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SCIS Update

By Lance Deveson

Issue 10, Term 3 1994

PAC. This is the module that will be first offered to schools and the Voyager module that has been customised most to meet Curriculum Corporation's requirements. This module will not only give schools better searching options than the current system but also allow schools to order products, ie. card

Have You Read This?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 10, Term 3 1994

The active media center by Fred D'lgnazio in The Computing Teacher, March 1994, p. 37-40, wrote about multi-media in schools, focussing on the role of the school library. "School libraries and media centers are changing from warehouses to launch pads. And the count down has already started." (

Issue 9 Summary

By Editor

Issue 9, Term 2 1994

Please note this issue of Connections is only available in PDF format. Articles in this issue include: In this issue Dianne Lewis Facing the 21 st Century: The First International Conference of Jewish Pedagogic Centers Dianne Lewis Access to Internet Dianne Lewis News from the I

In this Issue

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 9, Term 2 1994

I must apologise for the late arrival of this issue of Connections. The delay was largely due to the fact that I spent the first three weeks of February at a conference in Jerusalem. My report is in this issue, and although it departs from the usual technological slant of this newsletter, I hope th

Facing the 21st Century: The First International Conference of Jewish Pedagogic Centers

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 9, Term 2 1994

uld use templates, prepared by the graphic artists, to create decorations and games to use in their own schools. This area had large work-tables and equipment such as photocopier, light box and laminating machine as well as materials necessary to make the items. The pedagogic centre in Katzrin,

Access to Internet

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 9, Term 2 1994

94, p 4). He notes the importance for school librarians, in particular, of developing an awareness of the value of the data on these networks and of equality of access. Is anyone out there interested in lobbying for access for schools?

News from the Information Program

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 9, Term 2 1994

notified of the data structure to enable them to import the data into their particular system. This product has been developed in response to many requests from schools to have all the SCIS subject headings available online rather than having to manually enter the headings and the cross references.

What’s New

By Catherine Ryan

Issue 9, Term 2 1994

NETWORKING AND LIBRARIES Goodacre, Christine (ed) Networking and Libraries in Australia , Port Melb: Thorpe, 1993 Anyone who is currently working with technology in libraries will have some need to know about networking. Christine Goodacre's new book Networking and Libraries in Australia is

Have You Read This?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 9, Term 2 1994

rana , February 1994 , p 28-36 has a useful rundown of useful periodicals. Incite 4 March 1994, p 25 carried a very positive review of the Macquarie dictionary on CD-ROM . The same issue also carried an interesting article by Hanns Possin describing the change in collection policy at the N

Apology

By Lance Deveson

Issue 9, Term 2 1994

enior Information Officer, I took the decision not to allow the microfiche to be copied until the data was clean. This procedure has taken time and required the cooperation of both Ferntree Computer Corporation and Data Com , our service bureaus, who also had to program the work. I am sure that even

Information Services Questionnaire

By Nicole England

Issue 9, Term 2 1994

Included with the previous issue of CONNECTIONS journal was an 'Information Services Questionnaire'. The aim of the questionnaire was to improve the quality and efficiency of our service to users. As such, the responses are currently being tabulated and the result will define any necessary improvem

Issue 8 Summary

By Editor

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

read this? Using your barcode reader with Recon Nicole England, SCIS Retirement of Ms Marie McCorkell Lance Deveson Information Services Questionnaire Nicole England, SCIS

In this Issue

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

In this issue Pru Mitchell writes about some uses for the online databases SCIS and NEXUS, Jennifer Wraight shares her impressions of the recent ASLA conference in Adelaide and Learning for the Future, the new standards document for school libraries is reviewed. By the time you receive this, the

SCIS and NEXUS Online

By Pru Mitchell

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

am in an introductory session on online services, and an ideal first pair of online subscriptions for a school library. SETTING UP The hardware required for both services is the same: a computer, a modem and a phone line (preferably a direct line). Questions about setting up your particular hard

Product Changes for 1993

By Lance Deveson

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

In the Winter edition of CONNECTIONS, I indicated Curriculum Corporations intention to drop some Card and ASCISRECON products in 1994. Again I will state that in 1994 the following CARD products WILL NOT be available to order from Curriculum Corporation: Victorian Card Catalogue Options: Simp

3rd Edition of the SCIS Subject Headings List

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

INCLUDING NEW ZEALAND HEADINGS As part of the ongoing process of upgrading the SCIS SUBJECT HEADINGS list, Curriculum Corporation, in co-operation with the publishing company, D.W.Thorpe, are to publish a 3rd edition of the SCIS Subject Headings list. Currently the revision of the List is being

Impressions of the ASLA XIII and the IASL 22nd Conference: Dreams and Dynamics

By Jennifer Wraight

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

of the dilemmas I had was in selecting which 8 of the 60 workshops I would like to attend. After making a decision it was disappointing to find that quite a few workshops were cancelled, or demand exceeded the seating capacity in others. (Maybe some workshops could have been repeated.) At the works

What’s New

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

sourcing the curriculum assumes the need for a relevant, dynamic and responsive resource collection to support the curriculum. This chapter provides quantitative standards for collection size. These standards have increased between 15% and 20'Yo the standards for collection size recommended in both

Subscriptions

By Lance Deveson

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

By now schools should have received the SCIS Subscription renewal for 1994.This was posted to ALL schools on the SCIS database in November. If your school has not received the renewal notice please contact Curriculum Corporation. As I stated in the Spring 1993 edition of CONNECTIONS, subscription

Have you read this?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 8, Term 4 1993

a, while Brannon explained how to create a CD-ROM network using Windows for Workgroups. Other features include a problem solving column which answers queries such as whether to use CD-ROM with or without caddies or the meaning of seek time in relation to CD-ROM drive statistics. It also provides up-