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'AUTHOR Biandhorst, Ted, Ed. / a TITLE Interchange. November 1972 -July 19813. INSTITUTION ERIC. Processing and Reference Facility,Bethesda, Md. SPONSAGENCY Educational Resources InformationCenter (ED/NIE), Washington, DC. PUB DATE 83 CONTRACT, 400-81-0003 NOTE 628p.; Includes 24 issues, publishedirregularly across the past decade (November 1972-July 1983)., Title surrounded graphically bythe phrase "ERIC Database Users" (1972-79)or "ERIC Users" (1980-83). PUB TYPE Collected Works - Serials (022)-- Information Analyses - ERIC Information/AnalysisProducts (071)- -- Reference Materials General (130) EDRS PRICE MF03/PC26 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Databases; Information Dissemination;Information Retrieval; *Information/Services;Information Systems; Microfiche; Newsletters; Search Strategies IDENTIFIERS *EHIC ABSTRACT Thd Intercange newsletter is prepared irregularly , (approximately semiannually) bt the/staffof thd ERIC Processing and Reference Facility in order to communicatematters of interest to users of the ERIC database and of/other ERIC productsand services. Initially, the focus was on.computer-orientedusers who were receiving the ERIC magnetic tape,S andon problems associated with utilizing the ERIC bibliographicdatabase in machine-readable form. In later years, the focus shifted toERIC users in general, and the newsletter began to disseminatea broad spectrum of information pertaining to.ERIC, including,: pricedi:bilges, microfiche products, ERIC Clearinghouse news, seaichstrategies, manual searching, education-related'databases,i'referraLinformation,national-level educational studies, microcomputer,news related or extendable to ERIC, lie* ERIC data 'elements,.lexicographic.news, etc. Current major categories for newsletter/announcementsare: General dser Information; Product News_; Computei Searching;and Microcomputers. This package consists-of/the first24 issues of Interchange, extending from November 11972 through July1983 (a pgriod of just, over 10 years). (WTB)

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INTERCHANGE

NOVEMBER 1972 JULY 1983 .-

A NEWSLETTERFOR,ERIC USERS 4. PREPARED BY THE,STAFFOF THE ERIC PROESSING AND REFERENCEFACILITY OPERAtEDON,CONTRACTBY

ORI, INCA, INFORMATION'SYSTEMSDIVISION 'NI

FOR. THE

NATIONAL` INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATIONCENTER (ERIC)

I , TED BRANDHORSTf EDITOR t 1, .4. DATA BAB E AINTERNANGE

Number NOVEMBER 1972 4 INTRODUCTION . . , 1 4 With this first issue of Interchange, ERIC is inaugurating what we hope Will bea new eta incommunicationamong the many organizations using the ERIC Data Base. Both the ERIC Facility's expanded supporting contractor role,and the user's new contributing role in the communications networkwe would like to establish, are 'discussed below. Read both' parts, and then interact. We .welcoine we solicit your suggestions, your comments, whatever information you may have whickmight be useful to others. \ . ----;--- ThekERIC Facility's The New Role of the Expanded Role ERIC Data Base User For the last two-and-a-half years, the ERIC Facility, as In order for the communicatipns network to function the de facto supplier of the data base, has been in regularproperly, you, the users, must assume a new and more communication with those users we could' identify, i.e.active role as communicators with each other and with the those-who bought the ERICTAPES. Most of this communi- ERIC Facility. Without, a great deal of input from you, the cation has been one way from us to themannouncingservices we can provide and'the flow Of information will be , new 'services or changes and occasional problems. Userseverelylimited.Afterall, you are the ones' who are communications were largely confined to questions about actively `hsing the data base in a variety of environments; using the tapes or datd problems, etc which we 'answered,you are the ones who are encountering' problem's and in most cases, by a specific responsg to the questioner. devising solutionSi.Tell us aboht them, and we Will pass the Whiletheuser community was a mere handful,this infoimation along too the group and to individuals as it is communication pattern was perfectly adequate, but with. needed and appropriate. For the present, at least, don't be the. number of ERICTAPE subscribers approachingthe 100 afraid of 'Swamping us; give us everything:you have that mark, 'and, iWth- the diversity of purposes and techniques might be useful to others. Specifically, with relation to the which have developed in the user comnianity, the.informal, four tasks discussed to the left: ad hoc nature of the commlinication_pAm must change' to provide optimum results. I. Newslettei Read this issue and decide what you can .provide for later issues. Do you have a question for the To thisend, 'ERIC hascharged theFacility withQuestion 'Corner? A Technical Note That might save' responsibilityor developing and operating._ a Data Base someone else time, money, or frustration? A short, article? User Service to establish a systematic, effecti3e, responsive Fill in the Poll Coupon, so we will have better results to system for communications among -the Data Base Users report. Do you know of a paper that should be in the ,tovact, in short, for tape users in a role.simifar to the one Bibliogrhphy? Send \us a copy (or citation and source). If We perform for the Clearinghouse/Contractor network of we can't make'it an attachment, wea,at least put it in data base contributors. Within this overall mission, four RIE and list it.Is there information about the Data Base specific tasks have been identified: you'd like to have? Ask us. Is there a. feature you would 1. Provide a regular, uniform medium of communicating to like to see? Tell us what you wawant. the entire network information of general interest erigi- 2. Directory Have you completed and returned the nating anywhereinthe system. This newsletter is, of ERICTAPE User Data Update form? If not, do so now. If course, intended to be that medium. you didn't get one or have misplaced it let us know. 2. ProviCie a means of informing the members of the user We ll send it to you by. return mail. community of each other''S'existence and salient character- 3.'.User Conferences Startplanning now to contribute to istics (e.g. computer configurations, software package(s), the next one. What should we do different? Do you have services, etc.). The ERICTAPE ifser Data Update forms any ideas about where it should be held (Other than your circulated in August were the initial data collection step in 0 hometown) for maximum participation? the preparation of &Directory for this purpose. 4.. Problem Solving Help! Tile more you tell us about 3. provide a periodic forum in which users can raise issues, what problems you have had and how you solved them (See discuss common problems and policy questions, and other- 1.,above), and what your resources are (See 2. above), the wise communicate on a person-to-person basis. The recent better we will function in serving you. And, of course, if Downingtown confer nce was the first of these. you don't tell us about the problems you are having now, 4. Provide a central point to whichr-users can direct we can't be of much help. problems (with a reasonable expectation of obtaining a In summary, we need each other. Join the team. Communi- solution, getting the necessary action, or, at the 'very least, cate. Get involved. referral to a probable solution point), and where useful information cal be exchanged or traded. We are ready to Interchange HOw It Is offer this, service now, but and that should be BUTour effectiveness will. be in direct proportion to how muchPut Together information we get from you, the users. So read the right We thought it might, be useful in this firstissue of hand column for a discussion of your role in the new Interchange to explain how we plan to operate and how it environment. witkbe organized. Since it is difficult if not impossible

I . This newsletter is prepared by staff of the ERIC PrOcessing and Reference Facility, 4833RugbyAvenue, Suite 303, Bethesda, Maryland 20014, whichisoperated on contract by Leako Systems & Research Corporation, for theNational Institute of Education. All questions, correspondence, and contributions thould be directed to the Editdr, Mr. Samuel J. Marra,at the above address, or by (301) 656.9723.

.3 at this point to judge the volume of material we will be installation, providing basic hardware, software, and service handling, we cannot establish a regular publication sched- information. By providing the Directory as a loose leaf ule. Therefore, so yOtfwill know if one of your copies went publication in this format, we can'enable each user of the astray, we will number each .issue and dafe, it with the directory to arrange the entries in whatever sequence is month of publication. If you find a gap in the sequence, most useful to him, e.g. geographical, alphabetical by name, you are missing an issue.. Write us' and we will send another . etc. Each user entered will receive a copy of his entry for copy. . -k. approval prior t6 publication. We want to make itas Generally, we will try,,,to keep items in the newsletter inclusive as possible, but we can't put your operation in 'itself fairly short. Where information of general interest will witliotit the information,, so please send it in today. If you riot "fit conveniently into our format, we will include it as ti didn't receive a copy of the form, we will send you one an attachment. With one exception, these will be numbered immediately, if you will just tell us. with the last two digits of the year of publication, a dash' () and-a sequential number beginning with one (1) in each Single File Descriptor Usage calendar year. (e.g. the AIM and ARM Microfiche Collection List, InterchangeAttachtrient 72-3). The exception, of. RIE and CIJE '*course, is the Interchange.Bibliography of ERIC Data Base Searchers always expect to find every main term in the Usage which we envision as a cAinuing, growing bibliog- ERIC Thesaurus represented in the Research in Education raphy rather- than a series of individual lists. Each page of (RIE) data base; the same is true when they are dealing this bibliography will be numbered and dated, and new with the Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) pages will be added as reqUired. Whenever a page is revised data base. (to add new entries or ED riumbers for, items previouSly The fact of the matter is, however, that there are some announced the page will show a revision date. Periodically terms that were originally established for RIE and that have oncelftwice a year we will issue a list of pages and never been used in GIJE, and there are some terms that latest re 'Mon dates. were established for CIJE and that have never been used in Each issue of Interchange and all attachments will be RIE. The Descriptor Usage Report for each of these files three-hole punched when you get them so they may be' varies somewhat in content from the Thesaurus, therefore, easilyput inabinderfor- ready reference. We will and the RIE and CIJE editions also vary from each other frequently if not always include Opinion Poll Coupons somewhat. To help searchers avoid "no-hit" searches, with Inte'rchange to help us develop a picture of your needs Attachment 72-1 lists thoie.Descriptors which (as of June and attitudes.. To avoidforcing you tocut up your 1972) have been used only in CIJE indexing. Similarly, - copies of Interchange, wd will include them as separate Attachment 72-2 listsghose, which have been used only in enclosures, but so you will have a record of your response, RIE indexing. we willinclude .a reproduction of, the coupon in the Newsletter. In the future, we hope to make the coupons Ideniifier Clean-Up Business Reply Cards to make response even'easier. As discussed at the Downingtown Conference, the Facil- None of the foregoing is "set in concrete". We invite your ity now has the capability of changing terms/in the ideas and suggestions as to how to improve interchange via Thesaurus or theIdentifierfiles through the recently Interchange. And don't forget that design and format is completed Transfer and Delete software, without losing worthless without content. Most of the content of this issue indexing. One of the major problems searchers encounter in was generated by user inquiries,iand we are going to have to using the Identifiers is the scattering of postings (e.g. Title rely on you even more heavily for future issues, not just to IIIof the Elementary and Secondary Education Act is ask questions, but to supply answers and articles. Don't let listed some seventeen (17) different ways). Identifying all us down. ,. of the scattered terms so they can be consolidated is to, , say the least a massive task. Without help from outside, it Comments on the Downingtown is likely to be months if not years before we can Conference ' complete ,the job. However, with some help from you, we can do egreat deal more and- do it sooner. In general, the comments (from theevalUation forms) onWheneveryou encounter scattering of Identifiers, please the recent ERIC Data Base Users Conference at Downing- take the time to write down all of the variations you can . town, Pennsylvania, were favorable. The informal atmos- identify arid send us the list. We will make.the changes as phere and the wide-ranging disbussion were heartily ap- soon as' we can (Utually just before the next quarterly proved, but there were several shortcomings doted. The update). Every scattered Identifier we can consolidate will more cogent of these were: simplify`your search problems and improve the utility of Location Closer to an airport, or at least, better the Identifiers, so give us a hand. transportation. Length Two or three days preferred to allow NI. more discussion. ,. Workshopm Need both technical and nontechni- PC/1 CompilerError tal,cal, appropriately spaced. ' Emphasis Less hardware/sioftWare and more on cost, At the recent data base users conference,.Dr. Carroll Hall" service to the client user, and problem solution (strategy). and Dr. Al Link discussed a PL/1 compilerproblem they Thanks for your constructive suggestions and don't discovered. Because of the interest shown by the computer hesitate to pass on any others as they come to mind. The technicians at this sessid-n the following description (for- more we hear from you, the better we can make the next warded to us by Dr. Oall) is given: one. I "The . erroris an 'INVALID OPER4,TION error which occurs during a routine WRITE instruction for record- oriente'd transmission of data. Theerror occurs because of a Directory of ERIC Data Base Users branch into an input buffer area which once contained a Most of you should have received a copy of the PLI I module for which addresses for branching were not ERICTAPE User Data Update fowl Which we mailed out in corrected. The error is caused by the existence of a CLOSE August. From the infOrmation received on the returns', we statement for 'avariable-length record data set. in an plan to produce a "Directory" of all identifiable users, for ON-unit. Removal of the *CLOSE statement "from, the use by the entire user community. At present, we envision a ON:hnit will eliminate the INVALID OPERATION error. two-page spiead,(back-to-back, on a single sheet) for each This PL /1 error has been corrected in Release 21.". 4 THE aljESTION 00 ( .. This featureis designed to relay, to the entire data base user community, ansWers to queStions of general interest. QUESTION:from Sharon Jewell (ASIS) "Will the proceeding.xof the Downingtown be put intotb RIE?"" , -, , .. ANSWER: Not as such, but some papers will appear as individual items. The Interchange Bibliography of ERIC Data Bige Usage,, the first pages of which are forwarded with-this issue, listsmany .Of these. ED numbers for those which arenow in process will be'added on, page revisions with future issues of Interchange. ., QUESTION:from CarolYnTrohoski (RISE) "Is there a complete list of all AIM and ARM microfiche collections announced to date in RIE?" 'ANSWER: Ye, Attachment 72!3jists, by ED Number, all such collections through the December 1972 issue. . . . QUESTION:*from Art White (SE Clearinghouse) "Carl you supply maximum field length information firtfRIE data fields?" . ANSWER: Yes, Attachment 72-4 lists maximum field and subfield lengths for all RIE data fields. ...

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FEEDBACK Many if not all of the decisions and choices which will be Made in the go u rse of future development of the ERICTAPES and User Services progrrns will be heavily influenced by thereactions of the user community. So that we niay'have your input while thbse matters arty still' Under discussion,we intend to,, poll the user community frequently. Attached to thisissue isa reply%card duplicating the inquiry block at the bottom of this page. Please enter your res'p'onse(s)/(and comments, di' any) andreturn it promptly. We will report the results in future issues. ' - r5,'- INQUIRY #1Tape Options - At the present time, some 21 users with standing ordersare uSing'Opion 2 (where the user supplie(ithe types for Leasco to write the update data on). Thishas consistently proVen to be a processing problem for the Facility (andwe suspect for the users). Tapes are late; there aren't enough df them'; something is wronewithone or more; d and so on. However, the $30 per tape price differential between Option 2 andOption I made Option 2 necessary for some users. We are now considering switchingto miti4-reels (1200 ft.) for all updates. If we do this and drop Option 2 fcrr updates,.wej can, reducelhe update price,per tap We believe this would save time, trouble; and money for everyone. Please indicatey ur a. reaction on the User Poll Coupon. - I , INQUIRY #2Labelling The present - practice is to provide standard OS/360 labelSlIon all toes. At various times we have received inquiries. abOtproviding either unlabelled:tapeso custom labelled tapes. Elimination of labelling *)...tild significantly speed tip :ourpauction cycle, but we wouldlike.to Cletetmini user reaction before instituting, a cha ge. Please respond on the User P011 Coupon.',

A copy of the coupon below is included as a separate attachment, so you'd° NOT haveto cut this oneut to respond.

INQUIRY #1 Tape Options El1.I would prefer updates on Facility-supplied (Option1)minifeels (.1200ft.) ata reduced price . /- 2. Option 2 service, as currently offered, is essential and should be retained without chaVe. 0 3. Either alternative is acceptable. Comments

INQUIRY #2 Labellingabelling

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Organization Respondent r. t' _ , "Effectiveimmediately, we are offering an important -CIJE Descriptor Usage/files addition to the $DC/ERIC Search Service. "For $20, SDC The 1972 3rd quarter update data fcir CIJE is being will conduct .2 search and generate a printout,of up to 100 integrated (as will all future CIJE updates) MO' a new pages (about 100 to 1$0 citations, including abstracts), and system which generates the Descriptor and Identifier usage willairmail the printout of the search resultsto' the ;and' statistical-data. This, new system enables:us to publish individual requester/the same day itis performed. (The CIJE Editions of the Descriptor Usage Report and make the, .chaige for printonts in excess of the j00 pages is nominal, inverted postings files available on tape, as We have been only $.05 per pagej" going for'some time for RIE. Thii integration procedure is/ now SOP .for all CIJE; pdates, prior to distribution. For further information and request forms, contact:

0. , SpecialAnnouncement-Individual 'Mary Jane Ruhi or:Judy Wanger Search Service 5827 Columbia Pike 2500-Colorado Avenue The following announcement is frUm the SDC /ERIC /Falls Church,yirginia22041Santa Monica ,California 90406 Neivs, Volume'Osstie 4, October 1972: (703) 810-2220 , (213) 393-9411 t, ,

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Ipage INTERCHANGE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ERIC DATAAS USAGE November 1972

ThisylObliography is intended to bea-continuin refeeence tool'prv.viding access to seports and documentsdealing with searching,or otherwise manipulating, the ERIC Data Base. As sU-Eh.documents come toour attention, _citations will be added to the list. When---and if---a document is announcedin RIE- (Usually a imonth or two later), the ED number willbe added to the citation.

Where the ED number is shown, orders shbuldbe placed with,the EDkS. If a , document is not available from EDRS,a copy 'may usually be obtained from the ERIC Facility. New entries will be-suppiied inthe form'bf additional or replacement pages accompanying issues of Interchange,but the list"will not normally reprinted in its entirety. be Therefore, all pages should be retaineduntil replaced. Revised pages will carry the notation "Revised" under the date ofissue, but will retain the original page number.

1. Bracken, Paula OTIS Basic- Index Access System (OBIAS);.asystem for retrieval of inforwation from the,ERICand CIJE Data Bases utilizinga direct access inverted index of descriptors anda reformatted ,direct access ERIC-CIJE File..

Oregon Total. Information System, Eugene,January 1972. 18 '1). (ED 061.979)

2. . Tschudi, Ronald R..and Mere ith,Joseph C. The "Probe" Retrieval'Proesm - A Description'. Indiana University, Bloomin ton, Febr(iary 10,1972. 15 p. (ED 059.596).

3. FrObish, Marian J. SLIC - Search of the Library InformationCollection. Bradley University, Peoria,'Illinois,1972 38 p.

4. Link,.A. D. EQUIP -'A Reguestor-to-'System CAIInterface with a Batch Processing Automated Information Retrieval System. State Department of Education, Columbia,South Carolina, September 22, 1972. 24 p.

5. Hemminger, Bruce Automated Search of the ERIC Files (ReportResume File and Journal Article File). Users Instruction Manual (Volume I, Level 2). University of Iowa, University ComputerCenter,Iowa City, August 1, 1972. 18 p.

6. Krahmer, Edward and Hof-ne, Kent An Alternative to QUERY. Batch-Searching of the ERIC Information Collections., Resource Information Center, Grand Forkd,North Dakota, August 1, 1972. 55 p. (ED 063 519)

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7. :,Williamson, Mary Ann A Brief.OesCription/of theSTRC Inverted Search System (STRC-11/5). -,North Carolina Science andTechnology Research Center, Research Triangle'Park, North Carolina, August,8,1972 15 p.

. Staqdera: Oldrich The'ERIC Data Base Usage at theUniversity of Calgary. University df Calgary, Information Systems and ServicesDivision, Calgary, Canada, 1972. 5 p.

9. CCM Information Corporation CCMI -ERIC Retrospective SearchTape Services. New York, New York, 1972. 5 P.

10. Kowitz, Gerald T. GIPSY/ERIC . Presentation made at theERIC Data Base Users Conference, Downingtown, Pennsylvania,September 21-22, 1972. 14 p.

11. Brandhorst, W. T.; Price, D.,S.; andMarra, S. J. Characteristics of the ERIC Data Base (Materialfor Distribution at f the ERIC Data Base User Conference,Downiqgtown, Pennsylvania, September 21-22, 1972). September 21, 1972. 22 p. INTERCHANGE

Attachment 72-1 November 1972

DESCRIPTORS USED ONLY IN CIJE

41 THROUGH JUNE1972

Afrikaans Airborne Field Trips Airports Antithesis Ballads', Calorimeters Caricatures College Day Coordination Compounds Culturing Techniques Czech Literature Epistles Fines (Penalties)

Gothic Novels \, Grade 14 Hagiographies Hymns Impressionism International Crimes international Law Land Acquisition Legislative Reference Libraries Lighted Playgrounds Neoclassicism Odes Outdoor Lighting Outdoor Theaters Oxidation Paradox Photosynthesis Platonic Criticism Platonism Police Costs Potentiometers (Instruments) Public Health Laws Puns Scholasticism Sex Discrimination Sportsmanship Superconductors Visual Aids Attachment 72-2 November 1972 DESCRIPTORS USED ONLY IN RIE

256 THROUGH JUNE 1972

Adhesives . Clothing MarnCenance Specialists Aerospace:Education. Common Fractions Agricultueal,CilemIcalOccupations Community Recreation Legislation Agricultural Labor Dtyputes . Community Rooms AgricultOral'Supplies , Con,text Free4Grammar Akan Corn (Field Crop) Albanian Cosmetologists Amputees Court Reporters Animation' Crew Leaders Aniseikonia Cutting Scores Apache Dagur 1, Appliance Repairing Daylight Appliance Service Technicians b.5. -pay Students Armenian Delinquent Role Asphalts Dravidian Languages Attendance Services, Driveways Australian Aboriginal Languages Dropout Role Austro Asiatic Languages Dusan . . Auto Body Repairmen . Dutch Culture Auto Parts Men Dyula Auxiliary Laborers Electrical Appliance Servicemen Aymara . Electricians Azerbaijani Estonian Baleic Languages Ewe Baluchi Experienced Laborers Banking Vocabulary , Fallout Shelters Bantu L5nguages Farm Labor Legislation Barbers Feeder-Patterns Basaa Feeder Programs Bashkin Feed Industry Basque Feed Stores demba Fixed Sequence Berber Languages Fles Guides Bleborussian Floor Layers Bikol Foochow pint . Fulani Biracial Committees Ga Boarding Homes Ganda (Wader° Programs Gbaya Braceros General High Schools Brahmins Glass Brick Industry Glaziers Bricklayers Glottochronology Bricklaying Grade A Year Integration Buriat Grade Charts Burmese Grandchildren Burmese Culture Guarani Burushaski Gujarati Bus Garages Guliah Cakchl4bel Hausa Cambodian Hawaiian Caucasian Languages Health Activities Harahook Cebuano Highway CngIneerIng Aides Cement industry Hoax, Furnishings Central Sound Systems Homemakers Clubs Chad Languages Hopi Cheremis Horizontal 'texts Cherokee, Horses Chinyanja Housing Management Alden Choctau Humidity Church Migrant Projects Hyperopia Chuwash Igho City Wide. Commissions immhirat IonI n:pr, tier: Clichrl, Indonpalron Latiquaq;7: 1 a 1`.

inhalation,,,Therapists Polygraphs Initial Expense", Quadriplegia Integrated PObiic Facilities, Quiche Interdisct-rict Policies Radiographers Interstate Workers Receptionists Javanese Riff Kabyle Rodenticides Kaisnada Romanization Kashmiri Roofers Rural Dropouts Kirundi Samoyed Languages, Ki tuba 0 Korean Americars Sanskrit Kurdish Sara Laboratory Manuals S1School Language Guides School Recreational Programs Lao Sealers Late School Entrance ScomsCressers Latvian Seasonal Labor Leaders Guides Seasonal Laborers Lingala Scgragationist Organizations Lithuanian Settlement Houses Local Unions Sewing Machine Operators Locomotive Engineers Sharecroppers Low Income Counties Shona Lunar Research Sierra Leone Creole L/o Sign Painters Malwlam Singhalese Manchu .Siswati Maranao Slovenian Marathi Sound Tracks Marksmanship Space Sciences Mauritian Creole Special Effects Mayan Languages Student Loading Areas Medical'Record Technicians 'Suppressor Vriables Medical Vocabulary Surgical Technicians Melanesian Languages Susu,, Mende Tajik Microwave Relay Systems Tatar Migrant Housing Teacher Attendance Migrant Transportation Telegraphic Materials Military Air Facilities Television Repairman Mongolian Telegu Mongolian Languages Tibetan Mossi Tool and Die Makers Myopia Traffic Regulations Tran:pIanting

Nrva I I Tr:t (I Imam.. I a I ) Nomad; T:rital Nonfarm Youth T:ot:11 Nursery Workers (Horticulture) Okranion Occupafional Diseases Ungraded Primary Programs Occupati6na1 Therapy Assistants Upror ,t) ivIsl on Colleges Ojibwa Uto AttoCr1,1119U09 Open AdmissiOns Uzbek Operating Lngineoring Vending Ma(_hinr;: Optional Branching Vei r Test Osetic. 0:tyak Vogul Panjhi Welders I'arler':hiP 1e.i chr Will

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a01 022.065 1,509 22 4.S4 022 971 10,751 155 027 441 9,568 133 30.36 028 305 11,425 16:4 030 001 6,921 103 22.00 030 770 16,221 227 4M4 03) 587 7.417 107 23.54

032 434 24,048 343 75.V, 033 237 2,364 1.1+9 034 074 19,535 282 62.01+ 036 657 8,811- 127 27.94 037 585 16, 3:14° 211 51.26 Or 370 19,227 14() 30.80 041177 13,511 191 42.07 01+2 060 9,099 128 28.16

1971. 042 9'31 14,783 210 46.20 045 856 13.356 190 41.80 045 860 12,131 303 66.66 01+9 382 10.356 153 34.76 01+9 385 11,615 11,5 36.30 051 432 10,631 ,15f, I 34.32 052 390 16,865 242 (A.24 053 339 15,712 226 41.72 054 390 5,264 /6 16.12

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I INTERCHANGE Attachment 72-4 November 1972

RIE DATA ELEMENT/FIELD LENGTH SPECIFICATIONS

0 HEXADECIMAL MAXIMUM FIELD MAXIMUM SUBFIELD FIELD ' ID CODE LENGTH (BYTES) .LENGTH ,.

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"4 PROGRAM AREA l4. NA

'PUBLICATION DATE 17 7 ' NA

TITLE' IA 500 NA

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INSTITUTION CODES ) IC, '... 16d

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DESCRIPTOR- 23 700 56*

IDENTIFIER. -24 500 50,

EDRS:PRICE 25 30 15 *4

. DESCRIPTIVE NOTE 26 600 NA

, . ISSUE .2B 300, 50.

ABSTRACT , 2C 5,000 NA

.,.. REPORT NUMBER 2D 300 50

CONTRACT NUMBtR. 2E 300 50

GRANT NUMBER. '2F 300 :50

. . BUREAU NUMBER' 30 300 50.

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Number 2 *" 'FEBRUARY 1973, ER I CTA P EStER I CTO 0 LS ER IC DATA BASE USERS. NgW SERVICES; NEW PRODUCTS SPRINQCONFERENCE 1873 The National Institute of Education .has _lc-At granted ',casco The next ERIC data Base Users Conference has been sched- authority to proceed with a major expansion and re-structuring uled for April 2 through 4 (Mon.- \Ved.). 1973, at the Marriott of its ERICTAPES service and the addition of a new service, Twin BridgesMotorHotel in Washington. D. C. In response to ERICTOOLS. which will, for the first time, make available to a number of coillments on the Previous conference, we have the public, virtually all of the internal working publications selected a Site which is less than 10 minutes from WaShington formerly produced only for the use of the ERIC network of National Airport, Regular,frequentshuttle service to both Clearinghouses and contractors. - airports is avnillAhle, In addition,' the Twin Bridges is barely five minutes PM Washington's Museum/monument/Govern- The expansion' or the ERICTAPES service includes: monthly ment Office conlhlex its legitimate theaters, and is no more updates gf RIE report resumes; annual updates of bothRIE than ten minutes urn Georgetown, with some or the finest and CUE; availability of basic files in either UPPER CASE restaurants ONLY or UPPER AND. LOWER CASE character sets; availability of eitherRIEorCIJEresumes in a MARC II We have alsof,iengthened theconferenceto 2-1/2 days to pro- format; availability of /2/E Institutional Source Postings (in vide more fiestbilitv and more time for discussion. The meeting addition to the Descriptor and Identifier Postings; R/E-.find will adjourn §,1:06p.m.on the lastday,earlyenoughto allow CUE) and Thesaurus files already offered); and a variety oreveryone to wake plane connections which will get them home specialdata,packages, including Clearinghouse. Prefix Collec- at a reasonaVle hour, or get, in a few hours of sight'seeing tions; sequential ranges; any back,issue or q'uarter; etc. around Washington, With the conference starting on Monday, you can. if you \visit, come early and bring the family along. The re-structuring ,involves the eliminationof Option 2 Over the weegenq you can hit the high spots, get them oriented; (customer-supplied tapes) and internal tape labels; reduced and turn them 'Ouse while you are at the conference without prices On all item's; single invoicing on all purchases, with fur- worrying aboti,t tiler° running out of things to see. In two -arid- ther reductions for update subscriptions for a year or more; and a-half days, tpey won't even exhaust the Smithsonian complex the use of mini-reels (600-ft. and 1200 -ft.) for updates and on the Mall. small files. Prices per tape are as loW as S50 (for some monthly update:.), with an average of about $60. You asked rof a change in emphasis and for workshop sessions, and at the Spring Conference,)91.1 will have them, BUT, as Elimination of Option 2 and internal tape labels was necessary always, we needyourhelp. The Facility. is just beginning active to the new price and frequency structure. A survey conducted searching and On a limited basis. so you are more experienced in the first issue ofInterchangeindicated very little opposition than we are old have encountered and solved more searching- to the change. Leasco-will, of course, honor existing fixed-term related problems, your experiences can be of great value to Option 2 orders through their termination or June 1973. others. Even if you have not found solutions, you can present The ERICTOOLS program is an expansion of the data dis- your problems at the Conference, confident that others Have seniination program which began with ERICT.ERN1S, i.e., theexperienced Similar situations and can. Perhaps. be of assist- Descriptor anti Identifier Postings and Statistics publications ance to you, which were made available first for and then, in June 1972. RIE Inciiiiry No, F e backcounopot n is an invitation to por-par- The new offerings include; The Title Index, an alpha- 5 forCUE ticipatein theSpring Conference, ky just attending, but by betical index by title of all ED numbered accessions; the In'sti- 'actively taking p4ri. Prepare a Presentation, long or short, we tutional Sources, Alphabetic Directory, which lists all of the have room fa both, Lead a workshop, or at least tell us what Institutional usedtoindex ERIC Documents Sources subject(s) you wokod like to sec workshops on. The areas w here (Institutiv or Sponsoring _Agency fields); the Institutional increased emphasis has been requested are: Sources. tatistics & Postings. which is a similar list; but with the added information of the number of times each entry has Cost/Pricifig been used itpd the accession numbers of all documents with Services to the client/User which each was associate& the Report/Project Number Index; the Contract/Grant Number Index; the Clearinghouse Num- Problem Solution (Search Strategy) ber to ED Number Cross - Reference List; and.finally,ill Are there others you would like to see? Fillin the reply card, 1973, the ERIC Operating Manual, which is the "bible" used to and get it bac14 to Vs promptly. keep the many elements of the ERIC network operating "on the same wavelength", and a valuable reference work for any- A pre - conferencepackagewhich will include a preliminary one operatingor planning to develop -a bibliographic infor- agenda. registration', and hotel reservation forms. transporta- mation system. Prices range from SIS to $50, 'with discounts tion and other information, etc.. Will be sent to all who express for a n nual 'Su bscriptio ns. interest by completing inquiry No.3 on the reply card.

,The final editions of the ERICTERMS publications will con- Descriptive'rroterial and price lists for both the revised ER IC- tinue to be available at S30 each as long as the supply lasts. The TAPES progfarn and the new ER ICTOOLS are in prepara- RIEEditions include postings through December 1972; the tion, and will be available shortly. The new pricing will go into CIJEEditions include postings through June 1972. effect after the March 1973 update.

This newsletter is prepared by staff of the ERIC Processing and Reference Facility, 4E03 RttgbY Avenue, Suite 303. Bethesda. Maryland 20014, which is operated on contract by Leasco Systems and Research Corporation, for the National Institute of edocation.Allquestions, correspondence. and contributions should be directed to the Editor. Interchange, at the above address, or by felebliene(301) 650723. MORE ON THEERIC DATABASE The more you know about your data base, thmore effectively you can use jt, Here, then, is'a miscellany of facts and statistics about the ERIC Data Bawhich you may find useful. If there is additional information about the data base which you would like to have, let us know, and if, we can get it, we will print it, GROWTH OF THE FILES SIZE OF DOCUMENTS The size and rate of grow ti of adata base are critical factors toANNOUNCED IN RIE a user. Enclosure 73-1 d Aplays graphically the growth of the Recently, the Facility had occasion to coinpare the distributiOn resume files (WE andCi) lE)and the growth of the Thesaurus of the number of pages indckuments announced inRIEin 1971 file, Based tin the last twyears, bothR1EandCIJEhave get- and (972. The results may be of intbrest to those with microf- tled down to 'fairly eon tant rates of increase; a little over iche collections. 12,000 accessions per yea forRIE.anabout 17,500 forCIJE. The Thesaurus, on the o herthand has shown ajsharp drop in There/atea number of surprises in the figures. For LeVels I and the number of terms adde annually; only 106 in 1972, of which II (which are the documents microfiched), the mean (absolute 48 were use references, in contrast to 1971, when 203 terms, ofaverage) is up from 73 pages to 76 pages. However, the median which 87 were use referen es, were added. (50th percentile) is down from 39 pages to 37 pages, and the mode (most frequent pagination 'or the peak of the curve) was From the users point of view, the principal question is, "Howdown from 12 pages to 8. This indicates that more and more many tape reels are required for the full dqta base, and how smaller documents arc being announced inRIE .(The figures often will an additional tape be required?". Our experience todo not include the AIM and ARM documents or a dozen or so date indicates that we can fit on a single 2400-ft. tape reel items with erroneous pagination fields). The increase in the slightly more than 12,000RIE(report resume) records at 800 mean can be accounted for by the fact that there were 14 BPI, and slightly more than 23,000 records at 1600 BPI. Fordocuments in the 1,000 page and higher range in' 1972, com- the much smaller CIJE (journal article resume) records, the pared to only 3 in 1971. figures are over 50,000 at 800 BPI and about 100,000 at 1600 BPI. It is interesting to note that the conversion in December 1972 from the. 60-frame microfiche format to the .98-frame format As of the December 1972 updates, theRIErecords occupied will change the proportion of document's which will fit on a five (5) 2400-ft tape reels_at 800 BPI and three (3) at 1600 BPI. Single microfiche from 62% to 77%, and reduce the total num- Probably, the March 1973 (and certainly the June 1973) update ber of fiche required per year (Excluding AIM and ARM of the Master File will require a sixth reel at 800 BPI, and the collecticins) from over 17,000 to under 14,000. March 1974 update will require a seventh. At 1600 BPI, the RIErecords will not require a fourth reel until June 1974. Contract/Grant Number As of December 1972 updates, theCIJErecords, occupied two (2) 2400-ft. tape reels. at 800 BPI and one (I) at 1600 BPI: Statistics Additional reels are notlikely,to be required prior to the June The ERIC Facility has just completed the preparation of a 1975 update for the 800 BPI file or the March 1973 update for cumulativeContract/Grant Number IndexcoveringResearch the 1600 BPI file. These data are summarized below: in Education(ED Accession Series only) for the period 1966- 1972. Since the ERICOperating Manualcurrently specifies 800 1600 RIE that only OE contract /grant numbers will be captured during BPI BPI Current Records,(December 1972) cataloging, the index is small relative to other ERIC cumula- 59,575 59,575 tive indexes. Growth per year (approximate) 12,300 12,300 s Records per 2400-ft. reel (approx) 12,00023,300 Reference publications of this type do not often carry self Reels required (December 1972) 5 3 descriptive statistical information insofar as such data is time; Next reel added (approximate) Mar. 73Jun. 74 consuming to develop and is, therefore, often never generated at all. CUE 800 1600 BPI BPI The increasing number of computer applications involving the ERIC file, however, require more and more such intelligence , Current Records (December 1972) 62,751 62,751 concerning the nature' of the data base. Growth per year (approximate) 17.500 17,500 The.ERIC Facility Records per 2400-ft..reel (approx) 51.000 100,000 therefore, whenever feasible, attempt to meet this need by including statistical data in the various ER ICTOOLS it makes Reels required (December 1972) 2 I Next reel added (approximate) Jun. 75 Mar. 75 available to the ERIC network and to the interested public. TheThesaurusFile and the Descriptor and Identifier PostingsThe major statistics relating to this index are as follows: Files are very compact and are not expected to exceed one reel I. Total Accessions Considered (ED Accessions- in size in the forseeable future. 1966-1972) 59,575 INVALID DESCRIPTORS? 2. Total Accessions Containing Contract/Grant Data 8,409 It has been noted that, in rare instances, the Descriptors, as 3. Ratio 8,409 +59.575 = .1411 14.1% listed in Research in Education and in theERIC Descriptors (i:e., one accession in 7 has a contract/grant number) publiciations, appear to be invalid when compared to the forms 4. Total Accessions Containing Contract/Grant Data Begin- ,specified by theThesaurus.The explanation for this requires an eXamination of the ERIC software. To simplify computer ning OE-, OEC,dor OEG. 8.211 checking and matching,therules. for DJF Preparition 5. Ratio 8,211 t59,575 =.1378 13.8% (Operating Manual,3.4.4-21) specify only upper case alpha- (i.e., 1 accession in 7.25 has an OE contract/grant number) betic characters and no' special characters except parentheses. 6. Total Accessions Containing Contract/Grant Datanot However, for publication purposes, Deicriptors are entered on Beginning OE-, OEC. or OEG.* 158 resumes in upper and lower case, with initial capitals. Also, the rules for alphabetization(Rules for Thesaurus Preparation. 7. Total Unique Contract/Grant Numbers 4,468 1.3.1) specify that spaces between words were to be ignored. 8. Total Unique OE Contract/Grant Numbers 4,295 Therefore, in the software a sequence field is constructed, for 9. Total Unique non-OE Contract/Grant Numbers 173 all authority and postings file records, by' taking the term . * Should not have been cataloged, according to ER ICOperating (Descriptor, Identifier, Author, Source, etc.), converting all Manualrules. . (See Invalid Descriptors, page 4) 1/4 , )111E QUESTION This feature is designed to relay, to the entire data base user community, answers to questions of general inter-' 0 Va. , ) I . QUESTION: "Con yalt supplY. a list of :the major state/local EthicatiouInformation Centers prqvitling X/ .0 search services in their respective regions?" (Nancy; Ilelmuth, ASIS) . 2 , M ... m ANSWER: Yes, Attachment 73-2 lists, by state, the major so-called "EducationInformation Centers". Full

address, telephone nu1er, and contact point are provided. * . F FEEDBACK Many if not all of the decisions and choices which will be made in thecourse -of future development of the ERICTAPES and User Services programs will be heavily influenceclby the reactions of the user community. So that we may hate your input while these mattersare still under discussion, we intend to poll the user community frequently. Attached to this issue isa reply card duplicating the inquiry block at the bottom of this page. Please enter your response(s) (and comments, .4 any)and return it promptly. We will report the results in future issues.

INQUIRY'# 3Abbreviations Used By ERIC to Indicate Reproduced Copies of Documents-The ERIC system has been using the abbreviation "I-IC" (hard copy)to indicate Xerographic copies of documents. The question has arisen as to whether this is potentially confusingto users who may make the interpretation "hard cover". A survey of other MajorGovernment information centers reveals that NTIS switched from "HC" to "PC" in its January 10,1971issue of Ay, Government Reports Announcements(GRA); NASA uses "IIC" inScientific and Technical- Aerospace Reports (STAR);AECavoids the problem by not providing the information. Th'ere does not appear to be a standard'on the horizon. Shpuld ERICretain "NC" or should it change to "PC'"!

NQU I R Y /I, 4 Sponsoring Agency Index- At the present time, two kinds of corporate bodies are referred to in the ERIC resumes: (I) Institutional Sources responsible for the preparationof the document; (2) Sponsoring Agencies which funded the research or work reported in thedocument. Only the former appear in an index and are manually retrievable. There isno ptiblished index for Spun- /sor0g, Agencies. And yet there ist frequently questions relatingto sponsors, e.g., Which reports were fended by the Pro4d'Ent's Commission on School Finance? The question hasarisen therefore as to whether provision should be made in-Research in Education(R IE) for a Sport; soring Agendy Index. If the answer to that question should be "yes",a second question arises:" Should aSponsoring Agency Index be a separate indexor should it be incorporated into the present Institution Index, with perhaps a name change for the index to CorporateName Index?" The argument here isthat most users do not distinguish the librarian'sniceties of corporate involyement in the production of a document, but simply know that,organizationX was associatedin some way with the docurient; the exact nature of the associationis of little or no concern to them.

INQUIRY #3 ABBREVIATIONS.FOR REPRODUCED COPY; I. ERIC should continue with the familiar "HC"; we have experienced no problems with it. 2. ERIC should change from "HC" to -PC": the change would improve user comprehension. 3. ERIC should use neither HC nor "PC ", bin a third alternative'

COMMENTS INQUIRY #4 SPONSORING AGENCY INDEX

1. A Sponsoring Agency Indexis needed in RIE'and should be

incorporated into the present Institution index. ; separate and self:contained

2. A Spansoring Agency Index isnot needed in RIE INQUIRY # 5 DATA BASE USERS SPRING CONFERENCE 1.t My organization will be represented at the Conferetfee. please sendpre-registration package My organization will NOT be represented 2. I can make a .._:___.minute\presentation at the Spring Conference on

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17 INVALID DESCRIPTORS? (continued frontpage'2) characters to o per cam: (if they were not ulready),and When the Postings files of the current gystem ,svere initially "collapsing- them. i.e. removing spaces andspecial characters.created, there was an extensive body id. data which existed only Descriptors on incoming resumes arc similarly treated, and thein upper ease. To maintain consistency tvith what would follow, corn puterized validdilon and sequencing cotnparlsons(whichan algorithm was inserted in the conversionrouti1ne to change admit" or dc y incoming descriptors) are made against theall the upper, case only terms to initial capitals only. This Sequence F /eld(s). When a term Is added to the Master files orresulted in the second and succeeding characters of acronyms the inverted postings files, the term field is taken as I.s from thebeing erroneously cohvertcd to lower case. (previously validated) resume entry, and a collapsed sequenceThe impact of these errors on search strategy is. of course, field is generated so that it will sort properly. Subsequently,dependent upon how the search system is constructed. When addition/al postings are added by comparing the collapsed (new .searching the Postings File(s), the problem can be eliminated posting) term to the sequence field. by converting and collapsing the incoming search terms and As a result, certain errors can occur in the Tcrm Field of thecomparing them to the SequeneeTicld, rather than the Term Postings File(s) which the computer validation routines will not Field. Similar techniques can also be up-plied to resume search- catch. These are: extra (or omitted) spaces in the term; specialing. Some actual examples of thediscrepaneics we have been characterS in the term; and lower case characters which shouldtalking about are shown below: be/upper case. This fast requires some additional explanation. Master Relnme File pnd Postings-File Entries Thesaurus Entry Error Type (Incorrect) (Correct) ExtraSpaces DeFacto Segregation Defacto Segregation Socio Psychological Service Sociopsychological Service Omitted Spaces Groundskeepers Grounds Keepers Visualdiscrimination . VisualDiscrimihation Special Characters Finno-.Ugric Languages Finno Ugric Languages Lower Case LettersFlcs FLES Instead of Upper Ten! TEN U

POSTINGS STATISTICS on the average; the CUE file also has about4 major The table below includes a display of summary statistics for the Descriptors per accession but has less than 3 minor four postings files as of December 1972. Descriptors per accession (half the RIE average). The The following observations about these figures arc worthdraw- difference in indexing depth between research reports and journal articles (I 126 terms vs. 6.69 erm) is mostly in ing to your attention: this minor Descriptor area. The average Descriptor and Identifier lengths are almog, (I) Identifiers are used about three times as heavily" in RIE as exactly half of their, respective maximum lengths (i.e., 34 (5) in CIJE. The average RIE usage is about one per acces- and 50). sion. (2) New Identifiers enter the RIE and CIJE mes at nearlythe The total amount of indexing done annually for each file is same annual rate, e.g., 2,520and 2,681 respectively. (6) about the same: 140,000 total index term assignments for (3)The RIEfilehasused moredistinct Thesaurus RIE:130,00') total index term assignments forCIJE. Descriptors than has the C/J4 file, though the latter is gradually catching up. (1)The average usage. of each Thesaurus term appearing in a given file is growing for both files at an annual rate of (4)The RIE file has had an historical pattern of about4. major Descriptors and 6 Minor Descriptors per accession about 25 postings per term. POSTINGS FILE STATISTICS As Of December 1972

Descriptor Postings Identifier Postings Item RIE C1JE RIE CIJE Total Terms Used 4,876 4.691 16,507 12,485 Average Term Length 16.3. 16.4 22.1 20..9 EJ 062 751 Last Accession Number ED 066 620 EJ 062 751 ED 066 620 62,75! Total Accessions 59,575 62,751 59.575 24,065 Total Usages 671,102 419,802 56,689 Major Usages 291,127 246,483 11,438 11,047 173,319 45.251 13,018 Minor Usages 379,975 .38 6.69 .95 Total Usages Per Accession 11.26 .17 4.88 3.93 A9 Major Usages .21 2.76 .76 ,Minor Usages 6.38 1.93 Average Usages of Each Term 137.6 89.49 3.61 ERIC DATA BASE USAGE Rev, February 19

This bibliography is Intended to bea continuing reference tool providing

. Access ee'reports and"documents dealing withcarchIng, or otherwise manipulating, the ERIC Data Base. As suchdopuments come toour aatektlon;'cltations will be added to the list Whenlend If---a d7cument is announced1r1 RIE (usually a month or two later), the ED number will beadded to the citation.

Whore the ED number Is shown, orders should beplaced wj:th the EORS.lf a document Is not available from EDRS,a copy may usually be obtained from the., ERIC Facility. New entries will be supplied in the form of,edditionalor replacement pages accompanying Issues of Interchange,but the list will not normally be reprinted in its entirety. Therefore, all,pages should bcretain until replaced. Revised pages will carry the notation"Revised" under the/date of issue, but will retain the originalpage numbeft.;---.

1. Bracken, Paula OTIS Basic Index Access Systew(OBIAS);-a syr(tem for retrieval of information'from the ERIC and CIJE DataBases utilizing a direct access inverted index of descriptorsand a reformatted'direct access ERIC-CIJE File. Oregon Total Information System,.Eugene,January 1972. 18 p. (ED 061 979)

. Tschudi, Ronald R. and Meredith, JosepheT The "Probe" Retrieval Program.- ADescription. Indiana University, Bloomington, February 10,1972 15 p. (ED 059.596)

3. Frobish, Marian J. FSLIC - Search of the Library InformationCollection.' Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, 1972. .38 p. (ED 066 199)

. Link, A. D. - EQUIP - A Requestor-to-System CAI interface witha Batch Processing Automated Information Retrieval System.. State Department of Education, ColuMbia, South Carolina,September 22, 1972. 24 p.

5. Hgmminger,-Bruce Automated Search of the ERIC Files (Report ResumeFile and Journal Article File). Users Instruction Mandel (Volume 1: Level 2). University of lowe, UniverSity ComputerCenter, Iowa City, August 1, .1972. 18 p. (ED 066 209)

6. Krahmer, Edward and Horne, Kent An Alternative to QUERY. Batch-Searching of the ERIC information Collections. Resource Iriformation Center, Grand Forks; North Dakota,August 1, 1972. 55 p. (U) 063 519)

12 NT; 11,11)j. 10 611/V 11y-Qp,Fltir.,DATAjins.E. t.p;Ani, Rev. ,February 1973 NT CRC I 'ANC& r

7. Williamsen,;Mayy?Ann A Brief Deser71,04on of the STBC Inverted Search System (STRC-IVS?.. North°CarolinW.,IScience and'Technoloqy.Research Center; Research ,,,,,TriangKP9rk, North Carol inn, August 8, 1972. 15 p. H. Lander he C Wta Base Usage at the University of Calgary. hkie IYof talgay,-Anformation Systems and Services Division!,

Cal , Canada, 19.72. 5 p.

. . 0-1I.;&matioa Cbrporation l; ERIC Retrospective Search Tape ervices.! dark, New:York, 1972. '5 p.

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Gerbld T. . p§VERit Presentation made at the ERIC Data Base Users , rife'rence, Downingtown, Pennsylvania, September 21-22, 1972..

Bramhorst, W. T.; Price, D. S.; and Marra, S. J. Characteristics of the ERIC Data Base (Material for Distribution at

. the ERIC Data Base User tonferencel Downingtbwni Pennsylvania', September 21-22, 1972). September' 21, 1972, 22 p.

12. Brandhorst, W. T. Managing the ERIC Data Base. ERIC Processing & Reference Facility, Bethesda, Md., December 1972. 34 p. Presented at the AFIPS FallJoint Computer Conference, Seminar on Information Data Centers, Anaheim, Calif., Dee. 5, 1972.

13. Bruett, Mary Jo, Borlin, Kathy, and Carey, Russell L. Iowa Network for.Obtaining Resource Materials for Schools (INFORMS). Activities Manual: Operational and Promotional. Iowa State Department'of Public Instruction, Des Moines, September 1972. 148 p. (0EG-0-71-3725)

14. Link, Albert O. A Comparison of Retrieval Efficacy From the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Automated Information Retrieval System Using Computer-Assisted-Instruction TrainingJ'nd Search Negotiations as Requester-to-System Interface Methods. August 1972. 135 p. Doctor's dissertation submitted to New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexicb. (ED 067 2150

15. McCleary, William H. 9 Information Retrieval Center of the Northern. ColoradoEduc tional 'Board of Cooperative Services. Final Report, F. Y. 1971-72. Boulder, Colorado, August 25, 1972. 161p., (ED 067 134) ERIC DATA BASE -FILEGROWTH 70 1"

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Number 3 JUNE 1973 SPRING CONFERENCE FALL' USERS CONFERENCE' WRAP-UP Attendance at the recent ERIC Data Base UsersSCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 10- 12 Conference, held April 2-4, 1973, at the Marriott Twin Sufficient 'advance notice Was not,provided for the last Bridges Motel near National Airport in Washington, D.conference. This gave many attendees problems andwas C., was gratifying during a period of reduced funding for 4topic frequently mentioned in the evaluation. In order travel. Exclusive of staff of the National Institute ofto avoid future criticism of "short notice" of ERIC Education and the ERIC Facility, there were 58 officialConferences, we have expedited planning 'for the Fall attendees, representing 45 organizations. (See Attach-Conference and can tell you now that it has been sched- ment 73-3). . uled for October 10 through October 12, in Columbus, Ohio. The search for an ideal format continues. In contrast to the Downingtown Conference, where there were The dates have been selected to avoid- -as, far as we

numerous speeches, this Conference attempted round-know--oonflicts with other meetings, a . slipin table Workshops that would give the attendees more of abetween the Columbus Day and Veteran's olidays. chance, to talk than be talked at. In order to capture someThe site has been selected in response to 'requests for of the content of these Workshops, Recorders wereinteraction between users of ERIC information and , assigned to each. Their notes are presenttd as an attach-those who prepare it, Ohio State University in Columbus ment to this Newsletter (See Attachment 73-4 A/B/C/has not one, but two ERIC Clearinghouses: Science, D). Mathematics, and Environmental Ed cation (SE) and Some of the major themes recurrent throughout theVocational and Technical Education (VT). Extra added Conference were as follows: attractions in the immediate area include: on-line ERIC searches; a campus-wide SDI service, and MEDLINE, 1. The Conferences are definitely needed. Once a year isat the University itself; the headquarters of Chemical too infrequent to keep up with the rapid pace ofAbstracts Service; and Battelle Memorial Institute. events. Once every 6-9 months is about right. Our tentative schedule calls for technical sessions on 2. The Conference should move away from the East Wednesday and Thursday, with tours on Friday of some Coast on occasion: Granted that most of the users areof the installations. Sibc& we can't schedule visits to all of in the East, nevertheless there has been a neglect ofthem, we are asking you to indicate your preference on the other regions. the reply card (Inquiry#7). The results of this survey, along with specific details of hotels, transportation, etc. 3. The output people, the users, waot more knowledge ofwill be reported in future issues. and contact with the input people, the builders of the The technical program will include some new types of data base. Ergo: Hold the next Conference at a sitesessions.. The workshops on searching and costs at the convenient to an ERIC Clearinghouse so that one ofSpring Conference brought to light an apparent need-for the features of the Conference can be a tour and brief-the, development of some fundamental skills in both ing covering all input procedures. areas. TO meet these needs, we are planning to schedule two tutorials: one on search strategies relevant to the 4. Tutorials are needed in a flew areas. Of. particularERIC data base; and one on costs. Both will be devell .interest would be a technical Tutorial on the subject ofoped as 'nitty-grittythow to" sessions, designed to pro- "Search Strategy": What are the principals of goodvide attendees with the basics they will need to apply the searching? What is to be done when there doesn'ttechniques in.their own environment. Workshops (on seem to be a handle on a question? Also of interest astopics to be selected), rap sessions, and formal presenta- topics for an expert VI expound on at an instructionaltions will also be scheduled as time and talent allow. session are: (1) Marketing - How does one go about Aside from its otherattractions,the selection of selling products from a data base to people ina given Columbus for the Fall Conference is a deliberate move area? and (2) Costs- What are the elements of cost? Is away from the' East-Coast orientation of previous meet- it practical to collect detailed data on costs?'How isings. On 'a more local level, Dr. Robert Howe of SE, who this data best presented and analyzed? What usescan is making local arrangements for us, has been told we are cost data be put to? looking for a hotel closer to the airport than Downing- In 'addition to these recurrent concepts, there weretown (half-a-day's drive), but further away than Twin many other useful ideas, contained in the ConferenceBridges (at the end of the runway). Hopefully, this time, Evaluation Sheets_ returned to us by attendees. An we can achieve both convenience and quiet. attempt to summarize these has been made in Attach- Make your plans now and get your, request into the ment 73-5).In planning for the next Conference, we willbudget for FY74. We are hoping for record attendance at take into account as many of these suggestions as we can. this one.

This newsletter is prepared by staff of the ERIC Processing aq Reference Facility, 4833 Rugby Avenue, Suite 303, Bethesda, Maryland 20014. which is operated on contract by Leasco Systems and Research Corporation, for the National Institute of Education. All questions, correspondence. and contributions should be directed to the Editor, Interchange, at the above address, or by telephone 13011656-9723. MONTHLY TAPE UPDATES TUTORIAL ON "NOT" LOGIC Attendees at the recent April Conference in Washim NOW AVAILABLE FOR CIJE ton expressed a great interest in having tutorial session With the cooperation of Macmillan Information, at future conferences. This will definitely be done. It ma Leasco is now in a poiition to offer monthly updates of be possible, however, to communicate some of tl the CIJE tapes. Beginning with the July issue monthly desired instruction over the year via the Newsletter. updates will be available on either annual subscription or good example of this appeared in the March-April 191 by individual issue. Revised descriptive literature andissue ofERIC /DIALOG CHRONOLOG,the newsle prices will be distributed shortly. ter for users of the on-line, DIALOG system. This new letter contained a Tutorial on the "Proper and Improp( Methods of Using 'NOT'," This mini-tutorial can BRITISH INFANT SCHOOL - instructive for,batch users, even though its orientation on-line interactiVe" users. It is reprinted here (as Attacl SEARCH STRATEGY ment 73-7) as a good example of what can be done in th line. Two caveats: the first example given in the tutori Carolyn Trohoski of RISE writes that a search for isbasallya warning of how not to use "NOT", rah( material in the ERIC system on the subject of the British"than an example of how to use it properly; the secon Infant Schools requires the use of numerous Identifiers example describes a strategy suitable for on-line interal as well as Descriptors. The terms she used in her search, tive work which may , on occasion, also be appropriai and that she finds ,are worth passing on to others, arefor batch work if you arewilling,to run, as separai shown in the table below. If it is desired,to limit output searches; variants on your basic question. solely. to actual British references to these schools, as opposed to U, S. applications of the same principal's, the searcher should intersect with the geographic Identifiers: ENGLAND or GREAT BRITAIN or UNITEDVOTING RETURNS KINGDOM. DESCr In., the first two issues of Interchange we asked th TERM RIPTOR users (via the "Feedback" column) to vote on a total c I.British Infant School four issues. Insofar as we originally promised to "repot 2,British Infant School Theory the results in future issues", we feel now th. t it is abot 3.British Infant Schools time to tell you how things went at the polls. 4.British Primary Schools INQUIRY #3 FIC, PC, or another mbol to indi 5.Informal British Infant Schools x rate a reproduced copy 6.19formal British Schools 7.Infant Schools x RESULTS: 78% voted for HC 8.Leicestershire Infant Schools 19% voted for PC 9. Open Classrooms 3% voted for Other Symbols, e.g., PA = 10. Open Education Paper, XR = Xerography h. Open Education Model 12.Open Education System INQUIRY #4 Sponsoring Agency Index in RIE 13. Open Plan Schools x RESULTS: 82% wanted such an index 14. Open School x 15. Open Schools x 61% (of these) wantedit combine( with the Institution Index 39% (of these) wanted it to be a sepa SDC/ER IC for NLM's Medline Users rate Index The following news, item was submitted by Carlos 18% didn't think such an index was nec Cuadra and Judy Wanger:of System 'Development Cor- essary poration, INQUIRY #1 Elimintion of Option 2 "There has been a startling increase in the use of the ERIC tile during the past two RESULTS: 76% in.favor of eliminating Option 2 o months by users of SDC's on-line Biblio- found its elimination acceptable. graphic Search' Service. Since the first of" 24% in favor of retaining Option 2 October; when the ERIC fife was made avail- * able.tosome 120medicalinstallations INQUIRY #2 Labelling throughout the Country users 'Of the RESULTS: The statistics here are more difficult t National Library of Medicine's- MEDLINE present because of the table format i and baim-TWX services), over 100 different which the question was, posed and th users have searched ERIC for' hundre6 of variety of responses received. Suffice hours, with great. success. The ERIC' file to say, howevefr, that only, 3 responder includes many'kinds of information of inter- (out of the54active tape users at tin - est in a medical setting (o.g., _medical educa- time) found unlabelled tapes unaccepti tion,health services occupations, instructionaltechnology, counseling, and excep- ble tional children), and the availability of on-line We want to thank all those who took the time t access to the ERIC file is seen as a boon to respond to our inquiries. It should be clearly understoo( medical educators, researcherS, 'and practi- ..however, that the results do not necessarily mean that th tioners. All the ERIC Clearinghouses and majority choice will beirrimediately enacted. The dat other components of the ERIC system, from these surveys _arc .provided to Central ERIC an should be very pleased at this new evidence of constitute merely one factor out of many in the decisior the value of their work." making process.. .1.1-1E QUES1UN This feature is designed to relay, to the entire data base user community. answers to-questions of general interest. QUESTION: Alist of the first and last accession numbers and number of accessions for each issue and each year would be very useful in limiting searches. Can you provide such a list for bothR IEandCIJE'?(Ed Krahmer, RIC) ANSWER:, Yes. Attachment 73-6 provides this information, as well as cumulative, totals for bOth journals. With the increase to 24X reduction for thu 98-frame microfiche forintt, the card nuiabers (I of 8, 2 of 8, etc.) in the first framehave become very difficult t ) read. Can these numbers be made larger? (Frank Mattas, San Mateo County Lducational Resources Center) ANSWER: Yes This was brought to the attention of the EDRS staff, and beginning with the June issue ofI'VE,the carpumbers will be doubled in size (from 1 mm to 2 mm).

FEEDBACK INQUIRY #6 UNION LIST OF ERIC DEMAND SEARCHES Thousands of computer searches of the ERIC Data Base are being made each year by, dozens of organizations. One of the questions that arose at the last Conference was whether there should be any centralized effort to keep track of these searches so as to avoid duplication of effOrt, etc. There arc numerous questions to be resolved: In what form and in how much detail would the reports be made? How frequently should participating organizations send in data? And so on.. Attached (as Attachment 73-.8) you will find a sample log sheet that participants in a Union List scheme might be asked to complete on a regular monthly basis, Would you be willing to report your demand search activity to Centfal ERIC each month on a form such as Attachment 73-8?

INQUIRY #7 FALL CONFERENCE FACILITY TOURS The choice of installations to tour in Columbus, Ohio is wide and we would like to know the ones that.you would especially like to visit. There are two clearinghouses in the area: (I) Science, Mathematics, and Environ- mental Education (SE), and (2) Vocational, and Technical Education (VT). Please indicate which clearinghouse you would prefer to visit by *checking the appropriate box. There are five information centers to choose from. Please indicate your ORDER OF, PREFERENCE for visits to these installations by placing the numbers (I- 5) in the appropriate boxes. If there is another installation which you would particularly like\ to visit, please write in the name and address on the line marked"OTHER"and number your answers I - 6.

INQUIRY #6 UNION LIST OF ERIC DEMAND SEARCHES YES, My organization would be willing to report demaiid search activity in the format of Attachment 73-8, in return for a copy of the Union List. NO. We would not report our demand search activity. Comments

INQUIRY #7 FALL CONFERENCE FACILITY TOURS Clearinghouse (Indicatepreference by check mark). Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education (SE) Vocational and Technical Education (VT)

Information Centers(N)umberIto 5 in order of preference) College of Education (OSU), On-Line ERIC Searches Battelle Memorial Institute

0 College of Medicine (OSU). MEDLINE (including ERIC files) Chemical Abstracts Service

Central Library (OSU): Campus-wide SDI system..... 31 Other /

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T Page 3 INTERCHANGE BIBLIOGRAPHY OFERIX DATA BASE USAGE Rev. May 1973

16. Kniefel, David R. (North Carolina State Univ.) QUEST: A Conversational Access to Computerized Searchesof the ERIC System. Paperl presented at the American EducationalResearch Association Conference, New Orleans, La., February 25 -.March 1, 1973.. February-March, 1973, 18p. 111. 17. Embry, Jonathan D,; Baca, Stephen S.; Langley,Robert; Adams, Stone GANDALF*:- A.General_Alpha-NumericjDlsrect-ACcess.Library-Facillty. Albuquerque, N.M. Southwest Research Associates, October 13',1972, 16p.

18. Olson, Tom; Mclsaac, Donald N.; Sptck, DennisW. WisconSin Information Systems for education(WISE). 1. System Description WISE-ONE (6p.) 2. User Documentation WISE-ONE (5p.) Madison, Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin, March 14,1973.

19. Tell, Bjorn; Gluchowitz; Zofia Progress Reportof Computerized 10 Se7Gices at theRoyal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. Stockholm, Royal Institute of Technology, October1972. 28p. (TRITA-LIB-4014)

20. Hull, Cynthia C.; Wanger, Judith / Educational Resources Information/Center (ERIC) File Partition Study: Final Report Santa Monica, Calif., System Dev lopment Corp., August 1972. 272p. (§0C-TM- 972; ED-067'520)

21. Wilmoth, James Noel ERIC Data Base Users' National Conference Of April 2-4, 1973 at Marriott _ _ Twin Bridges Motor Hotel /In.Arlington, Virginia (Conference Report to Foundations of Education/Department, School of Education, Auburn University). Auburn University, Alabama, April 13, 1973. 4p.

22. Allan J. Humphrey Survey of Active Users 9f the ERIC Data Base. A Summary Report. University of California, Institute,of Library Research, Berkeley, May 21, 1973. 19 pi Pt

23. Wilmoth., James Noel / Methods of Cost Redudtion in Information Retrieval. Auburn University, FOundations of EdUcation Department, April 1973. 1613. Paper pre ented at the Apri1,27, 1973 Meeting of the Mid- Southeast Chapt r, Association for Computing Machinery, at Galinburg, Ten essee.

24. Prevel, 'James J. Madhine Readabl Data Base Surveyfor the Education Community. Lockheed lnfor ation Systems, Palo Alto, Calif., February 1973. 21 p. (OE 0-71-2'559).

* GANDALF is an a ronym for a bibliographic'search system and any confusion with the Tolkien character of the same name is strictly intentional.

33 ANTERCHANGE Atachmont 73.3 ERIC Processing & ReforencejacIllty Hay 1973 April 1973

ERIC DATA BASE USERS CONFERENCE

MARRIOTT TWIN BRIDGES MOTORHOTEL

WASHINGTON, D. C. APRIL 2-4, 1973

R istrants (C eto List)

ADDRESS CONTACTS) "ts.

ALABAMA

AUBURN UNIVERSITY James Noel Wilmoth Foundations of Education .4 Coodinator,yinformation Retrieval Auburn, Alabama 36830 (205) 826-4437

CALIFORNIA

'UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Allan J. Humphrey Institute of Library Research Research Specialist Survey of Active Users of the ERIC (415) 642-5802 Data Base Berkeley, California 94720

SAN MATEO COUNTY SU T. OF SCHOOLS OFFICE Frank,W. Mattas Education' Resources Center Director, Administrative 333 Main Street. (415) 364-5600 (Ext. 4404) Redwood City, Calif rnia 94063

COLORADO

NORTHERN COLORADO EDUCATIONAL BOARD OF Rocky Petrocchi COOPERATIVE SERVICES (NCEBOCS) . information Retrleval Specialist 830 South Lincoln (303) 772-4420 Longmont, Colorado 80501

- DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Delbert Myren, Chief Department of State Planning Analysis andUtilization Washington, D. C. 20523 Division (202) 632-1802

Michael Roh1a, InformationSpecialist Research and University Relations (202) 632-1802 ADDRESS CONTACT(S)

MASSACHUSETTS

CAREER EDUCATION DOCUMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM Henry A. Haroian Massachusetts Department of Education Director Division of Occupational Education (617) 685-3526

57,RiverAna.d. , Andover, Massachusetts 01773

MERRIMACK EDUCATION CENTER Jean E. Sanders

° Information Services (617) 729-4679 Project.LINKER 101 Mill Road Chelmsford, Massachusetts 01824

MITRE CORPORATION. Alice Schafer I State Educational jnformation Center (SEIC) Consultant to MOE and IES Box 208 (617) 271-2257

Bedford, Massachusetts 01720 ,

NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR OCCUPATIONAL MiriamGoa EDUCATION (NERCOE) Information Specialist Clearinghouse (617) 969-7100 55 Chapel Street Newton, Massachusetts 02160

NEW MEXICO

ERIC CLEARINGHOUSE ON RURAL EDUCATION Carroll Hall AND SMALL SCHOOLS Associate Director NeW Mexico Sp(te University (505) 646-2623 Box 3AP Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003

SOUTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES Jock Embry" 212Bryn Maur N.E. Director of Computer Services Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106

NEW YORK

CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK Priscilla M. Pereira Graduate School Library, Education Librarian 33 West 42nd Street (212) 790-4232 New York, New York 10036

LOCKHEED INFORMATION SCIENCES Robert Donati 05 Lexington Avenue Eastern-Representative New York, New York 10017 (212) 697-7171

MACMILLAN INFORMATION Thomis Wright, Editor 866 Third Avenue (212) 935-7276 New York, New York 10022 William Funderburk Consulting Services,Directoe (212) 935-4296 35 v

ADDRESS CONTACT(S)

ILLINOIS

ERIC CLEARINGHOUSE ON EARLY Susan Thomas CHILDHOOD EDUCATION Assistant Director University :of Illinois (217) 333-1386 805 W. Pennsylvania Avenue Urbana, Illinois .61801 Stephen M. Leighton Data Processing Analyst (217) 333-6133

ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY Petty Harris Computer Services Research Consultant Normal, Illinois 61761 Kup T. K. Tcheng.

Mike Wong (309) 438-3611

UNIVERSITY OF. ILLINOIS Martha Williams

Coordinated Science Labs. ' Professor and Director of Urbana, Illinois 61801 IS&R Program (217) 333-1074

MARYLAND

MARYLAND STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Robert Constante Division of Administration and Finance Education Consultant Task Force Developing a Statewide (301) 796-8300 (Exts. 282, 283) Information System P. O. Box 8717 Melvin L. Self Friendship International Airport Consultant In Special Ptojects Baltimore, Maryland 21240 (301) 796-8300 (Ext.' 329)-\

MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Karen Dowling Educational Materials Laboratory Research Assistant 850 N. Was Street Rockville, Maryland20850 Philip J. Kromnick Library Assistant (301) 279-3227

SCIENCE INFORMATION ASSOCIATION J Fredrica'Santell 3514 PlyerS) Mill Road Director of Training Kensington, Maryland 20795 (301) 949-0220

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IIIW YORK (CONE.)

NAStiAU LDUCAT1ONAL RI SOURCE CLNTIR (LIOELq Ann t. Fit.rpotrick Ro:carch DovrIopment DI roctor li96 Prospect Avrnur (W) 991-8751 Wo;tbury, Nrw York 11500

UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER Margaret Prrry Education Library Education Librarian Rochester, Nrw York 14627 (716) 275-4461

NORTH CAROLINA

NORTH CAROLINA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Sylvia F.Sandor-, RESEARCH CENTER ApplIcaElons Engineer P. 0. Box 12235 Research Triangle Park Becky Walker North Carolina 27709 Coordinator. of University, Relation (919) ,549-8291 a

NORTH DAKOTA

RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (RIC) Edward Krahmer, Director Box 8122, University Station (701) 775-5212 Grand Forks, North Dakota 58201

OHIO

ERIC CLEARINGHOUSE ON SCIENCE, Art White MATHEMATICS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION Science Education Faculty Ohio State University Associate Professor 400 Lincoln Towers (614) 422-6717 Columbus, Ohio 43210

PENNSYLVANIA

RESEARCH AND INFORMATION SERVICES Carolyn Trohoski FOR EDUCATION (RISE) Director of Information Service, 198 Allendale Road (215) 265-2218 King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406 Richard R.Brickley Project Director (215) 265-6056

RHODE ISLAUD,

UNIVERSITY'OF RHODE ISLAND Nancy Rieser Department.of Education Senior Data Analyst Curriculum Research and Development (401) 792-284 714 Chafee (401) 792-2922 Kingston, Rhode )5land 028 &1

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kHOOL LIANO %1Alf OtrAIIIMINt 01 tOOCALION I(cur. %oHth Idift.4tion Infotootfols Cents-A hawotit Jim 144 Minn HoII (1M) MII-6(r0sOlmt.,6//) 600 Mt,1 Ir4:ont Avrour Providrncr. Rhodrt I%lond 0)')011

%0IJIH CAROLINA

SOUTH CAROLINA !TALL DEPARTMtNT tTL LOUCALION AIton%o I,tvti% Offit:r of Ito:rat-0 Oiler !'iocleiv6or !louth Emolina ',tate Pilot Informal ion b;-...erlinotwn 1'r(sq,0:71 ,Jane I:06 Rutledqr 6uiltfinq AnoIyt Coluribia, South Cofohno :V20I (3oi) 158.3S48,

TEtiNESSEE

UNIVIRSITY OF TCNNLCE Oee 14ilder Division of Vocational Lducation Infofriation Soc-cioIkt State Denartrvent of iducation Research Coordinating Unit RrII Hines Tennessee Information Retrieval and Research Assistant Disseminati9n System for (615) 974-3338 Vocational Education 909 Mountcastle Street KnoXville, Tennessee 37916

TEXAS

S INFORMATION SERVICE Leo Lambert Tracor Lane Project Manager in, Texas 78721 (512) 926-8080

UTAH

UTAH STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION Marvin S. Perry Internal Data Processing Programmer/Analyst 136 E. South Temple (801) 328-5436 Salt Lake City, Utah 84103

VIRGINIA

VIRGINIA STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Philip F. Boepple ' Research & Statistics Supervisor of Special Studies Richmond, Virginia 23216 (703) 770-2068

COUNCIL FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN Suzanne Baxter Information Center (703) 521-8820 1411 S. Jefferson Davis Highway Arlington, Virginia 22202

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IRK [In4rioqh(mtn tin Library and 10.'1(111,04w tit llt.ct ct v Informatiti.o !;clenct, (10.) Ittio Coonecticut Avenue, Wat,hintiton, 0. C. -20016

01;TRICT 01- COEUM1tIA,1`U4L1( t4.1001% Rocl litah bevaftttwtta of fletenich nod [valuation [1,)idiliatot Keteaich Intora(Ion Centimt 41S 1214-1 Street, ti.W. [iika itctlinton Washitto ott ;0.C. 20004 Coofdinator

C. Oatkin: LduLational (,tentioq {'.lent (202) 31.672/ iRIC CLEARINGHOUSE ON HIGHLR [DUCAT IOU Jon4than D.F IN, Thp George Wal..bin9ton University 1)i rector One Dupont. Circle, Suite 630 washington, D. C. 20036 willia;!s Mayvl Ile gr.%earch Atociate

Helen Shell Re'.earch Assotiatm

Pamela Gruber Secretary (202) 296-2597

ERIC CLEARINGHOUSE ON TEACHER EDUCATION Mary Jane Miskel The George Washington University Information Analyst One Dupont Circle, Suite 606 (202) 293-7280 Washington, D. C. 20036

NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS Bea Marron. Institute for Computer Sciences Systems Analyst and Technology (301) 921-3485 Systems Development Division__ Washington, D.. C. 20234

FLORIDA

FLORIDA STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Robert E. Hancock Associate Commissioner for Administration Administrator Florida Educational Resources Information (904) 488-2986 Center Knott Building Tallahassee, Florida 32304 39

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RECORDERS NOTES FOR. WORKSHOPA - TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS FOR.BETTER4AETRIEVAL Moderator: Carolyn Trohoski (RISE) Recorder: 'Ji-m Houston (ERIC Facility)

Both segments of Workshop A were opened with statements by attendees,on their specific applications of the ERIC Data Base. Each workshop attendee was given the-opportunity to state organizational affiliation and to describe the processing environment, the operating mode, and the ERIC users within the context of hieor her.particular organization. DIALOG, QUERY, MYRIAD, and other search programs, were discussed in terms of providing relevant retrieval for a variety of ERIC users, from educational Wicymakers to students.

The subject of "negotiated search strategies" was discussed. It was noted that some users become 'frustrated with ERIC because they encounter irrelevant search results., All attendees agreed that relevant searches depend upo6 sound search strategies. The most important,function of the negotiator is to find out what the user really wants. The negotiator and the user should sit down together and patiently work out the details of,a proposed search, including narrowing the search strategy to fulfill all output requirements. Preliminary manual searches were suggested as a useful technique in determining the validity of a search strategy. In addition, "search sampling" bay be employed to, limit a search, particularly a search with a broad, general topic. The technique of "search',,,

sampling" permits an examination of the first.25-50 hits of a search before a -,, final commitment is made to a search strategy. Search sampling may be performed 'manually or, most effectively, on a computer. It was agreede of course, that the more knowledgeable a person is w(th respectto the ERIC system, the more effective and efficient he or she is likely to be as a search negotiator. Experienced strategists provide the most relevant results.

Moving from problems in the negotiation process to problems in using the data base, it was suggested that searches may often be made moreexelevant by limiting them to major Descriptors only In addition, the quantity of, output may be reduced(I) by first-searching inverted files before going to linear files (a function not available with QUERY) or (2) by determining the number of hits before final output (as with MYRIAD).Anothel suggested technique for reducing output was reduction of the number of. D9scriptor's. used in searching by dropping ones with low hit rates. Hit quantities may be determined by consulting the usage reports. I Macmillan Information plans to make available the Descriptor and Identifier usage reports in the very near future. It was recognized that the technique of limiting Descriptors does not provide exhaustive searching . capability, but that it is satisfactory in many situations.

The problem of duplicates in searching was mentioned briefly. It was noted that the instance of true,duplication in the system is very rare, but that quasl-duplicates are at times unavoidable when deviations in author or title are cataloged. Such "duplication" is not detected by the system. WORKSHOP A - TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS FOR BETTER RETRIEVAL (CONTINUED)

It was suggeste that Descriptor postings be incorporated into the ) The aurus. Such postings could be made a part of the Main term display 'or every listed in a separate section. They could indicate major vs. minor usage counts and RIE vs. CIJE usage counts.

The discussion also covered searching with Identifiers. It was indicated that Identifiers are often difficult to use because of their unstructured, uncontrolled nature (ie., one concept may be expressed in a variety of different ways): ,It was pointed out that guidelines for indexing with Identifiers exist in the ERIC Operating Manual, but that the very nature of the identifier concept permits unavoidable variation. In addition, NJE and the ERIC Facility are considering a clean-up of. the Identifier file in the not-so- distaht future. It was suggested that it is sometimes helpful to select one or more Identifiers and then go to the resumes of documents posted, pick up relevant Descriptors, and search on those Descriptors. This way the searcher might, not have to worry over variation in Identifier terminblogy.

The function of "negation" in search strategies was discussed. It.was suggested that negation is a verynpowerful .tool and must be used with caution in order to'avoid eliminating good hits. The negation function of MYRIAD is not working at present':However; the function may. be circumvented on MYRIAD and other systems by sufficiently narrowing the search. There was some -disagreement among attendees over the usefulness of negation: However, one major function was stressedthat being the negation of subfiles within' . a large system such as DIALOG. ,

The discussion also covered the problem of the very large numbers of terms which must often be used to get.toa desired generic search level. It was suggested that distribution be made ofethe "families" of commonly assigned Descriptors used .most frequently by Clearinghouses. The availability ofw Clearinghouse '!Scope Notes",would also be helpful in clustering terms f for broad-based searches; these Scope Notes could be pi-inted in RIE and CIJE. Another' suggestion for RIE and CIJE, or the Interchange newsletter, was to show' the relationship OTTormer or inactive ERIC Clearinghouses to the current Cle"aringhouse network. Information on what these Clearinghouses did, what documents they accessioned; and when they terminated their activitfles, would be helpful to all ERIC users. In addition, significant Clearinghouse bibliographies should be made a part of the Interchange newsletter.

Still on the problem of Descriptor searching, it.was suggested that" .5./ coordination might be arranged-among Clearinghouses for indexing with certain se\lected Descriptorst. But this ,problem really lies within the area of "ceptral 19(icography" (i.e., in improving the vocabulary of the Thesaurus'to satisfy all users, rather than in ignoring existing terminology currently in this-t9o1). Complaints were aired on the ambiguity bptween certain Thesaurus,terms. NVE, hash indicated its commitment to an ERIC "Vocabulary impFOWIFJ7T-Program." This program is being implemented this month, April 1973, by the ERIC Facility. Various safeguards are set up to preserve the integrity of,:the Thesaurus. Usage of more term definitions will be a primary consideration 77777;Ctivity. In addition to the vocabulary improvement program, a major revamping of the existing Descriptor Groups is expected to be implemented in the near future. WORKSHOP A - TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS FORBETTER RETRIEVAL (CONTINUED)

--- Specific instances were mentioned in the workshopwhere Thesaurus terminology does not reflect currentusage. Outmoded term nology will be corrected as a task of the vocabularyimprovement program. New terminology, however, must await usage inERIC documents. New terms used by ERIC indexers are submittedto "central Lexicography" on "Descriptor Justification Forms," eightypercent of whiCh are approved.

The importance of "search saving" and "search sharing" was discussed ) in detail. Clusters of Descripta-s-and/or Identifiersor "macro-Descriptors", which searchers have used in thepast, could be saved for the benefit of: all. Each user should determine what kind ofquestions come up over and over again and which use the same search strategy. An excellent exchange mechaniqm for. sharing searches would be theInterchange newsletter. It was recognized that certain search strategies valid witha given system might not be valid for use with anothersystem; however, Descriptors, Identifiers, and other data elements,are common, in all searches and often- used search strategies can therefore be usually madeavailable to all ERIC users. Several_ attendees indicated their willingnessto share such information. ,The dissemination Of these search strategieswould also be important in any effort to tighIenup the current vocabulary of the Thesaurus.

SUMMARY OF ACTION ITEMS

NIE/Central ERIC:

1. Consider the incorporation ofusage counts as part of the Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors.

2 Consider the incorporation of ClearinghouseScope Notein RIE and CIJE, with additional information about discontinued cleariWiRbuses.

3. Consider the initiation: of a comprehensive Identifierclean-up task.

ERIC Facility:

"l. Consider the incorporation of significantClearinghouse bibliographies or notices of them,, into Interchange'.

