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Non-fiction: the elephant in the library
By Rebecca Tobler
Issue 107, Term 4 2018
s?’ S ynergy, vol . 7, no. 1, pp. 31–40 Hutchinson, E 2017, ‘Navigating the Information Landscape through Collaboration', Connections , no. 101, SCIS, https://www.scisdata.com/connections/issue-101/navigating-the-information-landscape-through-collaboration Jabr, F 2013, ‘The Reading Brain i
School library spotlight: St Joseph’s College, Geelong
By Joy Whiteside
Issue 114, Term 3 2020
encourage students to be purposeful, whether that is reading quietly, studying, or playing a game such as chess. What is your favourite thing about SCIS? SCIS is essential to our cataloguing of resources. Highlights for us include: Ease of use — so simple and quick to add new records to our
School library spotlight: Newtown public school
By Lucy White
Issue 121, Term 2 2022
ing student thinking and having high expectations of all students keeps students engaged with the library space. What is your favourite thing about SCIS? I love finding my copy of Connections in my pigeon hole! Being the only teacher librarian in the school means that I really appreciate havin
School Library Spotlight: Evelyn Scott School
By Natalie Otten
Issue 125, Term 2 2023
the library and STEM spaces means there’s a sort of natural connection between the two in the way they’re used. What is your favourite thing about SCIS? I really love Connections school library magazine. I love reading the stories you print in it – they’re always good. Sometimes, I find myself
School library spotlight: Ocean Reef Senior High School
By Sarah Betteridge
Issue 109, Term 2 2019
udents are now writing their own book recommendations, which we will soon share with Saint Wilfred’s via Padlet. What is your favourite thing about SCIS? We use SCIS for all our cataloguing and are very happy with how easy it is to use and the regular system updates. We really appreciate the sup
Supporting Australian book creators
By Nicole Richardson, Simmone Howell
Issue 96, Term 1 2016
is that income is lost from the availability of their books in public and educational lending libraries. The Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS), on behalf of the department, asks 600 schools across the country each year to retrieve a book count of particular titles that are held in schoo
Supporting Australian book creators
By Nicole Richardson, Morris Gleitzman
Issue 99, Term 4 2016
Every year, SCIS works closely with the Department of Communications and the Arts to conduct a survey of book holdings in Australian school libraries. This is the ELR School Library Survey , and it is integral to the growth of the Australian writing and publishing industry. The survey produces e
Metadata and Marc
By Keith Gove
Issue 29, Term 2 1999
king for. This is, however, a labour-intensive process, and hence relatively expensive, although the sharing of catalogue records (such as in ABN and SCIS} makes the task manageable. Metadata about Internet sites has tended to be created by the authors of the website, then automatically harvested
Have you Read This?
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 7, Term 3 1993
uide to multimedia: a shopper's guide to multimedia, vol 7, no 2, May 1993, p 24-25 Articles mentioned above will be available on request from SCIS
Implementing Information Services
By Paul Kidson
Issue 36, Term 1 2001
SCIS welcomes feedback and contributions from our readers and material we receive may be published in a future issue of Connections. In Connections 35 we published an article by Colin Bell, Managing Director of Concord Australia. The article 'Content is King, but Content Management Rules' inspire
Supporting Australian book creators
By Nicole Richardson, James Moloney
Issue 98, Term 3 2016
ans. And this is why ELR is the modest yet necessary cornerstone of educational libraries in Australia. The ELR School Library Survey is managed by SCIS on behalf of the Department of Communications and the Arts. Every year in Term 4, we invite over 600 schools around Australia to participate in t
Reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
Training Reform -Revised Edition: Implications for Schools Publisher: Curriculum Corporation, Jack Keating 1998 ISBN: 1 86366 428 9 RRP: $24.95 SCIS order number: 944782 Designed to provide a broad description of the changes affecting vocational education and training particularly those relat
Reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 26, Term 3 1998
g 660 Wagga Wagga 2678 Tel. 02 69332325 Title: Profiling the Arts Publisher: Curriculum Corporation, Carlton Victoria 1997 RRP: $100.00 SCIS Order Number: 926271 ISBN: 1 86366 333 9 System requirements: Windows 3.1 ;Windows 95;Macintosh; CD-ROM Description: A professional de
Content is King, but Content Management Rules
By Colin Bell
Issue 35, Term 4 2000
which directly link to learning, teaching and innovation. One such technology has been trialed and documented in Queensland by Stuartholme School. SCIS recognises that Teacher Librarians have always been 'content managers'. We try to show how this view translates to an increasingly digital enviro
School library spotlight: Modbury High School
By Linda Guthrie
Issue 108, Term 1 2019
unity to link learners with the range of physical and online resources and literature that can meet their needs. What is your favourite thing about SCIS? One of my favourite things about SCIS is the @ scisdata Twitter account. These snippets of news, tips for resources, and links to great think
School library spotlight: Mercy College, Coburg
By Anne Girolami
Issue 118, TERM 3 2021
g break times. There are a number of clubs run by the library, including Chess Club, Crafty Club and K-Pop Club. What is your favourite thing about SCIS? By far my favourite thing is that for all my years working in school libraries, SCIS has offered a central base to catalogue resources, Austr
Reading Australia
By Josephine Johnston
Issue 128, Term 1 2024
books. We’re delighted to partner with Education Services Australia, the not-for-profit parent company of the Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS), to create searchable SCIS records for our resources. We believe that every society needs to tell its own stories. Our goal is to champion Austr
Website and app reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 95, Term 4 2015
find a range of valuable apps to explore here. Both iOS and Android apps are represented, but remember to link to the app store for your own country. SCIS no. 1730461 2016 International Year of Pulses www.fao.org/pulses-2016/en The 68th United Nations General Assembly has declared that 2016
Website and app reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 91, Term 4 2014
o them. The website is searchable by poet, poem, or phrase. Teachers and students can create their own anthologies and download them for a small fee. SCIS no. 1522656 Best apps for teaching & learning in 2014 www.ala.org/aasl/standards-guidelines/best-apps/2014 Compiled by a committee from t
Supporting Australian book creators
By Laura Armstrong, Gus Gordon
Issue 92, Term 1 2015
rticipants took to fill in the feedback form, and are reviewing the comments to find ways to improve the ELR survey process. The ELR Support Team SCIS and ESA would also like to extend a big thank you to all of the people who helped to gather the data for ELR 2014-15, including staff at the Cath