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Issue 37 Summary

By Editor

Issue 37, Term 2 2001

Please note this issue of  Connections  is only available in PDF format. Articles in this issue include: Building a knowledge-sharing culture Dr Ross Todd, University of Technology, NSW SCISWeb handy hints CC news Subject and name headings, reference structure and the SCIS author

Welcome to your newsletter ...

By David Francis

Issue 1, Term 1 1992

lcome to Connect. The information technologies field is bristling with a changing array of hardware and software given the multiplicity of products available, it is important to get succinct, accurate and applicable information to our users. We believe that users of established and newly developed C

In This Issue

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 1, Term 1 1992

fective use of SCIS Dial-Up. In future issues we will include letters to the editor and their replies. If you have any issues that you would like to raise please write to the editor.

Get to Know Your Editor

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 1, Term 1 1992

DIANNE LEWIS is the teacher-librarian in charge of the secondary school library of Mount Scopus College in Burwood, Victoria. She is an avid reader and promoter of adolescent fiction and has developed a whole school approach to teaching information skills. She has been interested in the applicati

Dial Up

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 1, Term 1 1992

e the SCIS Order Number, using the ISBN's as the search term (a quick way), sort the books with the ISBN's showing and once onto the system use the CHAIN COMMAND facility on the DOBIS/ LIBIS system to speed your search from one item to the next. The procedure is explained in the Dial-Up manual all s

Setting Up a CD-ROM Service in a School Library

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 1, Term 1 1992

journals, it was felt that this was a good beginning point. Students have found it easy to use with little instruction. The AUSTGUIDE disc also contains Pinpointer, and a variety of ABS statistics. Cost: $220 single disc. AUSTROM This disc provides access to APAIS, as well as a range of spec

Search

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 1, Term 1 1992

nformation Service (SCIS), Curriculum Information Network (CIN), Asian Studies, Environmental Education, Australian Studies, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander resources, and Computer Software Review. The result is sent to the user in a professional print format. The service can be used as a bu

Abbreviated Cataloguing Microfiche

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 1, Term 1 1992

Features Index by title (The first title in each frame is indexed). Each record contains: author, title, publication details, DDC 20 and ADDC 12 Call Numbers, ISBN and SCIS Order Number. January Cumulation only 70 sheets versus almost 200 in the Full Cataloguing Microfiche. HOW DO I USE

Reimagining the library landscape: an approach to school library design

By Anne Whisken

Issue 103, Term 4 2017

aditional functions (Weir 2015, Vaultier 2015, Anderson 2016, Letting in the light 2015, Cuthbertson 2015, Conyer 2015) and we researched the ways retailers were evolving their space and service models and how product was presented to clientele (Whisken 2016). We kept the idea of libraries as lear

A note from the editor

By Nicole Richardson

Issue 103, Term 4 2017

you are truly superstars. When I was at library school, my lecturer Sue Reynolds, with her infectious and always-present passion for librarianship, said, ‘You’ll find that most librarians are willing to help. If you ever have a question, ask a librarian. They’ll do everything they can to find an an

Turning the school library into a thriving community hub

By Anne Devenish

Issue 103, Term 4 2017

Location, location, location! How does this position a school library to engage successfully with the wider community? Perhaps the catchcry should be ‘Ambience, ambience, ambience’. Of course, there is much more to attracting interest and audiences in the event-rich Melbourne scene, but beautiful s

ELR, or the super fund you have when you don’t have a super fund

By Nadia Wheatley

Issue 103, Term 4 2017

p personal attachment to ELR, which is the lending right scheme connected with educational libraries. This is because I was a member and sometime chair of the committee that successfully lobbied the government to introduce the Educational Lending Right scheme in the mid-1990s. Composed of represen

Ten ways to advocate for your role as a teacher librarian

By Jenny Kemp

Issue 103, Term 4 2017

school can contribute to curriculum mapping, connecting the work of individual subjects to facilitate interdisciplinary teaching opportunities. 5. Gain support from leadership You can find a supporter among the school leadership team who understands your vision to improve student outcomes across

SCIS is more

By Ben Chadwick

Issue 103, Term 4 2017

nd very professional customer service staff. Caroline can feel very fortunate. I am especially indebted to our Director, Rachel, who has been the captain sailing us through these seas and giving me enough rope to keep the sails raised (and risk doing what people tend to do when they are given ‘enoug

Celebrating the school library officer

By Madeleine Galbraith

Issue 103, Term 4 2017

as the Australian Children’s Laureate, you might have heard a collective cheer coming from a westerly direction. It arose when he announced that the aim of his tenure was ‘to champion creative opportunities for children, and to highlight the essential role libraries play in nurturing our creative l

The School Magazine

By The School Magazine team

Issue 103, Term 4 2017

high-quality children’s literature and promote reading for pleasure. It does more than instil a love of reading in children. Teachers appreciate the tailor-made texts that can form the basis of language, literacy and literature lessons. In 2016, The School Magazine ’s status as an iconic Australi

The challenge of implementing change

By Angela Platt

Issue 103, Term 4 2017

. I can vividly recall attending a couple of CPD events in my first year in this position in 2013. I remember feeling overwhelmed, and somewhat of a failure, when comparing what I was doing in my library with how much these other librarians were doing. Just to elucidate — my school library was pur

Know your rights and responsibilities: teaching digital citizenship

By Susan Marshall

Issue 103, Term 4 2017

None of us could imagine a world without the internet. It has become an ever-increasing element of our daily life — and it is often the school library staff’s role to support students and classroom staff to maximise the benefits of engaging with the online world for learning, creating, playing and

Website and app reviews

By Nigel Paull

Issue 103, Term 4 2017

tronger voices in children’s media’. The website provides: 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 coa

Making Sense

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 21, Term 2 1997

n chiefly for his research work in English language studies and in the application of linguistics to clinical and educational contexts. He held a Chair at the University of Reading for 10 years and is now Honorary Professor of Linguistics at the University of Wales where he now lives. These days h