2. Consider system-wide distribution of the "familyof terms" used most frequently by each Clearinghouse in'its indexing.

3. Begin immediately the "Vocabulary ImprovementProgram" to enhance both Descriptor indexing and searching.

MacMiltan Information:

I. Expedite availability of RIE & CIJE Descriptor/IdentifierUsage Reports.

Users of ERICTAPES andERICTOOLS:

1. Cooperate in sharing significant or more useful search strategies through the-Interchange newsletter. 4:3 *MURCIANO Attachment 73-46

May 103 ,

RECORDERS NOTES FOR WORKSHOP B,- PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FROM THE ERIC DATA BASE Moderator:I' Rocky Petrocchi (NCEBOCS) Recorder: Charles Missar (NIE)

Products and services are often interrelated becatise products are A generated from services and in turn services generate products. Products might be identified as the outputs of the information service ceneers. These outputs, fall; into two general categories: (1) the end results of the processing efforts, (2) the advertising tools which the centers develop to market their processing efforts. First, let us discuss the products of the processing effort. These can run the gamut from a few highly selective abstracts, or microfiChe, on a specific topic, to a comprehensive package including copies of all the abstracts, extracts, articles, and microfiche which are, determined to be of need to the requestor. Both of 0 !these products require)considerable effort on the part of the center /because judgment and selectivity are involved. In between these-two types are a variety of outputs, extending from unedited printouts of citations or abstracts to carefully screened lists of selected bibliographic items, Most of the products discussed are machine-generated from the ERIC Data Base, but some are Still retrieved by conventional library techniques, i.e., manual searching.

Many of the centers really only,provide abstract-containing bibliographies in response to requests. However, some few, such as SMERC and RISE, provide fully developed reports or packages. For selected topics, NCEBOCS generates activities-oriented packages, containing actual texts gleaned from ERIC microfiche and journal articles. While all provide on-demand services, most of the group have pre-packaged materials which they can use to,handle repeat requests.

The second type of output is the publicity pieces which are necessary to advertise center services or products. This is handled by/title announcement sheets, newsletters, and - "critical issues of the *month" publications, which are prepared in qudhtity and clistributedto the user community. When necessary, a catalog of publications is prepared to further highlight all that the center has, available. In a few instances, this catalog becomes another periodical, such as Exceptional Child Education Abstracts..

The services which the centers provide relate both to the processing effort and to the publicity function.. As part of processIng, the centers do both computer and manual searching, prepare bibliographies, review and analyze search results, provide current awareness and selective dissemination of information (SDI), as well, as sponsor or support field agents. Services related to center publicity functions include,orientations, training sessions, and preparing tape and slide presentations. San Mateo has, for example, an WORKSHOP B - PRODUCTS AND SERVICESFROM THE ERIC DATA BASE(CONTINUED)

extended orientation to their center for the key contract personnelfrom the school systeA. Then they provide three or four"roadshows" a year in the appropriate school systems. Thisis one of the ways in whichthey publicize their services. RISE has sponsored training sessionsfor key people from the Pennsylvania Intermediate Units in ordeT to developand enhance understanding of their ,casystem.

During the course of the Workshop, the products and services ofa number of centerswere described. These included San Mateo Educational Resources Center (SMERC), Research andInformation Services for Education (RISE), Northern Colorado Educational Board of CooperativeServices (NCEBOCS), Tennessfte ResearCh Coordinating Unit, Councilfor Exceptional Children (CEC), Information Center, Montgomery. County (Md.) Public Schools, D.C. Public Schools Research Information Center, and the Career EducationDocument Information System (CEDIt).

A few handouts were made: Included were a SMERC microficheof the recent U. S. Supreme Court decision upholding property taxas a m for school financing, the CEDIS brochure and their titleannouncement sheet "Thru the Grapevine," and one paper entitled ERIC Computer SearchSurvey by the Educational Materials Laboratory of the Montgomery'County(Md.) Public Schools. A copy of the drug education activitypackage from NCEBOCS was also circulated.

There were several problems discussed duringthe session. Copyright restrictions were generally acceptedwithout argument. The matter of release permission is recognized as a time consuming, butnecessary, effort. Costs.were touched upon briefly with thequestion raised as- to whether to charge for services, processes, or products. One attendee suggested that usually "the number of hitsis inversely propoftionafto the costs" in searching. Two problems had to do with ERICClearinghouses. One was the fact that infOrmation centers are not immediatelyaware of Clearinghouse products, so they cannot make quickuse of them. The second dealt with the apparent competition between Clearinghouses and informationcenters over product development. This could have serious implications:The Clearinghouses saw themselvesas having the money and know-how to do this. job. The information centers argued that they know the local needsof their clients better. Perhaps a solution might be fornational p ?oducts to be in the purview of the Cleainghousewhile local or regional products might be prepared by the informationcenters.

Several recommeklations emerged from thissession: (1) ERIC Clearinghouses should be quickly madeaware of crucial topics for acquisitions andproduct development;(2) All tapeusers should be promptly informed of new ERIC Clearinghouse products; (3) use fieldagents or intermediate (outside) personnel tolenhance and expand services; (4) A further study of file partitioning should'be undertaken And, finally (5) a "needs sensing network'' should be developed.

In summary, there does notappear to be anyo,Qne best, product or service.- A variety of products, prepackaged as well as those available on demand,seem to be necessary. The better organized centers providemore and better. services. Services should be available for alltypes and levels of users. 45 ss, J 1INTERCHANCE Attachment 73-4C May 1973

RECORDERS NOTES FOR i WORKSHOP C - COSTS OF SEARCHING Moderator: Martha Williams (University of Illinois) Recorder: Carroll Hall (ERIC/RC)

This session was concerned primarily with determining the costs associated with searching data bases, particularly the ERIC files. Before the discussion progressed very far, it became apparent that there was a need to obtain a consensus as to what actually constitutes a search. Isit limited to a computer .run? Is an SDI profile a search? Is a manual retrieval of information considered a search?

'After some discussion of the ways in which different centers actually arrived at search costs, it also became apparent that it\is extremely difficult to compare search costs from one installation to another. There are many variables and many different accounting practices involved. Even installations with identical hardware and software evidenced.variances in cost determination. The nature of the computer facility has a great deal to do with costs. Some organizations own their equipment; some lease. Some have combinations of hardware from different companies, and so on and on. Computer time can be the major cosMfactor in one installation and available virtually for free in another.

The costs passed on to the user, as reported by the different centers, often do not reflect the total cost associated with any given search. In most cases the charges and fees reported were a fraction of actual total cost. The picture is complicated in that some installations are heavily subsidized by outside agencies, thereby helping to alleviate costpressures.

All-of this raises the question then as to what really is thepurpose of determining the cost of running a search? Looking at realities, the following can be expected to occur:

\ . 1. Data bases are going to increase in size. 2. Money will get tighter.. 3. More demands will be placed on systems. 4. Information centers in order to survive will b come competitive for clients. 5. Information centers will have to look for waysIt which to perform similar , services more economically. 1 `,---

For all of the above reasons, it is mandatory for centers to be able to identify specific elements involved in their search procedures, to attach cost figures to each in a rational manner, and to analyze costs for ways. in which, to increase efficiency.

4$ WORKSHOP C- COSTS OF SEARCHING (CONTINUED)

Another reality to be faced is thefact that eventually centers representedhere will be'forced most of the few are self-supporting to become self-supporting. at this point in time, Very in that direcOon. though manyare making plans Various techniqueswere discussed for this objective. Some are: accomplishing

1. System refinements- both hardware and software, file inversion e.g., file partitioning; with latest datafirst; eliminatrng from standarddatabases, etc. irrelevant fields

2. Use of more sophisticated hardware, a g., REMCARD. off-line devices suchas

3. Increase size ofmarket.

A great deal' of discussion was centeredaround this last development ofstrategiesto use in advertising topic and the out that eventually services. It was brought centers,would be competing same clientele. against themselvesfor the This is inevitableif becoming objective. self-sustaining,isa real

Discussions deviatedfrom the general times and centered topic of costde_termination at mostly around suchtopics as evaluation of offered- for example, people are generally satisfiedwith services they are not used to getting. There was also much on-line processing discussion on comparing. with batch processing. .

In closing, itwas pointed out that the search systems and only way to testdifferent strategies relativeto cost is to install at one installationwhere the variables all, systems involved in costdetermination are the same or can becontrolled. One of the most important recommendationsto come out of the was the necessity ofcollecting information Workshop 'operating a service. now about variouscosts of It is impossibleto go back in time data. When the time and.recr9ate comes that a center. is hitby the demand -back-up data should be for accountability, available for rationaldecision-making.

47 ANTERCHANGE \Attachmant'73-4D \ May 1973

RECORDER NOTES WORKSHOP D - TAPE USER SERVICES ANDTECHNICALASSISTANCE Moderators: Harvey Marron (NIE) Ted Brandhorst ,(ERIC Facility) Recorder: Pat Coulter (NIE)

The National Institute of Education (NIE) has contractedwith Leasco to provide four services:

1, Newsletter - a bi-monthly newsletter (called Interchange)which goes tp all tape users, microfiche subscribers, anda variety of other interested parties.

2. Conferences - semi-annual meetings featuringpresentations, workshops, tutorials, rap sessions, etc., providing database ,users a forum in which to be heard'.

3. Technical Assistance- comOuter software and hardware know-how to assist in solving problems, troubleshooting, effectinginstallations, improving performance, etc. User would pay travel and per diem.

4. Computer Searching- actual live searches will)be d9ne for NIE and selected Clearinghouses. An attempt to provide-a laboratory for thecomparative. testing of search systems will also be made.

The point was made that regardless of thecommunication mechanism, centers need exposure to relevant developmentS in thefield of education, as wellas developments in the area of information handling.

Newsletter

The'following pointswere made concerning the newsletter:

1 Addresses of recipients need to be periodicallychecked and updated. In some cases the newsletter is,being directed toan inappropriate unit within an organization. All conference registrants should beplaced, as individuals, on the mailing list. More than one copy should be sent toan installation in many cases, so that input people willbe sure to see it.

2 The newslet.er should be used as a vehicle forcommunication between those involved in input (Clearinghouses, NIE/Central ERIC)and those involved ip retrieval efforts (information centers). New Descriptors should be listed, problem searches, descriptions of partiqularcenters and their operations, etc. The newsletter should provide feedbackon user problems, from informatlon centers to Clearinghouses. Eventually the.newslettermight well he broadened to ,include not just tape users but all ERIC users and all , topics of interest to them.

43 WORKSHOP D- TAPE USER SERVICES AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (CONTINUED)

The list of reforenco5 concerning maaous-software-systems-using-the---- ERICTAPES is useful and the newsletter should definitely 'keepthis "running -bibliography" up-to-date.

4. More handout information on the nature of ER-IC,what it is and does, is needed for the eduCeation ofusers. 4.4

5. Newsletter items and attachments should be targeted,to specific groups, e.g., programmers, administrators, indexers/abstractors, etc. Also,, vs relate content to specific educational needs of /2 the moment:,Bring in guest editors. Publish more frequently. The following specific topics were mentioned as being desirable:

a. Technical instruction on how to concatenate updatetapes with main file.

b. Notices of/new, jnformation products.

c. Marketing techniques being used by others.

A d. -training aids in information usearea..

e. Definitions developed by other groups.

f. Extracts frOm Clearinghouse newsletters.

g. Indexing policy matters.

h. Current trends in education

i. "Want Ads" notification from information centers as to theirurgent needs of the moment.

j. Searches and/or products on "hot topics"

Conferences

1. There should be greater participation by Clearinghousepersonnel in future meetings in order to providemore information on how data base is built.

2. There is a definite need for Conferencesmore frequently than just 7annually. Semi-annual is about right. The two meetings could both be nationalor one national and one regional. As much advance notice as possible should be given. Avoid conflicts.

3. Conferences should present broad picture as wellas having specialized sessions. They must provide for. both the technical people (i.e.,computer types), the retrieval staff, management, andeven the users. Some ideas for topics are:

49 WORMOP I)- fAIT thrR ...&Rvicrs AND IfCHNICAt A!,:iShlANCL (CONI1NOW

equipment dowow.tfations h. search strategy formulation marketing and packaging d. 'forms e. information products 1. hands-on exporiovnts (1. soft_ wart, compari sons, I). file parti-tioning i. management information j. data base clean-up k. acquisitions and selection policies. I. Clearinghouse ;icopes Clearinghouse innut processing practices n. tutorial/instructional -sessions on some of above topics

4. Conferences should move away from East Coast'orientation. They should be held close to a site that could be visited in order to provide insight into certain operations,.e,g._close to_a_Clearimghouse.,. information center, state department of education,etc. A Clearinghouse would be especiallydesirable in order to get insight into input procedures and problems, policies,-indexing, vocabulary,control,etc. Urbana and Columbus were mentioned. St. Louis is central, but has no local site.

Technical Assistance and Searching

I. 'The "laboratory" doing comparative studies should includecost comparisons and' publish 'this information.

The-institute for Library Research (Humphrey study) work should be expanded to include on-line users.

Publish information concerning AIM/ARM tapes and their availability.

4. Include beginning and ending accession numberson update ERICTAPE labels.

5. The.Facility is interested in receiving copies of allforms used in connection with searching activities. Files are being developed at the Facility for each organization using the data base.

6. The.areas where technical assistance may be obtained fromthe Facility will be announced, e.g., lexicography, searching,acquisitions,etc., together with the responsible staff member and telephonenumber. 41INTERCHAN ATIACHMENf

CONICRINCE k,t.IALUATI6N-COMMENTS

I. Felt that 1 was benefited by my attendance at the Conference. I on new to the information retrieval operation, and it was a great help to be exposed to other user: and their thought% andopinions.

2. A worthwhile meeting. I' have no one .(except the Unlversity 01 "X" which is a rival and geographically very distant) to consult with or compare notes with on ERIC. Therefore chit: has been of value to me. The ERIC data base differs quite a lot from our other bases.

I would like to see what literature other centers are producing, to market their ERIC data base. I'd like to hear what they do to prowote and train searchers.

would have iiked-to See the E rature from Leasco or Macmillan. I A etc. spread out on a table for ex rtatr.ifi.: I like' to be free to examine tools and literature. Also proviSion should be made to h: able to place orders for any material on-display.

was pleasantly surprised-at the amountof information exchanged and I

the varied viewpoints represented. I don't think the groups could stand being much larger.

strongly recommend that one or more conferences be held in the I proximity of a Clearinghouse ind/or information center.

4. Almost a good format. Workshop idea very good. Need more participation from individual representative in order to keep them at the meetings. Suggest a two day meeting with a night session wrap-up. More-uses of panel discussions with pre-prepared materials.

5. Idea' of national conference good. Extremely useful to meet and talk with people,Jrom other inStallStions, It would be nice to know the overall emphasis of the next conference;More involvement by clearinghouses should be included, as well as final information users. That is cover the entire jnformation systeM (briefly) from acquisition through final dissemination.

6. Good interaction betwetn users and between users and ERIC staff.

7. As a novice data base user I found the conference extremely useful and informative. It' was a manageable conference and appeared to

advance without serious mishaps. I find it difficult to be critical because of my own limited knowledge. However, some visual aids would have been appreciated. H. 1 em not ttrr.1110 (10,10 Illy y, Hettel I oli011::

Ve.1y t t s o l t t l , but I t tit)(AI 1r41 cIInot r: p rov 1 t he %attic, end eon Ill hr reached,

9. This w: a molt wailtl ond intoumotiveLonttitni:e, oftit,lently orqoni:rd,

M. 1 think thot everyone involved in itimotion-orrvice %honkd incorporate data collection proctdures to collectevidence of their impact. In addition -there should bemore attempt to reach tracher. porticularly the. insorvict and teacher Oeprotionprogr111..in the colic-qv% od universitie%.

A wrk%hop on how to incurporote thee servic.e% inon undelqradnote toddler troining proqrom would be u%eful.

II. Thi% is ono of the better conference% I have ottended.

12. It -would hive been very helpful forwe to have metin %woll groups with people who had similar or9onizationand problem., 'my%e11.

)3. LORS-LIPCO-HoclJillon (wore fully) %hould alsotie represented This is the only conference.. on ERIC thoC\rnost ofthew people attend. Could be one-stop conference.

14. Well -run. Conference, but suffered fromunder-current of th.v funding crunch, etc..

ACtually none of the 4 sessionswere workshops. Workshops entail discussion, participation, and problem solving,ending in a plan of action. The sessions entailed discussion andparticipation on a sharing basis only.

.Would like to see more speeches (nottoo many) more specific in, content, shorter in delivery.

,16. Hats off to the Facility. Gobd job.. However- Large workshop groups may hove limited amomt of interaction. Suggest you study the various ways of presenting inform ion at a conference rather thandepend on large group diScussions and individualpresentation only, i.e.. information tables, film showings,demonstrations, Shortlargegroup presentation '(5-10 minutes maximum). Suggest you build conference around 'a dissemination model. Thus contributors could plug in materials and attend areas of particularneed or interest.

17. Too few speakers/presentations. Conference Materials were excellent. If the topics and the questions presentedon the pump primers had been followed, the conference would have.beenreally worthwhile. Workshops need a panel of "experts"or some presentation to,key off discussion. There is a real split between the needS ofthe microfiche only (wanting- to-art-a-center) user and the activesearch center operator. Workshops and presentations should be Consciouslygeared to one or the othergroup.

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atinI tit yiiiln ,)'.'("1 ,111 Hrt 110: 11 1.14I licc:11iIlltiatc.l 0.1ta I IthAvi- h)pc,trlit 4,rfltrlf: Ar..taiI illt/t!lir it 1111,131r-A IctIlc,V111 \.( I,A.

if 011r;,1 .11I). out of h. a tr.% on Id holtc f ti II y t or,- .1 oft.c.n.o% ttf t,dt.1 t (hr. hot t f i ntfr to) c t V . 1 1 Oh rt I lt I) It,(A) Atit;t;t1 tit hitt, 4,11t.C, 1)0,1111-'11.11 (i) tit il,gt ; ;RI, NII.anti c! .3% ti) I r11111,1.tltltWit ter l{11.1 thv ttr.frnive ond not t0fkinq.

I I rt't;; ;r (tonIfy nc400tioleir/CIctilitnibOtt%r 1-,nol and v,:ilf.t.:hop I of Itc tit ( ) .1 p1r 1 1011 Ott 1101,4 :1 8". t4101 .Ind .inothoc ono oh 0 clo0rinnbotrw''t oporotinn-,, inifowl-d by din_u ion OlonId ho interestin. fs,rythina was (1) to tine.

IS, Bawd on the Workshops we've done at Coffee and rol Is avai lab 15 minutes before tiist .:esion in .r1. ,;ts people to thy 1,otingon 't pot- ; .t II y t fito t r.ivr I ;11,1 on 1}{- 1 d i or' who Lan ..v( money, let them hrinq c,up into the rlrethig room.: cost Jo you would- he insi,pificant. Groups of 20 are easiest to work with and make it possible to not everyone involved in discusion.

19. An excellent opportunity for ma..s interchange (worl).hop4.). I would hope saint.: ofthe workshop idea will carry over to other conferences.

20. Site very noisy: However; I felt the Conference was generally beneficial, even though we are not using ERIC tiiposat the present time. We are considering tapes but feel the,fleed for additional informati

21. An excellent meeting. The conference organizers did a splendid job.

53 ERIC ED ACCESSIIII NUMBERS ..

Ranges, ancI'CoUnts by, Issue'

No. of Cum Total4 No, of Cum Total sh Notes ED Number Ranee Access)ons. on File No. Month Notes , ED.Number Range Accessions on File VOLUME 4 - 1969

I % Jan PRE-RIE PUBLICATIONS // 021152 - '022065 914 15,020 2 Feb 022066 - 022971 906 15,926

3 Mar . 022972 - 023937 966 16,892

. , 000001 - 001000 (1) 1,000 0 ged (2)(3) 001001 - 002740. 1,740 1,740 4' Apr 023938 - 024840 903 17,795 ged -(4) , 002741 - 002746 6 :1,740. 5 \ May 024841 - 025679 839 (18;634 eps. (5), (3) 002747 - 003960 1,214 ;.2,954 6 ',Jun . 025680°- 026544 865 19,499 003961 - 009999 6,019 2,954 Total .. Moot,- 009999 3,960 .2,954 7, Jul 026545 - 027441 8,47 20,396 8 'Aug 027442 - 028306 865 21,261 ti 9 Sep 028307 -.029156 850 22,111 RESEARCH IN EDUCATION' ,

VOLUME I . 1966 10 ',Oct 029157 846 - 040407 22,957 (3) 010000 - ;010044 45 2;999 11 :Nov 769 23,726 (3) 010045 - 010093 49 3,048 12. Dec 030772 - 031604 833 24,559 Total 010000'- 010091% 94 :3,048 Total 021152 - 031604 00.453 24.559 VOLUME 2 - 1967 --. VOLUME 5 - 1970

1 .. (3) 010094 - 010160 '67.) 3,115 1 Jan. .031605,, 032436 832 25,391 '(3) - 010161x- 010237 77 3,192 2 Feb '032437 - 033247 811. . 26,202

'(3) '010238 -010283 .' 46 3,238, 3 Mar 033248 - 034075 828 -": 27,030

. , . (3), 010284 - 010367 84 3,322 4 .. . Apr 0,34076 . 034902 827 27,857 (3) 010368 - 010494 _. 127 3,449 5 May 034903 - 035774 872.. 28,729 (3) ,010495 -.010592 . . 6 . '98 3,547 Jun 035775 - 036658 884 29,613

. . (3).. 0.10593'...010794. -. 202 .3,749 'i .7 .. ..Jul 036659 - 037585 .. '927. .t..30,540 13):-- 010795- -:011044,,. .- .. 250 3,999. . 8 Aug' 037586 - 038544 959 31,499 : .'..011045.': 011.300: (3) '.256 . : .4,155 .' ---.-9-'..- Sep 4)38545 - 039370 826 , . ., . . 32,325 ..

.... (3). ...- ..011301,,,.011566-.:. .' 266: : 4';521 : , ---10 Oct 039371 - 040301., : .933 33,258 ',.011567,:H., 011933" (3) -.367 i ,.--4.;88a :. ...1,1 Nov 040304 - 041177 874 -. ' '.34,132 (3). ' 011934`- '012348: 415. ..5,303.- . 12 .. Dec 041178 - 042060 -. S83-' 35:015 Total ' 010094 -'..012348-- -- 2,255. -'''. 5.303' Total 011645 - 042060 10.456i. 15,015 VOLUMLL3--,..1968 .;----:.' VOLUME -6 - 1971

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Ranges and Counts.by Issue

No. of Cum Tot'al Month Notes ED Number Range Accessions on File VOLUME 7 - 1972 Jan 054391 - 055252 862 48,207 Feb 055253 - 056242 990 49,197 ,

Mare. 056243 - 057257 1015 .. 50,212

Apr 057258 - 058464 1207 -51,419 May 058465 - 059408 944 52,363 Notes: Jun 059409 - 060226 818 53,181 I. Selected Documents on Higher Education, ED 012 110, 1966

Jul 060227 - 061464 1238 54,49 2, Selected Documents on the Disadvantaged, 0E-37001, 1966 061465 - 062580 1116 Aug 55,535 a Sep 062581 - 063517 937 56,472 . 3. Keyed into Data Base in UPPER CASE ONLY.

Oct 063518 - 064526 .1009 4. These six (6) documents are included in the microfiche Nov 064527 - 065734 1208 5578,468819 collectior'on the Disadvantaged (Note 2),,,but do not Dec 065735 - 066620 886 59.575 appear inithe publication, nor are they VI the file. Total 054391 - 066620 12,230 59,575 /

1 VOLUME 8 - 1973 ,5. OE Research Reports, 1956-1965, 0E-12029,,June 1967 Jan 066621 - 067511 891 1 60,466 . A Feb 067512 - 068736 1225 61,691 1199 Mar 068737 - 069935 62,890 I> .. rtNMI 11 rt Apr 069936 - 07090) 966 63,856 3 0, len 1414 65,270 w n Va May , 070902 - 072315 -,c 7 Jun 072316 - E ... (D el u.,) m = Jul J rt W 3211 Aug Sep WI ae 1 CAIII Oct PM Nov Dec

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6+ Ran9es and Counts by 'Issue CURRENT INDEX TO JOURNALS IN EDUCATIOI! . ,No, of Cum, Total nth Notes EJ Number Range No, of Cum. Total Accessions on File : NO Month Notes FJ Number Ranee Accessions on File VOLUME 1 - 190-. VOLUME 4 -1972 IFeb (1) 000001 w 00811 1,811 1,811 I Jan 045272 - 046717 1,446 46,717 /Apr (1) 001812 - 003335 1,524 3,335 2 Feb 046718 - 048108 48,108 ay 003336 - 004145 .1 1,391 810 4,145 3 Mar 048109 - 049783 1,675 un 004146 - 005056 911 5;056 49.283

4), Apr 049784 - 051347 ul 1,564 005057 - (105884 828 51)347 May 051348 - 052587 1,240 ug 005885 - 006752, 52,587 868 6,752 6 Jun 052588 - 053927 1,340 ep 006753 -' 007496 744 7,496

, 7 053928 - 055408 Ct 1,481 ::,942078 007497 " 008534 1,038 8,534 quulg 055409 - 056917 1,509 ov 008535 - gjoo61 1,527 10,061 9 Sep. ec 056918 - 058406 1,489 558:94106 010062 ., 011707 1,646 11,707 Total 000001 - 011707 11.707 11.707 10 Oct 058407 059693 VOLUME 2 - 1970 1,287 59,693 .11 Nov 059694 061308 an 01708 - 012768- 1,615 61,308 1,061 12,768 12 Dec 061309 062751 1,443. 62,751 eb 012769 , 014117 1,349 14,117 Total 045272 062751 62,751 62,751 ar 014118 - .015249 1,132 15,249 VOLUME-5 1973

1 Jan 062752 064147 1,396 1 64,147 pr 015250 - 016677 1,428' 16,677 2 Feb 064148 - 065796 1,649 65,796 ay 016678 - 018189 1,512 18,189 3 Mar 065797 067415 un 1,619 67,415 018190 - 019432 , 1,243 19,432 ul 019433 - 020951 .1,519 20,951 ug 020952 - 022260 1,309 22,260 ep 022261 - 023753 1:4093 23,753 a :t 023754 - 025260 1,507 ay 025261 - 026363 1,103 226135 ,,.. .026364 - 027599 1,236 27,599 L-400 Totpl 0,117013 - 027599 27.599 27.599 liliUME 3 - 1971 )n Als b27600 - 0292024 g, 1,603 29,202 !I) 029203 - 030808 1,606 30,808 1r 030809 - 031638 830 31,638

)r 031639 - 032661 1,023 32,661 iy, 032662 - 034305 1,644 34,305 In 034306 - 035900 '1,595' 35,900

11 035901 - 037331 1,431 37)331 1g 037332 - '038721 ,1,390 38,721

1:1 038722 - 040108 1,387 '40,108

1 t 041754 040109'- 1,646 41,754 Notes: Iv 041755 - 043471 1,717 43,471 I. Di-monthly Issue, C 043472 - 045271 1,800 A6,271 Total 027600 - 045271 45,271 45,271

53 AINTERCHANGE Attachment 73-7 TUTORIAL: PROPER AND IMPROPER METHODS OF USING "NOT" May 1973 ewa.

We shall use some simplified search examples to illustrate firsta common mistake in the use of NOT logic and than a good way to assess the, value of iterated search enhancements.

Assume that the user has created the following search history:

Searth Title: Audiovisual Aids in Art Education

Set items Description

1 2517 IT=AUDIOVISUAL AIDS 2 1100 IT=FILMS 3 829 IT=VIDEO TAPE RECORDINGS

4 3979 1 OR 2 OR 3 5 664 IT=ART EDUCATION 6 37 4 AND 5

At this point the user displays several items from set 6 and decides that the really interesting items are indexed to either FILMSor VIDEO TAPE RECORDINGS, and that items indexed only to AUDIOVISUAL AIDS are not on target. The user therefore wants to exclude these items prior to printing. How should this be done?

It is' temptingor intuitive to use NOT logic to remove the items indexed byAUDIOVISUAL AIDS from the search result set 6 as shol,'r below:

7 13 6 NOT1. (Wrong Method)

1 This procedUre is incorrect because it excludes all items indexed to AUDIOVISUALAIDS, even those that are also indexed to FILMS or VIDEO TAPE RECORDINGS. Thus, some items that the user wanted to print would be inadvertently removed. The correct method is to resummarize the concept group but without including. AUDIOVISUAL AIDS this time,as shown below: 8 1647 2OR 3 22 9 8 AND 5 (Right Method) This method includes the 9 items in our example thatwere lost,in set 7 because they were indexed to both AUDIOVISUAL AIDS and to either FILMS or VIDEO TAPE RECORDINGS.

A commonly used and natural strategy for formulating Boolean search specification is to divide the search topic into two or three concept groups (OR groups) whichare then intersected (ANDed). This, in effect, breaks the search into its constitutent components., or concepts, and then'requires that one or more index terms from each concept be.present for the item to be a hit. A graphic representation of an initial formulation of a two-concept search might be as follows: (See Figure A below).

The result df intersecting (ANDing) concept group (set) A with group B isgroup C. During the course of search enhancement, a review of a sample of the documents in C 'yields several additional index terms for use in broadening their respective concept group. The Ming of these additional terms into their respective group then yields A' and B': (See Figure B below).

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k) Note that A' includes A, IP includes B,'and thus C' includes C. It is in this context that a useful application of NOT logic arises, namely to isolate and evaluate the net increase between search formulations where the strategy has been to broaden one or more intersected concept groups (OR groups). To avoid displaying again items already seen in C, and thus view only the net increase, the searcher simply NOTs the original result C from the new result C' (C'-C). The searcher can then review newly found items for relevancy. It is possible that in,reviewing the relevant net increase, different index terms will appear that can help the searcher achieve further improved (more exhaustive) search results.

This iterated procedure of broadening, isolating, and reviewing is an excellent technique for obtaining maximum benefit from the online mode of information retrieval. It also provides a good mechanism for detecting the onset of diminishing returns, namely, when the net increase in items diminishes or when the added index terms have added few relevant and many irrelevantsitems. UNION LISI 01 1111C COMNII I It SI AIICI II S

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NEW USER SERVICES FALL USERS CONFERENCE COORDINATOR AT THE FACILITY Mr, John Miller, the betided kentleman in the photo. COLUMBUS, OHIO graph below, has recently joined the FR I(' Facility staff OCTOBER 10-12, 1973 to serve as liaison with field users of the ERIC magnetic tapes. Wodnosday-Friday John will he active in,theconduct.of future Confer- ences, will Nervc as editor ofinterchange.and will pro. Arrangements have been completed to hold the next vidc a central point at the Facility to which users can FRI(' Data Base Users Conference at the direct problems with a reasonable expectation of obtaining a solution, getting the necessary action, or, at the Fawcett Center for Tomorrow very least, referral to a probable solution point, Ohio State University 2400 Olentainq River Road 'John has background both in the computer .sciences Columbus, Ohio 43210 and in user training and the development of instructional Telephone: (614) 422-1342 materials. During1970-1971he was responsible for the design, development, programming and installation, and This exciting OSU campus center has both theneces- implementationofallcustom- programming efforts sary conference facilities and also provides accommoda- marketed on a contract basis to customers of Lease() tions and restaurant facilities. Singlerooms are S 14 /day; Response, Inc., one of the nation's largest time-sharing doubles are $20/day. If you plan on attending the Con- companies' During1972John was a member of die Sen- ference, please fill out the Registration Form attachedto ior Staff at Therations Research, inc. (ORD. While at this newsletter (Attachment73.10)and return it as soon ORI he nong other things. ( 1) Project Manager as possible. To make reservations with the Center for for the de4gnilld implementation of a Pupil Master File Tomorrow, fill out the attached post card (Attachment for the entire Montgomery County (Md.) Public School 73-11) and mail to the above address, or send a letter System: (2) technical Leader for the Office of Manage- withthe same information directlytothe Center. ment and Budget Legislative Tracking System (LTS), (Telephone reservations are not being accepted).In responsible for all systems design. systems specifications. either case, be sure to cite your affiliation with the ERIC program specifications, development, installation, and Data Base Users Conference, as a block ofrooms has detailed documentation and. user's manuals. been set aside for conference attendees. If you have any questions relating to the.ERIC tapes, A draft agenda is also ink:10..1 as an attachmentto or how to use them, please contact John. His mission is this newsletter issue (Attachny,:;:k to promote use of the ERIC data base by helping users 3-9). This Agenda is centered around two major 11:.:1.-ti-ay Tutorials:one on and would -he users solve their problems. Search Strategy and one on the Marketing of Informa- tion Products. The Search Strategy Tutorial will berun by Carl Oldsen, Assistant Director for Information Processing of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Exceptional Children. Carl has information retrieval 12ackgound with both batch and on-line systems and has had severalyears c experience in the problems of accessing the dataon the ERIC; files. -The Tutorial will cover all phases of searching, from first receipt and negotiation with therequester, through term selection, strategizing, coding, to review of output and solicitation of feedback. We hope to have several actual exercises together with some practical and instructional handout materials.

TheMarketingTutorialcovering a somewhat "softer" area, lessamenableto the blackboard and exercise approach, will be operated in the form ofa panel. Professor Phil Kuehl, of the University of Mary- land, will provide a theoretical framework in which03 consider the many parameters of marketing. Frank Mattas of the San Mateo Educational Resources Center (SMERC), Richard Brickley of Research and Informa- tion Sciences in Education (RISE),'and Al Buckner.of (Continued on Page 2)

This newsletter is prepared by staff of the ERIC Processing and Reference Facility, 4833 Rugby Avenue, Suite 303, Bethesda. Maryland 20014, which is operated on contract by Leasco,Systems and Research Corporation, for the National Institute of Education. All questions, correspondence, and contributions should be directed to the Editor. Interchange. at the above address. or by telephone (301) 656.9723. 65 CONFERENCE, fromii.EtI the Northern Colorado .1 dmalio:la, !maid ul ('""Peta- ASIDIC live Servo es (NCEllOt Si.will druidic how actual tooducti %etc handled within their particular Ical-liar I he Association of Scientific, Information Dissemina, Attritt013 will be matte to t cm-tato"( Itom lion Centers (ASIDIC), is all org,anitation whose pur- then' spcoto: situations to the loobtrot% of other, pose,closelyparallel those 01 the I ltit Data flawtlscrs Program. for example, according to its ("onstitution, its In addition to the Iwo majorI tat 010113, three principal put posel are; will hr a joint session with theI RIC t learinghoute a, 10 .promote applied technology of inhumation echnical Conference that will be held at Columbus storage arid iCIIICval 45% related to large datit Illasfl cow during the first hull of the same week. I he theme of this taming bilshographic, teritual, and !actual information; Joint session will be "Clearinghouse Input Procedures as I hey Relate -1 o and Impact ERIC Data IlaseUsers", At b. III share experiences and information through the some sessionIt(IN planned to provide exhiticts of meetings, sens,(zar,, and workshops, Clearinghouse product, and publications. e. To recommend standards for data elements, and In response to numerous expression, 01 interest in formats and codes; and 51)1 sY %tem.+. we will have Ms. torte C duch ow itt of the Royal Institute of fechnology (Sweden) to describe her d. To promote research and development for more mtetnationally-known search system which makes use of efficient use of varied data bases. numercms data bases including ERR', Mr. James !brevet. formerly of Educational Information Servo:es Inc., and The principal difference, of course, is that ASIDIC is now with NIE, will summarize the results of hi, recent concerned With many data base., whereas the ERIC; survey "Machine Readable Data Bases Relevant to the program is oriented st rictly around its 0%11 data ha%C. Field of Efdifeation---A Review of What Existsand Their However, since many of the ERIC users make use of A vailabdiiy." Sans Rosenfeld will report on the latest other data base,, or plan to in the future. ASIDIC is an N IF pIorng as it relates to dissemination activities, organization which may he of interestto the ERIC 1 he icchnical sessions will end onI liurlay. .1 here community. In order to firther this interest and to pro- will he a general Ntixer and Rap Session opportunity that vide ERIC users with information concerning ASIDIC evening. Eriday morning..., ill be devoted to touts of-local and the wherewithal to join it, or to take advantage of its sites of professional interest to conference attendees,e.g., publications,we, 'arc incorporating an "Organization -ERIC/SE, Chemical Abstracts, llaticlIc, OSL1 Campus Profile" as Attachment 73-13. This profile is based on On -line Activities, etc. one that originally appeared in the March-April 1971 'Come and learn, take part, and help make this Con- issue ofInformationbut has been revised and brought up ference the biggest and best yet. to date.

LOCKHEED ADDS DATA BASES AND The composite total for all data bases offered by COMMUNICATIONS OPTION. Lockheed now amounts to well over 1 million citations/ Lockheed Information Retrieval Service, which has abstracts: ERIC, and related files, e.g., CUE. AIM/ for some time provided on-line interactive-access to the ARM (150K). NTIS (350K). PANDEX/TRANSDEX ERIC, NTIS. and PANDEX/TRANSDEX .biblio- (530K), PA (125K), NAL/CAIN (200K). graphic data-bases. has recently added the following data Lockheed has alsorecently added the Tyrnshare bases to its service: network as an additional dial-up communications option. 1. Psychological Abstracts(American Psychological This network provides telephone communication to the Association) computer from local number access points in more than forty key cities. Earlier options for 10 to 120 character- a file of over 125,000 abstracts, dating from per-second terminals remain available: namely, outward 1967. \VATS, direct distance dialing, and the ITS where offeredsat 550/connect hour auth died. High-speed (240-cps) service is also available thro with Lockheed's own leased-line data network. 2. National Agricultural Library Cataloging and indexing System(N NI../c A IN) Ch' rges, as noted above, are 525 per terminal connect hour for ERIC-relatedfiles.S50 per hourfor- the a file of over 200,000 records, dating from Psychological Abstractsfiles, -und 535 per hour for all 1970. others. Offline printouts from any file are charged at offered at S25 /connect hour 50.10 per. citaticn/abstract printed. Communications costs are extra an l depend on the mode used (e.g. Tym- 3. Abstractsof Instruct/dna! Materials (AIM) share network usa e is SIO per hour). All hourly rates are Abstractsof Research Materials (ARM) 'prorated fractionally. Service may be initiated with a simple purchase order. There are no minimum charges or the Al M/ARN1 files of vocational and tech- membership or subscriptionfees. Contact Mr. Bob nicaleducationmaterials generatedby Donal', Lockheed Information- Systems, 405 Lexington the Center for Vocational and Technical Ave.. New York, N.Y. 10017 (212) 697-7171, or Dr. Education at OhiO State University. Roger Sthinmit. Lockheed Information Systems. 3251 These files are offered at $25/connect hour. Hanover St., Palo Alto, California 94304 (415)493-4411. Hit (10t SI ION 0

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Ansticr: "I he. IN It liCliAtif;t: Bibliography is a continuing effort; as documents of potential interest to the ERIC Data Base Users come toear attention. citations arc added. or modified. to the ongoing Bibliography. In Otis manner. previous pages of the Bibliogra- phy are reprinted only when those pages hate been modifiedas when the accession number is being added toprevious bibliographic citation of a document which is now included in the FRI(' Data Base). -113K- Bibliography therefore. will continueto be expanded and enhanced with each new Issue of IN II ittlIANCI:. Back copies of ItilEittIlASCI: (with the attached Bibliographies,can be obtained by writing the Editor.

Als.o,any documents appearing In the INTEKCIIANGT. Bibliography without an ED accession number can be ardert-d, free of charge. by writing to the Editor, IN I Hi- CHANCE.

HOW TO CONCATENATE UPDATE TAPESWITH MASTER FILES

A numbet of users have asked the Facility to prosidc sequential input data sets may be concatenated as (. them with technical details concerning dataprocessing data set for the duration of oc,c job step.- Uponrecogn. . procedures for linking or concatenating the ERIC Mas- tion by the system of either ancud-of -tile or endof ter File data sets with the data sets transmitted quarterly s °tunic indicator on an input s °tunic, the next data set in. as update tapes. the sequencelistisautomaticallyprocessed,.and,is To concatenate the ERIC master files, implyomit repeated. until the list is exhausted. theDDNANIES,data definition names, from all the DD The following example illustrates the 1)0 statements statements except the firstin the sequence. A total of 255 defining concatenated sequential ERIC Master files.

// INPUT DD DSN=RESUMAST,D I SPL7(OLD, KEEP), UNI T=2400, // VOLUME=SER=ER IC01, LABEL=(,NL), // DCB=( LRECL=6996, BLKS I ZE=7000, RECFM=VB) // DD DSN=RESUMAST,D I SP=(OLD, KEEP),UNI T=2400, // VOLUME=SER=ER ICO2, LABEL=(, NO; // Dce=(LREc L=6996, BLKS I ZE=7000,RECFM=VB) 67 AVAILABILITY OF BACK ISSUES OF RESEARCH IN EDUCATION'IRIE)

One of the most persistent complaints voiced in letters from cffmmercial publishers in the form oT reprinted referred to the ERIC Facility is that back issues of RIE, cumulations. , .,needed to complete a set, are out-of:print and not availa- Information concerning these replinted issues of RIE ble, thereby disturbing many applications, including full appearsn the back of the journal itself, but because it is use of the ERIC microfiche collection. scattered,and not specificallylabelled "RIE Back The fact of the 'matter is that while the Government Issues", if is often overlooked by users. Printing Office (GPO) is indeed out-of-print with most of The relevant advertising material appears as Attach- RIE (a11 issues of 1966-1971, and three 1972 issues, are ment 73-12. The information is summarized below: out-of-print as of this writing), these issues are available

RIE ISSUES

DATE AVAILABILITY PRICE * 1966-1967 National Standards Association $24.50 1968 MacMillan Information 35.00 1969 Macmillan Information 35.00 1970 Macmillan Information 35.00 1971 Macmillan Information 35.00 e 1972 Macmillan Information 35.00

.RIE INDEXES DATE AVAILABILITY PRICE 1966-1967. National Standards Association $ 3.25 .19664969 (2 vols.) -MaCiiiillan inforination 34.00 25.00 1970-1971 Mienaillan. Information 1972 , Macmillan Information .15.00

-*MacMillan intends,in the near future to reprint resumes for the 1966 -. 1967 period in order to match their index yolumes.

.!) Page 4 INTERCHANGE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ERIC DATA BASE USAGE Rev. Sep 19)

4 i7 25. University of Texas Instructions, for using the computerized ERIC Data, Base[Manual for Utilization of System 2000 genes al purpose data basemanagement system for 'accessing ERIC Data Base]. 1973. 6p.

.26., Michigan State University.. Library Test of ERIC Search Service - Fall 1972. 1972. 6p.

27. Brandhorst, W.T.; Slaysky, Dorothy ERIC Bibliography. Selected references concerning ERIC. In. ERIC Information Analysis Products, 1967-1972. Macmillan InformatioN New York, 1973. p. xix-xxx (132- refs.) ",

28 Kowitz, erald.T.:, and Others

Values i Guidance.; Cn ERIC Help?

Measurementandbialuation in Guidance, , . 1973, p. 47-53.

.29. Montgomery Counly.Public_Schools. Educational Materials Laboratory .ERIC 'Computer Search Survey 1973.'

<., ATTACINliNT 739 fRIC DATA BASE USERS CONMENCE (WTI SEP 1973

0-12J 1973

AGENDA (DRAFT)

TIME

. AY DURATION TIME PERIOD ACTIVITY PARTICIPANTS NOTES , - 4 Local arrangements staff Coffee and rolls available, ed. I hr, 8:00- 9:00 REGISTRATION

15 min, 9:00. 9:15 I. MEETING CALLED TO ORDER Central ERIC - H, Marron

A Greeting/Welcome by Host ERIC/SE - Bob Rdwe Organization ,

B. Agenda and Format ERIC Facility - T, Brandhorst Logistics

411iiAdministrative Matters r,

I hr. 9:15-10:15 II, THE NIE TASK FORCE ON OISSEMINATION NIE Task Force on Dissemina- tion - Sem Rosenfeld Activities, Priorities, lnitiatEves,

..,, Current Trends Centr4 al ERIC - C. Hoover

15 min, 10:15-10:30 REFRESHMENT BREAK.

30 min, 10:30-11:00 III. SURVEY OF ACTIVE USERS OF THE ERIC ..-- Tentative DATA BASE - UPDATE t--

NIE Office of AdministrationWill be available in printed form. I hr. 11:00-12:00 IV, MACHINE READABLE DATA BASES RELEVANT TO THE FIELD OF EDUCATION - A REVIEW - Jim Prevel OF WHAT EXISTS AND THEIR AVAILABILITY e

If hrs, 12:00- 1:30 LUNCH BREAK

, .

If hrs,' 1:30 -,3:00 V, TUTORIAL A - SEARCH STRATEGY ERIC/CEC - Carl Oldsen Search negotiation, term selection, use of identlfiers strategizing, logic, coding, revision of output, search- m saving, on-line capabilities, increasing throug(s -put,

etc., with emphasis on the ERIC' environment, '

30 min. 3:00- 3:30 REFRESHMENT BREAK

`-..,

If Mrs. 3:30- 5:00 TUTORIAL A - SEARCH STRATEGY (Cont.) e.....y

2 hrs. 5:00- 7:00 DINNER BREAK °oR .

' 7:00. 9:00 VI. CLEARINGHOUSE INPUT PROCEDURES AS THEY Clearinghouse Staff 1. Joint evening session with the ERIC Clearinghouse RELATE TO AND. IMPACT ERIC DATA USERS 'Reference Center Staff technical conference being held the first half of

.:., the week, covering, for example: ...."" - A panel followed by open discussion Acquisitions & Selection Policy Document Processing ,./ Indexing Philosophy , Vocabulary Additions & Maintenance, etc. .

' a . 2. Actual copies of products of the network available for peruS'al, with full information as to who . produced, frequency, availabilitY, cost, etc. v 3. Demonstration of on-line systems,

9:00 AJOURNHENT

it . . - 71, TIME

DURATION TIME PERIOD, ACTIVITY PARTICIPANTS NOTES

REGISTRATION 30 min. 8:30- 9:00 Coffee and rolls available,

li hrs. 9;00. 10;30' VII. SELECTIVE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION Royal Institute of (SDI) USING THE ERIC FILLS Technology (Sweden) - Zophia Gluchowitz ,

30 min. 10;30.11;00 ) REFRESHMENT BREAK

I hr. 11:00.12:00 VIII,` FACILITY REPORT ON ACTIVITIES ERIC Facility - J. Miller \

Newsletter

' Technical Assistance Tape Dissemination

li hrs. 12:00- 1:30 LUNCH BREAK .

li hrs. 1:30- 3;00 IX. TUTORIAL B - MARKETING OF INFORMATION 1, Univ. of Md.- P. Kuehl Prof. Kuehl will provide a theoretical framework In

PRODUCTS I 2. SMERC - F. Mattas which to consider the many parameters of'marketing. 3 RISE - R. Brickley 4. NCEBOCS - A. Buckner Messrs. Mattas, Brickley, and Buckner will describe how actual products were handled within their particular real-life environments. Attempts will be made to generalize from their specific situations to the problems of others.

le 30 min. 3:00- 398 REFRESHMENT BREAK 10 . i hrs. 3:30- 5:00 TUTORIAL B - MARKETING (Cont.) i

ADJOURNMENT 5:00 ,

Local Arrangements Staff Cash Bar. 2 hrs. 2:00- 9:00 MIXER/RAP SESSIONS

3 hrs. 9:00-1\ 2:00 X. TOURS Tour agenda not lit final

- --..,. . \ A. ERIC/SE

B. Ohio State University , ,

College of Education College of Medicine On-Line ERIC Searches Central Library Medline/ERIC Campus -wide. SDI System

C. Chemical. Abstracts 4 -D. Battelle Memorial Institute

72 ANTERCIIIINGE ATTACHMENT 73-10 SEP 1973

ERIC DATA BASE USERS FALL CONFERENCE

Fawcett Center for,Tomorrow\ Ohio State University 2400 Olentangy River Road' Columbus, Ohio43210

OCTOBER 10-12, 1973 (Wednesday-Friday)

REGISTRATION FORM

PARTICIPANT'S NAME

POSITION .

i / ORGANIZATION NAME 1 (COMPANY OR UNIVERSITY) I

i DEPARTMENT

PROJECT

STREET

CITY/STATE (Please, include zip code)

TELEPHONE NUMBER (Please include area code)

Please return this Registration Form to:/

Mr. John Wilier User Liaison' ERIC ProcesSing & Reference Facility 4833 Rugby Avenlie, Suite 303 Bethesda, Maryland 20014

7'l

a. 41INTERCHAN6E ATTACHMENT 73-12 SEP. 1973

RESEARCH IN EDUCATIONREPORT RISUMES November 1966December 1967 The National Standards Association has repri in one volume the Report Résumés which appeared in the first14 issues of Research in Educat beginning Novenlbcr1966 and ending December 1967. These issues of RIE are no longer available through the Government Printing Office.

There are 2,349 documents abstracted in, this volume with identification numbers ED 010 000 to 012 348. Copies of Report Résumés are available for immediate delivery and are sent postpaid. The price is $24.50 a copy:

Indexes to the Report Resumes are contained in the Annual Index 1967. Contents include author indexes,institution indexes, subject indexes, and accession number list. The price is $3.25 a copy.

To order you may use the following form:

National Standards'Association, Inc. 1321 14th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005

I am enclosing $ (check or money order) for the following:

Research in Education Report Résumés November 1966-December 1967, $24.50

1=1 Research in Education. Annual Index, 1967, $3.25

Research in Education, Report Résumés and Annual Index 1967, $27.35

Name

Address

City State Zip Code

ID ERIC EDUCATIONAL DOCUMENTS ERIC EDUCATIONAL DOCUMENTS 'ABSTRACTS INDEX These four volumes bring together, in succinct abstract form, Gathered for the first time in one source are the indexes to all reports covering every current, significant topic in the field of research documents inthe ERIC collection: Research in education. They provide ready reference to trends and new Education, 1966 through 1971; The ERIC' catalog of Selected. curriculum developments, school operations, teaching meth. Documents on the ,Disadvantaged; and Office of Education ods, library services, and literally hundreds of other subjects of Historical Reports, 1956 through' 1965. The three volumes urgent concern to professional educators. Each abstract cites include documents ED 001001 through ED 054390, plus the author, source, publication date, availability, and price of Subject and Author Indexes with complete titles and ERIC the original report; and most abstracts provide a clear, concise accession numbers (ED numbers). summary of the report's contents and conclusions. The ED numbers refer the userto abstracts published in The set includes all reports which have appeared in Research in -Educational Documents Abstracts,tomicroficheof the Education, a monthly report announcement journal available documents, and to copies of the, original document obtainable through the Government Printing Office, from January 1968 from the ERIC Document Reproduction Service. through December 1971, with accession numbers ED 012349 through ED 054390. Calendar years are bound in separate Two volumes, 1966 1969, library binding $34 volumes. One volume, 1970 1971, library binding $25

Four volumes, 196/1969/ 1970/19711

Individual volumes1 $35 each

11.

Order from: Macmillan Information A Division of Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc. 866 Third Avenue New York, N.Y. 10022

9, 1INItEllANGIt AlfACHMFNIT 73-13 SEP 19/3

ORGANIZATION PROFILE

ASSOCIATION OF SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION DISSEMINATION CENTERS

INTRODUCTION:

The A.isociation of Scientific Information Dissemination Centers (ASIDIC) is compow/d of 76 member organizations representing industry, government, and acadeMia In the United States, Canada, and several other countries: Although ASIDIC member centers have diverse financial structures, funding, products and markets, they are tied together by a common goal of serving the information needs of the scientific community. Member centers offer current awareness (selective dissemination of InfOrmation) and/or retrospective searches processed by computer on as many as 18 data bases from a variety of sources. The magnitude of each center's operation and the degree of sophistication of computer' techniques employed varies greatly; however, the centers are united by a practical desire to offer their particular user community the most pertinent services for the financial resources available.

ORIGIN

In September 1968 a number of centers were brought together in Columbus, Ohio, at the invitation of the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS). These centers were all users of CAS-produced magnetic tape data bases among others. Mutual discussion of problems and needs among these centers, coupled with encouragement of CAS, led to the formation of ASIDIC. Centers at Eastman Kodak Company, IIT Research Institute, the universities of Pittsburgh and Georgia, The Dow Chemical Company and National Science Library of Canada were the charter members of ASIDIC. The group rapidly expanded in size and has sponsored many workshops and meetings over the last four and one-half years.

PURPOSES

According to its constitution, ASIDIC's purposes are:

a. To promote applied technology of information storage and retrieval as related to large data bases containing bibliographic, textual, and factual information;

\ . To share experiences and information through meetings, seminars, and workshops.

c. To recommend standards for data elements, formats and codes; and

d. To promote research and development for more efficient use of varied data bases.

Information centers have becomeiddlement between the primary and secondary generators of infotmation and the community of ultimate users.

77 ASIDIC, as a association of centers, has provided a forum for communication hotwoon information Wirrti and data base soppliors, ninny of whom ar riti'i0Cidl mombors of ASIDIC. Problems in the areas of standards on data I,-vin COntot, codes, and formats, overlap ofliterature coverage in data bases, evaluation of orvicol, dotorminoti0n of user needs, development of centers, cOmptill'iatitM to data base sopplfors, cooperative activities, and cots are -Topics of primary concern to ASIDIC.

COMMITTEES

Standards

ASIDIC'.i interest in !standards led to the formation,of a Standard, Committee chaired by Margaret Park of the University of Oeo.rgiA. TI contaittee has three subconnittees, one concentrating on the content of data bases, another on the physical format of data hoses and a third on liaison with other standards committees. The former two subcomndttees have drawn up-tentative standards for data base content and format and are in the process of assessing the reactions of the member centers to their conclusions.

Cooperative Data Management

ASIDIC members' interest i potential Cooperation between centers in data base processing led to the ormation last fall of a Cooperative Data. Management Committee chaired by Martha Williams of IIT Research Institute. The committee is investigating areas of 'possible cooperation between centers such as sharing of program information, cooperative format conversion, division of labor by center for inversion of files for retrospective searching, and merging data bases, assurance that all available data bases have an outlet regardless of size and market appeal. As a first step the committee conducted a Survey of Center Services requesting information on what data bases each center processing and what other services and software are available for use by other centers. The results of this survey were published as ASIDIC Surve of Information Centers, June 1972, by Martha E. Williams and A an K. Stuart. Copies avai a e rom the ASIDIC Secretary for $7.50).

MEMBERSHIP

ASIDIC has two classes of membership, full and associate, described as follows:

I. Full Membership is available to any scientific information dissemination center that meets the following criteria:

a. Center operations are computer based; "Computer- based''' is understood to mean that a Center has substantial involvement in the compdGr processing of the data bases whether or not itis accomplished inhouse. The center must be involved in the program development and/ or maintenance and actual processing of the'data bases wherever it

is done. . b. SDI searches aro made on two or more data bases (ono ofthe two data bases processed can ho- Internally gonorated) from differont suppliers. with a minimum of I00 profile% plocossedon A continuing basis; or

c. Searches arc made on a demand baskon two or more distinrt data bases; the minimum number of quest ion'.roLessed within a ono year period shall bc 1,000.

2. Associate Membership i% available to ,Iny of the following:

a. Scientiflc information dissemination center that donot meet the criteria for full membership;

h. Other organizations or individual% with an interest in the affairs Of the association.

Each full member has a single vote. Associate members have no votibg privileges.

The qualifications for full membership are not intendedto be unduly restrictive but are designed to form a basis for defininga minimum size of an operation which would have problems of the magnitude and number to fit the scope of ASIDIC's purposes. Centers which do not meet the qualificati,ons for full membership at the present time are encouragedto become associatemembers and participate to the fullest extent theycan in ASIDIC. affairs.

'Application for membership should. be made in writing to the ASIDIC Secretary. If a center, is requesting full membership, the qualifications. should be stated. The executive committee rules on thecredentials of each applicant. 1973 dues are $20.00.

OFFICERS V

Officers for the current year are:

President Mr. Peter Chenery

Vice-President - Dr. Samuel Kaufman

Secretary - Mr. Bruce Briggs

Treasurer -'Ms. Gloria Smith

COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN

Standards Committee . Ms. Margaret Park, University of Georgia

Cooperative Data Management - Prof. Martha-E. Williams, University of

Committee . Illinois

Center Supplier Relations - Mr.Peter: Chenay. North Carolina Science and Technology Research Center Kin I CAT IONS

. Cho ASIDIC New%lettor I% published periodically and is mailed to full and associate members. It contain: stiminorlos of meetings, plan: for future,- mon t prof I le% of vo r ow. con t or coinw 1I tee reptirl, :11initior rof meeting: of ASIDIC': corre%ponding organitation In tucopo (iosiolc), new members' names and any other item ofintovok to ASIDIC member-- the various ASIDIC comittro have distributed poll% and que%tionnaire% toothy memborShip and center have often mode their own publication% and talk available through the ASIDIC Secretory.

MCITINGS

ASIDIC mertinty. have been very flexible withtorMOt% appmpriilteto the purposes of each meeting. Informal small workshops ofleN., than twenty participants have been coordinated with lorger more formol technical meetings with attendance of about 75-100 people. The most. recent meeting was held In Februory in Philadelphio back-to-bock with the annual meeting of the National Federation of Abstracting and indexing Services, with sssrOns open to both groups'. Most workshops or meetings are hosted by member centers at their particular location. The executivo cofttittee 15 open to suggestions from the membership for discussion or workshop topics in on effor4 to keep ASIDIC responsive and pertinent to the needs of each A member center.

4 1ININCHANGE AlfACHNINI /1-14

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IIII I N I(10)1 I C Nt Col It t I I UN DAI

I0IAI 101AI MILROlIctiL HMI I CAI ION AC (.1*.'. ION It ANE. 11111'.

RI%IARCII IN IDUCATION 4

1966-196/ CO-010000 - 10 -012348 2 149 39i.91

1968 10-012349- U0-021151 1 801 1,186,,06 1969 U0-021152 - E0-031604 10 ley 15.1199 1,41,-01 19/0 T0-031605 - I0-042000 16,188 1,440./3 19/1 ED-042061 - 10-054390 12,330 18893 1,681.47 1.0-054191 - t0-0666'20 19,v111 1,760.68 19/3(1.t Qtr.) 0-0666:1 E0-0133:9 94/.61

63,330 95.633 $8,825.4/

PACESEITW; IN INNOVATION

1966 LS-000001- US-001175 1,0/5 1,185 $ 165.90 196/ ES-001176 - LS-001982 90/ 1,43/ 201.18 068 'ES-00198307 ES-002554 ____111 919 128.66., ,

2,554 3,541 $ 495.74

1ANPOER

1966-1967 MP-000001 - MP-000392 392 653 91.42 MP-000395 - MP-000710 316 364 50.96 1969 MP-000711 - MP-001042 332 473 66.22

1040 1490 .$ 208.60

OE RESEARCH REPORTS ', 1958-1965 ED-002747 - ED-003960 1,214 3,315 $ 464.10..

SELECTED DOCUMENTS ON THE DISADVANTAGED ED-001001 - CD-002746 1,746- ,2,748 $ 384.72

SELECTED DOCUMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION ED-000001 - ED-00000 992 1,258 $ 176.12

GRAND. TOTAL 70,876 107,935' $10,554.75

*As of May 1973 ,0), Fawcett Cener), Ohio \State 4#11:;ers1.4,, 2400 0,1entariyif CdiumbiAs Off 43210' Betty Smith

qeaseteseriie:-Single .Rdom

*mentGua'rakeed

° a-rival Date lame of preferred roommate laMe rianlkzat loll Address.'

, ity and State i Zip Code ')-1(.! 7 ' ,, eiervat ions -should be made at least 2 weeks beforestart of Conference. lease, no pets. -s fra

kRcH 1974

Interchange, thenewsletterwhich ERIC data baseusers have been receiving on 'a regulprbasis,,has ceased publicationas a formal .numbered Information of interest andvalue to ERIUusers will,however, ill be disseminatedunder the familiar banner,but on an informal, unnumbered, and irregularbas s,as it is accumulated. appearance and Interchange's status will change butwewill, same types of information and continue to send you the answer the same types of questions.-A ,newsletter by any othername will , 'hopeful 1 y,' sti 11 bean Interchange. I-n addition, the ERICProcessing and ReferenceFacility will continue to provide services underits program ofuser assistance. on Jock Embry, the new User (See story in this* issue.) Services Coordinator at theERIC.Facility;

,We thank you foryour`Past interest in Interchange you will continue to share with and hope' thato uS your ERIC-related,exPeriences'o.pat the .user community's caMbinedfund of knowledge-carLbe 0,. .., NEW USER SERVICES OORDINATOR ,.. ,o fi i ,Mr. JonathanJock) Embry recently Facil-ity as User Services joined the staff at th Coordinator.He is replacing JOhn Milleras: liaison withusers of the ERIC data base;Although his hsition is intended primarily `tohelp tape users, he will on-line users', manual welcome profflems from users',,,or any, combination theriof.° 4 Despite the fact that Interchange formal (srial publication, will. no lorkipr be puBlishedas a J. J6ck will still sol icit informationideas papers, questions, etc. to bedistributed at irregular intervals P same user community that to- the received Interchange.The present package is an example.. He will alsoworkon putting together the semi-annual .conferencesand user At. Currently askingfor ideas, suggestions, anvolunteer%. ./ Jock was fo'rperly pi reet6r.of Computer Services withSouthwest Research 'Assacicates,an educbtional contulting firm New Mexico. located in Albuquerque, He has acted ps consultantto anumber 'ofstate departments

I nterchang_e is pre .4 by staff ofthe ER.15 Processing and 4833 Rugby Avenue tte;,p3, Bethesda, Reference Facility, contract by Operation Marylan 20014, which is operatedon search; -Inc., Informaion 'Systems Dlyision, for the National _institute of anion.All question contributions should be correspondence, and Xected to the Editor,lnterchange, °at the above ,;addr.esS, or bytelephone (301) 656-9723.

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of education, universities, and local schooldistricts, in the areas Of informatiOn retrieval systems, statistics, test-scoringand reporting, and student file systems. He calWkimself a "computer, person"due to his programming 'background(FORTRAN, PL/1, COBOL, BASIC, 360 Assemb,ler, OS/JCL, 1108 Assembler0130 Assembler, RPG,etc.), Uut he has had ,extensive experience working with educationpeople ranging from under- 1 graduate students to professors to top-leveladministrators and classroom teachers.. His Main interest lies in providingsolution to koblems in terms people can underitand.

SLrice..Jock!s job is to promote and facjlitate Useof the ERIC Data: .Base,b'Y helping.UsersNand poteptlal users solve 'their problems,please '''contacti)iin if yoU'have any104tions. -He will work overthe phone, by CorreSpOndenCO, or personal consultation (in the Washington area or on-

: site, if you pay travel and perdieM),.as necessary.

111NOVATiVE FAWUSERS CONFERENC,E7SCHEDULED

. - 4For 1I first time the 1974 Fall ERIC Data Base Users Conferencewill beheld as -a cooperative venture. Arrangements have been made with the American Society for Inforrbation Science (ASIS) to hold'the FallConference back-to-back with: the Society's Annual Meeting, which will beat'the. Regendy Hyatt House in Atlanta, Georgia, October 13 through 17, 1974, J The ERIC Users Conference, to which all interested attendees at the ASIS °meeting will be invited, will begin,on Thursday, OCtober 17, andcontinue. on' FildaY, Oct?ber,t8.. Neither meeting will bd a pre-requisite for the other. ASIS will have its usual registration fee; the ERIC Conference r 0.1 will not invOlile a fee. ) W41'

Is ( The theme of the ASIS Annual Meeting is "InformationUtilities", which should beof-special interest' to ERICeata Base Users, since many of them could be so described and many oth smake,use of utility-like organizations. The broad .general theme of the ASIS meeting is.further subdivided into: .,

(0, Information utilities as service to the general public (news and entertainment, home and'community, educational,' employmentinformation systems; etc.);

(2) Information utilities a& ervice to professionals (service forresearch, health care, law enforceaerit, etc.);

(3) Developers and regulatorsSof information utilities (regulatory policies, franchising, copyright,-safeguards, legal problems, etc.

. (4) Delivery, systems (hardware and software, switching mechanisms,

scheduljng and priorities, etc.44 .*

(5) Impact of information utilities on the society and on theinformation/ library profession. Also of special interest to ERIC Data Base Users Is the new ASIS, Special Interest Group on Educational Information Services (SIG/E10, which is now in the process orbeing formed, anti which is expected to hold its initial organization nleting and first technical session at the Atlanta meeting. The purpose of this new SIG is to bring together, for the exchbnge of information and1t1ie discussion of mutual problems, organizations and individuals,Whose primary role is providing educational information services. Again,:thi* relates directly to most ERIC Data ..Base Users. Many of you will'be hearing directly from ASIS on this subject in the near future.

The tentative agenda for the. ERIC Fall Conference inctudes: a review of available date bases relevant to education; a review of available software systems forcusing them; a disucssion of end users' needs; descriptions of specific major applications and installations; a discussion of the role of profit-Making organizations; and a look at the future. Since We arse just starting to put together a program for this Conference, we are asking for ideas, papersi and volunteers. If there are topics that you particulrlyeuoatd,,br would not, like to hear about, please let us know. AO thoughts about,conference format

and content would be very welcome. ,

The cooperativejOrmatpromLsesel,m4ke ifan Unpsually,interesting'

and rewarding week 7,PlarinoW tOatter(dV:-: .

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ASSISTANCE. IN QBTAINING GOVERNMENfPRINTING OFFICE (GPO) PUBLICATIONS

Many of our users who hAvefbeen successful in'obtaining*or identifying publications from the! ERIC Fat), ity, have voiced to as their problems in getting publicationfrom thU. S. Government Printing Office.

, ° One way, that can be .4eFteOred to ease this commonproblem is to use a jobber or middle-man that specalizes in arranging for automatic receipt of GPO publications. One Och jobber is:

,etrnan Associates 4201 Willard Avenue Washington, D. C. 20015 41 Bernan's Standing Order Service covers priced publications and periodical subsriptionso-including annuals, series, and other recurring publications. The prices Lre exactly the same as GPO prices. Bernan also furnishes customers with a "Government Documents Checklist" tocover Government documents which are non-recurring or otherwise impractical to supply automatically.'

No endorsement of this particular jobber-is(implied or intended by - this notice. We cite them merely as an example of one approach that those, having'troublesthtaipi'ng GPO documentsmay wish to investigate.

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..' EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION CENTER (EIC) DIR CTORY-

. .4 4he National Association of ElementarySChoolPrincipals (NAESP) has Infdrmed us that they are in the process of compiling a complete: list of "E10cbtional'Information Centers", They hope to publish the list in 'the'Sd6tember.1974 issue9, Irtional Elementary Principal. If you wsuld like .to see your organization represented.in this list,ior if you know of any organiza1 tion that' shoul$ be included, please send the relevant information to:1

Ms. Sally L. BailkS National Association of. Elementary School'Principals 1801 N. Moore Strbet Arlington, Virginia 22209

ERIC A PROFILE

Enclosed with this transmittalis .a copy ofzthe new GPO-printed version of ERIC, -:A Profile. This informational brochure can'be obtained from the ERIC FacAtlity on request. This new edition,djffers from the earlier 1973 edition'primprily in having'a separate sheet devoted to Research in Education ( IIE)and in bringing up to, date. the list of ERIC Clearingho9ses and their scope notes.It dolt.nof, however, contain a, sample microfiche, as dia the earlier brocHUre.

TARR DOCUMENTATION BEING REMED

-db e are in the process of reyW the -aingtocumentation on the ERIC tape file. Any.".commeri6 Or sUgdestIonsusersmay have regarding content, organization, readability; etc. would Joe very useful at this time. i(e will be glad to send dopips41, of the,new documentation {primarily teainicar spectficafions) to those requt%ting it.

SO YOU WANT TO GET A DOCUMENT IN RIEr

One of the strongest features of the decentraliz&ItRIC sy4em of Clearinghouse is its acquisitions program. The Clearinghouses, each with important contacts in their own specialized subject areas, almost certainly bring into .the data base a greater variety of ddcuments than could any single acquisitions effort.

Despite thisstrength, however, a surprising number of organiza,tions and indiyiduals do not know were to send documents that they mild like, to have C-onsidered,for RIE announcement. The following informatiA should be disseminated to al l' such inquiries. .gA2' Srgr r r G.

.There- are basically three routes into the ERICData ,Base (for addresses see the'ERIC - A Profilebrochure).

(l) The plIC Clearinghouses (2) .The/ERIC Processing and Reference.Facility (3) Central ERIC at the National Institute of Education

If an organization or. individual has a singledocument or Small numberof documentS that clearly fall within the purview of oneof the -Clearinghouses, then they should be sent directly to theappropriate Clearinghouse..

If an organization has several documents and it is notall-that obvious as to which would be handled by what Clearinghouse,then they aria Reference/ Facility for assignment , should be sent to the ERIC Processing to the proper Clearinghouse. ,,'

..: Central ERIC is a valid entry point for documents and.all' receipts will eventually be considered for possible selection.4.7 Howner,since, receipts at Central ERIC are generally routed totheacill* for assignment to the Clearinghouses, itis possible to ye-t'N y mai g directly to the Cle4ringhouses or to the FaciTity:-. ,x>> ' ''-' '-ii,xolsr : Documents4 should4 mot be sent to the ERIC Doc o .- 540ftton0 Service, (DRS). Thisis a waste of: time Spfer, as EDRS s Ors'routeSsUch receipts to the Fa,cility, ,*;.

Contributors should be tti. 0 cre?r, legr e, reproducible copies (in duplicate, if poSs the document is copyrighted, or otherwise has its reproductiOn're;titicted,'It- would be helpful if a letter could be included with the,tdocument giVing ERIC permission to reproduce the document in Hard Copy, and Microfiche(LevelI) or Microfiche Only (Level II). elf the document cannot be reproduced, price and,ordering

information for obtaining a copy must be included for the item to be .= considered for RIE.

%; Documents contributed to the ERIC syem are evaluated as to the appropriateness of the subject matter, quaNtty, and physical suitabiiity. Documents meeting the criteria that have been established in each of these areas will be selected for the others will be rejected for RIE, but may be retained for local Clearinghouse files. No advance guarantee can be made that any document will be selected. The final'decision is in the handt" af.the Clearinghouse °to which the document is assigned.

ContributOrs may.affix,;Agff-addressed-RePlY:Cards to documents to. be returned "totheM with diYposition information, including ED number when available:

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-5- - 91101 //' PROVIDING BACKUP FOR YOUR ERIC MASTER FILES

There are two recurring problems, involving computer processing of ERIC. tape files, that users regularly bring to our attention:' d. oNow to'handle update tapes oLack of backup to master files

We have found that a large number of users. use the-plaster File tapes supplied by the ERIC Facility directly with their retrieval system. There, are two major problems with doing this:

1. The number 'of reels (one for each update) that must be mounted for eacW.run.gets to be excessive, so that the time spent (and frequently the -Cost of) Simply mounting. tapes becomes considerable. it 2. There is no', file protectiorb from accidental or intentional .deStruction' of the file

. . In addition to operator or programmer errors, hardware malfunction, software errors, and ActS of God, unlabeled tapes are.particularly

° rone to being accidentally scratched or written onby other pp pgrams. Our recommendation to all users is to copy the entire file onto another set of standard lab 10 tapes, which can be /. used asthe production file for the Icp system. ,Each update should be copied to the end of the pabiltiction fileimmediately after it is received, not "soon" pr n.i orrqe. ,The day a tape drive snaps a quarterly update fbr th,''.firs.e.time will make a believer out of you fastl Even users that copy theAfile to disk would be well,advised to maintain a backup copy separate from 0 the original tapes: If the original,tapes are kept in a separate physical location from the productiob file, you areptOared for the accident that is going to,happen. .RemembecAtrphy's- law and ihinfeabout the number of,searehes you canrpOwithout Master Following is the JCL (IBM-OS) needed-b5,coPY the'master file to standard labeled tapes. (The new astk must be labeled beforehand; seeIEHINITT example.

Since each installation has a different set of original files and a different number of updates, the Input-file, SYSUTI, will-have to be modified, -as necessary. A single update (or several) can ,be copied onto tho end of the master file without having to recopy the entire file. This should be done as soon as the update is received by:

1. changing ,the input file (SYSUT1) to reference only the; tape to be added.

2. Changing the Volume Sequence Number (the third sUbparameter) in the VOL parameter of the output file (SYSUT2) to -indicate which volume processing should start with. Since you want to add the update at the end of the file, this number should indicate the sequence (2nd, 4th, 5th, etc.) of the volume processing stopped with the last time the file, was updated.' That information is available oh the HASP-or oneators log which shows mount messages for each volume actually used. If the HASP log shows that ERICB3 was the last volume mounted when writing on the series ERICB1, ERICB2, ERICB3, ERICB4, the Volume Sequence Number would be three since ERICB3 is the third volume in the series.

3. Changing the disposition of the output file (SYSUT2) to DISP=(MOD,KEEP) to start writing at the end ofthe existing

For example, an 800 BPI file used ERICB6 (determined froffithe HASP log) as the last volume mounted during the previeus backup Process, and one update on unlabeled tape RIEUPD is to be added:

//UPDATE,EXECP6417IDMENER //sYsPRiwrDD SYSOUT---A / /SYSIN DCZNY / /SYSUT1 DD UNIT=TAPENOL--,-SER=RIEUPD, // DSN=RESUMAST,LABEEr= (1 ,NL, DISP-4)LD, // DCB=(7hCFM=VB,LRECL=6996,BLESIZE=7000) //SYSUT2 ( PRIVATE, 6,7, SER= (ERIC231,ERICB2 ,ERldf33, P. EZZICB4 ,ERICB5 ,ERICB 6, ERICB7 ) ) r DS*RESUNIST,LABEIr= (1, SL,,our), (MD,10211aP), // DCB=(RECFMA7B,LRECD=6996,BLKSIZE=7000,DENT=2) :(T) ='/ Only one unlabeled, nput volume, RLJPD, is spL.cified, Others could be concatenated as necessary.

S' ce ERICB6 was the last tape used previously, processing starts with e sixth -ERICB6, of the seven volume series.

Zisposition of SYSUT2,is changed to DISP=(iD,1002); ,0

DEN2 in the DCB indicates that the file is written at 800BPI. DEN=3 wou1d7specify 1600 BPI. //BACKUP EXEC It1111.1.CEMIt //SYSPIUN'I! DI) flY;;OLT :A //:Mi'IN DU DUAMY //SYS01.9. DI) SER,z(EtucO).xaco2darco3), // PSN-RFZUMN;T,I.ABEli-,(1,C,r,IN) ,DISP-..01-1), // DCB-J ( RECD1-VB,ILRICIF:6996, MKS7,0-,7000) /7 DDUNIT-AW-SYSLY.V1,VOL7--SER-,,ElaC01.,' // ItNAT,SUMAST, LABEL,: (1, IN),OISP-Or D, // 1)C3-:(RIKIFM=V13,LRECIF:6996,DIESIZE-37000) // DDUNIT-AFP---SYSUT1,VOL--SER=ERICU2, // DSN-RESUMAST,I1Wn(1,NLIN) ,DISP-OLD, I // DC13=(PECFM=VB,LRECL=6996,BLKSIZE=47000)

(continue concatenations as necessary by repeating the above three cards, changing the tape serial)

PSYS0T2 DO UNIT-!I7 PE,VOL=(PRIVATE, 4,SER=(ERICBli '32, (7j) ERICB3,ERICI04) ), // DSNAIESILMAST,DISP= (NEW, KIMP) ,1.21IITZ---- (1, SL, ,our), // DC137(RECFN=VB,LRECL=69 p 6, BLKSIZE=7000) 1*

!CP This assumes that the master file is on standard labeled tapes ERIC01-ERIC03.

()Thefirst update is on unlab ?led tape MGR.

(i)lbisseeend update ispn unlabeledtape named ERICU2:

Thisnew file:mill be put on' four standard labeled tapes

.\ ERICB1-ERIC B4, A

This copies master file tapes ER1C01, ERICO2, and ERIC03, and up ate tapes ERICUI`and ERICU2 to a'stendardl'abeled file on ERICB1, ERICB2,

ERICB3, and ERICB167-Since the 800 BPI .fi le..takes up seven reels (as of March,.:1974), an additional threereels would have to be specified for SYSUT2, for 800 BPI, (i.e.,

7/4,SUT2 DD UNIT=TAPENOIL=,,(PRIVATEil,7,SERF-- (ERICBl,ERI002, .,

he ERICB3,ERI684,ERICB5,ERICB6,tPICB7)-)1 f etc.) . / . . , It-Ill 111 it_Fxample

IhiN on IBM utility (vied to write OS !Jaodard 104.1i gal tapo...,

More than one tape cob t) labeled it a time by incindln9 on INITU cord to'c each tapo to be labeled. Since the operator ha.; to woke .,pocial roplie% for thi% job, woke :awe he know. whot .you ore doluq. 4'

//1A11111, //SY:,WItt.NT 1)1) SYS0(11,A //TAPE 1M) [X T. (rEN ,2),111N1.111-(1171)1.:,,I)1.31:It) //SVS1N 1)1) TAPE TAPE iN PIT Slift-Y.R.R.T12

'-(abow 'card may be repealed for each tap() to 1.)e. labeled)

The density parameter should be modiflea'as needed; DEN,q. indicates 7. 800 (PI, OEN:23 Indicates 1600. Since the program does not write labels if any errors are encountered, it should be run alone and the eutput checked before any jobs that use the labeled tapes are submitted,

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-9- 9 1 -fT1T19.11'11:11. March 1912

A. ENCOSURE.

ERIC -. A ProTi lei

B. ATTACHMENTS

1. Vocabulary Improvement Pro9rom

2. ERIC Processing Manual Announcement

3. Opinion Paper: Coming: Automated Data itcitrieval Interface Systems (ADRIS), A. D. Link;-rh.D

4. Opinion Paper: A View From the Middle: The SDC/ERIC Search Service, Judith Wanner 0

5. PIE and Ct:JE Statistics

.6. ERIC Products'Summary

7:- Bibliography of ERIC Data Base Usage

92 AllACHill PI ittorch 1914

1)tIC. tIOCA11111 r,ItY _ Iltt IrttVCrtl tittltnr; ;,art

Ilie110.41ItIC VOCz'il;u1 ouy Imptovement Program (VIP) has !we Implemented to eliminate anhIguities surd outmoded ond.unu.edIndxing terminology In the. URIC system. lids is on ambition.. program os It repre!-.ents- the (lust, attempt in the 8-year history of the ERICsystem to woke the indeXing vocabulary fully responsiveto tv.ers of the system. Prior to.:the present time, deletion and major shiftswithin the existing vocobulory were not permitted.

As the program now stands, transfer-ond-delete software hay: been developed for efficient deletion end.fir- merging of terminology, ond a notion-wide review group has been established to evaluate changes recommended by users. Thus, a foundation has bdm latll for contilmous, long-term vocabulary improvement.

Vocabulary improvement must..bean integroted operation. A particular emphasis is given to syste -wide participation, and yocabulary recommendations of11qyjailLEIlLzOicited fromcc and ts.ers of the azstem. These include recommended Changes in either vocabulary conventions, votabularstructure,or the basic 'erminology. Since the data base users are involved dailywith the use of subject index terms, most change recommendations will probably fq11 in thearea of basic terminology, e.g.;

he elimination of synonyms andnear synonyms, e.g., HEREDITY and NETICS.

.0 Thc improv6mentof word-form selections,e.g., PUBLICITY instead of PUBLICIZE.

o The elimination of misspellings,e.g., PARADOX for PARADOX;'

r o The eliminationof ambiguity,e.g., PROGRAMING prior to the introdUctlOn of PROGRAMING (BROADCAST). ru d o The elimination of "ancient", low postedterms, e.g., HORIZONTAL TEXTS and VERTICAL TEXTSwith one posting cach.from the 1966 Disadvantaged collection).

oThe reduction of "scattering"-in the,Identifier file,e.g., 17 variations in entries for Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

-The procedur'e for vocabulary change coordination is detailed in Figure lattached. The ERIC Facility Lexitographor will sort users'' r iii'(,i1,1110-111.1.1[: i , , WW1 pit-1).11c I nt a sinnI I It Lila all 11111101( 11.11110',. tirt till I "Ihr""" ti' "UAW Ch, nt11,ta()! 14 cl,11i Ii1110 .10110:11'' 1), I111fli-ct4, t ()I- %1911111raut (haply% and chAallate them to the mumb),r% otthe: "VocabalaTy Review

Coolly" (16 IRK ClariTajhon.c.% 10 unIver%Ity .1 Ibrarie%,. :Ind e..I agencie...

