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By Rosa-Jane French

Issue 16, Term 1 1996

conditions (an ongoing source of dissatisfaction), as well as questions, which we hoped would show the level of technology now operating in secondary school libraries. Using data from previous surveys we were able to make the following observations. In 1988 and 1989 survey questions about computer

Schools Cataloguing Community of Practice

By Renate Beilharz

Issue 135, Term 4, 2025

Every school that has a library management system uses catalogue records. These records help school libraries with administrative tasks such as stock control (circulation and shelving). More importantly, catalogue records help end-users (students, teachers, library staff) locate resources specific

Issue 60 Summary

By Editor

Issue 60, Term 1 2007

the life of a student in 2010 Carol Daunt, LearnTel Pty Ltd If only ... Heather Fisher, New England Girls' School, NSW Canadian research into school libraries and student achievement Excerpt from School Libraries and Student Achievement in Ontario report Internetting corner Nigel Pa

The Educational Lending Right (ELR) ‘Great Aussie Book Count’ launches for 2025

By Article by Education Services Australia (ESA)

Issue 135, Term 4, 2025

he material that will draw in readers and listeners.’ 2025 marks 26 years of Education Services Australia (ESA) delivering the survey to Australian school libraries on behalf of the Australian Government The scheme, managed by the Australian Government’s Office for the Arts, has two components:

ELR: big win for Aussie authors

By Amanda Shay

Issue 126, Term 3 2023

Have you ever thought about how lucky Australian school children are to have to access Australian-made content in their school libraries? One copy of an Australian-made book may have been purchased for your school library and can now be borrowed hundreds of times. Yet, the author was only paid

Have You Read This?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 10, Term 3 1994

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." (p. 37) "Educators who are in

Supporting Australian book creators

By Laura Armstrong, Toni Jordan

Issue 95, Term 4 2015

ELR's cornerstone Australian school libraries are the cornerstone of the Educational Lending Rights (ELR), and in the coming weeks 600 schools will receive invitations, either by mail or email, requesting their participation in this year's survey. School library staff play a critical part in the

In This Issue

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 2, Term 2 1992

In this issue of Connections we continue to explore the technological themes raised in the first issue. Articles include on-line services for school libraries and an exploration of an innovative use of networked CD-ROMs by Andrew Perry at Vermont Primary School. Other articles include: all you ever

In This Issue

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 1, Term 1 1992

In this first edition of Connect, we address issues relating to the implementation of CD-ROM technology in school libraries, based on the practical experience of a teacher-librarian. In future issues other technologies, such as on-line searching and bulletin boards, will be discussed in terms of

What's New

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 13, Term 2 1995

f library automation: the National Survey results, Crucial factors in online enquiry, MARC for Teacher-librarians and Providing access to fiction in school libraries. For many T /Ls the issue of library automation is still on the agenda. Some will be searching for a replacement system with per

Educational Lending Right School Library Survey

By Keith Gove

Issue 35, Term 4 2000

LR scheme is to make payments to Australian creators and publishers on the basis that income is lost from the availability of their books for loan in school libraries. The scheme complements the existing Public Lending Right (PLR) and supports the enrichment of Australian culture by encouraging the

The Great Aussie Book Count 2023–24

By Amanda Shay

Issue 127, Term 4 2023

When authors and publishers are compensated for the free use of their content in our school libraries, they are able to produce new content for all. Together with the Australian Government’s Office for the Arts, Education Services Australia (ESA) is currently working with school libraries acros

40 years of SCIS

By Article by the Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 131, Term 4, 2024

vice, Authority Files. As SCIS reaches its 40th anniversary, the milestone offers us a chance to reflect on why cataloguing support is so vital for school libraries. And, how the innovations SCIS has pioneered have had enduring benefits for schools around the world. To explore this, we have spoken

Library love letters

By June Wall

Issue 137, Term 2, 2026

Dear editor, I’ve been thinking about change over the length of my career in school libraries and remembered a conference I went to back in the early ’90s where a speaker used Heraclitus’ quote ‘change is the only constant’, or words to that effect. I’ve also been thinking about how the Information

EOI for contributor submissions

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 139, Term 4, 2026

issues. We welcome proposals from school library professionals, educators, researchers and advocates who are passionate about the role and impact of school libraries. Why contribute? Publishing in Connections is an opportunity to: share your expertise and practice with a professional audi

SCIS is more

By Dr Ben Chadwick

Issue 99, Term 4 2016

s, and publishers. If you are invited to participate this year, please take the opportunity to support book creators. International Association for School Libraries Rachel Elliott (Director, Metadata and Library Services at ESA) and I were fortunate enough to attend the International Association

SLANZA! School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa

By Penny Moore PhD

Issue 34, Term 3 2000

otearoa. As Christopher Blake, chief executive of the National Library of New Zealand, said in his speech, the idea is not new, but 'It's high time school libraries were represented by a unified national body'. Jill Stotler, president of the Auckland School Library Association and first presiden

What Do Teacher Librarians Need to Know about Cataloguing?

By Ashley Freeman

Issue 34, Term 3 2000

eracy, and promoting a love and appreciation of I iterature. Because of the constantly expanding use of information and communication technologies in school libraries, many Teacher Librarians have also gained technical and educational responsibilities in this field within their school. Additionally

Adding to the local evidence base: developing and implementing a study on classroom teacher and teacher librarian collaboration

By Vicki Bennett

Issue 133, Term 2, 2025

p of stage 1 of this project, which I plan to publish later this year, I also hope to achieve a contribution to evidence-based practice in Australian school libraries in the spirit of Dr Ross J. Todd. Bibliography Hay, L. (2005). Student learning through Australian school libraries Part 1: A st

SCIS is more

By Caroline Hartley

Issue 118, TERM 3 2021

In reflecting on the past 12 months, I want to acknowledge the power of school libraries and the important role they play as arguably the heart of the school. School libraries have been evolving over recent decades from traditional knowledge centres that house print collections and archives and w