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Issue 53 Summary
By Editor
Issue 53, Term 2 2005
s with curriculum Robyn Philip and Donna Gibbs, Macquarie University, NSW Internetting corner Nigel Paull, South Grafton Primary School, NSW SCISWeb handy hints SCIS news New and revised subject headings Cataloguing for non-cataloguers: authors Ray Cotsell, SCIS Unbeatable
Issue 51 Summary
By Editor
Issue 51, Term 4 2004
nnovative Educational Resource Brian Shepherd, Edith Cowan University, WA Internetting corner Nigel Paull, South Grafton Primary School, NSW SCISWeb handy hints SCIS news New and revised subject headings History and All That – Classifying in the 900s Ray Cotsell, SCIS Educa
Issue 46 Summary
By Editor
Issue 46, Term 3 2003
is only available in PDF format. Articles in this issue include: Principals’ Support of School Libraries Gary Hartzell, via ERIC Digest SCISWeb handy hints Authority Control Leonie Bourke, SCIS CC NEWS ELR School Library Survey News Bridie Mackay, Educational Lending Righ
Issue 44 Summary
By Editor
Issue 44, Term 1 2003
s only available in PDF format. Articles in this issue include: Partners in Curriculum Renewal Jane Connolly, Brisbane Catholic Education SCISWeb handy hints ELR School Library Survey Update Bridie Mackay, Educational Lending Right School Library Survey New State Library of Sout
Issue 41 Summary
By Editor
Issue 41, Term 2 2002
e: Promote or Perish: Developing a Public Relations Plan for Your School Library Jane Viner and Amanda Lucas, Methodist Ladies’ College, VIC SCISWeb handy hints Catalogue Records for Television Programs Do You Treat Yourself Professionally? June Wall, Australian School Library Ass
Connections for the Future
By Kevin Grove
Issue 25, Term 2 1998
Curriculum Corporation sees its role as supporting Teacher Librarians (schools' information professionals) by providing information services such as SCIS. Connections is an extension of that support. Please let us know how we can improve this or other services. In the future, Connections will inc
Post Modernism and the Shelf Ready Item
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 31, Term 4 1999
The involvement of SCIS with Campion Education in providing shelf ready books to schools with catalogue records is outlined in an article written by Wilma Kurvink (Director of Library Services) and Marie Turnbull (Technical Services Librarian) at Wesley College, Melbourne. The authors state: 'O
CC News
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 32, Term 1 2000
ry 1, 2000 was much different to December 31, 1999, except perhaps for the hangover. In the first edition of Connections last year I indicated that SCIS' 'new age' had already arrived. Last year was the first time that we offered only the SCISWeb and SCISCO products. Subscriptions to SCIS increase
From the Executive Director
By David Francis
Issue 3, Term 3 1992
Our readers are advised that further to an article on SCIS in Vol 6 No 3 of ACCESS, we have accepted their invitation to provide a contribution to the journal. As we consider CONNECTIONS to be our major communication with
New Software and Communications
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 3, Term 3 1992
Curriculum Corporation has commenced the search to replace the current software system onto which the SCIS database is mounted. This software will include a number of new features including AUSTPAC access. Schools considering investigating an AUSTPAC licence should wait until Curriculum Corporati
A day in the life of ...
By Bridie Mackay
Issue 35, Term 4 2000
the development of my own personal skills, which give me the confidence to problem solve independently whenever I can. When I began my position in SCIS customer support in 1999, I was reminded of my own first call to a helpline and my bewilderment at facing those alien technologies. I recognise t
Issue 36 Summary
By Editor
Issue 36, Term 1 2001
Edwina Marshall, Curriculum Corporation Authority file maintenance – an ongoing task Carolyn Brown, Jane Withers, St Margaret’s School, VIC SCISWeb handy hints CC news Content is king, but content management rules (part 2) Colin Bell, Concord Australia Implementing information
Website and app reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 98, Term 3 2016
poignant story from Nam Le, this multimedia adaptation offers insight into the Vietnamese refugee experience, and is suitable for secondary students. SCIS no. 1764455 Caring for your collections natlib.govt.nz/collections/caring-for-your-collections Emanating from the National Library of Ne
Website and app reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 99, Term 4 2016
the Vietnam War. Aspects of the conflict covered include combat, personnel, defoliation, conscription, public opinion, and the aftermath of the war. SCIS no. 1777662 Chromebooks in the classroom www.schrockguide.net/chromebooks.html Noted educator Kathy Schrock provides comprehensive inform
Website and app reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 116, Term 1 2021
tudent-centred resources include critical thinking activities, quizzes, maps, videos, and learning resources related to the Australian Curriculum. SCIS no: 1990447 BEACH POLLUTION ENDS HERE endbeachpollution.sydney For coastal communities, stormwater runoff – causing beach pollution – is
Website and app reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 122, Term 3 2022
Islander histories and cultures into their teaching’. The curriculum resources are searchable by KLA and the themes are water, fire and astronomy. SCIS no: 1992685 Bright Tomorrows https://apps.apple.com/au/app/bright-tomorrows/id1474778931 Developed in partnership with the Minderoo Foun
CC News
By Graham Williams
Issue 26, Term 3 1998
Handy Hints SCISWeb Q: I currently browse the Internet using the 100 MHz Pentium PC in the library with a 33.6K modem but find it quite slow, sometimes painfully so. I am keen to use SCISWeb but wonder if I should upgrade my PC with more memory, a faster processor, a faster modem, or all or so
CC News Continued
By Graham Williams
Issue 26, Term 3 1998
companies selling automation software packages, it is most likely you will find a system to suit your school's needs and budget.e Duplicate ISBNs SCIS occasionally receives calls from Teacher Librarians advising us that we have assigned the wrong ISBN to a record, e.g. The TL has ordered by ISBN
In this Issue
By Heather Kelsall
Issue 12, Term 1 1995
spects of the Internet highlights two service providers who have responded to schools: there's sure to be others around Australia. 1995 schedules for SCIS Microfiche and ASCISRECON are included, a report on the Online On Disk Conference held in January and a review of 'Recipe book service of online
In this Issue
By Dianne Lewis
Issue 11, Term 4 1994
Voyager has landed! Glimpses of the new SCIS on-line interface, a review of the Herald-Sun on CD-ROM and a report on the recent Computer Education Group of Victoria conference with special reference to school library technology issues. This will be the final issue under my editorship. The new edi