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Easy access to library services: public and school libraries working together

By Adie Johansen

Issue 116, Term 1 2021

ns with the team at Feilding Library. ... by going out to them, we now see children engaging in programs far more often. Digital Lending Program Teachers started noticing the program kits we were using, and some asked if we loaned them so they could continue with programs after we leave. This s

The future is bright

By Authored by Future You and SCIS

Issue 121, Term 2 2022

Children begin to aspire to careers in early primary school. However, their teachers often lack the confidence to explain science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) careers, and there are societal expectations about careers and gender that can put girls off STEM. This can affect children’s a

The story of Story Store

By Joanna Baynes

Issue 127, Term 4 2023

Joanna Baynes began her library career while still a student at school, then moved on to public libraries, before finding her dream job at King’s School, working with and for boys aged between 4 and 13 years. I loved my 35 years at King’s. Life was always busy and challenging, but in the back of

The time to read

By Gabrielle Mace, Merrilyn Lean

Issue 117, Term 2 2021

eading books for enjoyment. Sadly, our students are not alone. With an ever growing curriculum and the frenetic pace of the academic school year many teachers are reading for enjoyment far less than ever before – or worse, not at all. In 2019, with the support of a research grant from the Associat

Digital subscriptions, your library management system and SCIS

By Ceinwen Jones

Issue 133, Term 2, 2025

tes listed are relevant to schools across the world. Reading Australia Reading Australia provides free, quality resources that make it easier for teachers to promote Australian titles. Curriculummapped units of work introducing Australian titles are written for teachers, by teachers. These are c

School libraries: miracles and madness

By Jackie French

Issue 104, Term 1 2018

ne for a week. (And it changed my life.) My second school was Brisbane’s most expensive for girls. Its library was a glass-fronted bookcase. If the teacher remembered to unlock it, we could read a book at lunchtime — none published later than possibly 1789. My third, a selective high school, had a

Thank You

By Nigel Paull

Issue 25, Term 2 1998

ons-we had hundreds of responses. It is gratifying to know that the content, form and format is so well regarded and that we seem to be in touch with Teacher Librarian needs. Strong support was given to a focus on library management issues, information management (including perspectives on catalogui

Have You Read This?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 24, Term 1 1998

Bruce, L. 'Setting up effective research assignments for students'. Scan. 16(4), November, 1997, 22-24. Lorraine Bruce, Teacher Librarian at Pennant Hills High School and Cherrybrook Technology High School, Sydney, suggests that Teacher Librarians should be assisting teachers to set assignments

ASLA Conference and Awards 2023

By Australian School Library Association

Issue 124, Term 1 2023

s very excited to announce its Biennial Conference and Awards for school library staff. ASLA is the national authority and peak forum in the field of teacher librarianship and school library resource services. The 2023 conference will be held in April on the Gold Coast, with the theme School Librar

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

By James Henri

Issue 13, Term 2 1995

and professional upgrading. Charles Sturt University was the first academic institution in Australia to offer external courses in librarianship. Teacher Librarianship at CSU: What's happening? There has been more interest in courses for teacher librarianship at CSU over the past few years tha

The new librarian: leaders in the digital age

By Digital Promise staff

Issue 96, Term 1 2016

rous districts, large and small, have cut librarian staffing to part-time or eliminated positions entirely. These cuts can impact both students and teachers. Although libraries remain open, they lack trained educators to support students, despite a technological landscape that makes information li

What's New?

By Nigel Paull

Issue 27, Term 4 1998

SWeb and SCISCD A recent addition to the NSW Department of Education and Training's Web site, Network for Education, is an interactive resource for Teacher Librarians, which offers information and advice concerning SCISWeb and SCISCO. It offers Teacher Librarians the opportunity to better acquaint

The importance of school libraries in the Google Age

By Kay Oddone

Issue 98, Term 3 2016

e have Google, do we still require libraries and librarians? This question is particularly being pressed in schools, where smartphones mean that both teachers and students carry a wealth of information in their pocket, and school budgets are increasingly stretched between a wide range of competing d

What's New?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service

Issue 30, Term 3 1999

s and amendments to existing headings. It is available only from Curriculum Corporation and is in paperback format. This is an essential tool for all Teacher Librarians to ensure consistent and accurate subject headings in the library catalogue. Further product details are available on our brochure

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." (

CC News Continued

By Graham Williams

Issue 26, Term 3 1998

Automating your Library As we indicated in the last ussue of Connections we will not be providing catalogue cards in 1999. We urge Teacher Librarians to commence the process to automate their library's catalogue. Curriculum Corporation does not recommend any particular system for schools to purch

The Information superhighway – implications for education

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 11, Term 4 1994

holidays. Most of the participants were computer education professionals from schools as well as some from the tertiary sector. There were very few teacher-librarians and yet the theme of the conference was very much of interest to us. The keynote speaker on day one, was Bruce Dixon, former teac

All together now: recognising the work of all school library staff

By Karys McEwen

Issue 107, Term 4 2018

into battle for each other. Among the most important factors to consider is how school library staffing is changing. Up until a few years ago, the teacher librarian role was more prevalent in school libraries. Nowadays, there are primary and secondary libraries that are run by librarians or libra

'A valuable national asset...'

By Tricia Nathan

Issue 32, Term 1 2000

ultural ideas in schools'. The book was launched on 29 November 1999 in the Library of Academy of Mary Immaculate School in Melbourne. The school's Teacher Librarians value the importance of SCIS in the management of their library procedures and were pleased to have the launch in their library. Ov

Bollards to you too: ASLA XVI Conference Report

By Nigel Paull, Wendy Smith, Kevin Gove

Issue 28, Term 1 1999

at the historic Deakin University Woolstore's campus, were of the same mind. For Wendy, the incentive was the invitation to present a paper. Over 500 Teacher-Librarians from all Australian states and territories, New Zealand, Singapore, Canada and the USA found other good reasons to make the pilgrim