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The Institutional Communications Network (INet) was established in FY 93 by the Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) to use the emerging National Information Infrastructure to accomplish the interrelated goals of: (1) improving collaboration and information sharing among the education R&D institutions funded by OERI, including the Regional Educational Laboratories, National Educational Research & Development centers, Educational Resources Information center (ERIC), and National Diffusion Network; and (2) disseminating relevant and useful research, statistics, information, products, and publications developed through or supported by the Department to schools, educators, parents, and policy makers throughout the United States.
In FY 94, INet initiated public access Gopher, FTP, and World Wide Web servers, which have rapidly become important resources to the education community. Although INet initially concentrated on disseminating OERI's research and statistical information, its coverage has expanded to include extensive information from other Department offices--press releases, grant announcements, and libraries of information about major initiatives such as GOALS 2000, Technology, School-to-Work, and Elementary and Secondary Education Schoolwide Programs. Dissemination activities are closely coordinated with other Department-funded entities that sponsor Internet services, including AskERIC, the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education, and the Regional Educational Laboratories. The GOALS 2000 legislation calls for increased emphasis on electronic networking and dissemination to support education reform. INet will continue to play a key role in the Department's efforts to make a significant, high quality collection of education information available on-line for the rapidly growing number of educators who are connecting to the NII. |
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Planed and began to implement core set of searchable databases, including current R&D activities, promising and exemplary programs, education statistics, and Department publications and products with links to on-line full text and on-line ordering.
Implemented community exchange service to support interchange and discussion of ideas by communities engaged in education reform. Expanded participation of other Department's programs; coordinate linkages and organization of on-line libraries with other sites and systems. Through NSF/NCSA Mosaic Federal Consortium, continued to explore and test enhancements to Mosaic useful to K-12 education and users with disabilities. Pilot tested enhanced document and data formats and their usability by teachers, administrators, parents, and students. |
Continue implementation of core set of searchable databases.
Enhance services to exploit emerging data, retrieval, and interface technology; expand content to incorporate enhanced document and data formats. Support Department's integration of clearinghouses, categorical and comprehensive technical assistance centers into a coordinated, unified customer service/technical assistance system. Expand participation of other Department programs; coordinate linkages and organization of on-line libraries with other sites and systems. |
The primary focus of the INet program will continue to be linking the National Library of Education, OERI-funded institutions, and other Department of Education services with schools, educators, parents, and policy makers. INet manages the Internet and World Wide Web presence of the National Library of Education and the Department of Education. Improvements are planned in two areas: Providing increased access through the Internet node (gopher and WWW) to the National Library's repository of information about Department programs, projects, publications, and statistics by beginning the development of a digital library; and actively disseminating syntheses of research and development findings and other materials through electronic networking. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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