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Improving Retrievability in School Libraries

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 35, Term 4 2000

ty Files will provide significantly improved retrievability in school libraries. SCIS Authority Files format The authority entries within the cataloguing module of the SCIS database are encoded according to the MARC 21 Authority Format published by the Network Development and MARC Standards

School library spotlight: Good Shepherd Catholic School

By Helen Tomazin

Issue 104, Term 1 2018

ebsite — it is very easy to navigate. I particularly enjoy their professional learning webinars available to users. SCIS is also doing an amazing job cataloguing resources relevant to the Australian Curriculum, with new records always available to download. The SCIS team is professional, resourceful

LIFT: From little things ...

By Madeleine Galbraith and the LIFT team

Issue 108, Term 1 2019

ficers’ Survival Guide. It covered topics including roles and responsibilities, administration and operational procedures, collection development and cataloguing, display, and so much more. Committee member Lynne Mannolini took responsibility for this document, dedicating countless hours to editing,

Genrefication 3.5 years later: Reflections

By Susan Davenport

Issue 117, Term 2 2021

years later is easier to complete (really wished we’d thought of this earlier). • Create bookmarks with the genre logo to slot into the books during cataloguing. The genre allocation and label application may be some time apart and this has proven very efficient. Overall, we continue to be really

School library spotlight: Mercy College, Coburg

By Anne Girolami

Issue 118, TERM 3 2021

entral base to catalogue resources, Australia wide. This database is specifically designed to serve schools by providing a consistent approach to the cataloguing of all types of resources used in schools. It is a fantastic tool. The efficiency of how new resources are catalogued and added is such a

Unique libraries: The School of St Jude in Tanzania

By Rebecca Hansford

Issue 119, Term 4 2021

supported St Jude’s by donating their annual licensing fee and it’s made a huge difference in our libraries. ‘SCIS is a great help. We can do smarter cataloguing of materials and it fits perfectly with Oliver [their library management system]. We are saving time and it makes it much easier for us to

School library spotlight: Newtown public school

By Lucy White

Issue 121, Term 2 2022

ing a point of connection to other libraries and library professionals. I consider this to be a huge component of my own professional learning. The cataloguing work of the SCIS team is also so valuable and saves a huge amount of time. What would you like to see SCIS do more of?  I would love t

School library spotlight special: Supporting the Cambodian Children’s Fund

By Article by the Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 131, Term 4, 2024

t the Cambodian Children's Fund, we knew we wanted to help. We approached SCIS because the seamless integration between SCIS Data and Oliver v5 makes cataloguing easy, ensuring the Cambodian Children’s Fund library can manage its resources efficiently and give students access to the best possible to

SCIS is more

By Anthony Shaw

Issue 131, Term 4, 2024

atalogues. As you know, SCIS has been working to enhance SCIS Data to cultivate respect, through culturally appropriate subject headings, descriptive cataloguing and presentation of data. To continue the important work that our cataloguers do we asked all school libraries in Aotearoa New Zealand to

School library spotlight: Campbelltown Performing Arts High School

By Cathy Costello

Issue 101, Term 2 2017

ook’ promotion, I used SCIS subject headings, reviews and tags. What would you like to see SCIS do more of? I would encourage the continuation of cataloguing credible and reliable websites aligned to Australian Curriculum content. Please keep them coming as we cannot get enough of them. I have a

Working with pupil library assistants in primary schools

By Lucy Chambers

Issue 107, Term 4 2018

fidence to deal with this effectively, knowing where to get adult help if necessary. I run a library skills training session weekly. Topics include cataloguing and classification, and bibliographic data for ordering books. So that they could gain experience ordering, the PLAs completed an order fr

School library spotlight: Ocean Reef Senior High School

By Sarah Betteridge

Issue 109, Term 2 2019

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 support that SCIS provides, and the

On-Line Services for School Libraries

By Lance Deveson, Beverly Pianta

Issue 2, Term 2 1992

atabases which I have found useful are: SCIS The SCIS database is one that is familiar to many teacher librarians. As well as being used for cataloguing purposes, on- line searching of the database can also provide an invaluable tool for selection and collection-building. It allows a search

School library spotlight: Yarra Valley Grammar

By Dr Mark Merry, Miriam Meehan

Issue 112, Term 1 2020

SCIS? We love how SCIS saves us time. We can download records for our catalogue in no time flat! It’s so much better than the old days of original cataloguing of everything! SCIS helps us to stay current. This is so important in a world where our users can access information instantaneously and 2