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Download full textSmarte, Lynn; Starcher, Heather – 2001
Data quality and speed in data processing profoundly affect service provided to the Educational Resources Information Center's (ERIC's) broad audiences. With these factors in mind, a new technology infrastructure for processing records has been acquired and is scheduled for implementation. The story of how the ERIC database is being constructed is…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Annual Reports, Bibliographic Databases, Education
Peer reviewedRand, Roberta Y. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1995
Describes a prototype online search system called ASK (Assisted Search for Knowledge) that will provide Internet and dial-up access to an array of databases related to environmental and demographic change. The Global Change Data and Information system that is being organized by federal agencies is described. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Databases, Demography
Stonehill, Robert M. – 1992
Ten commonly held misconceptions about the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) information system are presented together with a brief discussion of the facts for each one. These factual responses provide the following overview of the ERIC system. ERIC is a national information system that includes 16 clearinghouses and four support…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Clearinghouses, Databases, Education
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Accounting and Information Management Div. – 1995
This report presents an evaluation of the general controls over the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP) information system maintained and operated by a contractor for the U.S. Department of Education (ED), which administers FFELP. The evaluation found that ED's general controls over the FFELP information system did not adequately protect…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Security, Databases, Federal Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1987
This oversight hearing was held to review the status of the 21-year-old Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) program, which is administered by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) in the U.S. Department of Education, and to hear administration proposals for the redesign of the ERIC system. This report of the hearing…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Clearinghouses, Educational Change
Smarte, Lynn – 2000
This 2000 annual report, summarizing the accomplishments of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system in 1999, begins with a section that highlights progress towards meeting goals, as well as selected statistics. The second section, comprising the bulk of the report, provides an overview of ERIC, including the ERIC database, user…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Annual Reports, Bibliographic Databases, Education
Smarte, Lynn – 1999
This 1999 annual report, summarizing the accomplishments of the Educational Resources Information System (ERIC) system in 1998, begins with a section that highlights progress towards meeting goals, as well as selected statistics. The second section, comprising the bulk of the report, provides an overview of ERIC, including the ERIC database, user…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Annual Reports, Bibliographic Databases, Education
