SCIS Asks consultation 2013

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Introduction, agenda and SCIS update report for annual SCIS consultation workshop held on Thursday 14 November 2013. The consultation engages SCIS and its partners in discussion about future priorities in support of school libraries.

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SCIS Consultation 2013

14 November 2013

9.40am The school perspective: Di Ruffles

10.00am SCIS update

10.30am Key issue: Identity and integration: Nick Lothian

11.00 am Morning tea break

11.30 am Future of the catalogue: Philip Hider & Alan Manifold

12.15pm Discussion

12.45 pm Lunch

1.30pm The future of vocabularies: Ben Chadwick

2.10pm Project reports: resourcing the curriculumColleen Foley & David Feighan

3.30 pm Close

Agenda

• Addressing user pain points

• Looking ahead

• Coming up with a vision

• Future proofing

Consultation goals

Education Services Australia

Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership

Australian Curriculum Assessment, and Reporting Authority

Education Services Australia

AITSLACARA

ESA

SCIS Update 2013

14 November 2013

Pru Mitchell, SCIS Manager

SCIS team

Management

Pru Mitchell Rachel Elliott

Cataloguing

Soula Kipos, Team Leader

Ben Chadwick, Systems

Mavis Heffernan & Julie Styles, Cataloguers

Professional support & Communications

Michael Jongen

Meelee Soorkia

Project support

Natasha Campbell

Customer Service

Louise Ellis

Laura Armstrong

SCIS cataloguing team

SCIS distributed cataloguing model as at 4 Nov 2013

• Voyager system upgrade Dec 2012• RDA

– SCIS Standards new edition– RDA cataloguer training– Stage 1 implementation 1 July 2013

• E-book routines• Educational Lending Right project• Professional learning & engagement

Achievements 2013

Cataloguing trends

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 (Jan-13 Nov)

38,000

40,000

42,000

44,000

46,000

48,000

50,000

52,000

Total resources catalogued 2008-2013

1,630,000 catalogue records 530,000 authority records 326,109 records with ScOT terms

12,708 records for e-books 10,000 records for educational websites

134 records for appsbook cover images

SCIS database

1 Nov 2013 statistics

Catalogued by format 2012-13

Format of resources catalogued by SCIS 2012-13

• 10,500 subscribers – 15% international

• 8 million+ catalogue records downloaded p.a.

• Z39.50 users growing steadily

• customer service: phone, email, web form

SCIS users

School library catalogues provide access to learning resources for the school

community

• beyond Z39.50: MARCXML, REST interface• improve cover image retrieval• reduce duplication between SCIS and ScOT• bring back the visual thesaurus• authority files as standard• bulk download service for updating catalogues• publish popular purchase lists, top downloads• keep the GMD!

Systems feedback