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Letters to the Editor

By Heather Kelsall

Issue 13, Term 2 1995

d on this path and have policies in place re Internet use etc. The purpose of this letter is to request you run an article in "Connections" on school libraries and the Internet with a view to compiling a list of schools in various stages of 'Internet implementation'. Hopefully, a Victorian inservice

Voyager: Curriculum Corporation’s new software platform for the SCIS Database

By Lance Deveson

Issue 7, Term 3 1993

ary system produced by MARCorp in San Francisco, USA and distributed in Australia by Ferntree Computer Corporation is a major leap forward for school libraries in Australia. Curriculum Corporation will be the first site in Australia for the new software and MARCorp will tailor their system to the

A note from the editor

By Nicole Richardson

Issue 103, Term 4 2017

eas in Connections , it is clear that school library professionals of all varieties are selfless, passionate people with one shared message: ‘school libraries matter’. What a pleasure it is to be involved in this community. If you would like to contribute to Connections , whether you are an expe

School library spotlight: Newtown public school

By Lucy White

Issue 121, Term 2 2022

tudents take the time to communicate how much they appreciate the space, or even just that they enjoyed a book I recommended, it really makes my day. Libraries are such an important place for so many kids, and building that connection is a really special thing. I am very lucky to be at a school w

Tales of friendship: Jack's Best Day Ever

By Gabrielle Bassett

Issue 126, Term 3 2023

y). That way readers can just enjoy it as a fun story, or they can choose to ask why Jack is doing certain things.  What role do you think school libraries play in making school a safer place for neurodiverse children? School libraries are the heart of any school. They provide a safe, quiet

School library spotlight special: Supporting the Cambodian Children’s Fund

By Article by the Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 131, Term 4, 2024

. Softlink were donating their Oliver v5 LMS and asked if SCIS would provide access to SCIS Data. At Softlink, we’ve always believed in the power of libraries to transform lives, so when we heard about the amazing work being done at the Cambodian Children's Fund, we knew we wanted to help. We appro

SCIS: the next 40 years

Issue 132, Term 1, 2025

o innovate and improve our services? What are the challenges for school library staff and how can we continue to support them? What changes in school libraries and technologies will shape the future development of SCIS? The SCIS leadership team has great plans and aspirations for the product going

Emily Rodda on treasured stories

By Nicole Richardson

Issue 108, Term 1 2019

of their own storytelling. At a young age, Emily taught herself to read by absorbing the words from the books borrowed from her school and municipal libraries, memorising them, then reconstructing them on paper until she was able to read and write independently. Despite a few detours, she ventured

SCIS interviews ASLA School Library Professional of the Year Award winner - Claire Elliott

By Article by the Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 134, Term 3, 2025

s important to come into the profession with an open mind. What you think a library is might not reflect what it actually is, or what it will become. Libraries are no longer just quiet spaces or repositories of books. They’re dynamic, evolving environments, and you need to be adaptable. One of the

From the desk of a cataloguer

By Julie Styles

Issue 94, Term 3 2015

his, as well as the subject heading Stories in rhyme . The most significant way a SCIS record differs from other records is that, unlike most other libraries in Australia, we do not use Library of Congress subject headings. A subject headings list is essentially a controlled vocabulary thesaurus.

Supporting Australian book creators

By Laura Armstrong

Issue 94, Term 3 2015

onths and years of work behind each book. Sometimes the book has gone out of print or the publisher has closed, but the book is still being read in libraries and schools. And since there is a new generation of readers every six years, ELR and PLR are recompense for that resource which supports the

Barramundi and Chips at Christo's

By Kylie Hanson, Ashley Freeman, Ken Dillon

Issue 23, Term 4 1997

So much to tell you) to 1997 (Dear Miffy) -John Marsden The good, the bad and the ugly: series fiction for primary readers -Dr John Foster School libraries: supporting a learning culture - Shelda Debowski EdNA: the prime Australian online resource - Linley Kemeny Darwin did the conference pr

Internetting Corner

By Nigel Paull

Issue 31, Term 4 1999

b <http://www.sil.si.edu/SILPublications/Online-Exhibitions/online-exhibitions-title.hlm> A project administered by the Smithsonian Institution of Libraries, this site links to a variety of on line exhibitions in libraries, archives, historical societies and museums. Material includes books, artw

Internetting Corner

By Nigel Paull

Issue 32, Term 1 2000

nd houses. The site also contains puzzles, selections of music from the period and family documents. SCIS 990124 LibrarySpot -encyclopedias, maps, libraries and much more http://www.libraryspot.com/ Teacher Librarians will find a plethora of practical links to library and reference sites. Link

Bollards to you too: ASLA XVI Conference Report

By Nigel Paull, Wendy Smith, Kevin Gove

Issue 28, Term 1 1999

rning communities of moral and ethical citizens. Two other keynote speakers, Richard Neville and Frances Awcock, both highlighted the ways in which libraries represent and are custodians of local and national culture. They touched on what this might mean for school libraries. Separate sessions by

New Product Reviews

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 6, Term 2 1993

Austguide I received Austguide 1993 towards the end of April. The databases on the Austguide CD-ROM have been selected with school libraries in mind, The databases include Guidelines and Pinpointer, bibliographic indexes of popular (mostly but not exclusively Australian) magazines and some stat

SCIS is more

By Anthony Shaw

Issue 133, Term 2, 2025

s and colleagues, old and new, to commemorate and recognise 40 years of commitment to delivering high-quality catalogue records and support to school libraries. Having paused to reflect in 2024, 2025 presents SCIS with the opportunity to look to the future and plan how we continue delivering what

Using social media to support school library services

By Helen Stower, Margaret Donaghue

Issue 98, Term 3 2016

er has also become a great platform to alert teaching staff about news, events, and resources particular to their faculties. Another role of school libraries is to curate information for students. Traditionally, a teacher librarian may have set aside a trolley of books on a research topic or creat

Collector, curator or collaborator?

By Jennie Bales

Issue 100, Term 1 2017

al collaborative forums available to the Australian school library sector. It relies on its members to generate content on matters relating to school libraries, programs, pedagogy, and the library profession. It was established as a listserv in 1995 by Charles Sturt University’s teacher librarianshi

Have You Read This?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 24, Term 1 1998

et filters. Debowski, S. 'Managing technological change'. Access. 11 (4), November, 1997, 30-32. The changes that Teacher Librarians and school libraries face in the near future are addressed in this article by Dr Shelda Debowski. She outlines the two key issues facing Teacher Librarians as 't