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Internetting Corner
By Nigel Paull
Issue 28, Term 1 1999
read news or stories. AUSFACTS http ://www.auslig.gov.au/facts/facts.htm A variety of useful geographic facts and figures about Australia are available from this Commonwealth government website. It contains various maps, statistics, and information regarding land tenure and landforms. Educa
Reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 28, Term 1 1999
about Australian history, geography, culture, economics, and political and legal systems. The ten topics addressed include Gondwana, ancient times, sailing ships, transportation, gold and minerals, settlers, wars, near neighbours and reconciliation. The program is easy to navigate and on-screen ins
What's New?
By Nigel Paull
Issue 28, Term 1 1999
fication standards and have been applied in appropriate ways to meet the needs of Australian students. Consistency of standards is essential for the maintenance of any cataloguing service and these standards are decided after consideration by the cataloguing agencies. The standards are kept under re
Cataloguing News: New, Amended, Replaced Subject Headings 1999
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 28, Term 1 1999
ADULT EDUCATION ** (Addition) See also LIFELONG LEARNING XX LIFELONG LEARNING AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY** (Addition) See also SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE XX SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE** (Addition) See also SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE -ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS ** (Addition) See also
SCISWeb is a Winner
By Fay Gardiner
Issue 27, Term 4 1998
In October last year, the word filtered through that our SCIS cataloguing records would be available via the Internet in 1998, with a flat annual fee and unlimited access to download records. Setting up a library in a new school, as I am, on a shoestring budget, as most of us are, every dollar coun
EdNA Adopts SCIS Metadata Standard
By Ellen Paxton
Issue 27, Term 4 1998
cord is a type of catalogue record, it provides information about the contents of resources on the Internet, similar to how a SCIS record provides details, (Title, Author. Subject), about a book or CD-ROM in your library. Metadata records are designed to help refine searches on the Internet b y enab
Key Issues About Cataloguing and the Use of SCIS
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 27, Term 4 1998
of the resource. SCIS will and does use the more specific headings e.g. 'Freeman, Cathy', for works specifically about Cathy Freeman or for works containing significant amounts of information (e.g. a chapter) about her. Again cross referencing is relevant to this issue. If students are likely to sea
CC News
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 27, Term 4 1998
Subscriptions 1999 In 1999 there will be only two products available for obtaining catalogue records: SCISWeb and SCISCO. As stated in the previous Connections there will be no SCIS Online (Via SCISLINK), Microfiche, Rapid Retrospective, ASCIS Recon or catalogue cards. At this stage it appears
Internetting Corner
By Nigel Paull
Issue 27, Term 4 1998
ies this site has hundreds of links to help you answer all those curly questions that crop up which have to be answered immediately. Information is available from almanacs, calendars, dictionaries, lists of quotations, news services, data banks, weather centres, encyclopedias and other specialised a
Reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 27, Term 4 1998
39.95 ISBN: 1 86366 4211 Description: Professional Development Units and Teaching Units Review: 'Are boys less literate than girls? Are certain groups of boys inevitably less literate than others? Boys and Literacy tackles the complex interweaving of gender, masculinity, culture, schooling
What's New?
By Nigel Paull
Issue 27, Term 4 1998
Maximising the Benefits from SCISWeb and SCISCD A recent addition to the NSW Department of Education and Training's Web site, Network for Education, is an interactive resource for Teacher Librarians, which offers information and advice concerning SCISWeb and SCISCO. It offers Teacher Librarians t
Cataloguing News: New, Amended, Replaced Subject Headings 1998
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 27, Term 4 1998
BODY DECORATION BODY-MARKING ** (Replacement) [Replace heading and references) Body-marking See BODY DECORATION BODY DECORATION See also FACE PAINTING x Body art; Body-marking; Body painting; Body piercing; Tattooing XX FACE PAINTING; GROOMING, PERSONAL; SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS Body paint
Five Into One
By Judi Eggers, Bob Heath
Issue 26, Term 3 1998
mbined into a seven campus single school, the Eastern Fleurieu School. The school is centred on Strathalbyn, a town about seventy kilometres from Adelaide. Strathalbyn has an R-2 campus, a 3-6 campus, a middle campus (years 7-9) and a senior campus (years 10-12). Smaller R-6 campuses in Ashbourne, L
CC News
By Graham Williams
Issue 26, Term 3 1998
nts 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 some of the
CC News Continued
By Graham Williams
Issue 26, Term 3 1998
particular system for schools to purchase. However, we do advise Teacher Librarians to seek advice from neighbouring schools about the many systems available. As there are over 30 different companies selling automation software packages, it is most likely you will find a system to suit your school's
Internetting Corner
By Nigel Paull
Issue 26, Term 3 1998
e http://www.nla.gov.au/aclis/copyrighV c_right.html Published by the Australian Council of Libraries & Information Services (ACLIS) this site contains links to papers and information dealing with copyright. Web Review -The scent of Information http://webreview.com/wr/pub For those wishing t
Reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 26, Term 3 1998
nalysing the environment'; 'Policies for collection management'; 'Selection and acquisition'; 'Information technology meets collection management'; 'Maintaining collection viability'; 'Collection evaluation·; 'Funding the collection program'; and 'Issues in collection management'. Teacher Libraria
Cataloguing News: New, Amended, Replaced Subject Headings 1998
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 26, Term 3 1998
.g. MABO CASE CLIMATE**(Addition) See also EL NINO EFFECT XX EL NINO EFFECT Court Cases See names of specific cases; e.g. MABO CASE CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON** (Addition) See also MURDER Deaf, Dogs for the See GUIDE DOGS Digital media See INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Disabled, Dogs for t
Servicing at a Distance
By Heather Kelsall
Issue 22, Term 3 1997
tutions share many facilities including the library. The library services 300+ day students and is staffed on a similar basis: one T /L and a Library Aide. The two libraries have different funding but they do share most resources. As the Distance Ed. students have items out for longer periods of tim
News from Curriculum Corporation
By Lance Deveson
Issue 22, Term 3 1997
ordered and are proposing an annual subscription fee, graduated by school size, which will give you unlimited access to SCIS cataloguing records. Details are provided below. Please note that while the initial cost may appear high, in comparison with current costs (including the per record charge),