There have been some exciting changes happening at SCIS. Ben Chadwick, Manager of SCIS presented the webinar and showed off some of the new features with an orientation around the site and included some practical and in-depth examples for SCIS users to try.

1. SCIS UPDATE
PRESENTED BY:
BEN CHADWICK
SCIS MANAGER
Australian School Library
Association Inc.

2. Housekeeping
Australian School Library Association Inc.
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Housekeeping:
ASLA PL Team members facilitating for this webinar
 Participation options
 Attendee control
panel
 Question facility
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3. SCIS:
What’s New?
September 2017

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SCIS: What’s New?
• Background
• What about the old website?
• What’s new?
• Tour
 Download records
 Discover resources
 Manage your account

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The library world is changing,
with new practices, formats
and standards, including the
social web, linked data, and
FRBR. SCIS will be well
positioned to pioneer into
these frontiers.
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scisdata.com
User
needs
SCIS
values
A
changing
world

6. • Centralise school resource management
• Harness the library as a centre for whole-
of-curriculum learning
• Foster reading for learning, literacy and
pleasure
• Integrate digital resources with a varied
physical collection
• Save time by minimising the need to
create resource metadata
• Experience rich discovery through
specialist data for teachers and learners
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7. What about the old website?
• Up until mid-2018
• Z39.50
• Standards
• Browse Subject Headings
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11. SCIS Training
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12. © Schools Catalogue Information Service
ABN 18 007 342 421
SCIS is a business division of Education Services
L5 440 Collins Street Melbourne Victoria 3000
PO Box 177 Carlton South Victoria 3053
Website: www.scisdata.com
Email: help@scisdata.com
Tel: +61 3 9207 9600

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