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What's New?
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 29, Term 2 1999
was honou r ed for her long-standing support and encouragement of teacher li brarians and service to the School Libraries Sect i on. 1998 Evaluation of Library Software An evaluation of library software products has been c
ASLA XVI Conference
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 28, Term 1 1999
e Vice Chancellor and President from the University of South Australia. She delivered the SCIS oration on the topic 'Working partnerships: Schooling, libraries and the information age'. We highly recommend attending the ASLA conference as an excellent opportunity for professional development for T
New Zealand News
By James Carroll
Issue 20, Term 1 1997
problem solving/gathering component. These changes together with the move to pupil centered education has impacted not only on teachers but school libraries as well. The expectation placed on school librarians are broadening to encompass an understanding of teaching a learning. This means that th
LM-NET
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 10, Term 3 1994
ada, New Zealand and Australia. On LM-NET members share information and experience. There are discussions about issues such as censorship in school libraries (in which Australia's Ken Dillon has participated), how to set up CD-ROM networks, policies about charging for computer print-outs and cries
ELR, or the super fund you have when you don’t have a super fund
By Nadia Wheatley
Issue 103, Term 4 2017
ss than your teachers’. My annual Lending Right payment is a crucial part of this income. While I love PLR (recompense for books held in public libraries), I feel a deep personal attachment to ELR, which is the lending right scheme connected with educational libraries. This is because I was
Genre wars
By Martin Gray
Issue 104, Term 1 2018
has moved to sorting its fiction collection by genre and has reported a 20 per cent increase in borrowing. Naturally, this has interested the school libraries in town. I decided to run a poll to see whether making the change was worth it for our school. Twenty-six per cent of the 100 respondents
Supporting Australian book creators
By Aaron Blabey
Issue 108, Term 1 2019
o multiple primary schools in various towns, so it’s probably not a total mind-blower to discover that I spent a lot of my childhood hiding in school libraries. I loved them. They were a sanctuary; an escape portal, housed within the walls of ordinary institutions, filled with extraordinary ideas
Cataloguing standards: what you see is what you get
By Natasha Campbell
Issue 111, Term 4 2019
abase each month, keeping it relevant and current. The resources catalogued come from a range of sources including publishers, booksellers and school libraries. These hot-off-the-press titles are our best means of creating a quality record that is accurate and compliant with international catalogu
The Ever-Rising Popularity of Graphic Novels
By Michael Jongen, Helen Kain
Issue 125, Term 2 2023
a more prominent position and display with the library. Such expansions of graphic novel sections are not uncommon. Over the last ten years, school libraries have been focusing much more on their graphic novel collections. They have gained in popularity as schools and libraries have become more op
Thank you Heather, Welcome Nigel
By Lance Deveson, Heather Kelsall
Issue 23, Term 4 1997
and wish her well with future endeavours. We look forward to occasional contributions to the newsletter as she visits interesting schools, and school libraries, in her new role. Nigel Paull, teacher librarian at Sth Grafton Primary school, NSW, has agreed to step in as editor for the next two year
New Zealand News
By Catherine Thomas
Issue 18, Term 3 1996
le problems exist everywhere, I enjoyed the Open Assembly of Associations as it was great to hear of developments in other countries. Will School Libraries all become Virtual Libraries presented by Sandra Olen from South Africa, proved interesting and was discussed at length. The annual Westo
What's New
By Schools Cataloguing Information Services (SCIS)
Issue 15, Term 4 1995
able price. School price: $85.00 Contact: Maureen Gustus Ph: 03 96012454 Fax: 03 96012219 World magazine bank EBSCO, renowned within academic libraries for its databases of citations/abstracts, has devised a product which combines this with a full text display of specific articles. World ma
The Internet Letters
By Dianne Lewis
Issue 10, Term 3 1994
d responses to my article from colleagues in Victoria, Queensland and NSW. If you are interested in being part of a lobby group to ensure that school libraries do not miss the boat, please contact me. Dear Dianne, I write in response to your article on Access to the Internet. As a private citi
Staff Profile
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 3, Term 3 1992
brary Technician and Client liaison. Nicole graduated in 1991 and has had a variety of jobs before coming to the Corporation including work in Public libraries and voluntary work in School libraries.
International engagement: the SLAV / IASL partner association program
By Susan La Marca
Issue 106, Term 3 2018
to join up in this way as it was felt that access to the members-only area of the IASL website, the IASL Newsletter, and the research journal School Libraries Worldwide affords professional learning opportunities that are well worth investing in for our members. By joining as an association, SLAV
SCIS is more
By Caroline Ramsden
Issue 110, Term 3 2019
ections! New Connections editor In this issue, we welcome our new Connections editor, Carmen Eastman. Carmen brings a background in marketing for libraries to our team. We are very happy to have her, and I’m looking forward to all the great content she has planned for coming issues. Welcome, Car
LIFT: From little things ...
By Madeleine Galbraith and the LIFT team
Issue 108, Term 1 2019
n outstanding individual but, rather, a group of people with a common purpose who came together to find a solution. We see this often in the world of libraries, where staff share and collaborate as a means of efficiency and, often, survival. It is certainly the case with LIFT, our community of Weste
Book launches: connecting schools, students and local authors
By Jenna Hildebrand
Issue 109, Term 2 2019
Reading culture As school library staff, we strive every day to establish libraries and resource centres as places that support our students’ reading and information literacy. In our relentless quest to promote reading for pleasure, one major challenge is the structured class context. We need
Engaging girls in STEM
By Pru Mitchell
Issue 95, Term 4 2015
ogy, particularly amongst girls. While the Book Week theme 'Books light up our world' linked neatly to this year's International Year of Light , can libraries build on this, and develop services that support school, system and national STEM priorities? What is STEM? STEM is used as an umbrella
Interview with Gabrielle Wang, Australian Children's Laureate
By Gabrielle Wang
Issue 122, Term 3 2022
Were school libraries an important part of your childhood? Do you have any favourite memories? School libraries were important because I felt they were a good shelter. I liked playing sport and I liked being outside at lunchtime, but sometimes if you just want quiet time, it’s a really good plac