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Internetting Corner
By Nigel Paull
Issue 28, Term 1 1999
exhibits_events/online/ satellite/ This amazing site explains what satellites are, what they do and how they communicate, complemented by animated sequences. An interactive program allows users to build three different types of satellites. Telstra Corporation: Education Development Unit http:/
Reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 28, Term 1 1999
ple Level: Upper primary Publisher: Department of Education Victoria RRP: $85.00 ISBN: 1 87597 205 6 SCIS Order Number: 919614 System requirements: Windows and Macintosh compatible. 486DX/33MHz IBM compatible PC, Windows 3.1 or 95, 8MB RAM, 256-colour monitor, CD ROM drive. Colour Mac
What's New?
By Nigel Paull
Issue 28, Term 1 1999
h Service for Children's Literature The Children's Literature Collection at the State Library of Victoria offers a free research service for all inquiries about historic and contemporary children's books. Using the full resources of the State Library of Victoria they are able to consult indexes o
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
e orders. For some silly reason, I'd expected to get started pretty much in the first week or so of the year on the backlog that had accumulated in quite a wondrous way considering I had run out of money about June. How could I forget that the forces that thwart Teacher Librarians' good intentions
EdNA Adopts SCIS Metadata Standard
By Ellen Paxton
Issue 27, Term 4 1998
familiar SCIS subject headings. This is a significant achievement for SCIS and participating Teacher Librarians, as it acknowledges the expertise and quality of SCIS subject headings and recognises that SCIS is THE standard searching language of Teacher Librarians and students t hroughout Australi
Key Issues About Cataloguing and the Use of SCIS
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 27, Term 4 1998
. 'Sportsmen and Women -Australia', are used in conjunction with more specific headings. A resource which is about a variety of sportsmen and women requires a broader heading to reflect the content of the resource. SCIS will and does use the more specific headings e.g. 'Freeman, Cathy', for works sp
CC News
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 27, Term 4 1998
The 1998 arrangement for SA Government schools' access to SCIS products will continue for 1999, when only SCISWeb and SCISCO will be available. Queensland Government schools Discussions are underway for a statewide subscription to SCISWeb and SCISCO for Queensland Government schools for 1999
Internetting Corner
By Nigel Paull
Issue 27, Term 4 1998
sk -FastFacts 1998 http://www. ref desk.com/fastfact. html As the title implies 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, ne
Reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 27, Term 4 1998
opment Units' are designed for pre and inservice teacher use with full details and guidelines, overhead transparency proformas, discussion guides and question sheets. The 'Teaching Units' present K-12 classroom strategies which have been extensively trialled. Both books have been developed in consul
What's New?
By Nigel Paull
Issue 27, Term 4 1998
e for Teacher Librarians, which offers information and advice concerning SCISWeb and SCISCO. It offers Teacher Librarians the opportunity to better acquaint themselves with current developments in the application of both SCISWeb and SCISCO. Teacher Librarians have the opportunity to explore the th
Cataloguing News: New, Amended, Replaced Subject Headings 1998
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 27, Term 4 1998
Animal life cycles See LIFE CYCLES (BIOLOGY) ART, MODERN· 20TH CENTURY** (Addition) See also INSTALLATIONS (ART) BIOLOGY * * (Addition) See also LIFE CYCLES (BIOLOGY) Body art See BODY DECORATION BODY-MARKING ** (Replacement) [Replace heading and references) Body-marking See BODY DECO
Five Into One
By Judi Eggers, Bob Heath
Issue 26, Term 3 1998
In 1996 after an extensive review into education in the Eastern Fleurieu region of South Australia, five separate schools combined 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
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
Automating your Library As we indicated in the last ussue of Connections we will not be providing catalogue cards in 1999. We urge Teacher Librarians to commence the process to automate their library's catalogue. Curriculum Corporation does not recommend any particular system for schools to purch
Internetting Corner
By Nigel Paull
Issue 26, Term 3 1998
ictoria. Main Frenchville State School Frame http://www.pronet.net.au/-fss/frmain.htm An interesting home page from Frenchville State School in Queensland which could be used as an example for planning your own school's homepage. PA NewsCentre http://www.pa.press.net/main.html Winner of
Reviews
By Nigel Paull
Issue 26, Term 3 1998
urces has become crucial. Hence the change in emphasis from collection development to collection management. By applying effective management techniques, a Teacher Librarian will be able to cater to the needs of the users with an array of quality resources reflecting current trends and catering fo
Cataloguing News: New, Amended, Replaced Subject Headings 1998
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 26, Term 3 1998
or works on the reproductive systems of animals. For works on breeding animals see ANIMAL BREEDING. See also ANIMAL BREEDING XX ANIMAL BREEDING AQUACULTURE**(Addition) x Fish culture; Fish farming See also FISH BREEDING AQUARIUMS**(Addition) See also FISH BREEDING Cases, Legal See names
Servicing at a Distance
By Heather Kelsall
Issue 22, Term 3 1997
er that it is rare for Margaret's students to visit the library and yet she still describes her day in this way, you begin to get a picture of the unique challenges facing the T /Ls who service educational needs to an 'unseen' client group. The school is located in the grounds of Charleville State
News from Curriculum Corporation
By Lance Deveson
Issue 22, Term 3 1997
replaced by the new SCIS downloading CD-ROM in 1998. Curriculum Corporation also wishes to inform its customers that the ASCISRECON program and subsequent processing of ASCISRECON and Rapid Retrospective records will cease after the last processing date on 4 December 1997. These two products will b