On 18 November 2010, on advice from the Queensland Department of Education and Training’s Library Services, SCIS sent out an email to Queensland schools to inform them that the Department will be discontinuing in-house SCIS cataloguing services as of 10 December 2010. The in-house cataloguing service has for many years catalogued resources sent in by Queensland schools, as well as providing support and training in use of SCIS.
Access to SCIS for QLD government schools
The Department will continue to provide ongoing support for Education Queensland schools to access SCISWeb and retrieve catalogue records via a bulk service subscription to SCIS for all Queensland government schools.
Cataloguing of Queensland school resources
Education Services Australia will continue to provide cataloguing services. We are currently investigating options for schools who wish to send resources to be catalogued and to ensure Queensland resources continue to be added to the SCIS database in a timely manner. As soon as we have more information we will advise schools.
Questions
If you have further questions about SCIS cataloguing services, please email the SCIS cataloguers at catinfo@esa.edu.au, or call 1800 337 405.
For any SCIS login problems or general SCIS enquiries, please email scisinfo@esa.edu.au, or call 1800 337 405.
Farewell and thanks to the QLD SCIS cataloguing agency
We would like to acknowledge the outstanding service that the Queensland Department’s Library Services have provided to SCIS and Queensland schools over many years. According to statistics available since 1996 a total of 25,550 learning resources have been catalogued by the QLD agency, an average of 1,825 records per year.
Particular thanks to the most recent team members Mary Gough, Frances Todd and Debbie Trollip and to all those over the years who have been involved in this team including Mary Lincoln, Edwina Dunn, Sam Andreata, Lisa Dorney, Jan Johnson, Peggy Hebblethwaite and June Richardson.
Feel free to record your experiences of the team and its service in the comments area or send us an email.
An update on this was sent to Queensland schools on 2 December 2010
Dear library staff,
This is an update to my recent email about the Queensland Department of Education and Training’s discontinuation of its in-house SCIS cataloguing agency.
We are pleased to advise that Mary Gough will be working for Education Services Australia as an independent cataloguing contractor from 1 January 2011. From this date you are welcome to contact Mary directly to arrange to send your resources in for cataloguing onto the SCIS database. Library Services in Coorparoo will continue to be the collection point for resources; however from 1 January 2011 schools will be responsible for delivery costs both ways.
Mary can be contacted by email: mary.gough@esa.edu.au
The Queensland Department continues to provide ongoing support for Education Queensland schools via its SCISWeb bulk service subscription. Education Services Australia is grateful for Library Services’ cooperation in continuing to be the collection point for resources sent in by schools.
Regards, Leonie Bourke
Manager, SCIS | Publications and Library Services Education Services Australia