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Issue 36 Summary
By Editor
Issue 36, Term 1 2001
fton Public School Making metadata work – practical issues Cherryl Schauder, RMIT University SCIS authority files vs SCIS subject headings Cataloguing news Inspiring connections: Learning, libraries and literacy Linda Selby, Penny Moore, Conference Coordinators
SCIS: the next 40 years
Issue 132, Term 1, 2025
m has great plans and aspirations for the product going forward. Renate, SCIS Catalogue Content Manager, is excited about the ongoing enhancements to cataloguing metadata. Program Director Colin looks forward to developing the new tools that school librarians and teachers need, and considers the par
CC News
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
nsure it is successful. Hence, SCISWeb will not be available for the duration of the upgrade. At this stage we are advising customers to finalise all cataloguing for 1999 by the end of November. When the dates for this upgrade are confirmed we will advise you with a message in the next issue of Conn
SCIS Update - Additions to SCIS Subject Headings
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 11, Term 4 1994
rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV; Gyatso, Tenzin XX DALAi LAMAS. AMENDMENTS/ADDITIONS TO SCIS STANDARDS. The following changes have been made to SCIS cataloguing standards published in Curriculum Corporation standards for Cataloguing and data entry. SPECIAL BOOK NUMBERS FOR COMPUTERS. The book
Voyager: Curriculum Corporation’s new software platform for the SCIS Database
By Lance Deveson
Issue 7, Term 3 1993
the needs of the SCIS service. Voyager is a complete library package having all of the following features: on-line public access catalogue (OPAC), cataloguing, circulation, acquisitions, serial control, authority control, Inter-library loan and Gateway-CD-ROM access.Voyager also has two newer inn
Unlock the power of SCIS Authority Files with Accessit LMS: Watch the webinar today!
By Education Services Australia
Issue 127, Term 4 2023
Webinar Content Controlled Vocabularies : Explore the concept of controlled vocabularies and understand why they are crucial for efficient cataloguing and information retrieval References: Learn how references play a pivotal role in ensuring users can find the materials they need, eve
Television Broadcasts
By Leonie Samuelsson
Issue 33, Term 2 2000
nrights Agreement to tape television programs off-air. After making the effort to record these programs for educational use, it is worth considering cataloguing those programs that the school decides to keep. Cataloguing television broadcasts has a number of advantages : Catalogue records en
Looking back: school library catalogues and the online revolution
By Lance Deveson
Issue 100, Term 1 2017
s helped to create. Funded by the Commonwealth Schools Commission, Down and Young’s research explored and analysed the concept of a national schools’ cataloguing service, which would later become the model for the Australian Schools Catalogue Information Services (ASCIS) pilot project. But I get ahe
Welcome to 1999
By Kevin Gove
Issue 28, Term 1 1999
amining ways of enriching both the scope and depth of SCIS records. A national project is underway to examine the costs and benefits of creating SCIS cataloguing records for selected Internet sites. We will also explore the costs and benefits of including additional details (such as reviews or table
SCIS and its continued success
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 17, Term 2 1996
While their prime function is to input cataloguing data, Agency personnel are also involved in the development of SCIS products. Each school has the right of access to Voyager via the digital communication network Sprintnet for the cost of a local phone call through their State agency. Ea
Issue 49 Summary
By Editor
Issue 49, Term 2 2004
extbook Collection Kristen Thornton, Deakin University, VIC Planning for a New School Library Kaye Carvosso, Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School Cataloguing Websites – Some Frequently Asked Questions Mavis Heffernan, SCIS New and revised subject headings SCIS Genre Headings Leonie Bour
Issue 48 Summary
By Editor
Issue 48, Term 1 2004
Corporation Internetting corner Nigel Paull, South Grafton Primary School, NSW Cunningham Library Introduces New Services Louise Reynolds Cataloguing Computer Software: Some Frequently Asked Questions Mavis Heffernan, SCIS SLANZA’S Powerful Conference Andrea Thomson, National Librar
Issue 38 Summary
By Editor
Issue 38, Term 3 2001
ia Mavis Heffernan, Statewide School Library Support Centre, VIC School Libraries, Literacy Week and the Let’s Read Expo Mary Ellen Ray, DEET Cataloguing News
What's New?
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 33, Term 2 2000
y have now been catalogued, however, if there is no record for a particular video when searching the SCIS database, please forward the item to a SCIS cataloguing agency. It is usual to search SCIS OPAC for these titles, however, there is a spreadsheet on our website with the titles and SCIS number
Handy Hints for SCISWeb
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 29, Term 2 1999
DDC13 or DDC21. Can't Find Your Item On SCIS? If you do not get a 'hit' when ordering a catalogue record for a resource you may wish to contact a cataloguing agency to make arrangements for the item to be catalogued. Before doing so, confirm details by using a title or author search in WEBOPAC.
CC News
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 29, Term 2 1999
ticular case. Hopefully, there is a simple explanation of apparent over-use, and further action will not be necessary. SCIS Subiect Headings SCIS cataloguing staff are continuing to update the subject headings list in preparation for publication of the fourth edition of sets Subject Headings and
What's New?
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 29, Term 2 1999
ALIA Merit Award Congratulations to Michelle Ellis, Senior Curriculum Advisor. Library and I nformation Literacy, with the NSW Department of Educat i on and Training (Michelle is also the Manager of the New South Wales SC IS
School library spotlight: One Arm Point Remote Community School
By Mel Rowsell
Issue 115, Term 4 2020
the library consisted of a few half-assembled shelves and a lot of uncared-for books. Initially my job was to organise the space; find and acquire a cataloguing system; select, deselect and acquire resources for the collection; and catalogue, label and shelve the collection in the newly formed spac
Addressing reconciliation in a school setting
By Jan Poona
Issue 94, Term 3 2015
a teacher librarian in a government primary school for many years. In this time, not only have I taught students but I have made decisions regarding cataloguing and shelving books in the school library as well. I also have a close friend, Christine, who is an Aboriginal Elder and social worker, and
1999 SCIS Conference Report: Planning for 1999-2000
By Kevin Grove
Issue 29, Term 2 1999
, customer service, and cost effectiveness; and discussed a number of enhancements to the service and several service management issues. A trial of cataloguing Internet websites was endorsed. The trial will begin soon, for a duration of two school terms. Each agency will catalogue a number of webs