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SCIS is more
By Caroline Ramsden
Issue 104, Term 1 2018
selection SCIS Data can be a useful tool for the selection of material. With the inclusion of enriched content from Syndetics and LibraryThing for Libraries in the catalogue, you can easily view additional information including plot summaries, author notes, awards and reviews. Where to find hel
SCIS is more
By Caroline Ramsden
Issue 106, Term 3 2018
As part of a SCIS subscription, libraries can request cataloguing for materials that they have not been able to locate a record for in SCIS Data. For our cataloguers to create the best quality record for you, we recommend that you send the items that you want catalogued to your closest SCIS depot.
SCIS is more
By Caroline Ramsden
Issue 109, Term 2 2019
y new records that you download, which are part of a series, will then be linked with these authority files. Searching SCIS Subject Headings Some libraries catalogue local material using SCIS Subject Headings. In 2018, the SCIS Subject Heading List was added to the SCIS Data website where it c
Supporting Australian book creators
By Ruilin Shi
Issue 109, Term 2 2019
ian Government has run the Educational Lending Right (ELR) scheme, to compensate Australian book creators for having their titles held in educational libraries. Each year, a sample of schools is invited to participate in a survey where a count is taken of the copies of titles held in their library.
Improving reading outcomes for students with dyslexia
By Anna Boyle
Issue 112, Term 1 2020
s to be made available in the dyslexic format, usually within a month of publication. Dyslexic Books works with librarians (in both school and public libraries) to encourage a greater selection of writing to be made available in accessible formats in their library collections. As such, discounts are
Using social media to support school library services
By Helen Stower, Margaret Donaghue
Issue 98, Term 3 2016
er has also become a great platform to alert teaching staff about news, events, and resources particular to their faculties. Another role of school libraries is to curate information for students. Traditionally, a teacher librarian may have set aside a trolley of books on a research topic or creat
Architecture of genre
By Les Kneebone
Issue 96, Term 1 2016
earning event in the last couple of years, there is a good chance you would have encountered the ‘genre’ presentation. Genre is a hot topic in school libraries, and who doesn’t like to hear the good news stories we often hear in these presentations? Children are reading because they want to, and it
The DANZ Childrens Book Award
By Kate Foster
Issue 126, Term 3 2023
s thrilled to be a supporting partner of the DANZ Awards. We’re particularly excited as this will not only be an award but also a resource for school libraries to choose books with positive representation.’ The judging process aims to highlight books offering the very best and most accurate repres
SCIS interviews Teacher Librarian Award winner Megan Daley
By Megan Daley
Issue 126, Term 3 2023
eenage years watching her do her teacher librarian degree, and then doing kind of unofficial work experience or volunteering as a child in her school libraries. When I was at uni, I would do her Book Week displays with her and I would download SCIS records for her – SCIS has actually always been a p
SCIS is more
By Dr Ben Chadwick
Issue 94, Term 3 2015
our IT infrastructure does not interfere with your enjoyment. Especially for you SCIS's Special Orders page was created to support 21st century libraries by providing a single location to find collections of digital subscription products and freely available online resources. Why don't you dro
SCIS is more
By Ben Chadwick
Issue 102, Term 3 2017
ing series titles , we have commenced cataloguing series authorities. This is a significant step that SCIS is taking within the broader international libraries community because we believe it will provide schools with valuable consistency in the naming and coverage of series across titles, despite t
SCISWeb is a Winner
By Fay Gardiner
Issue 27, Term 4 1998
chines (dating back only to the beginning of 1997) which came without appropriate drives, and companies which are divorced from any concept of school libraries as desperately busy places maintained by people who work in a constantly time-voracious state. The revelation that I could use our Macintosh
CC News
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 27, Term 4 1998
Corporation deals with thousands of schools across Australia and overseas it is our policy to apply the title 'TEACHER LIBRARIAN' when mailing out to libraries. If any other address details change please contact us. lnformation for Teacher Librarians on the SCIS homepage SCISWeb is one of the te
Five Into One
By Judi Eggers, Bob Heath
Issue 26, Term 3 1998
upgraded and the current data will be downloaded onto the identical hardware and software being supplied to us. The new system will allow all campus libraries to be linked and make resource sharing and communication even easier. Investigations are currently being made into the feasibility of using
News from Curriculum Corporation
By Lance Deveson
Issue 22, Term 3 1997
ich will allow you to download SCIS cataloguing records online. We believe that these two products provide the highest level of service that school libraries could want, and will be the basis for SCIS into the next millennium. As part of a strategic review process that we have undertaken in conj
The Information superhighway – implications for education
By Dianne Lewis
Issue 11, Term 4 1994
poke about the use of new technologies in schools and in particular the possibilities of the Internet for schools. He also commented that many school libraries that he had visited were at the vanguard of these exciting new developments. There were numerous sessions devoted to accessing the Interne
News from the Information Program - SCIS On-Line in 1995
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 11, Term 4 1994
Connections subscribers will have noticed that in the last edition, Maria Keys enclosed a one-page survey of telecommunication equipment in school libraries. The response was overwhelming ( over 500 replies) and this has again reinforced the thinking of the Information Program that schools will u
SCIS as a resource selection aid
By Nicole Richardson
Issue 104, Term 1 2018
ximately 4,500 catalogue records to the database each month. The resources come from a range of sources, including publishers, booksellers and school libraries. We are always on the lookout for publishers with whom to partner. We even find inspiration for the SCIS catalogue on social media. How many
Website and app reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 105, Term 2 2018
anual.museum.wa.gov.au Emanating from the Western Australian Museum, the 12-part video guide and digitised book provides practical advice for small libraries on how to best preserve and care for their collections. Content includes pest management, dealing with temperature and humidity, treating mo
Preserving the past: becoming the archivist in the school library
By Naomi Heyman, Nigel Paull
Issue 107, Term 4 2018
are also school archivists are recommended to undertake professional development; visit schools with extensive archives; liaise with local and state libraries and museums; discuss archives at collegial group meetings; and invite an archivist, preferably a member of Australian Society of Archivists,