. t , t (r t.dtit.,ition dip, tcwia.,),. (,f . M I nor. (.11atale.. w I I I .1)(.. 1 I% t ed tot act ion

by .0 !.1).:11 I lit he.-..-airte. Adv I ...0).y Panel'', rt.pre-a--.0t at i ve,, o I thn _lit I C! network. IdgnIficant .change% which qrlt,fIttttitt appreerdde number of neqat ve rewansas (as well as )deott ler chonue, cro:%-reter,ncechowle,,rule, choo9w.otc) yIll also bei-eviewvd by this. Van,-.1. Implowe.mted change.;

wl 1 1 be announceiE" to dot a 1).14(7 te;(11... vi a opp.1011)11.1te inc(li a,

Changes, will be 'reflected only In thee fil% maintained at the ERIC Facility, the RLSUMAST, the ihesauro., Tile (111ISMA'.;1)and tho po'Aing (USLMAST and lorNmAsi) files. For:example, if pot.ing% for PUBI1C1/1. are transferred to PUBLICITY, all resume record that contain PUBLICl/C in the descriptor field will be changed to contain PUBLICI(Y. entries (occucslon numbers)in the po%ting file under PUBLICIZL will be transferred to PUBLICITY and the puilLicuL record will be iterated. Entries in thin Thesaurus' file will be corrected as necw%ary, Microfiche record:. willnot be corrected nor will the printed vol,mos. Pub11.-dird ivdoxes.4011- contSin those changes the next time that.they are published.

In .addition to announcing changes (probably via InterchancE), we will make'chinges available in machine-readable form. Since we send out the entire ihesaurus or postillg files whenever they are distributed, any changes will be contained in the next update of that file. This means that groups using systems that operate on the posting files (such as RI C) will'automatically be. kept current. Organizations using systems that require only the resume master file (such as QUERY or GANOALF) would have to either periodically purchase the entire back file or -7) purehasethOse'records that changed, and merge them into their back file. We are open to suggestions on other ways of distTibuting these changes and corrections to users ,in.. the field.

You,. as an ERIC. data base, user, are invited to submit your vocabulary change' recommendations to the following address:

ERIC Processing and Reference Facility Attn: Lexicographer 4833 Rugby Avende,'Suite 303 Bethesda, Marylnd 20014

Your participationi*n thIs,imp004s-program will assure its success.

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~~THESAURUS~~

~~NOTICE No.~~

~~L v 1. PROPOSED CHANGE Transfer postingson.-PiRSONALRELATIONSHIP to INTERPERSONAL . 'I' RELATIONSHIP. Retain PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP as UF to INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP. ,~~

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~~... 0 2. IMPACT . A a. POSTINGS BEFORE CHANGE(Dec 12,R I.E) b. POSTINGS AFTER CHANGE --- - Term . '' Postings Term Postings~~

~~_PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP 4 (Major) 6 INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP (Major) 145 11 11 (Minor) 17 11 ,,II (Minor) 292 7 INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP (Major) 139 11 rt (Minor). 275.~~

. 3. REASON FOR CHANGE (Include full justil,cation, citing authorities for definitions, usage:, arid treatment) Both PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP and INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP are very old descriptorS, dating

~~back to. the Phase I ERIC Thesaurds (pre-I968). Originally,.the twp terms were not cross - referenced; indicating that onei(the second to be entered) was added without knowledge of~~

i the other; currently, INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP is the broader term. PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP migh,t conceivably be used to refer to a more ba0c or intimeterelationship (especially between two people) than INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP might imply. However,.this distinction is unnecessary for an educational vocabulary. See "Interpersonal" and "Personal" in English &,English's Compreqnsive Dictionary of Psychological 6, Psychoanalytical Terms.

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~~RECOMMENDED ACTION ,:i / 0 CONCUR ENOINTEREST~~

~~DOBJECT (Statereasonsin full detail, including potential impact upon input or retrieval operatipns showing city itftednt Toss 94 information. Cite authorities as appropriate.)~~

',.-- Signed:. / ' - 'LI. . C_ /VocabularyCoordinator Organization ,_,- / I, RETL1RN PRIOR TO 10C-Yez_lter To EtRNI'rocessingand Reference Facility ) AT7N:Lexicographer 4833 Rugby Avenue, Suite 3034 s'sb. ig 72) Bethesda,haryland 20014 0

~~9 ATTACHMENT #2 <111IFECiaill111I> -1 Mardi1974~~

~~ERIC PROCESSINGMANUAL~~

~~The ERIC ProcesSinnManual representsa total revision of the~~

~~old LBIC Operatinq,Manual, together withthe. addition of several major~~

~~new sections and extensive appendices. The process of revision, which~~

~~began in 1973 and involved allcomponents of the ERIC network, is~~

~~now drawing to a close.~~

~~During the course of revision, the Manual hasgrown greatly in~~

~~size and in coverage. Because of those changes, it has been necessary 4 to withdraw the earlier offer to sell printed copiesat $30 each.~~

~~InStead, the Manual will be inPuto the ERICsystem, announced in~~

~~. - RIE, and sold in microfiche and hardcopy via EDRS.The microfiche~~

~~1/41 price will be whatever standard price pertainsat that time; the~~

~~hard copy price will be based on the number of,pages theManual~~

~~ultimately Contains. Exact price information wilkbe announced to ,. you as soon as it is determined.~~

~~Acopy of the "Table of Contents" for the new Manual appears on~~

~~. the back of this page.~~

~~9;7 -.44. t~~

~~PROCE.51,,N9 MANUAL Section: 41fegaix:: w Page: Title: Date:~~

~~TABLE OF CONTENTS~~

~~PAGE~~

~~PREFACE -ORGANIZATION, AUDIENCE, AND AVAILABILITY OF THIS MANUAL~~

~~SECTION 1-INTRODUCTION~~

~~SECTION 2 -ACQUISITIONS,~~

~~SECTION3-SELECTION~~

~~SECTION4 HANDLING'AND SHIPPING~~

~~SECTION 5 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGING~~

~~-AB5TRACTiNVANNOTATING~~

~~SECTION7 -INDEXING ' ,~~

~~SECTION8 -VOCABULARY!DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE~~

~~SECTIow9-JOURNAL ARTICLE,PROCESSING PECIAL INSTRUCTIONS) ,4 APPENDIXES~~

~~A -.Acronyms, Initielisms,'and Abbreviations Dictionary~~

~~-GlossarY of Terms~~

~~C -ERIC Clearinghouse Scope of Interest. Guide~~

~~D COSATI Standard foi TiescriptiveCataloging of Government Scientific and Technical, Reports (AD ,641 092)~~

~~E Report Series Codes, An Introduction~~

~~Authdrity List (Mostly ComM;nly Used'~~

~~'Identifiers, Showing Preferred Word Form) .~~

~~G- ERIC Directory '(Telephone, AddressStaff'Members)'~~

~~INDEX ATTACHMENT 1/3~~

~~March 1974 ,~~

~~1. ,~~

. OPINION PAPER*

~~, COMING: AUTOMATED. DATA RETRIEVAL INTERFACE SYSTEMS (ADRIS)~~

~~BY: A. D. link, Ph. D%;%; r~~

It is probably fair to say that increasing numbers oflibrarians, information specialists', and other concerned colleagues, arekbecoming aware of the fact that ERIC has not yet beenutilized by 'the education sector as origihally intended. Although we concede that the resources expended to create the ERIC system have been more than justified, and that further expenditures for con'tinuinthe effort are mandatory, we still are concerned about the serious problems faced today bywould-be users of the invaluable ERIC file. In short, we believe that the ERIC system is still incomplete. It has achieved efficient input, file .maintenance, andpublishing subsystems and has operated_thesesuccessfully for years, but what of the dissemination subsystems? Automated or semi- automated user subsystems have, of course, been conceived of and some have been developed. The irit9ractive oh-line DIALOG 'System first came on the ERIC, scene in 1971 and still generates greatexcitement. Each year brings an increasing number ofbatch-oriented computer retrieval service centers. However, in our opinion, these effortsmeirely scratch the su'rfade of the potential market, andit is important to notehere that we are speaking of a market where sufficient technologicalknow-how exists and is not a limiting factor.

Few serious attempts have been made to find,a genuinesolution to . educators with " the key problem of interfacing the nation'sthousands.of ERIC in an efflicient and effective manner. Perhaps there'is Tittle to be gained from proposing solutions to problems when development, resources are so, scarce. Nevertheless, `hour opinion, one fact is overridingt, to ignore the massive problem of 4inking thepracticing educator to the ERIC system in a timely and effective-manner is to eventuallythreaten available to , the foundation of the most vitalres'earch resource effort the education sector. 7

"Opinjon Papers" is to provide aforum for * The concept behind share controversial or speculativereflections that authors would like to solely the ' with the ERIC user community. The viewpoints expressed are policy of the author's and do not necessarilyrepresent the views or NIE or any component ofthe ERIC network. /

- .. , **. Dr. Link Is HeadSupervisor of the Management Information Unit; Office of Wesear.chl:StateDepartmentof Education, RoOm 1204,. Rutledge Building, Columbia,South Carolina '29201. The teacher in the rural schoOlmust be prOvided the sameretrieval bpportunitV as the professor ofa large university. A superintendent in a district must have the same access to as the graduate student 'laboring on his Ph.D dissertation. A major thrust to provide for these needs must soon surface ona national level - -or 'a kingdom may someday be lost for the lack of a nail.

While the inTorrtion'retrieval service center is stillin great need, we maintain that the numiler of educators 'served by thiS concept is severely limited for numerous,reasons: The "mail order" user service is at best marginal; since seeker of'infOrmationcan rarely put in writing,,succinctly and accurately, what they want,The use ofan information specialist is 6, more acceptable alternative Uf the user can go to the center. The solution we are proposing lies in the realm of what we call Automated Data Retrieval Interface Systems ( ADRIS). It has'been-clearly shown that a practicing educator can "come off the street", and witha miniMum Of instruction, successfully use a remote computer terminal to interface directly with Rie and CIJE files. DIALOG, the first major effort in that directidn, proved once acrd for,all that the technology and "human engineering"to provide for unassisted user srvice is possible.However, DIALOG, with its direct on-line interaction. With the entire data base, is considered by many to be too expensive, at least at presentisto be widely practical.'

If a spectruewere drawn between on-line fully interactive systeMs / and batch systems, the effortswe are calling ADRIS systems would fall about half-way be"tween the two. They provide.-a requester-to-system inter-

race, using computer assisted instruction techniques to tell theuser ' about the system, how to search, and to assist him in actually olonstructing an effective search and submitting it for later running.'By not actually doing the search in,an interactive mode, however, such systems can operate yery economically.

EQUPt1developeld 14 the .author, was one of the first such systems. , INTERFACE', an extensive vgrsion of EQUIP is in the development stage. INTERFACE will be', we feel, the first serious attemptto solve the problem we posed earlier.-to,bring the ERIC files to users outside the magicaura of_computers and their jargon and at a cost affordable toany education . institute.

Regardless of the who, the what, or tohe where of en erging ADRS efforts, a pathway appears to us to be parting in the jungle. The eventual use by educators of wide-range dial-up computer retrieval systems is inevitable. New hardware is announced each day which can help:support the viable "third dimension of EMC access systems offered by the4WR1S approaCh. ,Proven system software?'is available now that did not exist in 1970. ADRIS is coming!

~~.to 01 But it will arrive faster if we Mount a concentrated effort by both those responsible for the funding of developmental efforts and those~~

, existing users of the machine-redable ERJC data base who are actively involved in providing services. We mUst discontinue fractured and isolated programming efforts (too expensive!); by restructuring future development activities tovards specific goals. Should we elect to go our separate ways, as has been (unavoidably) done in the past ADRIS efforts maybe diffused anemay.take much longer achieving the national support that they deserve.

~~(1) Lin D. EQUI - A Requestor-to-SystemAl 'Interfacewith a Batch Processing Automated Information Retrjeval System. State Department of Education, pplumbia, Sputh Carolina,-September 22, 1972. 24 p. d~~

(2). Lik, Albert D. A Comparison of Retrieval Efficacy From the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Automated Information Retrieval System Using ComputerrAsSisted-Instruction Training andSearCh Negotiations as Requester-to-System Interface Methods: August 1972'. 135 p. Doctor's dissertation submitted to New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico (ED 067 215)

(3) Por example, APL enhancements, usable by both EQUIP and INTERFACE, have recently peen provided through the brilliant work of Tom Puckett, of the New Mexico State UmiversityComputerCenteri Las,Cruces, New Mexico.'

~~.if ATTACHMENT7fi March 1974~~

~~OPINION PAPER* I A ip,EW FROM THE. MIDDLE: The SDC/ERIC Search Service~~

~~Judith Wanger System"Development"Corporation (SEX)~~

During the early 1970s, the number and_pOwer of on-rine retrieval systems have increased so qeatly that predictions arc being made that on-line services will soon a multi-riiiilion dollar market. Three groups are particularly affected by this growth:"

~~o those who screen and p rocess literature and make it available in printed .~~

~~or machine-readable form .~~

~~o those who need to search the literature, either as users or on behalf of the end Tars ,~~

~~o those who acquire machine-readable materials and make the avaclable,- on-line, to interested uS'ers.~~

Each of these groups understandably has a different perspective on the valuecof on-line services. To the data base developer'or supplier, on-line services represent both an opportunity and a threat. The opportunity is o for wider disemination, especially to those who cannot afford the investment necessary to acquire and process the tapes themselves on a regular

~~' basis; the threat is the possible reduction in tot 1 income from the sales of tape or pr(iCpted products. - To the user, on-line services represent ah opportunity to provide~~

faster and more complete responses to user-inquiries, at a lower cost per . 4 au search then either manual searching or do-it-yOurself 'acquisition and .. searching of the tapes. Interestingly enough, on-line service also poses - . a threat to .some organizations for exactly the same reason.The availabillty _of on-line services at low cost can provide an embarrdssing cOntra'st to - eXisting do-it-yourself dataprocessing services within the user's inst.itution,

Between these two groups--the data base suppliers,and the users are suppliers of'on-line services. System Development Co6orationtis one.of several such organizations "in the middle". We began operating on-line services in 1965 and were among the first to make the ERIC file available for on-line searching. In 1971., the entire RIE (Research in Education) and CIJE (Current index to Journals, in Education) files.were placed on-

~~line, asca keystone of SDC's.nationwide on-line.service. . . I P~~

. , * The concept\ endht -n OpInIon Papers" is to provida,a forum, for con- speculative,refleCtions that authors would like to share . troversial ol with the ERIC\usey comiunity. The vielopoints expressed aresolely the author's and do not necessarily represent the Views or policy of the NIE or any component of the ERIC: network. I , v "

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on-line retrieval services, the / From the perspective of a seller of capabilities of his retrieval system often seems to be the most important aspect of the service he is offering. For that reason, a heavy investment is made to make the system as fast, responsive,powerful, and "friendly" as possible. The ORBIT II system that underlies SDC'sservice (and the National Library of'Nedicine's service) has beendesigned and improved with that objective in mind, and SDC takes pride in thefact that: the system is regularly used, on a dailybaSis, by over 200 organizations, inclildi'ng some in foreign countries.

"M. Yet, 1t is not the retrieval system alone that the useris buying. No matter what argumebts are posed with respect tothe cost-effectiveness of on-line searching in general or to SDC's system inparticular, the - arguments are quickly negated if thepotential user does not feel. positive

toward the data base itself. Thus, ERIC itself is a crucial elemapt In . the sale of on-Iine ERIC searching. This fact of life means that we must take a'direct and personal interest in the continued growth andimprovement of the ERIC data base and in the creation of greater awarenessof its value, both within and outside the educational community.

~~.SDC believes thatthe\growth of on-line access-to ERIC and other data bases, as well--will help to accelerate two major trendswithin the information community:~~

~~o 'the trend toward placing a higherand more accurate value on information and information services~~

~~o the development of greater responsiveness by informationservice suppliefs to the information consumer~~

~~What" s' It Wdrth?~~

Most librarians and information specialists agree thatthe philosophy of free information service--some refer to it as the"Carnegie syndrome" is very well established in the U. S. Thus, one of the barriers to tie introauction of a self - supporting, on-line service within an organization is the notion that information ought really'to be providedfree of charge.

4' Experience has. altolshown that it takes some weeks or months for users of a new on-line service to stablize their attitudes toward the new' resource and their use of it. The first operations at the terminal have an aura fxf "new toy" about them, and the useris quite conscious of. the fact that he is Playing with the system, exploringitsfeatuFes to learn what he can and cannot do. But scion Cho process ,must begin of integrating the terminal into tic rest of the information operations. The process is more extensive than is recognized at first,It involves'not only learning to use thc.,o&line system efficiently butalso building awareness of tho

1 0 3r, new capability among information consumers in the organizetion, developing or adapting procedures for taking user requests (if one is not himself the user)t and developing procedures for relaelng system costs touser services. One needs, in short, a "project" approech to the introduction of on-line 'operations.

Some organizations, both ih education and In other fields, have not been under great pressure to concern themselves with search costs. For example, the nationwide retrieval service for medical literature--"MEOLINE"-- has been almost entirely supported by the National Library of Medicine. This sOport has helped to create a network of over 200 Remote terminals located-in medical schools, independent medical libraries, and selected federal institutions throughout the U. S.1 The transition to a partially supported 5ervices began In. August 1973. The cost for computer time anq communications moved from Zero to $6 per terminal hour, still below actual costs and well below the cost for any commercial service. The --charge for free service will certainly test the value of the service to its users and will probably increase the concern with cost-effectiveness in the usee,of the,on-lihe system.

On-line use of ERIC has also been' subsidized, though t6a. much lesser extent. Whereas the National Library of Medicine subsidized and encouraged the placement in operation of a very large number of inexpensive terminals, the U. S. Office of Education (and now NIE) has provided its support toa relatively few institutions, primarily in an experimental mode. Other educational institutions not served under this arrangement have sought commercially available services, the result of which is more diversity lq the funding and use°of on-line ERIC than there is for on-line medical information 'retrieval.

in the university community, particularly, the philosophy is developing Oat on-line information service should be a fairly sNi-supporting activity. The University of Washington, for example, charges the user or his department $8.50 for each ERIC search. Included in this cost are computer-connect time; communications, and off-line printouts. The library provides the staff and terminal in this case, but other universities are e4cp including some staff tiMe. in thelr average $8 - $10 por search cost.

The Texas Information Service, an NIE-sponsored dissemination project, provides another good example of an organization that Is highly conscious of cost-effectivenes, as well as high-quality user services. With' about 8 months of experience with a batch-mode system for searching ERIC, they had a useful fromework-"-including cost and performance data--for assessing the relative value of on-line ERIC access. Previous expel-Vence showed that the average cost of .a single' ERIC search (for machine-related costs), under

~~1McCarn, Davis O. and Joseph Leitcir. On -Lines Services in Medicine and Nleyond." Science, Vol. 181, July 1973, pp. 317-324. , 7~~

10 the bitch -mode system, was $11. On the basis of six ninths if on-lino searching of ERIC, usingSDC's system, the average p:.r-:earth cost (including terminal rental,. Computer time, coolounication5,and off-line printouts) is nod at $13. The more difficult part of the comparison, of course, is to assess the benefits of on-line service.

TIS reports that this slight increase in Cost. "is morethan offset by increased efficiency of TIS staff and operations and more particularly by the increase in search quality". Specifically, they 56,1marize the advantages of on-line In five areas: (1) search strategies nay be altered while the search is in progress; (2) searchable categories arcgreatly expanded; (3) searches may be processed as they are received;(4) descriptors ,or spelling errors show up imediatelyon-line; and (5) print options are

~~available. sm.~~

We believethat the diVersity of ways in whichinstitutions are bringing on-line service to their users is healthy. Itis still too early in the history of on-line services to prescribe the "one best way" to introduce and place a value on on-line services; thus, experimentation and diversity are, helpful. In some cases, the sponsoring institution is asking the individual information consumer to recognize thevalue and cost of information. In others, the recognition is at the institutional level. In either case, value Is being placed on informatildn. The Carnegie free-information syndrome is gradually beingdisplaced by a more eclectic philosophy in which different information services anddifferent user communities dictate the manner in which adollar value is attached (to information and information services.

~~The,Triangle: ERIC--S0C--Users,~~

The advent of on-line services has brought about a greaterintimacy between the user and the data bases that ho searches- and ithas increased the necessity for feedback between and among the several groupsinvolved - the users, the data base suppliers, and now the suppliersof on-lline services. The supplier of on -line services is a very significantmember of the trinnge, because he has the greatest potential forProviding the necessary linkage between theother two members..

What lidkages are necessary? One of the most important is conveying .knowledge of the contents and drgani-rations of the on-line data bases. SDC currently provides\access to four major data bases: ERIC, MEDLINE, CIIEMCON (Chemical Abstracts Condensates), and CAIN(Cataloging and 5xstem of the National Agricultural Library). In addition, six other data bases are on-line in an experimental mode, preparatoryto full on-line operations. Each of these data bases has its own history of development, its own acguisitions-indexing-abstractingphilosouhy, and `its own descriptive language. The intimacty of on-lifr operations regulre;.,

tf I 0 5 that the user deve.lop a much ['are thorough anddetailed undelstanding of each data base than was ever required of ,I.Qm inpre-ga-lirL. days. In sec'a instances, the data base styli) iers are eaga to helpthe userdv,,,)01)that uncriu-standing. In ()Owl's, the data base supp ie is notreal 1 y organized to provide any direct contuct with usersand may have to reje.ct requests to'cleet with user groups, to discu%s.and explainselectinn and indexing practtices, and to help in theirsubstantivese3rching problems. The link, then, must come from the on-line service supplier.

Just as users need inforration froo data, base suppliers,th latter-- Alhether they recognize it or riot- -also need feedback fro) users. The oe-line user quickly discovers certain, kinds of inform4tion about adata base of which. the data base supplier may or nay not hafully awarC. the most corsr,In problems involve inconsistenciesin indexing practice or poor quality control features. In a batch system, the iris - indexed items may simply be "lost", never_ to be seen or found again. In an on-line system like ORBIT II, with capabilities for selective displayof the Index, the items flay becoma embarrassingly apparvnt.

Users of on-line systems also make di;woveries or drawconclulions about subject or area coverage that may be highly useful tothe data base suppliers. Whose responsibility isit to convey these conclusions, and feedback about the kinds of problems outlines above, to thedata base suppliers? The answer is not yet clear, nor isit tlear'whether the data base suppliers should .aggressively seek feedbackfron their users about their data base. Some data base suppliers and most suppliersof on-lino service are commercial, for-profit orTganizations that cannotbe "big brother" to their users or subject them to any'regulareporting system. On the other hand, iti-s clear that providing on-lino access is not - -or, at least, should not be--simply a matterof having the right computer and retrieval program, of scllibg remote-terminal access,and responding to inquiries from users on the status of the computer andthe availability of data bases. Offering- on-1 Inc! ERIC service, for example, invoivs such responsibilities as:

~~1 o proper, handling of the data base, e.g. allowing users to separate, at will, the LR1C file into the journal or reportliterature, or allowing than to search by major descriptors~~

~~o training of users in the Thesaurus of ERIC OeserFptors~~

~~o helping te.ers, to understand the'scope and coverage of the ERICdat.i haw~~

~~0 responding. Ica inquiries rellorditi9 URIC :.circb!triitc9irs.. oevaluation and transmission of feedback from 5BC's online URIC users to the respotrdhle Individuals in Central FR1C. n t::7V1Arv~~

tic anticipate that our vicw frcx- nithilc coNtirlu,2to12f: Cnr C.hed ,our1 ink to expericm.w.,, of ourOn'-1111%! a :>..!.. ',71 bfrlievr. xchoe ofi nforriat ion--rcgardingko'.t!., ond feedbock for clot; 'yrs con pro ,.oto .-.:on9 our tii I 1 service tin!. cow;tt of al Irur.t.wrn of tha inforriot ion tr i on9le, and WI 1 Iirpact Wellon the irodi t 110.,,;of infoinot ion sery cc.

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4 . Apr ,(3) 010284 - 010367 84 3022 4 Apr 057258 - 058464 .1,207 51,419 5 may (3) 010)68 .01049'. 127 3.449 5 Mar . 058!:65 - 059408 944 52,361 6 Jun (3) 010495,- - 010592 98 2,547 ,. 059409 . 050226 . 6 Jun 818 53,181 A"Pc . 7 Jul '(3)(3) 010535 - ,010794 202 3,749 7 1.1 06022/ -'06.1464 1,2)8. 54.419 8 Aug (3) r 010795 - 011044 250 3.999 8 ' Aug 061465 '.. 062590 1.116 55,535' Sep 011045 - 011200 256. 6,255 9 (3) ''9' Sep 062581 - 063517 937 56,422 (3) 011301 -.01,1566 266 10 Oct 4,511' 10 Oct '' 062519..- 064526 20097 57,681 - .1i Nov (3) 011567 . 011923 267 4,688 II Nov 064527 - 065734 1,209 , 55.689 12 Dec (3) 011934 - 012)48 .Jon . ,5,101 12 .0e: 056755 - 066610 886. . . 59.571 70TAI .010094 - 012348 2.255 5,303 TOTAL 054791 - 066670 12.230 59,575

1968 1 Jan (3) 012373 012790 442 5,245 8 1913 I Jan 065521 -' 067511 891 60.466 2 Feb (3) p12791 - 013313 6,294 549 2 Fe* 067512 -049756 1,225 61.691 3 Mar (3) 013240 . 012968 629' 6.923 3 Par . 068717.'469935 . 1.199 . 62..890 , . 4 Apr (3) 013959 - 011.617 649 7,572 4. API. 069936 . 070901 ,,.. 966 63.656 May 13) 014618 . 015149 732 8,304 5 5 Mai 070902 . 072315 1,414 65,270 (3) 015350 - 016144 6 Jam L 795 5,099 6 Jun 072311 - 073329 1.014 66;284 " 7 Jul 016145 - 016376 232. . '1.831 7 dal 073333 - 024303 '929 62.163 8 ( Aug 016877 . 017746 870, 10;701 A 7 8 Aug 023353 - 075636 1,378 68,641 9 . Sep 017747 -.018675 929 11.630 .9 Sep. 125617 - 076350 1.164 69,805

10 tict 016676 - 019526 . 851 12.481 10 . Oct k 076851 - 078228 1,378 71085 II . Nee 019527 - 023444' 918 15,399 II' Noe , ' 073223 - 075551 .1033 , 72,516 12 ""'" Dec . ' . 020445 -.021151 707. 14.105 12 Lac 079562 - 030787 LI& )3.742 70131, 012349 - 021151 8.103, 14.106 20TAL 065621 . 030787 14.167 73.742

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~~: .. 2 Feb 022066 - 022971 906' 15,926 2 Pe! 031835 - 0633e1' '1,467 76,316~~

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~~8 7 053248 - 054075, 828 ' Mar 27,030 Alr Notes: .~~

~~4 Apr 014076 . 054902 827 27,057 1. Selected Cocurents on Nigher Education are Included in.ele~~

~~5 may 034903 - 039224 122 28,729 microfiche collection, but do not appear In the tape flies. . 6 Jun 035775 . 026658 886 29,613 An Inds,' to them Is, contained In ED 012 110, 1969.~~

7 Jul 026659 - 037535 927 30,540 2. Selected Coc,mentson the Disadvantaged arelncluded In the 8 Aug 037596 -.4238544 959 31.499 microfiche collection and the tape files.' A nueber and 9 Sep 038545 - 039270 826 32,325. Author Ind** Is contained In ED 070 494.

10 Oct 039371 - 040303 933 33,258 3. Keyed Into the Oata Bassin UPPEt CASE ONLY. II Nov 040504 - 041177 174 34,152 12 Dec 041173 - 042060 au .35.015 4. These sla docurents are Included In the microfiche collectiOn on the Disadvantaged (see tote 26. but are not In the Data Bale.

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~~BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ERIC DATA BASE. USAGE~~

'This'bibliography,is intended too be a continuing reference tool providing access to reports and documents dealing with searching, or otherwise manipulating, the ERIC Data Base. As such documents/tome to our attention, leitattons will be added to the list. Wheh (and if)a' document is announced in RIE (usually a month or two later), the ED number will be 'added to the citation.

Where the,ED number is shown, orders should be placed with the EDRS. If a document is not available froM'EDRS, a copy may usually be Otained from the ERIC Facility. Since this list has grown considerably, wellave reorganized it into four categories. The present list i'ncludes (and re-arranges) all previous entries -and .therefore completely replaces the previous Bibliography. i

~~A. RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS (SPECIFIC SYSTEMS)~~

1. Bracken, Paula OTIS Basic Index Access System (OBIAS); a system for retrieval of information from the ERIC and CIJE Data Bases utilizing a direct access inverted index of descriptors and a reformmated\ direct access ERIC-CIJE File. Oregon Total Information System, Eugene, January 1972, 18 p. (ED 061 979)

~~2. Tschudi, Ronald'R. and Meredith Joseph C. The "Probe" Rttrieval Program - A Descriptida: Indiana University, Bloomington, February 10, 1972..15 P. (ED 059 596)~~

~~3. Frobish, Marian J. SLIC - Search of the Library Information Collection. Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, 1972. 38 P. (ED.066 199)~~

4. Krahmer, Edward and Horne, Kent An Alternative to QUERY. Batch-Searching of the ERIC Information Collections. Resource Information Center, Grand Forks, North Dbkota, August 1, 1972. 55 p. (ED 063 519)

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5. Willamson, Mary Ann A Brief Desdription of the STR0n citedSea'th System -(STRC-IVS).' North Carolina Science and Techeelo y. Research Center,Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, August 8, 1973. 15 p.

~~6. Kowitz.,.Gerald T. GIPSY/ERIC. PresentatiOn made at the ERIC Data Base Users COnference, Downingtown,10ennsylvania, September 21-22, 1972.. 14 p.~~

7. Kniefel, bavid R. (North: Car. .t a StateUniversity) QUEST: A Conversational A'ede4s;, pUterized Searches of the ERIC System. Paper presented at the Ameri-can EdUbtionalResearch Assodiation; Conference,.Nex Orleans, La., February 25 - March 1, 1973. February- March, 1973, 18 p. (ED '074 758)

8. Embry, JoNthan D.; Baca, Stephen S.; Langley,Robert; Adams, Stone;. GANDALF*: A General AlphaNumeric Direct AccessLibrary Facility. Albuquerque, N. M., Southwest ResearchAssociates,_ October 13, 1972, 16 p.-(ED 074 759),

Olson, Tom; Mcl.saac, Donald N.; Spuck, Dennis W. Wisconsin Information Systems for Education(WIS9. 1. 'System Description WISE-ONE (6 p:)(ED 074 716) 2. User Documentation WISE-ONE (5 p.)(ED 075 988) Madison, 14.5consin, University of Wisconsin,March 14, 1973/.

~~10. Kiewitt, Eva L. PROBE Computer Search of the ERIC Tapes. Indiana University, Bloomington, School ofEducation, May 1973, 9 p.(ED 075 050)~~

~~11. Kowitz, Gerald T.; And Others General Information Processing System: The GIPSY/ERIC Abstract Retrieval-System. Oklahoma University, Norman Oklahoma 1971 89 p. (ED 047 763)~~

~~12. Computer Resources Corporation QUERY - A Universal Search System CRC, 6825 Redmond Drive, McLean, Virginia 22101 March, 1970, 28 p.~~

*GANDALF is an acronym for a bibliographic search systemand any confusion with the Tolkien character of the same name is strictlyintentional.

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jij'llemmInger,, Bruce a. Automated Search of the'ERIC Files (Report Resume rile and p Journ1 Article rile). Users Instruction Manual (Volume 1, Level .2). UnIVersity of Iowa, University Computer Center, Iowa City, Augus't 1,1972. 18 p. (E) 066 209)

~~. Standera, Oldrich The ERIC' Data Base Usage at the University of Calgary. University of Calgary, Information Systems and ServicesDivision, Calgary, Canada, 1972.' 5 p.~~

~~CCM: InfOrmation Corpbration CCMI -ERIC Retrospective Search Tape Services. Nev. York, New York, 1977.. 5 p.~~

. Link, Albert D. A Comparison of Retrieval Efficacy From theEducational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Automated Information RetrievalSystem UsingComputer-AVsisted-Instruction Training and Search Negotiations as Requester-to-System Interface Methods. August 1972. 135 p. Doctor's dissertation submitted to the New (ED 067 215) 4,14. Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Tell, Bjorn; Gluchowitz, Zofia Progress Report of"Computerized 10 Services at theRoyal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. Stockholm, Royal Institute of Technology, October 1972. 28 p. (TRITA-L10-4014)

6. Hull, Cynth'ia C.; Wanger, Judith Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) FilePartition Study: Final Report Santa Monica, California, System Development'Corporation, August 1972. 272p. (SDC-TM-4972; ED 067 520)

7. Wilmoth, James Noel Methods of Cost Reductionin Information'Retrieval. Auburn University, Foundations of Education Department,April 1973. 16.p. Paper presented at the April 27, 1973Meeting of the Mid-Southeast Chapter, Association for ComputingMachinery, at-Galinburg, Tennessee. (ED 077 522)

~~University of Texas Instructions for using the-computerized ERIC DataBase (Manual for Utilization of .System 2000 general purposedata base management system for accessing ERIC DataBase). 1973. 6 p.~~

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~~. 9. Michigan State Univor:ilty. Library Tes/ of ERIC Search Service - Fall1972. 1972. 6 p..~~

~~EduCational Materials lA)oratory 10. Montgomery County Public Schools. ERIC Computer Search Survey. 1 1973. 10 p.~~

~~11. Jewell, Sharon and Brandhorst, W..T. Search Strategy Tutorial; Searcher's Kit 86 p.(ED 082 763)~~

12. Tell, Bjorn Vs.; And Others The Use of ERIC Tapes in Scandinavia,Searching with Thesaurus Terms in Natural tanguag6 Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, 11 Nov.1972 24. p. (ED. 072 794)

~~13. Miller, David H.; Beasley, Gary F. ERIC Instructional Package.for VocationalEducators. Ohio State University, Columbus, Centerfor Vocational and Technical Education. 1973, 82 p. (ED1073 229)~~

14. Timbie, Michele;Coombs,' Don H. Studies on An Interactiw InformationRetrieval System; Case the Use of DIALOG to Search theERIC Document File (ED 034 431) Stanford Univ., California, December1968, 90 p.

~~15. ERIC Clearinghouse on TeacherEducation Instructional Materials on theEducational ResourcesInformation Center (ERIC). Part Two. Information Sheets on ERIC Washington, D. C. 1970, 51 p. (ED 043 580)~~

16. Tatis, Rita M. QUERY by A Report on the Utilization ofthe Computer Program the ERIC Clearinghouse on TeacherEducation D. C. ERIC Clearinghouse on TeacherEducation, Washington, October 1970, 35 p. (ED 045 589)

Ervin, Sharon B. 17. Social Studies Everymar0s Guide:An ERIC Search System for Teachers, Consultants, andLibrarians. Education, ERIC Clearinghouse for SocialStudies/Social Science Boulder, Colorado, April 1971,16 p. (ED 049960)

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18. Dailey, Itehecca; And Other% 111w-turn% for Exceptional Child fducltion. Second Wit ion. Council' for Exceptional Children, Art/109ton, VIrijlitl.t,July 1971,I; p.(ED 052 !64) --.... Mathie%, Lorraine How to )Search the ERIC File. American A%sociation or Junior Colle90%, Wa%hingtou, D. C. ti march I972, 4 p.(E[) 05/796)

20.1/Beasley,Gary Er-Z.d As A.0.e-...ment of an In%tructional Unit for P rcpar I ti isrrs of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Sy,den. Ohio State University, Columbus, 1972, 133 p. (ED 065 619)

'Auster, Ethel; Lawton Stephen B. Meeting Ontario's Need for Educational Information: An Evaluation of the SDC/ERM-On-Linc Bibliographic Search Service. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Torohto, March 1972, 92 p. (ED 077 531)

22. Link, A. D. EQUIP - A Requestor-to-System CAIInterface with a Batch Processing Automated Information Retrieval System State Department of Education, Columbia, South Carolina, September 22, 1972, 24 p.

~~C. ERIC SYSTEM - GENERAL~~

1. Brandhorst, W. T.; Price, D. S.; and Marra, S. J. Characterstics of the ERIC Data Base (Material for Distribution at the ERIC Data Base User Conference, Downingtown, Pennsylvania, September 21-22, 1972t 22 p.

2. Brandhorst, W. T. Managing the ERIC Data Base. ERIC Processing and Reference Facility, Bethesda, Maryland, December 1972. 34 p. Presented at the AFIPS Fall Joint Computer Conference, Seminar on Information Data Centers, Anaheim, California, December 5, 1972, (ED 069 303)

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~~4, liuliOrey, Allan J.' Survoy Ot ALtiV01LOT!. oftho tit% Data ha-.o. A '..utimal4 kvp()It~~

~~thtiVvr,ity of California, 1 te.1 it t1t t'of 1, 1 hi try Porkoloy, May 21, 19/3. 19 p,~~

~~j. Provo], Jomw; 3. r Machiaw Roodab!o Data tfaso Survoy for th LduLation Lockheed Information System, Palo Alto, talifotnia,rebr'uary 1973. 21 p. (OEC-0-71-2559).~~

~~.. 6. Baugliam, RobynC. Survey of Information Needof Educational h)formatronSperA,alkt Maryland University, College Park, School of Libraryand Information Services, May 1972, 31p. (ED 068101)~~

~~forlducation, King of Prtis a, 7. Research and Information Services Pennsylvania A Collection of Materials Currently inUse by Educational~~

~~. Information Centers. September 1972, 221f p.' (CD 076 222)~~

8. Research and Information-Services forEducation (R.I.S.E..) VT-ED Cross-Reference. 'Relates VTaccession numbers in the AIM and ARM files to ERIC ED numbers. R.I.S.E., 398 Allendale Road, King ofPrussia, Pennsylvania,19406 August.1973 (VT 000 000 - VT 015 989),$25. 1

~~9 Kowitz, Gerald T.; And Others Values in Guidance; Can ERIC Help? Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance,Vol. 6, Ho.1, April1473, p. 47-52.~~

Graves, William H. 10. Kowitz, Gerald T.; Dronberger, Gladys B.; From ERIC Source Documents to Abstracts: A Problem in Readability. Paper presented at Rocky MountainEducational ResearchAssociation, 1973, 9 p.

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~~7. halori, infornation Retrieval Center of theNorthrrn Colorado Educational Volird of CoOperative Service... Final 1:rport, 1. Y. 19711). Boulder, Colorado, Auu.t 21,,1911. l(1 p. Or:,/~~

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~~A. Lindsay, Kenneth P. Utah's Pilot State Disr.emination Progr:171, Flnal,Repart. Utah State Board of Education, Salt Lake City,May 1913, 99 p. .(En 078 853)~~

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I ±:r. ;Fr " i r747-.4- r ( et, f At or 7 ntrd t)",tjr C.i1nCu.it. (1.:)C) (L(,ck!',cr:1). In cre_r7 to .4 bf0.1 rirl.je of ;nicre.7.tf or r2lt dAy will t.:4.! '.c.---)tr,J to ioni;row: thit will 3vc r o Computer techniques - programming methods,use of utilities, file 'maintenance, search system selection, installation,and operation.

~~o :Serving the end user of educational information.~~

~~o Introduction to the ERIC system- what tools, systems, and services', are available and how pre they used~~

~~o Beginning and advanced sessionsDr' computer searching the ERIC files. On-line terminals will, be used to demonstrate and explainuse of~~

~~machine Capabilities. .~~

The discussion groups/tutorials will run concurrently and will be repeated several times so that participantscan attend different Sessions. The conference will conclude witha panel discussion dealing with' the problems of selepting, installing, and operating both batchand on-line retrieval systems.

WithLthewide range of speakers, participants, and topics planned, this should be an extremely interesting meeting, andwe urge you to plan now to attend. Any comments or suggestions on the program will be welcome.

~~SEARCA SERVICES SURVEY COMPLETED~~

A survey of organizations that regularly provide computerized searches of the ERIC 'files has been completed and is inpress at this writing. Copies will be available for distribution_in September, at which time it will also be sent to you as an attachment to Interdhanqe. The first edition

lists 425 organizations where ERIC computer searchescan be obtained. 0 Indications are that this figure' is increasing rapidly. We expect, therefore, that this survey will be a continuing reference project that will result in new editions being distributedas aPpropriate. Contact the User Services Coordinator at the ERIC Processing and Reference Facility

~~for information. ,~~

~~ERIC DOCUMENT REPRODUCTION SERVICE (EDRS) CONTRACT AWARDED~~

\) A'contract,cto operate the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS) has been awarded by NIE to Computer Microfilm International, Corporation (CMIC), All tDRS mail, whether it is a request for information or an order for ERIC reports, should now be sent to:

ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS) Computer Microfilm Internationai, Corporation (CMIC) P. O. Box 190 Arlington, Virginia 22210 :Telephone inquiries may be madeto CMIC Customer Service at': (703) 841-1212; The new price schedule, no1,6(An effect for on,demand ..,jorders,:isAncluded as Attachment'74-9., 'Note the following three Major changes: (1) Postage must, be.added 167'41 orders;(2)] Microfiche b is no longer at a single unit'price, but rather at a $0,75 minimum for 1-5 microfiche, advancing at a rate of $9.15 per microfiche thereafter;" (3),. Hard. copy prices areJigured in 250ibe increments.

~~ERIC CLEARINGHOUSE ON LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS CHANGES LOCATION~~

The ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics (ERIC/CLL formerly located at the Modern Language Association in New York, has been moved to the Center for Applied Liriguistics in Arlington; Wrginia. The change became effective. on June 1, 1974. Heading the Clearinghouse staff are Dr. A: Hood Roberts, Director, and Dr: Peter Eddy, Associate Director.

The .subject areas for which ERIC/CLLis' specifically responsible include instructional methodology, psychology oflanguage learning, 'prese'ntation of cultural and intercultural content, application of linguistics, curricular problems and developments, and teacher training and qualificWons specific to the teaching of language. Reports or -documents concerned. with the )ahguage teacher and researcher in the language sciences, and those dealing with psycholinguistics, theoretical and applied linguistics, language pedagogy, bilingualism, andinstructional MaterFals related to the commonly and uncommonly taught_languages (including English for slieakers of other languageS), will also be, acquired.

ERIC/CLL actively solicits documents having potential merit for ,incl usion RIE from foreign language and linguitticsdepartments, foreign Language education departments, state and local foreign language supervisors and English as a second language specialists,''regional\education laboratories, other research and development centers, and releyant federal agencies.

~~Inquiries and materials should be addressed to the\ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics,Center for Applied Linguistics, 1611 North Kent Street, Arlington, Virginia 22209, (703) 928-4312.~~

~~CIJE DATA PROBLEM~~

An observant user, the.National Library of Canada, has alerted us to the fact that some of the recent CIJE update tapeshave contained a' few unmentionable characters. Hex 5F,59, and 49 were found masquerading as a quote ("),left bracket( 1) and right bracket (] ), respectively.

123 The truant codes,, hex 7F, AD and-BD, will return infuture updates and the master file will be corrected. For most users, this caused a "not" . symbol ("T) -to print instead of the quote. Since nobody was willing to provide character references, Macmillan Information informsus that the miscreants were given until sundown to shapeup-or get out of the file. (SUbsequent investigation has verified that thethree expletives were deleted in the July 1974 CIJE update.)

~~ERIC THESAURUS CHANGES~~

The ERIC Vocabulary Improvement Program (VIP), with theapproval of its nationwide group,of advisors, has processeda number of recommended, changes to the Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors. The cha shown below C4.%,\ . are now reflected in the Resume master files,, the Thes . +s masterfile and the Descriptor Postings master files. ERIC magnetic tape sets already in the field will not, of course, reflect these changes. These are tfie only deletions or transfers that have been doneto-date. New terms that have been added to the Thesaurus are regularly listedin the back of,each issue of Research in Education (RIE) and Current Indexto Journals in Education (CIJE). You are invited to submit any vocabulary change recommendations that you may have to the Lexicographer at-theERIC Processing and Reference Facility.

~~TRANSFERS AND DELETIONS~~

~~DESCRIPTORS 'ACTION TAKEN~~

~~ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE All usages changed to-ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. (DEL JUN74). (Retained in Thesaurus as a USE reference to the term ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.)~~

~~HETEROPHORIA All usages changed to new terM STRABISMUS. (DEL JUN74) (Retained in Thesaurus as USE reference to'the term STRABISMUS.)~~

~~o. HETEROTROPIA All. usages changed to new term STRABISMUS. OEL JUN74) (Retained in Thesaurus as a USA reference to the term STRABISMUS.)~~

~~HORIZONTAL TEXTS All usages deleted.~~

INFECTIOUS DISEASES/ All usages changesto COMMUNICABLE DISEASES. -(DEL JUN74) (Retained in Thesaurusas p USE'reference to the term COMMUNICABLE DISEASES.) PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP All usages changed to'INTERPERSONAL (DEL JUN74) RELATIONSHIP., (Retained in Thesaurus as a USE reference to the term INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP.-

~~PLANNING (FACILITIES) All usages changed to new term FACILITY PLANNING. /~~

~~TEACHER EXPERIENCE All usages changed. to TEACHING EXPERIENCE. (DEL JUN74). (Retained in. Thesaurus as a USE reference to the term TEACHING EXPERIENCE).~~

~~VERTICAL T XTS . All usages deleted.~~

~~Note that in each case the USE reference has been constructed so as, to include the date that the term was deleted from the master files.~~

~~NEW DATA ELEMENT "PUBLICATION TYPE" TO BE COLLECTED~~

Starting with the September 1974 issue of RIE, 0 "type" of the source document will be included in each resume record. As a result of numerous requests, a one-character code,will indicat if the source document was a book, curriculum guide, bibliography, program/project description, speech, etc. A list of the codes used is included as Attachment 74-10. Publication Type has been aSsigned a new field code, 19 (hex 13), in the tape record. Preliminary indications are that the presence, of this additional data field will not cause any problems with existing programs. However, to effectively. retrieve or otherwise use Publication Type, some programming will.have to be done in most cases. Initially, Publication Type will be included in RIE records solely from the September 1974 issue and forward. Depending on its demonstrated usefulness, consideration will be given later to adding the Publication Type field to records in the back file. Iff there are-any problems or questions about Publication Type; contact the User. Services Coordinator at the ERIC Processing and Reference Facility. AIM/ARM EXPLAINED. . The two, previously separate, journals, Abstracts of Instructional' Materials in Vocational and Technical_ Education (AIM), and Abstracts of Research Materials in Vocational and Technical Education (ARM), have been merged to'form Abstracts of Instructional and Research Materials in 'Vocational and Technical Education. This new combined jotirrial will be 4 issued six times per yearand wll-have a separate cumulated annual index. Subscriptions will cost $34.00 per year, on a calendar year basis only. As in the past, each issue of the abstract journal will be entered. into.

125 -6- Research in Education (RIE) under on ED number, and each group of documents announced in the abstract journal willalso be accessioned and announced as a "Microfiche Collection" under.a separate and distinct ED number. (See Attachment 74-11 for accession numbers andcurrent prices of AIM and ARM microfiche collections.) Due to the large number of pages involved, hard copy reproductions of these collectiOnsare noIlprovided. In the past, some of the documents referenced in AIMor ARM were also individually afinounced in RIE (about 60% of ARM and 10% of AIM), and, consequently, were not included in the corresponding AIM/ARMmicrofiche' collections (to avoid duplicate filming). Starting withAIM/ARM Vol. 7, No.1, 1974, the avowed aim will be toannounce documents either in RIE or AIM/ARM, but preferably not both. However, should a document be selected for both announcement media (and both journalsare free to do this), it will be microfiched for both collections. In Other words, it will be in the overall ERIC microfiche collection twice: once .as an individual document with its own ED accession number;once as, part of the corresponding AIM/ARM collection of documents which,as a group, are assigned a single ED accession number. This means that the AIM/ARM microfiche collections will no longer contain gaps wherever a member document' isalso an-,ED accession announced individually in RIE.

The first AIM and ARM publications were issued -in the Fall of 1967 under the sponsorship of the ERIC system, then within theU. S. Office of Education (USOE). In 1971, the funding for AIM and ARM changed from ERIC

to USOE's Bureau of Adult, . Vocational and Technical Education. .Currently, AIM/ARM is funded by the USOE's Bureau of Occupationaland Adult Education. Throughout its entire history, the AIM/ARM project has beenlocated at the Center for Vocational and Technical Education,Ohio State University, as was the original ERIC Clearinghouse on. Vocational,and TechnicalEducation. The two projects were separate entities, but workedtogether cooperatively to provide comprehensive coverage of the literature dealingwith vocational and technical education. Although the ERIC Clearinghouse hasnow changed its name and is no longer housed at the Center, the AIM/ARM projectcontinues there and will be working with ERICto ensure continued comprehensive coverage of vocational-technical educational literature.

Computer tapes containing the AIM/ARM dataare available on a subscription basis directly from the AIM/ARM project;prices will be furnished upon request. The AIM/ARM tapes, being in the ERIC master file format, are compatible with the various retrievalsystems used to search the ERIC files, e.g., QUERY, OBIAS, RIC, STRC-IVS,WISE, etc. AIM/ARM is also accessible via Lockheed's DIALOG.

~~12 3 04 SubscPiption and further information regarding AIM/ARM may be obtained from:~~

~~AIM/ARM, . Center for Vocational and Technical Education Ohio State University 1900 Kenny Road Columbus, Ohio 43210~~

~~Material to beconsidered for inclusion,in AIM/ARM 'may be sent to the above address.~~

~~ASIS SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP FORMED ON INFORMATION SERVICES TOEDUCATION (SIG/ISE)~~

Initially, S1G /ISE will address itself to the following areas, either by its own efforts or by supporting and assisting in the dissemina- NEW SIG on tion of the work of others: INFORMATION SERVICES TO EDUCATION (SIG/ISE) CHARTERED BY COUNCIL 1)Developing or improving the identification and definition of the special problems of building and maintaining educational At its meeting in Johnstown, Pa., last month, the ASIS Councilinformation services and resources. formally approved the formation of a new Special Interest Group to be known as Information Services to Education (SIG/ISE).2) Participating' in the developmentofapplicable standarda and a Council acted upon the endorsement of the SIG Cabinet in char- 'eommon terminology for the field. tering the 16th ASIS Special Interest Group. 3) Identifying and disseminating information about 'available files SIO/ISE will operate through a steering committee of temporary and tools applicable to educational information, with particular officers, which include Roy Tally (Wisconsin Dept of Public emphasis on unique uses of technology. Instruction) as Chairman, Douglas Price (ERIC Processing and Reference Faly) as Secretary, Harvey Matron (National Insti-4)Identifying or developing tools and techniques for effective tute of Educa on), and Gregory Benson (New York State Dept of management of educational information services and resources, including but not limited to: criteria for determining satisfac- Education). tory performance; methods for collecting and using manage-. The new SIG formed to dealwith special problems associated ment information for the performance of cost-benefit and witheducationalinformation. cost-effectiveness studies; and analyses of exemplary activities, Problems stem principally from both successful and unsuccessful. theheterogeneity of both the information itself and the users 5) Studying the users of educational information services to deter- served. Individuals and organiza- mine more precisely how they differ from other information tions concerned with acquiring, users and how their special needs, can be better served. transforming, and thiseminating educationalinformation yr 6)Educating actual and potential users of educational.hiforma- resources or with providing edu- tion services to improve their ability to access the dduCational cationalinformation services information which is available. must cope not only with a broad 4 subject scope, but with a wide Roy Tally Fostering improved interchange of curriculum and other- educa- spectrum of sophistication in both thematerial and the user tional materials among States and countries. community. in SIG/ISE is complementary for the balance of the According to Tally, "the application of information science to year to .any ASIS Member whb wishes to join. New Members to educational material, when compared to the .tmy-year experi- theSociety may also reqiiest complementary membership in ence base developed by the hard sciences, technblogy, and medi-SIG/ISE with payment of their regular dues for 1974. Membership cine, is barely of its formative stage. Only., has this information in SIG/ISE and ASIS can be obtained from the area come intoits own in terms of files,' ware, sources,National Office. Those who would like additional information products, and use; studies. Early studies indicate:that the user ofabout SIG/ISE, its purposes and projects, should contact Roy educational information is substantially differM from his scien-Tally, Information Retrieval CenterWIRE, Wisconsin Dept of tific or technical counterpart. There is a critical need for addi- Public Instruction, 126 Langdon St, Madison, Wisc. 53702; tele- tional study and information in almost every phase of planning,phone 608/266-2741. implementing, and operating educational information systems and services'. (Reprinted, with permission,from the ASIS Newsletter, v.13, n. 6, June1964, p. 1.) WEDNESDAY, Poll.

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~~1A, SEPTEMBER 1974~~

~~TABLE OF CONTENTS~~

~~CONTENTS ATTACHMENTS~~

~~1. ERIC Data Base Users Conference 74-12 ASIS-74 Program~~

~~74-13 ERIC Conference Agenda~~

~~74-14 ERIC Conference . Registration Form~~

~~2. Special Interest Group on information Services to Education (SIG/ISE)~~

~~3. ERIC Processing Manual Revision 00 Completed~~

~~4. ERIC Data Base Statistics ON =I MN~~

~~5. RIE Name Change~~

~~6. Missing Title, July 1974 RIE MS~~

~~7. CIJE Indexing Policy~~

~~8. Curri,cu,um MaterialS Clearinghouse Announces First Microfile Shipment~~

Interchange is prepared by staff ofthe ERIC Processing and Reference Facility, 4833 Rugby Avenue, Suite 303, Bethesda, Marylnd- 20014, which is operated on contract by Operations Researcii, Inc., InformationSystems Division, for the National Institute, of Education. Contractors undertaking such projects under Government sponsorshipare encouraged .to express their judgment in professional and technical matters. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official National Instituteof Education position or 'policy. All questions, correspondence, and contributions should be directed to the Editor, Interchange, at, the above address, or by telephone (301) 656-9723. 1. ERIC DATA BASE USERS CONFERENCE

The next ERIC Data Base Users Conference will be held in . conjunction with the 37th Annual ,Meeting of the American Society for Information Science. Both meetings will be at the Hyatt Regency House in Atlanta, Georgia. Enclosed are-the preliminary program and registration fOrms (Attachment 74-12) for the ASIS meeting, which will run from Sunday, October. 43 through Thursday, October 17, 1974.

Attachment74-14 is a'reg)stration form for the ERIC conference. If you plan to attend either or both the ASIS or ERIC meetings, please fill out and return, the appropriate forms. We would like to have a separate form for eeach individual attending, so please copy the blank form as needed.. Hotel reservations for either one or hoth meetings should be made by returning the hotel form (attached to the ASIS program) directly to the hotel Involved..The ASIS program (under "Housing") describes several hotels or,motels within walking distance of the Hyatt Regency.'

~~2. SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP ON INFORMATIONSERVICiiTO-EDUCATION (SIG/ISE)~~

The organizational meeting for the ASIS Special Interest Group on Information ServiCes to Education has been,scheduled at the ASIS Annual Meeting. It will be held from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m., October 16, 1974 in the Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia. The agenda 'prepared by the steering committee includes election of officers; discussion of goals; and the adoption of some projects. The steering committee is comprised of: Roy Tally (Wisconsin. Department of Public IhstruCtion) as Chairman, Douglas. Price (ERIC Processing and Reference Facility) as Secretary, Harvey Marron (National Institute of Education), and Gregory Benson (New York State Department of Education); it will act as a'nominating committee for regular officers. Nominations will also be taken.from the floor.

-..The SIG /ISE was formed to address the special problems individuals- and organizations have in acquiring, transforming, and disseminating educational information.The approach the SIG-should take in order to help solve some of these problems will be a general topic for discussion.

~~Some specific suggestions received for projects to be supported by the SIG/ISE have included:~~

~~a. Publication of 'a quarterly. newsletter to replace the ERIC Data Base Users INTERCHANGE.~~

~~b. Sponsorship of national and regiona) workshops on educational information services. c. Sponsorship of studies to identify available resources, i.cb data bases, services, software, personnel, etc.~~

~~-d. Development\of applicable standards and common terminology.~~

~~c. Sponsorship of a communication network for educational serivces.~~

~~ERIC PROCESSING MANUAL REVISION COMPLETED~~

The revised version of the ERIC Processing Manualis now available. This loose-leaf manual provides the detailed rules, guidelines, and examples to` be used by the various components of the EducationalResources Information Center (ERIC) network in acquiring and selecting documents and in processing them (i.e., cataloging, indexing, abstracting) for iriput to the ERIC computer system and subsequent announcement in Research in Education (RIE) or Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJET----- It also covers the procedures to be followed in maintaining the indexing vocabulary (the Thesaurus of'ERIC Descriptors). The major sections of the manual are entitled: Acquisitions, Selection, Handling and Shipping, Descriptive ,Cataloging, Abstracting/Annotating, Indexing, Vocabulary Developmeht and Maintenance, and Journal Article Processing. There are several appendixes, e.g., Glossary of Terms, Acronym Dictionary, ERIC Clearinghouse Scope of Interest Guide, COSATI Cataloging Standard, .Identifier Authority List, and ERIC Directory. A detailed index facilitates use of the manual. This document will be of interest to all organizations that use the ERIC data base.

The ERIC Processing Manual will be announced in the October 1974 issue of RIE.as IR 000 726. The 544 page volume will be included in the standard ERIC microfiche collection and may be purchased from EDRS for $0.90 (microfiche) or $25.80. (hard copy), plus postage.

~~. ERIC DATA BASE STATISTICS~~

~~The following statistics were compiled from the ERIC Master Files through 'June 1974.~~

~~RESEARCH IN EDUCATION (RIE RESUME MASTER FILE)~~

Total records: 80,803 Total characters: 128,282,588 (incl. block descriptor words) Average record length: 1,586 characters Feet of tape required at 800 BPI: 14,406 (6.02-2400' reels) Feet of tape required at 1600 BPI: 7,724 (3.2-2400!reels) Average Descriptors per record? 10.46 Average Identifiers per record: 1.75 CURRENT INDEX TO JOURNALS IN EDUCATION,CIJE RESUME MASTER FILE:

Total records: 92,090 Total characters: 41,486,952 (incl. block descriptor words) Average record.length: 450 characters Feat of tape required at 800 BPI: '4,629 (1.93-24001 reels) Feet of tape required at 1600 BPI: 2,468 (1.03-24001 reels) Ave4ge Descriptors per record: 6.88 Average Identifier's per record: 1.37

~~THESAURUS MASTER FILE:~~

Total records: 7,479 Total number of characters: 1,626,415 (incl. bloc descriptor words) Average record length: 217 characters Main Terms: 5T15108 Synonyms (USE references): 2,471 Main Terms that have Related Terms: 4,720 Average Related Terms per Main Term: 6.52 Main Terms that have Broader Terms: 4,338 Average Broader Terms per Main Term: 1.09 Main Terms that have Narrower Terms: 1,162 Average Narrower Terms per,Main Term: 4.08 Scope Notes: 559 Average Main Term (Descriptor) length:16.25 characters

~~5. RIE NAME CHANGE~~

~~.The title of Research in Education(RIE) will be changed, with the January 1975 issue, to Resources inEducation.~~

The change is being made toreflect more accurately the broad scope of the documents the journal announces. RIE contains abstracts, and associated icie es (Subject, Author, andInstitution), for education- related lite atre. For the most part, it covers theunpublished, or "fugitive type f document, e.g., technical and research reports, conference pap rs, speeches, project descriptions,teacher and curriculum guides, statis ical compilations, etc. The central purpose of RIE is to the make possiblehe early identification of documents of interest to national and international educationcommunity, and to facilitate their acquisition land use.

The original title reflected an earlyemphasis on reporting the results of research projects. The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), having broadenedthe range of education materials selected for announcement in RIE, now wishes toemphasize the wider inclusiveness by means of the new title. 6. &MING TITLE. JULY 1974 RIE

The July 1974 Issue of RIC contained one rwitima, ED-088 075, thEt did not dIvlay a title. Unfortunately, thl% error wms not discovered until after the monthly update tapes hadbeen dktributed. The correct title, niterriiltstr-assay,10111.1111vit.rooln... since been added to the Master File and will be includedin the third quarter update tapes.

~~7. CIJE INDEXING POLICY-~~

~~The following policy, which is effective immediately, applies only to journal articles processed for announcement In Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE).~~

The total number of Descriptors (major and minor) assigned should not exceed ten (10); the total. number of major Descriptors assigned should not exceed five (5). The total number of Identifiers (major and minor) assigned should not exceed five (5); the total,number of major identifiers assigned should not exceed one (1).

Previous to this, the only limitation was, a maximum of five (5) major Descriptors allowed per document. The change was necessitated due to the need to enforce some -record size restrictionson a rapidly growing file in a commercial environment. The policy for processing RIE documents remains the same, i.e., the only limitation isa maximum of fiVe (5) major Descriptors allowed per document.

~~8. CURRICULUM MATERIALS CLEARINGHOUSE ANNOUNCES FIRST MICROFILE SHIPMENT~~

The Curriculum Materials Clearinghouse (CMC),a project of Xerox University Microfilms, has recently shipped its firstCURRICULUM MATER1ALS"MICROFILE,. The complete'$495.00-package includes the CURRICULUM BRIEFS AND INDEX book and the boxed MICROFILE.

Access to the 260 instructional units on 828 microfiche is provided by the CURRICULUM BRIEFS AND INDEX book whichmay also be purchased separately for $50.00. The first section of the book is divided into Subject, Title, and Developer Indexes while the Curriculum Briefs section offers a thorough synopsis of each instructional unit. Included in the Briefs are Abstracts and Critical Annotations.

CMC customers are granted permission to reproduceany part of the copyrighted materials for their own internaluse. In addition, Xerox University Microfilms operates the CURRICULUM MATERIALS COPY 11111IIIGNAIM September 197 Ilevhad 9/24/7

~~SERVICE. providing microfiche and papercopies of instructional units from the Microfile on a demand basis. Instructional units,may be ordere4 directly from the CURRICULUM ORIEFS ti: INDEX book.~~

~~Xerox University Microfilms emphasizes that thebasic objective~~

In creating this up-to-date curriculum resourceIs to complement, , not duplicate, the role of the EducationalResources Information Center (ERIC) Practical application of curriculum materials Is cmpha51-ied. Simply by selecting a particular unit, a teacher or studenthas all the information necessary for a classroom presentation. The units, which cover a.wide variety of subject areas, aredesigned for academic levels ranging from preschool through'twelfth grade.

CMC is planning to add five hundred (500) instructionalunits on microfiche annually, for which.standing order subscriptions at $1,200.00 per year are now being accepted. For those Microfile purchasers who need a microfiche reader, the Xerox 320 is available at $125.Q0 a_30X, discount from the regular price. 4,.. For mo AnfO4mation on the Clearinghouse, andhow to submit original material for inclusion in the data base, write to CURRICULUM MATERIALS CLEARINGHOUSE, Xerox University Microfilms, 300 NorthZee!) Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106.

~~143 -6- 37th ANNUAL MEETING OCTOBER 13-17, 1974 HYATT REGENCY ATLANTA ATLANTA, GEORGIA~~

~~ASIS -74 PRELIMINARY PROGRAM~~

Thefl7th Annual tslcctin4 LA the Antetican Nos ietylot fulor 'nation S. (A!TS) willlieheld at the Hyattitel;:eissIr Atlanta. (4(014'11.1-17. 1974. in Atlanta. (;a, A detailed scheslule sitevents at ANIS 7.1legilis on the lollowillA Individual presentations rioted in the schedule may he shifted to other time periods; attcnrlecs should the cun,plctr 1111.1I printed program to lie published in the Aug. Sept. 1974 issue of the bulletin of the Arrierisan Soslety for infornmei,,ri Sierice or upon arriving "at the meeting in Atlanta.

~~Che esIlletcricc Chairman for ASIS74, the~~

. Society's firstAnnualMeetingin the Southeast,-.. is "Vladimir Slarnecka, Director sI the School a ItlfOr11116011 and COM- illiterScienceAtthe CC(1101 institute ut Technology. The Technical Program Chair., Man is Pr Ana% Wille also ut Getirgi.1

~~Vladimir Stanictisa lianas lutide THEME: INFOR7,..11:1 ION UTILITIES~~

Tic AtilS74 theme Infornution Utilities empliasites the develop- in the information sciences-. ment and use of on demand information services required bylarge E.,,,t, day of the conletem e willIra,'/off with a two hour Plenary segments of the general public. such as information systems fur news, Session addressed to the theme. The teslinisal program following will entertainment,employment opportunitie's,education,and home 1&& then pre-alit. contributed Tapers, spcsial sessions, and vinous progiains community, as well as information systems for professionals in such otganiled by the Special Interest Groups_ . Gelds as research, law enforcement. and health care. One function of annual meetings is "tn provide a platform for a iredevelopment and regulation of information utilities. including kaleidoscope of information ("masts". says Dr. Slaniecka. This is very regulatory policies, franchising. ..old safeguards, will be discussed.as will rituala matter of the interest and ,sincerityof the confers-me goer. the impact of information utilities. on.the information community and ASIS-74 will primarily try to pMvisk a CM11111Ullik Itilfl 1114;d1111i5M,to society in general. Information utilities arc seen as operating as a monop- be used by anyone wishing to st are esperiens es, or ill Nrift h of informa oly or in am atmosphere of open competition. According to Dr, Zunde. tion, or even of companiolishi iwhether itbe Ita coffee break, iti a "information utilities are an .important. lasting direction of development suite, or atDown-The-liatch in Underground Atlanta",

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~~ASIS-74 'CONFERENCEHIGHLIGHTS fiPLENARY SESSIONS o 17TECHNICAL SESSIONS~~

~~o USERWORKSHOPS o EXHIBITS~~

~~SIG TECHNICAL SESSIONS o INFORMATION SCIENCE THEATER~~

~~o NSFCOLLOQUIUM' on the FUTURE OF SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS r~~

~~oERIC DATA BASEUSERSCONFERENCE oDOCTORAL FORUM~~

~~4' TECHNICAL TOURS and:MINt-TOURS 0ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET~~

~~A-4 SPECIALINTEREST GROUPS~~

~~SIG Cabinet Meeting Sunday, Oct. 13 (12 Noon-4:00 p.m.)~~

~~SIG Officers' Workshop Thursday, Oct. 17 (2:00,L4:00 p.m.)~~

Arts.and1 Humanities (All) Monday, Oct, 14 (8:00-9;00 a.m.): Busi- Thursday, Oct. 17 (8:00-9:00 a.m.): Busi- Tuesd, Oct. 15 (8:00-9:00 a.m.): Busi- ness Meetini nessMeeting. ness Meeting - Tuesday, Oct. 15 (2:00-3:40 p.m.): Can Wednesday;' Oct.16(2:00-3:40 p.m.): IAC's be Self-Supporting? (co-sponsored Non-Print Media (NPM) New Trends in Concordance Work' by SIG/IAC) Sunday, Oct. 13, through Thursday, Oct. 17: AV Clinic for ASIS-74 Speakers -6\ Autoinated Language Processing (ALP) Education for Information Science (ES) Monday, Oct. 14 (4:00-5:40 p.m.):.Cable Tuesday,Oct. 15 (2:00-3:40p.m.): Monday, Oct. 14 (8:00-9:00 a.m.): Busi- Television Then and Now: Promises and Speech Understanding Systems ness Meeting Problems as an Information Utility Thursday, Oct. '17 (8:00-9:00 a.m.): Busi- Tuesday, Oct. 15 (11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.): Thursday, Oct. 17 (8:00-9:00 a.m.) Busi- . ness Meeting Doctoral Forum ness Meeting Tuetclay,Oct. 1,5 (4:00-5:40p.mi): liehavioral;and Social Sciences (BSS) Trends in Education Programs in Infor- Sunday, Oct. 13 (9:30 a.rh.-5:00 p.m.): mation Science Panel DiscuSsion (a.m.) and Workshop Reprographic Technology (RT) Tuesday, Oct. 15 (8:00-9:00 a.m.): Busi- (p.m.) on An Integrated CulturalInfor- Epunda tions of Information Science (EIS) mation System: the Human Relations ness Meeting Monday, Oct. 14 (2:00-5:40 p.m.): Theo- Tuesday, Oct. 15 (4:00-5:40 p.m.): Com- Area Files and the HRAF Automated retical Aspects of Information Science Bibliogr;aphic System (HABS) puter-Output-Microfilm (COM): What It Tuesday,Oct. 15 (2:00-3:40p.m.): Is, What It Can Do Monday, ''Oct. 14 (2:00-3:40 .p.m.): The Semiotic Foundationof Information Economics of 'Information Utilization Sciehce, I (co-sponsored by SIG/FIS) in the Behavioral and Social Sciences Tuesday,Oct.15(8:30 -10:00p.m.): Tuesday, Oct. 15 (8:00-9:00 a.m.): Susi- Wine-Tasting Reception ' ness Meeting SelectiveDissemination of Information Wednesday, .Oct.16 (2:00-3:40p.m.): (SDI) Work and Planning Session on SIG/FIS Biologicaland , Tuesday, Oct. 15 (8:00-9:00 a.m.): Busi- ChemicalInformation Projects Systems (BC). ness Meeting Thursday, Oct. 17 (8:00-9:00 a.m.): Busi- Tuesday, Oct. 15 (3:00-5:40 p.m.): SDI Sunday, Oct. 13 (9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.): ness Meeting Tutorial/Workshop on Sources of Infor- Where are We? The Challenge of the Future :mation on Carcinogenic and'Matagenic Information Analysis Centers (IAC) Agents Monday, Oct. 14 (8:00-9:00 a.m.): Busi- Monday, Oct. 14 (8:00-9:00 a.m.):, Busi- ness Meeting ness Meeting Tuesday, Oct. 15 (2:00 -3:40 p.m.): Can . Tuesday,Oct. 15(2:00-5:40p.m.): IAC's be Self-Supporting? (co-sponsored Technology, Information and Society 'Biological/Chemical/Medical Data Hand- by SIG/CBE) (TIS) ling Tuesday, Oct.15(10:00' p.m.): Open Monday, Oct. 14 (2:00-3:40 p.m.): Tech- Information Services to..Education (ISE) nology, and InformationSome Impacts House Wednesday,Oct. 16 (8:00-9:00a.m.): onSociety:Promises; Prospects, and Business Meeting ,You Classification Research (CR) Wedne'sday,Oct.16(8:00-9:00 a.m.): Monday, Oct. 14 (2:00-3:40 'p.m.): Hai- Law and Information Science (Proto-SIG) Business`Meeting zons of ClaSsificatiOn Thursday,Oct.. 17(2:00-4:00p.m.): Wednesday, 18:00-9:00a..): OrganizationalMeeting "1314iness.Meeting.

