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.TRANSCRIPT
SCIS Consultation 2013
14 November 2013
Welcome
Victoria Johnson
General Manager
Spiral, Rena Voronoff, 2007Photo by Michael Jongen CC-by
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
Wireless
TwitterToday’s hashtag #scisasks To mention SCIS @schoolscatinfo
Blog comments: scis.edublogs.org/tag/scis-asks
Facebook: facebook.com/schoolscatinfo
Contributing
Education Services Australia
Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership
Australian Curriculum Assessment, and Reporting Authority
Education Services Australia
AITSLACARA
ESA
The school library perspective
Global, St Peter’s Woodlands SA CC-by-nc
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
Resource types reported by schools
School library catalogues provide access to learning resources for the school
community
Resourcing issues for schools
• 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
Questions and priorities
Hale Helpdesk by Pru CC-by