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SCIS is more
By Caroline Hartley
Issue 116, Term 1 2021
new school year, and we look forward to engaging with you at upcoming events, via our social media channels and term newsletters, and through our new SCIS Data user surveys. Our strategic priorities for 2021 include ensuring that we provide a consistent and reliable service to our users, maintain
SCIS is more
By Caroline Hartley
Issue 117, Term 2 2021
Welcome to the Term 2, 2021 issue of Connections. Thank you to everyone who responded to our SCIS User Survey. We appreciate you taking the time to share your ideas on a range of topics that can help us provide better service to the school library community. When reviewing the most searched for
SCIS is more
By Anthony Shaw
Issue 125, Term 2 2023
edition of Connections. It’s hard to believe that Term 1 is already behind us, I guess time flies when we’re having fun. At the start of Term 1, SCIS welcomed our new SCIS Program Director, Product, Data and Insights in the Digital Services, Colin McNeil. Colin has a background in health te
SCIS is more
By Anthony Shaw
Issue 124, Term 1 2023
Welcome to the Term 1, 2023 issue of Connections . SCIS is back on the road in 2023, having restarted running our popular in-person workshops late last year. In November 2022, we undertook our first interstate trip since the pandemic began, running two wonderful workshops in Perth. It was a grea
SCIS is more
By Ben Chadwick
Issue 120, Term 1 2022
This issue celebrates thirty years of Connections magazine. Can you believe it? Thirty years ago SCIS decided it needed a way to keep readers abreast of changing school library technologies and informed about developments in SCIS’s products and services. The first issue dealt with dial-up, CD-R
SCIS is more
By Caroline Hartley
Issue 115, Term 4 2020
Our publisher partners and their important role in supporting learning The SCIS school library community includes over 9000 schools across Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom who are using the SCIS database of approximately 1.6 million catalogue records and viewing approximately 4500 re
The relationship between SCIS Subject Headings and ScOT
By Les Kneebone
Issue 95, Term 4 2015
SCIS cataloguers use a combination of SCIS Subject Headings (SCISSHL)(1) and Schools Online Thesaurus (ScOT)(2) when adding resources to the SCIS database. ScOT is a relatively later addition to the SCIS arsenal of cataloguing tools, introduced and explained in Connections Issue 60(3). This art
SCIS is more
By Anthony Shaw
Issue 127, Term 4 2023
will be playing within a blink of the eye. As they say, ‘time flies when you’re having fun’. First up, I’d like to acknowledge Mavis Heffernan, who SCIS farewelled recently after nearly 50 years in the workforce, making her our longest-serving team member. She spent most of her working life focuse
Subject headings update
By Les Kneebone
Issue 92, Term 1 2015
Where to find summary lists of subject heading revisions A summary list of new and revised subject headings is available from the SCIS website . Readers should note that we will not list detailed changes in Connections as was done previously. Consult the SCIS website for recent changes and an ar
A note from the editor
By Nicole Richardson
Issue 103, Term 4 2017
Welcome to Connections 103! There have been lots of exciting changes at SCIS recently: after several standards changes to help make your life easier, we have just launched our new, modern, innovative and user-friendly platform, SCIS Data. And as part of our promise to bring you a more beautiful
New and revised subject headings
By Soula Kipos
Issue 90, Term 3 2014
This is a summary of new and revised SCIS subject headings implemented in June 2014. In this list the headings are marked with: * Existing allowed headings which have been updated with changes to references or notes A Headings which were previously USE references but are now headings in their ow
School library spotlight: Strathtulloh Primary School
By Krista Thomas
Issue 129, Term 2 2024
I’m well supported, but funding is still an issue because the money’s got to go all around the school and support everybody. Recently, you won our SCIS monthly book giveaway, which was for a box of CSIRO Publishing resources. Can you tell us a bit about how your library resources and supports STE
School library spotlight special: Supporting the Cambodian Children’s Fund
By Article by the Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 131, Term 4, 2024
research materials, and has a central role in fostering academic curiosity, as well as the critical thinking necessary for leadership. In mid-2023, SCIS was approached by a partner library management system (LMS) vendor, Softlink, offering an opportunity to support the Neeson Cripps Academy with c
Scan’s journey comes to an end after four decades
By Article by the Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 131, Term 4, 2024
library staff at the centre of digital literacy and ethical information practices within the school environment. (Exactly where they should be!) At SCIS, we reflect on the closure of Scan as the end of an era of thought leadership that emanated first and foremost from library services. Scan’s arc
Respect first: Understanding SCIS Subject Headings for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)
Issue 127, Term 4 2023
The significance of using respectful language in cataloguing cannot be overstated. The SCIS (Schools Catalogue Information Service) Subject Headings List (SCISSHL) plays a crucial role in shaping the language used to describe catalogue records’ content. Given that educators and students access thes
Cataloguing standards: what you see is what you get
By Natasha Campbell
Issue 111, Term 4 2019
It’s rare to have a day when we don’t receive a small parcel or large box of books delivered to one of the six Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS) cataloguing depots. SCIS cataloguers add approximately 4,500 catalogue records to the database each month, keeping it relevant and current. Th
Consistency matters
By Mavis Heffernan
Issue 108, Term 1 2019
NOTE: D ue to some changes in SCIS standards, this article was updated from its original text on September 29th, 2021. The SCIS database is well known for its high-quality catalogue records. We sometimes receive queries from SCIS subscribers about inconsistencies in our records. However, t
Demystifying barcodes
By Julie Styles
Issue 96, Term 1 2016
we understand that it can sometimes be difficult to match the exact resource you have in your hand to one of the 1.4 million records available in the SCIS catalogue. This article will look at the identifying numbers many resources are assigned, what they mean, and how each number can be located in S
Let’s talk seriously about series
By Julie Styles
Issue 100, Term 1 2017
Feedback received through SCIS workshops and surveys indicates that inconsistencies in series statements are an issue for many of our customers. It is also an issue for cataloguers, who love consistency. This article explores some of the challenges of cataloguing items within a series. Stand-alon
SCIS is more
By Dr Ben Chadwick
Issue 92, Term 1 2015
At SCIS we're often talking about the time-saving benefits of being a subscriber. For example, a typical school of between 200 and 400 students downloads 950 records per year. If we were generous and said each record took only twenty minutes to catalogue from scratch, this school would require over