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Reviews of SCIS Subject Headings Fourth Edition
By Barbara Braxton, Barbara Shardlow, Rod Barker
Issue 33, Term 2 2000
A Teacher Librarian My previous life must have been quite spectacular, 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 Thir
A Question of Technology?
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 33, Term 2 2000
er, 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 classrooms. Schools have invested
Internetting Corner
By Nigel Paull
Issue 33, Term 2 2000
ds. Topics include Bali, gold, government, shelter, Antarctica, rainforests and early settlement. SCIS: 995908 Pirates!: Fact <http://library.thinkquest.org/16438/pirate_fact.shtml> Almost everything primary and junior secondary students would want to know about pirates is contained in this enco
What's New?
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 33, Term 2 2000
1. SLAQ 2000 'Frontiers of Learning'. Proudly sponsored by access ED and Karen Bonanno & Associates. Have your registered for SLAO 'Frontiers of Learning', the 7th Biennial Conference of the School Library Association of Queensland? It will be held from 3-5 July 2000 at Grace Lutheran College, Re
Reviews
By George Przywolnik
Issue 33, Term 2 2000
consists of eight chapters spread over 216 pages, including a comprehensive index. The chapters cover an introduction to science and scientific techniques, physical geology, energy, matter, the solar system, living things, sources of energy and biological classification and the history of life. S
Catalguing News
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 33, Term 2 2000
1. New Subject Heading Proposal We encourage Teacher Librarians to use the New Subject Heading Proposal form to assist the SCIS team in ensuring that headings are kept up to date and relevant. A sample of a completed New Subject Heading Proposal form can be found on our website at <http://www.c
The Great Divide? Physical and Digital Resources in School Libraries
By Keith Grove
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
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 legacy digital materials {CD-ROMsJ the interfaces which are offered are ext
CC News
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
y file and complements SCIS bibliographic records and the sets Subject Headings Fourth Edition. Used within the school's library system, the file can quickly enhance subject access to the school's resources by creating references. We plan to include name authority files next year. Check our websit
SCISWeb Handy Hints
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
n has been completed you may then wish to reinsert the URL <http://www.curricu lum .edu.au/scis/webmsg. him> in your Bookmarks or Favorites to ensure quick access for future sessions of SCISWeb. To remove a Bookmark in the Netscape Communicator 4.07 browser, click on the Bookmarks button on the brow
SLANZA! School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa
By Penny Moore PhD
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
articipating in various information skills courses and some schools have created specialist positions in recognition of the growing and critical consequence of the school library to student learning'. The SLANZA launch would not have been complete without the presence of the Minister for the Natio
What Do Teacher Librarians Need to Know about Cataloguing?
By Ashley Freeman
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
rical assistance. Most primary school Teacher Librarian positions are part-time appointments. While increasingly Teacher Librarians hold postgraduate qualifications in their specialist field, there are some practitioners with minimal library qualifications. In this context the Teacher Librarian as c
Internet Resource Management-The Role and Development of Metadata
By Kyle Hassan
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
ges. The ease with which we can electronically publish a document and make it universally available is astounding. Therefore one of the fundamental questions of this information age is: how do people find -and how do we as information professionals ensure-that people find the information they are
What's New?
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
1. Valuing library collections SCIS sometimes receive requests from Teacher Librarians who are required to place a value on the their collections for insurance purposes. You may wish to read the useful information located at <http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/centoff/cmis/eval/library/avprice/index.htm
Reviews
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
MMReportFace.htm>. All Australian government and non-government secondary schools are entitled to receive one free copy of the MindMatters kit on request. They also have the option of participating in a two-day professional development program, which will be available during 2000-2001. A brochure
Internetting Corner
By Nigel Paull
Issue 34, Term 3 2000
s 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! Store Your Bookmarks Online and Access Them From Anywhere! http://www.favoritesanywhere.com/index.ht
Metadata (part 2): Controlled Vocabulary and Metadata
By Cherryl Schauder, Keith Grove
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
(or automatically mapped) into thecatalogue to guide the user to relevant resources via a range of alternative words or phrases. Proper names are frequently too numerous to list comprehensively in a thesaurus; thus the cataloguer may be required to supply these, often using special rules to achieve
Handy Hints for SCISWeb
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
et Explorer' (Internet Explorer) then the buttons (git files) are delivered to your PC only once when you initially connect to SCISWeb, with all subsequent appearances for that session retrieved from the temporary PC cache. This reduces the volume of data sent via the Internet connection, hence you
CC News
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
e released later in 1999. Access to SCISWeb 1999 We intend to upgrade the Voyager System during December this year. This is 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 duratio
Using SCIS Leaves More Time for Student-centred Services
By Nola Smolders
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
arning styles; note taking and note making; authentication, copyright and plagiarism; and guidelines for referencing. Completion of associated work requirements is acknowledged by a Student Research Profile as part of semester reports. 'Headstart' is a program devised to help year 1O students at r
Internetting Corner
By Nigel Paull
Issue 30, Term 3 1999
nd articles and reports for teachers. A subscription to the free monthly email newsletter, which includes new reviews and articles, is available on request. Elanora Heights Primary School http://www.ozemail.com.au/-d4199pn1 I library.html The URL for this site actually connects to this prima