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Reviews of SCIS Subject Headings Fourth Edition
By Barbara Braxton, Barbara Shardlow, Rod Barker
Issue 33, Term 2 2000
because I seem to be paying for it now! Otherwise, 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 do
A Question of Technology?
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 33, Term 2 2000
ars of experience as a teacher, principal and director of libraries and technology. He has created a collection of easy-to-read essays and articles available in two volumes, to equip educators and teachers to understand the potential of learning and communication technologies implemented in classroo
Internetting Corner
By Nigel Paull
Issue 33, Term 2 2000
Archives of Australia <http://www.archivenet.gov.au/jsredirect.exe> Australian archive related sites and resources are available from this website, jointly developed by the National Archives of Australia, the various State and Territory archives and other significant archives. Additional links
What's New?
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 33, Term 2 2000
rth of Brisbane. Curriculum Corporation are pleased to announce their involvement in this conference with two presentations and a stand at the trade fair. SLAO have established a reputation for excellence in conferences, and SLAO 2000 should prove to be no exception with presenters including: Su
Reviews
By George Przywolnik
Issue 33, Term 2 2000
at each chapter addresses specific learning outcomes. Extensive support for uses including links, between the text material and the WA Outcomes, is available at the publisher's website <http://www.curriculum. edu.au>. I strongly encourage potential users to check this out. The text is highly reada
Catalguing News
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 33, Term 2 2000
subdivision) Genocide Globalisation Remedial teaching (review of the use of this heading) States of matter Tsunami Ultraviolet radiation 4. Email contact tor National Coordinator Cataloguing and Metadata Teacher Librarians are encouraged to email the National Coordinator Cataloguing and Me
The Great Divide? Physical and Digital Resources in School Libraries
By Keith Grove
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
id library'. Several conference speakers highlighted the issues involved in hybrid libraries. Chris Rusbridge, a senior UK information specialist, said: "... many 'digital library' projects ... were expressed in terms quite independent from real library environments .... Even for existing or le
CC News
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
urriculum.edu.au/scis/scisaf.htm>, or alternatively you may contact SCIS to arrange for a form to be forwarded to you. The SCIS Authority Files contains the entire contents of the SCIS database subject authority file and complements SCIS bibliographic records and the sets Subject Headings Fourth E
SCISWeb Handy Hints
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
tly if using different versions of the browsers. 3. Message of the Day Message of the Day button in SCISWeb is linked to What's New on the SCIS main menu. It is important to visit this page frequently to ensure that you are alerted to the latest information that has been added to the SCIS Websi
SLANZA! School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa
By Penny Moore PhD
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
SLANZA! A vision of an eastern European football team? A toast to be followed by glasses dashed into the fireplace? Well, neither of those, but certainly a reason for celebration. And celebrate we did! About 150 people from a wide range of organisations gathered at the National Library in Wellingto
What Do Teacher Librarians Need to Know about Cataloguing?
By Ashley Freeman
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
rature. Because of the constantly expanding use of information and communication technologies in school libraries, many Teacher Librarians have also gained technical and educational responsibilities in this field within their school. Additionally the Teacher Librarian is a librarian with the full ra
Internet Resource Management-The Role and Development of Metadata
By Kyle Hassan
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
Since the early 1990s the number of searchable files available via the Internet has exploded at almost unimaginable rates, resulting in millions of websites and literally billions of web pages. The ease with which we can electronically publish a document and make it universally available is astound
What's New?
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
a.edu.au/centoff/cmis/eval/library/avprice/index.htm> to assist you in the preparation of your Disaster Management Policy. 2. Internet content complaints There are laws that allow members of the public to complain about certain offensive Internet content to the Australian Broadcasting Authority
Reviews
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
P: $59.95 SCIS order number: 1008856 The MindMatters program uses a whole-school approach to mental health promotion and suicide prevention. It aims to develop school environments in which young people feel safe, valued, engaged and purposeful. Social and emotional well-being has been linked t
Internetting Corner
By Nigel Paull
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
mania.com/ Utilising this site's search engine users can access a variety of full text works such as classic and popular fiction, drama and poetry Available reference works include ancient texts, dictionaries, Roget's Thesaurus, religious texts and quotations. SCIS 1007665 Favorites Anywhere! St
Metadata (part 2): Controlled Vocabulary and Metadata
By Cherryl Schauder, Keith Grove
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
l performance. The intellectual effort of subject cataloguing with controlled vocabularies is a t ime consuming and therefore expensive process. The maintenance of the vocabulary itself is labour intensive as it needs to be updated and modified on an ongoing basis. The aim of replacing the human ind
Handy Hints for SCISWeb
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
If you are experiencing delays in retrieving WEB OPAC pages, it may be worth checking the settings in your browser cache. In Netscape Communicator this is found in: Edit/ Preferences/ Advanced/Cache. In Internet Explorer V5 this is found in: Tools/Internet Options/General/Settings. If the setting '
CC News
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
s a complex exercise requiring considerable time, expertise and involves a number of parties to ensure it is successful. Hence, SCISWeb will not be available for the duration of the upgrade. At this stage we are advising customers to finalise all cataloguing for 1999 by the end of November. When the
Using SCIS Leaves More Time for Student-centred Services
By Nola Smolders
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
and SCISCO in conjunction with our Bibliotech software enables us to save time with cataloguing duties and concentrate our efforts in the teaching domain. Some of our initiatives were outlined recently at a forum on information literacy as part of the 'Leading the Way' Conference held at Methodist L
Internetting Corner
By Nigel Paull
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
cators. Asperger/Autism http://amug.org/-a203/page3.html With the increasing integration of students with Asperger's Syndrome or Autism into mainstream classes, this is a useful site to assist teachers to understand the particular needs of these children. A variety of pertinent links are ava