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What’s New

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 7, Term 3 1993

INFORMATION FINDER BY WORLD BOOK I was impressed with the 1993 edition. It is not multimedia as it has neither animation nor sound. It does have the full-text of the print edition of the World Book and the complete World Book dictionary. It was easy to install and simple to use. It incorporates a

Handy Hints: ASCISRECON

By Nicole England

Issue 7, Term 3 1993

Included here are answers to some of the most commonly asked questions over our Helpline: Q. How long will my ASCISRECON file take to be processed and returned to my school? A The tum around time for ASCISRECON is approximately two weeks from the actual processing date. The processing dates lis

SCIS Standards Amendment

By Ellen Paxton

Issue 7, Term 3 1993

At a recent meeting held between members of the SCIS cataloguing agencies it was decided that a special book number ABL would be assigned to materials about Australian Aborigines whose book number would normally be ABO. The change is a response to concerns raised by teachers and members of the Ab

New SCIS Headings

By Ellen Paxton

Issue 7, Term 3 1993

Revised SOVIET UNION REPUBLIC HEADINGS These headings, listed below, have recently been approved by the SCIS cataloguing agencies for publication in the forthcoming third edition of the SCIS Subject Headings List. Please feel free to add them to your existing catalogue. ARMENIA May be subdi

In this Issue

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 6, Term 2 1993

Curriculum Corporation makes an exciting announcement which concerns the delivery of service to us all. Makor library describes its unique service to the educational sector and describes how it can be accessed on-line. Another user of ASCISRECON shares her experience of the product. The pros and co

Another ASCISRECON Experience!

By Corinne O'Reilly

Issue 6, Term 2 1993

I read with interest Angie Barillaro's article on her experience in using ASCISRECON to automate her library stock. Like Angie, we too had manually entered all data from our fiction self-lists on to the Ocelot system, and were now faced with a very large non-fiction stock. ASCISRECON to the rescue!

New Directions for the Information Program

By Lance Deveson

Issue 6, Term 2 1993

The Curriculum Corporation Board decision of April 28 to move the SCIS database to a new software platform, Voyager, and communications platform by the start of the 1994 school year has great implications for the Information Program and the Staff. Information Staff are very enthusiastic about the

ASCISRECON

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 6, Term 2 1993

ASCISRECON is Curriculum Corporation's software program to assist schools with the conversion of their card catalogues to an Automated system via Machine Readable Records. The program is designed to run on IBM or IBM compatible computers. The program is available for $140.00 as a once only purcha

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

What’s New

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 6, Term 2 1993

In Connections No 4 1992 (p. 3-4) Katrina Kolt described how an electronic bulletin board (BBS) could be used to communicate with the rest of the world for the cost of a local telephone call. Many of the educational BBSs mentioned in that article provide access to INTERNET, the international bullet

Jewish Resources On-Line at Makor

By Ros Collins

Issue 6, Term 2 1993

Makor is the ONLY totally public access Jewish library in Australia. We have a constant flow of books, videos, photocopies and slides travelling from the Library to many different locations. Overnight courier services ensure that schools and individuals in even the most remote towns will receive

New SCIS Subject Headings

By Ellen Paxton

Issue 6, Term 2 1993

Revised Soviet Union Republic Headings These headings, listed below, have recently been approved by the SCIS cataloguing agencies for publication in the forthcoming third edition of the SCIS subject Headings List. Please feel free to add them to your existing catalogue. ARMENIA May be subdi

AON vs ISBN

By Nicole England

Issue 6, Term 2 1993

Which should I use when ordering through ASCISRECON? To order your records via ASCISRECON you mainly use either SCIS Order Numbers (AONs) or ISBNs, or a combination of both. ISBNs Ordering by ISBNs is not as reliable as ordering by SCIS Order Numbers (AONs) for the following reasons: IS

In this Issue

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 5, Term 1 1993

This year Connections will continue to address issues related to technology in libraries. In this issue, we feature an article on ASCISRECON as well as an overview of the ONline/ONdisc conference held in Sydney during January 1993. In addition, Connections commences a regular column addressing

My ASCISRECON Experience

By Angie Barillaro

Issue 5, Term 1 1993

In 1991, whilst I was Head of Library at Catholic Regional College, North Keilor, I organised the automation of the school library, mostly using the ASCISRECON program. I found the program simple to use (even for a computerphobe like myself), and would like to discuss how I used it at CRC. No doubt

ASCISRECON

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 5, Term 1 1993

ASCISRECON is Curriculum Corporation's software program to assist schools with the conversion of their Card catalogues to an Automated system via Machine Readable Records. the program is designed to run on IBM or IBM compatible computers. The program is available for $140.00 as a once only purcha

Information Online and Ondisc 93

By Lance Deveson

Issue 5, Term 1 1993

Being one of over 800 Information specialists in Sydney for the 6th Australian OnLine and On Disc Conference in Sydney was a privilege that my position as Senior Information Officer at Curriculum Corporation afforded me in January this year. The Conference,held bi-annually in Sydney has become the

Have you not been able to find some recent resources on the SCIS Database?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 5, Term 1 1993

The March Update (see calendar below for the date it should be at your school) will include an additional 7000 new titles added to the SCIS database through the efforts of the Western Australian Agency. The resource you were searching for but unable to locate may be included in the March Updates fo

The “Blue” (Subject Authority) Microfiche

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 5, Term 1 1993

Included with each January cumulation of microfiche is a set of microfiche with a blue header. This is the SUBJECT AUTHORITY MICROFICHE and is produced 4 times each year. It seems that many librarians do not fully understand the purpose of this microfiche and are therefore not gaining maximum benef

New Subject Headings

By Ellen Paxton

Issue 5, Term 1 1993

This information will now be regularly provided to Connections readers in this column. Below are a sample of some of the new subject headings which can be found in the latest SUBJECT HEADING AUTHORITY MICROFICHE or if you are using the SCIS Database on-line. Scope notes that will appear in t