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SCIS is more
By Caroline Hartley
Issue 114, Term 3 2020
Welcome to another edition of Connections and I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce myself. I have recently joined the SCIS team and have an extensive background working in educational and library technologies, e-learning, publishing and educational services across K–12 and higher educatio
New and revised SCIS subject headings
Issue 132, Term 1, 2025
cludes adopted, foster, step and half siblings. NT Brothers NT Sisters BT Family relations The new SCIS subject headings are included in the biannual SCIS Authority releases.
SCIS is more
By Caroline Hartley
Issue 116, Term 1 2021
new school year, and we look forward to engaging with you at upcoming events, via our social media channels and term newsletters, and through our new SCIS Data user surveys. Our strategic priorities for 2021 include ensuring that we provide a consistent and reliable service to our users, maintain
SCIS is more
By Caroline Hartley
Issue 117, Term 2 2021
Welcome to the Term 2, 2021 issue of Connections. Thank you to everyone who responded to our SCIS User Survey. We appreciate you taking the time to share your ideas on a range of topics that can help us provide better service to the school library community. When reviewing the most searched for
SCIS is more
By Anthony Shaw
Issue 125, Term 2 2023
edition of Connections. It’s hard to believe that Term 1 is already behind us, I guess time flies when we’re having fun. At the start of Term 1, SCIS welcomed our new SCIS Program Director, Product, Data and Insights in the Digital Services, Colin McNeil. Colin has a background in health te
SCIS is more
By Anthony Shaw
Issue 124, Term 1 2023
Welcome to the Term 1, 2023 issue of Connections . SCIS is back on the road in 2023, having restarted running our popular in-person workshops late last year. In November 2022, we undertook our first interstate trip since the pandemic began, running two wonderful workshops in Perth. It was a grea
SCIS is more
By Ben Chadwick
Issue 120, Term 1 2022
This issue celebrates thirty years of Connections magazine. Can you believe it? Thirty years ago SCIS decided it needed a way to keep readers abreast of changing school library technologies and informed about developments in SCIS’s products and services. The first issue dealt with dial-up, CD-R
SCIS is more
By Caroline Hartley
Issue 115, Term 4 2020
Our publisher partners and their important role in supporting learning The SCIS school library community includes over 9000 schools across Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom who are using the SCIS database of approximately 1.6 million catalogue records and viewing approximately 4500 re
New and revised SCIS subject headings
By Renate Beilharz
Issue 128, Term 1 2024
The following changes to SCIS Subject Headings List were approved by the SCIS Standards Committee November 2022 – October 2023. Key BT – Broader term NT – Narrower term RT – Related term UF – Used for SN – Scope note SEN – Special example note In – Indexing note
The relationship between SCIS Subject Headings and ScOT
By Les Kneebone
Issue 95, Term 4 2015
SCIS cataloguers use a combination of SCIS Subject Headings (SCISSHL)(1) and Schools Online Thesaurus (ScOT)(2) when adding resources to the SCIS database. ScOT is a relatively later addition to the SCIS arsenal of cataloguing tools, introduced and explained in Connections Issue 60(3). This art
SCIS is more
By Anthony Shaw
Issue 127, Term 4 2023
will be playing within a blink of the eye. As they say, ‘time flies when you’re having fun’. First up, I’d like to acknowledge Mavis Heffernan, who SCIS farewelled recently after nearly 50 years in the workforce, making her our longest-serving team member. She spent most of her working life focuse
Digital subscriptions, your library management system and SCIS
By Ceinwen Jones
Issue 133, Term 2, 2025
ushfires. A search for this term on your library management system (LMS) will pull up all the books you have on the topic. However, if you download SCIS records for resources, your school can access as a part of its digital subscriptions – such as ClickView, ePlatform, or StoryBox – search results
Subject headings update
By Les Kneebone
Issue 92, Term 1 2015
Where to find summary lists of subject heading revisions A summary list of new and revised subject headings is available from the SCIS website . Readers should note that we will not list detailed changes in Connections as was done previously. Consult the SCIS website for recent changes and an ar
A note from the editor
By Nicole Richardson
Issue 103, Term 4 2017
Welcome to Connections 103! There have been lots of exciting changes at SCIS recently: after several standards changes to help make your life easier, we have just launched our new, modern, innovative and user-friendly platform, SCIS Data. And as part of our promise to bring you a more beautiful
New and revised subject headings
By Soula Kipos
Issue 90, Term 3 2014
This is a summary of new and revised SCIS subject headings implemented in June 2014. In this list the headings are marked with: * Existing allowed headings which have been updated with changes to references or notes A Headings which were previously USE references but are now headings in their ow
School library spotlight: Strathtulloh Primary School
By Krista Thomas
Issue 129, Term 2 2024
I’m well supported, but funding is still an issue because the money’s got to go all around the school and support everybody. Recently, you won our SCIS monthly book giveaway, which was for a box of CSIRO Publishing resources. Can you tell us a bit about how your library resources and supports STE
School library spotlight special: Supporting the Cambodian Children’s Fund
By Article by the Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 131, Term 4, 2024
research materials, and has a central role in fostering academic curiosity, as well as the critical thinking necessary for leadership. In mid-2023, SCIS was approached by a partner library management system (LMS) vendor, Softlink, offering an opportunity to support the Neeson Cripps Academy with c
Respect first: Understanding SCIS Subject Headings for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 127, Term 4 2023
The significance of using respectful language in cataloguing cannot be overstated. The SCIS (Schools Catalogue Information Service) Subject Headings List (SCISSHL) plays a crucial role in shaping the language used to describe catalogue records’ content. Given that educators and students access thes
School library spotlight: Christian College Geelong
By Article by the Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 133, Term 2, 2025
of our LMS, provide reports and statistics to staff as needed, and catalogue our ebook collection, among other things. There is a lot to manage, and SCIS is very important in that. How do you manage that across five campuses? Cataloguing is my priority at each campus, to ensure new resources ar
Scan’s journey comes to an end after four decades
By Article by the Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 131, Term 4, 2024
library staff at the centre of digital literacy and ethical information practices within the school environment. (Exactly where they should be!) At SCIS, we reflect on the closure of Scan as the end of an era of thought leadership that emanated first and foremost from library services. Scan’s arc