023
‘ASLA is thrilled to be a supporting partner of the DANZ Awards. We’re particularly excited as this will not only be an award but also a resource for school libraries to choose books with positive representation.’ The judging process aims to highlight books offering the very best and most accurate
SCIS is more
By Anthony Shaw
Issue 131, Term 4, 2024
y appropriate subject headings, descriptive cataloguing and presentation of data. To continue the important work that our cataloguers do we asked all school libraries in Aotearoa New Zealand to provide their thoughts about the value of Ngā Upoko Tukutuku subject headings in catalogue records. In Con
SCIS is more
By Anthony Shaw
Issue 134, Term 3, 2025
l for addressing this. It will be interesting to see if he and the department are open to funding training for school library staff and ensuring that school libraries in South Australian government schools have trained library staff. As well as a wonderful opening address the conference included e
Stereotypes and the mythology of race: legacy thinking that keeps us divided
By Dr Jared Thomas
Issue 137, Term 2, 2026
n, he’s very concerned that we do not erase history. ‘I think in terms of … decolonisation … it’s not just about complete removing [of resources from school libraries]’. Materials may contain offensive ideas and language, but it’s important for people to understand that past policies, media represen
Yours Troolie, Kate Temple
By Article by the Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 137, Term 2, 2026
Is there ever a place for censorship, in particular in the context of school libraries? In a world where book banning has been regularly in the news, Kate Temple finds the idea of censorship very concerning. However, in the context of school libraries, a nuanced approach is needed: ‘I don’t belie
1,000 reasons to support Australian book creators
By Jackie French
Issue 97, Term 2 2016
Publicity Manager | HarperCollins Publishers Australia Email: [email protected] [1] Estimated through an annual, national survey of school libraries. Eligible creators will receive an annual payment if their estimated book count is 50 books or more, and the payment is $100 or more.
SCIS is more
By Ben Chadwick
Issue 97, Term 2 2016
Brisbane and Perth in June. Resource management in schools Our New Zealand workshops gave me the chance to see some of the innovation going on in school libraries. At SCIS, we’ve become really interested in how you manage your school resources, whether they are in the cloud, on the network, in t
From the desk of a SCIS cataloguer
By Mavis Heffernan
Issue 95, Term 4 2015
The SCIS cataloguing team regularly source, receive, and catalogue a range of print and electronic resources suitable for use in school libraries. Electronic resources include websites, apps, and ebooks, and are available for SCIS subscribers as easily downloadable files using the Special Order Fil
Bring the teachers in: enticing teachers into the library
By Brett Moodie
Issue 90, Term 3 2014
nd in turn, achieve greater patronage from staff and students. These new initiatives were obviously supplementary to the traditional strategies that school libraries use to stimulate engagement: blog posts, participating in staff meetings, sorting resources for departments, and working with classes