Library Automation and Networks (LAN) User On-line Interaction (U01) Costs, Budgeting, and Economics (CBE) Monday, Oct. 14 (2:00-3:40 p.m.): Cur- Wednesday, Oct.16(8:00-9:000 a.m.): Sunday, Oct.13 (9:00 p.m.): rent Library Networks Business Meeting Tutorial on An Information Model: the Monday, Oct. 14 (4:00-5:40 p.m.): The Wednesday,Oct.16(2:00-3:40 p.m.): RelationshipbetweenFunderServ- Economics and Future of Networks in RecentMan /ComputerInteraction icersUsers Information Systems Studies

~~A-5 ASIS-74 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS~~

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 I. Marketingof Data Bases (CaseHistories): 12:00 Noon-4:00 p. in. Philip Kuehl & Melvin -Weinstock CHAPTER ASSENI111.Y NUTTING 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Presiding: F. Kennett Broome, Chapt'er Assent. ISAD/A.SIS PRE-ONC ER I', INcli INSTI- 9:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m. bly Councilor TUTE SIG /BIOLOGICAL. AND CHEMICAL AUTOMATED SERIALS CONTROL: INFORMATION SYSTEMS (SIG /BC) 12:00 Noon-4:00 p.m. NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CON- TUTORIAL /WORKSHOP -ON SOURCES OF SIG CAN ET NI VET' NG SIDERAVONS INFORMATION ON CARCINOGENIC AND Presiding: Marcia J. Bates, SIG Cabinet Coun..: Chairman:* Michael Malinconico MU7'AGENIC AGENTS cilor The purpose of the institute is to present A number of government, commercial, and in-depth information on new developments non- profitinformationserviceswillbe 3:00-5:00 p.m. in automated serials control, and on the explained and discussed. USER WORK SIR )1) ,A implications of those developments to the DATA COAMIUNICA77ONS: THE FUTURE librarian, the library administrator, and the 9:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. SOCIAL OF PUBLISHING? library systems analyst. Also, a survey of SIG/BEHAVIORAL ANI) SCIENCES (S IG / MS) Chairman: Paul Zurkowski progresstodateinautomatedserials AN INTEGRATED CULTURAL INFORMA- systems will be provided. Registration: $50 4:00-5:30 p.m. (members of ALA or ASIS); $70 (non- TION SYSTEM: THE HUMAN RELATIONS NEW .MEMBERS ANI) FIRS'I -TINIE members); $20 (library scAtool students). AREA FILES AND THE HRAF AUTO- CONFER r,Nci:ATTENDEES RECEP- Ends on Saturday, Oct. 12. MATED BIBLIOGRAPHIC SYSTEM (HABS) Organizer & Chairperson: Hesung C. Koh TION/PROGRAM Presiding: Joe Ann Clifton, ChairMan of ASIS 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Panel Discussion Membership Committee Panelistsfromthe Human Relations 'By. invitation only. Meet the leaders of ASIS. 600-8:30 p.m. Ar''ea Files, New Haven, CT, will discuss Champagne will be served. ISAD/ASIS PRE-CONFERENCE INSTI- theaim,scope,characteristics,and TUTE components of the HRAF. An evalua- COCKTAIL PARTY/OPEN-FORUM SES- tion of the system will be made by 6:00-9:00 p.m. SION both panelists and discussants. Panel- EXHIBITS OPENING Experts on serials will hold open sessions ists:Hesung C. Koh, Robert Legace', Preview Reception in the Exhibit Area, No duringthecocktailparty.Registration Stanley Witkowski, & Donald Griffiths. charge. includes 2 free drinks. Discussants:Pauline A.Atherton, Harold Borko, & Phyllis A. Richmond.tj. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 2:30-5:00 p.m. Workshop , MONDAY, OCTOBER 14 The ,HRAF staff will demonstrate the 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. use of the HRAF and its HABS. Prior 8:0(1-9:00 a.m. ISAD/ASIS PRE-CONFERENCE INSTI- registrationisrequired forthe work. SIGISUSINESS MEETINGS(coffee & TUTE shop; there is no charge,. but participa- donuts will be served) AUTOMATED .SERIALS CONTROL: tion is limited to 40 persons. See the Biological & Chemical Information Systems NATIONAL, ND INTERNATIONAL CON- bulletin of the American Society for (SIG/BC) SIDERATIONS Information Science, v. 1, no. 1., p. 11. Costs, Budgeting, and Economics (SIG/CBE) See under Friday, October 11. Education fdr Information Science (SIG/ES) 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Information Analysis Centers (SIG /LAC) NSF COLLOQUIUM , 10:00 a.m.-5:Q0 p.m. THE FUTURE OF SCIENTIFIC COMMUNI- ''''9:00-9:45 a.m. ASIS COUNCIL MEETING CATIONSTHE YEAR .2000;WORK IN KEYNOTE ADDRESS Presiding: Herbert S. White, ASIS President PROGRESS The Honorable Jimmy Carter, ASIS Members areinvitedtoattendthe A.' Colloquium sponsored bi.the Office of Governor of Georgia Council meeting. ScienceInformationService,NatiOnal Science Foundation. No formal papers will 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13 be published..,, Place:Little Theater, Stu- EXHIBITS dent CeMer, Georgia Institute of Tech- 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. nology. For registration information, see 10:00 a.m.-12:00 Noon SIG/COSTS,BUDGETING, AND the bulletin of the American Society for PLENARY SESSION I ECONOMICS (SIG/CBE) ; , Information Science, v.1, no. 1, p. 25. INFORMATION SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC TUTORIAL ON AN INFORMATAVIN Chairman: Melvin Kranzberg Chairman: Manfred Kochen MODEL: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN Welcoming Address: Lee G. Burchinal Speakers:Edwin Parker,H.J.A. Goodman, FONDER SERVICERSUSERS What Comes aftertheObvious?: Vladimir Be atriceFitzpatrick,andMarilyn M. Session Leader: Raymond D. Watson Slamecka Levine Opening Remarks: Joseph G. Coyne Long-RangeTechnologyTrends: Marvin Equalizing opportunities for life-long learn- IntroductiontoanInformationModel:' Cetron ing; international aspects of publie:seryice Norman Baker The Future of the Scientific Journal: Wayne information utilities; providing information tcOnomics of an Information Model: Harold Boucher retrievalservicetothegeneralpublic; Olsen , . The Ideal Systems Approach: Russell Ackoff urban information needs. ACCessing the Market for the Potential Utility The Library of the Future: David Staiger ofaData - based. InformationSystem: Can STI Services Ever Change?: Melvin Kranz- 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. 1/Segal & Richard Pectal berg INFORMATION SCIEINCE THEATER

A-6 15? L12:00 Noon-2:00 p.m. 2:00-3:40 p.m. 4;00-5:40 p.m. USER. WOIL lc SI 10P it SIG/LIBRARY-AtrIOMATION /VA) A SIG/EIBRARYAlrIOMATIONAND EVUCATIONA I, INFORMATION SOURCES N1'.11V()RKS (SIG/LAN) NETWORKS (SIG/LAN) CURRENT' LIBRARY NETWORKS 11113 ECONOMICS AND FUTURE OF NET Chairperson: Sue Geddes WORKS IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS 2:00-3:40 p.m. Short talks on the major current library TECHINCAL SESSION I _ Chairperson: Site Geddes* data bases, networks, and their uses will ibe Speakers: Frederick Kilgour and Davis McCain SPECMLIZED INFORMATION SYSTEMS MEDLINE, TOXI.INE, OC1.0 will AND SER VICES, I be among thbse discussed. Development of Social Service Information 4:00-5:40 p.m. Systems. Claire M. Anderson 2:00-5:40 p.m. SIG/NON-PRINT MEDIA (SI(: /NPI11) Information Services toCrisis-Related SIG/FOUNDATIONS OF INFORMA- CABLE TELEVISION THEN AND NOW: Organ iz a t io us. F. J. Barone,B.K. TION SCIENCE (SIG/11S) PROMISES AND PROBLEMS AS AN INFOR- De nnis,J.H.Lindholm, andJ; 1111.30RETICAL ASPECTS., OF INFORMA- MA'T'ION UTILITY McFauley TION SCIENCE Organizers: Morell D. Boone & James Taglia,, DesigningtoCapitalize on Existing Chairman: Laurence B. Heilprin There will be two presentations. The first, Resources.DanielE.Eisenberg. and- Invited Paper:An ideology and a methodol- by a representative of Theta-Com Corp. (a Robert L. Geri& ogy for the criticalinformation scientist. division of Hughes Aircraft, involved in the Information Science as a Law Enforcement Thomas Martin, with comments by Klaus manufacturing of equipment for the CATV Utility. Emil H. Levine Otte n industry), will concern the "blue sky." use A Semiotic Approach to Processing Natural of CATV as an information utility, and 2:00s3:40 p.m. Language:J.L.Kuhns & ChristineA. will considersatellite cotriniunications, S IG /TEC! INO LOGY, I NFORMATION Montgomery catalog ordering at home, library research, AND SOCIETY (SI( ;/T1S) ISConstructs; SonicSuggestions from the and facsimile transmission'. The second, by a representative of the Cox Broadcasting TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATIONSOME Evolutionary Study of Information Phe- Corp., -willconcern IMPACTS ON SOCIETY:. PROMISES, PROS- nomena in Living Systems: Paul Studer the practical use of. CATV as an information utility from a- :, PECTS, AND YOU , Information Phenofnena andtheLogicof (. broadcast industry viewpoint. Chairperson: Barbara Flood:. 11'). Inquiry: Robert F. Barnes Panelists will discuss information and com- -Information and the Quantum?: Frederick G. munication technology inrelation to the Werner 4:00-5:40 p.m. handicapped, the urban scene, citizen parti' TheDimensionsofInformationScience: ASIS COMMISSION ON LONG-RANGE cipation in local government, and the inter- Laurence B. Hcilprin PLANNING national picture. TASK GROUP HEARINGS I 2 Panelists: Thomas R. Shworles, Beatrice Fitz- 2:30-4:30 p.m. ASIS Members are encouraged to comment patrick, Colin Mick, and Kjell Samuelson USER WORKSHOP C.- on any of the following areas of concern TECHNIQUES FOR USING MICROPUB- isolated by the Commission for further 2:00-3:40 p.m. examination:ASIS membership;public SIG/BHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL USHEDMATERIALS Chairman: Louise Becker affairs; international relations; media; wile: SCIENCES (SIG/BSS) ture of ASIS; conferences & meetings; and THE ECONOMICS OP INFORMATION education & continuing education. UTILIZATION IN THE BEHAVIORAL AND 4:00-5:40 p.m. SOCIAL SCIENCES TECHNICAL SESSION 2 8:00-11:00 p.m. Chairperson: Erwin W. 13edarf SPECIALIZED INFORMATION SYSTEMS CONFERENCE-WIDE MIXER Panelists will present the economic posi- AND SERVICES, II tions of the users and suppliers of informa- A Designfor,Information Processing in tion and discuss possible approaches for Health InsuranceStudy.David H. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15 more cost-effective information dissemina- Stewart tion and utilization in the future. The National Clearinghouse forAlcohol 7:00-9:00 a.m. Panelists: Bernard M. Fry,' Arthur L. Korot.' Information. E.M. Uprichard kin, Joseph H. Kuney, Harold A. Olsen, COMM I TT EE ONINTER-SOCIETY Information Systems and Utilities in Real COOPERATION (CISCO) and Harold P. Van Cott Estate. Glynn Harmon Brekkfast meeting. All Liaisbn Representatives TheComputer"Discredit Bureau"an are invited. 2:00-3:40 p.m. Extension of a Community Information -S IG/ Ct. ASSI HI CATION It ES EARCII Utility. John M. Carroll (SIG/CR) 8:00-9:00 a.m. SIG, BUSINESS MEETINGS HORIZONS OF CLASSIFICATION 4:00-5:40 p.m. (coffee & Chairpersbn: Winifred Sewell TECHNICAL SESSION 3 donuts will be served) The funcions of various kinds of classifica- Arts and Humanities (SIG/AH) , INFORMATION USE AND USERS' NEEDS Behavioral and Social Sciences (SIG/BSS) tion specialists will be examined to putin User and Use Analysis: A Case Study of ,perspective their relationships and the defi- the Information Utility by Geotechnical Reprographic Technology (SIG/RT) Selective D issc mination 'nition of classification. Engineers in Asian Countries. HwalWei ofInformation The Data Classifier as seen in the Membership Lee "(SIG/SDI) and ActigtieS of the Classification Society: SciLice Information Transfer for LearOng. Lester A.Neidell Albert N. Badre, Dorothy S. Hughes, 9:00-11:00 a.m. Theinfirrmation Classifier as seen in th'e-' Main- T.C. Ting, and Pranas Zunde PLENARY SESSION II tenanee of the Library of Congress-Classifi- The User/Computer Interface in an Infor- INFORMATION SERVICES TO THE PRO- cation Schedules: Edward Blume mationUtilityDelivery , System: An FESSIONS The User of Classification Systems as seen in Empirical Approach to User-Centered Chairman: Tefko Saracevic the Membership of the_ SIG/CR: Jessica Design. George H. IXialther_ and Harold Speakers: Donald J. Hillman, M.M. Kesler, Harris F. O'Neil, Jr.- and Tefko Saracevic A-7 153 Factorsaffecting evolution of Information 2:00-3:40 p.m. 2:005:40 p.m, utilities; characteristics of information mill- TIVIINICAL SESSION SIG/1110LOGICAL AND 'CHEMICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (SIG /B(') tks; computer-communicati ilnetwork us iNFORMA 770MOMDMIAND COAWANIES: B1OLOCICA LICI 11iftfICAL1MEDICA L DATA a prerequisite to information practi- PROSPECTS FOR VIE FUTURE cal solutions to the problems of informa, Chairperson: Barbara Flood HANDLING A panel discussion on a burgeoning service A Proposed Automated Medical DataAcquisill iondissemination; development of user lionSystem: KevinO'Kane,Tholuas appliances. tailored to individnal users. Panelists: Annette Hirsch, Haines Gaffner, Woodward & Richard I fildebrandt Initial Stages of Deriving an Indexing Struc- 9:00 a.m.-12:00 Noon and Alice Sizer Warner ture a ClassificationSchemeor TEct IN I CA I.TOUR,: 1.0(1:11EED and . Thesaurus for an InformationUtility GEORGIA COMPANYTECHNICAL Serving Professionals in Prosthetics, Ortlio- INFORMATION DEPAICTMENT 2:00-3:40 p.m,. TEC! I I NCA ESS I ON 5 tics, and Sensory Aids: Theodore Hines & 10:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. PROJECT INFUI; 1 Stanley Kolanowski EXHIBITS A Study of Information Utility. Tefko The Squibb Chemical and Biological Computer Saracevic, Douglas tl, Rothenberg, and System;a Data BasefortheRetrieval, 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. PaulStephan Analysis, and Correlation of Quantitative INFORMATION NCIENCE I'l ICATER The Public Utility Concept. Paul Stephan, and Qualitative Data: Frederick Giarrusso Susan Pruul, and Bowl Parakh & Stephen Pricki 11:30 a.M.-1:00 A Study of Library Users and Use ina Simultaneous Retrieval of Chemical and Bio- ix)c-roRAL FORUNI UniversitySelected Results. Faye E.G. logicalInformationOn-Line:Ronald A forum ofrecentdoctoral students who Waber and Tefko Saracevic Dueltgen will brief the professional community on Analyzing Formal Sources ina Complex Structure-Activity Correlation TechniquesAn inforination science research that has not Information Utility. James B. MacAulay Overview and Comparison: Paul Craig yet been reported in the literature.Spon- sored by SIG/Education for Information 3:00-5:40 p.m. Science. 2:00 -3:40 p.m. SEG/SELECTIVE DISSEMINATION OF Coordinator: Elaine Svenonius TECHNICAL SESSION 6(co-spoilsored IN FORMATION (SIC; /SDI ) Doctoral Students: by SIG/FIS) SDIWHERE ARE WE1 THE CHALLENGE Robert Berk (University of Illinois): The SEMIOTIC FOUNDATION OFINFORMAI- OF THE FUTURE relationship of exposure to the adop-. TION SCIENCE, I A panel discussion, with audience partici-- tiro of information innovation. Human Communications, Semiotics, and pation, regardingthefutureofSDI. Morgan. Stapleton(GeorgiaInstituteof General Systems:Personal and Social Speakers will discuss the data center, the Technology): A methodology utilizing Communication. Brent D. Ruben data supplier, user satisfaction, and cost .semantic information measures for con- Human Communication: A Framework for relationships. dialog experiments. Chairman: Lamuel Kaufman . versational or theBehavioralSciences.Richard W. of California, Speakers: (gamuci Kaufman, JamesCatmon,l LIv5ard White (University Budd 3ierkeley): Social 'science data sets: a A Semiotic Framework for Information John Creps, W.E. Brooks, Michael Koenig, study for librarians. Science Leading to the Development of and John Hsu Carol Young(OhioStateUniversity): a Quantitative Measure ofInformatioh. Developmentoflanguage analysis M.C. Yovits and Judith G. Abilock 4:00-5:40 p.m. procedures withapplication to auto- TECHNICAL SESSION7 matic indexing. PROJECT INFUT, II Clement Yu (Cornell University): Theory Geometrical Study of Information Centers. of indexing andclassification. 2:00-3:40 p.m. DeYuan Ho and Douglas H. Rothenberg SIG/AUTOMATED LANGUAGE A Study of Informal Information Sources 11130 a.m.-1:00 p.m. PROCESSING (SIG/ALP) in anAca de micCommunity.L. SPECIAL SESSION SPEECH UNDERSTANDING SYSTEMS Fleming Fallon,Jr.,SandraC.S. TOWARD NATIONAL COORDINATION OF Organizer: William R, Nugent Covitch, and Douglas H. Rothenberg SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMA- Speakers will discuss current contributions Informal Communication in an Academic TION SERVICES: THROUGH RESEARCH to thefiled of spgechunderstanding sys- Community, Sandra C.S. Covitch, L. AND DEVELOPMENT tems. An interimreport of ARPA-spon- FlemingFallon,Jr., and Douglas H. Dr. Lee G. Burchinal, Head of theOffice sored work will be featured. Rothenberg ofScience Information Service, National A Non-Hier'archical Multi-Stratum, Multi- Science Foundation, the session organizer, Goal Model of the University. Paul B. Will present OSIS plans for national science 2:00-3:40 p.m. Kantor information R&D program to which panel- SIG/INFORMATION ANALYSIS CEN- TERS (SIG/I AC) fistsfromuniversitylibraries,for-profit publishers,scientific societies, and indus- CAN IAC's BE SELF - SUPPORTING ? - trial users will respond. An open debate on the question: are user chargessufficienttomaintainan IAC 4:00-5:40 p.m. serving asmallsegmentof atechnisal TECHNICAL SESSION 8 1:00-3:00 p.m. SEMIOTIC FOUNDATION OF INFORMA- USER WORKSHOPD . community? Onespeaker will argue affirm- ON-LINE DATA BASE SERVICES atively,theother negatively. The major TION SCIENCE, II Valid Data for Design of Hebrew Language Chairman: Vincent Giuliano discussion is expected to be audience parti- Equipment. cipation. Information Processing Shaul-P. Ladany 1:30-3:30 p.m. Moderator: Thomas Crawford TECHNICAL TOUR: RETAIL CREDIT Speakers: George Kudravetz and Al Weiisberg Indexical Symbolism: A Primitive Semiotic CORP,.--VREDIT BUREAU OF GEOR- Co-sponsored by SIG/Costs, Budgeting, and System, James Gough, Jr., and Miroslav Valach GIA' Economics

A-8 154 4:00 -5:40 p.m, 9:00-11100 ton. A Stochastic Scattering Model, lidward 'I', SIG/EDUCATION I)R INFORMA PLENARY SESSION Ill O'Neill *HON SCIENCE (SIG/ES) IN7'ORMA770N Ul7LIVES AND PUBLIC Incertitude Characterization or the Retriev- TRENDS IN EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN POLICY er S y steinComniunica t ion Process. OINFORMATION SCIENCE Chairman: Joseph Becker Raminolian K. Raga& Organizers: Rowena Swanson & David Batty Speakers:Gem Harold Johnson,Anthony New and innovative approachestothe 2:00-3:40 p.m, Oettinger, Lee Burge, and Walter Ilinch- ._.'.IECIINICAI, SESSION 1,11 exposition Of information science topics in Mall school curricuL and the continuing educa INDEXING AND (LASSIFIGATION Discussion of topics suchas safeguards, ion mode willbe described; also, assess 'C lassific a t lo t3 Systems:Information privacy, and government & international Source on (Concepts and Their Rela- ment orinformation science in relation to regulatory policies topics that can and should be incorporated tions. Ingetraut Dahlberg into curricula. 9:30-11:30 a.m. A Network-Oriented Interactive System for Speakers: Charles Meadow, RichardPhillips TECHNICAL 'EOUlt: SOUTHERN Computer-SupportedIndexing. T.D.C. Palmer, Dagobert Soergel, Edmond Sawyer, BELLDiltrcrott YAssisTAN(1.... Koch and Rotetagnusont and Barbara Flood FActl.rry Cited Titles: A NI:DI/Source of KeyWordl .:ExtractionforAutomatic Document( 4:00-5:40 p.m. 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Classification and Retrieval. K.L. KWok SIG/REPROGRAPHIC TECI1NOLOGY FactOrs Influencing Interndexer Consist., (SIG/WI) ency. Daniel Tarr and Harold Borko

11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. . COMPUTER-OUTPUT-MICROFILM (COM): 2:00-3:40 p.m. WHAT IT IS, WIIAT IT CAN DO INFORMATION SCIENCE THEATER TECHNICAL SESSION 11 . Chairman: Rita Tatis INFORMATION NETWORKS The session is an opportunity for beginners 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m, OPEN FORUM Network Structures in the. Regional Medi- toFuld out about COM; for those now_ NEW DIRECTIONS FOR ASIS calLibraryPrograms.Margaret using COM, itisa chance to talk with Presiding: Herbert S. White, ASIS President Harbaugh others about their experiences. Speakers StructureoftheSpecialized Common willdiscuss technology, equipment, stan- An open meeting to provide an opportunity for all levels of Society leadership to Carrier:Implications for the Infortna dards, and applications case histories. tion Utility Industry. Marc U. Porat Speakers:Don ,Avedon, discuss ASIS programs and plans. MaryFishcher, FactorsAffecting" theCoordinationof Graham Roberts, and David Weisbrod 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Information Agencies to Form Public InformationUtilities.T.D. Wilson 4:00 -6:00 p.m. USER WORKSHOP F USER WORKSHOP U KEY TO USING GOVERNMENT -DOCU- 2:00-3:40 p.m. FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS INFORMA- MENTS: HOW DO YOU GET THEM? TECHNICAL SESSION 12 Chairman: James Adler ) 770N TECHNIQUES HUMAN INFORMATION PROCESSING Chairman: Chris Samuels Interpretatioti of Information Traces from 12:30-5:20 p.m. Dialog Experiments: Neal S. Coulter 7:00 -9:00 p. m. ERIC DATA BASE USERS CONFER- The Effects of Hypothesis Shifting on the ENCE GF.ORQIA TECH SCHOOL OF INEOR Solving of Insight Problems: Albert N. MATION AND COMPUTER SCIENCE A conference sponsored by the Educational Badre Reunion ResourcesInformationCenter(ERIC)in- Acquisition Strategies Revealed by Dialog tended to provide a forum for present and xperimentations: !peal S. COulter and 7:00-9:00 p.m. potentialERIC userstodiscuss common Philip J. Siegmann ASIS COMMISSION ON LONG:RANGE problems and concerns as well as interact with PLANNING other components of the ERIC network. Open 2:00-3:40 p.m. OPEN HEARINGS without charge to all interested parties. Ends SIG/FOUNDATIONS OF INFORMA- Presiding: Gerald J. Sophar, Chairman of the ow Friday Noon, October 18. Today's high- TION SCIENCE (SIG/EIS) Commission lights: WORK AND PLANNING SESSION ON 1:40-2:20 p.m. Status of NIE Plans and SIG/FIS PROJECTS 8:30-10:00 p.m. Programs. Sam Rosenfeld Chairman: Laurence B. Heilprin SIG/FOUNDATIONS/ OF INFORMA- 3:20-4:00 p.m. OverviewTrends in Infor- Report of IS Models and Modelling:Kjell TION SCIENCE (SIG /FIS) mation Dissemination: User Access to Samuelson Wine-Tasting Reception On-line Systems. Lee Burchinal Report on IS Delphi Questionnaire: Robert F. 4:00-4:40p.m.Machine-readable Data Barnes & Esther Home Bases Relevant to Education; a review 10:00 p.m. 2:00-3:40 P.m. SIG/BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL of what is available. Marvin Gechman 4:40 -5:20 p.m. Systems and Services for SIG/USER ON-LINE INTERACTION INFORMATION SYSTEMS (SIC /BC) (S IG/ UO I) Open House Searching the ERIC Files;' 'a review of RECENT MAN/COMPUTER INTERACTION whatisavailable.Harvey Marron & Jonathan D. Embry STUDIES WEDNESD OCTOBER 16 Chairman: Colin Mick 2:00-3:40 p.m. Rhythms . of Dialogue and BASIS-70: David 8:00-9:00 a.m. TECHNICAL. SESSION 9 Penniman SIG BUSINESS MEETINGS (coffee & BIBLIOMETRICS Results of Providing Alternative User Inter- donuts will be served)`, A Case Study of Journal Productivity in a faces foraMan/ComputerInteractive ClassifiCation Research (SIC /CR) MissionOriented Field: Smoking and Problem-Solving System: James Carlisle Information Services to Education (SIG/ISE) Health. Richard H. Amacher, Douglas Adaptive Experimentation; A Tool for Design-. Technology,Information,andSociety E. Berninger, and Ruthann Bates ingInteractiveRetrieval Systems:Harry" (SIG/TIS) An Adaptive Systems Approach to Litera- Back User On-line'Interaction (SIC /U01)'\ ture Analysis. Warren T. Jones Discussant: Siegfried Treu

A-9 J e". Information Systems for Priddm-Oriented, Computer 'Techniques i:00-3:40 p.m, Education,Day id,I, SIG/ARS,ANI)HUMANITIES 03erNeeds- -Servicing the Education I wenn:nip' bury Community Werner (SI(; /A11) Introduction to the ERIC Data Base Utility of Computer-Assisted Instruc- NEW 'MENDS' IN CON GORDANCE WORK Ilatiild Introduction 'to Computer Searching of tion; An Experimental Network. Session Organiter: Kieth Wright the ERIC Files Wooster and Jiniret F, Lewis Advanced Searching Techniques 2:00-4:0(1 p.m. 11:15 ami,-1:00 USER VORKS1101' G , /1:0010:00 p.tn. Informal Mixer TECHNICAL S ESS ION I ME ECONOMICS OF LIBRARY AUTOAIA- EDUCATION 011INVORAIATION USERS and TION:BASES FOR DECISIONS BY 9:00 -11:00 a.m. The Importance _of User Education PLENARY SESSION IV in aMulti -Data Base On -flue LIBRARY DIRECIORS Training INFORMATION cm LITIES FROM A - Chairman: Richard Abel Information Network. JanetEgeland LONG - RANGE An Experiment to Evaluate the Use of BA Chairman: Davis McCarn an On -lineInteractive 4:00-6:00 p.m. Previews in ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING Speakers: John C Gray and Ludo Chiaraviglio Mode, Kay Durkin and Janet Egeland- Information utilities will have an immense Presiding: Herbert S, White, ASIS President impact on the future of libraries, buttheir 11:15 a.m.-1:00 p.m. one aspect of the tech- 6:30-7:30 P.m. impactis only TECIINICAL.!-IEISSION 17 This R ECEPTION nologicaltrendsoflibrarianship. INFORMA770N RETRIEVAL AND DISSEM- infor- No-host cocktails session will explore these trends in INATION mation transfer at the nationaland inter- Use of Faculty Profile Cards forDissemina- 7:30-9:30 p.m. national level. In addition, the natureof ting Information. Vladimir T; Borovan- ANNUAL. AWARDS BANQUET the futuretechnologicalrevolutionin sky The Banquet is the occasion for presenting.the information transfer will be exploredand Co wit ter-Based BibliographicCitation annual awards ASIS makes for outstanding the role of information science researchin Retrievalvia PostCoordinate Indexing. achievementin the fieldofinformation that future. Edwin Brownrigg science in the following areas: Design for a Modular Query Pre- Processor Best Information Sciences Book 9:00 a.m.-12 Noon., System. Scott E. Preece Best Publication by an ASIS Chapter or ASIS COUNCIL MEETING TailoringanInformationUtilityfrom SIG Presiding: Dale Baker, ASIS President Commercially Available Sources. James Best JASIS Paper ASIS Members are invited to attendthe Coun- H. Bement Outstanding Information Sciences Movie cil meeting. Best ASIS Student Member Paper 2:00-4:00 pin. Award of Merit 9:30 a.m.-12 Noon CHAPTER OFFICERS WORKS110P Banquet ticketsarc$10 to Pre-Registrants; TECHNICAL TOUR.: WESTERN $12.00 to those who register on-site. E LECTRIC/ BELL LABORATORIES 2:00-4:00 p.m. SIG. OFFICERS' WORKSHOP 10...00 p.m. 11:15 a.m.-1:00 p.m, NORASISICOASIS/SOASIS TECIINICAL SESSION 13 2:00-4:00 p.m. Open House 'for Members of the 3 ASISOhio COMPUTER-AlbED ABSTRACTING AND PROTO-SIG ON LAW AND INFORMA- Chapters. EDITING TION SCIENCE Innovative Editorial Procedure: The Edito- Presiding: Peyton Neal THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17 rialProcessing Center Concept. Law- Membersinterestedin forming a Special rence H. Berul and Beth 1.Krcvitt InterestGroup on Law andInformation 8:00-9:00 a.m. Compressing and ,Abstracting ofInforma- Science are encouraged to attend. SIG BUSINESS MEETINGS (coffee & tion for Information Utilities. Valery P. donuts will be served) Leonov and Dagobcrt Soergel 4:00-5:30 p.m. Automated Language Processing (SIG/ALP) Computer-Produced Labels. Vera Minkel ASIS COMMISSION ON LONG.RANGE Foundations of Information Science (SIG/FIS) PLANNING Library AutomatiOn and Networks (SIG/LAN) 11:15 a.m.-1:00 p.m. TASK GROUP HEARINGS II Non-Print Media (SIG/NPM) TECHNICAL SESSION 14 ASIS Members are encouraged to cotnmen DATAACQUISITION, CONSOLIDATION, on any of the following areasof concen 8:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. AND MANAGEMENT, isolated 'by the Commissionforfurthe ERIC DATA BASE USERS CONFER- Experiences with a Data Utility. Joe Celko examination: ASIS membership;public ENCE -. Securityin a StatisticalData Base. affairs; international relations; media; strut See under Wednesday, October 16.Today's Mohammed Inam ul Haq ture of ASIS; conferences & meetings; am highlights: AMingComponent of Current Data education eicontinuing education. 8:30 -10:20 a.m. Show and Tell(National Bast Management Systems: Data Base Library of Canada, Wisconsin Informa- Reorganization. Harvey S. Koch FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18 tionRetirevalforEducation, and EvaluateYourComputerInstallation. William C. Ramsgard University of Georgia) 8:30 a.m.-12:00 Noon 10:40-11:20 a.m. Role of Libraries in ERIC DATA BASEUSERS CONFER Providing 'Accessto Machine-readable 011:15 a.m, -1:00 p.m. TECHNICAL SESSION 15 'ENCE Data Bases (likeERIC). Richard De See under Wednesday, October 16. Today' Gennaro COMPUTERS IN EDUCATION Computers and the Learning Process: An highlights: 11:20 a.m.-12:00 Noon. Roleof the Infor- 9:00-10:15 a.m. On-Line Status Report; Overview. William B.'Cudo mation Industry in DisseminatingEdu- Carlos Cuadra and Roger Summit Considering a Clearinghouse for Computer - cation Information. PaulZurkowski 10:30 a.m.-12:00 Noon. Experience.Sha Base Curriculum Materials.Trinka 1:30-4:30p.m.Interactive Discussion ing Panel. Harvey Marron, moderator Dunnagan Groups/Tutorials:

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~~DURATION ACIIVIlY N011~~

~~30 min. Rogi%ttatloo Coffra (1:30-8:~~

~~20 1 hr.50 min. 5. "9Nyw dnd Tell" OpocifIc~~

~~30 30 min. A. National Library of Canada Haien Rojas~~

~~30 30 min. D. WI con.iin Information Retrieval for Roy Tally Education (WIRE)~~

~~)0 30 min. C. University of Georgia John Edwards~~

~~20 20 min. (Question and Answer Period)~~

~~20 min. BREAK Refroshm~~

~~I hr.20 min. 6. Invited papers~~

~~40 min. A. Role of Libraries in Providing Access to Richard De Gennaro Machine - Readable Data Bases (like ERIC) (Univ. pf Penn.)~~

~~40 min. B. Role of the Information Industry In Paiil-Zurkowskl Disseminating Educational Information (Information industry Association)~~

~~I hr.30 min. LUNCH "On Your~~

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s 1, 1 hr. InteractiveDIs\oussiOn Groups/Tutorlials Small G Session 1 hr. ' 'A. Computer Techniques - File maintenance, system install,ation,Jock Embry/ 15 memb 1 hr. specific computer problems. .A session for programmers; Pat Brown Rub con 1 hr. "computer types", and those responsiblefor computer (ERIC Facility)for One operation, hardware, and software. and rep times, 1 hr. B.- User Needs - Servicing the' Educational Community- End Charles Haughey/Partici 1 hr. user needs - which are being satisfied, which are going CharlesHoover a must. 1.hr: begging, what can ERIC do2 (NI E),

1 hr. C. Introduction to the ERIC Data Base',- What is inclUded in Ted Brandhorst 1 hr. the files, how it is acquired, process'ed, (cataloged,. (ERIC Facility) 1 hr. indexed, abstracted), and distributed; what tools, systems, Carroll Hall and services are available to use it. ERK in historical (ERIC CRESS) perspective. A session for those relatively unfamiliar with or new to ERIC. j hr. Introduction to Computer Searainq of the ERIC. Files - An Judy Wanger 1 hr. examination of the basic teohniquekused in batch tnd on- .(SDC) 1 hr, line search systems. Supplementing discussion, an on-line Lynn Hollis system (ORBIT II) will be used to demonstrate term select- (Texas ion, logical operations, and general searchfstrategy.A Information session for those relatively new to computersearching. Service)'

t hr". E. Advanced Searching Techniques - Document.processingas it Roger Summit relates to and impacts searching; search question negoti-, (Lockheed) ation; iterative techniques; statistics; usage. patterns, etc. Supplementing discussion, an on-line system (DIALOG) will be used to demonstrate the use of various search options, complex logical expressions, and the use-Ofnon- ERIC'files lor'.4 answering educafi,omquesii ulti-data 6

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~~I pi 4 ANTERCHANGE ERIC DATA BISE USERS CONFERENCE ATTACHMENT 74 -14'~~

~~DATE: October 16-18, 1974 PLACE: ASIS-74 (Wednesday - Friday) Hyatt Regency Atlanta 265 Peachtree Street Atlanta, Georgia~~

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~~Review Papers~~

~~THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 19744 A. M.~~

~~"Show and Tell" (specific applications) Invited Papers~~

~~THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1974, P. M.- Interactive Discussion Groups (Select 3)~~

~~Computer Techniques User Needs Introduction ,to the ERIC Data Base Introduction to Computer Searchingof the ERIC Files Advanced Searching Techniques~~

~~FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1974, A. M.~~

~~On-Line Services Status Reports. Experience-sharing Panel (Selecting,Installing, Operating, Search Systems)~~

~~Please return this Pre-registration form to: Hotel Reservations~~

Mr.,Jock Embry, User Services Coordinator : Hotel reservations should be ERIC Processing and Reference Facility 'made by sending directly to 4833 Rugby Avenue, Suite 93 the hotel.the Hyattilegency Bethesda, Maryland 20014 Atlanta reservation card (301) 656-9723 attached to the ASIS program. 167 4filf6rutoom March 1975

~~TABLE OF CONTENTS~~

~~CONTENTS ATTACHMENTS~~

~~1. ERIC Data Base Users Conference 75-1. Searching Hints~~

2. Audio Cassettes Available for the ERIC 75-2. Opinion Paper - "ERIC Data Base Users Conference No Longer a Child", by Greg Benson (NYSED) 3. ASIS Special Interest Group on Information Services to Education 75-3. Descriptors Used Only in RIE or CIJE 4. National Dissemination Conference Held 75-4. ERIC Clearinghouses - 5. "ERIC: What ItIs, How to Use It latest names, addresses, and 6. Missing Records Replaced telephone numbers

~~7. ERIC Clearinghouses Plan Workshops, Exhibits~~

~~8. RIE Name and Price Changev~~

~~9. ERet Tape Technical Documentation Revised~~

~~10. ERIC Data Base - Backfile Changes and Corrections~~

~~11. Vocabulary Improvement Changes~~

Interchange is prepared by staff of the ERIC Processing and Refel-ence Facility, 4833 Rugby Avenue, Suite 303, Bethesda, Maryland 20014, which is.operated on contract by Operations Research, Inc., Information Systems Division, for the National- Institute of Education. Contractors undertaking such projects under Government sponsorship are encouraged toexpress their judgment in professional and technical matters. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official National Institute of . Education position or policy.All questions, correspondence, and contributions should be directed to the Editor, Interchange, at the above address, or by telephone (301) 656-9723.

~~163. 1. ERIC DATA BASE USERS CONFERENCE~~

The most recent conference of the ERIC Data Base Users was held October 16-17, 1974, in Atlanta, Georgia. Duo to the conjuntion of the meeting with the American Society for Information Science's 37th Annual Conference, and increased Interest in information systems in general, the number of registrants (196) was more than double that of previous ERIC meetings.

The first session (Wednesday afternoon, October 18), opened with a look at the-status and future of the National Institute of Education and of education information dissemination in general. Dr. Lee Burchinal of the National Science Foundation proceeded to give some suggestions on how users could support the ERIC system. Two reviews of bibliographic data bases and information services relevant to education were also presented. On Thursday morning, three organizations (National Library of Canada, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, and University of Georgia) described their particuy applications of the ERIC data base. Two more general discussions followed, one on the role of libraries in providing access to machine-readable data bases, and the second on the role of the "Information Industry" in disseminating information. Thursday afternoon was broken into a numberof interactive discussion groups and tutorials; these seemed to be the most successful events of the meeting, based on participant evaluations. On Friday morning, Roger Summit of the Lockheed Information Service and Carlos Cuadra of System Development Corporation described the on-line services t'-,ey each provide. The conference concluded with a panel discussion on the ways different organizations have approached the selection and operation of information services.

~~2. AUDIO CASSETTES AVAILABLE FOR THE ERIC DATA BASE USERS CONFERENCE~~

Through arrangements with the American Society for Information Science, the major sessions of the ERIC Data Base Users Conference were recorded for distribution. The conference, held in conjunction with ASIS-74 in Atlanta, Georgia, covered three days, October 16 -18, 1974.

~~High quality cassette recordings are available for: ,~~

~~Wednesday, October 16- Status reports, Overviews, and Review Papers. (3 cassettes, $13.95, order ASIS-41)~~

~~Thursday, October 17 - "Show and Tell" Sessions, InVijed Papers. (3 cassettes, $13.95, order ASIS-50)~~

~~Friday, October 18 - On-Line Status Report, Experience Sharing Panel. (2 cassettes, $9.95, order ASIS-58)~~

All eight cassettes may be ordered together for $35.95. Or'der from: Convention Seminar Cassettes, 13356 Sherman Way, North Hollywood, California 91605.-c Include $1.50 for postage and handling, plus 6% sales tax for California residents. 3. ASIS SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP ON INFORMATION SERVICES TO EDUCATION

The initial meeting oethe American Society for Information Science (ASIS) Special Interest Group on Information Services to Education(SIG /ISE) was called together on October 16,1974 by organIZer Roy Tally.

~~The first orde f business was the election of officers. The results are as follows:~~

~~Chairman Roy Tally Wisconsin Dept.. of Public Instruction~~

~~Chairman-Elect Dick Brickley Research and Information Services for Education (RISE), Pennsylvania~~

~~Secretary- Carolyn Trohoski Research and Information Services for Treasurer Education (RISE), Pennsylvania~~

~~Cabinet Judith Yarborough ERIC Clearinghouseon Information Representative Resources~~

~~Alternative Greg Benson New York State Department of. Education Representative~~

The new chairman suggested that the purpose and intent of the organization should be communicated to leaders in national organizations allied-with information processing and distribution; i.e., Dr. Lee Burchinal of NSF/OSIS, Commissioner Terrell Bell of USOE, andothers. A committee composed of Charles Missar of the NIE Educational Resource Center, Pat Rogers of the DHEW Center for Disease Control,and Judy Wanger of System Development Corporation, was formed to draft theletters.

A discussion was held on who should be informed of theexistence of the new SIG/ISE. The chairman noted that producers, retailers, and intermediaries in educational services, as well as those in information handling at the local, state, and federal level, should be made awareof the goals of the SIG as stated in the "raison d'etre"disseminated in April 1974. Chairman-elect Brickley recommended that SIG membership applications be secured from ASIS and distributed to thesevarious gro6ps along with an explanation of the SIG.

Marcia Bates, SIG Cabinet Counselor to the Council of ASIS, was introduced to the audience., Ms. Bates spoke on her role as counselor and ASIS policies and procedures regarding SIG's. She noted that the SIG description must be submitted detailing the SIG subject domain alongwith a list of subject terms anddescriptors. She described the publications procedures, such as the IG newsletter, Which utilizes a common masthead and is printed and distributed by ASIS national headquarters,and technical publications which are by and for the SIG. Publications of the SIG for dissemination outside, of ASIS must firstbe reviewed by the publication council of ASIS. More explicit details regarding these actlyities and project funds for the SIG will,be submitted to the officers by ASIS Headquarters. tach SIG Is prOvided with a minimum $500.00 financial fund.

~~LTentative assignments for interim activities were madeas follows:~~

~~A.'To produce a rough draft of the goals and objectives of SIG/ISE.~~

~~Jock Embry, Mima Spencer, holly O'Donnell, and the elected officers.~~

~~B. To plan the 5IG.sessions for the ASIS 175 conference in Boston.~~

~~. Frank Mattas, Paul Ross, Harry 0Sgood, Charles Mbjkowski, and Ann Luke.~~

~~Tentative target dates for the committee are:~~

~~1. December 15 - designation of responsibilities, 2.. March 15 - program format, length, and content, 3. June 15 - final program arrangements.~~

~~C. To produce the SIG newsletter.~~

~~Jock Embry (ERIC Facility) agreed to serve as editor. Frank Mattas (SMERC) agreed to publish the newsletter.~~

~~4. NATIONAL DISSEMINATION CONFERENCE HELD~~

Thirty-two (32) States were represented at the fifth National Conference of State Dissemination Representatives held January 8-10, 1975, at the Shoceham Hotelin Washington, D. C. The conference was'sponsored by the Council of Chief State School Officers, with support from the National Institute of Education (NIE).

The meeting was highlighted by NIE's announcement of a $1.2 million grant program to help improve State dissemination programs. Senta Raizen, NIE's Associate Director for Dissemination, told the conferees that there will be two categories of grants: (1) five to ten grants to develop comprehensive State dissemination programs over three to five years; and (2) abOut 20 smaller, short term grants to deal with spe A,14 dissemination problems or concerns. She noted that the proposed grant . gram, which is based on earlier experimentation,is an important part of NIE's continuing effort to build a two-way street between local educators and the research community, analogous to the agricultural model of State extension agents.

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71 Cpnference participants also heard rrmarksfrom Walter Talbot, Superintendent of Public Instruction for Utah, and James. Harvey,0 %toff member of Congressman John Brademas' Select Subcommitteeon Education. A large part of the conference was devotedto- sessions among SEA participants, With speciaremphasilson disnrminatIon operations and management. Robert Ward of New Jersey and Dick flerligof Kansas presented highlights of on-goingdissemination activities In their respective states, In a post - conference evaluation,SEA participants Indicated that these opportunities forstate sharing sessions, as well as the positive and specific involyement of NIE with the states werevery. helpful.

~~15. "ERIC: WHAT IT IS; HOW TO USE IT"~~

"ERIC: WHAT IT IS, HOW TO USE IT" isa kit that can be used to introduce the Educational Resource.; InformationCenter to a variety of users. The kit, actively involves'the user in learningabout ERIC and its search tools; it is designed foruse with large or small groups or for self-instruction.

~~Level 1: contains an introducto6 overview of the ERICsystem. Level 2: explains how to make an elementarY search. Level 3: provides information and working materials foran in-depth search of ERIC.~~

Consisting of three 35mm color filmstrips,three audio tape cassettes, and instructional booklets, the Kitis available for $35.00 (thisprice is due for revision soon), payablefto-the National Archives Trust Fund.

~~Order from: Order Section National Audiovisual Center (GSA) Washington, D.C. 20409~~

~~6. MISSING RECORDS REPLACED~~

Sometime between January 1969 and December 1973, fifteenresume records "fell" out of the RIE tape file. Although they were replaced in December 1973 (with firm instructions to stay put),many users who received files within this period may not have them. Organizations that wish to obtain them for their files may doso by contacting the User Services Coordinator at the ERIC Facility. Following are the accession numbers of the delinquent records:

~~ED014154 ED019515 ED016144 ER019518 ED016770 ED019519 4,b ED017689 ED020328 ED017731 ED020433 ED019140 ED021066~~

~~ED019397, . 0021132 ED019483~~

~~17J ERIC CLEARINGHOUSES PLAN WORKSHOP, EXIIIIII1S~~

The ERIC Clearin9houses re9ularly produce andparticipate In a larqe number of technical,workshops and professionalmeetings. listed below are some of the upcomInTactivitiosplanned by the Clearin9houses that ERIC users may wish to attend. Contact the-ppropriote Clearinghouse or the ERIC Facility for further details: (See Attachtient75-4 for riddrel'ise': and telephone numbers.)

Alt 11%of ION1 11INI I. 1.11Aloiglie, ii,, b NAI I114.11 01. t"Ii01,:21A9g'..' 1,1m.1.21?.(1L1 . lift,ioNAE EAR woNysiote tuft litIR!1. 111010114.0III PAIA Na-.1, I, in. I0o. Nn la, ar Ml.n II , 111% SiNoiaitrd by (ha 1111 1.1.einuhutov WI lastsMr 0#. I, Iveloet 011. Id.. At loo, 1%..1e.1 .111 1.6 loos od IA Ivry .Nlva.,,, s a" and to. pulerAteis 1.hli

.N 11-19. Ai,It.IMION FOR :1)PI OVE1 ION A511 111101111111i. (11/1.1.111Ht N1. (Ni. .yo, I Iiy,51.1 "11 Oa 1,111,,,,, , 1/:fi, 1915 AmE A 1(.A4 etestINHIL AND 1.11111Ahl 1A',GDC IA110N, IN...I.0, N. o , slops wn '1.o Ca. ref ;;) .6, .1 Ow 14.1, 111ofssio.../Is'' (11.1,1i /II 4.1.1.shoos .m110,11.1 span e, 411 inn 11.1( 1-,1,,,hnl 4,1 ,.H'., al 1 ra; aTo., III Ha, I- Nal ;NAM IoNIIRINt ION olGAIN IIAD'AtioN (10101 rt on Aso. lit Ior '4,01,,Lilo ...At 1.1( (Iv, 1pl rsi.." nn

~~ASS511011111. Wr.iii/i.11.01,II,I. nor"' tDAPti /N. !VS ArtI(All Hight, I.A. r..I II(. , goy meaxion, rnl..toil/~~

I AfiGoAGI 5 , St. Lou*, ', , ,u ,our ,. April 5-5, 197 I I N I R a l',1Atr, (0101.1 NCI DN TotlEAEmiNG Ill1 0 1 1 tol f..061_,., jr.l q IL 11,,,,,,,,,,,. 0., 1.if,ii_es,nIrk,0.1,,i,t.i., fhwal 11111, N. C. April 8,1975 REGIONAL IAIC WON,SOOF:EOR WAR'. OE 111C eICR011(4 OR V.TH pall, s00.,/,., by the 1110 C lea. iii.0,',,sys on ufb.in E,iucaEion. Tests, t',.. wrF Fbi And 1 vat call, nAnd l.1,q.8,Idu,A1.0.1. 1..I.ded ,,i II hr se ,s iuns pinI balA ICthri,,,?,Ax, int e o; 1o, /or, and Adv ir,:va IR ir ,01.."0, n0 i. p.1, ,., rs In(Alt. eel Harbor, 1 lurid., April9.12,1915 SOUI.ERN :.SSOCIAI1014 f OR CHILDREN UNGER SIR. [..,or,lt - h.E0 hyI ba ERIC Chn Ter ly ne,York, Nv0 Auth. April10-12,1975 NORTHEAST CONFERENCE ON 101111LN LANGUAGE Exhibit ny the ERIC Cle.r1.01.1use on L angoaga, an0 LInLaill.11....

April10-13,!WS SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH INCHILD 111,410P4INT. Omit', ColotadO. Wiirlyshop sp.nvOreilsby the (RIC (Jr.. inqhou.es on Early Chi IdNood Educal ion .,I S `ttui/ir alSiff",..' E.iu,at April1316,1975 Am1P !FAN ASGOCIAIION 01f OmmoNI ' AND Ol4,0A FOLI FOES (YON Annualit,o,or foll.,e ..d 5..1111A, wAthinOlon.Erhilril by It, ERIC L ingh0.se, for H.gNer Edo(a, oto 0, ludvd ,pi I be Of de -tape present at font Al "ERIC. WhatIIIt, mow To Oa.

Dill -is,Ten AS, 4,11`13-17,1975 ASSOCIATION FOR ILOCAT IOWA COma4UNICA/ION5 AND TECNNOL7GV, aorkshups us Oat prvsonlat ion, on (MIL,p0,1 onst rat ions of on-I inv to. tuivr searrhing, sponsor,' by Inn ERIC C Iva, ingh:ouse on Inlori at inn Reourtr, And 11. 1ci411 Infor,,It inn Service. Stale Uroversi ty of Nes. York, di Albany. Apr iI I9, 1915 CONFERENCE ON INDEXING AND ABSTRACTING, P o r t i c i p . t i n n by t h e E R I C C I ear nglvluse on urt,in (ducal inn.

April 18-19, 1975 PACIFIC NORIMSI CONFERENCE ON FOREIGN LANGUAGES, VJeaduver, British COlurbie, Exhibit by1,,e, ERIC Cleaillnahouae on tanquages and Linqulitics, Virginia Reach, Virginia, April 24..15,1975 SOUTHEAST REGEONAL MEETING OF IMF COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL STUDIES, Exhibit by the ERIC Claarind.oula' for Social 5Eudieq5ocial Science (duration,

April 29-MayI,1975 ASSOCIATION FOR INSTMTIONAL RESEARCH ,.ANNUAL FOROm. SI. Louis, Mitiourl. E*Nib'E by the ERIC Clearing,ou,e on ",goer Fducation, s Meshy iI le, Tennessee may22 -2),1975 REGIONAL ERIC WORKSNOP FOR USERS Of ERIC MICROFICHE OR DATA BASE. (tentat ire).SCunvOred by the ERIC C lear ingNouaes on Reading and Ca-.-unicat ion Skill, Ear ly Chi Idc.od Education'and Career Education,

~~May21-24,1975 NATIONAL RILINGUAL/SICUL WRAC EDUCATION CONFERENCE. Chiceigo, E x h i b i tby the E R I C Clearinghouse Canguages andli nqui st I cs~~

~~June15-19,1975 WORKSHOP ON '"PLANNED CHANGE', Ann Arbor, ni,higan, sponabrad by the ERIC Clvar inghnuae on Counae I ing and Personnel 5ery ices,~~

~~173 -4~~

~~8. It [1: NAME pjw-j_timiL~~

~~p(5rmo1 In iduccition has beenrenamed Ityppitq,iiI ! jOut,'Ack,i,. effective January I,19/5.~~

~~New Subscription PriLes tor Resource's In iducation (lilt)are:~~

~~Yearly subscription (12 monthlyi4sue%),Domestic - $42./0 Yearly subscript:410n (12 monthlyIssues), loreIgn $53.40 Single copies $ 3.60~~

~~Cumulative Indexesare not included in the above subscriptions and will be priced individuallybased on site.~~

~~New Subscription Prices forCurrent:index to Journals in Education (CIJE are):~~

~~Yearly subscription (12monthly' issues) Yearly subscription and 2semiannual cumulations* $90.00 2 semiannual cunulations* $40.00 Single copies $ 4.75~~

Both journals are still. available from the same publishers before: RIE from the Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402; CIJE from Macmillan Information, 866 Third Avenue, New Yorl:, N.Y. 10022. *Cumulations include both'announcements and indexes.

~~9. ERIC TAPE TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATIONREVISED~~

The technical documentation describing the format andcontents of the various ERICTAPES has recently been revised. It has been expanded substantially to include statistics on the minimum,maximum, and average record lengths, field lengths, and subfield lengths. One copy will 'be included with the next update tapes that are distributed. Additional copies mYy be obtained by contacting the User Services Coordinatorat the ERIC Facility.

~~10. ERIC DATA 'BASE- BACKFILE CHANGES AND CORRECTIONS~~

. An issue that is received considerablediscussion within the ERIC network and with ERIC users is%the problem of changes.andcorrections Made to the complete ERIC files. In addition to producing anddistributing regular updates (new records) to the data base, the ERIC Processingand Reference Facility periodically makes changes and correctionsto the master files maintained at the Facility. These are done for a number of reasons and take severalforms: o Editorial Corrections are performed twice a year, priorto the production of the cumulative indexes,and consist of a relatively small number (about 400per year) of minor changes to document cataloging, both for thecurrent year and any errors identified throughout the file.

-7- 174 o TDR% Price - When the contract for the IRIC RocuilenkRePlodultino Service(LOW:1 contract changed In Hay 1911 and again lo July 19/4, all RICrecord%,foritem: available from tUdh, hadnowprice-i calculated aucordIng to the new pt iceIchedule following thit, tame pattern, IIW:4 price% fur paperand m1410fithe on-drmad repuoduttlon: often Ili oveiy ye:at CaO he expected to change at. i

rim o ndox I ngCh.loge,. - Re.t.0 I t: oftlinVOLrani Ftil y I tnpiMirthriltPr11(i t -.or Attachment for'late-.%transactions), -.Carting In 19/4, will he Incorporated Into the RIL and CIAIlle: atgoot twits ea,hyoar,

The number of records affected byeditorial correction-4 N re latively small and the change!. are not -,iqniticont for most ustirs. However, sInce'LDRS price chanue% affect a large portion ofthe records, and there are a substantial number of change,.to'Do%crIptor and Identifier fields resulting frcxu the VocabularyImprovement PrograiD, organ1.!,ation% that make extensive use, of the ERIC datahair.. may w1-.1% to obtain access to these changes.

All of the above change% are Incorporated inthe master files maintained by the ERIC Facility. All complete master files distributed by the Facility will, of course,Include all changes made up to that date. The problem CO(110t; frognthe factthat essentially all current computer access Is done .iing filesthat were Originally distributed some time ago and thatthere Is no simple way to update.alltfiles now in'the field. For organizations seriously interestedin obtaining these changesand corrections, anuer of possibilities have been .discussed:. )1.

o Distribution of "Changed" Records. All records that have been modified as a result of editorialcorrections or Vocabulady Improvement Program changes could be periodicallydistributed. There would be' which a problem determiningwhich organizations have already received changes. Each organizatr would have to bearthe responsibility and The procass, costs of incorporation ofchanges into their own flies. is relatively simple', but wouldrequire special programming at almost every installation. Recalculation of EDRS o Distribution of EDRS Price ChangeProgram, price fields Is done with a relativelysimple program. However, this program would only becompatible with certain installations (IBM 36010S).

o Distribution of Complete ERIC MasterFiles. All changes and corrections made to date are automaticallyIncluded in the complete files Aistributed by the Facility. The costs to.purchase complete files ($300-$525 for RIE,$150-$225 for CIJE) and to load therm onto a given search system maypeeiodically'be justified by the larger applications.

~~175 1 OtqanItatIonwIth (-4m-11 a: RIC) the invertedfiles,(0e%trlittor ofIdentifier PoltInip) dl.str It;u1r.,1 Ly the la,Ility, have Lhanq: to Wet term% Included In ro:h 11,w~~

~~tIle. ofd le.Thwe fI lr, are tart(-battled, however, to that a 5ubieo may NH, zu,,es,,tully.ar,inq a new term, huttheold term-. viir';"4,,t =till he printed In the setOwet are printed out.~~

4 1. Ihc facIllty l% welewhat :tuck "between :Iruck and a hard pot" l'n tlylnq to waIntaln an accurate and cowplete -.rtofflle%, and a%-.I.ItInq organl:ations to maket m best ioo of the URIC data ba.r. Wrair.Intrre.ited in recrIvInq co, vlent-i aboutthepo%%ible course 61 action INted 4bove, and any other (--ideas u--,ers way have

~~11 1191,7 NOCAPULARY~~

Dridor the direction of Its national advisory panel, the ERIC Vocabulary Improvement Prooram (Vii') has processed a nunber of changes to the ERIC Vocabulary. These changes arc made to the Thesaurus of [Ric Descriptors and to resune and subject Index computer files. maintained by tht ERIC Facility, (See related discussion In this Issue on backfile,chanqes and Lorrectlom.) Lilted below are all of the traw. actiow, axilpleted to date, alono-with the number of resume'( affected. Allusers arc invited to submit any vocabulary improvement recommendations to the, mxicographer at the ERIC Procc5.5ing and Reference Facil,ity.

~~1, THROUGH UECEMBER 1974 - Included in first, quarter 1975 updates.~~

01.5041PT0R5 NomDER OF HI CORDS OLD Ww NIE C1JE TO1Al A Athletic Activities Athletics ...- 128 136 264' Child Labor Lasss Child Labor Legislation 18 14 32 CoAchirg Teachers Tutors 7 2 9 Ex))batiOn Techniques Evaluation Methods 1,428 755 2,183 fcseral Laws Federal Legislation 208 74 282 InstruCtlonal Televislcm Educational Television 634 347 981 Labor Laws 'labor Legislation 54 16 70

Methodology , Methods- . 311 374 685 Mlnimum-Wage Laws Minimum Wage Leiislation 15 8 23 Public Health Law, Public Health Legislation 2 8 10 School Attendance Laws School Attendancle Leglflation 31 32 63.' State Laws State Legislation 188 74 262 Techniques Methods '90 216 306 ;devised Instruction Educational Television 491t 246 740

~~. TOTAL 3,608 2,302 5,910' i I )ill,,ri. 11 j 0. 't 44 )~~

~~THROUGH JUNE 15P+.,- Includec( 1A,Itsi,tciiqUarter 18,74UPdates4R.IE), first quartei .1975..(C 1 JO , ,,7-.. ";), . r~~

D SCBPTORS ..''.- :'! ' ' ( ',V, NUMBER OF RECORDS TOTAL DLD - 4+ RIE , /C .JE fil,., ''...., aW2, i''!'," ' Academtc Performance . 'ikia'' :r.:,..Ac111ei,t e en ''' 6l' 575 480 1,055 7 3 Mete roptior i a '!kt6 1.:10inis.; .1'' .7 , 1 N 4 Reterptrcipia, Str 'Ismus,, P./ 1, 1 3 ,T.,, V .,1. , ,. , (rnfeceious Diseases C' "1 ,i*easesp'.4i v.- ,,..t9 4 25 44 ' 42 '88 Personal Relationship , 2, n rper'soriOARklationsbip, 46 0 Plannlrig.1(f_atilitres) a 1 ity, PIaki4ob , 157. 214 371 Teacher-Expel. i ence Tel hirig.,Exi?erfence ':1'79 149 328 N. 4 :., 1,893 , SUBTOTAL 97p 91ill

. .1,DENTIFIERS; ,,1". 4.44 4., 'NUMBER OF RECORDS - ' RAg TOTAL s" OLD NEW IfC ,.. --, ,,,.! cI JE , .S1' 1 "Educational Resources .Educa 34-Iiesoure4'..,?.'0,1 , 4 . 2 , 6 infol'int ion' Center lilt ration e'ehtfsr. ande - ''`',. '' (ER1C).- - ', ER}Crlitivo,',e'rrtts]. 'T, - ` 257 .A 48 305 Head, Stet . P 7,'Heak 'tart ., 8. 12 20 Head Start. Program... Pr#J-A.,,, Head .i art w j -Head' Stat.t Program Pro ,ii.-6" ead SlOrt:... 9 ° 18 , -,.. f d . HeadStart, projec Projec: Nlad -Start': 0 1 ,. "Head Ste t Priqe-,, cad Start ':1"" --.,,- 0 - 1 c A.,, 4, ,:v , - - . "'' 'SUBTOTAL ,'280 71 351

~~985 2,244 . 4 TOTAL' 1,259~~

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~~TCLTAt DESCRIPTOR'S '(2 RUNS) 4,587 3,216 7,803 'TOTAL , ;DENT) F. I ERS', ( ;' 280 71 351 . ',:~~

~~. -GRAND TOTAL :: 4,867 3,287 8,154 ., , ... ,~~

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~~-io-1 7 U 41INTERCOANGE ATTACHMENT 75-1~~

~~SEARCHING HINTS~~

4' . One of ihe.best ways that users of the ERIC system can help each_o_ther is theT,exchange of techniques that have been developed over a long period of time. Judith YarbdrOugh, AsSistant DireCtor of the ERIC Clearinghouse on "information ResourceS, at Stanford, has provided us with ;the following ideas. Although she is using a DIALOG terminal, the methods covered here are applicabletoalmost all. search systems, batchor on-line. We urge users to contribute such material to be shared with others.

most.jobs, the quality of the output, is determined primarily by the quality of preparation. In computer searching, the preparation phase includes negotiation of the search request.' Some things to think about when,conducting a negotiation are What does the requestor want? What doesn't he/she,Want? What is he/she willing to settle for? Thelatter'two.guestions'are more important than may first be imagined. FoOnStance, if the search results in too many items, how will You 9it down the number? If the search results in 5 items, %.44'concepts Might be expanded to retrieve more items Withoutadeing-4.00 much irrelevant material?

, ,1"-7:117' *Ww. P , "Other. questions -that should be asked during the'negotiation phase include:. Hov4 far back in the fUe? ShouId,the search include"journal articles?,Should it include.material available on microfiche? What print torMats would'be'acceptable? What authors or publications does,the,requestor'already know about? W,tlat fdrm of'document (t4liographies% manuals, conference reports, etc..) would be most eful? The list of questions can be expanded gbite a bit. Itis phibable that the depth of-the negotiation should be in proportion to,the depth of-the searCh: At any rate, the negotiation phase is too important a part of computer searchipg to be done in a'sketchy fashion. It deserves the same attention as the onLthe-terminal phase, and maybe more. .41

"Once.60the terminal, there's,sometimes a 14tob 1 em when :too inany, ittM are retrieved. ef the requestor's budget won't take printing'oai the.whole set, thereare a couple Of techniques that will help."Suppose a search retrieves 250 items and the'requestor can only pay for a printout of 100. The searcher can select the ,following ERIC. Desdriptors: STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEWS, LITERATURE REVIEWS, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES, and RESEARCH REVIEWS (PUBLICATIONS). Combine these descriptors into an "or" set. Combine the "or" set 'th thetoo-large set by "and". Look at some of the resulting t. Choose the most cdrrent thorough review item in the set 3r absii;rinv ttie.items .from;.tlt, ED number forward. For example: til

~~NOTE: -1ls used for "OR" * is used for "AND" 0- is used for "NOT"~~

~~(SET) (NO, OF HITS)~~

~~'1 * 250 (1+2+3+4+5)*(6+7+8+9+10) .12 350 Annotated Bibliographies .13 400 Literature Reviews 14 365 Reseagch ReviewS (Publications)~~

~~15 . 129 State"ofthe Art Reviews 16 1,003 12+13+14+15 [Set: 12 OR Set 1'3" OR Set 14 OR Set 15] 17 ' .70 11*16 [Set 11 AND'Set16]~~

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~~OPINION PAPER* ANTERCHANGE ATTACHMENT75-2 ERIC: NO LONGER A CHILD a. Gregory Benson, Jr.*::~~

The first meeting of the State Dissemination Representativeswas held in Alexandria; Virginia over fiveyears ago. Looking.back on the discussions and issues raised then, itwas evident that ERIC was an under-used eddeatjonal resource. Educational information processing and disseminating organizations, including ERIC,'were in theirinfancy.

The ERIC,0Technical Conference, held for ERIC Clearinghouseworking staff (DecemberI974, Columbia, Maryland) and the NationalDissemination Conference(Jimu'ary, 1975, Washington, D. C.) provideda, new perspective in educaticinaPi InforMat ion procesSing, and/ dissemination. These two meetings:indicated thatins five 'years, the ERIC system and itsusers have grown,froff 'infancy, to, adOlescence.

The ERIC Jechnicii;Conterence illustratedthe "adolesctril identity 4. 0 crisis"'currently faceikrbi4theiERIC components. Out of that meeting' emerged severalJquestions whqDch were mecorded'and broughtto the attention ot.ther,flIE;gtff by JamespAvis of the ERIC Clearinghouse for SOciar:StudiWSOcia1Science ucation. Among those questions were: ,

~~1. "WhO,is doin, ,what, where,. and how in pro'vi'dingeducational intormation? 4~~

~~8 "WhatareNthe various levers of service thatcan or should be providedi3Oy the varioususer service-units?"~~

~~"ShoUld 'the ERIC Clearinghouses expand theiruser service function?"~~

~~At the-National Conference, the Steering Committee of the State Disseminiop Representatives identified several issues for consideration .. by,,the State representatives:~~

*The concept behind."Opinion Papers" is to provide a forum for 'controversial, speCulative, or hortatory reflections that authors would like to share with the ERIC user community. The viewpoints expressed are solely the:author's and do not-necessarily represent the views. or policy of the National Ins'titute of Education (NIE) or any component Of the ERIC network.

**Mr' Benson is Coordinator, Educational Programs and Studies Information Service, Division of Research and Evaluation, State Edusi4joil Department, Albany, New York J2234. Among them were:

~~the're:be on the Steering Commfttee and how 1. "How many,members shOtild should they be selected?"~~

~~2. "What functions should the SteeringCommittee perform?" v Representatives work together and share 3. "How can Sfatetdssemination their 'resources, to solve commonproblems?"~~

Though the focus of the questions emanatingfr'om the two conferences is somewhat different, the groups share a commonmotivation. This is the desire to understand, and identifyeducation-al information system components and their respectivefunctions (from the Chief of ERIC,' adMinistrative level to the education student userlevel).

~~In short, we are faced with anadolescent-like identity. crisis:~~

In'order to understand just what is expectedof us,as we move toward system adulthood, jt would behelpful 'to reflect* the significant AeVelopniental steps we have taken from infancyto adolescence. , 'AT ,THE ADiliNISTRATIVE LEVEL: have shifted from the Office o ERIC (and. other diSseminaien functions) ofEducation tFp the Natiahal Institute, of Education.

~~Administrative personnel have changed. .4 The4erceiVedsope'ofERIC has broadene~~

~~Productph. confractOwhave changed.~~

~~underway, or ace-fOrthcisming. o Several studies have been'accompished, are~~

~~AT THE CLEARINGHOUSE ,LEVJFL:,..~~

~~. 4 Clearinghouses have changed'in number rough 6xpansioAT, combinatf#,, and elimination.~~

~~Specific Clearinghouses have moved tonew'parent agencies.; . .'- o -,.~~

~~o Clearinghouse activities have broadenedIrom systenrMaintenarice 12. 1, .direct user services. :~~

~~AT THE INFORMATION CENTER(STATE OR REGIONAL), LEVEL :Y~~

~~oA significantly'greater number of such centershas emerged in the lait-fivelears.~~

~~o' Services have broadenedbeyond the mere retrieval levelto the 'utilization level.~~

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~~o Sub-networks for service delivery purposes,have been cultivated.~~

~~o Parent agencies have made resource commitments to the maintenance of information services.~~

~~AT THE USER LEVEL:~~

~~oA tremendously significant growth has taken place i9:0e, numbers of this group.~~

~~o The level of user sophistication has increased.~~

~~o The purposes for which users seek inforpationaee becoming mor", professionally "legitimate".,~~

o Users nQw expect and depend qn' information servides. - Surely the above is not an exhaustivelist, butthe changes show significant growth adjustments andmatUrationat each component level and have certainly made an impacXiqn_piz* on nationally. ,

.r; (4$ 1/41-4a,,, During the last fiveyear s.,,i roups have emerged, = under different circumstanoes- 40',V ,.9h thereis a substantial degree of overlap, each group''045 e-0;146 roles, functions, ahd raerests..4 l'!;*

~~N!.0, the.21ERTC..:_system dorriponent" groOPACentrarERIC,~~

~~Clearinghoije 67171p of representatives:from all ERIC " system leV ,. AunidaWfreguently, offer constructivecriticism, and implefie.ticiVements-whete possible. '~~

Second, there is-the State Dissemination Representativegroup.whose membership consists of representatives appointed by eachChief State 'School Officer. 'Formed five yearsago, this group has served as a ' sounding board for Fedgral-level ERIC and dissemination policy/service directions. r -"r S .. ) Third, there is 6* on Education Information Services.

This special interest gropp was formed at the last AmericanSociety ''''-.1 for InfOrmatioh Science (ASIS) meeting held in Atlanta during October . 1974. Its thrustIls as yet undefined, but certainly its membership is largely dependent on "ERIC Users".

~~. Finaliy,,there is.the ERIC Data Base usersgroup. The regular ,c' membership-of this group is self-evidentas is their particular area~~

~~of interest., . g-- ,~~

; All of the above groups vary In loyal of formalizationand focuS, but that all have emerged In the last five years isundeniable evidence of the broad commitmentjo educational Information servicesand more specifically to the ERIC system, the fottdation of such servicesin the United States.

Now, to return to my maturation analogy for a moment. Each of us, during adolescence, faced the identitrcrisis as individuq15. In our attempt to resolve.it in our own way,:wesought. advice, counsel, and reinforcement from our peers and those whom We recognized as "mature"

~~and thus offering a modeltoward which we might move in our questfor . adulthood.~~

~~As ERIC children, all of us are related through our common desire tosee our system mature. would simply suggest and'request that, together, we face our system's adolescent period.~~

~~The above is an-attempt to delineate just who our peer group, members really are.Among us there is a wealth of expertise and creativity to draWon.~~

As for "mature models", certainly several industrial, medicine- related and other technical systems hold much forsus to adapt as we seek system component functional definition. 1 . NIE has funded System,yetopmenorpqration to identify just , what the "Comprehensive Ed On InformationSystem Requirements" really are:-As the resultt- this study unfold, and followup work is done on a comprehensive1sys designwe. will have an even more educationrelevant model to aw for direction.

Though this article has focused on systemmaturatiorldifficulties, obviously in this current,period of economic Crisis, we are all faced with more operational maintenanceproblee,*.:However, a lack of abundant financial resources may,provide even greate0motivation toclarify Istem component functions in order to avaidlostly duplication and foster system cooperation at all levels.;,ThiSs'mightthen result, in a well orchestrated effort to address theinform'ation, needs of the educational community.

The syStem has survived its early childhood andth000)Fthe:problems. we faCed during that period ofIrowth were, crucial within'that context, we now face an ,equally crucial setof prObleMSof a higher-order. _4. Obviously, the system's survival is no accident. A trememdous effort has been put forth at all levels within each of thegh:sups identified above. Having personally witnessed the progress of theERIC system, and educational, dissemination efforts in,general, it is gratifying tohave ,;", been involved. Let our success be the force that motivates a,mutual, effort to overcome what now is a system component.pperationaldefinition problem. The peer groups (ERIC component rypreSentatives in general, the State Diissemination Representatives, the ASIS-SIG/ISE and the ERIC Data Base Users) represent a cross-section of interest and_expertise. Therein lies the potential to define more clearly Just whatour respective roles must be to efficiently identify, organize,deliver, and facilitate utWzation of educational knowledge to all who desireaccess.

Since you are reading this article, youare a member of one or more of/the "peer groups". / If you do not feel a member, let thisserve as youy initiation.Within your realm of influence you should serve notice of your interest to participate ircacoordinated effort to answer the uestions outlined by Jim DavisVrthe', State Dissemination Representatives, as well as the host of other yet-to-beasked questions concerning /9functional definition of system components.

~~We all have the same goal. Early development allowed and required individual growth. Now maturation requires coordinated efforts within and between components.~~

~~We have all made the personal transition from adolescenceto adulthood; .now,as professionals engaged in a system effort, let us do thesame.~~

At least, the various groups should share conferencereports and significant policy. or. procedural decisions. Even better, representatives of the various groups shodld be invited to attend."othergroup" conferences as was the case at the last ERICTOchnical Conference where information center staff were represente. And perhaps best would be a composite conference of individuals representing one ormore of the groups.

The intent of all these suggestions would beto shat=e needs/capabilities/ activities which would cFarify status and intended directionsof the system components and thereby lay the foundation on which 4unctional/operational component definitions might; be built.

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~~2-5 184 41INTERCHANGE AT-MOMENT 75-3~~

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~~Information, etc. .~~

Advanced Systems Agricultural Chemical Afrikaans A4) Occupations (II) Alltorne Fielji Trips ,:(fl.. . Agricultural Labor Artificial Languages (11) Disputes (3) . Akan (l4) Alcoholic Beverages (4) Aniseikonia (I) Auto Body Repairmi (15) Auto Parts Men _ (I) Auxiliary Laborers (9)

~~. Azerbai j ani (2)~~

. . . "' - . a , .; Baluchi (2) Banklmg Vocabulary (I) . Barbers (6) V Basaa (I) . Bashkir (2) Berber Languages (5) BielorUssian (4) Bikol (4) Bini (4) Biracial Committees (7) . Biracial Government (1) Bracero Programs (8) Brahmins (2) Brick Industry (4) ,, Bricklayers (5)

Bricklaying : (3) . A Buriat . (I) .3 Burushaski (I) CabingType ProjectOrs Cakchiquel (1) Calorimeters (5) Chiluba CaMbodjan (8) College Day. (5) Caucasian Languages (2) Coordination Compounds (8) CebUino (5) Czech Literature (2)

~~Central Bound Systems (4) !... . Chad.LangOges (4) . theremis*, (1) Chinyanja (2) . Vioctaw . (6)~~

~~Church Migrant Projects (6) ,~~

~~- i Chuvash (2) City Wide Commissions (5) ),,, Clothing Maintenance~~

~~Specialists : , (7)~~

~~Community Rooms . (I)~~

~~',i Corporal Punishment .. (2)~~

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~~Dagor. (I) Day Stodoot% _A' ('a) DrinkInH (I) DrivewaYs (4) Dusun DytAa (1)~~

~~Educational Alternati,s (5) Epistles Electrical Appliamo Serviceman (2) Electricians (15) English for Special Purposes (I) 'd Estonian (7) Ewe (I) Experienced LaUto-ors (3)~~

~~Fallout Shelters (28) Farm Committees (2) Feeder Programs (3) Feed Industry (5)' Feed Stores (2) Floor layers (6) Foochow (4) Fulani (4)~~

Ganda (6) Gbaya .(I) General High Schools, (4) Generative Phonology (I) Glaziers (5) Glob a1 kaploach (2) DradeA Year Integration (2) Grade Charts (4) Grandchildren (1) 6, Guarani (I) A Gujarati (2) Gullah (6)

~~Hausa . (12) Hagiogeao'hies Highway Engineering, ,Hymns Aides~~

~~HoMemakers Clubs "' (10) k Housing Management Aides (3) Humanistic Education (6) Hyperopia (I)~~

~~igloo (3)- Inhalation Therapists (6) integrated Public Facilities (7) Inierdiserict :Policies (15)~~

~~Kinyaruanda Kabyle Kannada Kashmiri Kirghiz Kirundi NON -1 It It ONI Hit ONLY C I AI ONI Y~~

~~Kituha (I) Koreanooricans (6) Kurdish (1)~~

~~Labor CapON,1111%tolo% Lau (4) 1,19ht(2.a Playgrounds (1) Late ',c haul Intranet, (5) Latvian (3) lingala (I) Linguistic Difficulty r (inherent) -(1) Locothotive Engineers~~

~~MalayalaA (-'1)) Middle C)ao, Fathers (I) Manchu (1) Molecular !.tructule (2/) Mandingo (I) Maranao (2) Married Students (I) Mauritian Creole.. (I) Melanesian Languages (1)~~

~~MeWe , (s) Migrant Transportation (5) Mongolian (8) Mongolian lanljuages (4) Mossi (3) Myopia (I)~~

~~Nembe (I) t1c13alj- (6) Nonfarm Youth (7)~~

~~Organizational Odes. Effectiveness (3) Outdoor Theater's Organizational Theories (5) Ossetic. (I) Ostya (2)~~

~~Panjobi (9) Paranoid Behavior (3) Parliamentary,P (5) Potentiometers Part. tome Farmers (7) ,(Instruments) (9) V 4.: PS.1,0 j- (8) WiMary Sources (6) 0, Process Education (4)I~~

~~r-Itvh Quiche (1)~~

~~Receptionists (1) Respite Care (2) Riff (I) Rodenticides (3) Roofers (4)~~

~~Samoyed Languages (2) Scholasticism (4) Sango (7) Supercaliductors (2) :. Sara (3) Sealers (3) 1~~

~~Seamstresses ..p Settlement Houses i....(9): Sewing Machine OperaOrs f~~

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Uener;If )ycho-11W;uistics. theoretical and aop;ied linguistics langua,je not specifically covered y Coucationai ManagementCtearin.g pr,clagogy bilingualism. and cOrnmoniy and uncommonly taugnt house .i Title XI NM:A Institutei not coveredby subjectspCiatty languages including English ?or sOciket ,1 of other lanr,,Itirt';',1 in other-EFIIC Clearinghouses. all aspect7ofphysical education. and Communication ERIC Clearinghouse on Test, Afonsuremont, and ERIC Clearinghouse for Road) Evaluation Skiih National Council of Teachers cf English EduCational Testirtlg tIerv4ce PrineetOn. New Jersey 08540 1111 Kenyon Road Telophone°(609) 921-9000 ext 2182 Urbana, t)linois 81801 tests and other measurement devices. evaluation procedures Telephbne (217) 328-3870 and techniwats. application of tests. measurement. or evalua- Reading.English, and communicationskills,preschool through tion in educational wolf-as of prograrrti college Educational research and development in reading writ- ., speaking, and listeningIdentification :diagnosis. and re- Educational Resources information Canter mediationofreadingproblemsSpeers,!.communication -- forensics, mass corrmuniat ion, interpersonal and small group, (Central ERIC) 'interaction. interpretation.rhetoricaland CbrriMunication theory. National Institute-of Education instruction development, speech scienCes, and theater Prepa- , Washington,D. C 20208 ra'ocn of instructional still and related personnel in these areas Telephone. (202) 254-5040 . All aspects of reading behavior with emphasis on physiology, ERIC Procetsing & Reference Facility psyCholo,-4. sociology, and teachingInstructional materials. 4833 Rugby Avenuo. Suite 303 curricula, tnits and measurement, preparation of reading teach- Bethesda, Maryland 20014 ers and specialists, arulimethodclogy at all levelsRole of branes and other agencies in fostering and guiding reading Telephone: (301) 656-9723 Diagnostic and remedial services to schoOl and clinical settings ERIC Document Reproduction Service P.O. Box 190 ArlinQton, Virginia 2'.10 ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural &IL:xenon and Sine! Telerilone (703) 841-il 212 Schools New Mexico State Univ.ersly Macmillan Information Box 3AP 4 866 Third Avenue Las Cruces. New Mexico 88W3 New York, New Ybrk 10022 Telephone: (505) 646-2623 Telephone: (212) 935-3274

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~~August 1975 ,~~

~~TABLE OF CONTENTS /-7~~

~~CONTENTS ATTACHMENTS~~

~~1. ERIC'Data Base Users Conference 75-5. Preliminary Planned for pctober 29-31, 1975. Conference Agenda~~

~~2. ASIS Special interest Group on 75-6. ASIS Preliminary Informetion Services to Education Program Plans/Meeting 75-7. SIG/ISE Newsletter~~

~~3. EDRS4Price Change. 75-8. EDRS Order Form~~

~~4. Ne Descriptor and Identif?er Us ge Report ) / / ' 5. New Capabilities being AHded to~~

~~ERIC/DIALOG .~~

~~6. Clearinghouse to ED-Numbey\Cross- Reference Index Reinstated in R1E~~

Interchange:is prepared by the staff of theERIC P.rocessing and Reference Facility, 4833 Rugby Avenue, Suite 303,Bethesda; Maryland 20014, which is operated on contract by Operations Research,Inc.; Information Systems"Division, for the National Institute of Education. Contractors undertaking such projects under Government sponsorshipare encouraged to express their judgment in professiodal and technical matters: Points of view or opiniopsido not, therefore, necessarily represent officlal National Lnstitutekinf Education positionor policy. All questions, correspOndenc and contObutions should be directed to the Editor, Interchange,at the aboveaddress, or by telephone (301) 656-9723. 2 /F 7

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~~1. ERIC DATA BASE USERS'CONVERENtESCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 29-31, 1975~~

'Planning is.now well Underway forthe next ERIC Data Base Users Conference. It Will:be held-in Boston, Wednesday,October 29 through Friday, October 31, 1975' at the SheratonBoston Hotel. Due to the success of last year's meeting in Atlanta,it will again be held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of theAmerican Society for Information Science (ASIS), which willrun October 26-through 30th. Since bbth meetings will be_at the Sheraton Boston, the timing overlap will allow attendeesto attend most, if not all, of eachmeeting. A preliminary program for the ERIC Conference is enclosed as Attachment 75-5. The preliminary progr'arri of the ASIS meeting _is enclosedas Attachment 75-6.

, All users of the ERIC data baseare invited to attend the ERIC meeting, irrespective of the modeof use, be it manual, batchcomputer, or on-line interactive. Although it is intended for experiencedusers, novices and potentialusers are/Welcome. This yean's. program is designed to facilitate the interaction of ERICusers with each other and various components of the ERIC network, 'includingthe National Institute of Education (Central ERIC), the differentERIC Clearinghouses, the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS), the CIJE contractor (Macmillan),and the ERIC Processing'and ReferenceFacility. Some of this year's invited papers include:

~~o Educational Resdurces and TheirDissemination - Tom Clemens (NIE)~~

~~o End Users - Who Are They and How TheyAre Reached - William Gephart (Phi Delta Kappa) .., ._~~

~~o Technological Forecasting and Its Applicationto Educational Dissemination - Marvin Cetron (Forecasting International)~~

~~Continuing the very successful format oflast year's conference, a large portion of the time will bedevoted to small=group interactive >, discussions and tutorials on topics suchas:~~

oComputer Searching Tutorials, oSelective Dissemination of Information (SDI)Using the ERIC Data :, ,Base 31:i= :c o ijlie,ERIC'Vocabulary:Impcovement Prograt- o_.,Manual SearchIng of,,ERIC,Records o :Introduction5t9othe,,ERIC.System,,,- oleThe_ERIC DocumentReproduction Service AEDRS), o,:;)Microfiehe,Equipment,7: What's Available andIts Evaluation and iSelectign-ti,:toae:-.J- a-x. - ?re. :121,;J 14 Therewill be :panel discussionson other data bases (not presently in existence) -needed 'for educational dissemination,and non - commercial on-line retrieval systems. Presentations will be made by the major on-line search service vendors, Lockheed (Roger Summit)and System Develop- ment Corporation (Carlos Cuadra).

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~~As in the past, the-conferenceis being organized by the ERIC- Processing and Reference Facilityand is open without chargeto all !interested parties.~~

~~.2. ASI SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP ONINFORMATION SERVICES TO EDUCATIONPLANS _ MEETING~~

. The American Society for Information Science'sLS'pecialInterest Group .on Information Services to Education (SIG/ISE)is planning 'a session for, the ASIS,Annual Meet.ing, October 26 -30, 1975, in Boston. The gIG/ISE session, titled "Education Information - After ERIC, What?",is being organized by Judith Yarborough. Plans include discussions of four other sources of educational information: Psychological Abstracts; EDSTAT (Lducational Statistics Data); HumanResources; and the quasi-ERIC data bases, AIM/ARM, and Exceptional Children Abstracts. It'is intended to offer practical discussionson using these-resources to answer questions in educational settings, and to offer the participantsan opportunity' to suggest ways in which each data basecould be improved so as tomore effectively serve the educationalcommunity.

The SIG/IgE meeting is beingcoordinated with the ERIC Data Base Users Conference, and is tentathieslyscheduled for Tuesday afternoon, 1 October, 28, 1975. It will'be len to all participant of the ASIS Anval Meeting. FulAher -information will be includedin the next INTERCHANGE, or contact:_

~~a Judith Yarborough, Assistant Dir'ectpr ERIC Clearinghouse of InformationResources Stanford University Stanford, California 94305 (415) 497-3341~~

~~Enclosed is a copy of the firstSIG /ISE Newsletter (Attachment 75-7), for those that may be interestedin,participating'in the SIG.~~

~~3. EDRS PRICES,CHAN GE/ EFFECTIVE JUNE 1,01975~~

~~On June 1, 1975, prices for hard copy and microficheon-demand orders from the ERIC Document ReproductionService (EDRS) changed to the schedule. On the fdllowingpage.~~

Starting with the 1975 issue of RIE, the new prices havebeen' incorporated in the RIE journal and all RIEupdate tapes. In addition, the RIE master computer file, maintainedby the ERIC Facility, was modified to reflect the new prices for all RIE records (backto ED 001 001), so, that any orders for complete files willreceive current price data. RIE tapes distributed prior to June 1575,.will obviouslynot have these changes. Oh the basis of the current EDRScontract, price changes can be anticipated in the future on an annual basis.

~~Enclosed is a Copy of the current EDRS form (Attachment 75-8). Contact EDRS for additional copies. /" EDRS PRICES J (As of June 1,1975)~~

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~~k . NEW DESCRIPTOR AND IDENTIFIER USAGE REPORTAVAILABLE~~

ThegERIC Clearinghouse on Science,Mathematics, andInvironmental Education has recently producednew versions of the "ERIC Descriptor and Identifier Usage Reports. These list all Descriptors andIdentifiers used since the ERIC system startedthrough December 1974, along with the accession numbers (ED or EJ series)Of documents indexed by thatterm. Separate reports have been produced for ERIC Descriptors andIdentifiers, , each three-hole punched for loose-leafrnotebooks. Major and minor terms are listed for RIE and,C1JE separately,so that they can be easily dis- tinguished. RIE accessions thatare for Level 'III documents (not available in microfiche o'r hard copy from EDRS) are followed by'a # symbol. The 2,000 page ERIC Descriptor UseReport is priced at= $20.00 (order number IRC-001); the 900 . . page ERIC Identifier Usage Report is pricedat $13.00 (order number IRC-002). Both volurdes to§etherare priced at $29.00 (order number IRC-003), from:

~~ER1C/SMEAC. Ohio State lfniversity4 4010 Lincoln Tower ' Columbus, Ohio',, 43210~~

~~5. NEW CAPABILITIES BEING ADDEDTO ERIC/DIALOG~~

~~Lockheed has announced thatseveral new capabilities,are 'being added to their ERIC on-line retrievalservice. Planned _.to be available in September .1975, theSe capabilitiesinclude:~~

~~s) Keyword ("free text")search of Title, Abstract, Institution, Descriptor, Identifier', and DescriptiveNote Fields. a 1 o Inclusion of Publication Typeas a searchable field.~~

~~o Revised EDRS Prices as or June 1975,for all RIE records. *. Inclusion of correOtions resultingfrom the Vocabulary Improvement Program (see March'' 1975INTERCHANGE for details).~~

The keyword search feature willallow users to searchon individual words, even-within the Descript&or-Identifier fields. For example, a Descriptor keyword search on the wprd ADMISSION,, will produce thesame , 'results as combining (with an OR) the Descriptors: ODMISSION (SCH00 L11--' COLLEGE ADMISSION, ADMISSION CRITERIA,or EARLY ADMISSION.. This capability will alSo be available on the Exceptional Children, and AIM/ARM databases.

~~6. CLEARINGHOUSE TO ED NUMBER CROSS-REFERENCEINDEX REINSTATED-IN RIE~~

Starting with July 1575, the "Clearinghouseto ED Number Cross - Reference Index" will opce again be includedas a regular index in each'issue'of RIE. Thislists/6th Clearinghouse Accession number includeeinthat issue, and the corresponding ED number. Level III(not ayailable from EDRS)records 'are flagged witha double slash (//). This index is also included in the cumulativeindexes,.estartjng with the,1975 Semi-AnnualIndex (January-June).

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~~TABLE OF CONTENTS~~

~~CONTENTS ATTACHMENT~~

~~1. ERIC Data Base Users Conference Will De in San Francisco, October 1976~~

~~2. RIE Semiannual Indexes Available Now By Subscription~~

~~3. ERIC Facility Contract Awarded to Operations , Research, Inc.~~

~~.4. 'New Fields to be Added to ERIC Data Base on Magnetic Tape~~

~~5. Geogi-aphhc Identifiers- NeW Conventions~~

~~6. pentlfier Clean-4 Program~~

~~7. Searching 9n Organizational Names~~

~~8. Contract/Grant Number Field Coverage Expanded'~~

~~9. CIJE Master Data Set - Block Size Error Discovered~~

~~American National Standard Technical Report Number (STRN) 10. 76 -1 American National Standard Technicll° Report Number (STRN) 7 A Brief Guide~~

~~11. Audiovisuals On-Line (AVLINE)~~

~~12.,-National Center, for Educational Media (NICEM) Profile 76-2 information CentefifPrOfile: National Center for Educational Media (NICEM) - Profile~~

~~13. Abstracts of Instructional and Research Materipls in 76-3 AIM /ARM: Specialized Information for Vocational and Technical-Education (AIM/ARM) Vocational and Technical Education,~~

~~14. Guidelines to Personal Authors and Corporate Authors' 76-4A Submitting Documents for Input to Relative to the Physical Quality of Documents Produced ERIC - Some Guidelines for Authors~~

~~76-48 Guidelines for Copy Preparation for -Microfiche 15. ED -l07 527 Withdrawn'~~

Interchange is larepared,by the. staff of the ERIC Processing and ReferenceFacility, 4833 Rugby AVenue, Suite 303, Bethesda, Maryland 20014, which is operated'on contract by Operations Research,Inc., Information Systems Division, for the National Institute of Education.

