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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

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

CC News

By Schools Catalogue Information Service

Issue 24, Term 1 1998

d Collingwood jumper, a beanie and a pair of appalling football shorts, it is hard to remember that he is a significant national figure in the school libraries network. But he is. He is the only one of us who is genuinely regarded as a guru by his peers. I sometimes, in moments of weakness, agree to

What's New?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service

Issue 31, Term 4 1999

arians may be interested in the products this business provides. This service offers signs, instructional posters and bibliographic guides for school libraries. The signs are designed and produced by Phyl Williamson, an experienced Teacher Librarian, who understands the need for positive and meaning

SCISWeb Handy Hints

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 34, Term 3 2000

Teacher Librarians. We are always keen to receive notification about relevant information that can be included for the benefit of all staff in school libraries. 4. Quick link When 'surfing' the SCIS site, remember to use the SCIS or 'i' logos found at the top of most pages. These are links back

Introducing Cheryl

By Schools Catalogue Information Service

Issue 29, Term 2 1999

ools and yet which draws on international best practice and standards. Cherryl has worked as a cataloguer in school, public, university and special libraries. She has had extensive experience in cataloguing education and consulting, having been a lecturer and senior lecturer at the Royal Melbourne

Let SCIS Save you Time and Money

By Schools Catalogue Information Servive (SCIS)

Issue 22, Term 3 1997

s and computer programs. From this database, Curriculum Corporation produces a wide range of information services and products for schools and school libraries throughout Australia and overseas. SCIS reduces the cost and duplication of effort required by T /Ls in cataloguing resources in schools.

Internetting Corner

By Heather Kelsall

Issue 17, Term 2 1996

index.html Australian Library Week 1996 home pages http://ausarts.anu.edu.au/ITA/AusArts ANU Institute of the Arts connecting to art exhibitions, libraries etc http://www.alquds.org Arabic culture and the Palestinian situation http://shuttle.nasa.gov Space shuttle Endeavour information h

New Zealand News

By Judith Schroder

Issue 15, Term 4 1995

ke what you saw you can change it . Everyone agreed that this session was great value! The CHYPS afternoon covered co-operative initiatives between libraries in Wanganui where schools and the public library are linked electronically and share resources. At Upper Hutt the link extends from schools

New Zealand News

By Merilyn Small

Issue 14, Term 3 1995

Two Current Information Networks (CINs) are presently operating through secondary school libraries in Christchurch. In the last Connections issue Rosa-Jane wrote of N .Z. students increasing demand for journal articles through access to Index New Zealand CD ROM (INNZ) . The CINs have been set up

News from the Information Program

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 9, Term 2 1994

Computer Corporation and MARCorp has finalised the conversion of the SCIS data from AUSMARC to USMARC. This is the standard that is being adopted by libraries world wide in 1996 and Curriculum Corporation will adopt this standard once Voyager is implemented . ln 1995 Curriculum Corporation will be

Have You Read This?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 9, Term 2 1994

insight into this national and international electronic mail and database access network. Barbara Poston-Anderson describes the possible future of libraries in Virtual reality: a learning medium of the future , Scan vol 12, no 4, October 1993, p12-13 . Learning with technology , Scan vol 12

SCIS is more

By Caroline Ramsden

Issue 104, Term 1 2018

selection SCIS Data can be a useful tool for the selection of material. With the inclusion of enriched content from Syndetics and LibraryThing for Libraries in the catalogue, you can easily view additional information including plot summaries, author notes, awards and reviews. Where to find hel