About
This blog has been set up to help teacher librarians and library staff who use the OASIS catologuing system in NSW DEET Schools. The initial comments collected are from postings made to the TL listserv. The blog is not intended to compete with the listserv. Users may recognize some of their comments and it is hoped that they are in favour of this blog. Names have been excluded from the original postings. The postings have been used to initiate the blog and it is hoped that the blog will now be used by others who are seeking help as well as for helping others. The blog is administered by the teacher librarian at Bega High School, NSW.
Judi Nethery said
In case my first comment did not go through (mis-spelling in email address)
I said:
I like the idea of a blog like this but it would be good to know who set it up and manages it. Perhaps this could be added to the introduction???
Carolyn Mock said
John, looks like another great resource to support NSW T-Ls!!! Because it’s on the web, maybe you need to spell it out that it’s for Department of Education users of OASIS Library in New South Wales, Australia.
bhs said
Thanks Carolyn. I have now added a bit more to the “About”.
Pam Stewart said
Lovely. can someone tell me how to send an enquirey to the blog please?
tanialibraryquest said
Hi I was hoping that someone could tell me how I would check what year 12 students haven’t returned English textbooks. The English teacher asked if I could check what books haven’t been returned yet. We have already generated a calendar for next year and since roll over the year 12 students are no longer in the system. Having a crash course in Oasis as my library admin has retired…
bhs said
We still have our Year 12s on Oasis Library. They will be there until Oasis Admin send us the list of the Year 12s who have officially left. It depends on how you operate at your school. For a start it sounds like your Library catalogues English texts. We don’t as it is really the responsibility of individual faculties to look after their texts. (The Department recognises this and actually advises against this). However, if you have ended up in this situation then it will be a lot of extra work with complications. At our school, students must bring around a ‘Leaver’s Form’ and have it signed by Library, English, Maths, etc.If a book is outstanding then the form is not signed and the name of the book and cost are written. Sometimes, students will of course still leave with books outstanding in which case our office sends a letter asking for payment or the return of the books. Sometimes this also means we mark the book as missing and if it does eventually return, then it goes back on the system when returned via the circulation desk.Some schools type the name of the last borrower on Oasis.
Your school should have had a similar system in place. We have generated a new calendar but the Year 12s are still there. A couple have still not returned books. If you had ‘Leaver’s Forms’ we would assume they are filed somewhere so if the Year 12s are not on Oasis Library then you will have to cross check names with forms. Hope this helps.
bhs said
When the list of official Year 12 leavers arrives a ‘Refresh’ is done on Library Oasis.