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
Students’ brilliant ideas: how the Nagle College Library website started
Ernesto Gutierrez Jr, College Library Coordinator at Nagle College in NSW, recently worked with his students to develop a library website. Its content is created for and by the students, and ranges from well-considered reviews to student-produced videos. Ernesto shares how the website came to fruition.
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SCIS Data case study: Caroline Roche, Eltham College, UK
‘Yesterday, a student asked for a book on Emmanuel Macron. It will be delivered today, and I will be able to catalogue it within five minutes because SCIS is quick. I’ll have it in her hands this afternoon.’
School: Eltham College Type: Independent school for boys (aged 7–18) and girls (aged 16–18) Enrolment: 850 Cataloguing subscription: SCIS Data + Authority Files Library management system: Accessit Size of collection: 11,780 in junior library; 22,665 in senior library
Eltham College, a high-performing independent school in South East London, focuses on the core business of school libraries: providing access. Librarian Caroline Roche works in the senior school library, supported by a library assistant and a school community enthusiastic about the library’s role. Spread over three floors, Eltham College’s senior library provides space for students to study, read and gather during break times. In a library that prides itself on immediate access, SCIS Data contributes to their fast-turnaround workflow.
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Taking reading for pleasure beyond the library
In this blog, Lucy Chambers shares with us some of the successful reading promotions that she has held in her schools. Lucy presented them as part of her workshop on school librarians sharing good practice, held at the CILIP School Libraries Group Conference in April.
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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.
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The ‘teacher’ in ‘teacher librarian’
Teacher librarian Tania Sheko highlights the teaching aspect of teacher librarianship, and how she facilitates learning in her school.
Let’s not think of libraries as gifts, but as wise investments
Fleur Morrison writes about the importance of libraries, whether in our cities or schools, for the future of our communities.
There are plenty of things that young people feel aggrieved about being saddled with. Climate change and a long-running war in the Middle East are two that leap immediately to mind.
But there are other things handed down by previous generations that seem to suggest extraordinary generosity and vision. One is libraries.
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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.
In conversation with ASLA’s Teacher Librarian of the Year
For Library Lovers’ Day, we celebrate the work of Jane Viner, who was awarded Teacher Librarian of the Year in 2017. SCIS recently spoke to Jane about what makes her library unique and what she finds most rewarding about her role and working in school libraries.
‘I loved this book, Mrs Viner. Now I know why I like reading. Are there any more like it?’
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