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Library Automation in Australia

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 21, Term 2 1997

cribes the role of SCIS cataloguing agencies and provides some revealing statistics about SCIS records and formats. Ellen Paxton demystifies MARC for teacher librarians and explains the sometimes complex steps which have been required to transfer SCIS data to USMARC format. In Section Four, Rosema

Supercharge students' digital literacy skills with content curation

By Kay Oddone

Issue 105, Term 2 2018

ntent curation is a meta-skill, requiring many different facets of information and digital literacy. While articles abound promoting it as a tool for teachers, the rich learning opportunities embedded within this practice also make it a supercharged pedagogical approach for students. As the internet

Working with pupil library assistants in primary schools

By Lucy Chambers

Issue 107, Term 4 2018

I can give them. I find that the job develops gradually, depending on the children involved and school management factors. When talking to the head teacher about PLAs, I say that it is not just about helping in the library, but also about students developing aspirations and citizenship skills for

Windows and mirrors: Visibility and representation in Australian LGBTQIA+ YA fiction

By Nell Day

Issue 113, Term 2 2020

nalised identities. As the movement started in the USA, the translation to the Australian context has not always been straightforward. In particular, teacher librarians who seek to improve the visibility and representation of people of colour in their fiction collections may find only a small number

SCIS is more

By Caroline Hartley

Issue 116, Term 1 2021

5% mark. A high hit rate means that we likely have the catalogue records that library users are searching for. We appreciate how critical it is for teachers and students to be able to find the right resource with ease, and we recommend using SCIS Authority Files to enhance the user experience and

Website and app reviews

By Nigel Paul

Issue 126, Term 3 2023

ed and cover campaigns, the long-lasting impacts of the wars on Māori, primary sources, articles, videos, and audio. SCIS no: 5453437 NGA: For Teachers and Students https://nga.gov.au/learn/for-teachers-students/ Emanating from the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) this resource aims

A Good Lesson To Learn: New Systematic Synthetic Phonics Lesson Packs For F–2

Issue 132, Term 1, 2025

cs (SSP), an evidence-based approach that is now supported across Australian states and territories. These changes have created strong demand among teachers in Foundation to Year 2 for phonics lesson plans and resources. While many schools are turning to commercial programs, it’s good to know that

Computational thinking as the 'new literacy': professional development opportunities

By Associate Professor Katrina Falkner

Issue 95, Term 4 2015

be our experiences in providing the Computer Science Education Research (CSER) Digital Technologies MOOC – an open, online course designed to support teachers in the new Digital Technologies learning area. Why is this essential? A decade ago, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) educa

CC News

By Schools Catalogue Information Service

Issue 31, Term 4 1999

rd to your continued support next year. The Government, Catholic and Independent organisations that arrange bulk purchase SCIS subscriptions. The Teacher Librarians who have provided us with feedback by completing product surveys, contacting us by email, telephone or fax and attending conference

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

Towards the New Century

By Heather Kelsall,

Issue 10, Term 3 1994

in the library. This was based on the vision that the computer would be a learning tool across all curriculum areas and provide interaction between teacher I student and student/ student in an active learning environment. The school recognised that the body of knowledge today and in the future is

Non-fiction: the elephant in the library

By Rebecca Tobler

Issue 107, Term 4 2018

Having recently completed my retraining as a teacher librarian, I have spent a great deal of time contemplating what to do with the non-fiction section. During my extensive research, I became increasingly frustrated that, as I’d initially discovered during the retraining, the only guidance was that

School library spotlight: Modbury High School

By Linda Guthrie

Issue 108, Term 1 2019

What is your job title, and what does your role entail? I am employed as a teacher librarian in a government secondary school with around 800 students. As a qualified teacher librarian, I really enjoy the range and scope of my role: teaching and learning, leadership, curriculum involvement, libra

Supporting multiple literacies through robotics clubs

By Chelsea Quake

Issue 110, Term 3 2019

ts will tend to prefer turning to each other to solve problems collaboratively. This is one of the things that makes robotics so appealing to me as a teacher librarian. Robotics has such an immense capacity to inspire inquiry-based learning, collaboration and knowledge-sharing between students. Rec

School library spotlight: Mercy College, Coburg

By Anne Girolami

Issue 118, TERM 3 2021

Melbourne approximately 10 km from the CBD. I am responsible for leading and managing the Information Centre. The library team comprises a 1.0 FTE teacher librarian position, shared between myself and another teacher who is studying to be a teacher librarian, and 2.0 FTE library technicians. T

Unique libraries: The School of St Jude in Tanzania

By Rebecca Hansford

Issue 119, Term 4 2021

o see what we’re doing and share their recommendations and expertise,’ Miss Judith says. Primary Library Mr Forehead is St Jude’s primary library teacher. He’s never met another Tanzanian with the same job. ‘It is not a common role,’  he laughs. ‘I don’t know any others.’ Mr Forehead has worke

(Re)Designing the library through school community participation

By Dr Hilary Hughes

Issue 111, Term 4 2019

xciting and sometimes daunting challenges. It can bring the whole school community together in a shared creative purpose. However, as one experienced teacher librarian commented: ‘It’s not enough to have a pretty building or space, it has to work as well’ (Bland, Hughes & Willis, 2013). Before deter

AI Leadership Framework: Advancing Australian school library professionals’ AI literacy and leadership competence

Issue 132, Term 1, 2025

its components, construction and processes (Australian Curriculum, 2024). In addition, the Australian government has initiated programs to support teachers in becoming AI-ready. A joint pilot program between the Australian and Western Australian governments focuses  on reducing teacher workload

Read, respond, celebrate: engaging with the CBCA short list

By Josephine Laretive

Issue 102, Term 3 2017

ooks ensures students are given opportunities to ‘develop an informed appreciation of literature’ (ACARA). Engaging with the short list books enables teacher librarians to effectively apply the Australian School Library Association (ASLA) teacher librarian standards: Professional knowledge and promo

School Library Spotlight: Ellerslie School, NZ

Issue 132, Term 1, 2025

ur job title, and what does your role entail? I’m a Library Resource Manager. Up until two years ago, I was also a library resource manager, but our teacher resources have now gone out into classrooms. That was a big job (with help from my DP), relabelling everything and putting it all into differe