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New Subject Headings

By Ellen Paxton

Issue 5, Term 1 1993

Below are a sample of some of the new subject headings which can be found in the latest SUBJECT HEADING AUTHORITY MICROFICHE or if you are using the SCIS Database on-line. Scope notes that will appear in the next edition of the SCIS SUBJECT HEADINGS LIST have been included for clarification. ACI

Educational Lending Right School Library Survey

By Keith Gove

Issue 35, Term 4 2000

ed Curriculum Corporation to conduct the Educational Lending Right School Library Survey in October-November 2000. The project will be managed by the SCIS Unit at Curriculum Corporation. The Educational Lending Right (ELR) School Library Survey project is a program of the Commonwealth Government's

Supporting Australian book creators

By The ELR team

Issue 106, Term 3 2018

d in libraries. In Term 4, Australian schools will be invited to participate in the annual Educational Lending Right (ELR) School Library Survey. SCIS manages this survey on behalf of the Department of Communications and the Arts in order to determine estimated holdings of particular titles in A

School library spotlight: Toowoomba State High School

By Lorraine Petersen

Issue 113, Term 2 2020

ce of the large graphic novel section encourages many students who wouldn’t otherwise read novels to hire books. What is your favourite thing about SCIS? We previously accessed SCIS Data through manual requests and imports from the old SCIS website into our old, server-based LMS’s. At that time,

School library spotlight: Academy of Mary Immaculate

By Anne Chowne

Issue 111, Term 4 2019

and competitions. If students want a quiet space to read, they venture into the fiction library across the hall. What is your favourite thing about SCIS? The best thing about SCIS is not having to do original cataloguing or use microfiche to find the records (now I’m showing my age!), and we can

School library spotlight: One Arm Point Remote Community School

By Mel Rowsell

Issue 115, Term 4 2020

Our rule is to use happy voices in the library and a little noise is OK as long as we’re all enjoying ourselves. What is your favourite thing about SCIS? SCIS does not catalogue the Dreaming in 398 with mythology and folklore – instead SCIS uses the unassigned 298 to class the religion, spiritua

Taking the guesswork out of genre

By Brendan Eichholzer

Issue 91, Term 4 2014

ground, where author arrangement and genre stickers combine to promote exposure to different titles as well as independent access. It is our job at SCIS to ensure we meet the needs of school librarians in creating an easily accessible library catalogue, where every physical item has a distinct and

School library spotlight: The King's School Senior Library

By The King's School Library team

Issue 127, Term 4 2023

em opportunity to pursue their literary interests as a foundation for a lifelong love of reading and knowledge. What is your favourite thing about SCIS? SCIS is used across all three campuses of the King’s School, and we would expect each campus uses it differently, according to need. In the S

Schools Online Thesaurus (ScOT): Read all over

By Les Kneebone

Issue 91, Term 4 2014

link between the standards and resource that may support their objectives. ScOT and MARC: Machine-Readable Cataloguing ScOT is no stranger to the SCIS database and has been used within SCIS cataloguing standards for about seven years . However the mechanism for loading, updating and maintaining

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

News from Curriculum Corporation

By Lance Deveson

Issue 17, Term 2 1996

Sending and Receiving Emails via SCISLINK and KEYLINK SCIS Online Subscribers have included with their subscription a complimentary subscription to the KEYLINK electronic mail system of Telstra. When schools are configuring their SCISLINK software, they are asked to key in a MAIL ID i.e. SCIS12

Issue 78 Summary

By Anthea Amos

Issue 78, Term 3 2011

ised subject headings Pam Kadow, Education Services Australia Social media and ICT in schools Abstracts of articles via Curriculum Leadership SCIS is more... Leonie Bourke, Education Services Australia National Digital Learning Resources Network - new presence, new website Rohini Mehta,

Issue 75 Summary

By Editor

Issue 75, Term 4 2010

ine community Kerry Franta, EnhanceTV Scootle: A one-stop shop for digital curriculum resources Michelle Hamill, Education Services Australia SCIS is more... Leonie Bourke, Education Services Australia New digital curriculum resources Rohini Mehta, Education Services Australia New an

Issue 74 Summary

By Editor

Issue 74, Term 3 2010

w (and don't know) about technology Mary Ann Bell, Sam Houston State University Website reviews Nigel Paull, South Grafton Public School, NSW SCIS is more... Leonie Bourke, Education Services Australia New and revised subject headings Pam Kadow, Education Services Australia From litt

Issue 73 Summary

By Editor

Issue 73, Term 2 2010

. Managing your digital footprint Kerrie Smith, Education Services Australia Website reviews Nigel Paull, South Grafton Public School, NSW SCIS is more... A new life for weeded books Rhyllis Bignell, Allenby Gardens Primary School, SA From little things big things grow - Part 1: O

Issue 70 Summary

By Editor

Issue 70, Term 3 2009

a subject specialist library: GTAV Orbis Library Libby Hillman, GTAV Librarian Website reviews Nigel Paull, South Grafton Public School, NSW SCIS is more... New and revised subject headings How school libraries support literacy achievement Ray Doiron, University of Prince Edward Is

Issue 56 Summary

By Editor

Issue 56, Term 1 2006

cation and libraries Thomas K Storey, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Internetting corner Nigel Paull, South Grafton Primary School, NSW SCISWeb handy hints SCIS news New and revised subject headings Real help for designing libraries Linda Langford, The King’s School, NSW

Issue 50 Summary

By Editor

Issue 50, Term 3 2004

l Library, VIC Educational Lending Right 2003–04 School Library Survey Internetting corner Nigel Paull, South Grafton Primary School, NSW SCISWeb handy hints SCIS news New and revised subject headings Museum in a Box® : An Outreach Program of the Australian Museum Glenn Fe

Issue 42 Summary

By Editor

Issue 42, Term 3 2002

in PDF format. Articles in this issue include: Library Automation: Software Functionality Issues Barry Welgus, Northern Micros Pty. Ltd. SCISWeb handy hints The Information Superhighway in the Kimberley Alison Lawrence, Broome Senior High School, and Department of Education, WA

Cataloguing News

By Cherryl Schauder

Issue 32, Term 1 2000

SCIS Subject Headings has a new look! The SCIS cataloguing agencies and the unit at Curriculum Corporation worked around the clock to complete work on SCIS Subject Headings Fourth Edition. This newly revised tool was released in November 1999. Work on a revision such as this is a painstaking ta