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The Information superhighway – implications for education

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 11, Term 4 1994

provides endless access to information but in many cases information can be found more quickly from traditional information sources. Internet access raises issues for schools such as document delivery, censorship and management issues. Access to the Internet means increased importance to skills such

Letters to the Editor

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 11, Term 4 1994

ings lists which reflects current terminology, but I am very disappointed with the binding and presentation. Why publish a book which will be used daily over many years, in paperback, on poor quality paper and bound so that the right hand page entries are so close to the centre margin that the boo

What's New

By Katrina Kolt

Issue 11, Term 4 1994

Herald Sun and Sunday Herald Sun, and is updated quarterly. At a time when the provision of current information is imperative, this CD-ROM certainly overcomes the problems associated with storage of newspapers and document delivery. The manual is user friendly but addresses several feature

Have You Read This?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 11, Term 4 1994

with the Internet. The August issue of Orana launches a new column The international network by Laurel A Clyde and Margaret Butterworth. It contains interesting information concerning internet gophers suitable for school libraries and some school internet statistics, p 208-210. Reviews of CD

News from the Information Program - SCIS On-Line in 1995

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 11, Term 4 1994

Keys enclosed a one-page survey of telecommunication equipment in school libraries. The response was overwhelming ( over 500 replies) and this has again reinforced the thinking of the Information Program that schools will use on-line access if Curriculum Corporation can make it as easy as possible.

SCIS Update - Additions to SCIS Subject Headings

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 11, Term 4 1994

ease feel free to add them to your catalogue. Schools are reminded to contact their state SCIS agency with suggestions for new subject headings. DALAI LAMAS See also names of specific Dalai Lamas, eg. TENZIN GYATSO, DALAI LAMA XIV. FAT IN NUTRITION (Reference structure to be decided.) FERAL AN

Thank you Dianne

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 11, Term 4 1994

ly and has agreed to be the new editor, thus continuing the "editor in a school" theme for the newsletter. In this edition of Connections, a pen portrait of the new editor is included. Welcome Heather   Heather Kelsall: Biography Dip. Teaching; Graduate Diploma in Education (Teacher Libraria

In this Issue

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 10, Term 3 1994

Heather Kelsall from The Southport School, outlines the impact of new technologies in her school. The discussion, begun in the last issue, about the Internet continues. There is some further information about it and an article about LM-NET, an electronic discussion group on the Internet, readily

Towards the New Century

By Heather Kelsall,

Issue 10, Term 3 1994

the practical aspects of how to access the information network: which plug goes where! A further ten staff members undertook a four day intensive 'train-the-trainer' session during the Easter break, and this group will provide further in-servicing for staff, parents and students. While all studen

The Internet Letters

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 10, Term 3 1994

a private citizen, I log on to a number of computer bulletin boards in Sydney which gives me access to the InterNet (sic) for sending and receiving mail. These connections operate on the "Store and Forward" principle where other computer hobbyists who operate the bulletin board systems have gateway

News from the Information Program

By Lance Deveson

Issue 10, Term 3 1994

SCIS Full Cataloguing Microfiche Searching the Full Cataloguing Microfiche provides users with complete detailed cataloguing information as well as the SCIS order number for each record. The records appear as catalogue cards on the microfiche and are arranged by main entry (name, title). Order

News from the Information Program Continued

By Barbara Burr

Issue 10, Term 3 1994

itles appropiate for your collection. Even though time is always in short supply, it is not always wasted when experimenting this way. If all this fails to find your material it is quite likely that they have not been catalogued yet, and therefore are not on the database. For further assistance co

LM-NET

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 10, Term 3 1994

9 students" or information about the source of part one of Fahrenheit 451 , T he hearth and the salamander. Of course the replies are public and available for all to share. There are often long discussions about issues of library policy and sharing of policy statements such as collection develo

SCIS Update

By Lance Deveson

Issue 10, Term 3 1994

SCIS 3rd Edition Subject Headings Book This publication is now finished and available from the publisher, D W Thorpe on (03) 245 7370. The publication is for sale at $58 not $55 as previously advertised. Voyager Implementation Curriculum Corporation will soon take delivery of the first module

Have You Read This?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 10, Term 3 1994

The active media center by Fred D'lgnazio in The Computing Teacher, March 1994, p. 37-40, wrote about multi-media in schools, focussing on the role of the school library. "School libraries and media centers are changing from warehouses to launch pads. And the count down has already started." (

In this Issue

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 9, Term 2 1994

issue, and although it departs from the usual technological slant of this newsletter, I hope that you will find it interesting. Also included are details of some exciting new products which will be available from Curriculum Corporation later this year.

Facing the 21st Century: The First International Conference of Jewish Pedagogic Centers

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 9, Term 2 1994

. Attending this conference was like being at the United Nations. Translators sat in booths at the rear of each room and wireless headphones were available for delegates at each session to provide simultaneous translation into Hebrew, English or Spanish. Pedagogic centres originally developed in

Access to Internet

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 9, Term 2 1994

Europe have easy access, but here in Australia, together with public libraries, we are a disadvantaged group. While access for schools to electronic mail is possible via the K-12 network or services such as Nexus, full Internet access is not. Bill Linklater, president of ALIA, has pledged to push

News from the Information Program

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 9, Term 2 1994

data into their particular system. This product has been developed in response to many requests from schools to have all the SCIS subject headings available online rather than having to manually enter the headings and the cross references. Curriculum Corporation has priced the disk at $ 300.00. A

What’s New

By Catherine Ryan

Issue 9, Term 2 1994

university. He sees this as one way to provide greater access to resources for research and discusses the processes undergone at RMIT. One of the main features of this book is its practical nature. It is thorough and yet easy to understand, but at the same time it provides us with projections to