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The National Library of Education with the Office of Educational Research and Improvement administers the Education Resources Information center (ERIC), which includes 16 clearinghouses that synthesize and disseminate education information, and is responsible for various other dissemination efforts, including dissemination through electronic networking and other technologies.
ERIC will continue to fulfill its mission of maintaining, and providing access to, the world's largest electronic bibliographic database of education-related publications and documents through a national system of specialist clearinghouses. Although OERI has begun exploring the inclusion of published books in the ERIC system, it remains primarily a resource for documents and publications not readily available elsewhere, providing significant services to classroom teachers and other users who do not have ready access to large reference libraries. The ERIC system synthesizes education information and disseminates it in print and electronic formats. It also provides information services to individuals and organizations in cooperation with the National Library and OERI-funded institutions. The ERIC system provides syntheses of research and development findings and access to its network of bibliographic information to educators, policy makers, parents, and the general public. It provides access to the database clearinghouses via mail, telephone, and electronic routes. It maintains and operates a question and answer service via the Internet. In addition to its 16 major clearinghouses, the system includes a network of adjunct, volunteer clearinghouses that provide services in narrow topical areas. |
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OERI plans to improve the ERIC system in significant ways. First is an effort to integrate and standardize the information services, particularly electronic, of the clearinghouses so as to provide better customer service.
The bibliographic databases will be enhanced and full text dissemination capabilities will be added. |
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