Monthly Archive for May, 2010

Access All Areas; Library and Information Week 24 – 30 May 2010

This is the week to shamelessly promote yourselves!  With Julia Gillard’s Australian School Library and Teacher Librarian Inquiry currently taking place, Library and Information Week provides an excellent opportunity for school libraries to keep their community aware of the hugely important role played by the library in supporting school staff and the curriculum; and in [...]

Hot off the press -Connections 73 is now online!

And as usual, we’ve scrounged around to source  the most interesting articles, by authors both from within Australia and internationally. Is technology producing a decline in critical thinking and analysis? a research report by Patricia M. Greenfield examines how technology has changed familiar patterns of learning, while Things that keep us up at night, by [...]

Now you can use SCIS cover images on your blog!

We’re pleased to announce that ESA and Thorpe-Bowker have recently upgraded their licence to extend the use by SCISWeb subscribers of the bookcover images provided with SCIS records. Schools may now use the book cover images not only within their library catalogues, but also on the school website, including in blogs, wikis, online newsletters and [...]