Musical Instrument Loans System (MILS) - Now On-Line

The database of musical instrument loans from the School of Instrumental Music (SIM) collection has now been placed on the Department of Education's Central Server. Schools can now access this direct to see the information relevant to their school, and to print out any information required for their own use.

There is no access to information about other schools or stock currently held at SIM. There is no capacity to alter the data or order instruments from SIM through the site. All instrument transactions still need to be processed through Gail Macdonald, the SIM Registrar.

As a result of this change SIM will no longer be mailing hard copies of instrument holdings or issue and return vouchers to schools. However, tax invoices for the instrumental charges will still be mailed to schools as in the past.

As this is a secure application, access is only available to the school registrar and the school principal or his/her delegate. We suggest that the primary music specialist or secondary teacher-in-charge of music might be appropriate principal's delegates.

1. Enter via the following URL: http://secureapps.det.wa.edu.au/mils/
2. We suggest that you bookmark this for future quick reference!
3. To log on, use your Departmental single sign-on, name and the password that you use to access online systems such as HRMIS.
4. Under "Reports" you will be able to access:
   1. Your school's current holdings of instruments
   2. A summary of your issue and return vouchers, with numbers
   3. Once you have a voucher number, you can access details of an individual issue or return voucher
5. Under the heading 'User Management' you will find the normal security, password changing and log-out processes.
6. Technical difficulties involved in accessing MILS: please contact Customer Support Centre on 9264 5555.
7. For assistance regarding details of the instruments or transactions shown in the MILS, please call Gail Macdonald, SIM Registrar, on 9272 7800.