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Looking back: school library catalogues and the online revolution

By Lance Deveson

Issue 100, Term 1 2017

I was delighted to receive an invitation from the current Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS) team at Education Services Australia (ESA) to reflect on and write about the early days of teacher librarianship, SCIS and Connections . As the SCIS manager in the early 1990s, my staff and I cam

New Generation SCIS Products (Continued)

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 23, Term 4 1997

Current Products SCIS Online (via SCISLINK) (Note: no downloading of records) Access the SCIS database (Voyager) using the SCISLINK communications software provided by Curriculum Corporation. Option 1: Search individually for the resource/ s and press 'O' to place an order for that part

EdNA Adopts SCIS Metadata Standard

By Ellen Paxton

Issue 27, Term 4 1998

EdNA ( Education Network Australia) has announced that by October 1998 it will implement SCIS subject headings as p art of its metadata standards. When Teacher Librarians and students access EdNA they will b e a ble to search and retrieve Internet resources using familiar SCIS subject headings. Thi

Education Lending Right (ELR) School Library Survey 2020–21

By Daniel Hughes

Issue 117, Term 2 2021

for free in school libraries. Among the most commonly-available titles in last year’s survey were: • Spanish omelet by Jackie Tidey and Trish Hill (SCIS no. 1000000) • English interactions (Book 3) by Lesley Andrews and Janet Young (SCIS no. 1000079) • Making waves by Jackie Warrick and Stanley Wo

Addressing reconciliation in a school setting

By Jan Poona

Issue 94, Term 3 2015

, I realised that I had already addressed reconciliation in quite a few ways, and would do so again by writing the chapter. The section below about SCIS is an excerpt from my chapter. SCIS has been years ahead of other organisations in addressing the needs of Indigenous peoples. For example, where

New and revised subject headings

By Renate Beilharz

Issue 124, Term 1 2023

The following changes to the SCIS Subject Headings List were approved by the SCIS Standards Committee November 2021 – October 2022. For more information on subject headings and your library, see our blog article . New Headings Academic writing Scope note: Use for works on nonfiction as par

New and revised subject headings

By Renate Beilharz

Issue 120, Term 1 2022

United States and allied countries in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. The full reference structure for SCIS subject headings can be found in the SCIS Standards for Cataloguing and Data Entry

School library spotlight: Val Wardley

By Val Wardley

Issue 122, Term 3 2022

systems. All have their advantages and disadvantages. There have also been many changes with resource processing in order to use these systems, but SCIS has been there through all of this, from the days when we would microfiche records and mail them via floppy disc (taking up to 2 weeks to receive

3rd Edition of the SCIS Subject Headings List

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND HEADINGS As part of the ongoing process of upgrading the SCIS SUBJECT HEADINGS list, Curriculum Corporation, in co-operation with the publishing company, D.W.Thorpe, are to publish a 3rd edition of the SCIS Subject Headings list. Currently the revision of the List is being

Key Issues About Cataloguing and the Use of SCIS

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 27, Term 4 1998

Subject headings SCIS is a national database which reflects the most common terms which will be accessed by most students, with over 150,000 SCIS subject headings with cross references. The majority of headings are proposed by Teacher Librarians in schools who are in touch with the terms appearin

Let SCIS Save you Time and Money

By Schools Catalogue Information Servive (SCIS)

Issue 22, Term 3 1997

f time that a T /L spends cataloguing resources for the school library? Have you considered the amount of money that could be saved if your T /L used SCIS instead? The Schools Cataloguing Information Service (SCIS) database contains approximately 600,000 bibliographic records of educational books,

News from the Information Program - SCIS On-Line in 1995

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 11, Term 4 1994

On-line access to the SCIS database is to be encouraged as the Information Program implements the new Voyager software and a new communications network. The Board of Curriculum Corporation has accepted the Strategy plan of the Information Program that sees on-line access to the SCIS and other dat

Reviews of SCIS Subject Headings Fourth Edition

By Barbara Braxton, Barbara Shardlow, Rod Barker

Issue 33, Term 2 2000

why, just weeks after completing my cataloguing course at Library School, ruining my eyes and my brain trying to figure out the complexities of the SCIS Subject Headings Third Edition , cross-referencing it with lists of additions and amendments downloaded from the Internet and the SCIS Standards

1999 SCIS Conference Report: Planning for 1999-2000

By Kevin Grove

Issue 29, Term 2 1999

On 29-30 March the State SCIS agencies and Curriculum Corporation met in Sydney for a strategic review of the Schools Catalogue Information Service. The Conference deliberations included input from teacher librarians and other educationalists. The Conference felt that issues about the technology

How does the information get onto the SCIS database?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 2, Term 2 1992

Have you ever wondered how the records magically materialise onto the SCIS database? There are actually nine cataloguing agencies throughout Australia inputting data. Agencies currently exist in South Australia, Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, ACT, Victoria, Tasm

The Great Aussie Book Count 2021-22

By Michelle Harvey

Issue 121, Term 2 2022

the most commonly available titles in school libraries – that were included in the 2021 book count survey – are: Macbeth by Laura Deriu et al (SCIS no. 1291862) Once by Morris Gleitzman (SCIS no. 1226878) Water by Mark Stafford (SCIS no. 1283458) Blueback by Tim Winton (SCIS no. 1

School library spotlight: Northcote High School

By Richard Smallcombe

Issue 126, Term 3 2023

e have now because we are in a smaller space, getting out of each other’s way because it’s a bit more crowded. What is your favourite thing about SCIS? I think the best thing about SCIS is that it’s so easy to get the records. We’ve integrated our library management system with SCIS, so it m

EAL/D in school libraries

By Nicki Moore, Martin Gray

Issue 121, Term 2 2022

resemblances to Nikki’s are, in fact, reasonably common. The table below   summarises some findings from the survey. A full report can be read on the SCIS blog. Statement Percentage of respondents who agreed The EAL/D teacher bases themselves in the library as an office. 14 (12.3%)

School Library Spotlight: Xavier College, Burke Hall

By Fiona O'Rourke

Issue 119, Term 4 2021

brary session once a cycle where they log their reading, engage in 1:1 conversations with the teacher librarian and choose books they want to read.  SCIS is invaluable. It is a cost-effective and time-saving alternative to cataloguing your collection while lending authority and uniformity to your

School libraries then and now - in the digital environment

By Lance Deveson

Issue 120, Term 1 2022

ues to online access, and Connections was available only on paper! Technology, leadership and change With the access to computers and the move by SCIS to provide an automated delivery system, school libraries jumped at the new technology. In many cases, they led in the use of new technology in t