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Issue 71 Summary
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Issue 71, Term 4 2009
Please note this issue of Connections is only available in PDF format. Articles in this issue include: Twitter for libraries (and librarians) Sarah Milstein, Author Do you want kids to be safe online? Loosen those filters! Mary Ann Bekll, Sam Houston State University Rearrange the fu
Issue 70 Summary
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Issue 70, Term 3 2009
Please note this issue of Connections is only available in PDF format. Articles in this issue include: Four functions in one label: RFID system top of its class Fran Walsh, Geelong Grammar Library trainees are a great asset Sharyn Anderson, Brauer College Learning and Teaching Resource
Issue 69 Summary
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Issue 69, Term 2 2009
Please note this issue of Connections is only available in PDF format. Articles in this issue include: Widgets and widgetry for librarians: copy, paste and relax Aaron Schmidt, via MultiMedia and Internet @ Schools . Softly, softly: the library’s role in staff professional development
Issue 68 Summary
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Issue 68, Term 1 2009
Please note this issue of Connections is only available in PDF format. Articles in this issue include: Learning NOT to answer their questions Stephen Abram, SirsiDynix Games in the library Susan O'Grady, Christ the King School, NSW From illuminated manuscript to iPod – copyright solu
Issue 67 Summary
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Issue 67, Term 4 2008
Please note this issue of Connections is only available in PDF format. Articles in this issue include: Using graphic organisers to teach information literacy Margaret Strickland, Endeavour College, SA An impossible passion: Young people, contemporary popular culture and reading Karen
Issue 66 Summary
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Issue 66, Term 3 2008
Please note this issue of Connections is only available in PDF format. Articles in the issue include: A librarian’s worst nightmare Jacob Leibenluft, via Slate Teens and social networking in libraries Via YALSA Customising Web searching for students Scott Moller, Cannon Hill A
Issue 65 Summary
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Issue 65, Term 2 2008
Please note this issue of Connections is only available in PDF format. Articles in the issue include: Turn a threat into an opportunity via Teacher Librarian Information skills, technology and innovation Abstracts from Curriculum Leadership Journal Tapping the potential of stud
Issue 64 Summary
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Issue 64, Term 1 2008
Please note this issue of Connections is only available in PDF format. Articles in this issue include: The 2006 copyright amendments – all under control? Ian McDonald, Australian Copyright Council Reviving my inner librarian Helen Dacy, St Joseph
Issue 63 Summary
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Issue 63, Term 4 2007
Please note this issue of Connections is only available in PDF format. Articles in this issue include: Need support and advice? Network! Pamela Rushby, Author Teacher librarian exchange to Canada 2006 Christa Mood, Narooma High School ABS brings data to life in the classroom
Issue 62 Summary
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Issue 62, Term 3 2007
Please note this issue of Connections is only available in PDF format. Articles in this issue include: Graphic attraction – graphic novels in libraries Allison Lee, Emanuel School, NSW Exchange – to give and receive reciprocally Karen Lindsay, Ecole Reynolds Secondary School, Canada
Issue 61 Summary
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Issue 61, Term 2 2007
Please note this issue of Connections is only available in PDF format. Articles in this issue include: Competing in a Google world Catherine Leonard, Softlink NZ Creating a literate school community Marj Kirkland, Aquinas College, QLD SCIS news APEC – Strengthening our Communit
Issue 60 Summary
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Issue 60, Term 1 2007
Please note this issue of Connections is only available in PDF format. Articles in this issue include: Crime or confusion – why do students plagiarise? Di Wilson, Presbyterian Ladies College, VIC Inside a dog Mike Shuttleworth, State Library of Victoria 21st century students – a da
Issue 59 Summary
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Issue 59, Term 4 2006
Please note this issue of Connections is only available in PDF format. Articles in this issue include: Wikis and blogs in the classroom Joyce Kasman Valenza, Springfield Township High School, USA Generating change through professional development Dr Linda Selby and Elizabeth Probert, Au
It’s time: let’s improve schools' perceptions of teacher librarians
By Bev Novak
Issue 99, Term 4 2016
bring about change, we need to objectively assess what it is we are doing: look at it from all sides and angles, and forge a new path. We need to brainstorm different ways to approach our issues of concern. By looking at some of the statements mentioned by Dring and Oddone in their articles, the f
Stopping the slide: improving reading rates in the middle school
By Narelle Keen
Issue 99, Term 4 2016
determine the success of the project. Not only do we hope to see an increase in our borrowing statistics at the end of the year, we also hope to maintain this increase as the student cohort progresses through the college. Other success criteria are more nebulous and difficult to measure, but inc
School libraries supporting literacy
By Stephanie Ellis
Issue 99, Term 4 2016
sources is not enough; that building must be adequately staffed by librarians who can implement effective school library programs. These programs may aim to increase student knowledge of and skills in information and digital literacies, though it is important to remember that reading literacy underp
School library spotlight: Melbourne High School
By Pam Saunders
Issue 99, Term 4 2016
hat is happening within school libraries in Australia and New Zealand. Do you have any questions you’d like us to include in this section? Please email [email protected] What is your job title, and what does your role entail? My name is Pam Saunders, and I am Head of Library at Melbour
An inquiry-based approach to exploring Australian history
By Deborah Abela
Issue 99, Term 4 2016
My father was born in a cave in Malta in 1942. Lying between the battlefields of Europe and North Africa, Malta was highly prized by Hitler and remained under siege for three years, making it one of the most heavily bombed places of World War II. After the war Malta was in ruins, and like many o
The lowdown on authorities and authority files
By Doreen Sullivan
Issue 99, Term 4 2016
hich is ‘Battles’. This also works for names. The author J.K. Rowling, famous for her Harry Potter series, also writes crime novels as Robert Galbraith. The entries for both names show the link between the two. Provides additional information via scope notes Scope notes assist users and catal
SCIS is more
By Dr Ben Chadwick
Issue 99, Term 4 2016
me change for our New Zealand subscribers, with all invoices payable in New Zealand dollars into a New Zealand bank account. Please check the bank details on your invoice and email [email protected] should you have any queries. SCISWeb Licence Every SCIS subscriber agreed to the SCISWeb Licence