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By Schools Catalogue Information Service

Issue 31, Term 4 1999

@centenary.org.au Website: <http://www.centenary.org.au>. 3. Syba Signs At a recent conference Syba Signs were involved in the trade exhibition. SCIS staff who attended the conference thought that Teacher Librarians may be interested in the products this business provides. This service offers s

How do I add a message to the Bulletin Board?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 2, Term 2 1992

ALL DIAL-UP users now have access to the Bulletin Board and Mail facilities on the SCIS Database. They differ in their use in that Bulletin Board gives a User the opportunity to leave a message on the System for ALL users to read i.e. Something to sell or In need of some information. Mail allow

Supporting Australian book creators

By Deborah Abela

Issue 105, Term 2 2018

Pullman said, ‘Children need art and stories and poems and music as much as they need love and food and fresh air and play’. It’s that fundamental. SCIS manages the annual ELR School Library Survey on behalf of the Department of Communications and the Arts. The survey determines national estimates

International engagement: the SLAV / IASL partner association program

By Susan La Marca

Issue 106, Term 3 2018

School librarianship is different from country to country. We may share many similar aims and roles, but there are also many differences in our profession around the world. In an age where communication is global, it is important for school librarians to recognise these differences, to learn from e

Educational Lending Rights: Supporting Australian literature and schools

Issue 132, Term 1, 2025

ard to spend on their library. This year, in addition to the gift card for one school, two other schools received book packs sponsored by the team at SCIS. The winner of the $150 Dymocks Book eVoucher was Manor Lakes P–12 College. Rebecca Lunson, Library Manager at the school, shared: "We are v

CC News Continued

By Schools Catalogue Information Service

Issue 25, Term 2 1998

essment of teacher IT capabilities. Title: Learning Technologies, Teacher Capabilities, Author: Department of Education, Victoria. RRP: $24.95 SCIS Order Number: 929154 ISBN: 07 306 90407 Each Australian education department, system and sector has given high priority to the inclusion of le

Non-fiction: the elephant in the library

By Rebecca Tobler

Issue 107, Term 4 2018

s?’ S ynergy, vol . 7, no. 1, pp. 31–40 Hutchinson, E 2017, ‘Navigating the Information Landscape through Collaboration', Connections , no. 101, SCIS, https://www.scisdata.com/connections/issue-101/navigating-the-information-landscape-through-collaboration Jabr, F 2013, ‘The Reading Brain i

School library spotlight: St Joseph’s College, Geelong

By Joy Whiteside

Issue 114, Term 3 2020

encourage students to be purposeful, whether that is reading quietly, studying, or playing a game such as chess. What is your favourite thing about SCIS? SCIS is essential to our cataloguing of resources. Highlights for us include: Ease of use — so simple and quick to add new records to our

School library spotlight: Newtown public school

By Lucy White

Issue 121, Term 2 2022

ing student thinking and having high expectations of all students keeps students engaged with the library space. What is your favourite thing about SCIS? I love finding my copy of Connections in my pigeon hole! Being the only teacher librarian in the school means that I really appreciate havin

School Library Spotlight: Evelyn Scott School

By Natalie Otten

Issue 125, Term 2 2023

the library and STEM spaces means there’s a sort of natural connection between the two in the way they’re used. What is your favourite thing about SCIS? I really love Connections school library magazine. I love reading the stories you print in it – they’re always good. Sometimes, I find myself

School library spotlight: Ocean Reef Senior High School

By Sarah Betteridge

Issue 109, Term 2 2019

udents are now writing their own book recommendations, which we will soon share with Saint Wilfred’s via Padlet. What is your favourite thing about SCIS? We use SCIS for all our cataloguing and are very happy with how easy it is to use and the regular system updates. We really appreciate the sup

School Library Spotlight: Ellerslie School, NZ

Issue 132, Term 1, 2025

orizons, step out of their comfort zones, and discover new genres is one of the most fulfilling parts of my job. What’s your favourite thing about SCIS? It’s a lifesaver! I can scan an ISBN and everything I need is there in seconds. Before SCIS, it could take me up to an hour to catalogue a sing

Supporting Australian book creators

By Nicole Richardson, James Moloney

Issue 98, Term 3 2016

ans. And this is why ELR is the modest yet necessary cornerstone of educational libraries in Australia. The ELR School Library Survey is managed by SCIS on behalf of the Department of Communications and the Arts. Every year in Term 4, we invite over 600 schools around Australia to participate in t

Supporting Australian book creators

By Nicole Richardson, Simmone Howell

Issue 96, Term 1 2016

is that income is lost from the availability of their books in public and educational lending libraries. The Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS), on behalf of the department, asks 600 schools across the country each year to retrieve a book count of particular titles that are held in schoo

Supporting Australian book creators

By Nicole Richardson, Morris Gleitzman

Issue 99, Term 4 2016

Every year, SCIS works closely with the Department of Communications and the Arts to conduct a survey of book holdings in Australian school libraries. This is the ELR School Library Survey , and it is integral to the growth of the Australian writing and publishing industry. The survey produces e

Metadata and Marc

By Keith Gove

Issue 29, Term 2 1999

king for. This is, however, a labour-intensive process, and hence relatively expensive, although the sharing of catalogue records (such as in ABN and SCIS} makes the task manageable. Metadata about Internet sites has tended to be created by the authors of the website, then automatically harvested

Have you Read This?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 7, Term 3 1993

uide to multimedia: a shopper's guide to multimedia, vol 7, no 2, May 1993, p 24-25   Articles mentioned above will be available on request from SCIS

Implementing Information Services

By Paul Kidson

Issue 36, Term 1 2001

SCIS welcomes feedback and contributions from our readers and material we receive may be published in a future issue of Connections. In Connections 35 we published an article by Colin Bell, Managing Director of Concord Australia. The article 'Content is King, but Content Management Rules' inspire

Reviews

By Nigel Paull

Issue 30, Term 3 1999

Training Reform -Revised Edition: Implications for Schools Publisher: Curriculum Corporation, Jack Keating 1998 ISBN: 1 86366 428 9 RRP: $24.95 SCIS order number: 944782 Designed to provide a broad description of the changes affecting vocational education and training particularly those relat

Reviews

By Nigel Paull

Issue 26, Term 3 1998

g 660 Wagga Wagga 2678 Tel. 02 69332325 Title: Profiling the Arts Publisher: Curriculum Corporation, Carlton Victoria 1997 RRP: $100.00 SCIS Order Number: 926271 ISBN: 1 86366 333 9 System requirements: Windows 3.1 ;Windows 95;Macintosh; CD-ROM Description: A professional de