2019 is the United Nations International Year of Indigenous Languages. It is therefore timely that SCIS records can now include diacritics, ensuring that resources in indigenous languages such as the Māori language (te reo Māori) and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ languages are recorded accurately in SCIS Data.
Category: SCIS News
Looking back on a SCIStastic year
It’s been another exciting year for SCIS!
Following the launch of SCIS Data in 2017, we have continued our commitment to innovation and system enhancements into 2018. Check out some of our exciting highlights of 2018.
Introducing SCIS Series Authorities
We are pleased to announce that SCIS Authority Files now include access to series authorities. This means that titles within a series can be grouped together consistently, and can encompass a number of potential series title variations. Continue reading Introducing SCIS Series Authorities
Enhance your library collection with digital content
Most subscribers use SCIS Data to download records for books and other physical items that they would like to make available in their library catalogue.
But, with over 100,000 records available for websites, apps, ebooks, audiobooks, and digital videos, it is also the perfect tool to help build your digital collection.
This blog post looks at the benefits of including digital content in your library catalogue, and how SCIS supports this.
Continue reading Enhance your library collection with digital content
Is there life beyond MARC?
SCIS forges into a new frontier
The Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS) is working with several major school library management system vendors in Australia and New Zealand to revolutionise how library catalogue records are distributed to schools.
Personalising the SCIS experience
At SCIS, we have been working closely with library system vendors to improve the SCIS experience. We have made two changes to enable libraries to select the download options that will best suit the library system that they are using.
Professional learning webinars: Term 1, 2018
In 2017, we launched SCIS Data — a modern, intuitive and user-friendly platform that makes resource management in schools even simpler. To help ease your way into the new website, we have recorded a series of instructional videos, available to view on our Vimeo page. You can also visit our comprehensive help centre, packed with help articles based on your FAQs.
We will also be hosting a series of webinars in January and February to help you make the most of SCIS Data. Webinars are open to all school library staff and are a great way to discover how SCIS can support your library’s cataloguing and collection management, with the opportunity to chat with fellow library staff. Sessions are approximately 45–60 minutes, and we are happy to answer questions throughout.
Continue reading Professional learning webinars: Term 1, 2018
The full history of Connections is now online
2017 has been an exciting year for SCIS.
Our new website SCIS Data was launched in August, complete with a fresh rebrand and exciting new features to support school libraries. We also celebrated the 100th issue of our quarterly magazine, Connections, and to commemorate the milestone, announced that we would digitise and make available the full history of Connections.
We are proud to announce that — for the first time in our history — the entire collection is now available to view and download online.
Continue reading The full history of Connections is now online
Highlights of Connections 103
Here are the highlights from Connections issue 103, which is now available online. You can also download a copy of the full-text PDF.
Reimagining the library landscape: an approach to school library design
Carey Baptist Grammar School recently rebuilt their middle and senior library. Anne Whisken outlines their library’s approach to designing learning spaces, ensuring all students’ needs are catered for.
SCIS system launch
The SCIS team is pleased to announce the launch of the new SCIS system, found at www.scisdata.com.
For a quick overview, you can watch our short video.
Key features include:
- richer search capabilities
- new vocabularies to enrich discovery
- online cataloguing requests
- ease of download for print and digital content
- online invoicing and payments.