Contractors undertaking such projects under . Government sponsorship are encouraged to express their judgment inprofessional and technical matters. Points ofview or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent officialNational Institute of Education position or policy.All questions, correspondence, and contributions should be directedto the Editor, Interchange, at the above address, or by telephone (301) 656-9723.

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1,,. , BF IN SAN.ftAN(ISi;0, OC1.0111 A 1976 eR lc .6ATA BASE, '114iiS CONFERENCE,,,.. WitI. ------s. .,fr .. The raisp)d6 linlo Users Conference will journey to the West Coast for the first time In1916, Plans iMil rectineWhion concluded tocombino the Lit IC Dad Base Users Conference In 1976 with the annual meeting f' the,AmerlOii Society for information ',,cience (ASISY. The ASIS meeting has been edjulted to October 5-9 n Order t void Yom Kippur. The exact dates olthe LK1C meeting have not been fIrmlyestabli7shed but ill l/pr )ba14/y be October 7-9 (on d 1-1-1 day bask). Planning for the meeting begins this iminth and Ideas

~~fof.ti c: Vfereher are not only welcome, but actively solicited.~~

~~- t 'RICO UALNDEXES: AVAdInnti: NOW BY SUBSCRIPTION~~

,/'lle*gfnning with.1975, the ERIC abstract journal Resources In Education (RIE) shifted from its previous PAA.Cof a temporary Semiannual Index for January-Juno followed by a permanent Annual Index forJanuary- or, to a neW poi Icy of Iwo permanent Semiannual Indexes(January, -June, July-December) and no Annual

Prior to' this shift, the single Semiannual Index each year was available on indiVidual orderOnly and ,price varied dependent on size. The new policy created a situation where the two Semiannual Indexes e,,essent1a1 reference tools for permanent retention and arc no longer- really optional. To better fit eT'r availability to this new status, arrangements have boon made with,the Government Printing Office (GPO) ie Remit users to subscribe' to the Semiannual Indexes at a standard yearly price. This arrangement begins -Ii'lt,itti01976; The SemiannualI ndeit for January-June 1975 is out-of-print; the Index for July-December Is ''avallabie from GPO via individual order (Stock 11017-080-01540-8) for $9.10.The new subscription prices, fort' -the SemiannOal Indexes Mime, are as follows: . CT 4 Domestic Subsription: $14.00/year Domestic Single Issue; $ 9.00 ''Foreign Subscription: $21.50/year Foreign Single Issue: $11.25

Users are 'urged to make use olthe'subscription option in order to ensure that they .recei've the --. Semiannual Indexes and avoid out.-of-print problems. t f . 1 . ..Nt! --v 3. ERIC FACILITY CONTRACT AWARDED TOOPERATIONOITESEARCH, INC,

' In late 1975, the ERIC Facility contract came to the end of a three-year cycle 'and, in accordancewith Government contracting policies, was thrown open for competitive bid.The winner of the competition was the incumbent, Operations Research, Inc. (ORO.

The Facility contract calls for effort -across theentire range of information center activities, e.g.,. acquisitions, document control, document processing,editorial review, proofreading, lexicography, computer processing, photocomposition, reference, user rvices, data base management, and dissemination, etc.

There are a number of services and products provided, someof which are new under this .ontraCt, that may be of interest to ERIC users: irregular publication containing o Continued production and distribution of Interchange, an news, technical notes, and other itemsof interest to ERIC users.

oContinuation of reference and user services, includingparticipation in workshops and professional meetings, specific document identifications, andtechnical consulting assistance relating to use of the data base.

~~oOperation of a centralized aceuisitions program(in addition to support of the decentralized Clearinghouse acquisitions programs)~~

~~o Centralized pagination of original documents (to improve accuracyof pricing information).~~

~~oManagement and coordination of annual ERIC Data Base UsersConference.~~

~~o Identifier Clean -tip Program (to eliminate"scattering").~~

~~o Continued support of Vocabulary ImprovementProgram.~~

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~~209 ry Production and maintenance cifinitgrated lists showing Clearinghouse acquisitions arrangements and professional meeting parqcipatlen.~~

~~oExpanded and improved PLITY-.9f_fRic MIsrofIcpe foileulons.~~

~~o Production of the Survey of ERIC VaLn jjel%0 !iearch 'icrykes, (1976 edition).~~

~~o Study of ERIC:and Its relation to existing hibilographIc Standards.~~

~~o Production of"Document Acceptance Guidelines" (Covering legibility. Reproducibility, etc.),~~

~~o Implementation of decentralized keying. for Optical Character-Recognition (OCR), by theClearinghouses.~~

~~NEW FIELDS TO BF ADDED JO ERIC DATA RASE ON_MAGNITICTAPF /'\.4. fwo new data fields are scheduled to be added to the ERIC 'RIE Data Base(LD Series) In 1976; LEVEL and. PAGE.~~

The LEVEL Field will contain a single character(numeric I. 2, or3), indicating the level of document hexadecimal availability, as defined below. The'LEVEL Field will be identified within the record by a Identification code 28 (decimal 40);

~~microfiche. and hardcppy LEVEL I - 'Available from EDRS In both LEVEL 2 - Available from EDRS In microfiche only LEVEL 3 - Not available from EDRS. Alternative source of availability cited In resume.~~

In order not to distrupt existing user software arrangements.LEVEL 3 documents will continue to be identified also by the presence of the symbol //In position 17 of the record, Immediately followingthe Sequence Field (hex 00) which contains the ED accession number. \ Prior lo the establishment of the LEVEL Field, thelevel of a document could be inferred from the structure of'the EDRS Price Field. It was implicit in the record but not explicit.The new Field makes the'data explicit.

The PAGE Field, hexadecimal Identification code 27(decimal 39), will contain two subfields (separated cards, by .a semicolon and a blank, '; '), giving the document pagination and the number of microfiche Level 3 documents1(not respectively. Only the pagination subfield (the first subfield) will be present for available from EDRS). Both subfields will be strictly numeric, without leading zeroes,blanks, alpha characters, or punctuation. A 4 .the_documeot pagination in as many nutlieric characters .as required. It will not contain. any commas or the symbol "p.". The PAGE Field will.be Identified within the record by a .hexadecimal identification code of 27 (decimal 39).

In order not to disrupt existing user software arrangements,pagination will continue to appear also ast e first element of the NOTE Field and will be physicallydisplayed .there in RIE printed resumes. Whil isolation of the pagination data is partly a product of the recent shift to centralized pagination att e ERIC Facility, isolation of this data En a distinctfield will facilitate its future access and manipulation.

d rrent plans call for both of these fields to be present for all RIE records starting with the July 19 6 updates. Also at that time, these fields will be inserted in all records in the Master File prior t July 1976. The addition of these fields should not cause any problems forretrieval programs, such as IC or QUERY, which will simply ignore them.

~~'5. GEOGRAPHI IDENTIFIERS - NEW CONVENTIONS~~

The January 1976 issue of RIE inaugurated a new procedure fprthe.structuring of geographic Identifiers. Originallyuggested by Dan Dietrich (ERIC/RCS) and subsequently endorsed by 'the ERICThesaurus Advisory Panel (TAP) and Central ERIC, the new procedure requires that:

"All local geopolitical identifiers (i.e., names of communities, cities, countries, etc.) must begin with the'name of a State (U.S.), Province (Canada), or country (otherthan U.S.. and Canada) with the local names added as parenthetical qualifiers".

-3- 2 11t° Lil.E.C_1'19=s1111VJA1fliLlli we lev1004 In December 19/5 to include this new procedure, the result will be caller aoess fu both geoerit. and spcolfit= geoaraphir entitles.lor egemple, all Alabama localities will appear under the state llama "Alabama", as t011ows;

~~Alabama (Jefferson County) Alabama (Mobile)~~

~~The ERIC Clearinghouses adopted the new procedure at the same time for both CIA and RII. processing so that both Journals re.main compatible with regard to.the handling of geographic Identifiers.~~

~~6. 10LNIIIIIR CILAN-OP PROGRAM~~

Everyone agrees that the list of Identifiers used in the LAIC system contains far too many variant forms of many of the Identifiers. The resultIs a tremendous scatiAring of postings and an associated degradation of scarling efficiency for searches involving identifiers.

'Central ERIC piens to remedy this situation via a comprehensive Identifier clean-up program to be conducted cooperatively by the ERIC Processing and Reference Facility and all the.ERIC Clearinghouses. The program will be conducted in two phases;

~~I. Backflle Clean-up 2. Pro- and Post-Publication Validation~~

The backfile clean-up phase will Involve taking a clo'se look at each of the 25-30,000 current Identifiers and a merging of "scattered" entries for variant forms of a given concept under e preferred form of the Identifier. this phase should be complete by November 1976.

The second phase will consist of continual monitoring to prevent further proliferation of variant Identifier forms. A publication containing "preferred" Identifiers will be issued to the Clearinghouses to help minimize unwanted variations at the point of indexing.Furthermore, the ERIC Facility will initiate editorial procedures for both pre-publication and post - publication validation of Identifiers to eliminate the variant forms that do emanate from the Indexing process.

~~7. SEARCHING ON-ORGANIZATIONAL NAMES~~

Many seariji systems provide the capability of searching on organization names In t1No ways, either using the textual form of the name, or using the unique alphanumeric "source code" representing the organization. Searchers should be aware of the ramifications bearing on search results when searching by either of these

~~two wayS. .~~

Organization names change over time as a result of a variety of causes, shifts in geographic location, changes in spelling or punctuation, reorganized administrative hierarchies, or changes in organizational. affiliations. In spite of such name variation, if an organization's identity remains intact,It is possible to retain the same source code with which to identify it. A case in point:

~~JIM'34590 Illinois Junior Coll. Board, Springfield~~

~~was changed to~~

~~JIM3459O Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield.~~

If a searcher-is interested solely in documents appearing under a speCific variant of an organization's name, then the search can and should use the texttai form of the name as a'search term. On the other hand, if the searcher. As interested in all documents relevant to an organization regardless of any variations it the name, then the searcher must use the source code (or all variants of the name searched,if they are known) to avoid missing pertinent documents. To illustrate, using the above example:

~~-4- A sear,h as or January i4/6 an:~~

0 th0 i001".0 i0.10 JIMS1040.plodUk0.1 0 hit* it the old name pondu.ed '4 pit* 0 the new 110014 1041.It 4 hilt*

~~A lear,h to lett lave all these do,,,meotr, but using only the new name In teAttial1.01)1,, 'eemlei have tatted to retrieve 14 pertinent document*.~~

to use *ource rode*, a searcher will need the LRIC,:i.n,pepifec In whl,h all 1.,1( a Oven organ! :at Ion are rererence0 to the so a ;001c0 ItCall b0 01.10(0.1 101. 1100: IttIL1001.,, Operatioot Research, Inc., 4H1) Rugby Avenue, .dlto 10.1, nothoada, Maryland

Also available I% the 1,cu.r,o_U%, Itcrilft vrhli.h tabulate* thenowhar of tine* each 01,a t ()Ad has beau utad lo the LAIC system and provid** the actualID number* pertinent to each. for 05.00.) (Available from tli1L1001%

~~;retch %yltem% that cannot search thesource coda field may v4101 to coll%Idet tuturo aAditlool4 capahllity. this~~

~~8. cONIRACT/GRANT NtiHBCR Fttltic0VtItA0 I!PANIltn~~

Beginning with the July 1,J.'476 issue of Resources In UducatIon: tit IC catalogers willbegin to c;)6ure the contract/grant numbers of agencies other than Just the National Institute of tducatIonand the Office of Education. In order to 6c1 captured, the data relative to agencies other than NIL or 01 must/l'esideon the document Itself (no research to determine the number will be undertaken). Prior to this stp', tRIC catalogers were Instructed to capture only NIE end Of contract /grant ni,mbers. the captured OAd will appear In the resumes announced In Resources IILEducation (Rif) and on the magnetic tapesIii th6 contract Number field (Hox2E, Decim10 46) and GrantNumber ileld (ifox 2E, Decimal 47). / 9. CUE MASTER DATA SET - BLOCK SINE ERROR DISCOVERED

Certain blocks of data on the CIJE Resumemaster Data Sat have been found to contain a'lilock length (as recorded In tho block descriptor word)that does not equal the sum of the iengthf of that comprise the block. the 'records (plus 4)

/ This unusual condition' is the result ofan erroneous blodk size' that was sp7cified at the time CIJE Master Data Sat tape file.swas first created. the The CIJE Master Data set was/created witha maximum block, size specification of 7004 bytes instead of the correct 7000 (*as described In the documentation), During the subsequent process at the ERIC Facility ofduplicating the CIJE dIstribut/fon files, the specified for these output files was.the block size correct 7000 bytes and this specification resulted Inthe truncation of-the last few bytes of the annotation of-the lastrecord of any affected blocks.

,_ifie_blocks containing this block size error and the subsequent record truncation-will onlybe present in those rare instances when the recordscomprising the block have a surf total length range,of 6997 and 7004 bytes. falling between the

This error should not, in most cases, present field users with difficulty in the loading, access, or manipulation of the affected record, and will only beevident when the annotation of the specific record is printed. affected

~~ro. AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARD TECHNICALREPORT NUMBER (STRN)~~

In December 1974, the American NationalStandards Institute (ANSI) approved technical report numbers. a standard f" -mat for This format is more widely known Andutilized amongst organizations engaged wfth the physical sciences than it is withorganizations engaged wl,th the social sciences, unfortunate because report numbers are' This disparity is potentially equally valuable to the bibliographicefforts and data bases of both groups. In a modest effort to circulate this information amongst the educational community, we including with this issue of Interchange are Attachment 76-1, a "Brief Guide" preparedby the central authority designated to monitor the STRN system and coordinate the future assignment of uniqueReport Codes. 11. AUDIOVISUALS ON-LINE (AVLINE) '

ERIC users may be interested in the fact that'a new.(datil base, dealingwith nonbook materials, has joined the National Library of Medicine (NLM)family of on -Hine data bases (MEDLINE, TOXLINE, etc.). The data base has been named AVLIRE (Audiovisuals On-Line) and Lsavailable in a test mode via the some -350 health science institutions that are equipped withMEDLINE terminals connected to NLM's computer system. AVLINE provides citations for medically-oriented audiovisualteaching materials such as films, videotape5, and slides. Of note is the fact that all accessions have bCen peer-reviewed.

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1,e. a ,a The retationihip tefween A1 m/A,4 am: IP IC has ,4; user ,nit ; I, there is overlap Letween the two syl.te,$ an-d partly 1,,r,a:Ise-tfoIelaticnlhip 1,a1 0,ef p;:b Ii t at a;-;.e .r It standsright nn.,rtIlt of thedoctaent tad iII tte s;e,, iat iie.1 AP-1f individual eocu-eats (Le,. ED nuters) in tItIC

~~ar,f it: telatl Atfachi-onf provides a _r. -plctc on,.t up-(0,!1(0 F.rs,r ipt;of) the.Atn/latt* ship with ERIC,~~

~~GOIDElINES Tit FIRSCNAL A11110 RS AND cOPPOqATI PfLAIW At iTt~~

Itisf reQuent y usefulto ha-is c-ater AS that ray c!r0%pc,:t a,tf%orst,r 0.;,e:it in order to provide the,, with guidelines foe the pP'ylical ,:eneratIonof a 0o,u-ent. TY-0 onie-Lise in all :',At will ptod cases isto obtain, Insofar as passible, a .docaent that will-Icrof11- satisfactorily readable hardcopy when it is blown hack (rot- the ,,icrofil"'.

Appended to this issue of interrhan,.asAttaAr.enfs 76-y*,;f,-1n,are t,. tsu.ts state.- ants, ,!!r prepared by Central ERIC and the other prepared by a staff fe :er ofIre NASA Scientifi aN! le,hoical pro,t,;:ers Infort--.ation Division.,Hopefully these attacNents will pr,)ve ,seful fotb to prinary ,t,orent reading ther and to secondary Infor-ation centers wno are in aposition of ocs=asionallif prd-iIdlr :q swat (juidanCe.

15. ED.107_$27 WITPRAwt4 f:;-107 The Federal interagency Corlmittee onEducation (FICE) has requested ERIC to withdraw This is al...earla draft ''Proposed Learning Objectives fi- EnvironrentalEducation' fror, circulation. when finalized. VICE has assured us thatit will te of a FICE paper which has not y(t beencompleted. te filled by E:=6 and the -aster re.subelitted to ERIC. In the reanti?-e, no further requests for it wi 11 r,agnetic tape record will carry the note"Withdrawn froo Circulation".

asii,ee to re3arJ itas Those who have already obtained4copy, a-tether in ricrofiche or hardcopy, are Education. a draft, and, if they wish, to sub-:it contentsin writing to the Subcos-ittee on Lnviroental Federal Interagency Comrittee on Education,400 Maryland Avenue, S. W., Washinjton, D. C. 20202.

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~~3. Librarien, inforr.atio:1 centern, ahntr4ctir;. !:r- vicen, :Ind other technical roN,rt t,e Able tCC I ,1et:- tify, locate, and ranily or1.,anire the 11Ze:atre a connintent anti4accepte3 pattern.~~

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NATIONAL INFORMATION CENTER SCOPE FOR EDUCATIONAL MEDIA (NICEM) The NICEM Center acquisitions and encodes information on the following nonbook, educational media: 16mm films; 35mm University of Southern California filnistrips; overhead transparencies; video tapes; audio tapes; phono-records; 8mm motion cartridges; and slides and slide sets. University Park Information is provided on each entry which allows the user Los'Angeles, California 90007 to make a determination relative to the instructional use of the Telephone: 213-746-6681 In addition to the.media data bases NICEM rgaintains a com- Director: M. ,Thomas Risner puterized file on over 13;000'producers and distributors con- Associate Director: 'Margaret Vander Schaaf taining names, addresses,and media produced and/or distributed. Internal Operations: Nalerie Myles Publications Coordinator: Cheryl Lawrence DATA INPUT (see figure 1) NICEM acquires its information from three sources:, (1) Library of Congress, (2) producers and/or 'distributors, and (3)' ORIGIN OF NICEM media centers and libraries. The integrity of the file is main.' Approximately fourteen years ago, the University of Southern tained through checking information from the producer/dis- California began experimenting with various data processing tributor and the Library of Congress. Likewise, the Research 'techniques to solve the problem of cataloging and indexing in- and Editorial Division of NICEM maintains extensive archival formation on educational nonprint materials, particularly 16mm files of all documents dealing with nonbook educational material films. for verification of title entries to the data base which are con- This work resulted in the funpling of a feasibility study in sidered incomplete, or containing inaccurate information. 1964 by. the US Office of Education, which involved computer Guides to the formating and arrangement of inforniation on generated cataloging services for film libraries and was known as the data base are the (1) Standards for Cataloging Nonpiint the Automated Cataloging Project. With the publishing of the Materials, published by the Association for Education Communi- final report on the project in October 1966, there existed a data cations and Technology, and the (2) Anglo-Amerkan Cataloging bank of information on educational films, computer programs, Rules, published by the American Library Association. and data processing procedures designed to produce indexes and Input Library of Congress catalogs from the data, banks and a good deal of experience in The Library of Congress entered into an agreement with the dealing with the complex problems associated with such develop- University of Southern California under which data supplied to , ment including working with the user, primarily the audio; the Library on'a "Master Input Report Form" will be used visual personnel and librarians in the educational community. jointly by the Library, for the production of library cards and by Approximately 12,000 main entries with descriptive information NICEM for,compiling the computerized data banks for nonbook existed in the data bank after theproject ended. educational materials. Since the USOE project, the University of Southern Cali- Producers and/or distributorsofnonbook educational materials fornia has provided the necessary funding for continued develop- submit their new releaies to the Library of Congress on these 0 ment and expansion of the data base. "Master Input Report Forms" which is necessary for the proper From this previous developmental work, the university estab- cataloging of their titles and the encoding of the information lished the National Information Center for Educational Media. onto the NICEM data banks and into the appropriate NICEM Since 1966, NICEM has expanded its data base from the index or updated supplement. original 12,000 main entries to the current data base of over Information on all nonbook titles, whether cataloged in the '400,000 main entries, each containing 900 to 1000 characters NICEM, indexes or on 3 x 5 Library of Congress catalog cards, of information. contain the following types of information. 14 Title with subtitle MISSION I. Size and physical description (see explanation below) NICEM in co unction' with the Library of Congress provides 3. Length asentralized facility for the collection, cataloging, and dissemi- 4. Stock or color code a. C Color nation of inforination concerning the variety and volume of b. B Black and White nonbook educational materials that exist to support the edu- c. X Both cator, and librarian in enhancing curriculum content for instruc- d. Monaural Audio tapes and records e. Stereo Audio tapes and records tional purpoes. 5. DescripAtion of the contents Mere specifically the mission May be defined as follbws: 6. Series title reference when applicable 1a To continue the building and expansion of the data base '7. Audience or grade level to provide the most current, and archival, information on 8. Producer and distributor code. (Also, some production credit codes nonbook educational materials. are given.) 9. Year of release 2. To develop and implement the most modern techniques 10. Liprary of Congress catalog card number (when available) of information, dissemination based 'on the relevances of - 11. Broadcast quality (applicable to video tapes) user needs. Seiies title entries include the following information: 3.. To provide a comprehensive centralized data base for the 1. Title purpose of providing catalogs, indexes, multimedia publi- 2. Version or edition cations, special search service, machine readable tapes, on- 3. Year of release in the U.S. 4. Description of the series content line access and statistical analysis. 5. Producer, distributor, and production credit codes 6. Grade or audience level 7. Names of individual titles in series with length for each title This pmt7le was prepared by, M. Thomas Risner 8. Library of Congress catalog number (when available)

28 INFORMATION HOTLINE January 1976 ?. Permission has been granted by/Scie-nce Associates/International, Inc. T841 Broadway, New Yak, N.Y. 10023 to repr int this article, which, appeared in INFORMATION, HOTLINE, Volume 8, No1, January 1976. '216 ----9. Individual titles within the series contain the following Information: Option 3. To provide updated data bailks for institutions a. Running time (16mm films (MP), 8mm Motion Cartridges [MCI, Video Tapes WV], Audio Tapes I followed by the media code) and retrieve information as requested. b. Number of frames (35mm Filmstrips (FS) followed by the media Option 4. To provide camera-ready copy of custom book code). catalogs to enable local institutions to provide c. Number of oeerlays (Overhead Transparencies ITRJ followed by their own printed book or microfiche copy. the media code). d. Number of sides (Records IRDI , followedby the, media code). Option 5. To provide Complete production of custom catalogs Some entries Indicate the bands on each record. on book or microfiche copy. The first option listed above would provide an institution Audience and/or Grade Levels with all information existing on the NICEM data base which is The audience level information provided is as follows: pertinent to that particular library or media center. It would K Preschool to kindergarten not only include the twenty-shi elements of per entry but could P Primary I Intermediate (4-6) alsocontainother unique institutional data such as call numbers, J Junior high school (7-9) audience level, rental prices, sales prices, etc. Under this option H High school (10-12) the data base tape layout would be provided to the local institu- C Junior college, college and university tion's data processing facility fdr further systems development; °T Teacher education (designed for training teachers) WA Adult education and general use programming, and implementation. S Special education (designed for special audiences such as physically Option 2 1Ve provides a computer program system with handicapped, mentally retarded, and gifted) implementatibn by the NICEM system development staff which R Religious (designed to project a religious message;moral, or would allow the local institution to create their own data base philosophy) PRO Professionaluse (designed for such groups as medicine, dentistry or obtain it from NICEM, file maintain it,and generate output. and law) This system would include all necessary documentation, source INDIndustrial use (designed for use in industrial training) decks, flow charts, forms, and operating instructions for the successful input and output of data in the form of book catalogs of Input Producer/Distributor Input r media holdings, inventory lists, and other documentsas specified The NICEM data banks contain over 13,000 names and ad- by the institution. dresses of all producers and/or distributors who have nonbook Option 3 provides the institution user with a data base which educational materials listed on the NICEM file. is maintained by the N ICEM Center through the direction of On an irregular basis, NICEM retrievesfrom its data banks all that institution. The user would be required to submit input information on each title by producer and/or distributor which data which would beencoded exactly as submitted. This pro- is then forwarded to the company or individual on a computer vides the institutiortiWith the flexibility of writing and editing printout. Each producer/distributor is asked to make any correc- their own annotation s or entering other unique information. tions, deletions or additions to his titles on the printout. Once NICEM would provide the user with output in the form of a this has been completed, it is returned to NICEM for updating. data bank on magnetic tape or hard copy of a formated catalog This second means of input provides NICEM the capability for the institution. The data base would belong to the institu- of cross-checking accuracy of information from other sources tion and on written request forwarded to them with the_data and likewise allowing the producers/distributors to periodically base tape layout. examine their bibliographic information contained on the data Option 4 allows the user institution to obtain camera-ready base. hardcopy using the NICEM system and information. Option 5 would provide an extension of the service in Option Input Media Centers and Libraries 4 in which NICEM would pcovide the media catalog in final In providing custom book cataloging on nonbook educational 'published form in either book or microfiche form. materials for a media center or library, it is necessary for NICEM The above options allow those institutions involved in the to identify their holdings. In order to do this, an alphabetical processes of education and instruction to providi the means, title listing is forwarded to the media center which locates its, whether by their own system or through the direct advantages , titles and enters unique information such as call number, audi- of the NICEM system, to the users of their libraries and media ence level and rental rate by the title on the line printer list. centers, information on their nonbook holdings allowing maxi- Once titles have been located on this listing by the media center, mum effective use of those materials. then input cards are completed for any titles not found on the It is suggested that institutions which have a need for such alphabetical computer printout. This additional input provided information and systems development froma data base write or by customer catalog customers often provides information on call NICEM for further details on how to proceed. titles which are locally or regionally produced. These titles are entered on the data bank as unverified entries until the proper Output Comprehensive Indexes research is completed to assure accuracy'of information. The indexes currently published from the NICEM data banks are as follows: DATA OUTPUT (see figure 1) Index to 16mm Educational Films, (3 vol), 5th edition;. Output Custom Catalogs and Systems Information Service Index to 35mm Filmstrips, (2 vol), 5th edition; Since 1966, NICEM has provided several htindred institutions Index to Educational Overhead Transparencies, (2 vol), 4th throughout the United States and Canada with customized book edition; cataloging of nonbook educational materials. This covers a span Index to Educational Audio Tapes, 3rd edition; of almost ten years in which the NICEM data banks at the Uni- Index to Edu&dional Video Tapes, 3rd edition; versity of Southern California have been providing information Index to Educational Records, 3rd edition; to the national educational community in a book catalog format. Index to 8mm Motion Cartridges, 4th edition; Beginning September 1975, the university is offering a new Index to Educational Slides, 2nd edition; and more flexible information service. The objectives of this Index to Producers and Distributors, 3rdedition; information service on nonbook educational materials are as Index to Psychology Multimedia, 2nd edition; follows. Index to Vocational and Technical Education -= Multimedia, Option 1. To provide local institutions with a data base of 2nd edition; information on their nonbook edu6tional materials. Index to Health and Safety Education Multimedia; 2nd Option 2. To offer systems development and computer pro- edition; gramming to update and retrieve information from Index to Ecology Multimedia, 2nd edition; and

~~a computer data base locally.ti, Index to Black History and Studies Multimedia, 2nd edition INFORMATION HOTLINE January 1976 29 30 f P4 Pc, RJritAdT1 0 r4 IFICrtl INTERCHANGE~~

~~\ATTACHMENTt76-3 a~~

~~AIM/ARM: SPECIALIZED. INFORMATION~~

~~FOR VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION~~

AIM/ARM is a specialized index for locating materials on vocational and technical education. The data base covers documents on all aspects and subfields of vocational and technical education and the related areas of manpower economics and development, employment, job training, and vocational guidance. Examples of materials in the system include: research reports on vocational guidance and occupational preparation, A curriculum guides for business and office occupations, bibliographies fat- distributive education; teacher guides for agricultural education, and materials from projects funded under the Vocational Education Act.

The AIM/ARMHpublication (Abstracts of Instructional and Research Materials in Vocational and Technical Education)is published bimonthly and available on a yearly subscription basis. Each issue of AIM/ARM contains 200 document abstracts, with subject and author indexes.The subject index, using terms conforming to the Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors, and additional identifiers, can be used to locate abstracts of documents about specific topics of interest. The author index provides access to abstracts by both individual and/or corporate authors. These indexes are also cumulated annually. The AIM/ARM issue's "Projects in Progress" section contains summaries of newly funded curriculum and research projects, especially useful for determining what type of research is currently underway.

AIM/ARM Computer Search Tapes contain over 16,000 abstracts collected since the, project began in 1967. These tapes a e issued bimonthly and distributed to subscribers. Access to the AIM/ARM Computer Search Tapes is also available through the Lockheed DIALOG system. Searches within the AIM/ARM file can be conducted using the same techniques developed for use with the ERIC system.

The results of a recent AIM/ARM search, conducted on-line via DIALOG, illustrates the capabilities of the sYstem. This search was developed to find curriculum guides and lesson plans for teaching .woodworking. The search used Descriptors only, although full text searching is also possible in Lockheed's AIM/ARM file. The search strategy used, a sample abstract, and a list of some of the titles retrieved follow. CONC§PT DESCRIPTORS POSTINGS (Numberof Documents indexed under Selected Descriptors)

~~Curriculum Guides Curriculum Guides 1,625 Lesdon Plans 219 , Teaching Guides 1,706~~

~~Woodworking Woodworking 72 Cabinetmaking 12 Carpenters 43,~~

~~Curriculum GuiJes Combine (Curriculum Guides OR 48 for Woodworking Lesson Plans OR Teaching Guides) AND (Woodworking OR Cabinetmaking OR Carpenters)~~

~~Limit the above Limited to (*Curriculum Guides Q 32 set to Major OR *Lesson Plans OR *Teaching Descriptors Guides) AND (*WoodworkingOR only *Cabinetmaking OR *Carpenters)~~

~~PRINT-OUT OF-THE FIRST ABSTRACT, The most recent document from the set of 32 items was displayed.on-line. Parenthetical notes do not appear on the actual printout.~~

VT 101 233APR73 (publication date), VOCATIONAL CARPENTRY CURRICULUM GUIDE. (title) VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST. AND STATE UNIV., BLACKSBURG. DEPT. OF EDUCATION. (corporate author) 300 (no. of pages) MF AVAILABLE IN VT-ERIC SET. DESCRIPTORS-BUILDING TRADES/ *TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION/ SECONDARY GRADES/ *SHOP CURRICULUM/ *CARPENTERS/*CURRICULUM GUIDES *TIME CLOCKS/ VOCATIONAL'EDUCATION

THIS MANUAL IS PRESENTED AS A BASIC GUIDE FOR USE BY VOCATIONAL CARPENTRY.INSTRUCTORSJA FORMULATING, THEIR OWN COURSES OF STUDY. DESIGNED FO CLASSES AT THE TENTH, ELEVENTH, AND-TVELFTH GRADE LEVELS, THE MATERIAL IS PLANNED AS A 2-YEAR SEQUENCE, INCORPOAATING 1080 CLASS HOURS OF INSTRUCTION. SUGGESTED UNITS OF INSTRUCTION, EMPHOTZING LIGHT AND RESIDENTIAL. TYPE CON- STRUCTION, ARE PRESENTED IN A BLOCK4IME.SCHEDULE, PROVIDING A CHART OF INFORMA- TION AND ACTIVITIES TO BE INCLUDED rti EACH UNIT AND A LISTING OF RELATED INSTRUCTIONAL A1DS. SAMPLE LESSON PLANS, REFERENCE SHEETS AND OTHER CLASSROOM MATERIALS ARE APPENDED. (KH) PRINT-OUT OF SAMPLE TITLES. An additional five titleu were dinplaYed

~~on-line.~~

2 VT 100 698 CONSTRUCTION CLUSTER GUIDE. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION/SPECIAL EDUCATION PROJECT. 3 VT 020 507 CONSTRUCTION CLUSTER VOLUME I. WOOD STRUCTURAL FRAMING. VOCATION EDUCATION PROGRAM OF STUDIES. 4 VT 017 697 CURRICULUM GUIDE FOR VOCATIONAL CABINETMAKING, GRADES ELEVENAND TWELVE. 5 VT 014 851 AN EXEMPLARY PROGRAM FOR OCCUPATIONAL PREPARATION IN SELECTEDAGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES FOR SMALL HIGH SCHOOLS IN UTAH.INTEGRATED SHOP PROGRAM III AND IV, BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. 6 VT 013 547 INDUSTRIAL WOODWORKING, AN INSTRUCTIONAL GUIDE.

All documents abstracted Of AIM/ARM are available in hardcopy and/or microfiche. Most AIM/ARM documents are made available through the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS) under a cooperative agreement with the ERIC system. Availability of the full text of documents is by one of the three options described below.

First, many AIM/ARM materials are available individually in microfiche and/or he'rd copy through the EDRS under individual ED numbers. Prior to 1974; .thesermaterials were entered in the ERIC system by the ERIC Clearinghouseon Vocatlonal,and Technical Education and jointly announced in AIM/ARM. Abstracts for such documents usually contain ElVorder, numbers for the, individual documents. Under a recent agreement, AIM/ARM documents are currently included in the ERIC system'by the ERIC Clearinghouse in Career Education. Because documents are announced by AIM/ARM prior to ERIC processing, ED numbers for the documents announced in an issue will appear in a single "VT-ED Number Cross Reference List" in a future AIM/ARM issue. This list can be removed and placed with the issue to which it refers, thus providing easyaccess to ED numbers for all AIM/ARM documents.

A.second means of obtaining documents is the AIM/ARM, VT-ERIC Microfiche Sets which are also available through the EDRS. These sets contain additional documents which have been announced in AIM/ARM but not selected for individual announcement in the ERIC system. The sets include many documents, filmed continuously; and are available only in microfiche.ED numbers for the Microfiche Sets appear in the back of the AIM/ARM issues. From January 1974 to October 1975, AIM/ARM documents were-Hade available onlyas part of the MicroficheSets. The newly developed "VT-ED Number Cross Reference List" 0 will distinguish between documents available individually and thoe available only as part of the AIM/ARM, VT-ERIC Microfiche Sets.

222 Finally, a small number of documents with copyright restrictions-ore available only frbm the original publishers or suppliers. In these cases, abstracts include the suppliers' name's and addresses and often prices and order numbers.

In summarytrAlmiARM documents can be located in any complete collection of ERIC microfiche. They are also available through the ERIC Document Reproduction Service, which accepts orders'for individual ED-numbered documents and AIM/ARM, VT-ERIC Microfiche Sets. AIM/ARM documents are also made available from many, institutions, such as research coordinating units, which have AIM/ARM, VT-ERIC Microfiche Sets and provide microfiche or hard copy duplicates of documents within the sets.

The AIM/ARM Project,continuously seeks new materials for inclusion in its information system. Selected materials will also be forwarded to the ERIC Clearinghouse In Career Education for possible joint announcement. in Resources in Education and for distribution through EDRS. If you have materials, such as curriculum guides and.research reports., you would like considered for announcement, please forward two copies to the,AIM/ARM Project. Copies should be of suitable quality for reproduction and copyrighted materials should include availability and ordering information. *

The'AIM/ARM Project is funded by the U. S. Office of Education, . Bureau of Occupational and Adult EdUcation, and is 19cated at The Center for Vocational Education. For further information aboutthe4project, subscriptions to the AIM/ARM publication, AIM/ARM Computer SearCh Tapes, or submittal of materials. to AIM/ARM, please contact:

~~AIM/ARMProject Center for Vocational Education Ohio State University 1960 Kenny Road Columbus, Ohio43210 (614) 486-3655~~

~~223 ANTERCHANGE ATTACHMENT 76-A~~

~~SUBMITTING DOCUMENTS FOR INPUT TO_ERIC -SOME GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS~~

The ERIC system is designed tocollect, index, and microfilm educational documents of use to teachers, administrators,re5earchers, and scholars. Many of the documents are not available from any sourceother than the ERIC system. The documents,come in many differentsizes, formats, and forms, from Ditto and Xerox copies to printed material. In dealing with the wide variety of documents which are submitted to the system, variousreproduction problems are met which limit the readabilityand value of a number of these documents. In some cases, documents cannot be acceptedinto the system because of these reproducibility problems.

Input to the system must be carefully monitoredif a reasonable quality of document readability is to be maintained. A few basic fundamentals, if applied, can subsitantially enhance the overall quality andusefulness of the ERIC data base. Document producers, authors, and those submitting materials to ERIC, are advised to keep in mind thefollowing prinkiples:

~~1. PAPER~~

a. Weight of paper should conform as nearly as possible to that-usually acceptable in business typewritten media. Medium weight bond or reproduction paper stock of 16 to 20 pounds is ideal, Use of onionskin and other flimsy-or transparent types of paper should be avoided.

Color of paper should preferably be white or a light tint, butshould not include the darker shades or solidcolors such as red, purple, orange, brown, blue, etc. Colored papers that reduce t e contrast between the print and the background will not microfil ell.

c., Size of paper is ideal when itis 81 x 11inches. Larger sizes and foldouts will often create the need to make overlapping, multiple images of each page, with resultant viewing difficulties for the reader,

~~2. TEXT~~

~~Text of a document should be oriented, whenever possible,parallel to the short dimension of the paper.~~

~~3. TYPE SIZE~~

To insure acceptable reproduction in both microfiche andhardcopy, minimum, type size should be 6-point type. In this size type, the height of the lower case letter "e" is approximately1.6 millimeter's. This is about the thickness of a five-cent piece. The type font of a standard typewriter, pica or elite, is well above the minimum acceptable size. Extremely narrow lines in drawings or type do not reproduce well and should be avoided.'

~~22,1 TYPF DENSITY~~

It Is Important that the densityor "blackness" of the type be ds groat as possible. Original copies rather thancarbons should be submitted. . In some cases, where .the typewriterribbon is old, even an original copy may be faint andmay not reproduce well. In this special case, a Xerox copymay improve the type density. Purple "Dittos", colored Inks, and blueprints,In general, will not reproduce satisfactorily.

~~5. .APPENDIX MATERIALS~~

Because appendix materials are frequently reproduced from othersources, care should be taken to see that these materialsare legible and meet the standards discussed above. If appendix materials are marginal, consideration should b© given to omitting the questionablematerial.

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In oi:!ition, pionne on conte:-20rary liLrofizhc (whAts!.. avoiIonle and lo !(7Ict it), thr FR IC vucobuIory, on,f thc ERIC r-ent Ropr0,Juction ServiLc (EDRS). "fte :eArch ..trotey tutor 1o1. oflo..t yeor win he re'p'eoted.

- -2 9 Enclosed with this mailing are the preliminary program and registration forms for the ASIS meeting, as well as ,registration forms for the San Francisco Hilton. (The ASIS programrlists several, additional hotels or motels within walking distance of thecdnference site.),If youjmake use of either of these forms, they should be- returned directly to ASIS or to the Wotel, as appropriate. Do not return them to the ERIC Facility.

Attachment 76-2 is a,pre-registration"form for the ERIC conference. if you,plan to attend the ERIC meeting, piease complete a separate form for each individual attending (the blank form maybe copied as needed for this purpose). The pre-registration form is'an essential element in planning for room sizes, chairs, refreshments, and conference packages, and we urge you to help by getting the form to us in time to effect the arrangements. I 2. NEW EARS, PRICES FOR MICROFICHE AND HARD COPY

Effecti've June 10, 1976, prices forERIC microfiche and hard copy provided by the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS) on both a subscription and on-demand basis received contract-authorized increases.

~~Subscription microfiche increased from 8.2 per microfiche to 8.7 per microfiche:~~

oOn-demand Microfiche increased from a base price of $0.76 to a base price of $0.83 for documents occupying 1-5 fiche. The incremental increase for each fiche beyond 5.increased from .$0.158 to $0.1674.

~~On!.demand_hard copy('paper cOpy). increased as followS.:~~

~~Old Price New Price~~

~~1- 25 pages $1.58 $1.67 26- 50 pages =1.95 2.06 51- 75 pages - 3.32 3.50 76-100 pages 4.43 4.67~~

~~A copy of the new EDRS Order Form,,,pontainjng complete price tables, is appended,as Attachment 76-3.R~~

~~EXHIBIT OF ERIC eDUCATIONAL AND PROMOTiONAL MATERIALS PLANNED~~

At the 1976'ERIC Users. Conference, we are planning an exhibit of materials developed to introduce, promote, or educate people about the use of ERIC. We are doing this so that attendees can see what has been done by different organizations, and what materials can be used in their own situation. If your organization has developed any brochures, flyers, special request forms, training packages, slide-tape shows, etc., relating to ERIC, we would like to include them in this exhibit. We'will provide space for audio-visual presentations, as well'as printed materials. Those developers that attend can meet informally with interested parties, if they wish.

So that we can prepare the appropriate exhibit space, we would like to have at least two to three copies of each printed item sent to the Facility before September 15. Unless you request otherwise, we would like to retain the material for our files and future reference: You are also invited to bring hand-out copies of your, materials with you to the conference. Any amount pis we'come, but you should keep in mind in this regard that there will be over 100 attendees.. f If for any reason you cannot send the material tous in advance, you are invited to bring,copies with you to the conference. Late - arriving material will still be placed on display.

~~ERIC MICROFICHE COLLECTION DATA~~

The Septembei- 1973 Interchange included a list of the components oT the ERIC microfiche collection; together with counts of titles, microfiche cards, and cost for each year. This list is now out-of-date in that three additional years'of microfiche have been produced since that time and also in that there have been several price changes. Since the list is of use to 'those considering purchasing the. ERIC, microfiche in order to help them plan for the correct, amount of storage capacity, it is repeated here in up-to-date form as Attachment 76-4.

~~ERIC DESCRIPTOR AND IDENTIFIER USAGE REPORT - 1975 SUPPLEMENT AVAILABLE~~

The ERIC Clearinghouse on Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education has announced the availability of two new products.The first, ERIC Descriptor and Identifier Usage Report1975 supplements the 1966- 1974 edition by showing all postings (individual ED and EJ Accession Numbers) for each Descriptor and Identifier used five or more times. Postings for RIE and CIJE are shown separately.

The second product, ERIC Descr i1ptor and Identifier - 1966-1975 Accumulated Totals, shows total usages. (1966 through 1975, R1E:and-CIJE), without Accession Numbers, of all DeScriptors' and Identifie'rs used,five or more times. Major gbd minor,usages, as well as RIE and CIJE calunts, are listed separately. These are available as:

~~o ERIC Descriptor and Identifier Usage Report - 1975 $15.00, plus postage.~~

~~o ERIC Descriptor and Identifier Usage Report - 1966-1975 Accumulated Totals $3.50, plus postage.~~

~~231 These can be obtained from:I~~

~~Information Reference Center (ERIC/SMEAC) Ohio State University 1200, Chambers Road, 3rd Floor Columbus, Ohio43212~~

~~. SECOND EDITION. OF THE SURVEY OF ERIC DATA BASE SEARCH SERVICES COMPLETED~~

The second issue of the Survey of ERIC Data Base Search Services, containing entries for 212 organizations, is enclosed as Attachment 76-5. This revision supersedes the publication of the same name dated two years earlier, July 1974, which listed 123 organizations. Additional 'copies may be obtained at no charge by writing to the User Services Coordinator at the ERIC Facility.

~~7. COMPUTER-READABLE BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA BASES---NEW DIRECTORY AND DATA SOURCEBOOK (WITH UPDATE SERVICE) TO BE PUBLISHED BY ASIS~~

An update service on data bases will be launched by ASIS with the July 1976 publication of a volume entitled Computer-Readable Bibliographic Data---A Directory and. Data Sourcebook, compiled and edited by PrOfessor Martha E. Williams and Sandra H. Rouse of the Information Retrieval Research Laboratory (CRRL) at the University of Illinois.

The initial volumelcontains 814 pages of information and data on 301 bibliographic and bibliograph1c=related data bases produced in the United States- and Europe. There are 717 pages devoted to-data base descriptions and 97 pages devoted to indexes and appendices, all housed in an 81" x 11" three-ring binder.

The publication should be of interest to data-base users, processors, producers, researchers, and students who need to be kept informed of the latest changes concerning data bases. The new directory update service is the only one of its kind:

The'iDireCtory was'produced from the file,of data bases which is maintained on -line at the IRRL. The Directory will be continuously updated with new -data bases, and changes and additions' for those data bases currently in the Directory. Subscribers to the service will receive updates at six-mot-h-intervals and all indexes will be regenerated annually.

Data bases were included in theDirectory if they fulfilled three criteria: (1)if they contained bibliographic or bibliographic-r,elated information; (2) if they are commercially or publicly available---either through the producer or through a processing center; and (3)if they were designed or used primarily for information retrieval purposes ratiler than for library processing purposes. The data base dqta pages which comprise the bulk of the volume provide anywhere from 5 to 370 elements of data about a given data base. Some of the major data eleInts'are:

~~Nape of data base Data elements in data base Producer Tape specifications Distributor Search software packages and Generator related computer configuration~~

Availability ° Centers that process data bases Size, Frequency, Scope, Search center services Subject Matter User aids associated with data Type of material covered; (e.g., bases, journal articles, reports, tic.)

The four indexes are: (1) Subject Category Index,.(2) Name/Acronym/ Synonym Index, (3) Producer Index, and (4) Processor Index.All indexes provide access pointers to the data,bases data pages whi61 are arranged alphabetically by data base acronym or short name.

This Directory was developed as a result of a need txpressed by the, ASIS Special Interest Group orr Computer-Readable Services (SIG/CRS) to update the ASIS 1973 Survey of Commercially'Available Computer-Readable Bibliographic Data Bases. The Directory is available from ASIS (1155 Sixteenth Street, N. W., Suite 210, Washington, D. C. 20036) for $54.40 (ASIS members); $61.20 (ASIS affiliates); and $68.00 (othei-s).

~~. ERIC DESCRIPTORS-USED ONLY 1p RIE OR CIJE~~

In the March 1975 Interchange wesprinted a list of 160 Descriptors used only in RIE and 19 Descriptors'used only in CIJE. The purpose of this .list was to highlight for searchers that occasionally a search with no output is attributable to the fact, that the search term(s) simply does.not appear on the file being searched. A check on this statistic a year later reveals that the number pf Descriptors used only in R1E has declined to 134 (11 additions and 3/ deletions), while the number used only in CIJE has increased slightly to 21 (4 additions and 2 deletions). The new list is not being reprinted here, but can be obtained by writing to the User Services Coordinator at the ERIC Facility. _TM DIALISi -AVAILABLE FROM LOCKHEED

Lockheed has announced the availabilityof anew product consisting of term frequency indexes on, standard microfiche for the various data bases available via the DIALOG system. Entitled DIALISTM, the new product is innovative in that it merges the terminology of groups of data bases judged to be in the same general area. Merged with ERIC under the rubric "Social Sciences" are: Psychological Abstracts, Social Science Citation Index, and Exceptional Children Abstracts.

233 The product is available in a short farm (20 Mile) that excludes terms with single postings and a longer form (45 fiche) that includes terms with single postings. The price for the long form is $150 per-- edition; the'short form is $100 per edition: a Attachment 76-6 constitutes the Lockheed advertising brochure for this product.

~~10. ANSWERS TO AUTHORS' QUESTIONS REGARDING REPRODUCTION RELEASES~~

Several questions may arise when authorand/or publishers are asked to grant reproduction release to ERIC. The ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages.an,d Linguistics has generated a standard form which answers the most common of these questions. This form is reproduced as Attachment 76-7, for the benefit of any person or group involved in the acquisition or submission of documents for the ERIC system.

~~234 I~~

~~WEDNESDAYMORNING I 00018 6, 1976~~

~~II AFTERNOON 1976~~

~~1101) DURATION ACTIVITY P(RTICIPAus NOTES . t:45 I hr. 15 mins 4. niscuwou AND TUTORIAL GROUPSISFZION 2)~~

~~(Repeat of Session 1)~~

~~1:15 30 mins. BREAK Refreshments~~

~~5. REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS~~

. 1:30 15 mins. A. ERIC Document Reproduction Service Jack Veale (EDRS) General reporton several ml (EDRS) - Current Services and interest to users, by the recent developments . graphics and document dol contractor. i:00 30 mins. B. Identifier Clean-up Program Jim Houston Printouts of several categor (ERIC Facility) identifiers will be made available.

~~:00J hr. C. User Panel - "How IUse ERIC In Moderator: Jim My Work": Davis (ERIC /SO)~~

~~Administrator Panel: To be announced. Researcher~~

~~8 Teacher~~

~~. Student~~

~~ADJOURN~~

~~7:00 . MIXER Pre-Dinner/Mixer. Cash Bar.~~

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~~_____rjausarmi_ folic L,._ DURALlatt_____ ILLIVITY Coffee, lea, Rolls ) 1 hr. REGISIRATION , ERIC Facility Staff~~

~~) I hr. 30 mins. 6. WORTS AND PRESENTATIONS~~

A. Bibliographic Data Oases Relevant Moderator: Kathy Four presentations of 15 minut to Educators Clay (SMERC) followed by 30 minute questlor answer session. o Psychological Abstracts (1) Lois Granick (Am. Psych. Assoc.) o Bibliography of Agriculture (2) Robyn Frank (Nat. Ag. Lib.) o Dissertation Abstracts (3) Helen Greonway (Univ. Microfilms) o Social Science Citation Index (4) Robert Shank (Inst: for Sci. Information)

~~Publication typo codes have be 0 20 Tins. B. Publication Type Code Study Hopkin Davies (ERIC/SP) - Status Report to ERIC records since Septembe~~

~~5 25 mins. BREAK Refreshments~~

~~Simultaneous Sessions. 0 1 hr.15 mins. 7. DISCUSSION AND TUTORIAL GROUPS (SESSION 3)~~

~~A. ERIC Indexing Vocabulary - Current Eleanor Horne (ERIC/TM) Status and Future Directions Jim Houston (ERIC . Facility) Lockheed Representative B. ERIC/DIALOG User Seminar~~

~~C. ERIC/ORBIT User Seminar SDC Search Service Staff~~

~~ASIS Conference Banquet runs 0 3 hrs. LUNCH 12:30 - 3:00 p.m.~~

~~1 hr.15 mins. 8. DISCUSSION AND TUTORIAL GROUPS (SESSION 4)~~

~~(Repeat of Session -3)~~

~~-- . -. ° Refreshments 6 30 mins. BREAK -,~~

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The bus will return f 10. FIELD TRIP (OPTIONAL) trip via the San Fran airport for the conve 'Bus leaves hotel of those catching mid flights. irimousine s from Stanford to the - Tour airport can be arrang 70.15 hr, Stir, Mateo Educetional Resources Center (SMFRC) If there is sufficlen ERIC Clearinahouie on Information Resources (ER1C/IR) a box lunch (about $3 12.00 1 hr, can be arranged at St Bus leaves for return to hotel, via airport (will be at airport by 12:30). 1:30, if lunch at $tanford)

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~~, TOTAL TOTAL* - MICROFICHE PUBLICATIOt N ACCESSION RANGE TITLES CARDS COST~~

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1966 -1967 ED-010000 - ED-012348 2,349 4,426 $ 385.06 1968 ED-012349 - ED-021151 8,803 13,326 1,159.36 1969 ED-021152=- ED- 031604.. 10,453' 15,899 1,383.21 1970 -ED-031605 - ED-042060 10,456 16,188 1,408.36 1,- 1971, t ED-042061 -QED- 054390 121330 18,893 1,643.69 1972 I ED- 054391- ED-066620 12,230 19,555 1,701.28 1973- ED-066621 - ED-080787 14-067 . 17,031 1,481.70 , 1974 ED-080788 - ED-095253 .14,466 17,800 1,918.60 1975 ED-095254 - ED-110594 15,341 19,938 1,734.61 1976 (Jan=June) ED-110595 - ED-118719 8,125 10,05 pir 874.79

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~~. 1966 ES-000001 - ES-001075 1,075 1,185 144.57 1967 ES-001076 - ES-001982 907 - 1,437 175.31 -. 1968 Es-001983- Es- 002554.° 572 919 1,12.12~~

~~2,554 3,541 432.00 MANPOWER RESEARCH~~

~~1966-1967 MP-000001 - MP-000391 - 392 653 1968 '79.67 - MP-000,505 - HP-000710 316 364 44.41 1969 MP-000711 - mp-001944 332 473 57:71~~

~~1 1,040 1,490 181.79 _ 'OE RESEARCH REPORTS~~

1956-1965 1 ED-002747 - ED-003960 11,214 3,315 404.41+ SELECTED DOCUMENTS ON ' . f. THE DISADVANTAGED . ED-00, 1001- ED-002746 1,746 2,740 $ 334.28 SELECTED DOCUMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION ED-000001 - EDr000999 992_ 1,258 $ 153.48 . %

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~~ERIC REPRODUCTIONRELEASES - ANSWERS TO AUTHORS .."iO~~

~~I TO AuTflors submitting materials for inclusion in ERIC.~~

~~SUBJEA.: AnsWers to some frequent questions regarding reproductionrelease.~~

~~Several questions may arise When 'authors and/or pUblishersare asked to .grant reproduction release to ERIC. Here are answers to the most recurrent ones.~~

~~1., QUESTION: You are asking me to sign a "reproduction releas."Does this mean that my material will be in:the public donlin?~~

ANSWER: Not necessarily. ERIC only reqUests permission to disseminate your work through its own cha'nnels: 1) microfiche in ERIC collections and 2) Oon demand" reproductionat EDRS. If you have not copyrighted your material, you are not protectd against someone who might desire to use it for his own gain. If you have copyrighted your work and sign ouro-elease, anyone who attempts to copy it outside the ERIC system . violates your copyright.

~~Z. QUESTION: How do I copyright my work before submitting it to ERIC?~~

~~ANSWER: Three steps are'required to comply with_current copyright procedure:,~~

1) Copies of the document must be reproduced by printingor other means. 'All copies must bear a copyright notice in the required form and position. There is no need to get Copyright Office permission before using the copyright notice. This notice must appear on the title page or page immedi6tely following it, andmust contain three elements which appear together. First, the word "Copyright," ' or the abbreviation "Copr.," or the symbol 0 : Second, the name of the copyright holder. Third, the year date of publication: \iThis is the year in which copies of the work were first placed,onsale, sold or publicly` istributed by the copyright holder.

The document must be "published" bearing the copyright notice. "publication" for copyright purposes Means placingon sale, selling or publicly distributing by the copyright holder. It is the act of publication With the notice that actuallysecures copyright protection.

Registry of copyright claimmay be accomplished by mailing to the Register.of Copyrights, The Library of Congress, Washingtdn,D.C. 20559, two complete copies of the workas published with the notice,' an application form, completed and notarized, and a fee,of $6.00 (Note: Ither information is available from theCopyright Office at the ab ve address. This information is, an abridgement of the Office's "Circular 60.'1)

~~s 3. QUESTION: If release is granted to ERIC; can my work then be published elsewhere.~~

~~ANSWER: Yes. ERIC does not copyright the materialin' its data base, only the author can do.this; therefore, dissemination through ERIC does not preclude publication elsewhere.~~

~~4. QUESTION: if a document already published elsewhere iS'put into ERIC,, won't people prefer ordering copies from the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS)?~~

ANSWER: No. Inclusift in. ERIC does not decrease sales potential of materials.already.published elsewhere but 'tether actsas a stimulus to sales,' irf we know where a. document has been published-We will include the sourceof.availability and the price in the entry in Resources in Education (RIE), ERIC's monthly abstract journal.We find that users will read the abstract in NIE, select the'documents thatseem most 'appropriate for their purposes and thenturn to the microfiche reproduction of those documents to get a more complete idea of whatis'includedin each and to assess their interest in them.,If they then wish to acquire hard (paper) copy of a document, patticularlya long one, they will isually turn,to the source of availability cited in RIE rather than to RS sncei copy froaLEDRS is expensive. This applies.especially to lengthy pUblications, because EDRS hardcopy priceS increase with each additional 25 pages.

~~5. QUESTION: If users won't order hard copy from EDRSanyway., why grant~~

~~. Level I release to ERIC?~~

ANSWER: Release at Level I (available in microfiche and hardcopy from EDRS)is preferable since this consititutesan insurance toward possible future unavailability of documents from the originalsource. .Release at Level II (available from EDRS in microfiche only) isa good compromise solution, assuring protectionto publishers'yet allowing ERIC to achieve its goals of serving the educational communityas an information resource center.

~~24 LOCKHEED INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SERVICE PRESENTS:~~

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For more complete retrieval, this-valuable tool helps identify the dat bases needed and enables initial offline selection of search terms and strategy. - DIALIST can help predetermine the utility of an online search, 'which files should be searched, and the anticipated number of citations, thereby saving online connect charges through advance preparation.

The merged DIALIST Index Collections are offered for data bases in the broad subjectareas shown: (1)Engineering and Technology NT /GRA; EI/COMPENDEX; INSPEC/Electrical & Electronic, and Computer & Control Abstracts; INSPEC/ISMEC Mechanical,.Engineering (2)Sciences I CAS /CAS Condensates; BA/BIOSIS Previews; ISI® /SCISEARCH®; INSPEC/Physics (3)Sciences II _CAS/CA Condensates; BA/BIOSIS Previews;'ISI/SCISEARCH; NAL/CAIN (4)Social Sciences NIE/ERIC (Full-Text); APA/Psychological Abstracts; ISI/Social SCISEARCH®; CEC/ Exceptional Children Abstracts (Full -Text) 247 In each DIALIST" Collection, the subject term frequency lists of four discipline-related DIALOG" data bases have been merged, providing a single list of terms or phrases used in any of tile four files.1 For each term, the number of postings (frequency of occurrence) is shown for each data base in that DIALIST Collection. Following the DIALOG indexing approach, each individual word from an assigned subject phrase is also entered as a posting under the single word. DIALIST collections are available in two versions:(1) a full vocabulary version, and (2) a version from which single-posted terms have been deleted. The full version contains all descriptors, identifiers, and individual full-text terms.* This version would correspond to a DIALOG EXPAND display for the merged data bases. While offering all the advantages of completeness, it contains many uniquely occurring terms (including mis-spellings). The second version is considerably smaller and less expensive, and provides a denser display of relevant terms. The microfiche are in NMA A3 standard format, with a 24x reduction ratio.Each fiche has an easily readable title, including fiche number, data base collection, and the range of terms on that fiche. The last frame on each fiche is an index, listing the first term of each frame on the fiche. *Multiple-word phrases whibh have been assigned only once in the INSPEC Physics file have been removed from both versions of the Sciences I microfiche.

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~~FEBRUARY1972~~

~~TABLE OF CONTENTS~~

~~. CONTENTS ATTACHMENTS~~

~~1. ERIC Users Conference - 1977~~

~~2. ERIC Users Conference - 1976 - Results of Evaluation Questionnaires Submitted by Attendees~~

~~3. CE and IR Clearinghouses Change Contractors~~

~~.0 4. ERIC Title IndA - Ten-Ye r Cumulation 77-1 ERIC Title Index. 1966-1976 (1966-1976) Flyer~~

~~5. Thesaurus of ERIC Descripto - New 77-2 Introduction Pages to the Hierarchical Format 1 Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors - Hierarchical Display~~

~~6. Publication Types in the ERIC Data Base~~

~~7. Sponsoring Agencies to be Included in RIE Institution Index~~

~~8. Steering Committee for ERIC Technical Operations~~

~~9. Resources in Education (RIE) - Systematic Review~~

~~10. Acquisition of ERIC Documents - An Overview 77.-3 Acquisition of Materials by .I. ERIC - An Overview~~

~~11. New ERIC Filming Practices~~

~~12. New EDRS Product - "Search Fiche"~~

~~13. Reproduction of Microfiche from Vesicular 77-4 Reproduction of Microfiche Fiche from Vesicular Masters~~

~~14. Best Copy Available Notice on Microfiche Resumes~~

~~15. Problem with Microfiche for August 1976 Issue of Resourcei in Education~~

~~. 16. Copyright Law Revision 77-5 Copyright Law Revision 0~~

Interchange is prepared by the staff of the ERIC Processingand Reference Facility, 4833 Rugby Avenue, Suite 303, Bethesda, Maryland 20014, which is operatedon contract by Operations Research, Inc. (ORO, Information Systems Division, for the National Instituteof Education (NIE). Contractors undertaking such, projects under Government sponsorship are encouraged toexpress their judgment in professional and technical matters. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore,necessarily represent official National Institute of Education position or pOlicy. All questions, correspondenEe,and contributions should be directed to the Editor, Interchange, at the above address,, or by telephone(301) 656-9723.

Interchange is published irregularly and is free of charge to interested organizations.Previous issues were dated: November 1972, February 1973, June 1973, September 1973, March 1974, July 1974, September 1974, March 1975, August 1975, April 1976, and July 1976. 1. ERIC USERS CONFERENCE - 1977

Present NIE plans call for a significant change in thecharacter of the . ERIC Users Conference in 1977., Heretofore the conference has beeneither completely autonomous or an independent. affiliate of the ASIS Annual Conference. Meetings have generally taken,place late in the calendar year, in October or November. in 1971,- however, a large multi-faceted meeting is planned in Washington, D. C., Juno20-24, that will encompass several other meetings which, like ERIC's, have heretofore functioned Independently. Among the several meetings to be combined are the National Dissemination Conference, the National Diffusion Network Meeting, the ERIC Clearinghouse Directors Meeting, the ERIC Clearinghouse Technical Meeting, and the ERIC Users Conference.

The agenda will be designed to accommodate days for specific group meetings, such as ERIC users, end days that will be open to allparticipants. Details of the conference will be provided as planning progresses.

~~2. ERIC USERS CONFERENCE - 1976 - RESULTS OF EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRES SUBMITTED BY ATTENDEES~~

The eighth annual ERIC Users Conference (formerly the ERIC Data Base Users Conference) was held In conjunction with the AmericanSociety for information Science (ASIS) Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California, October 6-8, 1976 at the San Francisco Hilton Hotel. in all, 207 ERIC users attended the 2i day conference.

As in the past, respondents were generally satisfied withthe mix of presentations, panels, tutorials, and discussion groups, which has been the format used at recent meetings. High value was placed on the opportunities the conference provided for interacting with other users, both formally and informally. Sessions which provided an arena for users in similar fields, with similar levels of expertise, and with similar needs, to meet and have problem-solving sessions were consistently praised. Enhancement and expansion of such sessions was desired.

Subjects suggested for the next conference were: (1) explanations of the, ERIC system, such as policies on acquisition, indexing, and abstracting, Clearinghouse functions and performance; funding; future plans;Identifier* clean-up; Descriptor selection; and development of information analysis products, (2) tutorials on computer searching for beginning and advanced searchers, (3) sessions on microfiche equipment, quality, and handlingof collections; and (4) user service activities, ,including on-lineservices, product development, and interchange with end psers.

On the final day of the conference, a field trip was. takenby approximately 50 users to the San Mateo Educational Resources Center(SMERC) and to the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources. Tours of the respective facilities were conducted by Frank Mattas (SMERC) and Judy Yarborough (ERIC/IR) and their staffs.

~~-2252 3. CE AND IR CLEARIIIMPUSES CRANGt CONTRACTORS~~

The ERIC Clearinghouse on Career Education(CE), formorly'lecated at Northern Illinois University, has been awarded to the Ohio State University effective September 12, 1976. The ERIC Clear nghouse on Information Resource% (IR), formerly located at Stanford University, has been awarded to Syracuse University, effective January 1,.1977. Both contracts are for five years (one year, four annual options to renew) and will be headed, respectively, by Dr. Joel Magisos (CE) and by_Dr. Donald P Ely (IR).

~~The subject areas for which CE and IR (re specifically responsible can be described as follows:~~

~~ERIC Clearinghouse on Career Education~~

Career education, formal and inforaal at all levels, encompassing attitudes, self-knowledge, decision-making skills, general and occupational' knowledge, and speci9c vocational and occupational skills, Adult and continuing (including non-work) education, formal and informal, including basic and literacy education, correspondence study, and all areas of inservice training, relating to occupational, family, leisure, citizen, organizational, and retirement roles. Vocational and technical education, including new sub-professional fields, occupational psychology, occupational sociology, manpower economics, employment, industrial arts, and vocational rehabilitation (for the handicapped, mentally r tarded, prisoners, discharged military, etc.). Local, state,' ational, and international career education policy.

~~ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources~~

Management, standards,operation'and use of libraries and information centers, the technology to improVe their operations, and the education, training, and professional activiities of libraries and information specialists; information trnsfer process, including research, application, development, and education. Educational techniques involved in microteaching,/system analysis, games and simulation, and programmed instruction; audiovisual teaching aids and technology, such as television, radio, computers, and films; technologV in society adaptable to education, including cable television, communication satellites, microforms, and public television.

~~Both Clearinghouses actively solicit documents having potential merit for inclusion in Resources in Education within their subject fields. Inquiries and materials should be addressed to:~~

ERIC Clearinghouse on Career Education ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources Ohio State University Syracuse University Center for Vocational Education / School of Education 1960 Kenny Road Area of Instructional Technology' Columbus, Ohio 43210 Syracuse, New York 13210 Telephone: (614) 486-3655 Telephone: (315) 423-3640

~~-3- 253 DE EN-YEAR ll ULA 0 1 66 V 6~~

The ERIELLLIpInAtps, a two-volute, ten-year cumulation-of the 120,351 titles which have been announced in R sources in Education since itsfirst issue In November 1966, Is now availble from the ERIC Facility for $50. Because of its rapidly increasing b uk (currently 1,350 pages) this publication will probably not be cunlated again. Futurweditions will likely be either available on microiche or printed as annual supplements. Pricing and ordering information ar detailed in Attachment 77-1. Thds decennial edition has been printedIn a larger-quantify than normalIn hopes that enough copies will be avallabe for the expected demand.

~~. THESAURUS OF ERIC DESCRIPTORS - NEW HIERARCHICAL FORMAT~~

The ERIC Thesaurus is produced In three basic displays: alphabetic, rotated, and hierarchical. The latest version of the hierarchical display represents a totally new approach for ERIC In the displayof a given term's generic and specific relationships to other terms.

In the past, hierarchical displays of the ER14C Thesauruspresented generic trees solely for the terms at the top of each generic tree,1.6., the "broadest terms".The new display provides an alphabetic entry for every term in the Thesaurus, with each entry showingboth narrower and broader relationships carried as far as they extend.

itis hoped that this new and more complete display will provide indexers and searchers with easy and comprehensive access toall broader- narrower relationships the ERIC Thesaurushas to offer and will encourav greater use of this information. The display should be a valuable tool for indexers in their attempts to index documents to the mostapproprigte level of specificity and to searchers In their attempts at developing comprehensive search strategies.

Currently available only to the ERIC Clearinghouses in theform of a "Working Copy", it is planned to include the new Hierarchicaldisplay in the seventh edition of the Thesaurus, to be published byMacmillan information in mid-1977.

~~Attachment 77-2 constitutes the introduction to the newdisplay and provides a full description of the format employed.~~

~~. PUBLICATION TYPES IN THE ERIC DATA BASE~~

Beginning in late 1974, every accessionentering the ERIC data base has been coded as to its' "publication type". Nineteen (19) hopefully unambiguous "types" were identified that facilitatedobje tive and consistent decisions on the part of the analystsclassify ng-the documents. The objective of this coding was to permit searchers to" artition" the ERIC file and to more specifically narrowsearch output t the kinds of documents desired. Publication Type is now a searching d to element on all the major commercial on-line retrieval systems,but i still relatively unpublicized and unused compared to other data elements.

~~-4-~~

~~r"."1 Thos data have boon analytod two limos dale 1914. Two 'significant facts emerge tro4thoso analysos:~~

~~Allthe. "typos" aro used and in significant ab,:olut numbors to gonuinoly partition the far;~~

The re I remarkable stability In tho-porcont of the total ae:cesslons that'aro assigned to each caty9orY. I Ithor 11"' total universe, of documonts on which ERIC draws is very stable in its makeup or ERIC selection practices aro oxtromely stable.

The table that follows lists the various types, the total sect ,ions, 'assigned to eaCh type, and th percent of the total filo occupied by racy typo from September 1974 through February 1977. This percent isthen compared with the same calculation done back In 1975. As can be seen, there arc few,if any, significant variations In the two sequences.

~~4 PERCENT PERCENT OF FILE OF FILE PERCENT CODE PUBLICATION TYPE ACCESSIONS (FEB.177X(1975) CHANGE~~

R RESEARCH REPORTS 12,810 33.35 31.8 + 1.55 S SPEECHES, CONFERENCE PAPERS 6,933 17.51 18.7 1.19 G GUIDES 4,833 12.20 11.3 + .90 B MONOGRAPHS 3,338 ".hi 8.8 .37 K PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS 2,219 ,A 4.1 + 1.50 L BIBLIOGRAPHIES 1,956 If.c,4 4.6 + .34 C CURRICULUM MATERIALS 1,744 4.40 5.3 .90 T DISSERTATIONS, THESES 1,457 3.68 3.5 + .18 J SERIAL PUBLICATIONS 1,033 2.61 3.1 - .49 N STATISTICAL DATA 707 1.79 2.2 .41 P PROCEEDINGS 1.61 637 1.6 + .01 H LEGISLATION 439 1.11 .9 + .21 0 OTHER 424 1.07 .6 + .47 Y ANNUAL REPORTS 425 1.07 1.2 .13 Q TESTS, QUESTIONNAIRES, 291 .73 1.2 .47 D DIRECTORIES 289 .73 .9 .17 V VOCABULARIES 39 .10 .1 - -- A AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA 26 .07 .1 .03 M MAPS 4 .01 0 + .01

~~TOTALS 39,604 100.0o% X100.00% tic.., Pi! ! t1,4r ! !MT IN lilt _IN% !A !!..1 ! !it) t~~

beginning with the issue of Itosin,stesin Libnotion (R11) for July Pill, the institution index will Incorporate entries torwonsoring Ageni les as well as the performing or publishing organisations. It is anticipated that this will increases tho site of this Index by no morethan 10-;,.. ihe objective of this improvement is to permit users tomanually aCCatz. din:went% In ways not heretofore possible, 0.q.,Identify all the documents -ofa given sponsor. This system hvrovement was approved by 8T5.of the users responding to a questionnaire that appeared In InterchaogeIn lebruary 19/3.

~~N. f.T11RING commtIfft- FOR FR1( TE(NICAl OPfRATION;~~

Central URIC has authorized the formation of aSteering COvOitiro tor LIIIC Technical Operations. Its responsibility will be to consider any and all areas forpossIble hnprovements in thetechnical aspects of 1RIC operations, such as: (1) training Asterials,(2) provision for liaison experience between different positkrs, e.g.,searcher/abstractor, (3) review of abstracting and indexing formats andmethodologies, (4) c'reation of new ERIC tools or modifjcationsof existingtools. (5) initiation of agendas and formats for ERIC technical meetings.

~~Members of this Steering Calinittce will becomposed of the following ERIC Clearinghouse and ERIC Facility personnel:~~

~~Kathleen McLane, Chairperson (Languages and Linguistics) John Waters (Teacher Education) Jean Barabas (Urban Education) Barbara Booth (Junior Colleges) Jock 'Embry (ERIC Facility~~

~~The first meeting of the Steering Cocrdtteewasvheld in Washington, D. C.--,January 16 and 27.~~

~~9. RESOURCES IN EDUCATION (RIE) -SYSTEMATICREVIEW~~

It has been a long time since RIE wasexamined from the point of view of "sprucing" it up. Central ERIC has recently authorized a systematic examination of RIE,its cover, art work, front matter,advertising, notices, layout, etc. The objective is to assemble in one studyall the available ideas about how RIE, as a physical object and anarrangement of data, can be improved. The-report will encompass both graphic arts andtextual content matters, i.e.,it will encanpass "substantive" changes aswell as/' "cosmetic" changes.

Examples of some of the RIE characteristicsthat will be covered are the following: JoUt1161 ,fCat. v,onth, volnu,o,no;' !:ct winted on cath patic to that a t;ef.ad itatjc of kittattict it% to, piete IdentIfIcatinn thlt It het'oe,,inq torcAnt waktitc a,,on..) the v.ne a,lvooked

~~Ilunotwi hca0t on the InOes, vajet,~~

~~111 i)1,1+ i 1)9 t II tttjt At Mitre,~~

~~na,-c on %pine.~~

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~~'.turtle} inde4 to hn.lude clot:-tefetemet unnted tO otecl~~

~~orttirr to i,,paLt tut thtl January 19;8 I,.ticof it It , the study is~~

~~ILhettu Ird to 't al..( ', 111.1k (worn Apt i I And Atnitt!ttor' 1911.~~

air Invited and ured to their ideas And ,pitl....tiont, for h ptovinl Rit. tvrty su,ltJt st ion trLrIved will hr divert proper LonlIdntation. If you have Any feedbat,, whather,nrqritivr, or po:Itivr. to ql+,c, os on R11 now 11 thr tier to have your :ay, MrIp u> r61.o renvon...1vr to 'yournrrdl.

~~10. ACQUISITION OF tAIC POCWNTS - AN OtIERVIUW~~

The ERIC data base currently contains a total of 268,652 citations, (consisting of 122,923 items in the R1L file through the February 1977 issue and 145,729 journal articles through the February issue of CIA). RIL is currently growing ata rate of about 1,400 ites a ronth and CIJE at a rate of 1,600 articles a month.

Acquisition is the critical first step In'building the ERIC data beise. An overview of acquisitions procedures, i.e., who acquires the doctrents, by what rethod5, and by what standards is presented as Attachrent 77-3.

~~If you should wish to submit docunents to ERIC or if you require additional informa.tion on how to do so, please contact:~~

~~LibrarFan ERIC Processing ,and Reference Facility 4833 Rugby Avenue, Suite 303 Bethesda, Maryland 200l4 Telephone: (300656-9723~~

~~11. NEW ERIC FILMING PRACTICES~~

The ERIC system indexes and abstracts over 16,000 educational documents a year. Many of these are "fugitive" docunents which would not otherwise become available to the educational community. A small percentage of these documents have non- standard formats which create problems in the filming and use of microfiche. Two formats that presentdiffrctIties are the following: (1) 8i" x 146 so-called legal-size documents, andq.(2)documents of any size in which the text is written pardllel to the long dimension. Both formats have,in the past, required "overlap filming" in which two separatemicrofiche frames containing overlapping images pf the same(page are prepared in'the filming prodess, n 4 .However, two new techniques,are now beingemployed at EDRS in the prekdration of ERIC microfiche that are expected to largely avoidtheneed for overlapping frames.

Starting with the September 1'976 issue of Besources in Education(RIE), EDRS began filming 8i" x 14" documents at a slightly increasedreduction' ratio (approximately 29X) in order to capture the image on asingle microfiche frame. It. should be noted that this iscdone only when theentire document is of these dimensions, it is not done for isolated oversize pages, whi"ch will still be filmed as'two frames if they will notfit on one frame.

Starting withtthe April 1977 4sue of RIE, EDRS will begin filmingin a "right-reading" position on themicrofiche all pagesthat Thy-have been oriented in a "wrong-reading" position in the originaldocument itself. Such pages usually have the text writtenparallel to the long dimensi9n and are essentially 11" x 8" pages, On ERIC microfiche, such pages will pow occupy a combination of one full frame,the border normally between frame's, and part of a second frame. It ikworth emphasizing that thispractice will be'folIowed on isolated pages as well as entiredocuments. In a survey of users,, it was widely felt that having ERICmicroficheArames uni,forTly in a eightreading position for Vrewing would be asignificant benefit.

~~12. NEW EDRS PRODUCT - "SEARCH FICHE"~~

4 The ERIC Document Reproduction Ssrvice (EARS)hasannounced availability of a new product -49seriesof microfiche that conga ur cum4lativeIhdexes to the complete ERIC data base,1966-1976. ThejoUr. ,1raex4pare arranged alehanumericajly,by, respectively, Title,ED.Ntimber, h'al Author, ClearInghouse-ACtession Number. Each individual entry n ean.eccess point,providesthe following data Title; ED. NuMber PersdAal Author, Clearinghouse 'AccessionNumberAvailabiliiy LeVehi.e.,

~~IxII, or I I I).~~

~~comprises'7 iche subdIyided . The.. set of "Search Fiche ,~~

follows: ,.. - #19 f i she/ Index- I itle Sequence .. 0fi'che II .-'ED Number soquence , Ande , Vndek III -!., ersona). Author. Sequence -)4". !4c. e -,,°$'. fiche:// index TV - Cleartnghouse AccessiOn'Number Sequence ,.-- : .

. . TOTAL 5 f!ohe EbRSIflans td update this product each quarter. The initial cost for the complete set is $20; each quarterly update will be $15. A flyer ,J1escribing this product with be transmitted to all microfiche subscribers during February. For further information contact.EDRS, Customer Service Department, P. O. Box 190, Arlington, Virginia 22210, Telephone 'Number: 1141-1212.

~~13..' )REPRODUCTION OF MICROFICHE. FROM VEs'ICULAR MASTERS_~~

Since 1974, when ERIC switched from silver to vesicular film 'for the production of microfiche, a number of users have reported difficultj, in obtaining satiSfactory fiche-to-fiche reproduction. Although some users have had few problems, or have since resolved those problems, other users still experience difficulties.

The Principal reason^ for. the change offilm was the predicted increase in the price of silver, which has'since.0ccurred. -tt is important to note that, despite the,change to vesicular film, ERIC microfiche op silver film are still available from the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS) on special order. The cost, however, is about twice that of vesicular micro- f1che. Presently, approximately 95% of the ER)Csubscribers subscribe to vesicular microfiche.

~~Attachment 77-4 it an attempt to share the experiences of users who have found ways to improve the quality of the microfiche produced frOm vesicular masters. \~~

~~1 . BE* COPY AVAILABLE NOTICE ON MICROFICHE RESUMES~~

At various times, Interchange has included advice to authors and institutions concerning.the graphic standards that should be followed if documents submitted to ERIC areito film and reproduce properhy. (See Interchange for April 1976,Iteal 14.). r Although every effort is, made to acquire documents that are of good quality faras'both content and graphics isconcerned,/the combination is not alwayspolsible. In many cases, valuable.documents obtained are nOtof optimOm print quality. Rather than lose thesedocuments,to the base,ERfC,piefers.tocinclude them, but 'to take steps to alert the user

~~000n.,For example, documents may be made available in it~~

~~r hls,,restruction is often an indication that the hardcopy rom,this,.00cument is no considered adequate enough to~~

, f ,-A°a lag g (aill)9,png in the RIEannouncements) may incorporate D ous ptive,remaTksthatelaborate on reproducibility probfems . .f,ed bj, t 0 ument. As.'a further step in alerting the end user to , e reality 'Best Aiiallable, ERIC has begun to print a standard i 61:11 , Isclaimer on the:bottco,ofithe.resumes that are filmed as first frame of, every microfiche. The di.sclaimer is repeated on the following page as a potentially useful statement for ERIC Clearinghousesand other

~~intermediaries in dealirig with users. :ti" - , , . .~~

Ay Documents acquired by ERIC include many informal unpublished materials not available from othersources. ERIC makes every effort to obtilin the best copy available. Nevertheless; items of marginal reproducibility are often encountered and this affedts the quality of the microfiche and hardcopy reproductions ERIC makes available via the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS). EDRS is not responiible for khe quality of the original document. Reproductions supplied by EDRS Ire the best that .can be made from the original.

~~N 15. PROBLEM WITH' CROFICHE FOR AUGUST 1976 ISSUE OF RESOURCES1N EDUCATION~~

During the production of vesicular microfiche for August, 1976 (ED 120 337 to ED 121 931), an undetected equipment malfunction caused some of the fiche to have text that is blurred. ,EDRScalled this problem to the attention of all subscribers, many of whom have takeh action to replace defective microfiche.. Here is a repeat of the necessary action for any who have not yet made a check of their collection:

"To detect the defect, it is necessary to put.the microfiche in a reader.. We suggest you look at every tenth e fiche in the August issue and check several frames in the top and bottom'rows for blurring. Should the defect be detected In 40 of these fiche, return the' entire August shipment to ,us and we will replace the entire1,945 fiche. ..Should there be fewer than 40 such fiche defective, then we ask that,you check individual fiche' in the areas affected, identify the 4 defective ones by ED number in a letter to us, and.we will replace them individually.

