Friday, 28th November 2003

"Some AskERIC Services Shift To Syracuse University"

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Source: Education Week (Registration Required, Free)
"Some AskERIC Services Shift To Syracuse University"
A brief article about some of AskERIC's services moving to a new home at EduRef.Org on December 19th. From the article, To keep the service going, the Information Institute of Syracuse is moving the information collection to a new electronic home. Known as the Educators Reference Desk, the new site will give educators free access to most of the information they get now through AskERIC. One missing element, though, will be the customized question-and- answer service that has been ERIC's most-used feature. With the loss of federal support, the institute no longer has enough staff members to field individual queries. "We know we still have a lot of users who depend on resources such as the lesson plans," said R. David Lankes, the executive director of the institute, which helped develop AskERIC and has run it for 11 years.
See Also: An Important Statement About the ERIC Database was Released this Week
Beginning in January and until the new ERIC model for acquiring education literature is developed later in 2004, no new materials will be received and accepted for the database. However, the ERIC database will continue to grow, as thousands of documents selected by the ERIC clearinghouses throughout 2003 will be added. When the new model is ready later in 2004, the new ERIC contractor will communicate with publishers, education organizations, and other database contributors to add publications and materials released from January 2004 forward.

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