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It’s time: let’s improve schools' perceptions of teacher librarians

By Bev Novak

Issue 99, Term 4 2016

-teacher-students . Oddone, K 2016, ‘The importance of the school library in the Google Age’, Connections , no. 99, http://www2.curriculum.edu.au/scis/connections/issue_98/feature_article/importance_of_school_libraries_in_google_age.html . Image credits: © Sarah McIntyre. Retrieved from

Collector, curator or collaborator?

By Jennie Bales

Issue 100, Term 1 2017

‘If you don’t have a PLN, you don’t know what you are missing’, Connections , vol. 80, pp. 4–5, retrieved 24 November 2016, www2.curriculum.edu.au/scis/issue_80/articles/if_you_dont_have_a_pln.html . Image credits: Screenshot of Jennie Bales's blog. Used with permission.

Genrefying the fiction collection

By Susan Davenport

Issue 102, Term 3 2017

took a trolley of books off the shelf at a time to perform the following actions: review the book for genre allocation using the book’s blurb, SCIS Subject Headings and Goodreads — and brainstorm difficult genre allocations print new spine labels if required; for example, where a series is

School Libraries and the Knowledge Economy of the 21st Century

By Kerry Tanner

Issue 32, Term 1 2000

or example, many of the traditional 'backroom' technical services activities in school libraries are better outsourced to specialist agencies such as SCIS at Curriculum Corporation, library suppliers or booksellers offering add-on services. Such vendors have high-level specialist expertise and quali

ASLA XIV... From the Delegates Perspective

By Pru Mitchell

Issue 15, Term 4 1995

eemantle) opened the Conference Sunday afternoon and delegates were then entertained by Prof. Mike Eisenberg from Syracuse University who gave the SCIS Oration entitled Library and information professionals for the 21st century: ensuring that students are receptive users of information. With

Ten ways to transform your library into a flexible learning space

By Liza Moss

Issue 107, Term 4 2018

an opportunity to prepare the catalogue for the changeover, ensuring that older non-standard entries were removed and, overall, records conformed to SCIS standards. Weeding the out-of-date video collection meant that it could be removed from the leg of the library housing the fiction collection and

Improving reading outcomes for students with dyslexia

By Anna Boyle

Issue 112, Term 1 2020

able to schools and libraries when ordering books through the Dyslexic Books website dyslexicbooks.com . Image credits Cover image supplied by SCIS. All other images supplied by Anna Boyle. References Adams, M. J. (1990). Beginning to read: Thinking and learning about print. Cambridge

Internet Resource Management-The Role and Development of Metadata

By Kyle Hassan

Issue 34, Term 3 2000

lients. Appendixes and references The appendixes and references for this article may be located on our website at <http://www.curriculum.edu.au/scis/connecV connect.him>. Readers may also be interested in the article 'Demystifying metadata' by Marty Lucas at <http://mappa.mundi.neVtripm /metad