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Libraries: An American Value

By Lance Deveson

Issue 14, Term 3 1995

Being one of 10 Australians, of 20,000, registered at the ALA mid -summer Conference in Chicago was an experience that will last long in my memory. The American Library Association, (ALA) organises 2 Conferences per year, Summer and Winter, to cater for the large number of information professiona

Internetting Corner

By Heather Kelsall

Issue 14, Term 3 1995

http://www.world.net/yoursay/ Allows Australians to have their say on the French nuclear testing. http://www.nla.gov.au/nt/rotti/rotti.html Euthanasia legislation recently passed in the Northern Territory. http://austlii.law.uts.edu.au Major collection of Australian Federal legislation

News from the Information Program: New, amended, replaced subject headings 1995

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 14, Term 3 1995

Below is a list of new and amended subject headings created at recent meetings of the national SCIS cataloguing agencies. Existing headings which have been altered as a result of decisions made by the agencies are identified by **. The nature of the change is indicated in brackets ie: (Replacemen

Professional Upgrading: What’s available for the working T/L?

By James Henri

Issue 13, Term 2 1995

With several universities offering external study facilities, T/Ls have a choice of educational institutions when juggling employment and professional upgrading. Charles Sturt University was the first academic institution in Australia to offer external courses in librarianship. Teacher Libraria

A Masters - What's The Point?

By Jan Barnett

Issue 13, Term 2 1995

The benefits (for me): being current in my professional reading in education, teacher librarianship and librarianship; gaining a sense of achievement; having empathy with all students; improving my time management skills; having a current recognised qualification; being able to stud

Have You Read This?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 13, Term 2 1995

Internet Australasia is a relatively new journal on the Australian market and issues to date contain articles relevant to school users. Educationing on the Internet (Vol. 1, Iss. 5) highlights the Internet centre at Hopper's Crossing Secondary College, Victoria while in Vol.1, Iss. 2 Ric Cu

News from Curriculum Corporation

By Lance Deveson

Issue 13, Term 2 1995

New Phone and Fax Numbers. Schools will be aware that phone numbers are gradually changing in each state over the next two years. Melbourne has just changed over with the addition of the number 9 added to the existing phone and fax numbers. Schools will be able to ring the existing number until O

What's New

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 13, Term 2 1995

This title turns out to be a little misleading with only the first section relating to the survey. The book actually contains four reports on various aspects of library automation: the National Survey results, Crucial factors in online enquiry, MARC for Teacher-librarians and Providing access to f

Internetting Corner

By Heather Kelsall

Issue 13, Term 2 1995

http://www.aust.emb.nw.dc.us Australian Embassy in Washington provides information on Australian economic and trade matters, history, government and culture. http://www.nla.gov.au/aedaec.html Data on current by-elections from the Australian Electoral Commission. http://www.who.ch/ Worl

Letters to the Editor

By Heather Kelsall

Issue 13, Term 2 1995

Dear Heather, I am the Senior Library Co-Ordinator at Swan Hill Secondary College, a dual-campus country secondary school with an enrolment of approximately 1150 students. Since my appointment to the Co-Ordinators position, I have seen my role as T /L in charge of a large well-resourced library

New Zealand News

By Rosa-Jane French

Issue 13, Term 2 1995

Most schools are now relaxing on holidays at the end of a busy first term, whilst those on a four year term are hard at it again and preparing for internal senior exams. A number of school libraries have recently purchased Index New Zealand CD-ROM which came onto the market at the end of 1994

In this Issue

By Heather Kelsall

Issue 12, Term 1 1995

This first Issue from Queensland does have a northern bias -no apologise! Focusing on the practical aspects 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 r

The Gold Coast campus of Griffith University and Ipswich City Council both answer the plea of schools...

By Heather Kelsall

Issue 12, Term 1 1995

Internet access at a reasonable price With much interest in the 'information highway' two diverse information service provider s h ave taken the initiative to provide school children with the opportunity to explore and experience information from the worldwide network. Under the leadership of P

Product review

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 12, Term 1 1995

As part of the VOYAGER implementation, Curriculum Corporation has also developed a communications software that will enable easier access to the SCIS database via Voyager. Curriculum Corporation has listened to its Users who have been requesting that the access to SCIS had to be as easy as possib

Information Online and on Disc 1995: Conference Report

By Scott Robinson

Issue 12, Term 1 1995

The Seventh Australasian Online and On Disk Conference was held at the new venue of the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour. The focus for the Conference was 'The Virtual Information Experience' and this portrayed itself in the strong multimedia, online service providers and In

What's New

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 12, Term 1 1995

Recipe Book Service on Online Searching While this is actually not a new product, its restricted market means that it has not had a high profile within our area of the profession. The Recipe Book Service is an effective and efficient tool to access Australian online information services. With t

Have You Read This?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 12, Term 1 1995

With many T /L' s wanting more information on the Internet, Peter McGrath shares his concern of data overload and the difficulties of access in Tangled in the net. The Bulletin v.116 n.5954. Jan 10 1995 . p:52. Australian Personal Computer . Feb.1995 features seven articles on various aspec

News from the Information Program

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 12, Term 1 1995

1995 Microfiche Schedule APRIL Updates: 28/4/95 Subject X-Ref: 5/5/95 MAY Updates: 2/6/95 JUNE Updates: 30/6/95 JULY Updates: 4/8/95 Subject X-Ref: 11/8/95 AUG Updates: 28/8/95 SEPT Updates: 22/9/95 OCT Updates: 27/10/95 Subject X-Ref: 10/11/95 NOV Updates: 27 /11/95 The

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

Voyager Has Landed

By Lance Deveson

Issue 11, Term 4 1994

Twenty five years ago I sat as a year 12 student and looked and listened to Neil Armstrong speak the immortal words "The Eagle has Landed". It was with the same sense of excitement that I received a fax from MARCorp recently informing Curriculum Corporation that the Voyager Software was being shipp