~~"We have taken steps to see, that this cannot happen again.~~

~~Meanwhile, wa'regret the effort this problem has caused you, . and. will work with yoti to correct it."~~

~~Any questions concerning this problem should be directed to EDRS at the address belOW:~~

~~ERIC Document Reproduction Service 4 Custoffier Service Department P. O. Box 190 Arlington-, Virginia 22210 Telephone: (703) 841-1212~~

~~t 16.COPYRIGHT LAW REVISION~~

The Copyright Act of October 19, 1976 will become effective January 1,, 1978. The new and comprehensive law is the first revised law since 1924 and the new rulings have far reaching implications for the entire educational community. Reprinted with permission from the Library of Congress Information Bulletin,as Attachment 77-5 to this newsletter, is an article entitled "Copyright Law Revision ". This article presents succinctly how the new rulings will affect 'such areas as: copyright protection, copyright duration, copyright ownership and renewal, compulsory (licensing, library photocopying, "fair use" of reproduced copyrighted materialsas it applies to classroom and nonprofit,educational use, and\photocopying guidelines. The activities of the-National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works (CONTU) are summarized.

~~261 1INTERCHANGE ATTACHMENT 77-1~~

~~SPECIAL NOTICE~~

~~ERIC TITLE INDEX, 1966 1976~~

The FR IC Title Index for the period through 1976 is a decennial Cumulation in two volumes, A J and K Z.It contains a total of 120,351 titles announced in Resources in Education (ME) since its first issue in November 1966.

Due to the size of this reference work (1,350 pages), it may not be possible to continue to cumulate it in printed form. It is likely that future editions of the ERIC Title Index will be either in the form of microfiche or of annual supplements to this decennial cumulation.

For this reason, we have printed the 1966 1976 cumulation in more than the usual number of copies, recog nizing that it may be the last of its kind.Even so, the stock is limited and we suggest that if you require this reference work yov order it early in order to ensure receipt. We further suggest that some form of care orpreserv- ation, such as ins'e'rtion in a binder, be practiced. The present cumulation may have to last a long time. Ab Pric4 'lid ordering information appear below.

DELIVERY AND PAYMENT All orders for ER ICT4e0 LS must be accompanied by payment in full.(This requirement will be waived for government (Federal, State, or Local) organizations, current ER ICTAPES subscribers, and in certain other special cases). Publications will be shipped via commercial carrier or USPS Priority Mail in the United States, and by Postal Union (surface) mail to other countries.Delivery to other countries by Air Mail is available_at the increased price indicated. ALL SALES ARE FINAL. Subscriptions are nonc'ancellable, except for non-delivery, except that multi-year subscriptions are cancellable after the first year on 60 days notice.

SCHEDULE ERICTOOLS publications are synchronized with the publication of RIE.All updates correspond to the last RIE issue in a calendar quarter (i.e., March, June, September, and December).To insure current delivery (and continuity in subscriptions), orders must be received by OR I prior to the cut-off for the calendar quarter, which is generally the 15th of the preceding month (i.e., February 15, May 15, August 15, or November 15).

~~PRICE LIST~~

ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS StandardS Foreign Air a No. of Stoc Stock Description Issues Nurfk r ."ice- Number Price Title Index, Cumulative (through 1976), plus supplements 4 PRTNASCK$ 75PRTNAFCK $ 90 Title Index, Supplements (1977 only) 3. PRTNAS KW 30PR TNAF KW 36° SINGLE COPY ORDERS _ Description Title Index, Cumulative (through 1976) PRTNASSC $ 50PR TNAFSC $ 60 Title Index, First Quarter 1977 Supplement (when available) PRTNISS1 10PkTrNAFS1 Title Index, Second Quarter 1977 Supplement (when available) PRTNAS$2 15PR NAFS2 17 Title Index, Third Quarter 1977 Supplement (when available) PRTNASS3 20PRTNAFS3 22

~~262 ANTIERCHANGEO ATTACHMENT 77-2 THESAURUS OF ER LC DESCRIPTORS - HIERARCHICAL DISPLAY~~

~~INTRODUCTION~~

A Descriptor in the ERIC Thesaurus may have broader (or more generic) terns "above" it and narrower (or more specific) terms "below" it. Each of the broader or narrower terms may, in turn, have its own relationships.Descriptors related in this broader-narrower, generic-specific way are said to be related by the taxonomic concept of "class membership". As shown in the example below,- AMERICAN HISTORY is part of the larger class of HISTORY in general; MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY is part of the larger class AMERICAN HISTORY.

A hierarchical display of the thesaurus terms provides a so-called generic tree depicting entire families of Descriptors related by class memberships. `The particular type of display selected by ERIC provides complete, two-way visibility of the broader-narrower relationship of all main (indexable) terms in the ERIC Thesaurus. Each generic tree is carried to its farthest extreme in both directions. Letter-by-letter alphabetization has been used for filing.

Two sample generic trees are shown below, one for the term AMERICAN HISTORY and one for the term LIBRARY TECHNICAL PROCESSES. Broader Terms (i.e. BT's) to the sample term are identified by colons. Multiple colons indicate successively higher levels of BT's. For example, HISTORY is broader than AMERICAN HISTORY; SOCIAL SCIENCES is broader than HISTORY, etc.Narrower Terms (i.e. NT's) to the sample term are identified by periods. Multiple periods indicate successively lower levels of NT's. For example, ABSTRACTING, CATALOGING, and LIBRARY ACQUISITION are all narrower at the same level to LIBRARY TECHNICAL PROCESSES; INDEXING is narrower to CATALOGING and AUTOMATIC INDEXING is narrower yet to INDEXING.

~~, ::::LIBERAL ARTS BT :::SCIENCES ::SOCIAL SCIENCES FILE POINT :HISTORY PO AMERICAN HISTORY .MEXICAN AMERICAN HISTORY I .UNITED STATES HISTORY NT . ..COLONIAL HISTORY (UNITED STATES)~~

~~:::TECHNOLOGY ::INFORMATION SCIENCE :LIBRARY SCIENCE BT :::TECHNOLOGY ::INFORMATION SCIENCE FILE POINT :INFORMATION PROCESSING LIBRARY TECHNICAL PROCESSES el.~~

~~.ABSTRACTING~~

~~.BIBLIOGRAPHIC COUPLING .CATALOGING NT ..INDEXING - ...AUTOMATIC INDEXING~~

~~, .LIBRARY ACQUISITION ..LIBRARY MATERIAL SELECTION~~

~~4 A Attachment 77-2~~

In the past, hierarchical displays of the ERICThesaurus presented generic trees solely for the terms at the top of each generic tree, i.e the "broadest terms". This new two-way display provideS an alphabetic entry for every term in the ERIC Thesaurus. Itis hoped that this new and more complete display will provide indexers and searchers with' easy and comprehensive access to all broader-narrowerrelationships the ERIC Thesaurus has to offer and will encourage greater use of this information. The display should be a valuable tool for indexers in their attempts to index documents to the most appropriate level of specificity, and to searchers in their attempts atdeveloping comprehensive search strategies. ANTEICHANGE Attachment 77-3 ACQUISITION OF MATERIALS BY ERIC - AN OVERVIEW Murray L. Howder - ERIC Facility Acquisitions Librarian

In the ERIC system, all components playa role in the acquisition of documents. Central ERIC (the Government funding officein the National Institute of Education (NIE)), has bas responsibility for the reports prepared under contract or grant to NIE. Tlirtontractor that produces Current Indexto Journals in Education (CIJE) has responsibility for allnew "core" and education-related journals published, for articles from peripheralliterature which relates to education, and for ensuring comprehensivecoverage of existing journals. The 16 decentralized ERIC Clearinghousesare responsible for establishing document acquisitions programs covering their respectivesubject areas comprehensively. The centralized data base manager, the ERIC Facility,has responsibility for the Federal area outside of NIE, for certaininter- governmental arrangements, and for general coordination to avoid duplicationof effort.

The most productive means of acquiringdocuments is to be placed on an organization's mailing list to get its publicationsas Issued. The ERIC Facility has such automatic arrangements With 116organizations; the Clearinghouses have arrangements with 511 organizations. This means that ERIC receives documents from these sources in a comprehensive and timelyfashion. Consequently, searchers may expect to find these organizations well represented inthe file. Exchanges of ERIC materials for the publicationsof international organizations and professional associations representa necessary variation of automatic distribution.

Unsolicited contributions, whichare increasing, are welcome. They are routed to the appropriate Clearinghouse forevaluation and are frequently found to be valuable additions. Follow-ups with contributorscan sometimes result in . continuing arrangements. ERIC staff continually solicit documents andpapers presented at professional meetings, conferences,and workshops.

Specific titles of documents relevantto the field of education come to the attention of acquisitions personnel bya variety of channels: cl) requests from clients, the public, or other staff members; (2)news releases, newsletters, and other rapid announcement sources; (3) conferenceannouncements and programs; (4) conventional media regularly reador scanned, e.g., reviews, professional and association journals, newspapers/radio/TV; (5)library acquisitions tools, e.g., Publishers Weekly, other abstract journals (e.g.,Government Reports Announcements), acquisition lists of certain libraries and informationcenters, and bibliographies in received documents.

While most documents can be acquired forERIC free of charge, or on exchange, or as review copies, some few must be purchased. Prime examples of valid documents that must be purchased are those available only fromGPO or NTIS. Others are available from a wide variety of commercialor non-profit publishers (or authors) who have either copyrighted the document inquestion or otherwise restricted its reproduction in order to be able to sellit to defray publishing expenses.

After documents have been acquiredas candidates for RIE, they are subjected to rigorous selection criteria. These criteria were drawn up to evaluate "fugitive literature", which is definedas material printed in limited quantities, ?usually not formally published. The bulk of the ERIC file consists of thistype of Attachment '/7-3

specification.; with material. Such material is often not prepared to publishing regard to bibliographic data, reproducibility,format, etc., which is taken into accountin selection and is reflected in the ERIC copiesprepared from diver ;0 and uneven materials.

Dotumenes announced in RIE must be availableeither through EURS or through an outside source whose nameand address can be cited in the AvailabilityField. ERIC does not announce documents that users cannotobtain in some way. Therefore, if a document cannot be reproduced or a sourceof availability cannot be cited, it will not be:selected for RIE.

The degree to which a document Is readily availablefrom sources other than ERIC can also affect the selection decision. ERIC recognizes a certain responsibility for the bibliographic control of fugitivematerials In the field of education. Documents which are commonly and easilyavailable on a nationwide basis are generally evaluated.by selectors verystrictly. Itis unlikely that the use of such documents by theeducational community depends on ERIC. Unpublished papers and those having only local orspecialized distribution are, on the other hand, evaluated more leniently. ERIC may be the only data'base thathaS acquired the document and the only one In a position to preservethe document for future users.

Provided a document can be reproduced, orotherwise meets the availability requirement, it Is then Judged on-its merit. All documents accepted into the ERIC system must have relevance to the fieldof education.

Each document is assigned to the Clearinghousewhich handles the main topic being treated. The ERIC Clearinghouse Scope of Interest GuideIn theEEL Processing Manualis used to determine which is the appropriateClearinghouse. This makes it possible for at least one subject-matterspecialist to,be involved in the selection process for each document.

To aid in select,ing documents, categories of "mostsuitable", "acceptable", and "unsuitable" types have been defined.. The mostsuitable documents include research reportg, evaluation studies, surveys,statistical reports, descriptions of prOgrams and practices, state -ofhe -art papers,bibliographies, conference papers, speeches, hearings,position'papers, teacher guides, and curriculum guides. Examples of types of materials which areacceptable only when they have wide applicability or are exemplary products arestandards and regulations, annual reports, personnel policies, survey instruments,commercial books, manuals, current directories, and newsletters. Ph.D dissertations are normally candidates for RIE only when they are not in DissertationAbstracts. Types of documents which are unsuitable for RIE are Journal articles(In CIJE), non-print aterials, fiscal reports, catalogs, proposals, advertising,broadsides, flyers, ephemera.

Documents which are found to be appropriate for RIEby subject, availability, and type are judged by the single most importantselection criterion, quality of content. Documents selected for RIE should be of highquality, substance, and significance. Quality is a composite factor made up of thefollowing characteristics: contribution to knowledge, relevance,effectiveness and thoroughness of presentation, relation to currentprioriti=es, timeliness, authoritativeness, and comprehensiveness.All of,theseifOttors are further defined in Section 3 of the ERIC Processing Manual(seeVeq092 164). "o's* a eat i,

~~2 6 3 1INTERCHANGE ATTACHMENT 77-it~~

~~REPRODUCTION OF MICROFICHE FROM VESICULAR MASTERS~~

~~1. EQUIPMENT~~

Some fiche-to-fiche duplicating equipment is, for various reasons, capable.of producing better microfiche from vesicular masters than other equipment. Generally, users have encountered more difficulty with the less-expensive models. .If you are considering the purchase of new equipment, and plan to produce microfiche from vesicular masters, it Us important that you be satisfied with a demonstration of, the equipment's capability. We recommend using ERIC microfiche for a test demonstration because these fiche have been photographed from "fugItive" documents-, which are sometimes of less than'optimum legibility. If problems in reproduction are going to occur, itis more likely that they will show up using these fiche.rather than the more Ideal "test masters" which equipment salesmen provide.

~~2. FILM TYPE~~

There are two types of film available to most users for making duplicate microfiche: diazo and vesicular film. Reproduction onto diazo film will result in a microfiche that is identical to the master. In the case of ERIC, these are negative fiche which have clear letters on an opaque background.When duplicates are made on vesicular film, ERIC fiche reprbductions will be positive, with a clear background and dark letters on the screen, thereby producing a brighter image with somewhat more glare. Due primarily to less glare when reading negative fiche, duplication on diazo film is preferred by most users.

Both reproduction processes require two steps: exposure and development. If the units for exposure and development are separate, exposure of either diazo or vesicular film may be accomplished,with the same unit. Diazo development requires a unit using ammonia, whereas vesicular requires a simpler unit with only a heating element.

~~Diazo film comes in several different values of background density, referred to as "D-max". A high D-max, around 2.0 is recommended.~~

~~3. FILM CLEANLINESS~~

A film master generally has a static charge which causes it to attract and hold particles of dust and dirt.These may cause spots or flaws, on,the reproduction. It is Important, therefore, that both the film master and film stock be clean. Dirty fiche may be cleaned by wiping them with a film cleaner or using an anti-static brush. Both the cleaner and brush are available in photographic stores. Although spots, diva to dust particles and other causes, may be reduced by cleaning Attachment 11-4

~~the film, some equipment Is more prone than others to spot Formation. Decreasing the pressure on the platen or rollers pressinq the film master and film stock together may improve the situation.~~

~~I. EXPOSURE~~

Obtaining the corre..*t_expoSureis another critical sap in the duplication of microrrale. When vesicular masters ate used, the exposure setting should be signifiCantly less than that when duplicating from a silver master. Also, with vesicular masters, there is less latitude in the exposure setting which will produce satisfactory results. It may be necessary to run several trials in,order to establish the correct exposure range for vesicular mastersorryour equipment. in some cases, the exposure. has been found to be beyond the operator's ability to adjust; in this case, a service representative should make internal, adjustments which will permit a correct exposure setting to be' made.

After the film is exposed, with some equipment a separate development step is required. Diazo film should be developed according to instructions to insure that the process is complete. Overdevelopment is not possible. However, development of vesicular film is a heating process which requires determination of an optimum setting. Vesicular film should bo developed immediately after ex osure. if "spotting" occurs, a higher temperature setting or repeating the development step may help. Experimentation is recommended. in man cases, a service representative has been able to help the user determine the best settings tq be used.

~~5. EMULSION TO EMULSION CONTACT~~

~~In order to produce a clear sharp image,itis necessary to place the emulsion surface of the duplicate directly against the emulsion surface of the master, following the instructions contained with the~~

-4 film. Ordinarily, the ERiC microfiche serving as a master will need to be turned over so that the emulsion surface on the rear of the microfiche is faciAg the duplicate film. However,if the master should itself be a duplicate, the image surface will be on the front of the fiche. The emulsion surface can be determined by holding the master so that it reflects light. The side which is slightly dullin the image area is the surface against which the duplicate stock must be placed.

~~If problems persist, the local equipment representative may be able to help resolve them. 1INTIACHAN AlfAC.Iltitetit71-5~~

~~COPYRIOf IAW !!:VISION.~~

OnOctober 19, President Ford.signed P.L. 94-553,the, first comprehensive revision of they copyright law In 67 years.The efforts to modernize our copyright statutetvganin 192 and the legislative work that Ind to the Copyright Act of October' 19, 1976, began in 1955. For a long, tinesit seemed n..;if copyright.revisiorr would go the way of Dixieland jazz: perpetually in revival without ever quite catching on.

In 1975, the problems that had prevented enactment of the revision bill during the late 1960's and early 1970's seemed insuperable as ever. Under the noteworthy leadership of Senator.John C. McClellan and Representative Robert W. Kastenmcier, however, the Congress managed to resolve all the issues standing in the way of final passage by the very end of the 1976 session.

Although preparations kir copyright revision have occupied the Copyright Office for years, the reality of the new copyright law, with its host of changed and added functions for the Copyright Office, has created a dramatIC new challenge. With certain exceptions, the revised statute will not come into effect until January 1,1978, but the process of organizing the Copyright

~~. Office for implementation of the new law has already begun.~~

In many respects, the new law represents a radical break with the past. It eliminates the present dual system.of state,common law arid Federal statutory "copyright, replacing.it with a single Federal system of copyright protection which attaches at the point of "creation" -- that is, the first fixation of a work in material form. Although "publication," the centuries-old dividing lino between common-law and statutory copyright,'stIll retains significance for purposes of copyright notice, registration, and deposit, it nolonger occupies a central role in the copyright scheme.

The duration of copyright has also changed.Although the present renewal _requirements well remain in effect for subsisting copyrights still ,in their first 28-year term:,of pr ection on January 1, 1978, the length. ofthe'second (renewal) term has been :.anded to 47 years. All copyrights that are in their:second term at any time between December 31, 1976 and December 31, 1977, have had their terms automatically extended to a maximum of 75 years. For works created in 1977 and thereafter, copyright. protection will last for a single'term-consisting of the life of the author plus 50 years. Anonymous and pseudonymous works as well as works made for hire will have a term of 75 years from publication or 100 years from creation, whiche4er is shorter.

Eventually the requirement far renewal of copyright, with its possibility of reversion of copyright ownership, will be completely phased out. in its place the law establishes an opportunity for authors and statutorily designated successors to terminate copyright licensesand assignments after certain specified periods of time.

*Reprinted with permission from the Library of Congress information Bulletin, v. 36, no. 3, Jan. 21, 1977, P. 30-33. 26(1 Altdetw,cot

(inn of thc 11,o-At:1411111,out caleihotc: of tho new low 1,1(tic cAtcot to whi,h itrilibial.r1 thc ,(41110:Oly drviir, in addition to thd kqd11- ("4"hll'Ihrd "011"11--;m.y tin trio unitHillw) of lhn thlon i(xliplrlrly now toolptil!:oly trgimr%: (I) rut oull,wihr.c,tit jlllhlIL hioadca:t% of puhli%hrd lal, :itilptnial and gtaphli wwl,%; ftttthr prutotwan4r of topys hihtod wird, In jukrhoykr%; coil (s) rut tatiir rrtrantmi-..iloo ot iopyrightrd ittritivr adminkttation Cif thr:r lit,rn%ing nrLr-,:itatrd thr cirathm of a now body, the fopyfiqht Royalty 'tribunal, Lharqcd with ovor-,coiol the, di:trihotion of royaltie% and thr odju..temot of.r.tatotory royalty ratr:,

~~For thy thr copyright :tatntr rxprr-ly rri_ogitker% tfm rule of c,odifying thr jutlic.lal ly dovi:rd tc-it-,to drtrrwino whrthrr a given~~

~~reproduction or 11-, of.1 copyrighted wofk i s infringing or "fair," thr rxtnlivr rrport: ac(ompaoying thr Irgi:lation apply thc-...c -,toodord: to A varloty of .Jtoation% and work,~~

the legklatIvr rrport accowpanying thr hill contain rxtrmive of tho -.cope of "fair use" in cases involving reproduction of copyrighted work in connection with face-to-Iacr teaching activities. lhe grnrrol statutory provision recognizing fair use expr.sly refer to the making of multiple capie.; for claroom use and to the relevance of the coirilercial. nature or nonprof it educat porpoe of the Iwo sits of guide I Imes, negotiated by repre-,entatives'of creators, copyright_owners, and educator:. Are reproduced with

~~favorable cc cent in the letiklative report accompanying the house-posseR bill. _~~

In addition to the general section on fair .ise, the billincludes a provision expressly intended to mark'out the>perissible limits of library and archival reproductions of oopyr hinted works (loosely called "library photo- cOpylng"). ,Section 108 recognizes the rights of certain librarieG and archives to make and supply single photocopies. of specified kinds of materials undtir fairly simple safegUards and conditions, as long as the Ativity does not involve- multiple copying or "systematic" arrangements.;,Section,108(g)(2) provides that in the "interlibrary loan context" act4vities are not "systematic" aslong as the library receiving the reproductions for distribution does not do so in such aggregate quantities as to substitute for a subscription to br purchase of the work. The report of the conference comittee on S. 22 reprints another set of voluntary guidelines, these negotiated under the auspices of the National. Commissionon New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works, expressing an agreed-upon understanding as to the,meaning of "such aggregate quantities" (see below).

To coordinate the planning and implementation of the new copyright law, the Register has created a three-person-Revision Coqrdinating Committee, which has already, begun organizing the program for revi_siO'n implementation. It is expected that a number of subcommittees, drawn from Copyright Office staff, will be established to work intensively in specific areas covered_by the new law.

In looking at the entire problem of library reproductions, It should become apparent that the 'Congress did not Tegard the provisions of Section 108 as, a final solution. Indeed, by the very terms of the law, the Register of

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Inn ieqoirepent: fur frql.Aration and depo:it wrie fetnihed, but with invoitant philw.ophical and piactlial Reui:tration been :,--vorpd froci dep0.4it and Leen made. optional, -t to a nninhor of -.crow) inducement:. hep,,.lit with theI ihrory of.Coniire. . -ifor puhlkhod work: hat, been :trenqthened by making it ,clearly mandatory, butIt will alw he more fleAlble, :lace the Library1,, providrdwith the authority to exempt trrtain kind* of work, trom the basicrripuirer-ent.

(H spec-OIL concern to the Copyright Office.area wide variety of new function%'with which it rio.t be prepared to deal on January 1,19/8. the new ac,inktratA h pact of the new law on the Office can be stated succinctly; every piece of paper r.rd will require revision; (-verymajor practice of the Copyright OffiLe will require corplete review and, often, completerewriting. Over 400 .taff (--embers will require ;pecial training andeducation In the new law, and thi,.Nucf be done in a way that no deterioration in the quality Office ervice.,re,.ults frail the tran..ition. Beyond this, theOffice must assistIn the education of the public at large, of special constituencies concerned with copyright, and'of the Copyright ,tiar. This educational process has already begun.

On Noveribei 15, the`CopyrightOffice publishedinthe Federal Register its first notice of propesedrule-wakilig under the new copyrightlaw. The rules- would govern the forms and procedures for 'filing of alreementsbetween copyright owners ancr,public broadcasters; th,e filing of termination oftransfers' an lidemses covering the extended renewal ,term of copyright;, and a proposed deletion o,thppresent restriction In Copyright,afice Regulations against the use of-Cot4right Office records for .the compilation of mailing lists and similar had received 13 response4 ,to the purposes.- By December 3O,,the COpyright Office -, notice of-proposed rule-making:-

-These, of course; are only the firSt of,many areas in the newlaw calling for an exercise of regulatory authority by the Register of Copyrightsand The Librarian of Congress. New forms and procedures, and the regulations governing them, need to be devised to cover a variety of dutiesinvolVing registration, deposit, compulsory licensing, 'and the recordation of a number of different documents. Ali of this will require extensive study and,in some cases, public hearings.

r-' 3 of 14' , i;J.,, 1During the second half I:1'f.1,21 .,,e-,Nat iohal' ision on,;.New Te"chbological . Uses of Copyrighted Works (CONTU)corti,'Oe 4"mbik ifrl'aftin4P PhOtecopyi ng guidedguidelines for-. the proviso .to sect ion 0,D, (ii)(), the",,,newg copyright law (P:,L. 94-1733Y. The Commission prepa r '6p,r4. hi i nary' draft att',its Jupe meet ing and submittedi t tol i brar i an ,( ulsl-iN, 1, '-,`, and authbr:',Organi zat i ons. Aftef- discussion wi tir, the 'everal inte, st gro60,, the 'dominlSsiori del ivered guideli'nes., to the use and Senate' Co6±, ,iglit S6bCOmm ittees for 1 nCorporat ion-

~~in the Conference -Report.`,. . ..A" ,'1/4',,-,.. - 2 '. ' '~~

. Alsoi rct he area of ,photocopy ing ,CONTL} let' ,, S',eVg ra l',research' contracts which- provide for the =assembling of.necessary dat ,\ f9' completing: /its, work. CONTU join, the -Nat i,onal tiOmmi,s. s ion o 1 rari'es iand .1 nformat ion Sc iencei n 'a- contract with King Research ,toascertain brary 'photocopyi,ngoluantiries and types,., of photOcopying pract ices on a nat4q al), 4ate. "The results b.f/this' study, should indicate quantities. a d types of.ph todOying; 'and identify organi,zat ions, and Institutions' Which-are 'da qg the p pyin,b."',IThe,7tschediaed completion date.for theiA;Project is May , ,,.

4-seconcil,itAr yeyv7i-e ratg sspec iflea,..,i,titi,4erentifi. c1 technical,- CalP .profess i ona I, and, scholarly ,..69rna is, has been' undertaken, the Graduate 1-4brarY Scho?1 of I ndiana 'UniversiIY:f',Thts survey willenS4Voi.' to determine :: the attitudes of, 'the'journal pUbliShers on grantit94,/infr6i1,ons: forphotocopying.Results of th i s :study are expected, in Morelli,. -,.,,.'-, ''''t . '`- .:

- .. ,-, , , , , 0 6), ; ' Thethirdproject is -the Update of. Smathernat i cal mOdeldefiningi nter= libraryloans4 and' shou ldr! be co71,,eted.-,ear I y ,91,,1977 .;'..`-2 °I n the area pf computers, teslimony on the copyr ightab i 1i ty of software was heard during the. ,fir,sitz, al f of,1976.A contract has been awarded to, an

economic research 'team .hea c l byiwi 11 Om Baumol :of New York.Universityto analyzetheeffeci,'ofexe1sionaty mechanisms (such_as patent and copyright) ontheautomated kite 'boSe and copputer software industries.This study is al soscheduled ..fOr--coMPtetion is,,the spring.

Continuingthehearing pr9cess, the CommiSsioners held_ a two-day meeting', in Cal ifornip on the' copyright implications of automated data bases.At this meeting, testin0w,was al-so heard on the-copyrightabil ity of new works created by,computer.' Research in these two areas will continue; The preliminary, report on the act ivities of the Commission during its f i est year of existence was submitted to.' Congress and the President on October 8. During the months ahead, CONTU will continue its research, investigation and analysis into the four .specified ,areas'of ,concern:compUter software,

~~.,automated data bases, ne1.4 works created by computer, and photocopying. MAY 1977~~

~~F. 1.ZRIC,Users Conference for 197 to be 77 -6(A) Letter stating general aims-. Part, of Larger,"Dissemination Forum". - and purposes of Disseminat-idn June 20-24,'1977 Forum~~

~~C 77-6(B) Letter of, invitation and general outline of Dissemination Forum~~

~~77-6(C) ERIC Users Conference/ERIC Technical, Meeting Agenda~~

~~77-6(D) Pre-registration forM~~

~~77-6(E) Hotel reservatlori card.~~

~~2. Descriptor' Groups - Are They Useful? 77-7 .TescriptorGrOups in the ERIC Thesaurus - User response~~

~~3. Identifier Clean-up Program Progress Report.~~

~~4. Directory'orERId Oicrofiche t. Collections - ERIC/IR Clearinghouse Address Change~~

~~5. Tom-Clemens (1923 - 1977)~~

~~6. ERIC Document ReprodpctionService~~

~~o (EDRS)'Switches Film Stock .~~

~~'Guides to Microfiche Equipment'~~

~~WC: Reminders-bfllow It ICan 77-8 ofArticlefrhm the Help Philffelta Kappa%~~

9 ..Interphoinge main ,13-9 Interchange Mailing List Form . *

Inter6hait0 is prepared by the staff of the ERIC Prdcessing and Reference Facility, 4833 ROgby Avenue, Suke,303; Bethesda, Maryland 20014, which is operated on contract' by Operations Research, Int. (ORI), Information Systems,Oivision, for the National. Institute of Educationc'(NIE), Contractors un'dertaking such projects. under,..' ,imentponsdrship are encouraged to express their judgment in professional and technical matters.':A5et :view or opinions do not, therefore, .necessarily represent official National Institute of pliCation pos questions, corresp *fence, and contributions should be directed to the EditorIntereha-nge r;f4e.:a6ove'spdres6, orbytel phone, (300,656-9723,

Interchang is" published R' irregularly and ls,free of charge to interested organizations. Previousl*" issues. were datedIHNoveMber 1972, February 1973, June'1973,.September 1973, March 1974, July 1974, Seliiember 1974? March 1975, .August 1975'; April. 1976, July 1976, and February 1977. ,ERIC USERS CONFERENCE FOR 1977 TO BE PART OF LARGER "DISSEMINATION FORUM" - JUNE 20-24, 1977

. Forhe lastathree years, the ERIC Users Conference has_been affiliated with the anneal conference of the American Society for Information,Science i(ASIS).Befdre that time iewas held.for. several years. independently. In 1977,the WC titers. Conference wl.tl be, held in a new context,-as one component-of a larigOOnnference to be spOnsOred by a combination of NIE, an4 tbe,Officel*tthe Assistant Secretary for Education, and to be called the "1977 Dissemination' Forum." 'The'annual ERIC Clearinghouse Directors - Meeting and the "annual'ENIC Clearinghouse Technical Meeting are also being,. merged into the largerAetifig, along with severalinther normally separate functions, such as- meetings of state education-agency ditsemination reTraientatives and the National Diffusion Network.'

The dates for the new 1977.Distemination Forum are June 20-24. The location will'be the Sheraton National Motor Hotel, Columbia Pike and Washington Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22204 ((703),521-1900).

The ERIC Users Conference portion of the larger meeting will be held fronOLOOn Thursday, June 23 to noon Friday, June .24.However, beginning at noon, T:4tday, JUne sessions of the conference will be open and without restriction, as,:faias attendance is concerned. Formal luncheons with guebt speakers are-scheduled for June-21, 22, and 231 each will cott. $8:00 per person, payable the'conferencr,:43

~~In order to infbrm you as completely as we can at thistime of till content of the 1977 Dissemination Forum, we are incorporating_ several Attachments with this issue of Intg'change, as follows:~~

~~Attachment 77-6(A) - Letter dated April 26,"1977 from Charles Haughey, Chief, Communication and Linkage Branch, setting the, general aims and purposes of the Dissemination Forum, 1~~

Attachment 11'4 !':'Letterdated April, 26, 1977 from MauteenTreadyi COOrdinatorof the Dissemination Forun constituting an invitation to attend arid,;, providing an overall general outline Orthe week's activities,

~~. Attachment-77-6(C) 7 Detailed agenda for the ERIC Users Conference/ 1 ERIC Technical Meeting portion of the larger Conference.~~

'NIE has retained the aervicesof a local, firm, the-National Institute -for Community Development, " Inca (NICD),. to provide logistical support for the'overall conference and.to handle participant accommodations when that fsrequested. They have, issued ajetter (not included here) to specific. Invitees (of other portions of the conference) thatmany of you will no deehy''' 'receive. Among other,things, this letteroffers to make hotel reservatithis for you, if you so denire, andprovides a hotel reservation card (Attachmdht 77-6(E))4fory0O' to.indicateyour needs. The Project Manager at,NICb for.the conference is Amelia, Davis (Alternate: Lisa Levin ate); their telephone number is <202))372,71590.

~~7 AttachMent7776(D)21S a pre-registratiOnjorm,designed by NICD, for your use in informing them of your plansto attend and'for requesting accommodations asSiStance.~~

If you plan to attend 1977 Dissemination Forum,or any part-thereof, please complete the''pr'e-registration form (andthe hotel reservation card, If appropriate) and:' return themas soon as possible to the ERIC Facility (a-dress on fOiim),:fitention: Eliz.abeth Pugh. We will extract the Information we need for:our.PUrpOsea and then forwardthe forms to NICD for further action. We would appreCiateJOUrzepponsebr)L, e

We reapZethat4henew:andMOreompleXmeeting may be confusing to you and thatHyOu:Maybe SonliWhatMnartain,ofwhat to do next inthe face. of so many attaChmetIts.. *:lhife.'Sttempted.via the attachments to provide you with y1rtuallyiall,theimiati8n thatis currently available. 'should you havefOrtherne4fonshowev4r,you ale welcome to call either Jock Embry or.lecriirandhorStatAheERICFaci4ty ((301) 656-9723).

~~, . We hope td see youlatthenew-styleERIC Users Conference and hope that you kill be there to helpus have another successful meeting.~~

~~2. DESCRIPTOR GROUPS TUEY USEFUL?~~

The Thesaurus ERIC Descriptors, iikqmany other information retrieval thesauri, incorietit4esa system of broad categories into which all are groUped. Descriptors The priricipal obective ofthese "Descriptor Groups" isto prollide easy ini4ial access to the Thesaurus, in an additionaldisplay that would be of use to both indexers and searchers. The Groups essentially representa,Th084urus "table of contents"and typically allowusers to narrow down considerably-the number ofindividual Descriptors t' 4e lookedat in the alphabetic seetiOn of:the Thesaurus. 'Examples of some of'the Croupsare "Adminiptratien"Communication," "Equipment,""Evaluation," "Occupations." . There are curAItly,52 DescriptorGroups. They are displayed in each formal edition of the Ihdsaurus publishedby Macmillan (see 6th edition, p. 333-355). : Up until, the 6thedition, the 3-digitDescriptor Group codes also appeared ." after each term in the alphabeticsection. This was discontinued when the entrance date of theterm began to be displayed, in order to avoid the . potential confusion of toomany ntimWers associated with the term. ,Besides,' it 'was felt thAt the Descriptor Group Display itself was the principalway that the feature would be utilized.

~~At onetime, the Current Index to Journalsin Education (CIJEwas arranged by, these Descriptor Groups. This was eventually found.to be'~~

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275 unsatisfactory and was dropped in lieu arrangement of Cidg by ERIC ClearinghOuses, to parallel the arraageAenr,of W'A'. Since DeScrIptor Groups had_pre-dated CIJE,.they then simply retreated to their old rolewithin the the Thesaurus 1710i.laurus. At the present time, rill' neat Descriptors entering routinely assigned to one'of the 52 DescriptorGroups. Maintenance of minimU44n the -. the Groups,while ,,tt -Obs cost some time and effort, is overall context of. Th6saurus' maintenance.

, ,The'question has at various times been raised as towhether the Descriptor Group structure is used, whether it should bemaintained, whether it should berevised? We would like to ask users for somefeedback on this matter.

We need to know if and how you use the DescriptorGroups and what you think about them In general. Four basic questions concerning these Groups are asked in Attachment 77-.7. If you would like to help us, please complete this attachment and return it to the ERIC Processingand Reference-.Facility, Attention: Lexicographer. Letters or more deta,iled commentsthat'you may like to make would be welcome. Your responses will help decide 'the future 'retention; disposition, or modification of ERIC, Descriptor Groups.

3. IDENTIFIER'CLEAN413 PROGRAM-PROGRESS REPORT -: . ..:% A: clean-up'of:the ERIC Identifiebackfile was'announced in ..the April , 19/6 Interchange.,,and.a report of this activity was given atthe,1976 ERIC Users Conference. The purpose of the:program is to reduceIdentifier,: catteringit involves taking a close look atsome'46,000 Identifiers 11 , thecombined fi'/E/git-M4kOr.files44. ./

,,;, ,4`,,r . , .''S , ,t.' .:y UsingpUnched*cardS:'ERIC Facility personnel'sorted,#y Identifiers posted th'rough,Apr,1 1.976:into13 categorieS; representinealpilety of Identifier forms 6dCh,,,;:n DescaPtor synOnyMs,'acronyms, personal Fames) and/or subject matters'(such asgeographic locations, linguistics, science/ technology).,Tjise categories were distributed to the E Clearinghouses z... during fhe September-Novemberl176 tiMe:.frame.,The,Clearinghouges, working . separately and in teams, wereresponsible for 40,mbling the card decks . 4,', representing v4riousfarmsof the same into groups of entries, each groUp 1,.4 , -Identifier concept. : .° , I 'Almost all cards have now been returned bythe 'Clearinghouses to..theo, ERIC Facility, with the last shipment scheduledfor May'1977.nALexiCographie Coosultant, who joined the ERIC' Facility inFebruary 1977,,is,&irrently examining all recommended mergings and otherchanges in thereturned,cards or conformance to existingrules forIdentifier constrUction: After necessary approvals from NIE(CentralERIC), accepted change recommendations will be apPlied,against theRTE/CljE.backfiles using the ERIC Facility's transfer-add-delete softwa're-PtogramMrs..Mary McCord isthe new Lexicographic Consultant. Mary was the LexicOgrapher at the early ERIC Facility (North'AmericanRockwell Corporation); she was also an InIn ormation Scientistat the old ERIC Clearinghouse on Libraryand Informati Sciences.)

2'73 As the Identifier backfile clean-upcontinues, computer'system modifications are being developed andimplemented to permit contiAlous monitoring of future. Identifier input. These include the following new features:

~~Identifiers will be validated againstan authority file; exceptions willbe flagged foreditorial review and lexicographic analysis.~~

~~Variations In Identifier spacing,capitalization, punctuation will be deleted and the preferredterm inserted.~~

~~Valid Descriptors inputas Identifiers will be automatically moved to the DesCriptor update field.~~

~~Descriptor syhonYms ("Used Fo"or OF terms in theERIC Thesaurus) input as,,Identifieis will be automaticallydeletedWith the preferre4 term inserted in the2,Descriptorupdate field.~~

. f The end produCt of all of this activity will be theissuance of a comprehensive Identifier authoritylistompiled from the compressed and cleaned up Identifier backfile. In W14 delines for Identifier construction, this authority list will. iliErsu to,the RIC Clearingilouses where4t will be used in conjunctionwk;k:-. iC s for subject indexthg. This new comprehensive list Of.1/ lers-will also be a valuable search tool for database u r= annuaLcumulatedtpdatet' of the:7Tist are ;.,-The first Ids er autherityt-list is expetied to be,Svailable se .in early 1978.

4. Directory ERIb/IR ClearinghouSeAddress Change* The.recently 41510:ShAd...DiPectopy-of ERIC Microfiche Collectionsincludes . a listing for the E,p37 0V#ing1iouse en.InformationResources at 'Stanforer. University (page 6). Sinde iliePublication'of this Directory,,thehost organization.for this Clearinghousehas been changed to Syracuse. UniVersity, SyracOsei New York. The microfiche collection has moved along,withthe Clearinghouse; hence, the follOWingchanges will help to keep your Directory

~~:ADDITION~~

ERIC Clearinghouse oh ERIC Clearinghouse on 0 Information Resource,' Informatiod Resources University Syracuse University. School of Education School of Education Center for Research and Area of Instructional Technology ?Development in les4ing Syracuse, New York 13210 Stanford, California. 94305 Telephone: (315) 423 -3640 Telephone: (41) 491-'3345

~~I. 5. TOM CL1MENS (1923 - 1977)~~

~~"NTE has lost a dedicated program manager and afine.human being. Tom Clemens died of a sudden heart attack onSunday, March-PO. He was 54 years old. 1.0~~

"One of the many OE staff members who transferred to NIEin 197P, Tom worked long and hard to make the Institutesucceed. During.NIA"s first year-and-a-half, he held two jobs (at onepoint simultaneously) : Director of the Field Initiated Studies Task Force,which conducted NIE's first---and largest - -- grants competition, andActing Assoviate Director for Dissemination and Resources. He became Director of DRG's Division of Infbrmation and Communication Syst6Ms[to which. ERIC reports] in 1974.

"Prior to joining OE in 1960, Tom was a publicschool teacher and county school district administrator in Missouriand a faculty member and` administrator at Milwaukee State TeachersCollege, the ,. University of WisconsWs Extension Division, and San Jose State v. College in California.

"Tom pas a dedicated and hard working individual. NIE will miss' ,his skiZZs and his wealth of knowledge as a program ,manager,but more importantly, we shall allmiss him as a person. He'was one of the very best." vol. no.- Et, March 23, 1977)

~~ERIC DOCUMENT REPRODUCTION SERVICE (EDR$) SWITCHESFILM,STOCK~~

The _company which supplies\the filmfor"ERIC'vedicular microfiche . hasmadea change in the composition of thefilgtliis new film, which' EARS began_ using in April1977,Jias,a'slightly gtgAish tint. This colOratiii is normal and can be,used to identify t1 _new,, film stock.

The new film has improved absorptioncharacteristiCSJU"he ultra Violet. mange. As a result, when duplicatingmicrofiChel.r* film stock, a greater exposure is required. On dupliCatord-teatbd,:an increase of about 507 over the older. gray vesicularfiche is required -..An',advantage of the longer exposure is that moref,accurateexposure Settings usedWhen reproducing.. for optimum reproduction can be.determined and ti hardcopy fromthe neiil,fiche," it will not be necessary --to increase the exposure since mosthardcopy reproduction does not use ultraviolet light fcirexposure.

~~.GUIDES TO MICROFICHE EQUIPMENT~~

~~interested in ,-- Yhe ERIC Facility receives many inquiries from people~~

41.citiirig the.best and most reliable equipment tofacilitate use of their ERIC microfiche collectiond. \\ The Facility ia unable, of courae,to make specific recommendations, but it frequently doed directuaera to some of the More-readily available sourced of information.

~~The following is a short bibliography ofpublications which can, either help you make contact with manufacturersor which can otherwiae aid you in making your equipment selection.~~

1. Advisory Group on Aeronautical Research andDevelopment (AGARD) A Guide to Microfiche Equipment Available in Europe. 1975. 104 p. (AGARD-R-628). Contact: AGM), 7 rue Ancelle, 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.

This guide is composed of six sections, withsections 4 and 5 devoted to reader - printers and readers; resp'ectively. Equipment in each section is liked alphabetically by manufacturer,most of which are American. The names and addresses of distributorsare given in an appendix.

~~2. National Archives and Records Services, Washington,D. C. Microform Retrieval Equipment Guide. 1970. 69 p.(ED-051865).~~

~~Providea a basis for comparing available equipmentwith the 'requirements of the propectiveuser.~~

~~3. Defense Supply Agency, Alexandria, Virginia Microfiche Viewing Equipment Guideltonald.F.-Gordon,.-Co4ifer.'''~~

~~1973. 161 p. (AD-767500). '~~

A guide to microfiche readers and readerprinters manufactured, or distributed in the United States as of mid-4973. Ninety-two (92) models are "described, comglete with photographs, featurelists;-and detailed specifications. Evaluation criteria are outlined in an effort to assist potential buyers. Nti 4..jlatiOnalMicrographics Association Silver Spring, Maryland.

~~Guide to Micrographic Equipment. Volume 2: User EquipMent Hubbard Ballou, ed. Sixth edition, 1975. 216p. ($15.00 non-members; $1.00 members),.~~

~~-- Guide to Micrographic Equipment. 1976 Supplement. 76'p. ($9.50 non-members; $7.50 members)~~

This is an essential reference. It is arranged by equipment categoriea and then by manufacturer. The information provided is descriptive'eather than evaluative. Volume2.deals with equipment of interest to microfiche users and Sells separately,.asindicated above. Contact NMA, 8728 Colesville Road, Sayer Spring,Maryland.

~~27,2 --How to Solect a MioivPiem itcadoi' et'Header.-Printop. '1974. 20 P. ($2.00),~~

~~A twenty (20) page illustrated consumerguide foi. the selection of of the readers and readerprinters., ,Thin booklet, provides a description various features available on equipment ofthin type.~~

~~1977 Buyer'a Guide to MicroficheEquipment, Productn, and :;orvicen. 1977. 72 p.~~

~~"Manufacturers, dealers, distributors, consultants,service companies, micropublishers, and trade publishers."~~

~~ERIC: REMINDERS0F410WIT CAN HELP YOU.~~

The April 1977 issue of the Phi Delta Kappancontains an article entitled "ERIC: Reminders of How It Can Help You", authored byTed Brandhorst, Director of the ERIC Facility, as acommission from the ERIC Clearingliuse on Information Resources.

This-short, four-page article briefly coversERIC's historyi structure, stope,'COst, and goals.: Three actual case histories areappended as examples of 8-TR64 f-AlleMany ways the data base canbe utilized. FolrOwinr.the artielquiek :reference, or "crib, sheet" is displayed,prOviding a :niscellany'ntqhOre:Inportant addi=esscs and statistics relating toERIC. A complete up-to-date list of the sixteenERIC Clearinghouses (and other network contractors), with their addresses andtelephone numbers, completes Phi Delta the article This article is reprinted, with permission, from the Kappan, as Attachment 77 -8. Ade. INTERCHANGE MAILING' LIST UPDATE

Interchange was first published in November of 1972. As users expressed their interest in, receiving thisERIC publication, their names were adbedto themailing.:list until now there are over 1,200 current subscribers. Five years is a long time for any, mailing list-t9remain reflect accurate. Therefore, we Would like to update our mailinglist.to changes inj,ersonnel; addressea, and interestlevel of the user.'If you would,likeeo-continue receiving Interchange, we would be. mosthappy to--- continue sending it to you. Please fill out the address form(Attachment 77 -9) and return it to Elizabeth Pugh:at the ERICFacility.

~~: ANTERCHANG ATTACHMENT 17-6(A)~~

~~DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, ANn WIAXANI: NATIONAL IWITITUTr Ott i.:MJCATION WAtiIINCITC)N.o,c, .zoloa~~

~~APR2 G1977~~

~~Dear Colleague:~~

For some time, many of urk have talked about the need to bring togethurin misingle meeting all of the participants in education dissemination. Ue seek similar 'goals, share 'common concerns, and encounter many of thesamo problems but w&have had no bpportunity to join together to consider simi larity and differences in what we are doing.Now we have our first chance to meet with many of the peOple engaged in various aspects of educational dissemination. The.week oe June 20th has been setlaside for a Federally- sponsored Dissemination,Forum: The purposes of this meeting are:

~~o To increase collaboration and coordination among Nit and OE contractors and grantees in the field of disseminti4Ob~~

~~o To increase common understanding of programs.~~

~~o To consider prospects for the future of educational dissemin7 ation activities.~~

~~f o To identify areas in which increased understanding.isneeded.~~

~~o To develop a statement of principles affecting the develop- - ment of educational dissemination.~~

~~ti Sponsoring agencies _will include. The Off'ice of thp, Assistant SeCietary for Education and the Office of Education as well as :tfiNational Institute of~~

~~Education. ,c1;:~~

Please set.aside the dates on your calendar now.,' A number of'special interest. groups, State Dissemination Representatives among them, will be meeting separately on MbndaY and Tuesday of that week: Starting Tuesday afternoongenerAlv meetings for all groups will beheld. There will be opportunities during the Forum for participants'in ERIC, National-Diffusion Network, Research and Development Utilization encl.:Research and Development Exchange activities, among .others, to exchange information and to discuss dissemination issues or common concerns., issues like linkage, resources and quality control.

~~We hope you-cati participate. o Sincerely,~~

~~Charles Haughe' Chief, Communication and Linkage Branch 2 8 41INTIRCHAN ATTACHMENT 77-600~~

~~DEINAUSMENt01 t.tilicAl ION, ANDWI 1.1A141. NATIONAL. Itsin,1 ITO Tror tION /~~

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~~Dear Participant:~~

~~The 1977 Dissemination Formicon Federally upon:lured education dk.:temination activities will he held at the SheratoriNational Motel in Arlington, Virginia on June 20-24, 1971.,~~

The Federal planners have been workingtowards this conference since October 1976. In January 1977, members of the fieldwere asked to attend a two-day meeting in `'Washingtonto discuss and formulate the agenda for this conference (Enclosure. A)..The general outline for the conference that'was.generated includes:

Monday, .June 20-Noon Tuesday 21 Special group meetings. (ERIC ,Directors, State Dissemination Reprentatives, National Diffusion Network, Research and-DevelopmentUtjlizatIOn' project staff and Research and Development Exchange project staff).

~~Luncheon 12:00- Tuesday ion Policies in education O age Spea e- Chief State SehoolOfficer~~

~~Afternoon Session 1:30- 5:30 Participants, grouped by tja$4,c, geographic areas, wirl meetto discuss various matters of interest and concern.~~

Evening Session 8:00-10:00 Focus -on a number of specific learning and discussion s'ations, each will direct attention to a particular. dissemination'topic (e.g. Diffusion Simulation Game, DIALOG on -line retrieval; PRG,Miporlaos.anA Women progr

~~Wednesday, June 22.8:30- 12:00 Co to Qua fdrell6~~

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~~Luncheon 12:00 Speaker, Assistant Secret,liv 101 Ediwat ion.~~

~~At t erttoon Session '10 - Cutitfituattoa ut mucutug't, tupteri,~~

~~Thursday, June 24,8:30 - 12:00 Tie together Wednesday's scrivitiea and include a presentationliAseussion on participants' views concerning current beliefs andtI4 Intuve ot~~

~~(Iissemination. (Details wJ 11 1)4.! Iorthcoming.)~~

~~Luncheon 12:00 Invited Speaker on'Education .Legislation.~~

~~Thursday afternoon - Friday Specific group meetings. (ERIC afternoon, June 24 :Technical, ERIC Unern, Rt.:teat-HI Dev.lopment Utilization proiect 51.t Research and Mwolopmuta Exchange 'project staff)~~

~~The common activities will take the form of qief presentations withheavy emphasis on group participation. No, commissioned papers or' speakers during the common meetings are planned.~~

~~Your ideas and concerns regarding the program are invited. Enclosure B lists the people responsible for various parts of the Forumoactivities.~~

~~We look forward to working with you at the 1977 Di9semination Forum. If you have any questions please contact me at area code 202-254-7930.~~

~~Sincerely,~~

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~~f( Maureen E. Treacy Coordiiptor 1977 Ditsemination Forum~~

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~~NOTE: Enclosures A and B referred to_in, this letter consist of lists of people and topics and have not.been,appended.~~

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RESPONDENT:. Please return to: ERIC Processing and Reference Facility ORGANIZATION: Attn: Lexicographer 4833 Rugby Avenue, 8uite 303 Bethesda, Marylon& 20014 DATE: 44INTERCHANGE Ted Brandhorst ATTACHkENT 7748 Remindersiof How It Can HelpYou The creators of ERIC'specified that it meet the demands'of the marketplace or die. Today it not only,survives but flourisheS. Mr. Brandhorst describes its operation, offerka "crib sheet," reports "case studies" demonstrating ERIC's usefulness, and proifidei a list of ERIC centers with addresses.

The Educational Resources Informa-the clearinghouses' work, converts themA Total Information Service tion Center, (ERIC) needs to be betterinto magnetic tape, and processes this understood. We often meet members oftape to produce the monthly catalogue, ERIC not only cites documentsi the..education community ° who haveResources in Education (RIE). A secondmakes them available to users. This/was heard the name. ERIC and know that itcontractor performs this same funCtiondecided, inthe very beginning /as a is an information system that deals with for the monthly catalogue, Current In-necessary component of a total informa.; education. But they seldom know muchdex to Journals in. Education (CIJE). A tiOnserviceand has proved toSea wise morethanthat. The accompanyingthirdcontractortakes, the noncopy-move'. By 'definition, the so-called "fugi- "crib sheet" provides some basic facts.righted material announced in RIE, con-tive" literature that ERIC/deals with Beyond that, I shall discuss the organi..vertsitto microfiche, and makes itmostparticularly,(technicalreports, zstion 'of ERIC And remind the educa-available to the public in either niicro-presentations, project descriptions, cur- tion community'of its important func-ficheor photocopy form. The U.S.riculummaterials; goVernmentdocu- tions.Ishall also argue that ERIC,Government Printing Office also can, inrnents) generally goes/Out of print with- having proved. itself over the .years, 4sense, be considered a part of thein a few months opining published. if should now move toward coverage of ystem in that it publishes and serves asERIC had not been designed to provide additionaltypes of educationalre-.. subscription agent for Resources inEdu-the documents it procisses and cites,7 sources. > cation. user frustration' would probably have ERIC was founded in 1966 within doomed the syStem long ago. The mechanism for providing copies the Office of Education. In 1972 itERIC's Organization moved to the National Institute of of the documents cited by ERIC is the Education.Basically, ERIC was de- The designers of ERIC, working inERIC Document, Reproduction SerVice signed to achieve bibliographic controlthe mid-sixties, were very conscious of(EDRS): EDRS placesallnoncopy- over the literature, of education. Itsthe extreme decentralization of U.S.righted material on microfiche and sells' , relatively complex structure includes aeducation. State and local governmental eitr microfiche or paper copies made small central funding/monitoring group,agencies retain a great deal of autono-fro the microfiche. ERIC documents a network of contractors, and (current.-my, and numerous large and powerfulare available. from EDRS on either a ly) 16 clearinghouses assigned to non-professionalgroups divide manyre-'subscription or on-demand basis. More profitorganizationsthroughoutthesponsibilities on either a functional or/than '600 libraries around the U.S. and country. Each clearinghouse is responsi-subdiscipline basis. ERIC designers fel1tthe world subscribe to ERIC microfiche ble for dealing with information in onethat a decentralized system woulde- collections. Readers can write to EDRS segment of the field of education. flect the fielditself. The, networlyof(address on the crib sheet, page 629) for forms. The clearinghouses collect and pro-clearinghouses that resulted from heirprice informatiorrand order cess literature in their respective areasthinking has been more successful than Availabilityisregardedas so, im- and pass the results of this work on towas originally hoped. To an extent thatportant by ERIC that on-of,..the re- other contractors for dissemination. Theis probably not feasible for/a singlequirements for accession and annO'Uncer. clearinghouses also analyze the litera-monolithic center located in' Washing-ment in RIE is that a document must be its ture and produce various publications ofton,eachclearinghouse /knows available froth either EDRS or another their own. specialized area, including where to ob-specifiable: source. ERIC will not an- A centraleditorial and computer'tain documents, the professional organi-nounce a document for which it cannot zations, the conferences; the journals;cite availability. ;. processing facility accepts the results of and the specialists. / Members oftheeducation corn ERIC as an Archive munity are therefore able to "enter" the, TED BRANDHORST is connected Before the days of ERIC, reports withOperationsResearch,inc..ofERIC system by contacting the particu- Bethesda, Md.' ge was commissioned bylarclearinghouse ,whichbestunder-submitted by education contractors to the ERIC Clearinghouse on Informationstandstheirneeds. Thelistof the theOfficeof Edutationreceived a Resources, then'at Stanford University, clearinghouses 4 the end of this articlemodest initial distribution. Then they to writethis article for theKappan. will aid potential users. saton theprojectofficer'sshelves / /APRIL 1977 627 29j / Goals for the Future for a thne, eventually got shifted around magnetic cOmputei tapes are distributed or sent to a records center to free upto more than 60 organizations, which goalwasbiblio- space, and finally disappeared complete- use them to perform thousands of com- ERIC'soriginal ly. Who knows where those reports of puter searches. graphic control over the fugitive litera-1 )he the 1950s and early 1960s are today? Approodmately1 1,000 terminals in lure of education.. It later added A cardinal-rule of the'research game schools,companies, universities, andjournal article literature. W4h12/E and is that those who cannot retrieve their other' organizations have on-line accessWe, ERIC has essentially achieved this past are condemned to relive It. ERIC to ERIC through two major vendors,goal. One exciting .possibility that lies created, for the first time with respect System Development Corporation and ahead for ERIC is to employ the techniques it has learned Over the past 10 to an entire segment of the literature of Lockheed. ow education, a mechanism for recording More than600 active microficheyears to make other educational re- In- the phst and retrieving from that past. collections, receivinginallsome 10sources more generallyavailable. Whichever way one views this record, all million microfiche cards each year, pro-deed, this direction seems inevitable as can agree that the weeding-out process videuserswithan' opportunityto lines' between different media blur, as should be a rational one. ERIC, as aexamine the actual textslo which cita- resource producers became more permanent archive of documents, pro- tionsrefer., On-demandrequeststoimaginative, and as ;users become more vides at least the basis for a rational EDRS.alone for microfiche and photo-sophisticated in their information prac- assessment of education literature. copies total around 50,000 items pertices. Also suggesting this new horizon The great archival value of ERIC, year. are recent activities on theinternational In summary, ERIC citations are dis-documentation scene, where Universal seminated to an audience of millions,BibliographicControl(UBC),after and the documents themselves are dis-years of suspended animation, ismaking seminated to hundreds of thousands ofprogress. UBC's objectiveisfor each "ERIC created, for the first users. country to take responsibility for its time with respect. to an entire own bibliographic output and tofeed informationintotheworld's biblio- segment of the literature of educa- ERIC as a Partnership graphic data bases. tion, a mechanism for ,recording No discipline has ever attempted to the past and retrieving from that The' ERIC clearinghouses and other supporting contractors cost the govern-parallel UBC with respect to the output -past." ment about $4 million a year. Addi-of that discipline. The traditional ab- tional funds flow into the system fromstracting services of the various dis- ti subscribers to the abstract journals, pur-ciplines, for alltheir massiveness, are chasers of clearinghouse publications,essentiallylimited, likeERIC, to a fraction of their total resources. where documents are forever "in print," purchasers of microfiche and photocopies, organizations that buy the mag- What do these resources include? sometimesits. not Immediately recog- Examples would be such resource forms nized by ERIC users. Time and again an netic tapes for search purposes, and subscribers to the on-line retrieval ser-as patents,dissertations,textbooks, organization that initially would not let phonodiscs, softwareilaws --and regula- ERIC film 'a document eventually dis- vices. Essentially,thegovernmentsub-tions, videotapes, experts (human re- tributes all of its own copies and then sources), ongoing research projects, and finds need for more. sidizes the ERIC network by paying fair the creation of the fundamental datastatistical data. ERIC should -be regarded by the Could one organization handle such education community as a rich livingbase. However, the system philosophy is immense variety? Probably not.-Such a thatallusers of the data base (i.e., archive of thefugitive literature of and persons or organizations requiringtheprojectwould be technically education, for it is an indubitable fact monetarily difficult for a single unit. that, as the years pass, the vast majority service) should pay for it. We have in ERIC, therefore, a systemWhy then even talk about it? Because of ERIC documents will be available other arrangements arepossible, and from no other readily accessible source. based on-a partnership of several sectors of the economy: a government compo-here we come back to what ERIC has nent at the core, with contractors fromlearned about decentralization. Imagine ERIC and Information Sharing the academic and professional (non-a federation of organizations,all distinct yet alliedonbehalf of a common Educatorswho have something profit) realms supplying the subject and disciplinary cxpertise, Ind contractorsobjective, each autonomous and actively worthwhile to say to their colleagues pursuing its own goals in its own way, should regard ERIC as an unparalleledfrom the for-profit sectEr supplying the skillsyet agreeing, as members of the federa- opportunitytocommunicate. ERIC capital-based high-technology write your own (e.g., computerprocessing, photo-tion, to meet certain minimum stand- even invites you to ards and to guarantee a certain level of abstract and suggest your own indexingcomposition, micrographics) and the entrepreneurial skills. The federal gov-coverage, service, continuity, etc.Such a terms. federation could be constructed over Documents accessioned by ERIC and ernment provides the basic databut announced in RIE receive a truly re- users pay subsequent costs.ERIC must the years so as to encompass all types of educational resources. The government markable,dissemination. Copies of RIE meet the demands of the marketplace in would not itself process or pay for the are distributed to virtually everymajor order to survive. This government-contractor-user partnership permits ERICprocessing of the massive amounts of library in the world, about 5,000 in all. materials involved, but would take the No one knows for certain how many to accomplish its objectives withthe essentially level budget it has had forftosition that it was in the government's times RIF is consulted during the course interest to see that somebody processed of a year at its many locations.The the past six years. 300 628 PN1 DELTA KAPPAN suchntaterials,Alatthey were processed integrate atleast twoof the films sufficient to Juaify the expense en7 according to cell* minimumstandards into her lesson plans for the next Convinced that the morale and andmade avallabletck the public at fair year. She made copies of the lists and skill/ of the team would benefit by prices,, andthat, if the proceisor of showedthemtointerestedcol- Joining the intercollegiate league, the leagues. , coach called an information center in record. shouldstop, somebodyelse Canibridge, Massachusetts, with her would pick up the task.. problem. The center sent her a list of Ibelievethatsuch astructure,, references (rein ERIC dealinrCiath whether monitored at the government The coach of the women's basket- the content and implications of Title or the professional level, is eventually team in a small New England IX and a copy of one particularly inevitable for all disciplines. ERIC is in kballcollege wanted to enter the team in relevant dOcument. Aimed with this an idegoosition to take the lead in thearea'sintercollegiatewomen's infOrmation,thecoach againap- achievingthisgoalforthefield of basketball league. The administration / proached the administration, which education. Under the enlightened denied.her request, stating that inter- I reversed its previous stand, and a- sponsorship of the National Institute of estin women's basketball was not / proved her request. Education,itjust may be given the chance. ERIC CRIB SHEET

Three CaseStudies 1. Acronym, ERIC 2. Name: Educational Resources Information Centeiri The Curriculum Committee of the Cupertino (California) School Dis- 3. Sponsor: National Institute of Education (N1E) (Office of Education trict asked one of its members, a 1966 -1972) sixth-grade math teacher, to find 4. Subject Coverage: , Education, in its broadest sense some effective' and innovative ways 5. Purposes: Bibliographic control over the literature and materials of of teaching elementary school stub education ("educational resources") ' dents the metric system. After going and Dissemination of bibliographic information to help achieve through the card catalogue of the the objectives of educational change, renewal, and innova Cupertino Public Library, the teacher tion. went to the reference librarian to see ifshecouldsuggest any further 6. Monthly Catalogues: Resources in Education (RIE) and sources. Since the Cupertino Public c': Library is equipped to do computer Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) _searches of ,the ERIC data base, the 7. Coverage: RIE covers reports, presentations, curriculum materials. etc., i' librarian suggested a search to un- the so-called "fugitive" literature; cover citations for research papers CIJE covers the journal article literature. and curriculum guides that would 8. Total Size of RIE120,367 records and growing at the rate of 15,000 not normally be housed in a public Collection items per year; library or be available from a book- (through 1976): CIJE 142,252 records and growing at the rate of 20,000 store. The search turned up 50 docu- items per year. ment citations on methods of teach- 9. System Components: Central ERIC, NI E, Washington, D.C. 20208 ing the metric system in elethentary Clearinghouses (16 decentralized), each with responsibility schools, some of them bibliographies. for gathering, processing, and analyzing materials for a given The teacher was able to read the area of the field of education (see list at end of article) documents that interested him in the ERIC Processing and Reference Facility library!s_ERIC_ microfiche collection._ 4833 Rugby Ave., Suite 303 He brought 12 of these documents to Bethesda, MD 20014 the committee's attention as discus- (Central editorial processing center, computer facility, and sions of possible guidelines to be data base manager) Provides magnetic tapes for, both RIE and CIJE. Note: The used in revising the math curriculum. ERIC facility makes available a Survey of ERIC Data Base SearchServiceslistingmore than 200 locationi where computer searches may be obtained and a Directory of ERIC Ahealtheducationteacherin Microfiche Collections listing more than 600 locations where Columbus, Ohio, concerned about ERIC microfiche may be consulted. Both major national the growing abuse of alcohol among vendors of on-line bibliographic search services (Lockheed highschoolstudents,visitedthe and System Development Corporation) provide access to the ERIC clearinghouseat Ohio State ERIC data base. University to find names of recent ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EORS) films on teen-age alcoholism. She did Computer Microfilm International Corp. (CMIC) a manual search of ERIC, using RIEs P.O. Box 190, Arlington, VA 22210 froth 1974 to the present. A new (Document delivery service) Provides microfiche and/or hardcopy for over 85% of the descriptorintheERIC system, announced material. Alternative sources of availability are "Filmographies," and the descriptor cited for the remainder (usually copyrighted material). "Alcohol Education" proved particu- CIJE Publisher, Macmillan Information, larly useful. The teacher found three 866 Third Ave., New York, NY 10022. document$ which listed films RIE Publisher, U.S. Government Printing Office, specifically dealing with teen-age al- Washington, D.C. 20402. coholism,alongwiththeirdis- tributors and prices. She' planned to 30i APRIL 1977 629 I )

ERIC Clearinghouse on Career Education Arlington, Virginia 22209 4'h0 o I State University Telephone: (703) 528-4312 Center for Vocalional Educatipn 4 ERIC Clearinghouse on Rlading and.Communication I 1960 Kenny Road, "\-.1 Coluiribus, Ohio 43210 ,Skills Telephone: (614)486-3655 National Council of Teachers of English 1111 Kenyon Roail ERIC Clearinghouse on Counseling and Personnel Urbana, Illinois 61801 Services , Telephone: (217) 328-3870 University of Michigan, Small School of Education Building, Room 2108 ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Ann Arbor,' Michigan 48109 Schools Telephone: (313) 764-9492 New Mexico State University Box; 3AP ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003 Columbia University, Teachets College Telephone: (505) 646-2623 Box 40 ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics,and 525 W. 120th Street New York', New York 10027 Environmental Education Telephone.: (212) 678-3780 Ohio State University 1200 Chambers Road ERIC Clearinghouse on Early Childhood Education Third Floor Columbus, Ohio 43212 College of Education University of Illinois Telephone: (614) 422-6717 805 W. Pennsylvania Avenue ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/SocialScjence Urbana, Illinois 61801 Telephone: (217) 333-1386 Education 855 Broadway ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management Boulder, Colorado 80302 University of Oregon Telephone: (303) 492.8434 Eug6e, Oregon 97403 ERIC Clearinghouse on Teacher Education Telephone: (503) 686-5043 American Association of Colleges for TeacherEducation ERIC Clearinghouse on Handicapped and One Dupont Circle, Suite 616 Gifted Children Washington, D.C. 20036 Council for Exceptional Children Telephone: (202) 293-7280 1920 Association Drive ERIC Clearinghouse on Tests, Measurement,and Restop, Virginia 22091 Telephone: (703) 620-3660 Evaluation Educational Testing Service ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education Pcinceton, New Jersey 08540 Telephone: (609) 921-9000 ext. 2182 George Washington University One Dupont Circle, Suite 630 Educational Resources Information Center Washington, D.C. 20036 (Central ERIC) Telephone: (202) 296-2597 Nationalnstitute of Education Washington, D.C. 20208 ERIC Clearinghouse on In formation Resources Telephone: (202) 254=5555 Syracuse University School of Education ERIC Processing & Reference Facility ° Syracuse, New York 13210 4833 Rugby Avenue, Suite303 Telephone: (315) 423-3646 Bethesda, Maryland 20014 Telephone: (301) 656-9723 "ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges University of California ERIC Document Reproduction Service Powell. Library, Room 96 P.O. Box 190 Arlington, Virginia 22210 . 405 Hilgard Avenue Los Angeles, California 90024 Telephone:,(703)'841-1212 Telephone: (213) 825-3931 Macmillan Information' ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages andLinguistics ' 866 ThirdAveniie New York, New York 10022 Center for Applied Linguistics Telephone: (212) 935:3274 1611 Alorth KentSt.

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OCTOBER 1977 *

~~7 , 1 7 .....: TABLE OF CONTENTS~~

~~... / . . . CONTENTS ATTACHMENTS~~

~~1. 1977 Dissemination Forum 1771, ement of Agreement by Professionals in the Field~~

~~offEduca,ondl, Dissemination ; e ..~~

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~~\ ' , 2. AIM/ARM Publication - New Name, . .~~

~~New Format 4 . ) . . .~~

~~3. CIJE Article Reprint Service . Now Available from UMI . ,~~

~~4. RIE Exchange Service Now ., SN~~

~~Offered by the ERIC Facility t )~~

~~5. Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors - 7th Edition~~

~~6. Special Level-III .Notation Added to ERIC Microfiche~~

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~~, 7. Publication Type Study - , Status Report~~

~~8.' ERIC Microfiche Collection 77-11 - ERIC Document Reproduction Standing Orders Service,(EDRS) Microfiche y~~

~~Standing Orders - Growth '''' Statistics~~

.interchange is prepared by'the staff of-the ERIC Processing and Reference Facility, 4833 Rugby Avenue, Suite 303, Bethesda, Maryland 20014, which is operated on contract by Operations Research, Inc. (ORI), Information Systems Division, for the National Institute of Education (NIE). Contractors undertaking such projects under Government sponsorship are encouraged to express their judgment in professional and technical matters. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official National Institute of Education position or policy. All questions, correspondence, and contributions should be directed to the , Editor, Interchange, at the above address, orby telephone (301) 656-9723. / ) A '1 ).' :42e I9%%

,AiUring the Week of June 20-24V 1477, the National Inatitute of Ed 0e41 ion (NW) andduvet: f teeof "1 ion (OE) sponsored a meet Eng ',Ow Sheraton ' Nat lona ingt , .V.irF;l.nla, that wan intended 4(,toring together reprenentntiven and uner groupn of a numberof P,, ilAaemination/diffunion pr2grnmn funded by these two agencies: e.g tional Diffusion Netwo,k, State' Education Agency Dissemination ..i7Reprenentativen, Researeh and Development Utilization Program,Research. 7and Development Exchn ge, ERIC Clearinghouse Directors, ERICTechnical . Staff, and' ERIC Use s.

~~Total attrrfdance at the Dissemination Forum :wan 650.The meeting appears to h e gone a long way,toward meeting its origins objectives, which were~~

~~To ifiCreasc collaboration andcoordination among NIE and OE contradtors,and graintecs in the field of dissemination.~~

~~\ 'Ko increase common understanding of programs. TO'consider prospects fir r the future of educational dissemination.~~

~~OF Toidentifyareas in which increasedunderstanding is needed. ( v) To develop a statement of principles affecting thedevelopment of educational disgemination.~~

the statement,of principles or "credo' that emerged from the last objective was a matter of some pride on the part of those who participated in its development and it is reprinted here(Attachment 77-10) as. perhaps the best summarizing statement that couldbe made of the conference., As a result of the Dissemination Forum, liaison committeeshave been formed among several groups of particig-ints. The ERIC Clearinghouse Director's Committee for liaison with State Dissemination Representatives is composed of Mima Spencer, Everett Edington, RobertChesley, and Peter Eddy, chairman. The National Dissemination Leadership Project's Committee for liaison with the ERIC system is composed of CharlesBrown, Gregory Benson, and Karen McCarthy. chairman.

The 1978 Dissemination Forum is being planned for June 11-16, 1978 at the same location as this year's Forum(theSheraton National Hotel in Arlington, Virginia). Additional details will be announced as they become available.

~~2. AIM /ARM. PUBLICATION - NEW NAME, NEW FORMAT~~

The AIM/ARM ProjeCt is changing the name of its bimonthlypublication to Resources in Vocational EduCation,effective with the 1977 (Volume 10) issue.. ':The publication will have a newcover design and new format and will offer immediate and individual availability of all documenpsannounced. Fortaerly known ea Abstracts of-Instpuctional and Uosoaech MatoPfalo in Vocational and Technicalt:dwu (AINARM), thin Publication has been available einem the autumn of 1967. It iq a proddct of th AIM /ARM Project which in funded by the V. S. Office of Education,11nreau of OccuPational and Adult Education, and provides accent) to approximately 1,200 documents annually.

The newly named Resources in Vocational Education in divided into: two major sections. The document resume section conninte of 200 citations and is identical in format to Resources in Education (RTh). InCluded in thin section are research rind curriculum materials in vocational education and related fields and materials funded under the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 (P.L. 90-576), Parts C,. D, I, and 3. ,'The necond section deals with project!) in progress and announces current projects in vocational education and related fields. The format is similar to that of the document resume section..

All.document resumes are referenced with an ED number.The complete texts of all documents are individually and imMediately,available in microfiche and/or hard copy from the ERIC.Document Reproduction SerVice (EDRS) in Arlington, Virginia, and in complete ERIC microfiche collections in over 650 locations across the nation.

~~Yearly subscriptions include the complete set of six issues plus an~~

~~a 1 al cumulative subject, author, and institption index. Only single year subscriptions are available at a cost of.$34.00 per year-for~~

~~domestic and $36.00 for foreign subscriptions. To subscribe,' mail , remittance and/or purchase order to:~~

~~CVE Publications The Center for Vocational Education The Ohio State University~~

~~# 1960 Kenny Road Columbus, Ohio43210 , Any questions regarding Resources in Vocational Education or the AIM/ARM Project s ouldbe directed to: 7~~

~~.11 AIM/ARM Project The Center for Vocational Education~~

~~The Ohio State University . 1960 Kenny Road Columbus, Ohio43210 Telephone: (614) 486-3655~~

~~3. CIJE ARTICLE REPRINT SERVICE NOW AVAILABLE FROM UMI~~

A commercial reprint service is now aviilable from University Microfilms International (UMI) for.approximAtely 55% of the journals regularly covered in Current Index to journals in Education (CIJE). The price for each article It$4.00:: additional copies of'uhe name article are $1.00 each, The pricen quoted include pontage Vittfirst -clans mail. All orders must be prepaid. Deposit accounts are available. with minimum orders of $100.00.

Articles are reproduced to approximatelythe original str.e, to AlTmaterial on a page in copied; including it maximum oi1111- x 11inches. . advertising. Line drawings, such as maps,chtZrts, tables, or illustrations art' reproduced with clone approximation tothe originals. Photographs do not reproduce an well, but arrangementscan be made forapecial highquality reproduction on photographic paper.

When ordering from UMI, pleaae specifythe following information: author, title of article,. name of Journal,volume number, lanue number, date, and EJ number, if known, for eacharticle required. The scheduled turnaround time is three days, viafirst class mail.

This service la announced inthe'Auguat.1977 issue of CIJE on page vii. The "Source Journal Index, pagesix-xx in CIJE, lista those journals for which UMI can provide articlereprints. Please send orders to:

~~Article Copy Service -CIJE University Microfilms International 300 North ZeebRoad Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106 .Telephone: (800) 521-3042~~

~~4. RIE EXCHANGE SERVICE NOW OFFEREDBY THE ERIC FACILITY~~

The ERIC Processing and ReferenceFacility will continue the service referred to as the "RIE Exchange?"which was formerly offered by the ERIC Clearinghouse on InformationResources, when it was located at Stanford University.

The RIE Exchange Service is basically oneof recordkeeping. The Reference Librarian at the XRICFacility willmaintain a list of organizations which report having an excessnumber of copies of RIE. When a request for a certain backissue of WE is received by the Facility, the Reference Librarian will checkit against this master:list to see informed where if a match can be made. If it can, the requester will be the desiredacOpy .carbeobtained. The ERIC Facility will 'keep no'copies in contact with those who itself. Its function will be to put. requesters have offered excess copies of RIE toother users.

~~If you have either extra or wish to obtain a certain copy, please' contact:,~~

~~Mrs. Dorothy A. Slawsky Reference Librarian ERIC Processing and ReferenceFacility 4833 Rugby Avenue, Suite 303 Bethesda, Maryland 20014 Telephone: (301) 656-9723~~

~~4 -4- 307 tiP~~

~~The seventh edition of the Theilanrtia of YRIC Perotqpiord will be nvallnhle at the end of September from Macmillan Informi\tion tot 9.9') plum postage and hanattlig.~~

The moot importaat new featuri,..in thin edition in tit inclusion ot the total numlor of descriptor pootinga for Oirrent InJyx to Jo:err:410 in Eatwation (CIJK) and Reaotwoedin Yduoation reupectively. Thin informationin linted separately for ('LIN and fit.: on line under, the deocriptor.

~~The Hierarchical Dinplay hai.been greatly expanded and easier totide. A new Sumaty of Contentn ban been written explaining in greater detail the ILUO of each of the dioplayo in the Then,:Nruq;~~

~~For further iniormntion, pleane contact: 4~~

~~Macmillan Information 866 Third'Avenue New York, New York 10022 Telephone: (212) 935-6296~~

~~1,14:V1,1,) ,III NOTATION A1)P1.3) TOYR IC MI CHOP! OW~~

Level III documents are those which are not available from the ERIC Document Reproduction Service'(EDRS) because of copyright or other restrictions. Because of thin, there in necessarily a break in the consecutive numbering of ERIC-Alcumentn on microfiche (i.e., ED numbers). In the past, if a particular document was minning,tit wasn't readily apparent whether the minsing,fiche was a Level III document, and therefore legitimately missing, or whether it was minalhg due to error or misplacement.

~~For example:~~

~~ED 133__569 ED 133 570 ED 133 571 - Level III document not included ED 133 572 ED 133 573~~

An attempt to,remedy this situation was begun wirh the June 1977 shipment-of ERIC microfiche. A special notation on the microfiche preceeding the missing ED 133 571 (i.e., ED 133 570) in frame A-1, has been added, just below the resolution target on the upper left handi size of the fiche. The Special notation will refer to either a single missing' ED number, or to multiple consecutive missing ED numbers as follows:

~~. -5 - 303 7;" .4 FA LL-1 ti :`~~

~~14,A'./1 tti b/4 D041 fAll AVAllAnt tW~~

~~11:(11 t1)4 t t 14 ti *.~~

Douhle olanIt matkrs( //) alnti appealitt the "Cleariughounc Uttnhet-tu ED Nulnher Cronn Referenrc In,icx" in in !.:A,!,4fi.'n ato ihdleatn Level III documeht number n: Level III card* 'tinting the taterofiche minning.ft,v3 the uonthly nhipment will contimue tohe ftupplted by LDW; for th0A. who tely tot them, Mir commentn coueoruing thin improvement to the MC :ii, toft,h. At.tisvited.

A story watt conthwted by the ERICClraringhonne on Teacher Education to aaertain the value andunefulhead of the Publication Type coded. Mr. Hopkiu Aaaintaut Director of the Cleatinghoune,reported the re'tsult* of the firmly at the 197/Dia*rmillation Forum ih Arlington, Virginia.

The fiTat phaae etf thin twit -phaav rtludy WAN apair of gurntiohnairen (one tor Claringhouara: one for intermediaryagencies) denigned to ancertain the level of th; of Publication Type ccIdain computer searches of the ERIC data baae, and the perceived validityof the IllliTYPL classification scheme. It was found that not all Clearinghouacti orintermediary agencies are aware of or capable of using the Publication Typecodes. In thoae cane* where the awareness and capability existed,only 1.5 percent. of the Clearinghouse searches and 8.8 percent of the intermediary agencysearches used them. Reasons cited for nonuse of the codesincluded: (1) no Mier demand, (2) lack of confidence in Publication Typecodes,(:t) lack of availability tor retroapective ararching(PI!hlYPE coding begn in 1974), and (4) lack of the technical capability' to use thecoden in twarchea,

The necond'phane of the study wan a codingexercise. Clearinghouses were sent 35 selected documentsfrom the current PIE files and were :inked to annign Publication Typecodes to them. These responses were then compared to the original codes assigned tothe documents. For 18 of the 35 documents, the modal codeassigned by Clearinghouses wan not the code originally assigned to the document. On the average, 40 percent of the respondents assigned the same code to the document ashad originally been assigned.

While the problems with the Publication Type Code are apparent,the solutions are not. Although there was a consensus among bothClearinghouses and-intermediary agencies that the PublicationType code needs improvement, there was no agreement on just whatimprovements are needed..This lack of direction prompted the ERIC Clearinghouse onTeacher Education to make the recommendation that Central ERIC convene a panel toreview the study in depth and to act on its recommendations.

~~-6- 30j ruithet- ic,-v.lractt.lattpc, v.ale LT tlic ClcatittEhotiaca'ase as fctllowo;~~

~~(1) !...icas*lictts ph.:tt1,1t,c etouiatc4 to mac the ksstill,atiott Tyre toaea, ulien avrtortlare.~~

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i) Ilse oc,(1110 t.fthe ;1;:s. ,co, whl.h ticato the titl,atiou Tyc Colca ehonl,I he sevritten to tic:lily' an3 etwand on the ocanitt5 of cA'h scitc8°IY In ofdet to leaden the ae.'Ibiona aatia,Iuto att.1 It;Icscto,nai,citt ociccfluE *0,)ca(atLA he:1,C v'tiaipten4y).

t.) A tevIew alwnla he ttaac of the rteaent ,lamoification In otaet to .latttr all ,atc::,tlica 4R.t(1, cw1vc the kontentifot=at ale,teran,y. Changet,t the Vohlicatin lyre viamaifiL'atin thonla he cut..-1.ittel to a to itr,71ementatfon.

