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Trigger happy or trigger unhappy? Trigger warnings, content notes and your library catalogue records
By Ceinwen Jones
Issue 131, Term 4, 2024
encourage some students to seek out these materials rather than avoid them – it is, after all, a form of tagging. Well, what’s this got to do with SCIS, anyway? As cataloguers of items for schools, making decisions about describing, tagging, labelling, censoring, advising and warning about reso
School Library Spotlight: New Zealand School Library Collection Recovery Initiative
By Article by the Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS). Thanks to Lewis Brown and the National Library Services to Schools team for their participation.
Issue 130, Term 3, 2024
own noted. In total, more than 25,000 books needed to be replaced, and 11 schools required new shelving. Eight of the affected schools did not have a SCIS subscription and were provided with a one-year subscription to help them rebuild their collections. Supporting schools to rebuild Rebuilding
New Generation SCIS Products (Continued)
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 23, Term 4 1997
Current Products SCIS Online (via SCISLINK) (Note: no downloading of records) Access the SCIS database (Voyager) using the SCISLINK communications software provided by Curriculum Corporation. Option 1: Search individually for the resource/ s and press 'O' to place an order for that part
Informit Explore: new to SCIS Collections
By Pru Mitchell
Issue 135, Term 4, 2025
Did you know that you can now download SCIS catalogue records for each of the topic-based briefs in the new Informit Explore platform. This is good news for secondary schools that subscribe to Informit Explore, as well as for those who are budgeting for a subscription in 2026 or considering a trial
EdNA Adopts SCIS Metadata Standard
By Ellen Paxton
Issue 27, Term 4 1998
EdNA ( Education Network Australia) has announced that by October 1998 it will implement SCIS subject headings as p art of its metadata standards. When Teacher Librarians and students access EdNA they will b e a ble to search and retrieve Internet resources using familiar SCIS subject headings. Thi
Education Lending Right (ELR) School Library Survey 2020–21
By Daniel Hughes
Issue 117, Term 2 2021
for free in school libraries. Among the most commonly-available titles in last year’s survey were: • Spanish omelet by Jackie Tidey and Trish Hill (SCIS no. 1000000) • English interactions (Book 3) by Lesley Andrews and Janet Young (SCIS no. 1000079) • Making waves by Jackie Warrick and Stanley Wo
Addressing reconciliation in a school setting
By Jan Poona
Issue 94, Term 3 2015
, I realised that I had already addressed reconciliation in quite a few ways, and would do so again by writing the chapter. The section below about SCIS is an excerpt from my chapter. SCIS has been years ahead of other organisations in addressing the needs of Indigenous peoples. For example, where
New and revised subject headings
By Renate Beilharz
Issue 124, Term 1 2023
The following changes to the SCIS Subject Headings List were approved by the SCIS Standards Committee November 2021 – October 2022. For more information on subject headings and your library, see our blog article . New Headings Academic writing Scope note: Use for works on nonfiction as par
New and revised subject headings
By Renate Beilharz
Issue 120, Term 1 2022
United States and allied countries in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. The full reference structure for SCIS subject headings can be found in the SCIS Standards for Cataloguing and Data Entry
School library spotlight: Val Wardley
By Val Wardley
Issue 122, Term 3 2022
systems. All have their advantages and disadvantages. There have also been many changes with resource processing in order to use these systems, but SCIS has been there through all of this, from the days when we would microfiche records and mail them via floppy disc (taking up to 2 weeks to receive
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
Key Issues About Cataloguing and the Use of SCIS
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 27, Term 4 1998
Subject headings SCIS is a national database which reflects the most common terms which will be accessed by most students, with over 150,000 SCIS subject headings with cross references. The majority of headings are proposed by Teacher Librarians in schools who are in touch with the terms appearin
Let SCIS Save you Time and Money
By Schools Catalogue Information Servive (SCIS)
Issue 22, Term 3 1997
f time that a T /L spends cataloguing resources for the school library? Have you considered the amount of money that could be saved if your T /L used SCIS instead? The Schools Cataloguing Information Service (SCIS) database contains approximately 600,000 bibliographic records of educational books,
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
Reviews of SCIS Subject Headings Fourth Edition
By Barbara Braxton, Barbara Shardlow, Rod Barker
Issue 33, Term 2 2000
why, just weeks after completing my cataloguing course at Library School, ruining my eyes and my brain trying to figure out the complexities of the SCIS Subject Headings Third Edition , cross-referencing it with lists of additions and amendments downloaded from the Internet and the SCIS Standards
1999 SCIS Conference Report: Planning for 1999-2000
By Kevin Grove
Issue 29, Term 2 1999
On 29-30 March the State SCIS agencies and Curriculum Corporation met in Sydney for a strategic review of the Schools Catalogue Information Service. The Conference deliberations included input from teacher librarians and other educationalists. The Conference felt that issues about the technology
How does the information get onto the SCIS database?
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 2, Term 2 1992
Have you ever wondered how the records magically materialise onto the SCIS database? There are actually nine cataloguing agencies throughout Australia inputting data. Agencies currently exist in South Australia, Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, ACT, Victoria, Tasm
The Great Aussie Book Count 2021-22
By Michelle Harvey
Issue 121, Term 2 2022
the most commonly available titles in school libraries – that were included in the 2021 book count survey – are: Macbeth by Laura Deriu et al (SCIS no. 1291862) Once by Morris Gleitzman (SCIS no. 1226878) Water by Mark Stafford (SCIS no. 1283458) Blueback by Tim Winton (SCIS no. 1
School library spotlight: Northcote High School
By Richard Smallcombe
Issue 126, Term 3 2023
e have now because we are in a smaller space, getting out of each other’s way because it’s a bit more crowded. What is your favourite thing about SCIS? I think the best thing about SCIS is that it’s so easy to get the records. We’ve integrated our library management system with SCIS, so it m
EAL/D in school libraries
By Nicki Moore, Martin Gray
Issue 121, Term 2 2022
resemblances to Nikki’s are, in fact, reasonably common. The table below summarises some findings from the survey. A full report can be read on the SCIS blog. Statement Percentage of respondents who agreed The EAL/D teacher bases themselves in the library as an office. 14 (12.3%)