Argues that the implementation of a National Periodicals Center and the resultant monopolization of the distribution of periodical literature could force many journals out of business, destroy interlibrary loan systems, and lead to an Orwellian control of newspapers, books, data bases, and other information sources. (JP)

Highlights of the 2006 Annual Report include: (1) Program outreach to more than half a million teachers in all 50 states and 50 countries outside of the U.S. via distance-learning tools to provide teachers in some of the poorest and most remote regions of the world with up-to-date materials and training; (2) Advisors to the board of the National…

Leveraging ICT to equalize access to education is critical in a world with over four billion poor people who have little access to formal education. Mainstreaming OER as a public good throughout the developing world could make an enormous contribution. The Development Gateway Foundation has established an online OER…

The networked environment forced a sea change in Library and Information Science (LIS) education. Most LIS programs offer a mixed-mode of instruction that integrates online learning materials with more traditional classroom pedagogical methods and faculty are now responsible for developing content and digital learning objects. The teaching commons…

Originally issued in December 1986, this directory is a revised listing of long-term, nondiscretionary projects funded by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI). It includes the addresses, telephone numbers, mission statements, major activities, and key staff of the regional educational laboratories, the national research and…

The Illinois Resources File (IRF) will be a data base with both manual and automated retrieval capabilities and will be compatible with ERIC. Indexing and abstracting will be done according to the "ERIC Theraurus" and the "ERIC Processing Manual" until an Illinois Processing Manual is developed; the planned completion date is…

An annotated indexed bibliography lists 534 information analysis publications produced by the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) Clearinghouses during 1973-1975. These publications include bibliographies, research reviews, state of the art and interpretive studies, and similar papers which are designed to list, organize, review, and…

The issues from the year 1969 of "Now Available," the newsletter of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouse on Educational Media and Technology, are bound together as one document. The newsletters contain announcements of the Clearinghouse's output published in "Research in Education." Author, title,…

Compiled here are the April, July, and November 1974 issues of "Newsbriefs," the newsletter of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouse on Information Resources. Information about the Clearinghouse and the ERIC system, announcements of new publications, and a list of computer search facilities are included. (PF)

This sixth annual report describes progress achieved by the Federal Government in improving the communication of scientific and technical information to support and enhance national science and technology. Included in the report are details regarding the scientific and technical activities of individual Federal Agencies, such as the Atomic Energy…

This quarterly publication announces the availability of documents acquired and processed by the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouse on Vocational and Technical Education. It contains abstracts of research and other materials which are useful to researchers, supervisors, teacher educators, education specialists,…

This quarterly publication announces the availability of documents acquired and processed by the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouse on Vocational and Technical Education. It contains abstracts of research and other materials which are useful to researchers, supervisors, teacher educators, education specialists,…

This quarterly publication announces the availability of documents acquired and processed by the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouse on Vocational and Technical Education. It contains abstracts of research and other materials which are useful to researchers, supervisors, teacher educators, educational specialists,…

These subject and author indexes provide access to resumes of vocational technical materials announced in ED 060 222, Abstracts of Research Materials in Vocational and Technical Education (ARM), Volume 5, Number 1. (CD)

This quarterly publication announces the availability of documents acquired and processed by the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Clearinghouse on Vocational and Technical Education. It contains abstracts of research and other materials which are useful to researchers, supervisors, teacher educators, education specialists,…