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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
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
What's New?
By Schools Catalogue Information Service
Issue 29, Term 2 1999
ALIA Merit Award Congratulations to Michelle Ellis, Senior Curriculum Advisor. Library and I nformation Literacy, with the NSW Department of Educat i on and Training (Michelle is also the Manager of the New South Wales SC IS
Bollards to you too: ASLA XVI Conference Report
By Nigel Paull, Wendy Smith, Kevin Gove
Issue 28, Term 1 1999
hey found them.to be informative, reflective, creative, challenging and convincing. Several themes of the Conference were relevant to issues facing SCIS. While some Teacher Librarians may be concerned about their future in the digital age, several sessions stressed the increasing, rather than decr
Architecture of genre
By Les Kneebone
Issue 96, Term 1 2016
usiness and data architecture, you may have the right foundations to specify and invest in new or upgraded applications like software and shelving. SCIS needs to follow this pattern too. SCIS does a lot of work in authorities management so that a common language around fiction genres can be refere
Taking note of nonfiction
By Peter Macinnis
Issue 90, Term 3 2014
ther books I really liked from this year's entries: An Anzac Tale , Ruth Starke and Greg Holfeld, Working Title Press (2013), 978 1 92150 454 9, SCIS no. 1669349. A brilliant graphic novel re-telling the Anzac tales, where the troops are all Australian animals. Every frame has hidden detail in
Libraries: An American Value
By Lance Deveson
Issue 14, Term 3 1995
e (SGML) will have in the future of libraries, a session on the need or not for inhouse cataloguers in schools compared with "buying" the data as per SCIS, the role of Super catalogues in school districts, a union catalogue, the (now almost mandatory at any recent conference), "how to get more out o
School library spotlight: Good Shepherd Catholic School
By Helen Tomazin
Issue 104, Term 1 2018
h allows us to better cater for their needs. We are also happy for students to suggest books for us to purchase. What is your favourite thing about SCIS? Having the SCIS subscription is wonderful as I can add resources to the catalogue much faster than if I had to create the records myself. The
School Library Spotlight: Forest Hill College
By Helen Farch
Issue 117, Term 2 2021
uld probably say the most important part of the library is that it is somewhere they can get out of the weather! What is your favourite thing about SCIS? SCIS makes the life of a school librarian so much easier. The obvious benefit of the service that SCIS provides is that it makes cataloguing s
Metadata to enhance diversity, connection and belonging
By Catherine Barnes
Issue 123, Term 4 2022
However, we have several students from Syria who prefer to be recognised by their ethnoreligious group, Druze. These terms are not downloaded with a SCIS record, but we can add tags and notes that allow students to see themselves represented and celebrated. Using this language not only encourages
School library spotlight: Melbourne High School
By Pam Saunders
Issue 99, Term 4 2016
ts, and a mini-makerspace with changing activities. Our charging station for tablets and phones is also popular. What is your favourite thing about SCIS? We have almost completely outsourced our cataloguing to SCIS as they do a wonderful job, at a high standard. We rely on them being up to date