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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

School library spotlight: Rolleston School

By Kay Morfett

Issue 105, Term 2 2018

ays on the walls that I change frequently. There are no plain or boring spaces ... I think that may be my motto! What is your favourite thing about SCIS? I have SCIS automated to my LMS and I love the fact that SCIS has worked alongside Access-IT to provide this. It is so much easier than having

The Great Divide? Physical and Digital Resources in School Libraries

By Keith Grove

Issue 34, Term 3 2000

At SCIS we are grappling with the issue of school libraries' need to include Internet resources in their library catalogue. In addition, Curriculum Corporation and Education.au (which manages EdNA Online) have identified as an issue the need for schools to be able to search easily both catalogues o

Letters to the Editor

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 18, Term 3 1996

FROM A DOBIS DEVOTEE TO A VOYAGER CONVERT: A SHORT HISTORY It was in late 1991 that I abandoned the dreaded microfiche and started to search the SCIS database on-line, using the Dobis/Libis system. Mind you I experienced the usual frustrations and hassles setting up a modem for the first time a

School library spotlight: Macleans College

By Christine Hurst

Issue 110, Term 3 2019

uthor gets results. We also have a recent returns shelf and it’s amazing how many books are borrowed from there! What is your favourite thing about SCIS? Having great, consistent cataloguing! I also love the authority files with their ‘see also’ references. What would you like to see SCIS do m

Online Encyclopaedias

By Nigel Paull

Issue 30, Term 3 1999

opaedias increases, their websites may have to be added to local library catalogue systems. As with adding other websites, there are implications for SCIS, school libraries and library automation system vendors. SCIS is already planning to trial cataloguing Internet sites. Schools who are interest

What's New?

By Nigel Paull

Issue 28, Term 1 1999

Standards for Cataloguing and Data Entry Curriculum Corporation has published a new edition of this book, which is used by the cataloguers in the SCIS Cataloguing agencies around Australia to ensure consistency when adding bibliographic records to the SCIS database. Accurate cataloguing of the r

Information Online and Ondisc 93

By Lance Deveson

Issue 5, Term 1 1993

t to the organisers and further confirmed my opinion that the development path that Curriculum Corporation has set down for the re-development of the SCIS database in 1993-94 is the way to go. Our intention of not only offering increased access online to our users, but also offering the database on

Website and app reviews

By Nigel Paull

Issue 103, Term 4 2017

s: specifics of the organisation; searchable reviews of child-centred apps and movies; and details of advocacy, conferences and associated research. SCIS no. 1831768 Beneath the waves museum.wa.gov.au/btw Focusing on the Kimberley coast of WA, this award-winning website features stunning u

Supporting Australian book creators

By Laura Armstrong

Issue 90, Term 3 2014

ucational Lending Right (ELR) is an Australian Government cultural program administered by the Ministry for the Arts, Attorney-General's Department. SCIS manages the ELR school library survey on behalf of the Ministry for the Arts. The ELR school library survey collects data used to estimate the nu

School library spotlight: Chisholm Catholic College

By Monique McQueen

Issue 100, Term 1 2017

omics, and graphic novels has doubled since we actively involved students in the collection development process. What is your favourite thing about SCIS? We rely heavily on SCIS for our cataloguing, and are always happy with the standards and information. Connections always has interesting a