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What's New
By Heather Kelsall
Issue 16, Term 1 1996
The Internet: Communicating with people around the world This video explains in simple terms what the Internet is and how it operates, and provides a clear introduction to this important information source for both teachers and students. It illustrates how three Australian schools are 6 using the
News from the Information Program
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 16, Term 1 1996
AGRICULTURE** (Replacement) [Replace See also AQUICULTURE] See also AQUACULTURE ANIMAL LOCOMOTION** (Replacement and addition) [Delete See also HUMAN MECHANICS] x Human locomotion Animal mechanics See BIOMECHANICS Aquaculture** (Replacement) [Replace heading and reference] AQUACULTURE
Have You Read This?
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 16, Term 1 1996
Best PC Buys T/Ls are often reliant on the computer dealer to provide us with the right hardware to meet our needs. The March edition of Australian PC User has published a list of the best PC buys with specifications, prices and a useful comparison chart titled 'PCs for all the family' vol
Internetting Corner
By Heather Kelsall
Issue 16, Term 1 1996
ntors are 'rewarded' with their own e-mail address and assistance in developing their subject WWW page. For further details contact: [email protected] These sites are recommended by T /Ls-add them to your list for student and staff access. http://www.agfor.unimelb.edu.au/LCweb/lclibra
Letters to the Editor
By Heather Kelsall
Issue 16, Term 1 1996
A quick question regarding student Internet access policies. I would rather, as a Librarian/Information Manager, provide some policy direction before one of the other school departments. Dies anybody have a definite policy on Internet activity in place that you're willing to share? Dr Arthur Wize
ASLA XIV... From the Delegates Perspective
By Pru Mitchell
Issue 15, Term 4 1995
and national databases, and her thoughts of how subject access could be improved. In an hour there was little opportunity for more than posing the questions. What is the role of subdivision s in subject headings? Can we simplify these subdivisions? What improvements do we want in the way the OPAC
What's New
By Schools Cataloguing Information Services (SCIS)
Issue 15, Term 4 1995
Issues in the news Issues was originally produced for VCE students who are required to follow a social issue in the press over a period of time. Published by The Age it contains over 1500 news and feature stories from 1995, divided into 60 topics or issues. It becomes a national educational too
Supporting Legal Study requests with ease
By Jan Barnett
Issue 15, Term 4 1995
bing to three CD-ROM resources St. Laurence's College has been able to improve our curriculum support and supply resources for most Legal Studies requests. Austrom indexing service supports many subject areas, however AGIS (Attorney General's Information Service), CINCH (Criminology In
Have You Read This
By Heather Kelsall
Issue 15, Term 4 1995
Not only do T /Ls have successful conferences in Perth and Masterton: the Library Technicians conference in Darwin Techs at the top is still getting rave reviews! Kaye Bartlett, Convenor provides the formal report and Katherine Raper gives the delegates' perspective in Incite. Vol.16. Issue 9
Internetting Corner
By Heather Kelsall
Issue 15, Term 4 1995
vents. http://www.whitepages.eom.au/ Telstra telephone white pages http://hpl33.na.infn.it/Museum/Museum.html A real-life collection of antique scientific instruments from the Uni. of Naples. http://netvet.wustl.edu/ Links to veterinary resources such as the electronic zoo and veterin
New Zealand News
By Judith Schroder
Issue 15, Term 4 1995
be entertained. David Hill spoke at the CHYPS dinner on the valuable work of librarians in motivating children to read. I'm now looking forward to Queenstown 1996 and hope there'll be a large contingent of school librarians. Conferences are most beneficial professionally and are a great experienc
News from the Information Program - New, amended, replaced subject headings 1995
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 15, Term 4 1995
Biomechanics ** (Replacement) (Replace Biomechanics See Human Engineering) BIO MECHANICS Scope note and reference structure to be decided. CD ROM ** (Replacement) [Replace x Compact disc (Read-only memory); Discs XX COMPACT DISCS; COMPUTER STORAGE DEVICES] See CD-ROM CD-ROM x Compact disc
Letters to the Editor
By Heather Kelsall
Issue 15, Term 4 1995
Dear Heather I've been wanting to ask you a follow up question to your editorial regarding 'educating your staff'. I would be extremely interested in knowing the type of results you had with the laptop... and teachers using it overnight for Internet experience. We at Sacred Heart Primary School
Brisbane Cath. Ed. Skills teachers with ‘C.L.I.C.ed’
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 14, Term 3 1995
ties. The Australian Catholic University (and others!) offer academic creditation on completion of the C.L.I.C. course. As the initial training requires small groups of teachers participating, the recommended ratio is one Key Teacher for every ten teachers at the school. The Key Teachers were no
CLIC-ED on at OLR
By Chris Skrzeczunski
Issue 14, Term 3 1995
insight into the way cue has been incorporated into the learning program at OLR. The CD is indeed a dynamic medium and its appeal to children is unquestionable. Its implementation of multi-media to cater for many and varied learning styles is unprecedented. An encyclopedic CD with notepad is with
Have You Read This?
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 14, Term 3 1995
rial access to its resources. Kerry Bennett from Bulli High School reports on the impact of the School's Research Service for servicing information requests in Sources of current information for senior students . Scan. Vol.14 No.3 p:28. In the new look Learning and leading with Technology
What's New?
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 14, Term 3 1995
Computers and Schools This recently released book looks at the educational impact that a set of 25 mobile computers has when introduced into ten very different schools in Victoria. Dr. Lawrie Shears, former Director-General of Education in Victoria, directed the project which initiated from his o
New Zealand News
By Merilyn Small
Issue 14, Term 3 1995
Ns have been set up as a response to this growing need for more timely delivery of this information to students, and to reduce the number of INNZ requests to the National Library's Document Supply Service in Wellington. The first CIN was established between six local high schools as a pilot sche
Letters to the Editor
By Heather Kelsall
Issue 14, Term 3 1995
I am responding to your request in Connections for what is happening with the Internet in schools. Kilvington is a girls' school from pre-prep to year 12. I am the teacher-librarian in the secondary school library, and the Internet is networked in this library. Schoolsnet is our service provide
News from Curriculum Corporation
By Lance Deveson
Issue 14, Term 3 1995
fect schools dialling into the existing Dobis system and the new Voyager system, however Online Users will be notified separately when they will be required to change the phone number in the SCISLINK software. Users should contact Information Program staff if they are experiencing difficulty in acce