Professional learning

SCIS provides training on use of SCIS products and services, and is also able to deliver professional learning for schools in the areas of cataloguing, school library management, information literacy, resourcing the curriculum and social media in education.

Victoria, June 2013

Cataloguing update Tuesday 18 June 2013 1.00pm-4.30pm at Gisborne Secondary College, Melton Road, Gisborne, VIC

Term 3, 2013

Making the most of SCIS Thursday 1 August, 2013, 9.30am-1.30pm at New England Girls School, Uralla Road, Armidale, NSW

Cataloguing update Wednesday 07 August 2013, 2.00pm-4.30pm at Education Development Centre, Milner Street, Hindmarsh, SA

Making the most of SCIS Thursday 08 August 2013, 9.00am-12.00pm at Education Development Centre, Milner Street, Hindmarsh, SA

Making the most of SCIS Friday 20 September 2013, 9.00am-12.30pm at Education Services Australia, 440 Collins St, Melbourne, VIC

Term 4, 2013

Making the most of SCIS Monday 07 October 2013, 1.00pm-4.30pm at The Hamilton and Alexandra College, 1 Chaucer Street, Hamilton, VIC

Making the most of SCIS Thursday 17 October 2013, Mercy College, Penn St, South Mackay, 9.30am-1.00pm, Mackay, QLD

Workshop outline

Making the most of SCIS workshops

Workshops are open to all school library staff and provide in-depth understanding of how SCIS cataloguing services can assist to provide a more effective library service to your school community. Participants will enhance their understanding of SCIS as a database of consistent catalogue records for education resources created to agreed national standards. The workshop will address the following outcomes:

Understand the resourcing and educational benefits of a centralised cataloguing service
Create orders for catalogue records in SCISWeb
Set up My Profile preferences for your school
Download resource cover images into your library system
Process Special Order (batch) files for commonly used services
Select and import records for educational websites
Develop SCIS Catalogue search strategies
Recognise SCIS as a resource identification tool
Create, re-format and distribute bibliographies from SCIS Catalogue search results
Check for new SCIS records
Implement Z39.50 order process (Rapid Entry or Z cataloguing)
Order records for resources without ISBNs
Get new resources added to the SCIS database
Link to National Digital Learning Resource Network (NDLRN) learning objects from your catalogue
Enhance resource retrieval by implementing SCIS Authority Files
Ensure consistency through use of SCIS Subject Headings
Learn about the Schools Online Thesaurus (ScOT)

Cataloguing update workshops

This workshop provides an overview of developments in the world of cataloguing and educational metadata. 2013 sees the introduction of a new cataloguing standard known as Resource Description and Access (RDA) to replace AACR2. Participants will learn how SCIS plans to implement RDA, as well as considering cataloguing trends in subject access, e-resource formats and linked data.

Why a new cataloguing standard
The concepts underpinning RDA
Implication for resource discovery in schools
Impacts on Library Management Systems
Key changes in the SCIS standards
Broader education metadata issues

The workshop is designed for all school library staff, whether they are trained as cataloguers or not, and aims to assist library staff understand the catalogue records they receive from SCIS.

Contact scisinfo@esa.edu.au to request a workshop or register interest.

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Design your own SCIS professional workshop

SCIS staff can provide a range of workshops according to the interests and needs of your staff in the areas of cataloguing, Resource Description and Access (RDA), school library management, information literacy, resourcing the curriculum, digital content and social media in education.

For a shorter workshop you may like to consider a selection of relevant topics from the Making the most of SCIS workshop detailed above, or you can view some examples of previous sessions at www.slideshare.net/scis.

Design your own SCIS workshops are negotiated and quoted on an individual basis depending on time, content and travel costs. In this option SCIS invoices the organisation or school coordinating the event for the total cost.

Please contact SCIS to discuss your request and to obtain a quote.
Email: scisinfo@esa.edu.au.

Professional learning calendar

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Registration and cancellation policy

Registration is charged per person and includes materials and light catering.

Submission of the online booking form is considered a firm registration unless a note is made on the form that school approval is required. Schools will be invoiced prior to the professional learning event. Please indicate on the form if you require a personal rather than school invoice.

Registrations cancelled less than 2 weeks before the workshop date, and all non-attendees, will be invoiced at the full cost. A substitute person is always welcome to attend.