GEN: Re: Funding for LM_NET and ERIC

[Peter Milbury <pmilbury@CUSD.CHICO.K12.CA.US>]

Dear LM_NET Colleagues,

  Recently I have had an inquiry about the status of AskERIC, the ERIC
service that hosts LM_NET, K12ADMIN, and other education discussion
groups, and also makes our archives available.

  Earlier in the year AskERIC (thus also LM_NET) was under the budget
cutting axe, and members were asked to contact Congress. I recently
checked with the Director of ERIC-IR at Syracuse University, the person
also in charge of AskERIC, Dr. Mike Eisenberg, and asked for an update on
ERIC funding. BTW-- Mike is also LM_NET co-owner/founder!  ;-)

  Here is Mike's response:

ERIC and AskERIC are included in funding for 1995-1996.  It also looks
like ERIC itself will be ok for 1996-1997.  We don't fully know right now
about AskERIC for 1996 - 1997 (starting in July 1996).  So, the efforts
of LM_NET and others made a difference.  We aren't completely out of the
woods - and we might need help in the future - but we are much better
than it looked months ago.

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  Peter Milbury, Librarian
   Chico Senior High School, Chico, CA   "http://www.chs.chico.k12.ca.us/"
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