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Have You Read This?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 9, Term 2 1994

Laurel Clyde in T he international network, Orana , February 1994 , p 28-36 has a useful rundown of useful periodicals. Incite 4 March 1994, p 25 carried a very positive review of the Macquarie dictionary on CD-ROM . The same issue also carried an interesting article by Hanns Possin des

Apology

By Lance Deveson

Issue 9, Term 2 1994

Subscribers to Curriculum Corporation's microfiche products for 1994 will no doubt have experienced problems receiving the 1994 cumulations for the Full and Abbreviated microfiche and Subject Authority microfiche this year. At a time when Curriculum Corporation is implementing the Voyager project

Information Services Questionnaire

By Nicole England

Issue 9, Term 2 1994

Included with the previous issue of CONNECTIONS journal was an 'Information Services Questionnaire'. The aim of the questionnaire was to improve the quality and efficiency of our service to users. As such, the responses are currently being tabulated and the result will define any necessary improvem

In this Issue

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

In this issue Pru Mitchell writes about some uses for the online databases SCIS and NEXUS, Jennifer Wraight shares her impressions of the recent ASLA conference in Adelaide and Learning for the Future, the new standards document for school libraries is reviewed. By the time you receive this, the

SCIS and NEXUS Online

By Pru Mitchell

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

Presenters were Pru Mitchell, Head of Library, at La Salle College WA and Margaret Butterworth, Lecturer, Edith Cowan University. (Margaret has since moved to Nanyang University, Singapore.) The rationale behind selection of SCIS and NEXUS for this demonstration of online information services was

Product Changes for 1993

By Lance Deveson

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

In the Winter edition of CONNECTIONS, I indicated Curriculum Corporations intention to drop some Card and ASCISRECON products in 1994. Again I will state that in 1994 the following CARD products WILL NOT be available to order from Curriculum Corporation: Victorian Card Catalogue Options: Simp

3rd Edition of the SCIS Subject Headings List

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND HEADINGS As part of the ongoing process of upgrading the SCIS SUBJECT HEADINGS list, Curriculum Corporation, in co-operation with the publishing company, D.W.Thorpe, are to publish a 3rd edition of the SCIS Subject Headings list. Currently the revision of the List is being

Impressions of the ASLA XIII and the IASL 22nd Conference: Dreams and Dynamics

By Jennifer Wraight

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

The magnificent venue (St Peter's College) and inspiring keynote speakers are two of the main highlights that remain with me from the ASLA XIII and the IASL 22nd Conference. This is the first opportunity I have had to attend an ASLA conference. I have worked in the educational field for 19 years,

What’s New

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

LEARNING FOR THE FUTURE: DEVELOPING INFORMATION SERVICES IN AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS Curriculum Corporation, Melbourne, 1993. This book is more than a standards document to replace Books and Beyond and Into the 21st Century . It attempts to set a context for the development of library and informat

Subscriptions

By Lance Deveson

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

By now schools should have received the SCIS Subscription renewal for 1994.This was posted to ALL schools on the SCIS database in November. If your school has not received the renewal notice please contact Curriculum Corporation. As I stated in the Spring 1993 edition of CONNECTIONS, subscription

Have you read this?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

CD-ROM Today is a new periodical which emanates from the United States and may be of interest to readers. It is a bi-monthly, glossy magazine focussing on issues related to multimedia and offers an attractive initial subscription rate. It includes articles issues and CD-ROM technology as well a

Using your barcode reader with Recon

By Nicole England

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

You can use a barcode reader to wand in local barcode information into RECON, however, there are some pitfalls for the unwary. Here's how to handle them. Most of the problems people experience with barcode readers are due to the fact that barcode readers automatically insert an [ENTER] key at the

Retirement of Ms Marie McCorkell

By Lance Deveson

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

School users of the ASCIS (now SCIS) service will be saddened to learn of the retirement, due to ill health, of Ms Marie McCorkell as Business Manager at Curriculum Corporation. Marie has been with ASCIS and Curriculum Corporation for a period of almost 10 years and made a valuable contribution t

Information Services Questionnaire

By Nicole England

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

Included with this issue of CONNECTIONS journal is an "Information Services Questionnaire". The aim of the questionnaire is to improve the quality and efficiency of our service to users, and we would appreciate your input. You will find 3 types of questions on the form: Tick the appropriate b

New SCIS Subject Headings

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

Below is a list of subject headings which have been approved for entry into the SCIS database. Please feel free to them add them to yow existing catalogue. *NOTE: CHILD CARE CENTRES and PLAY CENTRES are not new headings but have been significantly altered to accommodate the new heading FAMILY DAY

In this Issue

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 7, Term 3 1993

In this issue, Lance Deveson explains how the new Voyager software (announced in the last issue) will improve the use of the SCIS database and Rosemary Abbott shares her research on methods used for successful selection of a library automation system. Connections circulates throughout Australia,

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

By Lance Deveson

Issue 7, Term 3 1993

Curriculum Corporation's decision to select the Voyager Library 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

Microfiche Problems

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 7, Term 3 1993

The June update of the Full Cataloguing Microfiche created many problems for subscribers to that fiche. DATACOM, Curriculum Corporation's microfiche bureau is constantly trying new ways to improve the quality of the microfiche, but, in June got it wrong. In an effort to improve the readability of t

Selections of an Automated System

By Rosemary Abbott

Issue 7, Term 3 1993

This article is based upon research carried out for a minor thesis. This was undertaken as part of a Master of Business in Information Technology at RMIT. Since the mid-late 1980s, librarians have been placed under increasing pressure to automate their libraries' operations. This has particularly

Have you Read This?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 7, Term 3 1993

POETRY ON CD-ROM Announced in Literature matters no. 13. May 1993 a new CD-ROM release ... English poetry full-text database the first disc in a new project from British publishers Chadwyck-Healey. The database is intended to include the work of 1,350 poets from 600 AD to the beginning of the twe