A Large Chunk Of ERIC's Funding Might Disappear

[Robert Koreis <RKoreis@PUYALLUP.K12.WA.US>]

Thought this would be of interest to most list members.

Bob Koreis
Teacher Librarian
Meeker Elementary
Puyallup WA
rkoreis@puyallup.k12.wa.us


----- Original Message -----
From: "resourceshelf" <resourceshelf@myway.com>
To: <DIG_REF@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 6:55 PM
Subject: [DIG_REF] A Large Chunk of ERIC's Funding May Disappear

> I just posted a "web" version of the following message to my site but
think it's 1000% worthy of a direct post to the list.
>
>
> ---------
> SPREAD THE WORD!
>
> I was given permission from the folks at AskERIC to post the following
message that was originally posted to a school library media specialisr
listserv.
>
> I think it's time for ALL of us who use ERIC's services to make sure our
comments make it to the right people.
> --
>
>
> ++Posted With Permission of Author++
> ERIC and AskERIC need your support more now than at any other time.
>
> On April 11, the Statement of Work for the next ERIC contract was =
posted.
>
http://www.eps.gov/EPSData/ED/Synopses/3286/Reference-Number-ERIC2003/ERICD=
r
aftSOW.doc
>
> There is NO mention anywhere of AskERIC, user services, publications, or
even the 16 different subject specific clearinghouses. This contract would
consolidate ERIC into one facility that would maintain the database only.
>
> All comments on this Draft Statement of Work are due to Jeff Halsted via
e-mail: Jeff.C.Halsted@ed.gov by May 9, 2003, 4:00 PM EST.
>
> PLEASE take time in the next week to send an email with your comments. =
You
may want to browse around the AskERIC site to get an idea of what will be
missing, including hosting listservs such as LM_NET [a listserv for =
library
media professionals]. The various subject specific clearinghouses are =
listed
here.
> http://askeric.org/
> http://www.eric.ed.gov/sites/barak.html
>
>
> The Clearinghouse on Information & Technology is the one most of you =
would
use for your subject area. Consider the ERIC digest and publication topics
that have been useful to you in your jobs, earning your MLS, assisting
teachers in your schools. Topics of recent digests from the ERIC/IT
Clearinghouse are here.
> http://www.ericit.org/ericdigests.shtml
>
> -------
>
>
>
> cheers,
>
> gary
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Gary D. Price, MLIS
> Librarian
> Gary Price Library Research and Internet Consulting
> gary@freepint.com
>
> Visit The ResourceShelf
> http://www.resourceshelf.com
>

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