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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

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

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

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

Diversity audits and catalogue records

By Renate Beilharz

Issue 128, Term 1 2024

ons represent a wide range of perspectives and voices. However, traditional school library catalogue data, like SchoolsCatalogue Information Service (SCIS), are not often used in these audits. While these catalogues have some limitations, they can still be valuable for initial collection assessments

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

SCIS is more

By Anthony Shaw

Issue 126, Term 3 2023

Welcome to Term 3, 2023 issue of Connections. For the SCIS team, Term 2, 2023 was a great chance to learn from our subscriber base. In-person workshops, library association conferences, and the 2023 Customer Survey have collectively provided us with helpful feedback that will inform future develo

Videorecordings and SCIS

By Anne Dowling

Issue 29, Term 2 1999

SCIS records for videorecordings follow the rules for cataloguing set out in the Anglo-American cataloguing rules (1988 revision) (AACR). The AACR lists the different locations from which the title of a videorecording can be taken and ranks the locations in order of preference. The order is: th

SCIS is more

By Caroline Hartley

Issue 118, TERM 3 2021

arily talented and passionate school library community that we are honoured to work alongside. ASLA Australian Teacher Librarian of the Year 2021 SCIS is very pleased to join the Australian School Library Association in supporting the ASLA Australian Teacher Librarian of the Year 2021 award. N

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