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Cataloguing standards: what you see is what you get
By Natasha Campbell
Issue 111, Term 4 2019
abase each month, keeping it relevant and current. The resources catalogued come from a range of sources including publishers, booksellers and school libraries. These hot-off-the-press titles are our best means of creating a quality record that is accurate and compliant with international catalogu
The Ever-Rising Popularity of Graphic Novels
By Michael Jongen, Helen Kain
Issue 125, Term 2 2023
a more prominent position and display with the library. Such expansions of graphic novel sections are not uncommon. Over the last ten years, school libraries have been focusing much more on their graphic novel collections. They have gained in popularity as schools and libraries have become more op
Thank you Heather, Welcome Nigel
By Lance Deveson, Heather Kelsall
Issue 23, Term 4 1997
and wish her well with future endeavours. We look forward to occasional contributions to the newsletter as she visits interesting schools, and school libraries, in her new role. Nigel Paull, teacher librarian at Sth Grafton Primary school, NSW, has agreed to step in as editor for the next two year
New Zealand News
By Catherine Thomas
Issue 18, Term 3 1996
le problems exist everywhere, I enjoyed the Open Assembly of Associations as it was great to hear of developments in other countries. Will School Libraries all become Virtual Libraries presented by Sandra Olen from South Africa, proved interesting and was discussed at length. The annual Westo
What's New
By Schools Cataloguing Information Services (SCIS)
Issue 15, Term 4 1995
able price. School price: $85.00 Contact: Maureen Gustus Ph: 03 96012454 Fax: 03 96012219 World magazine bank EBSCO, renowned within academic libraries for its databases of citations/abstracts, has devised a product which combines this with a full text display of specific articles. World ma
The Internet Letters
By Dianne Lewis
Issue 10, Term 3 1994
d responses to my article from colleagues in Victoria, Queensland and NSW. If you are interested in being part of a lobby group to ensure that school libraries do not miss the boat, please contact me. Dear Dianne, I write in response to your article on Access to the Internet. As a private citi
Staff Profile
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 3, Term 3 1992
brary Technician and Client liaison. Nicole graduated in 1991 and has had a variety of jobs before coming to the Corporation including work in Public libraries and voluntary work in School libraries.
International engagement: the SLAV / IASL partner association program
By Susan La Marca
Issue 106, Term 3 2018
to join up in this way as it was felt that access to the members-only area of the IASL website, the IASL Newsletter, and the research journal School Libraries Worldwide affords professional learning opportunities that are well worth investing in for our members. By joining as an association, SLAV
SCIS is more
By Caroline Ramsden
Issue 110, Term 3 2019
ections! New Connections editor In this issue, we welcome our new Connections editor, Carmen Eastman. Carmen brings a background in marketing for libraries to our team. We are very happy to have her, and I’m looking forward to all the great content she has planned for coming issues. Welcome, Car
LIFT: From little things ...
By Madeleine Galbraith and the LIFT team
Issue 108, Term 1 2019
n outstanding individual but, rather, a group of people with a common purpose who came together to find a solution. We see this often in the world of libraries, where staff share and collaborate as a means of efficiency and, often, survival. It is certainly the case with LIFT, our community of Weste
Book launches: connecting schools, students and local authors
By Jenna Hildebrand
Issue 109, Term 2 2019
Reading culture As school library staff, we strive every day to establish libraries and resource centres as places that support our students’ reading and information literacy. In our relentless quest to promote reading for pleasure, one major challenge is the structured class context. We need
Engaging girls in STEM
By Pru Mitchell
Issue 95, Term 4 2015
ogy, particularly amongst girls. While the Book Week theme 'Books light up our world' linked neatly to this year's International Year of Light , can libraries build on this, and develop services that support school, system and national STEM priorities? What is STEM? STEM is used as an umbrella
Interview with Gabrielle Wang, Australian Children's Laureate
By Gabrielle Wang
Issue 122, Term 3 2022
Were school libraries an important part of your childhood? Do you have any favourite memories? School libraries were important because I felt they were a good shelter. I liked playing sport and I liked being outside at lunchtime, but sometimes if you just want quiet time, it’s a really good plac
To inspire or to instruct
By Ta'afuli Andrew Fiu
Issue 91, Term 4 2014
sier way of life. At the annual School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (SLANZA) conference in 2013, I was asked whether I thought school libraries were getting left behind in the digital age. My answer is still the same a year later. Libraries should be the centre of technological innov
SCIS is more
By Dr Ben Chadwick
Issue 92, Term 1 2015
Whilst we catalogue a broad range of fiction and non-fiction works, we focus heavily on the types of resources used in schools and acquired by school libraries. Many educational publications are quite niche and may not be found in more generic databases, especially when it comes to electronic resour
SCIS is more
By Ben Chadwick
Issue 100, Term 1 2017
I hereby launch the 100th edition of Connections magazine! Connections celebrates all the superheroes that work in school libraries. Like superheroes, they possess special powers that are admired by their colleagues. They work alone — or in small teams — but are known to constructively negotia
Internetting Corner
By Nigel Paull
Issue 29, Term 2 1999
Contents include reviews of software and hardware, lesson plans, IT applications, interviews and Internet site reviews. Welcome to the Australian Libraries' Gateway http://www.nla.gov.au/libraries/ Developed on behalf of the Australian library community by the National Library of Australi
Professional Development
By Sue McKnight
Issue 16, Term 1 1996
other happenings. ph: (06) 286 3029 ALIA '96: October 6-11 Many T/Ls have found past ALIA Conferences offered little content relevant to school libraries. In fact, of the 1000+ delegates at the joint NZLIA/ ALIA Conference 1994, only thirteen teacher-librarians attended. Reading the Future, to
Letters to the Editor
By Dianne Lewis
Issue 11, Term 4 1994
hat the right hand page entries are so close to the centre margin that the book must be forced flat to read them? It would be more cost-effective for libraries to have paid a little more for a book that would last a lot longer -or at least to have had a choice of binding. Another suggestion for th
A national celebration of storytime
By Brendan Eichholzer
Issue 105, Term 2 2018
(ALIA) as part of the Library and Information Week celebrations. Each year a picture book, written by an Australian author, is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, preschools, childcare centres, family homes, and bookshops. Now in its 18th year, NSS is a fun, vibrant event that aims to promote