ERIC Users Committee

Charge:
In an effort to assist the Department of Education achieve their goal of providing effective and efficient access to quality educational resources the ERIC Users Committee will: organize and conduct an ERIC Users Discussion Group at the ALA Midwinter Meeting and Annual Conference; act as a liaison between the education community within ACRL/ALA and the Education Resources Information Center’s personnel and the Department of Education by keeping the education community informed of changes occurring with ERIC and the Department of Education and acting as an advocate for the education community by formally presenting concerns and issues to ERIC and the DOE; and finally collaborate with other organizations within the library profession and the broader education community on issues concerning ERIC.

Learn more about the activities of the ERIC Users Committee in the EBSS Manual.

Roster:
Wilson Frost and Laura Lillard co-chair the committee. The complete ERIC Users Committee Roster is on the ACRL Web site (sign in required). A list of appointments for next year's committee is also available.

For background on the EBSS interest in ERIC see the ERIC Development News Web pages prepared by an earlier EBSS committee.

Conference Meeting Highlights & Minutes:
ALA Midwinter 2008 in Philadelphia
ALA Annual 2007 in Washington D.C.
ALA Midwinter 2007 in Seattle
ALA Annual 2006 in New Orleans
ALA Midwinter 2006 in San Antonio
ALA Annual 2005 in Chicago
ALA Midwinter 2005 in Boston

ERIC Users Forum Highlights:
ALA Annual 2007 in Washington DC
ALA Midwinter 2007 in Seattle

Current Conference Meeting Agenda:

ALA Annual 2008
Anaheim, CA
Saturday, June 28, 2008, 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Disneyland Hotel, Room: Magic Kingdom 2-3 (part of consolidated meeting)

Introductions
Announcements
Approval of Midwinter 2008 Minutes
Update by CSC ERIC project representatives

4.1. Progress on list of ERIC journals in alternative formats
Update by Department of Education representative

5.1. Progress on peer review identification of journals

5.2. How the committee might assist IES in the future
Adding bibliographic records for data sets in the ERIC Database
Creation of action plan for ERIC Users Forum to be held on Sunday, June 29, 2008, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm at the Disney Grand Californian Resort, Room: Trillium C
Other topics