Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h42LCdU17682; Fri, 2 May 2003 17:12:39 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 17:12:39 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <p05100310bad88ecf5a53@[128.148.147.35]> Errors-To: alcrsb@langate.gsu.edu Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Janet Isserlis <Janet_Isserlis@Brown.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2563] a valuable resource X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 1534 Lines: 49 Colleagues Apologies for those to whom this is a cross-posting TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO SAVE ERIC (FRIDAY, MAY 9th DEADLINE) Some of you may know about ERIC-for some of you this may be the first time hearing about it. But it is important for all of us to know what is about to happen to it... ERIC serves as an electronic source of information related to education. The Department of Education is proposing to significantly curtail ERIC. Basically, it is proposing the following: - Close all 16 ERIC Clearinghouses - Eliminate personalized reference and referral services - Terminate AskERIC and clearinghouse question-answering services - End all networking and outreach activities, including ERIC-sponsored electronic lists - Eliminate ERIC Digests, books, and other synthesis publications - Reduce coverage of the journal literature from 1100 journals to an estimated 400 - Restrict consumer access to information, limiting ERIC database coverage to "approved lists" of journals and document contributors If you care about ERIC, I urge all of you to go to: http://www.saveeric.org/letter.htm and copy/paste the letter to congress. If you don't know contact info. regarding your elected officials, you can go to: http://www.vote-smart.org/ By the way, apparently faxes of letters written on letterhead are most effective, but emails are also welcome. If you do send an email, make sure that you include your full snail mail address, or the message may be discarded. THIS NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE MAY 9TH, 4 PM
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