1. ERIC and the 21 st Century: Education Research in the Digital Age Erwin Flaxman James Lonergan

2. June 10, 2003Special Library Association Annual Conference Overview A Brief History of ERIC The Current and Proposed Missions of ERIC The Current and Proposed Structures of ERIC The Current and Proposed Functions of ERIC Implications of the Proposal Responses to the Proposal Discussion

3. June 10, 2003Special Library Association Annual Conference A Brief History of ERIC To build a comprehensive education database To provide access to the database to all education audiences To synthesize the education literature

4. June 10, 2003Special Library Association Annual Conference The Current Mission of ERIC The mission of ERIC is to improve American education by increasing and facilitating the use of educational research and information to improve practice in learning, teaching, educational decision making, and research, wherever and whenever these activities take place.

5. June 10, 2003Special Library Association Annual Conference The Current Structure of ERIC Distributed Structure – Decentralized, Subject Oriented Clearinghouses – Centralized Processing Facility, Document Reproduction Service, Outreach Service – System-wide Special Projects AskERIC NPIN

6. June 10, 2003Special Library Association Annual Conference The Current Functions of ERIC Information Collection and Processing Thesaurus Development Reference and Other User Services Knowledge Synthesis Dissemination

7. June 10, 2003Special Library Association Annual Conference The Current Functions of ERIC Information Collection and Processing – Acquisitions – Processing RIE (Fugitive Literature) CIJE (Journal Literature)

8. June 10, 2003Special Library Association Annual Conference The Current Functions of ERIC Thesaurus Development – Vocabulary Review Group with Clearinghouse and library community members

9. June 10, 2003Special Library Association Annual Conference The Current Functions of ERIC Reference and Other User Services – AskERIC and Clearinghouse Question-Answering – Training for Database Searching

10. June 10, 2003Special Library Association Annual Conference The Current Functions of ERIC Knowledge Synthesis – Digests – Monographs – Resource Guides

11. June 10, 2003Special Library Association Annual Conference The Current Functions of ERIC Dissemination – ERIC Database – Clearinghouse Web Sites – Direct Mail – On-Demand – Workshops and Conferences

12. June 10, 2003Special Library Association Annual Conference The Proposed Mission of ERIC The mission of the new ERIC is to provide a comprehensive, easy to use, searchable, Internet-based bibliographic and full text database of education research and information for educators, researchers, and the general public.

13. June 10, 2003Special Library Association Annual Conference The Proposed Structure of ERIC Single Generalist Contractor Small Consultant Group of Subject Experts (acting as advisors)

14. June 10, 2003Special Library Association Annual Conference The Proposed Functions of ERIC Acquisitions and processing limited to approved journals and document sources Thesaurus development not proposed Reference and other user services are optional Knowledge synthesis is optional

15. June 10, 2003Special Library Association Annual Conference The Proposed Functions of ERIC Dissemination - ERIC Database - U.S. Department of Education/Contractor web site - Training Workshops (optional)

16. June 10, 2003Special Library Association Annual Conference Implications of Proposal Closing of Clearinghouses, Support Components, AskERIC and NPIN – Loss of subject expertise in Clearinghouses and host institutions

17. June 10, 2003Special Library Association Annual Conference Implications of Proposal Information Collection and Dissemination - More rigorous selection criteria – Faster updating – Full-text whenever possible – Improved content coding – Reduced coverage of journal literature from 1,100 journals to an estimated 400 – Reduced coverage of documents and journals to those produced by approved contributors

18. June 10, 2003Special Library Association Annual Conference Implications of Proposal Thesaurus Development - Thesaurus to be reviewed, status unclear Reference and Other User Services – Termination of AskERIC and clearinghouse question- answering and referral services Knowledge Synthesis – Elimination of ERIC Digests, monographs, and other synthesis publications Dissemination - Elimination of Clearinghouse web sites

19. June 10, 2003Special Library Association Annual Conference Responses to the Proposal Over 3,000 individuals and organizations have sent comments to the Department of Education, including: American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education American Association of Community Colleges American Association of University Women American Educational Research Association American Library Association Childrens Defense Fund Council for Exceptional Children Council of Chief State School Officers National Association of Elementary School Principals National Association of School Psychologists National Association of of Secondary School Principals National Association of Social Workers National Black Development Institute National Education Association National PTA

20. June 10, 2003Special Library Association Annual Conference Summary of Responses Support for: – More rigorous selection for database additions – Faster updating – More full-text – Improved content coding

21. June 10, 2003Special Library Association Annual Conference Summary of Responses Opposition to: – Closing of 16 ERIC Clearinghouses – Termination of AskERIC and Clearinghouse question- answering and referral services – Elimination of ERIC Digests, monographs, and other synthesis publications – Reduced coverage of journal literature from 1,100 to an estimated 400 – Reduced coverage of documents and journals to those produced by approved contributors – Elimination of Clearinghouse web sites

22. June 10, 2003Special Library Association Annual Conference ERIC and the 21 st Century Discussion of the impact of proposed changes for librarians