ERIC is undertaking an initiative to obtain permission from copyright holders to convert, archive,
post, and disseminate an electronic copy of full-text microfiche documents indexed from 1966-1992. The
digitization project includes about 340,000 documents
currently available only in microfiche format due to the specific language of the permission forms and the technology
available at the time of indexing. This initiative will continue until March 2009.
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), the ERIC contractor for the U.S. Department of Education, is working with the
National Archive Publishing Company (NAPC)* to complete
this task. Digitization will proceed in reverse chronological order, i.e., documents released on microfiche in 1992 will
be converted first. NAPC will develop the file of copyright permissions received from contributors. ERIC will make
available online only those ERIC documents for which permission is received. The entire digitized collection will reside
in DVD format at the National
Library of Education (NLE) of the U.S. Department of Education.
If you have contributed a document that is currently available only in microfiche, and would like to
grant ERIC the right to disseminate your document(s), please complete the contact form below. NAPC will contact you about the document(s) you submitted
and request approval (see sample
authorization agreement) for each document. If you know someone who contributed a document in the timeframe 1966-1992,
please pass the word. ERIC appreciates your interest in, and support of, this initiative to more broadly disseminate the historical
materials in the ERIC Collection.
*NAPC is a commercial entity not affiliated with the National Archives and Records Administration
(NARA) of the U.S. Government.
Contact Information
If you would like to be contacted about providing permission for online access to
your document(s) in ERIC, please complete the information below.
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If you do not have email access, or have any questions,
please call the National Archive Publishing Company at 800-420-6272 x6595
(toll free in the U.S. and Canada).