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CC News
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 25, Term 2 1998
Curriculum Corporation and SCIS: where did we come from and why are we here? The SCIS Unit at Curriculum Corporation often receives calls querying the financial basis on which it operates. The Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS) is managed by Curriculum Corporation which is an independen
National Catholic Education Commission
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 2, Term 2 1992
ce October 1990 the National Catholic Education Commission has employed a cataloguer to catalogue religious education (RE) materials for entry to the SCIS database. In the first year of operation, 1,000 records were added to the SCIS database. Any Catholic school or institution within Australia is
Issue 37 Summary
By Editor
Issue 37, Term 2 2001
y available in PDF format. Articles in this issue include: Building a knowledge-sharing culture Dr Ross Todd, University of Technology, NSW SCISWeb handy hints CC news Subject and name headings, reference structure and the SCIS authority files Anne Dowling, SCIS Providing oppo
Issue 59 Summary
By Editor
Issue 59, Term 4 2006
Generating change through professional development Dr Linda Selby and Elizabeth Probert, Auckland College of Education, NZ New subject terms in SCIS OPAC Rachel Salmond, SCIS Internetting corner Nigel Paull, South Grafton Public School, NSW SCISWeb handy hints New and revised su
Issue 40 Summary
By Editor
Issue 40, Term 1 2002
tions: Towards a Preferred Future June Wall, Australian School Library Association (ASLA) Welcome to 2002 Keith Gove, Curriculum Corporation SCISWeb handy hints Link Checking Graeme Williams, Curriculum Corporation Learning for the Future: Worth the Involvement Leonie Dyason, Mo
Issue 39 Summary
By Editor
Issue 39, Term 4 2001
issue include: Pathways to the Future: Knowledge Construction and Evidence-based Practice Dr Ross Todd, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA SCISWeb handy hints ASLA Launch Learning for the Future (Second Edition) Pauline Tremlett, ASLA A Professional Resource: Learning for
Welcome to 1999
By Kevin Gove
Issue 28, Term 1 1999
ra? By what good deeds would we wish to be judged? I fear that some recent developments in Australian society will not be regarded very highly. For SCIS, though, it is already the beginning of a new age. Last year was a transition year. We introduced the two new SCIS products, SCISWeb and SCISCO,
CC News
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 35, Term 4 2000
1. SCIS Authority Files subscriptions 2000 and 2001 Curriculum Corporation has released a new CD-ROM product called SCIS Authority Files. Order forms for this new product were sent to all schools recently. The SCIS Authority Files CD published in 2000 contains the entire contents of the SCIS da
Website and app reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 100, Term 1 2017
100 and not out The 100th issue of Connections is a milestone for SCIS, its parent company Education Services Australia, and teacher librarians. My involvement with Connections dates back to 1997 when Lance Deveson, the SCIS manager at the time, asked me to be the editor. I had been involved
CC News
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 33, Term 2 2000
formation Services at the Education Department of Western Australia. Bev has been responsible for managing the trial of cataloguing websites onto the SCIS database and has recently written a report which will appear in Cataloguing/Database News at <http://www.curriculum.edu.au/scis/ database.him>.
CC News
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 36, Term 1 2001
heir differences: 'the only constant is change'. Perhaps one other constant is the growth of 'the dot' - that is, 'dot corn' business and e-commerce. SCIS became 'dotted' (in the sense of online delivery) several years ago but, as I explain further below, we are yet to fully embrace schools' needs f
What's New?
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 36, Term 1 2001
1. New release The revised edition of the SCIS Standards for Cataloguing and Data Entry will be available in 2001. The SCIS Standards are applied by SCIS cataloguing agencies to ensure the consistency and quality of SCIS catalogue records. These standards are based on international cataloguing
Website and app reviews
Issue 132, Term 1, 2025
and interactive resources are grouped by age and relate to schooling, behaviour, health, learning stages, media safety, and working with teachers. SCIS no: 5519473 Teaching Resources for Learning in Nature www.doc.govt.nz/get-involved/conservation-education/ The NZ DOC has formulated
Website and app reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 133, Term 2, 2025
With this issue of Connections, we mark a quiet but meaningful milestone: the final website and app reviews article by Nigel Paull. No need to worry! SCIS will continue to bring you website and app reviews in future editions. Nigel first wrote for Connections on becoming its editor in 1998, a time
Issue 49 Summary
By Editor
Issue 49, Term 2 2004
nly available in PDF format. Articles in this issue include: Professional Standards for Australian Teacher Librarians Di Ballantyne, ASLA SCISWeb handy hints Sharing the Future – ALIA and ASLA Working Together Anne Girolami, ALIA–ASLA Policy Advisory Group ALIA/ASLA Statement on
Issue 48 Summary
By Editor
Issue 48, Term 1 2004
e of Libraries in the Online Environment Dr Derek Drinkwater, Senate Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts Committee. SCISWeb handy hints The Book Bunker Jenny Katauskas, Book Bunker Books of the Future Ben Haywood, via The Age SCIS news Release of
'A valuable national asset...'
By Tricia Nathan
Issue 32, Term 1 2000
In launching the SC!S Subject Headings Fourth Edition Keith Gove, Manager of Information Services at Curriculum Corporation, described the SCIS Subject Headings as 'a valuable national asset' and 'a unique contribution to the use of Australasian terms, language and cultural ideas in schools'. The
CC News
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 29, Term 2 1999
SCIS and Security Schools are reminded that it is their responsibility to ensure that when they download catalogue records from SCIS, the records are used only in their school. Curriculum Corporation recently initiated audit processes which provided us with information about SCIS users and usage
SCISWeb Handy Hints
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
lems with low hit rates we recommend that customers use a barcode scanner to ensure accuracy when inserting data. However, if you are typing ISBNs or SCIS record numbers into the Create Orders box or into a text file you must always press the return key immediately after each number. When an order i
News from Curriculum Corporation
By Lance Deveson
Issue 13, Term 2 1995
obis system and the new Voyager system, however Online Users will be notified separately when they will be required to change the phone number in the SCISLINK software. Users should contact Information Program staff if they are experiencing difficulty in accessing the Online service, Victorian schoo