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The Information superhighway – implications for education

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 11, Term 4 1994

In embracing the concept of the information superhighway, schools need to be sure that they do not get stuck on an on-ramp to nowhere. Thus was entitled the annual conference of the Computing Education Group of Victoria (CEGV), held over two days at the Geelong campus of Deakin university, which I

Letters to the Editor

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 11, Term 4 1994

Dear Editor, I recently received my new edition of the SCIS subject headings list. It's really good to have an up-dated subject headings lists which reflects current terminology, but I am very disappointed with the binding and presentation. Why publish a book which will be used daily over many

What's New

By Katrina Kolt

Issue 11, Term 4 1994

Herald Sun on CD-ROM The Herald Sun on CD-ROM is a valuable product for school libraries. It provides full text searching of the Herald Sun and Sunday Herald Sun, and is updated quarterly. At a time when the provision of current information is imperative, this CD-ROM certainly overcom

Have You Read This?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 11, Term 4 1994

The State Library of Victoria and RMIT have received funding for a joint project to be known as VICNET. It is intended that VICNET will give inexpensive access to the Internet either directly to home users or via public libraries (and schools). It will also provide access to state and local governm

News from the Information Program - SCIS On-Line in 1995

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 11, Term 4 1994

On-line access to the SCIS database is to be encouraged as the Information Program implements the new Voyager software and a new communications network. The Board of Curriculum Corporation has accepted the Strategy plan of the Information Program that sees on-line access to the SCIS and other dat

SCIS Update - Additions to SCIS Subject Headings

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 11, Term 4 1994

The following subject headings have been added to the SCIS database since June 1994. Please feel free to add them to your catalogue. Schools are reminded to contact their state SCIS agency with suggestions for new subject headings. DALAI LAMAS See also names of specific Dalai Lamas, eg. TENZIN GY

Thank you Dianne

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 11, Term 4 1994

This edition of Connections marks the final time that Dianne Lewis will edit the newsletter. When Curriculum Corporation conceived the concept of a regular newsletter for the Information Program, it was felt that the editor needed to be in a school to make sure that the newsletter just didn't bec

In this Issue

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 10, Term 3 1994

Heather Kelsall from The Southport School, outlines the impact of new technologies in her school. The discussion, begun in the last issue, about the Internet continues. There is some further information about it and an article about LM-NET, an electronic discussion group on the Internet, readily

Towards the New Century

By Heather Kelsall,

Issue 10, Term 3 1994

1994 has been a year of technological innovation at The Southport School, and has encouraged new directions in information servicing from the Senior Library. The Technology Enhancement Project (TEP) has been twofold: the introduction of 300 Toshiba T1900 Notebooks and the ability to link these back

The Internet Letters

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 10, Term 3 1994

In the last issue, I asked for support to establish lobby groups to ensure that Australian schools have free or cheap access to this information network, as do our counterparts in North America and Europe. Recent development suggest that access to the Internet is likely to become more expensive in

News from the Information Program

By Lance Deveson

Issue 10, Term 3 1994

SCIS Full Cataloguing Microfiche Searching the Full Cataloguing Microfiche provides users with complete detailed cataloguing information as well as the SCIS order number for each record. The records appear as catalogue cards on the microfiche and are arranged by main entry (name, title). Order

News from the Information Program Continued

By Barbara Burr

Issue 10, Term 3 1994

SEARCHING THE MICROFICHE "I can't find it on the microfiche" is a frequently heard problem from users of the microfiche. Before you reach the limits of frustration, try these three possibilities which may account for a number of those 'missing' items. 1. Frame Index (or grids) Reading from

LM-NET

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 10, Term 3 1994

Library Media Network is an electronic discussion group for school media specialists in the USA (read Teacher-Librarians in Australia). It now has members in many countries including Canada, New Zealand and Australia. On LM-NET members share information and experience. There are discussions about

SCIS Update

By Lance Deveson

Issue 10, Term 3 1994

SCIS 3rd Edition Subject Headings Book This publication is now finished and available from the publisher, D W Thorpe on (03) 245 7370. The publication is for sale at $58 not $55 as previously advertised. Voyager Implementation Curriculum Corporation will soon take delivery of the first module

Have You Read This?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 10, Term 3 1994

The active media center by Fred D'lgnazio in The Computing Teacher, March 1994, p. 37-40, wrote about multi-media in schools, focussing on the role of the school library. "School libraries and media centers are changing from warehouses to launch pads. And the count down has already started." (

In this Issue

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 9, Term 2 1994

I must apologise for the late arrival of this issue of Connections. The delay was largely due to the fact that I spent the first three weeks of February at a conference in Jerusalem. My report is in this issue, and although it departs from the usual technological slant of this newsletter, I hope th

Facing the 21st Century: The First International Conference of Jewish Pedagogic Centers

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 9, Term 2 1994

(JERUSALEM 7-17 FEBRUARY 1994) I was fortunate to be able to join over 120 participants from 39 countries including USA, Israel, England, Canada, South Africa, Greece, Denmark, Russia and many South American countries, to discuss Jewish education, the role of teachers' centres and resources. At

Access to Internet

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 9, Term 2 1994

Internet provides the opportunity to be part of a global information exchange, providing electronic access to experts in every field of endeavour, information sources such as ASKERIC (which provides information for educators) and the ability to browse the catalogues of the major libraries of the wo

News from the Information Program

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 9, Term 2 1994

VOYAGER IMPLEMENTATION Curriculum Corporation is progressing with the implementation of the Voyager Software to replace the existing Dobis/Libis system. Staff at Curriculum Corporation in cooperation with Ferntree Computer Corporation and MARCorp has finalised the conversion of the SCIS data from

What’s New

By Catherine Ryan

Issue 9, Term 2 1994

NETWORKING AND LIBRARIES Goodacre, Christine (ed) Networking and Libraries in Australia , Port Melb: Thorpe, 1993 Anyone who is currently working with technology in libraries will have some need to know about networking. Christine Goodacre's new book Networking and Libraries in Australia is