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The Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS) creates high-quality, consistent catalogue records for school libraries. With quick and easy download, SCIS makes cataloguing simple.

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Search the SCIS catalogue for print books, ebooks, audio books, websites, apps, digital videos and more.

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Subscribe to access high-quality catalogue records, digital content, cover images and optional authorities.

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Digital collections

Enhance the size of your collection with access to thousands of catalogue records for digital content.

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Latest news

Catch up on the Term 3 edition of Connections

Thu, 27 Aug 2026

Missed our latest issue during the end-of-term rush? No worries! You can explore all the practical ideas for driving reading engagement in your school anytime with our online edition.

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Webinar - October 27: Stocktake and Planning for the 2027 School Year

Thu, 27 Aug 2026

Streamline your end-of-year processes and prepare for 2027. Join SCIS Editorial & Professional Learning Lead Ceinwen Jones to explore practical approaches to stocktaking, updating collection policies, reporting, and collection maintenance, followed by an interactive Q&A.

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Plan ahead for Term 4

Thu, 27 Aug 2026

Explore curated Connections articles featuring practical advice, inclusive collection strategies, and community engagement ideas to help prepare your school library for Term 4.

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SCIS services are important in ensuring efficiency and quality in our cataloguing processes. SCIS provides an authority set that is school-catalogue appropriate and meets our curricula needs. The Dewey classification is thorough and systematic. I unreservedly recommend SCIS to library professionals.

Robert George
Head of Libraries
The Alice Smith School, Malaysia
SCIS is great. It’s really, really helped my cataloguing. It has such a high hit rate, especially as SCIS has got so many English schools now. I would say the hit rate is about 98%. The ability to enter a book that SCIS doesn’t have a catalogue record for, and to ask for it to be done for you is just great. I love that.

Caroline Roche
Librarian
Eltham College, UK
SCIS is an essential pillar within the school library community. Through the provision of accurate and comprehensive catalogue records, as well as their strong role in advocacy and professional learning, SCIS plays an active and vital role. I recommend their high-quality and timely services to any school library.

Kay Oddone
Teacher Librarian
Queensland, Australia

Library management systems

SCIS works with providers of library management systems to ensure the most efficient delivery of SCIS products and services. Subject to agreement, library system vendors are offered complimentary access to SCIS products for the purposes of development, testing and demonstration.

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University and TAFE educators

SCIS supports university and TAFE educators in training and developing future librarians with essential cataloguing skills. Subject to agreement, lecturers of librarianship courses are offered complimentary access to SCIS for their students to use as part of their studies.

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Publishers and content providers

SCIS works closely with a number of publishers, distributors and suppliers. By arranging for new, high demand titles to be catalogued in the SCIS database, publishers have an additional avenue for reaching their market and customers have a consistent resource management solution.

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