The ERIC Steering Committee is an expert technical group that serves in an advisory capacity to the
U.S. Department of Education's ERIC program. It provides guidance
and recommendations for implementing the ERIC mission, which is to provide a comprehensive, easy-to-use,
searchable, Internet-based bibliographic and full-text database of education research and information for
educators, researchers, and the general public.
Steering Committee members have a blend of expertise in education libraries, literature, and research;
information management, access and delivery; and the major technical aspects of an online database,
database search engine, and Web site. The committee has previously advised the Department on such issues
as developing the standards and criteria for selecting materials for the ERIC digital library and providing
input into research and development in enhanced technology for the digital library, search engine, and Web site.
Current issues and priorities include:
- Database and Web site building and usability
- Metadata and indexing
- Archiving and curation of files
as well as other goals and priorities established by the Steering Committee in collaboration with the Department of Education.
ERIC Steering Committee
- John Collins
Librarian, Harvard Graduate School of Education; and Director, Gutman Library
- Mark Constas
Associate Professor, Department of Education, Cornell University
- Carl Lagoze
Senior Research Associate, Information Science, Cornell University
- Gary Marchionini
Cary C. Boshamer Professor, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Nancy O'Brien
Head, Education and Social Science Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Kyle Peck
Associate Dean for Outreach, Technology, and International Programs and Professor of Education, Pennsylvania State University
- Alvin Walker
Product Development Manager, American Psychological Association
