Search results

The Teacher Librarian and ChatGPT

By Stephanie Strachan

Issue 126, Term 3 2023

At the end of last term, an exasperated member of staff pleaded with me: how can we stop students cheating in assessments using ChatGPT and similar AI tools? Sadly, I was not able to offer any quick fix. In fact, from what I can gather, these new technologies have turned the world of academic wri

21st-century literacy with graphic novels

By Iurgi Urrutia

Issue 115, Term 4 2020

Reading is reading We read books, newspapers, magazines, billboards, signs, notices, bills, websites, blogs, social media posts et cetera. When we read all those things, consciously or unconsciously we’re developing and using multiple literacy skills. Thanks to the internet and social media, we’r

Tasmania - The Australian Benchmark

By Belinda Flowers

Issue 17, Term 2 1996

cations network. 1. TALIS the Tasmanian Automated Library and Information System, is an online information system that unites school and public libraries across Tasmania in a common network and a shared data base. It is the largest network of its kind in the southern hemisphere and links 1

In this Issue

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

Jennifer Wraight shares her impressions of the recent ASLA conference in Adelaide and Learning for the Future, the new standards document for school libraries is reviewed. By the time you receive this, the holidays will be upon us. Compliments of the season and enjoy a well-earned break.

Supporting Australian book creators

By Nicole Richardson

Issue 97, Term 2 2016

eligible book creators — including authors, illustrators and publishers, to name a few — for having their work held in Australian school and academic libraries. This program is called the Educational Lending Right (ELR) — a relative of the Public Lending Right scheme that sees similar compensation p

New Zealand News

By Rosa-Jane French

Issue 16, Term 1 1996

ons (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 computers were

Issue 60 Summary

By Editor

Issue 60, Term 1 2007

e 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 Paull, So

Issue 45 Summary

By Editor

Issue 45, Term 2 2003

C SCISWeb handy hints Island Journeys: A Quest for Inspiration Jane Hofto, Island Journeys conference, TAS CC NEWS Christchurch City Libraries and the School Community Bill Nagelkerke, Christchurch City Libraries Internetting corner Nigel Paull, South Grafton Primary School, NS

Get to Know Your Editor

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 1, Term 1 1992

lescent fiction and has developed a whole school approach to teaching information skills. She has been interested in the application of technology to libraries for many years and was one of the pioneer users of ASCIS microfiche and later the Dial-Up service. More recently she has been involved in th

Have You Read This?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 16, Term 1 1996

into a journalistic item in 'Australian Library Week is just not news'. Incite, February 1996, p.18. Global Perspective To keep our view on libraries in a global perspective and give T/Ls heart on gloomy days, Stuart Andrews retired headmaster from Clifton UK reviews services offered by si

In this Issue

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 5, Term 1 1993

This year Connections will continue to address issues related to technology in libraries. In this issue, we feature an article on ASCISRECON as well as an overview of the ONline/ONdisc conference held in Sydney during January 1993. In addition, Connections commences a regular column addressing

Supporting Australian book creators

By Nicole Richardson

Issue 104, Term 1 2018

ations and the Arts, is part of the Australian Government’s ELR program that recompenses book creators for their books being available in educational libraries. The survey determines the estimated holdings of particular titles in Australian school libraries. This information, combined with the resul

Supporting Australian book creators

By Laura Armstrong, Will Kostakis

Issue 91, Term 4 2014

ensate Australian book creators and publishers for income potentially lost as a result of their books being available for loan in educational lending libraries. As numerous Australian authors and illustrators have attested, ELR enables them to continue doing what they do best–creating great books.

What’s New

By Catherine Ryan

Issue 9, Term 2 1994

NETWORKING AND LIBRARIES Goodacre, Christine (ed) Networking and Libraries in Australia , Port Melb: Thorpe, 1993 Anyone who is currently working with technology in libraries will have some need to know about networking. Christine Goodacre's new book Networking and Libraries in Australia is

Networking with Periodicals

By Catherine Ryan

Issue 3, Term 3 1992

collections or the maintenance of inter-library loans which can be a job of its own. This is not the experience of a group of school and Municipal libraries in the Central Eastern Area of Melbourne. They have taken the bull by the horns and put their periodicals to work with a fax machine. The

Have you heard of the Great Aussie Book Count?

By Amanda Shay

Issue 125, Term 2 2023

hts Scheme is an important scheme that ensures Australian creators and publishers receive compensation for the free use of their books in Australian libraries. The scheme, managed by the Australian Government’s Office for the Arts, has two components, Educational Lending Rights (ELR) for school, TA

Issue 70 Summary

By Editor

Issue 70, Term 3 2009

AV Librarian Website reviews Nigel Paull, South Grafton Public School, NSW SCIS is more... New and revised subject headings How school libraries support literacy achievement Ray Doiron, University of Prince Edward Island Interactive whiteboards are not an answer in themselves Sco

Issue 48 Summary

By Editor

Issue 48, Term 1 2004

Please note this issue of Connections is only available in PDF format. Articles in this issue include: School Libraries: Impact on Student Achievement Julia Robinson, Research Developments The Role of Libraries in the Online Environment Dr Derek Drinkwater, Senate Environment, Communi

Have You Read This?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 10, Term 3 1994

'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 intereste

Access to Internet

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 9, Term 2 1994

ld of endeavour, information sources such as ASKERIC (which provides information for educators) and the ability to browse the catalogues of the major libraries of the world. Almost everywhere I turn lately, I read another article or hear another lecture about the marvels of this international, el ec