Orai,tte the rrohlona vith the rt;hlication Ty,,c code, it !a at a nacits: devi.c in co7z;)oter aearchea ClcatinEhitara and intett':eiliaty ai;eniea oat uld m..1k0thc7...aelvert and their oaera mate (tic ct,ic ah ita tiac vh0:1 ionothIc:it Mc o114(tvil fo Lq1c the t-.:,olot 1,;,,hlea with the htt,lti;Ation iyi,e vole is airilly to vctqlic awatvof ita:1A is:cteaoc It= tinc,;

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~~Worthington, it. C. :,2016 Telerhonei 002) 291-72:i0~~

~~Copira of the prelininary teport are available from Ma. neth 1)camell 41 the ohove odarraa.~~

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order custo=crs for the ERIC mic:,rofiche collection. In KRIC'a first fc.:11- years (1976 to 1970), 100 subscfbera purchased the ERIC microfiche collection. Between 1971 ;and 1173, 200 more were added. Prom 1974 to 1977, Apl50 nubncrIbern were added to bring the total number of organirntionn now mubncribing to the FRIC microfiche. to' 650. Attachment 77-11 presents A graphic: picture of ?standing order hubneription growth over the pant ten years. A lint of the current collectionnfin avAllablo in tho ERIC publicatiOn nirec7:cr:/ of YRIC R44:,,rofic;:e which it Availnble from the ERIC Facility without urge upon request. (Please 'Address your requenf to the attention of EltrAbeth Pugh.) 6.1 11-Joi t t.ct at, ic 6tt.c. t.3C3f tc 1.,%tt c6.1.,:soltic..6 6 45.1t r 1,c,c,

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~~:) I 41INTERCHANCI ATTACHMENT 77 -10~~

~~STATEMENT OF AGREEMENT BY PROFESSIONALS THE FIELD OF EDUCATIONAL DISSEMINATION AT THE JUNE 1977 DISSEMINATION FORUM~~

Continuous efforts are required to maintain and improve educational practice so that all Americans have the opportunity to learn in accordance with their need., Research, development, evaluation and dissemination of effective, practice' are vital to the achievement of this goal.

At the current time a number of agencids, organizations, programs and systems are working,in the area-of dissemination. These existing efforts are-making significant headway in:providing support for educational improvement nd

~~should be encouraged to continue. 4/~~

At the same time it is believed that the tesults,of these efforts will be, significantly improved if they can be incorporated into a "Nationwide Dissemi- nation Configuration."*The development of such a,configuration can help to alleviate the problems identified by recent analyses and assist the Office of-- Education and the 'National Institute of Education and other elements in the Education Diyision of HEW in meeting Congressional mandates related to dissemination. 9

The deliberate developMent of such a nationwide configuration, oer time, can also help educators better understand the array of resources available to ,help/riherti improve the educationalsystem. The undertaking of such a nationwide effort is important; no single agency or group of agencies could' or should develop .a nationalized system or acquire andmanage all the necessary resources. 0 To promote the develOpment of such a Nationwide Diesemination Configuration, a group of professionals** in the area of dissemination met in Arlington, Vir- ginia fort one week in Jung 1977;They adopted the following statement of agreementi as a means of providing a common abase for all those who would undertake the development of the Nationwide Dissemination Configuration. (The

~~recorded vote was 191 yes, 4 no, 4 not voting).~~

~~The word "configuration" was chosen to coincide with Guba and Clark's use of~~

the term in their paper.cited.bdlovt. ,Theword.7system" .rejected an con- . noting:central control'and "network" was rejected because of possible confusion with thd,pational Diffusion Network. Guba, Egon G. and David L. 'Clark. The Configuration Perspective:'. A View of Educational Knowledge Production. and Utilization, Council for Educational Development and Research, Washington, D.C., November, 1974.

** 'Participant groups 'included representatives from: ERIC Clearinghouse Person- nel and Users; Evaluation contractors for major dissemination programs in O.E. and N.I.E.; National Diffusion Network Facilitators & Daveloper/Demon= strators; National Institute of Education--Office of the Director & Dissemi- nation & Resources Group;'Office of 'the Assistant Secretary for Education; Office of Education--All major Bureaus and the Reg. Offices; Research & Dev- elopment Exchange contractors--selected Laboratories & Centers; Research\& Development Utilization contractors; State Dissemination Representatives-- Nationa1.Dissemination Leadership Project.

No official endorsement from any of these groups'should be inferred. dissemination activities are many- - Agreement 1: The purposes and outcomes of ranging from acTilring knowledge for' its ownsake po specific improvements in changes in educational practice. Although the adoption of innovations and practice are possible outcomes, disseminationactivities can also lead to dedisions to_ maintain existing practices rather than tochange.

Agreement 2: A number of efforts have been made todefine the word dissemi- possible when __nation, These_efforts_make it.clear that several meanings are the word is used. The Dissemination Analysis Group(DAG), a joint government tasOorce, has delineated four possible us ges: , in all its forms: usage' 1: Spread: The one-way casting out okknowledge information, products, ideas and maiarials, "asthough sowing seeds."

~~information, products, Usage2: Exchange:. The twdtway or multi-way flow of ideas and materials as to needs, problems, andpotential Solutions.~~

and selection r--Usage3: Choice: The facilitation of rational consideration among those ideas, materials, outdomesof research and development, effective educational practices andsotherknowledge that can bel used for the improvement of education.

~~adaptation, and Usage4: Implementation: The facilitation of adoption, installation of improvements. denoted. It is recommended that future usagemake clear which, if not all, are~~

The development of a NATIONWIDE DISSEMINATIONCONFIGURATION can Agreement 3: be enhance Ibprovements in educational practice.Such a configuration should all open, non-prescriptive, andmulti-purpose. It should be influenced by -levels of government and by, other groups andindividuals and not dominated by, any one. CONFIGURATION will require Agreement 4: An effective NATIONWIDE DISSEMINATION. a broad, integrated resourcebase of knowledge. Information about educational research and, development, practices, policyand legal matters should all be available through an ERIC-compatibleindex and a universally available the current ERIC set of access systems. These resources should be based on system, enlarged to encompass the resourcesof other educational information systems and clearinghouses as well as theaddition of new types of data files as appropriate. Quality control of resources should bemaintained. Adequate information should be provided so that the users'mayjudge and evaluate these resources of their own purposes. variety of Agreement 5: ReSolarces should be accessible to and supported by a means and styles of linkage:

(a) Continuous efforts to organize and transformthe knowledge base into langauge, format and stylessuitable to a variety of different audiences should be maintained. Particular attention should be paid to the needs, of educators, lay-persons, policy-makers and especially those groups that' traditionally have not had access to'the.knowledge base;

(b) human assistance in searching, interpreting and supporting the.Use of the knowledge base should be given by providing services that are accessible to users, proVide rapid assist ante and are as objective as possible;

(c) /humin, technical and financial assistance. in implementing /.knOWledge that promises to improve educational efforts shoUld be available, particularly to decision-making groups Within educational institutions. This assistance should include:

~~technical assistance in implementing cific innovations, practices or'products that meet the requirements 4 of usera:-~~

~~assistance to educational institutions to insure that they gain the, capacity to use knowledge effectively;~~

~~assistance to lay-persons and citizens groups that will provide-them with the increased capability to'influence .educational practice;~~

~~encouragement tothose who risk changes in the status quo~~

~~. to undertake activities they believe will improve education.~~

~~The styles by, which such linkage services are available should be broad and -non-prescriptive:~~

~~Agreement 6: Dissemination, including the NATIONWIDE DISSEMINATION CONPIGUR- ATION, should be an object of study and improvement in its own right.~~

1 ) information about the configuration should be developed and communicated to insure an informed, public process for coordinating the configuration. Particular emphasis should be placed on the development of information about user needs and -reqUirements--both in terms of new knowledge that should be Created through research and development and in. terms of ser7 vices needed from the configuration;

~~(b) specific tools, traininprograms and other support' efforts should b'e developed to insure the effective strengthening and growth of the configuration;~~

(c) research and development on alternative models, theories and practices of dissemiantion should be carried out and shared in a systematiC way. Agreement7: Since the components of theconfiguration are now, and perhaps always will be developing, theremaybe.no absolute roles for variousagencies, configuration should be groups and individuals. In general, however, the initiated with these assumptions aboutfunctions that should be performed at 'various levels.

~~(a) a national level functionshould be to:~~

~~o develop a community of interest that willestablish goals for the configuration;~~

~~o operate those elements that servenationwide needs;~~

~~o provide incentives for a variety ofinstitutions to build-their own capacity to operate theconfiguration within their spheres of activity;~~

~~and support research and development onthe configuration.~~

(b) a state level functionshould be to provide leadership in defining statewide dissemination systemsunique to the requirements of each state. The autonomy of Sates must becarefully preserved, consistent with their constitutionaland legal responsibilities; % and those they serve (c) agencies engaged in direct instruction should be the primary beneficiariesof the Configuration. The function of the Configuration should be to servetheir needs with a minimum of constraint uponthem. The Configuration shou;c1 effOrts not promote change needlessly,;instead, it should support to maintain an environment inwhibh students of all ages can learn. The Configuration should recognize- thecontribution that educators make as a source of exemplarypractices and information about the effectiveness of otherinnovations. The autonomy of these agencies d their boards should be respected.

centers, universities and (d) educational labo atories, research colleges, profes ional associations,independent institutions, individual s'bhol s and professionalsshould be encouraged to share and prbvide their knowledgeand services through the Configuration and to participate in itsstudy and management. they should be encouragedtd build their capability to extend the Configuration as well as toprovide technical assistance to)it.

of public and tax-supported (e) it is recognized that the activities agencies are complementary with theactivities of,the private sector. unctions not adequately provided by theprivate sector c ,be undertaken by public and tax-supportedagencies in a way that encourages the private sector to beinvolved in the fullest extent possible..

Agreement et Support for such a Configuration must be cooperatively shared by all participants and beneficiaries.The development of this Configuration will require the expenditure of both fiscal and human energy.These resources are'cbtainable only through efforts that focus on cooperative and accommodat7 ing relationships among participants for the mutual benefit of all.

Agreement 9: The long term vitality of the National Dissemination Configuration is dependent not only on more effective utilization of existing knowledge and resources but on the'continued support for appropriate researchand develop - ment (R &D) so as to renew the knowledge base.

~~MORA 'AVM~~

~~FEBRUARY 1978~~

~~TABLE OF CONTENTS~~

~~CONTENTS ATTACHMENTS~~

1. IERIC Facility to Produce Microfiche 78-1 Microfiche Directory Directory and Search Services Survey User Response Form (During 1978---Information From the 78-2(A) - Request for /Field is SClicited InformatioU Letter

~~, I (B) - Search Services Survey User Response Form~~

~~2.1-VocabularyqmproVementProject 78-3(A) - Vocabulary Improvement Project Announcement (B) - User Response'Form~~

~~3 NewService Offered- "Order ERIC" 78-4 - "Order ERIC" Announcement~~

~~4; "Availability" to be a New CIJE Element~~

~~1 The National Repository of Information on AmeriCan Private Schools~~

~~6. ERIC BibliOgraphy~~

~~7. 'MicroficheNumber Correction~~

~~Descriptor Groups - Report on 78-5 -.Results of the Interchange Survey Descriptor Group Survey~~

Interchange is prepared by the staff of the ERIC Processing and Reference Facility, 4833 Rugby Avenue, Suite 303, Bethesda, Maryland 20014, which is operated on contract by ORI, Inc., Infortnation Systems Division, for the National Institute of Education (N1E). Contractors undertaking such projects under government sponsorship are encouraged to express their judgment in professional and technical matters. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official National Institute of Education position or policy. All questions, correspondence, and contributions should be directed to the Editor, Interchange, at the above address, or by telephone (301) 656-9723.

~~319 DIRECTORY SEARCH SERVICES SURVEY I. RETO PACILITY TO PRODUCE MICROFICHE and DOW 19?8---INPOUMATION PIUffil PUNP4W1,1) :','OLIVITKP~~

During 1978, the ERIC Facilitywilt produce new up-todate editions of two standard ERIC referencepublications: the Directory of,AWIC Microfiche Collectionn nnd the Surbely ofRRIC Data Banellearch Saracen. An effort will be made to printboth in time for the 1978 Dissemination PcktittlysiOr The Microfiche Directory attempts tolist not only all current subscribers to ERIC microfiche, butalso all collections ofsignificant magnitude (i.e., more than two yearnof material) that are currently. serving a user clientele.

The Search Services Survey attempts tolist organizations from which users may obtain computersearches (batch or on-line) of the they serve a narrow ERIC file. Organizations are listed'even if university. clientele, faculty and students of a particular

If you would like to be listedin either or both of these public tionn,/ we would like tohear from you. Forms for your conven ence Are included asAttaChment 78-1 (MicroficheDirectory) convenience. and tachment 78-2 (Search Service's Survey) for your

~~In both cases, please contact:~~

~~Editor of Interchange ERIC Processing andReferencejacility 4833 Rugby Avenue, Suite 303 Bethesda, Maryland 20014 Telephone: (301) 656-9723~~

~~2. VOCABULARY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT~~

E C users-are invited toparticipate in the ne IC Vocabulary iew of the Improv ment Project (VIP),involving a comprehensive This VIP project, planned during a Thesa s of ERICDescriptors. result in series of'national andregional meetings last fall, will a revised andupdated Thesaurus.

The Vocabulary ImprovementProject is a natural follow-up to the Interchange. Identifier Clean-Up Project,reported in previous. issues of which It is also a more extensiveand difficult project; and one in ERIC must depend to a great extent onuser assistance. Beyond 'semantic which and structural considerations,ERIC must consider the ways'in particular descriptors,function inmanual and on -line retrieval, both will offer singly and in combination. The experiences of ERIC users identify those this-perspective. In addition, users,can uniquely concepts not yet represented inthe Thesaurus for, which descriptors are needed. `

Thio project will. ht.in with d roView of each descriptor in the Thosaurus (February 191B to Angnat 1918), Each of the ixtee -decentralize&FRIC Clearinghonaon, as well au the Kith; Facility Lexicographer, will participate in tia review in order to achieve latch-nyntivm communication rind to cnaure coniteacy of approaeh. Dcacriptor diaplyn will be evaluated to ithmsity problema ,n&1 to vecommond novououry uCtion, including pote04%1 deletion or merger of dvaeriptera, reviaion of hiorurchich1 utructoreti, rani ,addition of ..acope,notea.

~~Five w;iya in which twera can provide inputCo the initial review are linted on the project announcement appended Jul Attachment .18-1(A). Briefly theae,are:~~

~~1. Request a sot of Woopiptop RCVICO 1''O1T7M,fill them (qa, eInrlvetprn them to the Pojoot Coorainotop (address at the'bpttom of this article);~~

~~.114ainput a notebook to record problems, and report those pmblems to the Projeot Coordinator;~~

~~3. [;t4m1t copies of on-line geareh Saves;~~

~~4. Submit case studies (however brief) of orapohca that go awry because of vocabulary rwr5lems;~~

~~5. Submit the User Response Form, (Attachment ?8-3(B)), on (nt on-going basis.~~

Following the initial review period, each Clearinghouse will receive an assignment of approximately 300 descriptors for in-depth analysis and the preparation of final change recommendations. For each assigned descriptor, theClearinghouses will receive written 'opinions from the initial review (including those of users and of other Clearinghouses) on what actions, if any, seem necessary.

Several studies are being conducted concurrently with the initial Thesaurus review in preparation for the in-depth analysis phase of the project. These include: (1) a study of the principles underlying vocabulary development from which decision criteria maybe.draWrt; (2) a study of Descriptor Groups; (3) an examination of"reverse term" pairs (e.g., VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT/DEVELOPMENTALVOCABULARY). and (4) an investigation of conceptual overlap in descriptors, focusing specifically. on the Narrower Terms (NT's) to two descriptors---' INSTRUCTION and PROGRAMS---which exemplify the precoordinationof terms across concept families. Additionally, 118 brOad concepts, represented principally by terms at the apexes of hierarchies and terms frequently precoordinated, will be researched, defined (scope notes written), and submittedjo intensive review. Other studies may be initiated during the course of the project.

~~-3- 32_, It you would like to participate inthis pro co.:, or have qudeiiiona, pleticth contact:~~

Project Coordinator.- Ma; Barbarasooth ERIC Vovabnlavy Improvement. Project University of f:ctlifornto, Loa Angeles qt-r Powell Library Huildlug Los Angeles, Calitornia 900A Telephon-e: (213) 825-16111

~~NkW SkINICE OFFERYD "DRDER ERIC"~~

.A new service called "MinERIC," is now available as nn addition "i)iiPYR YRIC" to the ElectronicMaildrop(4 Service offered to ORBIT users. expedites demand orders for microficheand hard copy, of doctimeuia which are announced inRepouvoi.:a h: Muoation (MN) and which are'available from the ERIC Document ReproductionService (FDIC') (LevelI and Level 11 documents only).

Orders are placed at the terminal andstored by the computer until the end of the day. They are then electronically transmitted toand received by EDRS the name day. The turnaround time for an order placed through the'ORSIT system is 48 hours. A service charge Of $.50 per document ordered will 'be added tothe current .list price, plus applicable postage charges.

~~Ordering instructions are fullyexplained in the December 1977 issue of Orbit Starch ServiceNews, Volume 5, Issue.11, Section 3, p. 2-4 (See Attachment78-4). For additional information, please contact:~~

~~SDC Corporation 2500 Colorada.Avenue Santa Monica, California 90406 Telephone: (213) 829-7511~~

~~4. "AVAILABILITY" TO BE A NEW CIJE ELEMENT~~

"Availability" has always' been a possible dataelement In the Resources in Education (RIE) database (ED accessions). It has been used to record alternate sourcesof availability in addition to (or in lieu of) the ERIC DocumentReproduction Service (EDRS). For those interested in the magnetic tape format,it is an unstructured field simply containing whatev6r textual data areapplicable. The hexadecimal field ID number for"Availability" is 0031 (Decimal 49)'. Its maximum length is 267 characters). It is not divided into subfields. / A Beginning wittrrhe January 1978 issue ofCurrent. Index to Journals in Education (CIJE)'with EJ-163352),"Availability" will become a possible data 1.emenf for CIJE records(EJ accessions). ts%

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:'Dual 1I for Altrule4n P1-14tc Morse lint(l-'AIT) and 'the rdtu-at 1oual licamttca lutotmatiou Crutcr (ERIC) arc operating to increase thc lumber n1 doew:Iruta tu 1.41C which deal with thc eouccru5 of private nehoo14, CAPI: 15 4 eoalltioq of fourteen ultioo41 ote,anitatioub %rvin:; apploAttuately 1'0,000 tbriv4tohchoola, rhle and CAPEair - :iolii°itttt docimvuttl ttot.4 cdoc4tora lu otdrtIlk build withirt.titiC a culLecttoo of NlEulfieaut tratat-cil frliotf .4:1d dero-Ortive docuvnta Fv1,1tel to private plc-colic-Oat," education, YAM' will announcc in thr "1011thlY PtiblicAtiou all items which ate selected.

Materials submitted tut ERIC should tie screened on three counts: (I) substlintivo quality: (2) relevance 10 the :inticipated inrre3t4ul seholars, ptactitionurs and othera, anti (s) p(antiat e14fitY of reproduction. Documdnts should be presented itt two copies, althouKh one e:opyis acceptable. Original copies are dr:fired, although high contrast, photocopies are also acceptable. They should, in any ease, bv cleat, anti uultable for photographic reproduct ion. It in requested that reproduction relages ac.ompany the documents. Documents should be sent to

~~AcquisitiOns ERIC Processing and Referince Facility 4833 Rugby Avenue, Suite 303 Bethesda, Maryland 20014 Telephone: (301) 656-9723'~~

The ERIC Facility has for several years maintained a bibliography (in card file form) of documents describing ERIC or about.ERIC. An early form of this was printed in the introduction to the Macmillan poblica4ion EPIC Init:%.2n Analyaia Pota, 19(7-7::. In 1978 the Facility will produce and print an up-to-date version ofthis bibliography as a separate brochure that can be used in handoutpackages. We want to make certain that we cite all- significantMocumentsand articles dealing with ERIC. Suggestions from the field concerning relevant citations would help to ensure the completeness of t_his tool and would be more than welcome. .

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~~P.as INTIRCHANCI ATTACHMENT 78-1 December 1977,~~

~~DIRECTORY OF ERIC MICROFICHE COLLECTIONS 21,4. _REQHEST_FOR_INFORMATION_FOR_1978- EDITION~~

~~Gib~~

~~Dear Colleague:~~

t Since 1972, the ERIC Processing and Reference Facility has maintained and published. periodically the Directory of ERIC Microfiche Collections. The Directory has been, singe its inception, a very popular reference tool because ithelps ERIC users tolocate and gain access.to microfiche collections in.their area that would otherWise remain unknown to them and to consult the actual documents contained. on these microfiche. 4 The ERIC Facility plans to publish the Directory again 'during 1978, and to incorporate the following dita in the content of the entries:

~~L. Accessibility Data: Informationas to whether the collection is open to the public, on which days, and during which hours.~~

~~2: .Collection Scope/Sine Data: Information about the status 'or the collectionwhether it is complete, or if not, what special segment(s);of:.the total collection is available.~~

~~3. Equipment and Services Ddtai Information about the equipment and services available 'to help the user make use of the Collection.~~

~~. Contact Point =Data: Telepone-number-And- name-of"-contact:person',-11-available.---~~

In order to give you a more exact idea of the information being requested, :a copYof- - your old entry (or a sample entry, if you have not previously, appeared in theDirectory),'. . showing how your°collection might be described, is shown below:

To facilitate our production of this Directory, we would like to ask you to eitherb .(1) complete the-questionnaire on the liack.:of this-letter, or, if you have a previous entry, (2) note those items oflinformation to be changed, or.(3) indicate no change to your entry is necessary.'Please return this questionnaire by Feb. 1, 1978 to the-following address:

~~; ERIC Processing and' Reference Facility. Directory of ERIC Microfiche Collections Project 4833 Rugby Avenue, Suite 303 Bethesda, Maryland 20014~~

~~In return for your kind. cooperation, we will see,to it that you receive a copy of the completed new Directory. Thank you very mucH4foryour assistance.~~

~~, Sincerely yours,~~

~~Ted Brandhorst, Director ERIC Processing and, Reference~~

WTD:Sep 326' Form Approved.0,04.11. No. 51-01191 The reporting end/or recorilkeepim requirements contained herein have been approved by the Office of Management and iludgatinaccordance with the Federal Reports Act of 1942.

~~DIRECTORY OF IERIC MICROFICHE COLLECTIONS QUESTIONNAIRE~~

~~1. STATUS: No change is necessary,to the entryfor our institution appearing on the reverse of this page.~~

~~Our previous entry should be changed as indicated below.~~

~~We have not previously-been listed, thereforethe questionnaire below has been completed in its entirety.~~

~~2. INSTITUTION NAME:~~

~~3. .ADDRESS:~~

~~4. ,TELEPHONE NUMBER:~~

~~CONTACT PERSON:~~

~~COLLECTION STATUS (YEARS COVERED):~~

~~7. EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE: Number of Microfiche Readers:, Number of Microfiche Reader/Printers:~~

~~. SERVICES AVAILABLE: Hard Copy Reproduction' OYes~~

~~Charges: P Microfiche:Reproduction Yes Charges:.~~

~~Computer Searching.(of ERIC)00n-tLine0 Batch ONone~~

~~of 9 DAY8/HOURS'OPEN,TO THE PUBLIC.:~~

~~10.-COMMENTa~~

Ftegee return this form to ERIC Procpssing.and'ReferenceFacility, Directory of ERIC MicroficheCollections Project, 4833 Rugby Avenue, Suite 303, Bethesda, Maryland -20014; Telephonepint*: (301) 656-9723. .

~~EFF-48 (12/77) INTERCHANGE ATTACHMENT 78 -2(A)~~

PROCESSING AND REFERENCE FACILITY ERIC 4833 RUGBY AVENUE, SUITE 303. BETHESDA, MARYLAND 20014 (301) 658-9723 OPERATED FOR THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION by Operations Research,Inc.. InformitIon Systems Division

~~ERIC SEARCH SERVICES~~

~~REQUEST FOR INFORMATION FOR THE 1978 EDITION~~

~~Dear Colleague:~~

Since 1974, the ERIC Processing and Reference Facility has maintained a list of organizations providing computer searches of the ERIC database. In 1976, this list was published and made available,under the title Surveyof ERIC Data Base Search Services (1Uhe 1976). This publication has been a popular reference tool because it helps ERIC users to locate computer search services that provide the type of service they require, that they canafford, and, to .which they can gain access as- qualified clientele.

The ERIC Facility plans to publish this list again during1978 in basically the same format as previous editions. Computer search services are, therefore, requested to provide us with the information necessary for an entry. If you have previously been listed, a copy of your last entry isincluded herewith, for your information. If you are a new candidate for listing, we are_including a sample entry so that you can bettervisualize the information we are seeking.

. To facilitate our compilation of this publication,, wewould like tp ask you to either (1.) send us sufficientinformation for a complete entry, or if you have a previous entry, (2) note thoseitems of'information to be changed, or (3) indicate no change to your_entryis necessary. Please return this information by February 28, 1978, to the following address:

~~ERIC Processing and Reference Facility Survey of ERIC-Data Base Search Services Project 4833 Rugby Avenue, Suite 303 Bethesda, Maryland 20014~~

~~In return for your kind cooperation, wewill see to it chat youreceive a copy of the completed new Survey. Thank you very much for your assistance.~~

~~Sincerely yours,~~

~~1/40%;~~

~~Ted'Brandhorst, Director ERIC Processing and Reference Facility~~

~~WTB:sep~~

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~~INQUIRY SUBMISSION ETHOQ FORMAT 'SEARCHOUTPUT COSTS~~

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~~LETED BY: DATE: ANTERCIIIIN ATTACHMENT 78-3(A)~~

~~EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER~~

~~(ERIC, VOCABULARY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT~~

In 1978 ERIC in undertaking a comprehensive review of the Thesaurusof ERIC Descriptors,' the first step in a major system-wide project that will culminatein a substantially revised and updated vocabulary. Each descriptor display is being critically reviewed by the ERIC Lexicographer and the Vocabulary Coordinators of the 16 ERIC Clearinghouses. Problems in conceptual relationships, of ambiguity, variant meanings,obsolete terminology, etc., are being identified, forming a pool of opinion for eachdescriptor on which subsequent revisions will be based.

Have you ever found yourself searching aroundthe fringes of a topic, because no on-target descriptor wasavailable? Conversely, are your searches sometimes complicatedby a profusion of relevant'but overlapping descriptors?This year you can help us dosomething about it.

If our vocabulary is to be equally effective forindexing and searching, we need feedback from experienced ERIC users about the ways in whichparticular descriptors function and interact in manual and on-line retrieval. Users can help us identify (1) concepts for which new descriptors are needed and (2) descriptors that are synonymous,ambiguous, or Useless in retrieval, however justified or distinctthey may be for indexing.

HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE ERIC VOCABULARY IMPROVEMENTPROJECT While all comments and suggestions from users are welcome, thosedirected toward specifi conceptsor descriptors will be most usefulin Thesaurus revision.' You may submit pre ously identified problems, reproducing the form on the backof this announcement, orou February-Augu t may participate systematicallythroughout the Thesaurus review period, 1978, through one or more of the followingoptions: Participate in the Thesaurus review. A set of Descriptor Review Forms will beprovided on requesto any ERIC user organization interested in evaluating the descriptors in aselect d Descriptor G Oup or cal data-on usage, a check- Groups. The forms.provide the descriptor display, statist list for quick indication of problems andrecommended actions, and spac for comments. The Descriptor Groups range in sizefrom'Opportunities (-13 descriptors )" to Facilities (271 desqriptors). A list of the 52 DescriptorGroups/and the complete Descriptor Group Display is available in the back ofthe Thesaurus., A Maintain a journal ornotebook over a period of several months to ecord descriptors that are problems and concepts for whichdescriptor's are needed, ith explanations, as these occur in searches. Send us copies of your on-line Search Saves. Search Saves pr vide a useful measure of term relatedness, and will alert us'todescriptor clusterrequiring special analysis Send us case studies of searches that goawry/due to vocab lary problems. Reproduce copies of the form on the back ofthis announcent and keep them handy for submission of comments and recommendations on -an on-goi g basis.

If you would like to participate, if you needfurther de ails, or if yoel have additional suggestions, contact the Vocabulary Coordinator at yournearest ERIC Clearinghouse, or the Project Coordinator, ERIC Clearinghousefor Junior Colleges, 96 Powell LibraryBldg., University of California,-Los-Angeles, CA90024. ********************************** ************************* As our Thank You we will fiZZthe esaurus with Scope Notes **************te*********w******** 33a 441INTERCHANGE ATTACHMENT 78-3 (B) Educational Resources Information.Center rERICv.00LARYT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT User Response Form or'

~~Term~~

The descriptor cited above has been identified as a probleth in retrieval for the following reasons, and requires the following Check action: (specify whether in manual or on-line searching or both) one The concept cited above, for which no descriptor presently exists, is needed for retrieval for the following reasons: (specify in- adequacies of existing descriptors for capturing the concept)

~~Name Date~~

~~Title~~

~~Address~~

~~Return to: Project Coordinator, ERIC Vocabulary Improvement Project,96 Powell Library Building, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024 334 41111111CHANGE ATTACHMENT 70-4~~

~~NEW AODITION TO THE EEECTRONIC MAILDROP SERVICE: 01IPAh Ahlt,~~

We-are-plered-to-announce-the-addition-of-ORDER-ERIG-to-our-flectronle Mall- dropiservi e, bringing to five the total number of such services available on the ORBIT system. This service permits ORBIT users to order reports from the Research in Education (RIE) portion of the ERIC data base that arc available froMthe Epic Reproduction Service. ERIC documents available from this service can be identified by their ED (not EJ) Accession Number, and from the .

~~PR field. I~~

~~Here arOome important details concerning ORDER ERIC.~~

~~Supplier: ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS) 2020 14th Street,-North Arlington, VA 22201 703/841-1212~~

~~Document Forms: Microfiche (MF) and Hard Copy (HC)~~

~~Deposit Account: Deposit accounts are not required; however, if you wish to establish one, contact EDRS directly.~~

~~'Rates: A charge of $.50 per ED document ordered will be added to the published price of the report.~~

Order Information: Enter SHIP TO: and BILL TO: name and complete address and, for each item, the following: Accession, Number (ED number), Document Form (MF or HC), and Number of Copies required of each document. Ci ° EDRS has requested that users carefully folio:* the instructions given below to ensure correct interpretation and processing'-of orders.

Enter BILL TO: and name on one line, followed by your complete address on separate lines, just as it should appear on the shipping label. You may enter up to 5 lines. Your city, state and zip code must be the last line.

o If you want your order shipped to-a different address enter SHIP TO: and the shipping information exactly the way you entered the billing address. Be sure to include the zip code. You may also enter SHIP TO SAME ADDRESS.

~~335 41~~

DoCuments in microfiche will be shipped Via Airmail. Documents in hard copy will be shipped via U.P.S. If you have special shipping instructions, enter SHIP VIA: and the information on one line, for example, SHIP VIA: UPS BLUE LABELAll documents incldded on one invoice will be shipped the same way.

~~If you have a deposit account, enter CHARGE DEPOSITACCOUNT, and the number.~~

~~If you want your purchase order number to appear on theinvoice, enter MY P.O. NUMBER IS: and the number, for each purchaseorder you wish to include.~~

For each itemhyou wish to order, enter on one line: Accession Number (ED number), Document Form (MF or MICROFICHE,Et or HAROCOPY), and Number of Copies (a number and the word COPY or COPIES). Each line must begin with the letters ED, and there must not be any blanks or commas in the Accession number.

~~SAMPLE ENTRY~~

~~SS 1/C? USER: "FILE ORBIT" "ORDER ERIC" PROG: YOU ARE NOW CONNECTED TO THE ORBIT DATABASE~~

~~ENTER ORDER OR TYPE DONE, USER: BILL TO: COLLEGE OF MUSICOLOGV~~

~~PROG: ENTER ORDER.OR TYPE DONE USER: (ATTN: PROF. SAX O. PHONE)~~

~~PROG: ENTER ORDER OR TYPE DONE USER: JAllTOWN, PA 14011~~

~~PROG: ENTER ORDER OR TYPE DONE USER: Nap TO SAME ADDRESS~~

~~335 11111111111111111111.111.1.11111111111.111111111111111 PROG: ENTER ORDER OR tYPT DONE USER: SHIP VIA: AIRMAIL.~~

~~PROG: ENTER ORDER OR TYPE DONE USER:~~

~~/V0-157911 I COPY III~~

~~PROG: INTER ORDER OR TYPE DONE USER: 11)031912 HARVCOPY 2 corit.!:~~

~~PROG: ENTER ORDER OR TYPE DONE~~

~~USER: . VONL~~

~~PROG: YOUR ORDER IS ACCEPTED. 8/I6/17 5:57AM (PACIFIC TIME)~~

~~Reprinted from: Orbit.Search Service Neva, Volume 5, Issue 11; Section 3, 2-4. 4INT9ICHAN6E ATTACItHYJIT / - !.; ,~~

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~~2. Have y414 COOP 1.404c1the Yea: ift t10 0 OP:* I, f 0 I GIV:41-1ti : NO: .1:!,.~~

~~total: 48~~

~~:!. If you h4ve convuited Ow. Extremely ()ecru': 8 Nusoiptop i;py:4,0, ,iid you fin.i Vvryt1d0u1: 10 9 the!, 1400,141:' Useful: Slightly Useful: 6~~

~~o Not Uarrol: ,~~

~~Totnl: 36 _~~

~~.5. Are you in fat!or of retainer :;; Unern: Deaciptor Croup) aa one :.u:! of Yen:- .28 dimplaying Thennurun terra ?. No: '8 (Ana:2era are auhdipidod into thope of uaera and non-uacra, Subtotal:, 36~~

~~4'ueation No. 1). . Non-Unern: Yen: 3 NO: .9~~

~~Subtotal: 12~~

~~. TOTAL: 48~~

~~4. If you are in favor of retention Yea:~~

~~(yea, above), do you think the No: ..._24 existing Groups need to be revived? Total: 31 I .)DATABASE II~~

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~~tr. New Po,Et.sr!,o Rate%~~

~~9 EMS eoVeti to New 1.0..'arion(~~

~~10. gAvh;InKe A Pseninder that Etra CopiP0 are Needed~~

~~11. ERIC Cunfetence Calendar - Internal work log Tool 78-11 - Conference Calendar Form~~

JEttrerla.P;Aki a rfeNre-..1 ty the staff of the ERIC 1'7.N:ruins and Refeirn:e Fac,:it), Rug Atnue. Swtt 1-11.tirthruia, kise)1sEIEJ ahtch is oretatcd ott contra..1 ty Information S'stems Distston, rEsete National Instituteor I ousst,on padiment profewonaI still) COIrroctorlurkleelatttli tuthdole is urtJer to,...rnmett tron.....Novpate en,:aurairJ td ea-recta And !cr.:pv.104 rria:tersPools of seer t ocEnEona do hot. thrrtfort, rEt-,-.,crtanly rep-ft-wilt eftosI Siattonal Institu!e of I Ju.,:shon Nation GY PoIrCYAll gurstiont, corronorudenct. and ecEntrItVions thor.ikl he clawed to theclo:T. Interrhallit,at the ato.r aJdrrts, Let bteVrhone. 6!6-9721

~~3 3 d 1978 ERIG,USERSCONFERENCE (AUGUST 17 -18, 1978) TO BffiATOINED AGAIN WITH DISSEMINATION FORUM (AUGUST 14-16, 1978)~~

. The 1978 ERIC Users Conference will be held.August 47-.18, 1978 .(Thursday and Friday) at the Sheraton National Motor Inn, Arlington, Virginia. As in 1977, the ERIC Users Conference will be held during thes4 week and at;ttfesame location as the'National Dissemination Forum. The ERIC ClearinghouseTechnical:Conference, which was also combined with the Dissemination Forum in 1977, was held in Harpers ,Ferry, West Virginia, this year (April 25-27, 1978) and will not be'conducted at the Dissemination Forum.

A technical agenda for the 1978 Users Conference i.s currently being developed by ERIC and will be available in July. .Potential topics being discussed are: computer conferencing, techniques for training on-line:Users, copyright-, new files, vocabulary improvement, state data bases,'and an opportunity for opeh'discussion in a.nob-alike" session.

~~Arrangements for the Dissemination ForuM itself are being handled, as last year, by the National Institute for CeMmunity.- Development (NICD).° For further information, 'please contact:~~

~~.Ms. Lisa Levin Itte' r National Institute for ComMunty Development 1815 North Lynn Street. Arlington, Virginia 22209 '-Telephone: (703) 522-1461~~

~~Attachment 78-6 is a reprint be a standard news release issued dur.ing May to announce the Dissemination Forum.~~

~~If you plan to attend the sessions:designed for ERIC users,' you' are invited to complete the attached pre - registration," Orm (Attachment 78 -7) and return it to':~~

~~MS- Elizabeth Pugh . 1% ERIC Processing and Reference Facility 4833 Rugby Avenue, Site 303 Bethesda; Maryland20014~~

~~Telephone: . (301) 656-9723~~

~~It is necestary to-know the'expected attendance in order to,plan room sizes and to make other arrangements.~~

~~1 2.- ERIC OFFERS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCETO STATES IN THE DESIGN OF ERIC- COMPATIBLE BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA. BASES~~

Several states are currently involved in planningand'implementing computerized bibliographic files and associatedinformation systems. In many'lfSiles the experience that the ERIC system hasaccrued over the AL past ter6rears cauld be usedto.benefi; the stateeffort and to save time and mope*. It might. also be helpful for the. state planners to. consider, for thebenefit of.users, various levels.ofcompatibility , . with ERIC ot other standardized information.activities,e.g., dataelement selection and tagging, indexing terminology, cataloging rules, magnetic I , . . . tap e. format; etc. . .

: , In an effort to help states in their desire to buildfiles that ',are compatible with ERIC, assistance was offeredconsidaneof a mad6:110 of technical , travelling technicalassistance.team that would be staff from NIE.(Central.ERIC), the ERIC ClearinghOuiles, and theERIC Processing.and Refpfence Facil4ty. The team/would make itselfavailable as a resource to the states. The states would,,of course,,befree to use this resource ift.any waythe"), saw fit.

This is an_experimental program and during the first year atotal of only six two-day visits were funded. Two visits have been made, to state education agencies in Colorado and Kansas,and four others have been scheduled for the remainder of1978. The prerequisites for participation are: (1) a state-wide effort with state education agency support; (2) the effort mustbe directed at a computerized system, not a manual system; (3) the effdrt mustbe sufficiently far advanced to benefit from the'team (i.e., it must be morethan merely, a gleam in somebody's eye). It is anticipated that additional support for this activity will be available in 1979.States interested in applying for technical assistance under this program in1979 should write with full particulars; to:

Mr. Robert E. Chesley Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Dissemination and Improvement of Practice (DIP) National Institute of Education (N11) 1200 19th-Street, N. W. Washington, D. C. 20208 Telephone: (202) 254-5555 A

All inquiries will be screen d against the abovecriteria and ,will be handled on a first-cc:6e, ifst-served bathis within the funding limits available. Replile 11:be made to all inquiries. 3. NEW 'ERIC ACQUISITIONS BROCHURE

~~A new ERIC acquisitions brochure, generalized fornse by all ERIC ' components,. was produced, in early May. The brochure is notable in~~

:containing: (1) a comprehensive list of the advantages to an author . or .institution in getting their documents into ERIC, (2)a lit of specific types of documents being solicited, and .(3) a discussion of the selection criteria emplOyed by ERIC.

. ... . Copies of the brochure may be obtained from either an ERIC Clear.:- inghouie or from the ERIC Processing and Reference Facility. (The content of ,the brochure is reproduced (without color), asAttachment 78-8.)

4. CUMULATIVE LIST OF LEVEL III ACCESSIONS (DOCUMENTS NOT AVAILABLE FROM EDRS 17V MICROFICHE OR HARDCOPY). APRIL 1978. 87P. 4 In April 1978, the'ERIC Facility.published' a cumulative list (through RIE for March 1978) containing the 21,582 accessions in the RIE data base that cannot be obtained from the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS). Level III accessions are running currently .(e.g., 1977) at 9.4% of the file.

The list is useful in validating orders going to EDRS. and in validating the content ofERIC microfiche collections. It may be obtained, as long as, the supply lasts, for $6.00 by contacting: Document Control Supervisor ERIC Processing and RePrence-Facility 4833 Rugby Avenue, Suite 303 _Bethesda, Maryland 20014 Telephone: (301) 656-9723 The Introduction to this tool, containing annual and cumulative statistical data is appended Is Attachment 78-9.

~~5. NEW .PUBTYPE TAGGING SCHEME~~

In June 1977, the ERIC Clearinghouse on Teacher Education issued a preliminary ieport of a study commissioned by Central ERIC, by Hopkin M. Davies and Ralph Cyr, entitled, "A Study of the Validity and Utility of the Publication Type.Data Element Categorization Scheme in the Resources in Education File."

This study indicated.that the current PUBTYPE categories were being assigned to documents by Clearinghouse catalogers/indexers with undue inconsistency. Certain categories were pinpointed as ambiguous and as the prime causes of such inconsistent assignment. The study recommended tliatt:steps be taken tO improvq the category scheme (including category deft111;1,0ns) and, subsequent to improvement, to publicize more widely its'potential use in computer retrieval efforts.

For this purpose, a PUBTYPE Committee was formed, in early 1978 to work on effecting the improvements. A revised list of types, complete `with definitions, was prepareeby the Committee by May 1978 and, will be

-3- .342 pilot-tested during June-August, todetermine its adequacy and the consistency with which it can be applied. The new scheme provides for both broad categorizations,"partitioning" the file in effect, and 'specific form indexing to avoid loss o such-information. As soon as the results of the pilot test are known an the scheme adjustedaccordingly, it will be put into operation in the EIC system and announced to users in Interchange.

~~6. FINAL REMINDER - 1978 EDITIONSOFTHE SURVEY OF ERIC DATA BASE.. SEARCH SERVICES AND DIRECTORY OF ERIC MICROFICHE COLLECTIONS~~

The February 19781edition'of'1/nterchangecarried a story offering organizations an opporOunity to appear in either orboth of the ERIC publications, Survey of ERIC Data Base SearchServices and/or Directory of ERIC Microfiche Collections. If the services your organization provides are applicable to the scope of eitherpublication, and you have not as yet responded, please contactElizabeth Pugh at the following address:

~~Ms. Elizabeth Pugh ERIC ProceSsing and Reference Facility 4833 Rugby Avenue, Suite 303~~

~~epthesda; Maryland20014 . Telephone: (301) 656-9723~~

~~7. TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY - ON-LINE RETRIEVALSYSTEM~~

East Texas State Univervi y (ET) originallydeveloped its oviii t home-grown on-line retrievalrp grams to access ERIC back in1976. Tapes 'to update the systemhave een purchased on an annualbasis since that time.

In February ofthis year, Dorothy Lilley,Professor, Educational Media and Technology and Lowell Ballew,-Director,Computer Center, sent us a .brief write-yp on the system,how it was developed, and its present function on campus. This description appearsas.Aitachment 78-9. The system is limited in its capabilitiesand its outputs but clearly serves several useful purposeafor'both faculty and students.

~~8. NEW POSTAL RATES~~

The U. S. Postal Service increased postagerates for both first - "class and parcel -post mail effective May 19,1978. This increase will be passed along to cuatomeraordering bothmicrofiche and hard copies from the ERIC Doeument ReproductionService (EDRS). The-prices of the documents remain the sate. The new postal rates are shown in the table on the following page.

~~! NEW POSTAL RATES~~

~~1 3 MICROFICHE $~~

~~If 7 MICROFICHE ;20~~

~~75OR FEWER HC' PAGES .36 76 150 HCPAGES .50 151 225 HCPAGES .64 226- 300 HCPAGES .73 301- 375 HCPAGES .92 376 450 HCPAGES 1.06 451- 525 HCPAGES 1.20 EACHADDITIONAL 75 HC PAGES .10~~

~~'9. EDRS MOVES TO NEW LOCATION~~

CompUter 'Microfilm International, Corporation (CMIC)', which operates ihe ERIC Document Reproduction Service .(EDRS)1, has recently a moved to a new location. f,I The EDRS post office box mailing address to receive ERIC"orders remains the same.

~~ERIC Document Reproduction Service P. 0. Box 190 ArZington, Virginia22210~~

~~However, their new street address is now:~~

~~Computer Microfilm International, Corporation 3030 North Fairfax Drive ArZington, Virginia 22201~~

~~The telephone number for bath CMIC and EDRS remains the same: (703) 841-1212.~~

~~10. RIE EXCHANGE - A REMINDER THAT EXTRA COPIES ARE NEEDED~~

In the October 1977 edition of Interchange, it was announced-that the ERIC Facility was offering an "RIE EXchange",service, whereby the Reference Librarian would put those offering extra RIE's in contact with those needing specific copies of RIE's to complete their collection. While the response from those seekingRIE'o has been regular, the response from those offering RIE'o has not. If you have extra copies of RIE with which you would be willing to part,please contact Mrs. Dorothy Slawsky at the following'address:

~~Dorothy Slowsky, Reference Librarian ERIC Processing and,Refei,ence Facility 4833 Rugby Avenue, Suite 303~~

~~Bethesda, Maryland 20014 . Teldphone: (301) 656-9723~~

~~11. ERIC CONFERENCE CALENTR - INTERNAL WORKING TOOL~~

The ERICFacilitymaintains a Conference Calendar, for internal use by the ERIC network, of national and regionalmeetings in the field of education. This calendar is one method used by ERIC tomaintain its

~~coverage-of the literature of the educationalcommunity.' .~~

~~If you conduct or knoW of aconference which ERIC might attend:7) participate in, or solicit papers from, wewould'AAreciate your completing Attachment 78-10 and returning it to:~~

~~Md. ElizabethPugh ERIC Processing and ReferenceFacility 4833 Rugby Avenue, Suite 303 Bethesda, Mary land 20014 Telephone; (301) 656-9723~~

~~-6- 345 IIINTIERCHANGE AJTACHMEN13 78-6~~

~~REPRINT OF STANDARD NEWS RELEASE ANNOUNCING MO TO EDITORS: DISSEMINATION FORUM~~

~~Individuals engaged in educational dissemination from all over-the country are invited to attend the second National Dissemination Forum, to be held in Arlington, Virginia on August 14-16, 1978.~~

frfollow-up to last summer'ssuccessful Forum, this second Forum, sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Education,the National Institute of Education, and the Office of Education, will bringtogether key people from across the country representing nearly all of HMIson- going dissemination efforts in education. Six, programs within NIE and 18 programs within OE are involved. A number of these programs will hold special meetings in the two days following the Forum.

~~Sessions will focus-on five critical aspects of dissemination:~~

~~Organizing Dissemination Activities;~~

~~. Identifying Client Audiences and Needs;~~

~~. Developing and Using Resource Banks and Centers;~~

~~. Linking Resources to Educators;~~

~~. Documenting and Assessing the Impact of Dissemination Activities.~~

The purposes of the Dissemination Forum are to share information, ideas and expertise; identify better methods of communication, cooperation, and coordination; discussand prepare position statements on current issues; and plan future activities.

Co-chairing the Forum are Ws. Virginia M. Cutter, Director,; Division of Dissemination of the Texas Education Agency, and Dr. Jerry L. Fletcher, Senior Policy Analyst, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Education. Six task forces involving nearly 50 people representing State education agencies, institutions of higher education, public school districts, the research and development community, and professional associations, as well as representatives of the Federalr3overnment, are presently engaged in planning the forum.

~~Further information about the second National Dissemination Forum is available from:~~

~~Ms. Lisa Levin Itte National Institute foD Conmunity: Development 1815 North Lynn Street Arlington, Virginia 22209. (703) 522-1461~~

~~346 '4* Sponsoring GroUps~~

~~The Office of the Assistant Secretaryfor Education~~

~~The National Institute of Education~~

~~- TheDissemination Group~~

~~. The R & D Exchange The State Capacity BuildingProgram Leadership Project . The National Dissemination~~

~~. The R & D Utilization Program Information Center (ERIC) . The Educational Resources~~

~~- The SchoolCapacity for Problem Solving Program~~

~~The Offjce of Education~~

~~- The Bureauof Elementary and SecondaryEducation~~

~~The National Diffusion Network~~

~~. ESFA _Title I/Migrant~~

~~. The Follow-Through Program~~

~~The Office of Planning,Budgeting, and Evaluation~~

~~- The Officeof Bilingual Education~~

~~The Office of Career Education~~

~~- The Women'sEducational Equity Act Program~~

~~- The TeacherCenter/Program~~

~~- The:TeacherCorps~~

~~- The Right -to-Read Program~~

~~- The Bureauof OccUPational and AdultEducation~~

~~in Vocational Education . The National Center for Research~~

. State Research Coordinating Units for.Curriculum Coordination inVocational .and . The National Network Technical Education Program . The'Vocational Education Personnel Development Demonstration Program . The Vocational' Education Program . The Adult Education Dissemination

~~- The Bureauof 'Education for the Handicapped~~

~~- The RegionalOffices of HEW~~

~~347 STEERING CMIITI'Eli 1978 DISSMINATION~~

Ann M. Bezdek Charles F. Haughey Evaluation Specialist Chief, Communication &Linkage Office of Planning & Evaluation Dissemination & Resources Group U.S. Office of Education National Institute of Education 1:086, Room 3049 Washington, D.C. 20208 400 Maryland Avenue, SW. (202) 254-7930 Washington, D.C. 20202 (202) 245-7997

David P. Crandall Richard K. Herlig Executive Director Director The NETWORK National Dissemination Leadership 290 South Main Street Project Andover, MA .01810 Council of Chief State School (617) 470-1080. Officers 1201 16th Street, NW. Washington, D.C: 20036 Virginia M. Cutter, Co-chairperson (202) 833-7850 Director, Division of Dissemination Texas Education Agency Robert W. Howe 201 East 11th Street Director Austin, TX 78701 ERIC: Clearinghouse for Science, (512) 475-5601 .Math & Environmental Education 1200 Chambers Road, 3rd Floor Columbus, OH 43212 Jerry L. Fletcher, Co-chairperson (614) 422-6717 Senior Policy Analyst Office of the Deputy Assistant James S. Johnson Secretary for Education Marketing Director Room 31711, Humphrey Building Bureau of Education for the 200 Independence Avenue, SW. Handicapped Washington, D.C. 2020 400 Maryland Avenue, SW. (202) 245-8266 Washington, D.C. 20202 (202) 472-4640

~~343 4INTIERCHAN ATTACHMENT 70-7~~

~~DAM: Augunt 1970, PLACE: SHERATON NATIONAL MOTOR .INN ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA~~

~~1978 ERIC USERS CONFERENCE~~

~~fi PRE-REGISTRATION FORM~~

~~PARTICIPANT'S NAME:~~

~~POSITION:~~

~~ORGANIZATION:~~

~~STREET ADDRESS:~~

~~CITY/STATE:~~

~~TELEPHONE:~~

The 1978 ERIC Users Conference will be held all day Thursday, August 17, 1978. -On Friday morning a special advanced searching workshop will be offered for experienced searchers. Please let us know your plans by checking the appropriate boxes.

~~I will attend the Dissemination Forums (August 14-16; 1978) Yes ON°~~

~~I will attend the ERIC Users Conference (August 17). Yes No~~

~~I am interested in attendingta Advanced Searching Workshop on Friday, AugUSt 18, 1978. (Attendance limitedto 20 experienced searchers.) Yes No~~

~~Please return this form-to: Elizabeth Pugh, ERIC Processing and Refereriee Facility, 4833 Rugby Avenue, Suite 303, Bethesda, Maryland 20014. Telephone: (301) 656-9723.~~

~~349 .1.1 A mi11.61 i I i .1166L I~~

~~I Sils.1.4 Criteria lipliffi~~

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~~I I.1 41 ii li PII ii aIL% INTIERCIIANCE ATTACHMENT 78 -.~~

~~. A INTRObUCTION'-~~

All documents accessioned into the ERICisystemandannounced in Resources. in'Educat7ion (RIE) must be available to'the users.ERIC will not accession an item for which a source of-publicavailability cannot be cited.

t ' If the author or corporate source of the documenthas given ERIC PermisSiOn to reproducean 'item via itsERIC Document. Reproduction Service (EDRS),..then,it is assigned, as appropriate, to either Level.:1orLevel II, ,as defined'below:

~~Level Available from EDRS irvboth*Crofiche and hardCopy.~~

~~Level Ir Available from EDRS in microfiche only~~

~~If the item may not be reproduCed, then it isassigned to Level III, as defined- below:~~

~~Level III - Not available from EDES..~~

~~All Level III accessions carry anote in their citations inR/E.concerning a source of availability. Tr~~

~~The percentage of Level IIImaterials in the ERIC filehas fluctuated Figure I depicts froma high of 21% (1971)to:thepresent low of 10% (1977)'. thisPercentage for each.year'ofthe file to date-~~

One important reason for keeping LevelIII input to a minimum is that each Level-III accession represenfs a gapin theERIC mlErofiChe lection t the The more gaps in thisbcollection1,the more inconyenience'thet user.

; The purpose of this list 3s to provideUsers with a cumOlative list of, ,, , . ERIC microfichecollection. The 1 those Items tticannotAle found in the , *.;_can be used tOValidate a missing microfiche,i.e., tat-prove:that it is kigitimately.4; missing and not simply accidentallyoUt.of filpt'It2can also

~~ED , No item op'this list;. be used to validate, document orders going to ...1- -- shoUld'he.ordered from 'EDRS since EDRS hasnei masterl.microfichenoro . permission to reproduce:- . -,.f,~~

imrespanse to user requestsantOs being.. ".1 The listi,ha0;een.prepared distributed aatnthatically to allmicrofienesubstribersItmay'be purchased separately for $6.00., Orders shOUid be addressed:tc$,'fERICIOOLS, ERICPriaces4ng and:Reference Papility, 4833 RugbyAve*, Bethesda, Maryland!

~~20014. 4V,) '13'numbers in each column 250 numbers on each page" 21,582 total numbers in the list ,~~

Range: ED-001011 (announced in the ERIC Catalog of Selected Documents. onothe Disadvantaged) to ED-146307 (announced in ResourcesinSclucation, March 1978). This Het considered.a total of 139,272 accessions extending through RIE.fdr March 1978 (last number Ea-146318).'

~~P- NUMBER OF LEVEL DOCUMENTS 1'ERCENTAGE~~

~~1 107,417 77.1%~~

~~10,273 ,7.4%~~

~~3 21,582 15.5%~~

~~TOTAL 139,272 .100.0%~~

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~~ta INTERCHANGE ATTACHMENT/P-10~~

~~EAST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY ON-LINE RETRIEVAL SYSTEM (ET)~~

ET ERIC is an on-line information retrieval system that accesses by Descriptor only and retrieves accession numbers only. It is a user-access, teaching/learning system. The user may select Descriptors by using an on-line thesaurus Or the manual printed thesaurus. The system has OR, AND, and AND/OR logic capability. There Is no limit to the number of commands that may be issued to the system for search, but each command must consist of no more than two descriptors at a time.

The primary function of the ET ERIC retrieval system is that of a teaching/ learning tool to instruct students and faculty in how to access and pse an on-line system. The system has been in operation since July 1975, and not only serves its primary function, but has been found by users to take 1/5 of the amount of time required for a manual search (data collected during ERIC workshop, Summer 1975).

A small instruction manual has been developed to fit into pockets and pulses., It consists of four 3-1/2" x 4" sheets stapled together. The first shea.gives compPteraccess. directions, the second sheet the year and ranges for ED numbers; the third sheet the year and rangevfor EJ numbers,-and the ,fourth instructional logic diagrams (VENN diagrams).

The set of ERIC tapes was originally bought in 1973 with the hope of borrowing software from one of the nearby universities and providing a system for library science students to use to learn about computer-based information retrieval systems. Attempts to borrow an on-line search program proved

unsuccessful. Most of the available programs were for batch retrieval. . By Summer 1975, the ET Computer Center development staff had designed the ET ERIC. on-line system. By that time, the funds that were to have been used for terminal rental were no longer available. Cooperating further, the Computer Center personnel adapted eight CAI (Computer Assisted Instruction) terminals at the Center so that they could also serve to access ET ERIC. This terminal arrangement works exceedingly well 'fora teaching/learning tool. The Computer Center staff has willingly undertaken the job of facilitating user learning of the ET ERIC system."' The Center is open day and night. Tachlty and students from all disciplines have access to the system. The present,system has become much more than originally anticipated: (1) it is on-line instead of batch; (2) it serves all faculty and students instead oust those. in library science; cr (3) eight terminals are now in use. The system hag the fallowing advantages over more comprehensive systems accessing:remote data bases: (1) immediate

. turnaround time; (2) the usemakes his own search decisions; (3) both,computer and library professionals are available'for consulttion; and, (4) the University provides computer time so that hundreds of users on-the ET campus feel comfortable with information retrieval via advanced technology.

The Computer Center will probably continue to serve thek.teacliing/learniing function-even when and if the library takes overthe operatibnal function. .111 addition to the capable personnel available and the convenient hours, the eight terminals lend themselves well to'serving large, numbers of students and faculty. As an oplptional system, it would be helpful to have terminals in the library where inlormation.retrieved can'be readily supplemented by printed ERIC documents, indexes,abstracts, periodical collections, copying. machines, and interlibrary loan services. Access to the card catalog and book collection is also important, as many of the ERIC-alerted items notavailable from ERIC are already on the ET libraryshelves.

The future of ET ERIC'maysee it: (1) 'continue to be a learning/teaching facility for all departments; (2) become operational in theuniversity library, in some departments, and possibly in dormitories, homes,and other universities of the regional network; (3) add identifiers, authors, andinstitutions to system search capabilities and add the ability to printout thetitles of selected ED and EJ numbers. Printouts of the abstracts are a luxury which may bedemanded in the future. The. ERIC data bases, currently adding references'at arate of approximately-35,000 items per year,.will clearly continue at East TomsState - University to be useful to faculty and students in education atall levels and in all subjects.

~~For further information please contact:~~

~~Professor Dorothy B. Lilley East Texas State University Department of Library and Information Science Commerce, Texas 75428 Telephone: (214) 468-2273~~

~~353 ANTERCHANGE ATTACHME T~~

~~CONFERENCE CALENDAR FORM~~

If you conduct, or know of a conference which ERIC might attend, participate in, or solicit papers from, please complete this form and return it to: Elizabeth Pugh, ERIC Processing and Reference Facility, 4833 Rugby Avenue, Suite 303, Bethesda, Maryland 20014, (301) 656-9723.

~~NAME OF CONFERENCE~~

~~SPONSOR OF CONFERENCE~~

~~ADDRESS~~

~~TELEPHONE NUMBER~~

~~CONTACT PERSON,~~

~~DATE OF CONFERENCE~~

~~WHERE CONFERENCE WILL- BE HELD~~

~~ADDITIONAL COMMENTS~~

~~3C0 AMMIL1;1111111215EIN DECEMBER 1978~~

~~TABLE OF CONTENTS 0 . ARTICLES ATTACHMENTS ..,~~

~~1. 1978 ERIC Users Conference~~

~~2. NIE/ERIC Reorganization 78-12 List of ERIC-Related NIE Personnel~~

~~3. ERIC Clearinghouses Changes Name~~

~~4. New ERIC Data Elements 78 -13- Descriptions of New Data Elements~~

~~5. PAGE Field - Transposition of 78-14 Notice to All ERIC Tape Subfields Subscribers~~

~~6. New Copyright Law and ERIC 78-15The Impact of the New Copyright~~

~~Law on the ERIC lystem -~~

~~7. On-Line Training and Practice Manual for ERIC Data Base Searches-- Now Available ,~~

~~8. CIJE Reprint Service---New Titles Constantly Being Added~~

~~9. EDRS "Search Fiche" Updated 78716 EDRS "Search Fiche" Brochure~~

~~10. Complete VT-ED Cross-Reference Index for the AIM/ARM System Now Available~~

~~11. ERIC Reference on Urban and Minority Education 1, / 12. Writer's Guide to Publication 1 Development Available~~

~~13. Teacher Series and Invisible College Products Highlight Clearinghouse Publications~~

~~14. The Answer Van~~

~~15. New EDRS Product - RIE on Microfiche~~

~~16. Thesaurus Error . ---.~~

~~.._ ...... --~~

Interchange is prepared by the staff of the ERIC Processing and Reference Facility, 4833 Rugby Avenue, Suite 303, Bethesda, Maryland 20014, which is operated on contract by ORI, Inc., Information Systems Division, for the National Institute of Education (NIE). Contractors undertaking such projects under government sponsorship are encouraged to express their judgment in professional and technical matters. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official National Institute of Education position or policy. All questions, correspondence, and contributions should be directed 10 the Editor, Interchange, at the above address, or by telephone (301) 656-9723.

~~3 61 1. 1978 ERIC USERS CONFERENCE~~

The 1978 ERIC Usera, Conferencewas holdAuguat 17-18, 1978 at the Sheraton National Motor Hotel in Arlington,Virginia. Au it wnu ltlut year,the BRIC Users Conference wan part ofthe 1978 National Diaaemination Forum, which is sponsored by the Office of theAasiatant Secretary for Education, the National Institute of Education,and the Office of Education. Registered attendance at'the Forum wan 775, althoughactual attendance waa estimated to be much higher by the firm in,chargeof logistics, the National Institute for Community DeerclopMent(NICD).

The format of the conference was a mix of paneloand reports, and n workahop'en advanced searching.Roy Tally of the Minnesota Department of Education moderated a panel discussion on-ComputerConferencing. The panel consisted of Murray Turoff, (New Jersey Instituteof Technology), Holly O'Donnell .(ERIC Clearinghouse on Readingand Communication Skills), Norman Sims (Kentucky Department ofEducation), and Roxanne Hiltz (Upaala College).

A session on New Files Reports wascoordinated by Del Treater of the National Institute of Education. Mike Gafney (National Foundation for the Improvement of Education) reported on the LegalFile; Gregory Benson (BRS) reported on the Educational PracticesFile.

Charles Hisser of the National Instituteof Education coordinated a session on Training On-Line Users. Fran Spigai (Lockheed) discussed Techniques in Teaching On-Line Searching;Allen Kent (University of Pittsburg) discussed the University ofPittsburgh System for Training On-Line Users.

Also covered during the conference wereupdate reports on the ERIC data base, which included: Identifier Cleanup Project; Impact of the New Copyright Law, Publication Type(PUBTYPE) - Revised Types and Pilot Study; Vocabulary Improvement Project;On-Line Data Entry and Editing Study; and Input of ERIC to Tertiary DataBases, e.g., Women's Educational Equity Communications Network (WEECN).

A so-called "Job Alike" session gaveattendees an opportunity of meeting with others in their own areasof interest. The session was divided among the areas of Acquisitions,Document Processing, Information Analysis Products, Computer Processing andData Entry, User Services/ Reference Search and Retrieval,Vocabulary/Lexicography, and Management.

During the morning of the last dayof the conference, Barbara Wildemuth (ERIC Clearinghonse on Tests, Measurement, andEvaluation assisted by Charles Hisser (NIE), John Waters(ERIC Clearinghouse on cher Education), Lynn Smarte (ERIC Clearinghouse onHandicapped and Gifted Children), and Kathy Clay (San Mateo EducationalResources Center) conducted an Advanced. Searching Workshop for the first 30 peoplewho signed up for it.

~~-2- 3~~

~~:. Nth: MC lilt11121119A~~

~~NIE hat' recently undergone nevernl internal reorganIzation(chnngen. Several ofthooe changes which will impact ERICare noted hero.~~

Chuck Hoover, formerly the Chief of ERIC, hn been promoted to Ann1ntnnt Director of. the Information Reuourcen Division, under which ERIC nov/yeniden. Succeeding Chuck in Bob Chenley, who, among tunny other duties, monitored both the ERIC Facility and EDRS contracts. NIE in now employing "team management" practices and under thin scheme, Bob in the "Team Ilader"or "Head" of Central ERIC.

~~Attachment 78-12 provides a complete list of ERIC related,NIE personnel and their current job titles.~~

~~. ERIC CLEARINGHOUSE,CRANGES NAME~~

The ERIC Clearinghouse on Career Education has changed its namet. As of SepteMber 14; 1978, the new name is the ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education (ERIC/ACVE). The Clearinghouse will continue to be'located at the Ohio State University,'1960 Kenny Road, COlumbus,110hio 43210.

~~. NEW ERIC DATA ELEMENTS~~

~~Three new data elements are being introduced to the ERIC file beginning with the January 1979 issues of RIE (and-CIJE).~~

~~DATA ELEMENT FIELD ID~~

~~LANGUAGE OF DOCUMENT '(RIE AND CIJE) 76DECIMAL;4DHEX GEOGRAPHIC SOURCE OF DOCUMENT (RIE ONLY)' 77DECIMAL;4EHEX GOVERNMENTAL STATUS OF DOCUMENT (RIE ONLY) 78DECIMAL;4FHEX~~

~~In all three cases, the content of the field will be text (i.e., the name of the language; the name of the country; thename of the level of government). Codes or abbreviated text will not be used.~~

~~Attachment 78-13 provides complete descriptions of each of these new data elements. It is hoped that these data elements will provide searchers~~

~~. with additional ways of partitioning the file and of arriving at the material most relevant to their needs.~~

~~. PAGE FIELD - TRANSPOSITION OF SUBFIELDS~~

Beginning with the October 1977 issue of RIE and extending through the September 1978 issue of RIE, the contents of the PAGE field were inadvertently sorted on the ERIC magnetic tapes. This sort, caused by an internal system change, had the effect of, sorting the microfiche count (usually 1) before the page count, thereby transposing the intended and documented sequence of subfields. For example, a field formerly. reading "349;4" (meaning 349 pages. 4 microfiche) was transposed to read "4; 349".

-3-363r This error will, we believe, have noeffect on moot ERIC tape tinurti however, the notice Includedhere no . (who do not use the VAGEfield). keep them Attachment 78-14 has been sent toall ERIC'tape users In order to Italy Informed. b. NEW COPYRTGHT LAW AND OW require The ERIC system hen Interpretedthe new_copyright law to documental (except them written permission from producersto reproduce al.1, system. This frowthe Federal Government)before they may enter the ERIC. with resultant requirement has had'a substantialimpact on--the ERICZJynte'm, Implications for ERIC users. the The ERIC Facility recently surveyedthe ERIC network concerning findings impact of the new copyright law. Both the negative and positive were Presented at the ERICUsers Conference held inArlington, Virginia, on August 17,1978. (Please see Attachment 78-15.) MANUAL FOR ERIC DATA BASESEARCHES - I. ON-LINE TRAINING AND PRACTICE NOW AVAILABLE with some A self-instructionalhandbook designed to help searchers ERIC data blise wan experience improve their onlineskills in searching the Online Training and Practice published by ERIC/IR in August 1978. ONTAP: Atherton, Manual for ERIC iMata Base Searchers,by Karen Markey and Pauline including the provides, a step by step explanationof the search process, search identification and explanation offive different approaches to fortriti atdon, with examples of each. Exercises for practice are strategy within the area of -given, as well as 15 samplesearches, each on a topic Clearinghouses. The 198-page manual may be interest of one of the ERIC . ordered from:

~~Syracuse University PrintingServices 115 College Place Syracuse, New York 13210~~

~~The price of this document is$6.00 plus $.60 shipping and handling thargesCthe order number is IR -24;~~

TITLES CONSTANTLY BEING ADDED 8. CIJE REPRINT SERVICE---NEW new University Microfilms Internationalis regularly consummating by Current Index agreements with thepublishers of periodicals covered titles were added to Journals inEducation (CIJE). The following eleven during October 1978 alone:

AGB REPORTS AMERICAN BIOLOGY TEACHER AMERICAN EDUCATOR CAREER EDUCATION QUARTERLY ILLINOIS - CAREER EDUCATIONJOURNAL ILLINOIS SCHOOL RESEARCH AND DEVELOMNT INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OP APPLIED LINGUIS JOVIINAL OP POPTATRIC MEDICAL EDUCATION MULTIPLE LINEAR REORESSION VIEWPOINTS PEOPLE'S COMPUTERS STUDIES IN SCIENCE EDUCATION

In order to keep abreast of thin conntantly. ehanging.lini, Intereated tigers nhould at leant annually obtain from [IM[ the latent edition of their Article and Aloud Reprint Catalog, currently 'luting approximately 10,000 journal titian participating in their reprint program.

~~Just as a reminder: the price for articles identifiee requenter an CIJE titlen in $4.00 for yearn 1976+ and $6.00 fot prior yearn. Olen address ia:~~

~~UniOartiity MicrofUma IntornatiOnal 300 N. 'lea Road' Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106~~

~~9. EDRS "SEARCH FICHE" UPDATED~~

The EDRS "Search Fiche," originally announced in the February 1977 Janne of Interchange, have recently been updated and are now available an cumulations extending from 1966 through September 1978.The total act resides on 89 fiche (see below) and in available for.$20.00 (a rate of 22C.per fiche). Attachment 78-16 is the EDRS advertiseMent for "Search Fiche." r

~~'NUMBER OF PART FICHE , FICHE~~

~~I TITLE SEQUENCE 24 II ED NUMBER SEQUENCE 24 Illy PERSONAL AUTHOR SEQUENCE 20 IV CLEARINGHOUSE ACCESSION NUMBER SEQUENCE 21~~

~~TOTAL 89~~

~~Pt 10.. COMPLETE VT-ED CROSS-REFERENCE INDEX FOR THE AIM/ARM SYSTEM NOW AVAILABLE~~

The Complete VT-ED Cross- Reference Index for the AIM/ARM System is 'now available from: National Center Publications National Center for Researchn Vocational Education Ohio State University 1960 Kenny Road Columbus, Ohio 43210 The price of this publication is $12.70; the order number is SN 17.

~~-5- 365 It. l'.WW UPYI.:NENOE ON tliNIAN it N11MINOWnjWAVON~~

lit bahratteation For the p411threa yaara, th ERIC Cleaciaghaaaa apture a Nally Wide tutu been compi1 iteganima 1b1bt ogrovlit eathat in a given aelvetion of E.RIC'reforenvea onurban and minority cdttuation input by 411 or the ERICClearinghoudea. year. Theae bibliographlea Include for anyone needing broad Information, or It14 4 tmettil retorenve tool who wants to dee 4 efOrlaaection ot ERIC docnmenra onurban anti minority eyterit or need somaIntormalion yoraelt, education. If you have atteh et 19/6) , look at rutc Reforopwea Uphan anj Miniwity 1:',Iuoatioll Only .(no F1) 1416thrT yet)). (El) 128 692); July 1977 (E0141 /20); 41a July 197B

~~1::. wuiTIN,: allot.: TO punr('xploNPP:VELOPMNT AVAILIPLK~~

The ERIC Clearinghottae on AduR,Career,antiVocational Education publicationn in trying to aaal4t per4O4aWho arc intereated in developing retrieval ayutemn.) that will meet criteria forinclunion in informittion iloo to Got The document; Writor'a6Vde to PublA%-%ition Pevolorrhmt: wigdeveloped at Your Pubtio,ltioninto071inplymaionHeel-it:ma The document the National Center forRc4c3rch In Vocational Edueatioa. la nvailable from:

National Conter Publioationo National Center for Roaearoh in Vocationt R,iucation Ohio State Univornity 1060 Kunny Road Coluinbus, Ohio 431L10' order The price. per single copyof tIn publication is $3.25; the number in S18. This document?1,A11..noon bein the ERIC system. 11ZGHLAUT-CLE4RINGROUSE' 13. TEACHER SERIES AND INVISIBLECOLLEGE PRODUCTS PUBLICATIONS 7

What Research .and Experience SaytotheTeacher, of Exceptional monographs launched. by the Cldrenhi is the title of a series of ,Clearinghouse on Handicapped andGifted Children. ; Drawing on expertise research data and demonstratedpractice, authors of noted offer suggestions-and techniquesfor sound classroom management' and instruction. . A First titles released are: "Managing Inappropriate Behaviors Childhood," by Merle in the Classroom," by ThomasC. Lovitt; 'Early Gifted B. Karnes and Richard C. Lee;'Developing Creatiyity in the and Talented," by Carolyn M.Callahan. Other topics of theSeries, "Reasoning Abilities of Mildly in preparation orproduction, include: Education, ""- Retarded Children,""Discrimination Learning," "Affective Peer "Assessment and IndividualProgramming," "Social Acceptance and Relationship," and "InstructionalTechnology." Convening an luvlefble College or u, the "g ratting edgc" ttEilowldr to 1Mt0h,411."410 t)00;? 0 PFP0141. ,PV1°,1C11 tibca 4( CLC rot- 06verdi Year d. Ihc program van Initiated %./hen C hpEitiC Clegtinghoode findtwidlly ooppoited by the noledo or td(o-at ton rut the Handteapped de vett or 4 1.418c1 inrotthation tz,itct : alts

Now, tunic!'tin current !lir contract, cicaringh,,Jcc ctAtf have the plepatationa Ne11 updeavev rot all 1111/1011110 V,u(tfclter on F.Aticntiml*4 )(coptmajblittY blatoptive, Alienated, or incni,.cfstcd Youth, Iwo ;:141or proilurta will he. the Oltect teaolt or the Contetencci (1). 4 tape album or 411((4) (0 90 mInntc e4OncrtrO of cattca pfcmOntatt.M4 and dincoodlAno recorded ou-aitc: (.1) a r011 length boolt containing ch4Purr hY c'4rh VArticlvant on hio assignc,i,'opceifto topt,.. the final manuseripra ale preplred by the pafttripants alter the conference, haaed tiltthr picrientations, diactottiona, and cditotlal doggcdtiond.

III addition to tho ittnurLiatc prodocta, the Invioible College fotmat aoggrata gread for add ions,, it,Isted publicstions. Ivo ot thr Cle:tritwowleIN recent publiationa arc avinotta from lift-victor: CL,11,1;": "0;!.1,1 "n.; fp01):00t.--4 by nonald F. Kline; and P.:rer:fa. by Roger L. Nroth and Geraldine T. Scholl.

~~It 1.1!:'!,:,';!I' !!!~~

Central ERIC hat; funded a new nervier for new Standing Order Cuatomera to familiarize them with the podoct.n and services oItered by ERIC. Thin new net-Viet` in called the Annwer Van. A prototype ni this new service.waa developed earlier thin year by the ERIC Clearinghouse On Lounseling and Personnel Services; the first fleet of Answer Vntin in now being annembled.

Each new Standing Order Customer will be vinited by a connultapt from the nearest Clearinghouse in bin area, presented with an "Answer Van," which-contaills basie, ERIC. Information, and generally welcomed. to the ERIC system. This service, of course, is at no charge to the customer.

~~15. NEW EPE.:; PROW: WCROFICHE~~

~~BeOnning with the.January1979 issue of -RrE,.all monthly microfiche shipmentS fromEDRS to Standing'Order Customers will incorporate a set of microfiche representingjhe ,actnal text of the RIE issue.~~

These microfiche will be prepared,from the RIE master magnetic tapen via CO'I (Computer Output Microfiche) techniques. They will not be prepared by filming the actual printed pages-of-R/E. RIE issues will A average about 7 microfiche a month. Each microftche_set will contain:

~~DOCUMENT RESUMES SUBJECT INDEX AUTHOR INDEX INSTITUTION INDEX~~

~~6 , 0.~~

The ,°'Cleariughodbe Numblta Cibis4efe anteJndex" will not be inclUded, tor will any i9 uCtoiy Or' front math r..,. notices, or advertising '+'., te, , :".k.,: As pg.rt..pf : thregular ,Subscriptioh, t,v hese lut microfiche , lkkeV6 Will., selI,et the ta ulai Atie .of, :,$.833:47.fithe,,Ey 'June 1 79, EDRS will have available/E'4, 0cify6he-4xi: g back tc5and inclUding 1969, issues.BRIE microfiche Orio'f',6,6,9 ''. flii. 19784ill sell at the rate of $-.122 per fiche ,and \ will Acit)'.,,bilg A-2,p ofthe,regul'ar subscription: 'TITY, will haVe to bek, ordeiec ':,Sep4i,,it

`, -, ,, , 1 .TIYE:5'AURIPR 1 ., . ,.:-. ,'^ , cg2ER.TC,..Des:oxi:iptors does noproperly , The 7thEdition ofthe"017'cascatrus- . , ;;,display.,"mulAiple USE referenceS";'!.!.4tiels,...refer-000.,iAdl.cate tothe 4.hdexer' and searcher that two(6..i'!,,,mor0):40ac'tiPtora Eii4Uldbe use ,parti.,Ic114-air,nc,F,n,,q9.'.. goordinatiou,to captur . :;' This feature was added the:/liesraziiiye.,f.n.late,.197fr, and there were 11-tei3c141Cin.41i-,- ,the the 7tii .Edition was 1,3'Multiptle USE-ref erencps in,h. 4al.display pkiblipbed..Thero lemieoii, hew 11 : Xi ftiiin.1s.. a IASI) e t ('Etescrtg-to-rs, pp: D232) 4 J.91114.the'firSt-Des'6iipior 'df each multiple USE reference is inted Information;":Plans tocorrect this , . :. t ion ., k , ,, `,err tor for,'the 8'Thesaurus'?,V'illg . 4 ,9;, , correct these 13 multiple USE '.."4/.Each ,11older°c.) the'.1;12.414 81Should'. referendes to :read,, as. v . ale,Role O Communa E MALES COLLECTIVESeTTL01..iENTi ''USE and SEX ROLE and .GROUP . EXPER IENCE,;', Mother Role OmmupityHealth WOrkers USE1 MOTHERS USE COMMUN ! TY! HEALTKSERVICES. and PARENT ROLE and-ipLTHASONNqt,, , Social Science Methodology 61-t1-1.141)4'DifprivedcChi Id ren USE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY usE:..cuLTuRALy D I SADVANTAGED and SOCIAL L 'SC I ENCE RESEARCH and.D, SA DVANTAG E D4Y:OU TH SociologIC'S I Studies Dormitory Livrng US[ SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH USE *.DO,RMITOil ES and ;SOCIOLOGY and GE(6up ;ExpgRI ENCE Spbrts News Father ,RO.ie USE ATHLETICS USE_ :FATHERSs: and NEWS' MEDIA and PARENT ROLE Sports Reporting Female Rol aiti USE ATHLETICS USE FEMALES and NEWS REPORTING and SEX' ROLE 4. - Legal Education(Professional) USE LEGAL SLOU,CAT ION and.PROFES`gatfiL EDUCATION 0 1INTERCH NGE ATTACHMENT' 78-22 ;

~~LIST OF ERIC-RELATED 'NIE PERSONNEL~~

CENTRAL ERIC (andAssocidted Offices) *

~~NATIONAL INSTITUTE OFEDUCATION Office of Dissemination and Resources Washington, D.C. 20208~~

~~Telephone Number: (202), Please see individual listing. TELEPHONE NUMBER NAME'S : TITLE CENTRAL ERIC 254-5500 Robert Chesley Team Leader 254-5500 Pat Coulter Monitoor,JC, AC~~

. 254-5500 James yrevel Monitor", Facility, EDRS '254-5838 Frank Smardak Monitor, CS, EA, HE,I'S,SO 254-5500, Mildred -Thorne Monitor, CE, SE `4 25475500 Catherine Welsh Monitorto' CG,IR,TM, CIJE 25475500 °Unassigned Mohitor,,EC,.tIte-Sp' o. INFORMATION RESOURCESDIVISION 254-5500b Cbarles Hoover Assistant. Direetor,-IR' Michael Jackson Secretary 254-5500 254-5838 Alan Moorehead Prograni'Manager . Dia SEM,T.NATIoN- AND IMPROVEMENT PFPRACTICE.IDIP) 25,4-5470 Ed Ellis Asst. ,DirectOr, RegionalProgram. 254-5310ia John Minor Assoc! Director; :DIP 254-5310 Sandy Thomas SecretarY .25476868 Eunice Turk Asst. Director, PrOgran:toorditiator LIBRARY ANDREFERENCE CENTER 25475Q60 Judith ',Black TechnicalInformatliOn Specialipt .254.779361' nkBiyars Technical Information StifeciaIts,t 254=79341'. ampbell Technical Information ;Specialist" Mary 25475060 Joanne Cassell: Technical Information Specialist 254-7.934 William Higgins Technical': Information Specialist 254-5060 Charles Missar Teat' Leader Judith Stark Technical Information-Specialist_ 1____254-7934 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYTEAM 254-5500 Kevin Arundel -a Project. Officer 254 -5090' 7. Doris Edmonson Project 'Officer 254-5090 Albere3Feiner. S . kesearch Officer 254-5090 LAwrence Grayson eam Leader --) 254-5090 -P-Richard Otte Project Officer, 4 INTERCHANGI ATTACHMENT78-13

~~DESCRIPTIONS OFEW DATA ELEMENTS~~

~~5.3.23. Language of Document (tANG:;)~~

~~This data element was added to the ERIC file beginning with the -January 1979 issues of Resources in Education (ED- and Current Index to Journals in Education (EJ- ).~~

The language of the document is to be entered in the form,of the'full text of the name of the language. See Figure 5-9 fora authority list of the principal language names to be empleyed:These names correspond in format to those appearing in the ERIC Thesaurus, which may also, therefore, be used an an authority for this data element. Appendix H is a complete list of language names, including some not yet represented in the ERIC Thesaurus. S. If the document is entirely in the English language, however, this field will not be completed-by the cataloger. The ERIC computer programs will automatically insert the text "English" into this field for all documents that are not, cataloged as being in a foreign language. Documents .in multiple languages should have all languages indicated, up to a maximum of five (5). If English is one of, the muiltiplelaRguages, it should be entered, along with the others. e

Non-English documents carrying English abstracts (or abstracts in any other than the text) should not be considered to-be English language (or abstract language) documents. An abstract alone should not be used to determine the language of the document.

