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Have You Read This?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 9, Term 2 1994

rana , February 1994 , p 28-36 has a useful rundown of useful periodicals. Incite 4 March 1994, p 25 carried a very positive review of the Macquarie dictionary on CD-ROM . The same issue also carried an interesting article by Hanns Possin describing the change in collection policy at the N

Apology

By Lance Deveson

Issue 9, Term 2 1994

enior Information Officer, I took the decision not to allow the microfiche to be copied until the data was clean. This procedure has taken time and required the cooperation of both Ferntree Computer Corporation and Data Com , our service bureaus, who also had to program the work. I am sure that even

Information Services Questionnaire

By Nicole England

Issue 9, Term 2 1994

Included with the previous issue of CONNECTIONS journal was an 'Information Services Questionnaire'. The aim of the questionnaire was to improve the quality and efficiency of our service to users. As such, the responses are currently being tabulated and the result will define any necessary improvem

In this Issue

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

In this issue Pru Mitchell writes about some uses for the online databases SCIS and NEXUS, Jennifer Wraight shares her impressions of the recent ASLA conference in Adelaide and Learning for the Future, the new standards document for school libraries is reviewed. By the time you receive this, the

SCIS and NEXUS Online

By Pru Mitchell

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

am in an introductory session on online services, and an ideal first pair of online subscriptions for a school library. SETTING UP The hardware required for both services is the same: a computer, a modem and a phone line (preferably a direct line). Questions about setting up your particular hard

Product Changes for 1993

By Lance Deveson

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

In the Winter edition of CONNECTIONS, I indicated Curriculum Corporations intention to drop some Card and ASCISRECON products in 1994. Again I will state that in 1994 the following CARD products WILL NOT be available to order from Curriculum Corporation: Victorian Card Catalogue Options: Simp

3rd Edition of the SCIS Subject Headings List

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND HEADINGS As part of the ongoing process of upgrading the SCIS SUBJECT HEADINGS list, Curriculum Corporation, in co-operation with the publishing company, D.W.Thorpe, are to publish a 3rd edition of the SCIS Subject Headings list. Currently the revision of the List is being

Impressions of the ASLA XIII and the IASL 22nd Conference: Dreams and Dynamics

By Jennifer Wraight

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

of the dilemmas I had was in selecting which 8 of the 60 workshops I would like to attend. After making a decision it was disappointing to find that quite a few workshops were cancelled, or demand exceeded the seating capacity in others. (Maybe some workshops could have been repeated.) At the works

What’s New

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

sourcing the curriculum assumes the need for a relevant, dynamic and responsive resource collection to support the curriculum. This chapter provides quantitative standards for collection size. These standards have increased between 15% and 20'Yo the standards for collection size recommended in both

Subscriptions

By Lance Deveson

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

By now schools should have received the SCIS Subscription renewal for 1994.This was posted to ALL schools on the SCIS database in November. If your school has not received the renewal notice please contact Curriculum Corporation. As I stated in the Spring 1993 edition of CONNECTIONS, subscription

Have you read this?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

a, while Brannon explained how to create a CD-ROM network using Windows for Workgroups. Other features include a problem solving column which answers queries such as whether to use CD-ROM with or without caddies or the meaning of seek time in relation to CD-ROM drive statistics. It also provides up-

Using your barcode reader with Recon

By Nicole England

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

Accession and Location The cursor will be on the accession number field. Press the [END] key. The system will then move on to the next title. Any queries regarding RECON can be directed to either Curriculum Corporation or Femtree Computer Corporation. Curriculum Corporation: (03) 639-0699 or (0

Retirement of Ms Marie McCorkell

By Lance Deveson

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

School users of the ASCIS (now SCIS) service will be saddened to learn of the retirement, due to ill health, of Ms Marie McCorkell as Business Manager at Curriculum Corporation. Marie has been with ASCIS and Curriculum Corporation for a period of almost 10 years and made a valuable contribution t

Information Services Questionnaire

By Nicole England

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

Included with this issue of CONNECTIONS journal is an "Information Services Questionnaire". The aim of the questionnaire is to improve the quality and efficiency of our service to users, and we would appreciate your input. You will find 3 types of questions on the form: Tick the appropriate b

New SCIS Subject Headings

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

Below is a list of subject headings which have been approved for entry into the SCIS database. Please feel free to them add them to yow existing catalogue. *NOTE: CHILD CARE CENTRES and PLAY CENTRES are not new headings but have been significantly altered to accommodate the new heading FAMILY DAY

In this Issue

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 7, Term 3 1993

In this issue, Lance Deveson explains how the new Voyager software (announced in the last issue) will improve the use of the SCIS database and Rosemary Abbott shares her research on methods used for successful selection of a library automation system. Connections circulates throughout Australia,

Voyager: Curriculum Corporation’s new software platform for the SCIS Database

By Lance Deveson

Issue 7, Term 3 1993

ce. Voyager is a complete library package having all of the following features: on-line public access catalogue (OPAC), cataloguing, circulation, acquisitions, serial control, authority control, Inter-library loan and Gateway-CD-ROM access.Voyager also has two newer innovations: full text retrieva

Microfiche Problems

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 7, Term 3 1993

created many problems for subscribers to that fiche. DATACOM, Curriculum Corporation's microfiche bureau is constantly trying new ways to improve the quality of the microfiche, but, in June got it wrong. In an effort to improve the readability of the SCIS Order Number on the fiche, DAT A COM reduced

Selections of an Automated System

By Rosemary Abbott

Issue 7, Term 3 1993

communications are widening the range of information accessible to those within schools; this is often best done through a resource centre and will require computers to access such services. Another factor of concern to school librarians is that of shrinking staff. If current levels of service are

Have you Read This?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 7, Term 3 1993

way of future communications, Initial findings from a national survey on K-12 educators' use of telecommunications by Margaret Honey and Andres Henriquez, in Information searcher, vol 5 no 3, p 9-12 gives an overview of uses by teachers and students. ELECTRONIC SCIENCE INDEXES Scientific Americ