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School library spotlight: Toowoomba State High School

By Lorraine Petersen

Issue 113, Term 2 2020

s. Our school’s main library area is maintained by a couple of teacher aides who spend their non-class time seeing to the acquisition, circulation, cataloguing, and shelving of our school’s 13,000 fiction and non-fiction library books, and the circulation of hire laptops. There are six learning ar

Library catalogues and the World Wide Web: it takes two to tango

By Nicole Richardson

Issue 101, Term 2 2017

, Information and critical literacy on the web, Connections , 96, 1–3 Petrucciani A 2015, Quality of library catalogs and value of good catalogs, Cataloguing and Classification Quarterly , 53(3–4), 303–11 Pecoski J, Spiteri LF & Tarulli L 2014, OPACS, users, and readers’ advisory: exploring th

Online Encyclopaedias

By Nigel Paull

Issue 30, Term 3 1999

ith adding other websites, there are implications for SCIS, school libraries and library automation system vendors. SCIS is already planning to trial cataloguing Internet sites. Schools who are interested in using online encyclopaedias should avail themselves of the free trials being offered by pu

SCISWeb is a Winner

By Fay Gardiner

Issue 27, Term 4 1998

In October last year, the word filtered through that our SCIS cataloguing records would be available via the Internet in 1998, with a flat annual fee and unlimited access to download records. Setting up a library in a new school, as I am, on a shoestring budget, as most of us are, every dollar coun

CC News

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 27, Term 4 1998

If this is not successful then it is recommended that a title or author search is carried out of the resource is not found. Please contact your state cataloguing agency to arrange for the items to be catalogued.

Servicing at a Distance

By Heather Kelsall

Issue 22, Term 3 1997

nd Department of Education covers costs of one mail-out and return per week to each child. There are the usual administrative tasks to handle next: cataloguing and processing new resources, database entry, and managing the overdues list, interspersed with teacher requests as resources are selected

News from Curriculum Corporation

By Lance Deveson

Issue 13, Term 2 1995

CIS Client Service Officers Online Support: ask for SCIS Client Service Officers SCIS on Disc CD-ROM: ask for SCIS Catalogue Coordinator Cataloguing Enquires: ask for SCIS Catalogue Coordinator Policy Issues: ask for Assistant Manager: Information Program. It will assist Inform

The “Blue” (Subject Authority) Microfiche

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 5, Term 1 1993

delines) on, if, how and when to create other headings. The subject authority Microfiche provided a list of those headings which have been created by cataloguing agencies based upon these scope notes. For example: A search for the terms "Anorexia" or "Anorexia Nervosa" in the ASCIS Subject Heading

Search

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 1, Term 1 1992

of publication, publisher and ISBN. The information requested by a Search user can include items from the Curriculum Corporation databases: Schools Cataloguing Information Service (SCIS), Curriculum Information Network (CIN), Asian Studies, Environmental Education, Australian Studies, Aboriginal a

News from Curriculum Corporation

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 21, Term 2 1997

f DDC21 by the SCIS agencies is moving into the final stages. In the last issue (Connections Issue No. 20, 1997) it was stated that we hoped to begin cataloguing new records with DDC21 numbers in early May. We have had to revise our timeline and at this stage we are aiming to begin applying D0C21 nu

SCIS as a resource selection aid

By Nicole Richardson

Issue 104, Term 1 2018

ation such as a resource summary, author notes, other editions and similar titles to assist with your selection. Where does SCIS find resources for cataloguing? SCIS cataloguers add approximately 4,500 catalogue records to the database each month. The resources come from a range of sources, incl

Preserving the past: becoming the archivist in the school library

By Naomi Heyman, Nigel Paull

Issue 107, Term 4 2018

subjects that overlap with it. These core subjects might include the topics of collection development and weeding; resource selection and management; cataloguing; conservation of resources; staff management; working with all school community members, including volunteers; awareness of ethical and pr

Website and app reviews

By Nigel Paull

Issue 107, Term 4 2018

, have gained popularity in recent times. Teacher librarians could use the ideas presented by this organisation to explore the concept with a view to cataloguing members of their school community and local area. SCIS no. 1886905 2019 – International Year of Indigenous Languages https://en.iyi

SCIS is more

By Caroline Hartley

Issue 114, Term 3 2020

ibrary and Information Week 2020 we embraced ALIA’s National Simultaneous Storytime as did many libraries across Australia and Zealand. Our wonderful Cataloguing team leader Renate Beilharz read the hilarious Whitney and Britney Chicken Divas (written and illustrated by Lucinda Gifford). Renate was

SCIS is more

By Anthony Shaw

Issue 124, Term 1 2023

ing with all the wonderful school staff who use our services both nationally and internationally over the next year and can’t wait to dive in and get cataloguing for you!

SCIS is more

By Anthony Shaw

Issue 126, Term 3 2023

rity Files to their library management systems automatically . Our thanks to these vendors for implementing this new SCIS functionality, streamlining cataloguing processes for Authority Files for our mutual customers. If you use one of these library management systems, you can set up automatic imp

School library spotlight: Melbourne High School

By Pam Saunders

Issue 99, Term 4 2016

s. Our charging station for tablets and phones is also popular. What is your favourite thing about SCIS? We have almost completely outsourced our cataloguing to SCIS as they do a wonderful job, at a high standard. We rely on them being up to date with cataloguing changes and keeping us informed.

Metadata (part 2): Controlled Vocabulary and Metadata

By Cherryl Schauder, Keith Grove

Issue 30, Term 3 1999

ce literature about whether controlled vocabulary or natural language systems give the best retrieval performance. The intellectual effort of subject cataloguing with controlled vocabularies is a t ime consuming and therefore expensive process. The maintenance of the vocabulary itself is labour inte

School library spotlight: St Joseph’s College, Geelong

By Joy Whiteside

Issue 114, Term 3 2020

ul, whether that is reading quietly, studying, or playing a game such as chess. What is your favourite thing about SCIS? SCIS is essential to our cataloguing of resources. Highlights for us include: Ease of use — so simple and quick to add new records to our library catalogue. Efficiency —

School Library Spotlight: Forest Hill College

By Helen Farch

Issue 117, Term 2 2021

ch day. Our job entails everything to do with running a school library: day-to-day circulation activities, collection development and acquisitions, cataloguing, promotion of library services, budgeting, making displays, and strategic planning for the future of the library. We also help with studen