~~Examples of thevarious possible kinds of entries appear below:~~

~~Document in LANG: :{No Entry} English~~

~~DQcumeht in One...Fpreign- LANG::French Language,:~~

.i.Y.;..At Document in LANG::English; French;' Multiple Foreign LangUages (one German; Russian;. Spanish Of which :IS !EngltSh) , Reprinted from theER.W.:Pilocessing Manual. Arabic PU4arlan CNiiiese CzeOh 'danish" Dutch 1

~~.Esperanto FinfirSh cA crerial 'German Greek. (Modern) HebreW KOOV 4 NO§pr i an =-Indonesian' 'Tptarlingua~~

~~Japanese, Korean~~

~~RUS4'.ian.v.,I $40Akr At SOva) 4$0anish~~

~~V.S114,53h !I ' a :4e.S.we4 r sh. ; '.Urkish ,Ukrainian14 F 'Urdu~~

~~Figure 5-9 Language Names (Major LanguageS)~~

~~9. 5.3.24 Gectgraphio,Source of Document (GEO:04~~

~~This .00, element was added to the ERIC file beginning with the January 1979 issue of Resources in Education (ED- It Is not, employed with the journal~~

~~.4art4Cle file (Curreni.IndeX-to Journals in education).~~

The geographic source of the document is intendedto indicate primarily the country of origin (usually the place or publication). In the case of thelinited States, the indication extends to the state level:-In the -case of the(United Kingdom the indication extends to the four major units comprising that countri,:.England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales: In the case of Canada, the indication extends to the provincial level. Inthe case of.AUstralia, the indication.extends to the,seven major divisions of the country: New South Wales, Northern Territory, -Queensland, South Australia,' Tagmania,

Victoria, and' Western Australia. In. he,.caseOf all other t- foreign countries, furdier subdivision is ncit,to be used at this time, though the option for expansion later has been retaind. (Similarly, subdivision of the United States to the county is a potential futureOp-H.0n.)

See SectIon-e.4.9, "Geographic Location Category (of Identifier),:for a complete authority list of names to be employed. The country names employed here are Pntended, 4-toAle identical to those appearing in the Identifier Authority pst,rskiSh the.es4*e exception that, since the vast majority of documeniS'ire dompstic, in the interestsof, brevity, 4,"UA." is to be used in lieu of "Unitedtates.", Recordsnot darrying a "u46." fn this field will be, b9'Ofinition, . i f 'reign documents. .

~~- -:-...... '" 4This field should not be confused with teAjec:,i , 4~~

~~of the documept, ,If A country or geographic area is the %c ' 1 subject of the document, it litiptd be entered i,n the Idegafier ':~~

~~field for appearance in the Subject Ine6x. 74gr; ,~~

, . As with all cataloging, this data element isto be determined from evidence in .the doCument itself: qesea7ch' beyond the document is neithersnecessary,nor All recorqs should carry this data element; however, if it sho id prove impossible to determine geographic origin(or to to e a reasonable "educated" guess), this field should be left' blank. ,if it can be determined that the document is domestic, but the state cannot be determined, then enter solely the country,--e.g., "U.S:" Examples of the various possiblekinds of entries appear below:,

~~Domdstic.' IGEO::U.S.; Indiana I~~

~~Domestic, State Undeterminable~~

~~Unit of United GEO::United Kingdom; . , Kingdom Scotland~~

~~Province of Canada. IGEO::Canada; Alberta~~

~~.- Unit of ,,;.GEO: :Australia; Australia ,,j'e, Queensland~~

~~. Foreign '(Non: ,... ,..fo..ts. .France _ 'English Speaking N~~

~~IGEO: :{Nc Entry}~~

~~3 Io 5.3.25 Governmental Status of Document~~

This data element was added to the ERIC file beginningwith the January. 1979' issue of Resources in Education (ED- ). At is not employed with the journal article file (Current Index to Journals In Education).

Governmental status, is intended primarily to indicate whether the document is a publication of a Federal, State, or Local (e.g., City, County) governmental body. The document must be an official production of the governmental body involved. Contractor reports-are not to'be considered government documents unless they have been issued as a publication of the agency involved, e.g., complete with seal, agency, imprint, and other 'official indicators. Non-official papers and speeches of government employees.are not to be considered.goverment documents. Documents published by more than one level orgovernment (e.g., state and local working together) are, to be classed at the highest level involved.

~~\) n the case of domestic documents, theUnited States Government Manual is the authority in determining which quasi governmental units are to be. considered "Federal "..~~

In the case of foreign docuMents, governmental status will be indicated thout distinguishing sub-levels. It may be difficult to de't e in some cases whether agiven foreign 5 document is gove 0 Aial onot.' 'Unless there is a strong reason to believe it ii a government document, do notcode it as such.

. If a docdment is a product of amultOgovernmental body, organizations), such as the United Nations (or its constituent4 Councilof Europe, etc., it.should be coded as"International." International organizations not,cpmprised of governments should be considered non-governmentalOnd 'should have no entry inthis

~~field. ,6\~~

~~, Domestic 'GOV: Federal Government~~

~~'Domestic GOV: :State ,State Government~~

~~Domestic IGOV; ;Local Local.uovernment~~

~~e Foreign Government GOV::Foreign (Any Level)~~

~~International (Multi-governmental ZOV:anternational bodies, e.g., United Nations)~~

~~Non-Government GOV::{tro Entry}~~

~~.69~~

~~Mir~~

~~3 7 ANTERCHANG ATTACHMENT 78-14~~

~~NOTICE TO ALL ERIC TAPE SUBSCRIBERS~~

~~PAGE Field---Transposition of-Subfields~~

Beginning with the September 1976 issueof RIE, the PAGE field was added to the ERIC magnetic tapes. "The following notice went toall tape subscribers at that time and has since been routinely sent toall new tape recipients.

The X Field, hexadecimal identificationcode 27 (decimal 39), will contain two oubfieldo (separated by asemicolon and a blank, '; giving the document pagination and the numberof miSrofiche cards, ,Vt. respectively. Only the pagination subfield (the firstsubfield) wiltYbe present for Level 3 documents (not availablefrom EN'S). Both subfieldo will be strictly numeric, without leading zeroes,blanks, alpha characters, or punctuation. The PACE Field will contain thedocument pagination in as many numeric characters asrequired. It will not contain any commas or the symbol Hp.":

pagination 0 -. In order not.todisrupt existing user software arrangements, 5, Continue,to appear also as the first element of theNOTE Field and cy wiaqiephsically displayed there in RIE printed resumes. While ivolationo of the pagination data is partly aproduct of the recent shift tocentPalift pagination at the ERiC Facility, isolationof this data in .a distinct field' will facilitate its future access andmanipulation.

~~The addition of this field had littleaffect on users as in most cases they opted to simply continue printing the NOTEfield and not to use the new field in their outputs.~~

Beginning with the October 1977 issue ofRIE (ED-138 709), an internal PAGE ayst,em.change to theERIC softwareinadvertently led to the contents of the field being sorted before being added:tcitheERIC Master 41e. This had the effect of sorting the microfiche count(usually 1) 'before -Ole page count, ,transposing the intended and documented sequenceof subfields. For example, a fieldqormerly reading "349;4", (meaning 349 pages, 4microfiche) wag-transposed to read "4;345."

This error was first,called to our attentionby the System Development Corporation after they had reprogrammed to usethe data in the PAGE field _Since the data.in the.field.iscorrectrfrOmSeptember 1976 to September 1977 the and transposed fromJiCtober 1977 to thepreaent, we have taken steps to stop transposition beginning wittithe RIEtapeStfor October 1978. After that issue documented sequence. . the data will again be in the correct,

SDC will be provided with correcteddata. We'believe!th ''will- have no effect. on most tape users (who do notuse' ihe'PA if you are 'auger whose operationsare'affected..by the transpo contact the ERIC.Facility(Attention: -Tat Brown) so that we m situation. INTIRCHANGE

~~ATTACIMIk,'N 7' 78 -1 b .~~

~~TILE IMPACT OF THE NEW COPYRIGHT LAW ON TILE ERIC SYSTEM~~

~~Murray L.Ilowder, ERIC Proceuning and Reference Facility~~

'Iv, The Copyright Act of October 19, 1976, became effective as Public Law 94-553 on January 1,1978. Thin general revinion of Title 17'of the U. S. Code, the Copyright Lnw which dated .from.1909, wan the product of 24 yearn of struggle among groups of authors, publIshern, librarians, educators, and other interested parties to resolve substantial differences in approach to such questions an "fair use," government copyright, interlibrary loan, and n host of other issues on "which they finally compromised.

As is usual with,compromise, the new law in somewhat ambiguods. The basic change it has made gives an author automatic copyright protection from the moment of creation of a work for the life of the author plus 50 years without

requiring any registration or positive act on, the part of the author. The . nib or point of a straight pen has been adopted by the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress as its logo to reflect this fundamental aspect of the law.

Although the enfOrcibility of this protection has yet to be tested, members, of the ERIC staff consulted with the NIE copyright officcrand declqed_to.require written permission to reproduce all dOcuments enteringhtethafter January 1978, with theexception of those produced by the Fedetfir Covernffient. This decision has caused the new copyright law to have a substantial impact on the ERIC system, with both negative and positive aspects.

The initial effect was the requirement to obtain written permission for so many more documents than was necessary under the old law (when only those documents marked copyright-wer& considered protected). ,The,systeM hasdevelOped forms andO for obtaining written permission. Both general and,IndOidual solicitations ask that permission to reproduCe documents subMittecrto tRit accompany the.items in order to avoid having tojollow up,documentredeipt with a separate request for permission.While many doCuments are addompanied,.:by letters granting ERIC permissiokto reproduce them, peopledon'talwaysthinkte' 'do this, particularly when they send in matmisls unsolicited, without koftg.:.aw=10, of this requirement. In these cases, the receiving .ERIC Clearinghouse ae261.6-7 letter, which asks the contributor to complWi'a "Request for Reproduction Release" form. Of course, asking for permission,on a title-by-title basis, is cumbersome. Sometimes people are confused by the form, especially if they haven't,formally copyrightedjtheir materials; ERIC staff must take time to explain the pFocedure to them. Other,people feel verbal. permission is.all they really,have to'give, and they fail ta:send the promised form, which makes a Clearinghoute reject a document it had previously:selected because copies of the documents'would be unavailable to ERIC users. One Clearinghouse reports rejecting as many as ten documents a month, eenthovgh it holds docinnents'for 6 months.-Another is having trouble getting enough-documents together for weekly RIE shipments because of failure 'to get releases. Conference papers.and foreign documents must be held 'especially long for copyright releases., 'One Clearinghouse reports it has approximately. 100 documents waiting for copyright release at any time, which represents about, three weeks! receipts 'of documentS. On the other hand, some Clearinghounes have experiencedlittle delay and no decrenne in volnme because. of the new requirement forcopyright releatte. Contributors are reminded that releasing a document toM(11:In done oo a non- excIuoive boots, which MeS It. may Ono be published anywhereelno the nuthk wantn. In tact, RIC announcements frequently citeavailability Information ;t(n. order.Ing documents from reliable out Hide nources,which nerve LO "Slia"00 011" of the original publication.

A necond and much more efiielent motion ofobtaining perminsion iti having on tile a "Blanket Reproduction Release" for allpublicationn an organization nendn to ERIC. The nytitem tries to get an many blanket: releanen asponnible, including having the new form'' nigned by organizationn who-hovebeen regular document COntrIbIllOrn.

it Should he noted thnt people grouting pe-oittoion toreproduce-their. material to ERIC alno-grata this permIssion.fo uerof the ERIC nyntem. In the 19/B Nroctory of c;ovornment DocumentCollectiona, compiled by the Government. Documents Round Table of the American LibraryAssociation, over 400 libraries lint their ERIC collections as "areas of exceptionalsubject strength." This oeemo to indicate not only that the ERICcollections are highly used, but that they are

considered like Government documents, which effectivelystakes ERIC documents, . freely available for copying by patrons. The-same is true of the ERIC abstractn themelves, Which May be copied from Rcoour000in Education without asking perminsion'of the ERIC system (although creditshould be given to ERIC).

~~in summary, the new copyright law has'causedthe ERIC system to design new form;), get releases signed, se.t up,gew files, pursuecopyright holders, and delay or rejea4NOCUttletits..~~

The ERIC system has also derived a numberof benefits from the new pyright n law. As ERIC staff talk with people who contributedocuments, they are closer touch with contributors than ever before. People, are being' made conscious of their role as writers of copyrighted material,which in turn sedms to result in a higher grade of documents submitted. Contributors gain' a better understanding.. of ERIC through discussions ERIC does with documents. This increaseecontact with contributors' "good will" for the ERIC system.

- _Another recent innovation, which has beenestablished undet the provisions of the new copyright law, is the announcement of theavailability of reprints of articles indexed in CIJE. At the present time, reprifits,,,maybe-olitginfrom two sourceb: the publisher of the journal being indexedancipniversity Microfilms International (UMI). Current lists of journals reprinted by UMI aredistributed to the Clearinghouses. If a reprint is available, theappropriate information is entered in the resume.

The impact of the new copyright law on ERIChas been considerable and uneven. It has added another step in processing manydocuments which is more easily accomplished with some groups ofclientele than vfrith others. Overall, however, the new requirement has not had adeleterious erect oil the system and had, in fact, been of some benefit. INTERCIIIINGEO ATT,,C/011.:N1'78- fa ENS "SEARCH FICHE" BROCIIHRE SEARCHING FOR A TITLE, AUTHOR, OR ED NUMBER AND HAVING DIFFICULTY PUTnNG IT ALL TOGETHER?

NOW AVAILABLE FROM THE ERIC DOCUMENT REPRODUCTION SERVICE IS A SPECIAL COLLECTION OF "SEARCH FICHE". THESE 42X FICHE (READABLE ON A 24X READER) CONTAIN INFORMATION ON ALL .ERIC FILES FROM 1966 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1978 ORGANIZED BY:

PART I; Title Sequence containing 24 fiche (sample fiche below) In columns left to right Is the levet, full title (excluding flrat words "a", "an", and "the"), name of author(s), CD numbei, Clearinghouse code, pages/ fiche In the document.

PART II: ED Number Sequence containing 24 fichein columns reading left to right is the level, EP number In numerical order, Clearinghouse code and accession number, full title of the document, full name of author(s), number of pages/fiche,

PART III: Author Sequence contalning'20 ficheIn Columns loft to right Is,the level, full name of author(s), title of the document (excluding first words "a", "an", and "the"), ED number, Clearinghouse code, number of pagos/fiche In the document.

~~PART IV: Clearinghouse Accession Number Sequence containing 21 fIchoIn columns left to right Is the level, Clearinghouse number ED number, 1 o mon!. name of author(a), number of fiche/pages.~~

~~TO PLACE YOUR ORDER FOR IlfC SEARCH FICHE 1966SEPTEMBER 1978, SEND A CHE FOR $20 IN U.S. FUNDS TO: ERIC Document Reproduction Service, Cus4emer Sorylco, P.O. Box 190, Arlington, Virginia 22210~~

~~MICROFPCHE~~

~~raucAnoms. mounts owe* mitmowCENTL11 ,~~

~~smirk- IIIL~~

THIS DOCUMENT has been printed exactly os rived hens the person or organisations:originating N. Points oE view or opinions-stated do not necessarily represent official Notional WSW. of Education positiovr policy.) Prepared by ERIC Documett Reproduction Servico Operated by Computer Mic,rofilm International, Corp. P. 0. Box TOO, Arlington, Virginia 22210 vacuum nu not.08 COMMON% The M. sionve Impaorkese egraisesabp114 es 18% *WA1.1rft%wrier, mi., I 11%.. 11%

~~0 DATA BASE s INTERCHANGE MAY 979 IADLE OF CVIENT5 ARYICLES ATTACOLNIs~~

~~IT IC Driers Con! erenee t . CLIC (et:' New Cow ract,"._ 79-1 ()Metal NIK Announcement Concernini.', Oryx Vrwiti New COO Contractor~~

~~79-2 CIJE Brochure Produced Ny Oryx Press: (neparate attachment)~~

~~1; Increxne in Annotationn in CIJE~~

~~4. Publication Type (PUBTYPE) 79-3 Publication Type (PUBTIPE)-7-Reprinted Rev loion from the 1.We Prooti4-04!ty 741,:nu,z/.~~

~~79-4 Pub 1 feat ion Types Aft the ERIC Data . (MB) BaseStitti aicts fort he Five-Year Period. SepteMber- 1974---May 1979~~

~~!.). Price Codes to Replace Specific Prices in RIE CitaLionn b: 'ERIC Clearinghouse Changer Name sail Location~~

~~7. RIC,7 InPprilation Analyais Prcducts 1975-2977---Ncw Bibliography Now Available B. 2.:RIC Bibliography~~

~~9... Running Heads Introduced in RIE 10. 'RIE ih RiE 79-5 RIE in RIE (sample single frame resume)~~

~~IT. ERIC Posters Available~~

~~12. Governmental,Statua Data 79-6 Governmental Status of Elemen.y.(GOV) Document (GOV)---Reprinted from the ERIC Processing Manual~~

~~13:, Errata~~

~~14.. Searching Both Ekeeptional Child 79-7 Searching the PaC-andECER Databnses Education Resources (ECER) and on Lockheed/DIALOG and Eliminating ERIC and Eliminating Duplication Duplication~~

~~15. Quandary Search, System Available ..Eron SHARE~~

~~16. COmP4Ais04of. Se0t.h7Commands 79-8 Comparison Table of Search Commands for BRS, Lockheed, and SDC~~

~~ai5L"' 11. ERIC MectATO~~

Interchangeis prepared by the staff of the ERIC Processing and Reference Facility. 4833 Rugby Avenue. Suite 303. lItibesl A. hAiryland 20014, which is operated on contract by ORI..Inc..Infornuition Systems Division.-for the National Institute of Efucation,, tNIE).Contractors utideriaking such projects, under government sponsorship are encouraged to express theiduciament in profecsional and technical iriatteri: Points of view or' opinions do not. therefore. necessarily represent official National Institute of 'Education position or policy. All questions, correspondence, and contributions should be direcled to the Editor.Interchange,at the above

~~address, or by telephone (301X656-972.1. . 4.~~

~~ik;111 Li 1.1411_ The ERIC harem Conference tot 19/9 will he hold in coninnctiou with thr AN1N Annual Conference in Minneapolia, Ninnenota on thtober r)-19.e :-~~

~~1919. The ERIC avaalona will be hold at the "(toot end" of the ANIN . Conference (October I I-14), thereby petmitting attendees d M4XIMUdi delerr1011 of ANIS nen:Jinn:1.~~

The agenda will be lointly uponaored by ERIC And the A.4!II:;I;peial Interent (:you on Information Seri/ ken to Education (SICJISE). A preliminary agenda will be developed during' June. Nniutrationn from the field for needed aeartiona are)wyleome.and will be given careful conaiderotion.

2.CIL CiMiseatatilBALIQIC NE55 The National Inutitute of Ydncation'n contract 04 prepare Current Inikr to Journa in in I.:LI:Jou t ion (Ci .1E) h* ahlited roc* Macmillan Information in New York, to Oryx. Pruitt',In Phoenix, Arizona. The : dotaila of thin chnige, are conga teed in an officin1,NIE Announcement, reprodced netAttachment 7971.

The February 1979 inner wan theA-Ant Inoue of CIJE produced by Macmilinn. Uryx Profits will begin publishing CIJE with the March 1979 funue. Oryx Freon Ilan twined a brochure to alert ERIC Usern to thin chnege.(nee Attachment 79-2,', which in encloued neparnfely With thin inane of Interchange.)

On the ocean ion of thin change of contractorn, there will bv a minor technical changes made in the EJ recordu in order to make EJ and ED records more connintent with one another. The changen are an followo: A Thelidttionon thetotn 1 number of Dencriptorn (10) permissible for 'journal articlen in being, lifted. .BeginnIng with the March 1979 innue..df CIJE,.tbe rulen for indexing RIE aCcesnionn'and CIJE'aOcenutonn will be identical.

"At least one (1);:e..:jor Descriptor must be assiave,71 to a docuMent or journal article; not more than fi-:e (5) major Descriptors are permitted for each stun (six (6), if' only one (1) -Iajor Identifier in used). There is,. ho-,:ever, no upFer limit on the t,,tal number of Descriptors' that can he used to index a given item; the average fdr RIE is about. eleven (11); the average for CIJE is around seven (7).,

~~"There is no minimu7 requirement for Identifiers; n. more Oian two (2) Identifiers should bedesignated as a major." 4~~

Page Tito A . 1 6 The USE Availability Field 41.11 ontain the phrase, "Reprint:. UMI," O where the acronym(s) replesentshe source of reprints' (it this case, University Microfilms interhat nal (UMI)) . The phrase, "See p. vii," previously used to refer to a age of CIJE introductorymatter; it will no longer appear. This data-Wes formerly in the Descriptive Note field.'m

~~The Journal Citation.Field will contain a complete citation, including publication date, in tbeoform%',~~

~~? "Independent School; v37 n3 p10-16Feb 1978"~~

The Publication Date Field will contain a publiCation date, .even if this/ information is redundant with that in the joeurnal. citation. The form will'be identical to that Used lor RIE. / -"14May79," "M479," or "79".

The March 1979 and subsequent C IJE tapes will be copyrighted by Oryx PresS'and their use will be limited to computer searching and the outputs thereof. Oryx will reserve to itself the exclusiveright,to -prepare CIJE`- -type index journal issues and cumulations from the tapes. These restrictions on use will be written into all Purchase Agreements between CIJE, tape subsc /ibers and ORI, Incorporated.

,Because the March CIJE tape is the first tape to be produced by Ory*, because it mustitherefore be checked by the ERIC Facility for conformande to EPIC specifications, and because of the needto promulgate the new term and conditions of purchase, users may expect this tape to be late in its disFribution and behind'the equivalent RIEtape. Every effort will be made to return. CIJE tapes to their regular schedule as soon as the transition of functions has been completed.

~~INCREASE IN Pp1NOTATIOi 48 IN CIJE~~

Over 90%/of the items announced in Current Index to journals in Education (CIJE) now carly annotations. This dramatic increase froM previous years was accomplished by the Clearinghouses gradually during 1978. While annotations are not'abstraits, they nevertheless benefit e user by providing additional indigations of content.

~~. k 4. PU BLICATIONTYPE (PUBTYPE) REVISION~~

~~Itn the June 197w issue of Interchange (p. 3) plans were announced to revise the PUblication Type data element.~~

~~/ This revision has been accomplished and will be put into effect, beginning with the July 1979 issue of RIE.~~

The new scheme represents ari;attempt to improve and extend Rs Aaggivg of documents by publication type. Furthermore, by pr i category assignelt in the RIE,citations, and by generating a PUblidation . .

~~. searchers,will cbme'to be Type In dex fotthe- back of RIE, it is hoped that more aware of this data element and willMake more use of it in computer searching.~~

The number of categories has been increased from 19 to30. All categories have been carefully dpfined:' Multiple category,assignments ' will be permitted. (Studies have shown that with up to three categories permitted, interindexer consistency approaches 100Z.)

In addition to the assignment of broad categories(for file partitioning purposes), indexers will be'able to'assign appropriate formDescriptors (for spectfic retrieval needs), thereby achieving, we hope, the bdst,of both worlds.

~~The new scheme is described in detailin,Attachment,79-1.~~

The old scheme was in operation between September 1974 and June1979 (4 years and 10 months). (For statistics:during this period, see Attachments 79-4A and 79-48.). There is a one-to-one translationpossible between the old categories and thetew categories. During the lattpr part of 1979, the ERIC Master Files willbe changed so that only the new PUBTYPE scheme is represented on the tapes.

~~111 V.' S S 1 1~~

Beginning in mid-1979, RIE citations will utilize aPrice Code in . lieu of the specificdollar amount prices now appearing. In order to determine the microffche or paper copy priceof a document,'it will be necessary to use a Price Code Table in RIE to convertthe given code

~~to'a specific dollar amount. . -~~

~~Tie pricing structure will be determined by the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (ERRS), the contract forwhichrisqcurrently in competition.~~

The EDRS Price Code will occupy the same positionin the RIE . . '.: Citation as the;present EDRS Priceinformation. Sample statements for Level I and Level II documents are displayed below. The notice for Level III documents remains unchanged.,

The rationale for ioi4 to a Price Code is thatwhen EDRS prices- change, as they periodically do, it will be possible inthe future to change only the Price Code Table, without thenecessity of changing thousands of specific prices in.individual backfile citations.

~~Implemefitation of this change is dependent on the outcomeof the current EDRS competition and cannot takeplace until that is dedided.~~

~~page,,Four 381? I i .I 'Si,~~

~~EXAMPLES~~

~~0 Level I ,'"EDRS Price MF01/PC05"~~

~~Level II "EDRS Price'7 MF02. PC* Not Available from EDRS."~~

~~Level III' "Document ,NotAvailable From EDRSs"~~

*Paper Copy

~~6. ERIC CLEARINGHOUSE CHANGES NAMEAND LOCATION~~

The ERIC Clearinghouse on Early Childhood Education has changedit6 name to the ERIC C1eringhouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education. The Clearinghouse, w ich is locatedat the University pf Illinois, is moving to the ma'n wilding of the College of Education at the Uibana Campus, making possible extensive interaction betweenthe Clearinghouse staff and the college staff,jstudenfa, and visitors.

~~The new address is:~~

~~'ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary 0 and Early,Childhood Education University'of Illinois College ciT Education Urb'ana, Illinois 61801 (217) 333-1386~~

7.. IC e:W1 II 11' SS ';O.UCS 9 9 qa. tiIIill. The ERIC Clearinghouses periodically analyze and synthesize the literature in the fields Of thfir\responsibilipinto research reviews, bibliographies, state-of-the-art studies, isiterpretive studieson topics r of high current interest, and many similar documentsdesigned to meet the information needs of ERIC users. ,

These publications are listed in a,periodic publication entitled ERIC Information Analysis Products. The eighth bibliography in this,series. has now been published'and covers the 21/2 year period from July 1975 through December 1977. A total, of 600 documents and journal articles are listed. Original copies of IAP's may be.obtained, for as longas the stock lasts directly from the individualClearinghouses responsible for them. In addition, each IAP is put, into the ERIC sYstem'and announced in RIEor, in a'few eases, CIJE...

~~If you would like a ,free copy of this publication,'please writeto:~~

~~ERIC Processing and Reference Facility 4833 Rugby Avenue, Suite 303 Bethesda,/ Maryland 20014 Attn: I4P13tibliographY,(1975-1977)~~

~~ka.~~

4., 38,1 8. ERIC BIBLIOGRAPHY Since the beginning of its operations in the mid-1960's,ERIC, has been the subject of a steady flow of literature. ERIC-has attempted to maintain some degree of bibliographic control over the morelcubstantive materials which have been produced and has listed these in a product entitled A BiblItography of Publications About theEducational Resources Information Center (1978). The documents cited are essential to any study of ERIC. Some are appropriate for classroom use in the teaching of ERIC. Somd approaches taken by these materials are:

documents of historical interest in ERIC's development;. "how to" items to initiate users into the system; to' user surveys; evaluations of ERIC's performance; reports describing particular computer searchprograms or efforts; o ERIC in the context of educational reviews of ERIC practices or results; o how to teach' ERIC; o ERIC" thesaurus developments; o how ERIC relates to some subset of the educational community;

~~o ERIC and microforms; . o ERIC's current attributes, sizevand products.~~

~~If You would like to'receive a free copy of this publication, please write to:~~

~~ERIC Processing and Reference Facility-/ 4833 Rugby Avenue, Suite 303 Bethesda, Maryland 20014 Attn: ERIC Bibliography Project~~

9, RUNNING HEADS INTRODUCED IN RIE // Running heads. now appear in Resources in. Education the Subject, Author, and Institution Indexes. This enhancement was implemented with the.february 1979'issue when the switch from producing'RIE via Linotron to Videocomp was made.' Users manow scan the journal and find what. they are looking for more quickly.

The running heads appear much as they do in a dictionary, with the first entry on thela,ft hand page repeated at the top' of that page, and.. the last entry on the right hand page repeated at the top ofthat page. Also-planned are running heads in the Resume Section, with a Clearinghouse designation at the top of each page.

10.RILualE. Beginning with the May 1979 issue, 11:1E will appear in microfiche format in the subscription microfiche and will be priced at a stapdard /$1.16 for an individual order, no mater how many fiche are involved. Because the cataloging for, spa: an announcement is in effect, taking

PageSix3 /place before the journal is acttlally printed, a standard abstract will be used (see Attachment 79-5). The fiche'itself will be generated via Computer- ., Output-MicroforM (COM),from the magnetic tapes and not via"filming of the printed journal. The January, February, March, April, and May 1979 issues

~~. of RIE will appear as the first 5 accessions in'the May 1979issue. 'Thereafter, each issue will contain only one issue (i.e., itself.)~~

~~11. ERIC nrOSTERS AMAILABLE o The ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education,~~

is offering tw9 ERIC posters. The ptrpose of the posters is to enable , libraries to direct the.attention of potential users to the ERIC collections at their sites. Each poster also has space available to 'fill in appropriate information about exactly where the ERIC collection is located, the coptaA', person, and the hours of service.

~~These posters will be Sent out on a"first come, first servee basis. Please send,your request to:~~

~~Ms. June .Ramos . ERIC ClearirighpuA for Social Studies/ Social Science Education~~

~~855 Broadway ,~~

~~Boulder,' Colorado'' 80302~~

~~12. GOVERNMENTAL STATUS DATA ELEMENT (GOV)~~

On the, basis /,of actual operating experience over the first few months of uge, it has proven necessary to-arify the'GOV field and its treatment of indikridual school systems. Because of the overwhelming number of individual schools, colleges, universities, etc., these institutions will not be conpidered as Government agencies. The ptionale

~~forthis convention is-furttler developed in Attachment 79-41 the revised . . instructions to catalogers.~~

13. taRATA , ' . . Three new data elements (Language of Document; Geographic Source of Document; and'Governmental Status of DOcument) were announced in the December 197__8 issue'of;Interchange. While the Dec=imal Field ID was stated correctly at that time, the Hex designation was ofby.one and is'stated correctly below. ,It is hoped that this has not caused users any inconvenience.

~~DATA ELEMENT FIELD'ID CORREC?~~

~~.111111MIN.~~

~~LANGUAGE OF DOCUMENT (RIE AND CIJE) 70 DECIMIAL;. 4C HEX HEX ( GEOGRAPHIC SOURCE OF DOCUMENT (RIE DNLY> 77 DECIMAL; . 4D, GOVERNMENTAL STATUS OF DOCUMENT (RIE -ONLY) 78 DECIMAL; 4E HEX~~

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The search advice ontained in Attachment 79'-7 comes from a flyer issued by the Cocil for IxcePtional Children. The sample search is framed in tos of DIALOG search commands, but the logic of the sear41 would appy equally well to any search system utilized,

~~whether on-line'or manu1. " .~~

~~15. QUANDARY SE RCH SYSTEMVAILABLE FROM SHARE;~~

Mr. BenBarnes ofhe Computer Center at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, has inormed ERIC` that the QUANDARY on-line search. system employed by thatcenter to search the ERIC tapes has been.submitted to the SHARE Program Lirary Agency (SPLA), operated by the Triangle Universities ComputatioCen,ter(TUdC). for SHARE, Inc., and can be obtained directly fromhat source. Interested users may contact Mr. Barnes at the followingaddress:" e. ? Mr. Ben B. Barnes, Director Auburn University Computer Center. AUburn, Alabama, 36839. (205826-4285

16.fArimaagEtactLatiAtoUSLI.,15,MCI The table that Appearsas Attachment 79-8 compares search commands across the three majorn-line lvendors: .BibliOgraphic aetrieval Services (BRS), Lockheed.Informa ion Systems (LIS), and System Development, Corporation (SDC).

Itcan be a useful. reference tool whether you employ one, two, or all three systems:. 'Th ,table was originailly developed by the ERIC Clearinghouse on,Infe atiom Resources, located at Syracuse University.,

~~17. ERIC YEETs PLATO~~

The ERICGe ringhouee on Elementary and Early Childhood Education ,(ERIC/EAh) is extdoring multiple uses of PLATO, a highly interactive computer7base instruc4onalsysttuAeveloped at the university of Illinois. PLATO lessOns noW in preparation at ERIC/EECE include:

~~o Introduction' 01the ERIC System; How to Use- ERI )Document Abstrcting andIndexing/ (forERIC and ERIC-compatible files);~~

~~o Searching ERICby Computer. ;"'~~

~~The ERIC lessons ake-Use df PLATO's interactive and graphic capabilities by includns animation and drawings and by tailoring the sequences of materialldto,partiolar audiences, such as teachers,~~

~~librarians, and student;s. ,)~~

Page. Eight 387 In addition.to using. PLATO lessons, forinstruction,PLATO users.c4n transmit and receive telegram-like personal messages or access public mites. fifles. Users at various sites can also communicate with each other directly by using the PLATO "talk" command. ERIC/EECE plans' to use theSe PLATO features to announce ERIC news arid the availability bf ERIC materials and eb.,riwor user questions.

. - Present plans call for demonstration of the PLATO'materials and pOtential uses at.the American Sciciety for Information Science meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 14,1979-. For further information, please contact:

~~. - Mima Spencer or Linda Baskin ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education University of Illinois College of Education Urbana, Irlinois 61801 (217) 333-1386~~

~~Persons who have PLATO sign-ons may also ontact: oc baskin/uiuca/cerl.~~

~~4 \82. LIST OF ATTACHMENTS~~

~~Attachment 79.4 - Official NTE Announcement ConCerning New CIJE Contractor,~~

~~Attachment 79-:2 - CIJE Brochure Produced by Oryx Press7(sepdrate attachment ) ... Attachment 79-3 - Publication Type (PUBTYPE) - Reprinted fromthe~~

~~. ERIC 'Processing Manual~~

~~Attachment 79-4 Publication Types in the ERIC Data Base - Statistics (A&B) for the Five-Year Period, September 1974 - May 1979~~

~~Attachment 79-5 RIE in RIE (sample single frame resume)~~

~~Attachment 79-6 - Governmental Status of Document (GOV)--- Reprinted from the ERIC Processing Manual~~

~~Attachment 79-7 - Searching the ERIC and ECER Databases on Lockheed/DIALOG and Eliminating. Duplication~~

~~Attachment 79-8 - Comparison Table of Search Commandi for BRS, Lockheed, * r'4nd SDC~~

~~383 .4INTERCHANCE - Attachment 79-1 - Official NIE Announcement Concerning New' CIJE Contractor~~

~~DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, ANDWELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION WASHINGTON. D.G. 20208 Notice~~

~~To : Subscribers to ERIC Materi#1s~~

~~From : Robert E. Chesley Head, Educational Resources Inforgation tenter(ERIC)~~

~~Subject: Change in Publisher of Current Indexto Journals in Education (CIJE)~~

6 As a result of a national competition held bythe National Institute of Education in 1978, Oryx Press in Phoenix, Arizonahas been awarded the contract to publish Current Indet to Journals inEducation. The previous contract was held by Macmillan It-formation, a division of Macmillan Publishing Company. Macmillan will continue to publish CIJE through the February, 1979 issue.

~~If yes wish to continue receiving-the officialERICpublication, CIJE, it will be necessary to take one of the followingactions:~~

~~(1) If you deal with .a subscription service, requestthat they transfer your subscription to OryxPress (address below);~~

~~(2) If you have subscribed directly withMacmillan, first,request a refund from:~~

~~Macmillan Information , Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc. 6. 866 Third Menue New York, New York 110022 Attention: Mr. David Biesel (212) 935-4300~~

~~Second, send a check or purchase order for $66.70to cover the March through December, 1979 issuesto:~~

~~The Oryx Press 3930 Camelback Road Phoenix, Arizonq 85018 Attention: Ms. Phyllis Steckler,~~

~~(602) 956 -6233 e'~~

~~0 ' Dueto tht problems in the transfer of this project, theremay be a delay in the receipt of CIJE. Prompt attention in transferring your subscriptions will help reduce any such delays.~~

We regret the inconvenience to subscribers during this, transitionperiod. We alSo appreciate the understanding of those ofyou who have contacted us thus far. imitxpowit Attachmen't°3- ublication Type (PUBTYPE) - Reprinted from the .EBIC prpcessing Manual

~~5.3.16 Publication Type (PUBTYPE)~~

The Publication Type (or Document Type) field is designed to carry a three-character numeric code, designating a broad category or type of document, followed by one or more Descriptors indicating more specifically the form of the document. Itis emphasiied that the purpose of the field is to describe the form of the document itself, not the subject of the document.

The numeric codes and the types they represent are displayed in two tables. Table 5-6A is a Summary depicting the main codes and their meanings. Table 5-68 Isla detailed table that provides a Scope Note and examples of appropriate Descriptors for each code.

~~This is a mandatory data element and is to be included in the cataloging for both RIE and CIJE.~~

~~Because of the complexity of the field and the possibility of confusion with the Descriptor field, the following detailed rationale is provided.~~

~~Basic Concepts~~

The, Categories that appear in this list are intended to describe t4e organization or form of a document, as contrasted to the subject content of a document. For example, a bibliography, a directory, a dissertation, a regulation, a test, a teacher guide, are all particular ways in which inTormation on a topic may be arranged, organized, presented, displayed, etc., for the user. Knowing that an item is expressed in one'of the'se forms may tell the user something about the uses to which it can be put, but tells the user nothing about the discipline, science, research/ problem area, or social concern that is being dealt with.

Some categories are more abstract than others. The categories "Books," "Journal Articles," and 1_Speeches " arc virtually "empty containers,' in which anything might reside and in which any topic (or other form, for that matter) cqn be found. The categories "Dissertations" and "Tests," on the other hand, are not so "empty" and communicate much more information about the organization and structure the user will bind in such an item. Nonetheless, the information communicated still pertains strictly to the organization/display/array/layout/trcatment/, structure/form of the material and not to any subject matter that it may address.

The different levels of form categories createa complex situaticn. A'given item may be a "Journal Article," but it may also lde a "Research Report." A "hook?' may also be a compilation of "Numerical/Quantitative Oath." In order to resolve this problem, itis necessary to permit the cataloger X

~~to make multiple category assignments. Up to three form assignments are permitted.~~

Itis crucial, hOwever, for the cataloger /to keep in mind that Publication/Document Type deals with form and not content. To assign the category "Bibliographies" is to say that an item organized asa bibliography; itis not necessarily about bibliog aphies. To assign an item the category "Legal/Legislati c" rs to say that it is either wholly or substantially a egal or leg4slative document;. it is not necessarily about le islation.

Virtually all of the categories have the potential of referring to content. For example, it is possible to con- ceive of a research report the subject of which is the biblio- metry.of journal articles. For this reason, most of the categories can also be found to exist as Descriptors in the ERIC Thesaurus or authorized 16entifiers in the "Identifier Authority List."

Itis particularly important, therefore, to reserve the Descriptor/Identifier fields for indexing of Subject Content and to reserve the PublicatPlon/Document Type field for indexing by Form. The separate display of the PUBTYPE data element in the printed resume and the separate PUBTYPE Index in R1E will help to support this important distinction.

~~Application~~

'"The PUBTYPE indexing scheme is designed to permit form indexing at two levels. The first level involves the assignment of a broad category that encompasses many specific kinds of documents or publications. In the table, for exafhple, the category entitled "Legal/Legislative/Regulatory" isdefined as including at least ten (10) more specific kinds of entities, e.g., Codes of Ethics, Traffic Regulations, etc.

The-categories provide for the partition of the file into 29 broad segments. -At the same time, Itis recognized that the many (over 100) specific Ootentially formindicating Descriptors now in the Thesaurus play a useful role in retrieval and any form indexing schemethat ignored themwould lose as much in specific retrieval asit might gain in file partitioning capability. For this reaon, the scheme provides for each broad category code to be followed, if appropriate, by. one or more form Descriptors that are subsumed undei- that category. The following are some examples of how the new PUBTYPEfield might look for different documents: Example 1 - One Cate_gory, No Descriptor

~~PUBTYPE::090~~

~~(Code 090 0 Legal/Legislative/Regulatory)~~

~~Example 2 - One Catetlory, One Descriptor~~

~~PUBTYPE: :131; Discographies~~

~~(Code, 131 Bibliographies)~~

~~Example 3 - One Category, Two Descriptors~~

~~PUBTYPE::131;.Discographiles; Filmographies~~

~~Example 4 Two Categories, One Descriptor Each~~

~~PUBTYPE::051; Classroom Materials; 030; Scripts~~

~~(Code 051 - instructional MAteriats Code 030 m° Cretive Works) TABLE 5-6A PUBLICATION/DOCUMENT TYPES AND CODES SUMhARY~~

~~COUNT CODE TYPE~~

~~1 010 BOOKS . COLLECTED WORKS 2 020' -=7General- '3 Op.. ...Proceedings -4 022 - --Serials~~

~~5: 030 -v.CREATIVE WORKS:(LITERARy AND DRAMATIC) ,~~

~~__'-. ,.04° bDISSERTATINS/THESES 2: . r GUIDES /METHODS /TECHNIQUES (FOR PRACTITIONERS) 050 77:-.General -,..'..Claddrooli- - - Use ,...,,Instuctional,MaterialsiFor Learner) 8 ..-: 051~~

~~9 ' 052 Teaching-. Guides (For _Teacher) 10 055 ----Non-CladdroOM Ude (ForAdministratIVe.amd Support Staff; and Teachers' in Non - Classroom Situations)~~

~~060 . MISTORItAt MATERIALS 11 ... 12 07 INFORMATION-ANALYSEWTATEOF4HEART-MATERIALS~~

~~13 .086 '40URNAL'ARTICIEs,~~

~~14 090 11,E6AL/LE4SLATIVE/REDDLATPRYMAfERIALS~~

~~..§ 15 100 NON -PRINT MEDIA' , J'4,,':'-'7.:, J. . _ .,..~~

~~16 . 110 NUMERtCAL/QUANTITATIVE DATA, .:.-~~

~~',.120 OPINIONS/PERSONAL VIEWPOINTS/POSITION PAPERS /ESSAYS :17 . . REFERENCE MATERIALS ,18 130 Gene 'ral~~

19= . ---Bi b 1 iographi es 20 .132 - --Di rector i es/Cata logs 21 133. - --Geographi c Materials 22 134 ---Vocabularies/dadsi f i cat i ons REPORTS 23 140 7,-Gene L 24 141 Deed- uptive. (Program/Project Descriptions) 25 142 -.--Evaldative/Feasibility 2E 143 77tReseatCh/Te"chnical 27 150/ SPEECHES,, CONFERENCE 'I'APEWPRESENTED 28' 160. TESTS, QUESTIONNAIRES',-. EVALUATION INSTRUMENTS 29 170 TRANSLATIONS:.

~~30 999 OTHER/MISCELLANEOUS (NOT CLASSIFIABLE ELSEWHERE)' (Avoid use of this category, if at all posSible) II~~

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. SCOtf \ Litliifq lo_TYM ClIgn PM) '. '''' TYPr _ f .. ._.: W.?' ,, x ESSAYS, INTERVIEWS (opinions), ,, Opinion papers, points-or-view, pneition papers,testimony, Or)NIONS/MSONAL OPINIONS, etc. ,,./)0),, recummendetions, "Blueprints" for proposed action. ir'..); VIEWPOINTS/

~~, POSITIOM-NAPERS 's, Debates, interviews, paneldiscuedione, questionsand . ' aoswers,dieloguee,troniscripto. . .,~~

~~. . . Essays, short e4usitoryispeculatory papers, "think", pieces, philosophical pieces, criticism, interpretation,editorials, . pros and sons,~~

~~legislative NOTES Testimony slanted specifically toward purposes should also be categorised underLECAL/, .J LEGISLATIVE/REGULATORY MATERIALS (090).~~

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, , 74- . 4 to ENCYCLOPEDIAS 'REFERENCE MATERIALS ' Materials designed for reference use,as cont 1)0 and study. . --- Caneral materials designed (Or cover-to-cover reading Your sPecifiekinds,;of reference materiels havebeen individually established as suhcategdries and should be usedwhen appropriate.

~~4 % . . . Use the general category only when the documentdoes not fall in ' one of the eubcatigories holey orwhen it is of a mixed nature. ,~~

I ABSTRACTS, ANNOTATED BIBLIOCRAPIIIES, Bibliographic', filmographies, discographies. annotated Ill --Bibliographies BIBLIOGRAPHIES, BOOK CATALOGS, SOME! bibliographies, book catalogs, book lists, abstracts CITATION INDEXES, DISCOGRAPHIES, (collections of), indexes.(locatotp) to bibliographicmaterials. FILHOCRAPHIES, INDEXES (LOCATE'S), topical listings of veriou media materials. LITERATURE GUIDES (indicatOls). . . LITERATURE REVIEWS (indicative). Include bibliographic essays. liceraturereviews with a STATE OF,THE ART REVIEWS ( ilndicative), bibliographic focus). literature searches(output of), guides. . $ to or descriptions of the literature in sfield, state-of-the-art etc. I the literature, v.1 reviews based on non- analytical' summaries of documents following a more "indicative"approach than an "informative" approach. ,

~~' . , substance of the NOTE: For literature reviews analyzing the~~

~~, literature use INFORMATION ANALYSES (070).~~

DIRECTORIES, CATALOGS Directories of periwig, organisations,institutions, etc. 0 132 --Directories/ , Catalogs Membership Lists. Tables of Contents. Include reference works dealing withorganisations/institutions.

~~Catalogs.of products lists and arrays of"things." ff.!, pseudonyms, job descriptions, sources, acronym.Abbreviations, etc. 4~~

~~For bibliographic catalogs, useIIBLIOGRAPNIES (171).~~

~~, Selection criteria will eliminate mostcatalogs.~~

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~~DOCUMENT RESUME~~

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TITLE jtesources in Education (RIB). Volume 14, Number 1. INSTITUTION /Educational Resources Information Center/ (DHEW), Washington, D.C.; ORI, Inc., Bethesda,Md. Information Systems. Div. / SPONS AGENCY National Inst.,Of-Education (DHEW), Washington,

PUB DATE Jan 79 NOTE Contains accession numbers ED 157 988- ED 159 303 303 AVAIL)AVAILABLE FROM. Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402; On annual subscription, $42.70 (Doiestic) , $53.40 (Foreign)

EDRS PRICE MF-11.16 HC Not Available from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS - *Abstracts; *Annotated Bibliographies;. *Documentation; Education; Educational Research; *Educational Resources; Indexes (Locaters); *Information Dissemination; *InstructionalMaterial; Literature Reviews; Periodicals; Resource Guides; Technical-Reports IDENTIFIERS *Resources in Education; ERIC64 ABSTRACT Resources-in Education (RIE is a monihly__abstract journal which announces (catalogs, indexes,abstracts),,,dacUments of 'interest to the educational community (including resegrdhers, teachers, students, school board members; school administrators, counselors, etc.). Each issue announces approXimately 1,500doctiments and provides indexeS by Subject, Personal Author, Institution, and ERIC Clearinghouse Number. This special Computer Output Microfiche (COM) edition is prepared directly from the ERIC magnetic tape data base prior to publication of the printed journal and therefore is lacking the cover and other regular introductory and advertiSing matter contained in the printed journal. The firsi accession in each issue of RIE -is the, issue itself. Im this way, the monthly microfiche collection for each issue is immediately, preceded by a microfiche index to that cdllection. This practice began with the HIE issue for May 1279. (LRS/WTB)

******************************************************************** the best that can be made * * Reproductions supplies by. EDRS are from the originaldocument. ********************************************************************

~~4 1.1. 4INTIRCHANG1 . Attachment 79-6,- Governmental Statua,of Document (GOV)---qteprinted from the ERIC Procooning Manua~~

~~5.3.25 Governmental Status of Document~~

This data elementwas added to the ERIC file beginning with the January 1979 issueof Resources in Education (ED- ). It is not employed with..theJournal article file (Current Index to Journals in Education).

Governmental status is Intended primarilyto indicate whether the document is a publication ofa Federal, State, or Local (i.e., City County) governmental body. Legislative, Judi cial, and executive/regulatory agenciesare defined as governmental in this context. Boards of Education and Commissions formed under executive authority or legislative mandateare included. Schools, colleges, universities (and districtsor systems of such institUtions) are excluded, even if tax-supported.* The document must be an Of- ficial production of the governmental body involved. Contractor reports are not to be considered government documentsunless they have been issued as a publication of theagency involved, e.g., complete with seal, agency imprint, and otherofficial indicators. Non-official papers and speeches ofgovernment employees are not tobe considered government documents. Documents published by more than one level of government (e:g.,state and local working together) are to be classed at the highest level involved.

~~In the case of domestic documents, the UnitedState dovernment*Nanual isthe authority in determining whichquasi governmental units are to be considered "Federal":~~

In the case of foreign documents, governmentalstatus will be indicated without distinguishingsub-levels. It may be difficult to determine insome cases whether a given foreign document is governmentalor not. Unless there is a strong 'reason to-believe it is a governmentdocument, do not code it as such.

If a document is a product ofa multi-governmental body, such as the United Nations (or itsconstituent organizations), Council of Europe, etc., it should be codedas "International." International organiiations not comprised of governments sho0d , be considered non-governmental and should haveno entry in this geld.

A *Factors considered in this exclusionare: (1) the number of individual schoolsfar exceeds'phe number of regular governmental agencies in any one jurisdictionand, if included, would make it dficult, if not impossibleto distinguish the, works of agencies norMaily thought ofas government; (2) without researCrit is sometimesdifficult to determine whethera school is state or local; publicor private; tax-supported or not; (3) schools do notgovern or regulate in the same sense as other tax- supported agencies.

~~Revised APRIL,1979~~

~~4 1 Domestic GOV ::Federal Federal Government~~

~~Domestic , IGOV : :St Ste State Government V~~

~~Domestic 1GOV::Local Local Government~~

~~Foreign Government I GOV::Foreign (Any Level)~~

~~International (Multi-goveinmental IGOV::International bodies, e.g., United Nations)~~

~~Non-Government GOV::{No Entry}~~

~~Revised APRIL 1979.~~

~~413 44INTINCINIOR AttachMent - earthing the ERIC and ECER Databamia on Lockheed/DIALOg and Eliminating Duplication TIl E COUNCIL FOR EXCEPTIONAL~~

~~SEARCHING ERIC AND EcEn DATABASF.S ON ,-LOCKIIEED/DIALOG and ELIMINATING DUPLICATION~~

~~How Arc ThcERIC And ECER Databases Related?~~

About 50% ,/of the citations in the Exceptional Child EducationResources (ECER) daTabase are alSo included in the ERIC database.Since teach of the databases contains Citations on special education not found in theother, a comprehensive starch by a special education topic shouldcover both. A search of the ECER database will include the followingtypes of materials not generally focrid in ERIC: "commercially published Materials *dissertations *nonprint professional materials The WEB database also includes fuil abstracts of journalarticles. Eliminating Duplication Step 1- Run your search in the ECER database (File 54)* Step 2-SELECT CH = ED Step 3- COMBINE Step 1 NOT Step 2 Step 4-PRINT the results of Step 3

~~'Step 5 -Run the same search in the ERIC database (File1)* Step 6 -SELECT CH EC Step 7 -LIMIT Step 6 to EJ's Step t- COMBINE Step 5 NOT Step 7 Step 9 -PRINT the results of Step 8~~

*NOTE:You can search either the ECER or the ERIC database first.The order doesn't matter..

What you have done is to eliminate all ED's (ERICDocuments) from the ECER search and eliminate EJ's (ERIC Journal Articles) contributed bythe EC Clearinghouse from the ERIC search.This is the best- method to use fortwo reasons:

11 By printing the overlapping journal articles using the ECER database you get them with abstracts.(ERIC does not provide full abstracts of journal articles.) 1 RESTON. VIRGINIA 22091 (7031 620-3660 414 overlapping ERIC documenta using theER]Cdatabaele, 2.By printing the they a ppc a r you got the newestED'a which appear in ERIC soonerthan In ECER..

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~~Filo 54:ECER/EXCEPCHILD 66 -78 /Jilt Sat Items Description(1----OR;,--AND;-nNOT)~~

? SELECT LEARNINGDISABILITIES;SELECTIDENTIFICATION/ tiF 13774 LEARNING DISABILITIES 2 1649 IDENTIFICATION/DF ?COMBINE 1. AND 2 3 462'1 AND 2 ? SELECT CH=ED 4 6588 CliED ? COMBINE 3 NOT 4 5 3243 NOT 4 ? PRINT 5/5/1-324 Printed 5/5/1-324 ? .FILE 1 File 1*:ERIC 66-78/OCT ? SELECT -ZARNINGDISABILITIES; SELECT IDENTIFICATIN/DF 62711 LEARNING DISABILITIES 71218 IDENTIFICAT1ON/DF, COMBINE 6 AND 7 8 2746 AND 7 ? SELECT CH----EC 9 15690 CH-EC ? LIMIT 9/EJ 1089969 /EJ ? COMBINE 8 NOT 10 11 1798 NOT 10 .1 ? PRINT 11/5/1-179 Printed 11/5/1 -179 If you have any questions about thismethod, contact: Attn.:Information Specialist Council for ExceptionalChildren! 1920 Association Drive Rbston, Virginia 22091 Call toll free 800/336-3728 (Continental U. S. only.Virginia residents call collect703/620-3660) 441111110101601111111101.4111,4444/4"/"11,11fr1 1 °°11'11 r'

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~~1 : I IL 'RTICLES ATTACHMENTS~~

~~1. ERIC Users Conference 79- 9Workshop Agenda 79-10' ASIS Preliminary Program- Housing~~

~~79 -11 Pre-registration Form~~

~~2. CIJE Copyright 79-12 CIJE Copyright Notice,~~

~~3. Copyright Statement Recorded on the CIJE Distribution Tapes~~

~~4. Macmillan Withdraws Plan to 79-13Macmillan Announcement Letter Continue Publication of CIJE~~

~~5. New EDRS Contract Awarded~~

~~6. EDRS Develops Mini -File of 79-14 Central ERIC Letter to, Recipients Microfiche for ERIC IAP's of IAP Bibliography~~

~~79-15 EDRS IAP Advertising Flyer~~

~~7. New ERIC Data Elements (as 79-16 Lockheed Notice of New ERIC Integrated into DIALOG Retrieval Data Elements System by Lockheed~~

~~8. BRS Reloads. ERIC File---And 79-17 BRS Revision Sheets for Database Makes Some Changes Guide~~

~~, . 9. Alphabetization in RIE and CIJE Indexes~~

~~10. Wrong-Reading Pages I 11. Publication Type Limitationon 79-18 PUBTYPE Descriptors Descriptors That Can Be Used in This Field -~~

Interchans is prepared by the staff of the ERIC Processing and ReferenceFacility, 403 Rugby Avenue, Suite 303. Bethesda, Maryland 20014, which is operated on contract by ORI, Inc, Information Systems Division, forthe National Institute of Education (NIE). Contractors undertaking such projects under $OveMMent sponsorshipare encouraged to express their judgment in professional and technical matters. Points of slew or opinions do not, therefore, necessarilyrepresent official National Institute of Education position or policy. All questions, correspondence, and contributions should be, directedto the Editor, Interchange, at the above address, or by telephone (301) 656-9723.

~~42d ERIC USERS CONFERENCEMINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA,OCTOBER 13-14, 1979~~

The 1979 ERIC Users Conference will be held inconjunction with the 1979 Annual Meeting of the American Society forInformation Science (ASIS). ASIS has scheduled its pre-conference activitiesfor October 11-14. "The ASIS opening session will be October 15 and the conferencewill run through the 19th. The ERIC Users Conference will be heldOctober 13-14.

ERIC and the ASIS Special Interest Group onInformation Services to Education (SIG/ISE) will share Saturday and Sundayin what is being called "ERIC and Other Information Services to Education: An Informational Workshop." workshop will be in the ballroom of theNorthstar Inn.

~~The agenda for the workshop has been completedand appears in the ASIS Preliminary Program. It is reproduced as Attachment 79-9. Highlights are:~~

~~a report on "Information Networks(Other than ERIC) Serving Educators;"~~

~~a session on "linking AgentTraining;"~~

~~a panel on "On-LineRetrieval Systems: Ideas for their Improvement in the Capabilities They*Provide forSearching ERIC;" 0 and'~~

~~status reports from:~~

~~Central ERIC; Oryx Press (the new tIJE Contractor); the ERIC Document Reproduction Service(EDRS); --- the Vocabulary Improvement Program;and --- the new-Educational Practices File.~~

~~In addition, there will be demonstrationsof:~~

~~ERIC tutorials on the PLATOcomputer-assisted instruction system;~~

~~the University of Pittsburgh online trainingcenter system; and~~

~~the Educational Practices File (on the BRSsystem).~~

~~Information on local-hotels also appears inthe ASIS Preliminary Program under "Housing" and is reproduced asAttachment 79-10.~~

Registration for the ASIS meeting must behandled through normal ASIS channels. Registration for ERIC, as in prior,years,is free. In order for us to arrange for sufficient spaceand handouts, we would like to request that you complete the ERIC UsersConference pre-registration form that appears as Attachment 79-11 andthat you return it to the ERIC

~~We look forward to seeing you in Minneapolis!~~

~~Page TwO .425 2. CIJE COPYRIGHT~~

Beginning with the March 1979 issue of Current Index toJournals'in Education (CIJE), the National Institute of Education has givenpermission to Oryx Press to copyright both the printed issues of CIJEand the magnetic tape data base from which the issues are generated.

The copyright carries with it certain exclusive rights ofwhich it is important CIJE tape subscribers should be aware. In order to ensure that all tape subscribers are properly informed of the newly-granted' copyright, a special letter was prepared, requiring a signed andreturned acknowledgement. No CIJE update' tapes will be distributed to tape users until they have signed and returned this special notice. See Attachment 79-12 for a copy of this notice.

It is important to note that this copyright specifically doesnot restrict users from printing citations/abstracts resulting fromsearches on discrete topics. Thus the normal computer searching activity, performed so widely on the ERIC file, may proceedunimpeded.

~~3. COPYRIGHT STATEMENT RECORDED ON THECIJE:DISTRIBUTICN TAPES~~

Beginning with the March 1979 issue, the CIJE magnetictapes distributed by the Facility will contain a. statement indicatingthat the data base is copyrighted by Oryx Press: 6 "Copyright 1979, The Oryx Press, all rightsreserved."

This notice will appear as a separate file recorded onthe computer tapes immediately following the CIJE resumefile. This separate file will contain one record, fifty-one characters in length. Placement of this notice should not pose a problem to users, since normaloperating system. procedures will terminate reading the CIJE'resume datawhen the file mark / preceding the copyright statement is encountered. Any questions regarding this copyright notice; or the technique for its inclusion onthe tapes, / should be directed to the ERIC Facility, attentionPat Brown, (301)656-9*.

~~4. MACMILLAN WITHDRAWS PLANS TO CONTINUE PUBLICATION OF CIJE~~

Because the National Institute of Education(NIE) has granted Oryx' Press the right to copyright issues of Current Index toJournals in EdUcation (CIJE) produced by Oryx, Macmillan Information has withdrawnpreviously announced plans to publish their own version of this abstractjournal A copy of the letter circulated byMacmillan to users to make this announcement is reproduced as Attachment 79-13.

~~Page Three 5. NEW EDRS CONTRACT AWARDED~~

The present EDRS contractors Computer Microfilm International. Corporation (CMIC) has been awarded a 1-year contract (with four 1-year options to renew), beginning June 6, 1979. This is the first time in ERIC history the incumbent EDRS contractor has won the award, allowing for a possible ten years of uninterrupted service to ERIC customers.

~~The ,new contract contains the following features:~~

~~1. Monthly SOC Subscription fiche (and back collections):~~

~~Vesicular $0.08* Silver $0.18~~

~~2. Special Collection Fiche $0.122~~

~~3. On Demand Fiche~~

~~Per Title up to 5 fiche $0.83 Each additional fiche $0.17~~

~~4. On Demand Paper Copy~~

~~Per title up to 25 pages $1.82 Each additional 25 pages $1.50 *Reduction from present $0.088.~~

~~6, EDRS DEVELOPS MINIFILE OFMICROFICHEFOR ERIC LAP'S~~

~~EDRS has announced a new product---a mini-file of microfiche covering the ERIC Information Analysis Products (IAP's) announced. in the last IAP Bibliography (covering 1975-1977).~~

The mini-file is attractively packaged with both microfiche and bibliography housed together in one box. All ERIC Clearinghouses are represented. A total of 574 IAP's are available in the collection, which is available from EDRS for $98.50 plus $1.00 postage.

Central ERIC has developed a letter which is sent torecipients of complimentary copies of ERIC Information AnaVyais Products, 1975-1977;, EDRS has developed a flyer advertising its new product (see Attachments 79-14 and 79-15).

~~Page Four 427 LOCKHEED 71 NEW ERIC DATA FIFMENTS (AS INTEGRATED INTO DIALOG RETRIEVAL. SYSTEM BY~~

The three new ERIC data elements added inA979: Language, Geographic Source, and Government Level, are in the process of.being integrated into the retrieval systems of the online vendors. The write-up provided by Lockheed for these new arrivals is displayed as Attachment 79-16. The write-ups of the other vendors will be provided as they become available.

~~BRS RELOADS ERIC FILE---AND MAKES SOME CHANGES~~

Bibliographic Retrieval Services (BRS) recently reloaded the entire ERIC data base, from 1966 to the present. The main purpose of this reloading was to permit the searcher to search the Descriptor field either as a free text field or a controlled vocabulary field (containing "bound" terms), as desired. If the latter approach is taken, the searcher, using the new command structure, can avoid the hyphenation procedure previously required under standard BRS practice.

In addition to the above change, however, there were numerous other modifiCations, including integration of the three new data elements added by ERIC in 1979: Language, Geographic Source, and Government Level. The revision sheets issued by BRS (and that will eventually be incorporated in a new database guide) are reproduced as Attachment 79-17.

~~9, ALPHABETIZATION IN RIE AND CIJE INDEXES~~

~~When the ERIC comp4ersystem was originally designed itythe late. 1960's,thesoftwarewas!'programmed thrOughOut to sort letterby-letter.~~

. When the Government contract to pro uce Current Index to'Journals in Education (CIJE) was let to Macmillan, it.turned out that that company's proprietary software was programmed to sort word-by-word. This created a difference between CIJE and RIE in the method of sorting,that would have, been costly to reconcile. Later, when M4cmillan decided to prepare and market (at its own expense) cumulations of RIE, it used the same inhouse software to prepare the indexes. This created a confusing dichotomy i) between GPO-produced monthly issues and annual cumulations of RI. the larger commercial cumulations prepared by', Macmillan. \ I . In February of 1979, production of RIE was switched from theLINOTRON to the VIDEOCOMP photocomposition device. This provided the technical opportunity to change the sorting techniqueg for RIE to word-by-word. Therefore, sir the February issue of RIE, both monthly journals have hid their index s sorted word-by-word. This will hold true also for their respective end-of-year cumulations.

Recently, the CIJE contract shifted to the Oryx Press. Oryx will in the future be preparing the RIE cumulations formerly prepared by Macmillan. Oryx will sort these products in the same fashion a they do the monthly issues ofCIJE, i.e., word-by-word.

~~Page Five 426 1 WONG-READING PAGES~~

Wrcing-reading pages (text parallel to the long dimension)currently are filmed in a right-reading orientation onERIC microfiche, as a convenience to microfiche users (so that they don't have totilt their heads sideways to read the resultant image).

However, wrong-reading pages filmed in this way extend acrosstwo microfiche frames' and blowback done on a frame-by-framebasis has created split pages and accompanying problems for hardcopy users. For this, reason, documents with a large percentage ofwrong-reading pages have been better off at Level II (microfiche only) than at Level I (paper copy and microfiche C(py) and the ERIC PrommoingManual gave this Kind of advice. \ Beginning withthe4ewcontract (see article entitled "New EDRS Contract Awarded" in issue of Interchange), EDRS will reproduce all images so that they will be in the same orientation asthey were in the original document. (It's easier to turn a document than your head.)

~~This new development means that it is no longer necessary to process at Level II a document with a large percentageof wrong-reading pages. It carrnow be processed as any\ other document.~~

~~FIELD 11. PUBLICATION TYPE LIMITATION ON DESCRIPTORS THAT CAN BE USED IN THIS~~

~~The new expanded Publication Type data element wasintroduced beginning with the July 1979 issue of Resources inEducation. A printed "Publication Type Index" in RIE was introduced with that sameissue.~~

The new data element provides for assignment of abroad category, followed by one or more specific form Descriptors. Experience across the first few issues reveals that consistency inthecataloging of this data element suffers when catalogers are permitted to range acrossthe entire Thesaurus in their search for appropriate Descriptors. As a result, it has been decided to limit the set of Descriptorsthat can.be used for Publication Type purposes. A list of the 172 Descriptors that will be permittedin this field in the future is displayed as Attachment79-18. All other Descriptors desired by the cataloger/indexer as accesspoints for the document will, as before, be entered via the Descriptorfield.

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~~PROCESSING AND REFERENCE FACILITY, ERIC]4833 RUGBY AVENUE, SUITE 303, BETHESDA, MARYLAND 20014 (301) 656.0723 OPERATED FORTHE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION by ORI, Inc.. Information Systems Division~~

~~FROM:. ERIC Processing and Reference Facility (Operated for the National Institute of Education by ORI, Inc., Information Systems Division). 4833 Rugby Avenue; Suite. 303. Bethesda, Maryland '20014~~

~~SUBJECT:. Magnetic Tapes Containing Bibliographic Data Representing the Contents '."of the Abstract Journal Current Index to Journals in Education (CiJE)~~

~~REFERENCE: (1) NIE Contract 400-79-0009 with The Oryx Press~~

~~(2) NIE COpyright,Authorization Document. (Docket 839-79) with~~

~~The drvi Press.~~

~~This notice is. being sent to all current subscribers and purchasersof the CIJE machine-readableodate .~~

All subscribers and purchasers of the CIJE data baseare being asked to formally acknowledge receipt of this notice by signing and returningone copy. In aCcordance with the licensing agreement for distribution of the CIJEtapes, granted 'to 0111 by. Orxx Press, ORI cannotAitObute CIJE tapesto any purchaser; until such acknowledgrivint has been received..

The National Institute of Education (NIE) has contracted with TheOryx Press i (Reference l) fer-the production of the abstract journal andcomputerized data beset entitled .CUrrentjriegs to Journals in Education (CbJ4. in connection with this'- contract, NiE.has authorized Oryx to claim copyright forthese products (Reference 4. The copyright held by Oryx begins with the CIJE data for March1979and continues for a period of. five years following publication of each CIJEissue published under the.rereren.ced contract.

The Oryx.Press has reserved to itself the exclusive righttoprepare CIJE-type issues and cumuketions from the magnetic data base. However, under the,terms of Reference 2, Oryx has licensed ORI to reproduce and distribute CIJEmagnetic tapes: as required by Mrs contract with NIE'to operate the ERIC Facility.

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Users of the CIJE data base-may employthe CIJE tapes 'for computer searching activities, may print a iLimited numberof Journal article cltatlons/abstracts resultl6gAromdIscrete computer searches of the'CIJEdata base, and may create ',and reproduce bibliographies fromsuch searches. All other applications copyright holder, The OryxPress (3930 E. vjeequirer the expre t permission of the ,'71.tameiback Road, Suite 206, Phoenix, Arizona'85018).:,. All Systematic.duplicatIon Of the CIJE tapes for purposes,of furtherdistribution Is expressly prohibited.

The'above restrictions'are,hereby added to theORI terms and conditions of purchase -of the CIJE tapes. In aanowledgment of these terms and conditions it Is requested that authorized agents of allsubscribers and.purchasers affix their signature below.' Please note that ORIis_abie to ship tapes only to -'purchasers who have returned a signed copyof this notice to:

~~ERICTAPES ORI, Inc., Information Systemt Division 4833 Rupby Avenue, Suite 303 Bethesda, Maryland20014~~

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~~MACMILLAN INFORMATION A DIVISION OP MACMILLAN PUDLISIDNO CO., INC. e66 Third Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022~~

~~July 11, 1979~~

Dear Subscriber: (We regret to inform you that Macmillan will not be able to publish its own version of Current Index to Journals in Education as originally announced. The National. Institute of Education has decided to grant copyright protection to the new publisher of the official version of CIJE for the material covered by that periodical. We are processing a refund of the balance of your 1979 subscription payment as quickly as possible idedudting only for the January and February issues ,of CIJE which were published by Macmillan). A credit memo will be issued promptly. We understand that the March issue of the' official version of CIJE was published in the latter part of June. For informa.- tion concerning that publication please contact: I The ERIC Processing and Reference Facility r 4833 Rugby Avenue, Suite 303 Bethesda, Maryland 20014 (301) 656-9721 attn: Mrs. Dorothy Slawsky Sin

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~~DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION WASHINGTON. D.C. 110110~~

~~May 1, 1979~~

~~Dear Colleague:~~

Enclosed is a complimentary copy of ERIC Information Analysis Products, 1975-1977, an annotated bibliography of 60,WERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) doctnrients produced by the 16 subject area clearinghouses overink-year period.Documents in this bibliography include research reviews, state-of-the-art reports, bibliographies, and interpretations of knowledge on current educational topics., We hope you will take the time to review this publication because we think you Udll find it to be a rich source of information.

~~This hallOgraphy is in the same format as Resources in Education,. (RIE), ERIC's monthly abstract journal.You may use it in several ways:~~

SCan the abstracts of the documents developed by the clearinghouse responsible for your area of interest.Docunents produced by that clearinghouse are grouped in the document resume section. (See key to the two-letter clearinghoupe identification in the Table of Contents.)

~~o Identify in the Subjec Index (pages 89 ff.) all documents~~

~~, listed under the topics of-your interest.~~

~~o Scan the Author Index (pages 133 ff.) for documents_umitten, edited, or_pompiled by an individual.~~

~~e Identify through the Institution Index (pages 145 ff.) all documents developed at a specific institution.~~

* Browse through the entirejublication to derive a sense of the broad range of topics of current interest to educators which are covered by the ERIC clearinghouses.

`If you wish to see the full text of any of the documents listed in the bibliography, itls available at one of 675 ERIC microfiche collections, from the source noted in the citation, or on order from the ERIC Document ReproductionServima (EDRS). Location of local ERIC collections can be obtained by writing or calling the ERIC Attaohmont79-14 Pago 2 of4,2

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Processing and Reference Facility(address and phone number below) ndcrof he or any ERIC clearinghouse.ERIC also plans to make a special collection of these documents availableat minimal cost for institut ns and schools that do not have immediate accessto ERIC collections. Information on this special\c011ection may beobtained by writing to:

~~ERICA:ceument Reproduction Service P.O. Box 190 Arlington, Virginia 22210~~

~~Additional copies of the bibliography are availablefree until the current. supply is exhausted, from:~~

~~ERIC Processing andReferenoe Facility 4833 Rugby Avenue, Suite 303 Bethesda, Maryland 20014~~

~~Telephone: (301) 656-9723.,.~~

~~Sincerely, a o ,~~

~~Robert E. Chesley Head, ERIC~~

P.S. Since writing this letter I havebeen informed that the special microfiche collection of 1975-77infonnation,analysis products is available from the ERIC DocumentReproduction Service OMB address above) for $98.50 per set. The set includes 760 microfichein a specially designed box to hold all thefiche and an index. ,

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~~ERIC ANNOUNCES... A MINI-FILE COLLECTION of the most recent INFORMATION'ANALYSIS PRODUCTS 1975.1977 on MICROFICHE ...'~~

TIWMINI-FILE contains all of the DOCUMENTS available from EDRS In MICROFICHE FORMAT . logether'with a paper copy of the BIBLIOGRAPHY that lists DOCUMENTS In accession number order, with ED accessions (from RIE). Three indexektire provided: SUBJECT, PERSONAL AUTHOR, and INSTITUTION.

The MINI-FILE covers 574 INFORMATION ANALYSIS PRODUCTS (IAPs) developed by the sixteen (18) ERIC CLEARINGHOUSES. The information Is synthesized int0 research reviews, Tilographies, state of the art studies, Interpretive studies on topics of high curre t interest, and similar documents designed to meet the Infor- mation needs of users.

INCLUDED ARE TYPICAL TITLES MICROFICHE OF CURRENT INTEREST: MINIFILE OF INFORMATION ANALYSIS Recent Trends In Bilingual Education PRODUCTS Cheating: An Annotated Bibliography Women's Athletics Teaching Local History .Assertiveness Training MICROFICHE Children and Television DOCUMENTS Translation as a Career Option for Foreign Language Majors Intercultural Communication Energy Investigation for the Classroom Alternative Tuition Systems IAPI (EPIC IAPs Strengthening the Smell Rural School BIBLIOGRAPHY INFORMATION ANALYSIS Adult Learning: Issues and Innovation PRODUCTS 1975-77 Alternatives to Suspension -411.0-0..1-00x411.1".

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Temporary Pages DRS/ERIC DATABASE GUIDE Produced by:ERIC Processing and Reference Facility 4033 Rugby Avenue, Suite. 303 'Bethesda, Maryland 20014 Telephone : 301 /656-9723 DRS Online Coverage:1966 - present Database Royalty Fee:none Key to the BRS/ERIC Citation Elements (effective September, 1979) Paragraph Label Content of Paragraph User Function AN ERIC accession number search, limit AU Author/s search IN Author affiliation or name of search Institution where work performed TI Title search

SO Journal title, volume, Issue display number, etc. (CIJE only) LG* Language limit GS* Geographic Source (RIE only) search -SN Sponsoring agency, name and code search (RIE only) PA Program area code (RIE only) limit IS RIE or CIJE issue number display NO Numbers:grant, contract report, search project (RIE only) CH Clearinghouse code limit CV* Government Status (RIE only) search PR EDRS Price (RIE only) display, PT Publication type code (RIE only) limit AV Availability statement display NT Descriptive notes search

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AN EJ189558. AU PASCARELLA- ERNEST-T. TI INTERACTIVE EFFECTS OF PRIOR MATHEMATICSPREPARATION AND LEVEL OF SUPPORT IN COLLEGE CALCULUS. SO AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL. 15. 2. 275-85.SPR 78. LG EN. IS CIJE1979. CH TM503557. AV REPRINT AVAILABLE (SEE P. VII): UMI. YR 78..

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NT Terms In this paragraph are searchable ustriu frees text positional operator s. VR This paragraph c ordains the year of publication esIt appear% in the source Information of varioustitle c;i0c:ca- ronta, or refers to the year of the secondary publication in a4hich the citation was inclucted,The two cicaracter year may be craett with the LIMIT command. Multlyrord [It IC descriptors have been !inbound:CI that free text searching tech niques will automatically retrieve b4.)th controlled vocabulary and natural language terms.If only controlled viat;t11ary is desired, searchers may enter mulllwortl descriptors hyphenated under standard 11145 practice or use the options. hulk a ter! below. Up to five paragraph tlrsignations can be utilized to retrieve ERIC thesaurus terms: 0.

MJ- single word descriptors and bound multiword descriptors tagged es krajor in ERIC MN -single word descriptors and bound multiword descriptors tagged os Minor in IRIC U./-Unbound multiword descriptors, tagged as Major In EItIC UN -Unbound multiword descriptors, tagged as Minor In ERIC

~~DE MJ, MN, U.1, UIJ~~

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~~3: mathernatics=education.mj. Retrieves ERIC descriptorCmath- 3: mathematics adj education.uj. ematics-education when a major 3: 1.ul. ERIC. descriptor only. RESULT 10~~

~~-3-~~

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~~-4- Attachment 79-17 Page 7 of..7~~

~~BRS/ERIC Notes contd.~~

~~Paragraph Changes/Examples~~

~~ID Terms in the identifier field are searchable using DRS free, text positional techniques.~~

~~AB Terms in the abstract paragraph are serachable using DRS free text positional techniques.~~

UP 'The UPDATE code may be used with the command to update a previously run search to specific 1979 documents. This paragraph is not displayable. All subject free text paragraphs (title, abstract, identiflei-) have been.text edited so. that hyphens, slashes(/), embedded parentheses, and quolation marks "should be considered as spaces when searching.Apostrophes between alphabetics (skim- nor's theory) have been removed, and the term closed together (skinners) .

~~a. I~~

~~ABS,TRACTS ADMINISTRATOR 1 ANNOTATEDBIEL USERS =1.11 THR May.1980~~

~~TABLE OF CONTENTS~~

PAGE 1, ERIC Users Conference to be Held at ALA in 1980 2 2.Interchange to Expand Coverage to Include'All Types of ERIC Users .Invitation to Submit Material 2 IVocabulary Improvement Project Completed 2 4.Identifier Authority LiSt 2 S. Directory of ERIC Search ServiCes Being Revised k 3 6. Directory of ERIC Microfiche Collections, Being Revised 3 7.E DRS Begins Quarterly Newsletter and "New Microfiche Products" Notices 3 8. How to Start an ERIC Collection Booklet Now Available 3 9. Availability of ERIC Publications Printed by Macmillan 3 10. Directory of RIE Subscribers Available 4 11. Source Journal Index Available 4 12. ERIC Ready Reference #1 4 13. RIE Available on COM Microfiche Via "Strobe-Search" Equipment 4 14. ERIC Tape Documentation (Revised as of January 1980) 4 15, Audiovisual Materials for Teaching ERIC 5 16. Price Codes Replace Specific Prices in RIE 5 17. CIJE Data Base Copyright 5 18. Assignment of ERIC Microfiche Subscribers to Clearinghouses 5 19. BRS Reloads ERIC FileSome Observations 5 20. Lockheed Providing On-Line EDRS Ordering 7 21. ONTAP ERIC (Lockheed DIALOG File 201) 7 22. SDC Adds New ERIC Data E lements to Search System 7 23. ERIC Included in VC Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) Service 7 24. GPO Now Accepts Visa and Mattergharge Credit Cards 8 25. Copyright Problem r 8 26. Oryx Press Change of Address 8 27. Missing Mail Bag 8 28.Is Interchange Reaching the Right Audience in Your Organization? 8

~~INTERCHANGE ATTACHMENTS~~

2 .80-1 ERIC Users Conference ALA List of. New York Hotels 80-2 ERIC Users Conference Agenda 80-3 ERIC Users Conference Preregistration Form 80-4Directory of ERIC Search. Services Input Form 80-5Directory of ERIC Microfiche Collections Input Form 80-6E DRS. Quarterly Newsletter.

80-7RIE Subscribers Geographic Distribution . 80-8journals Covered By CIJE (By Clearinghouse) 80-9 ERIC Ready Reference #1 80-10 ERIC Tape 'Documentation Summary of Major Changes 80-11 Audiovisual Packages About ERIC 80-12 CIJE Copyright Acknowledgment Form 80-13 States Assigned to Each ERIC Clearinghouse 80-14 Locaieed Online Ordering Via EDRS 80-15 DIALOG Users Manual for ONTAP 80-16 SDC Handling.of New ERIC Data Elements 80-17 Interchange Preferred Distribution. Form 15. nterchange is prepared by the staff of the ERIC Processing and Reference Facility. 4833 Rugby Averiue, Suite 303, Bethesda, Maryland 20014, which is operated oncontract by SRI, Inc., Information Systems Division, for the National Institute of Education (NIE). Contractors undertaking such projects under government sponsorship are encouraged to 3xpress their judgment in professional and technical matters. Points of view or opinions do not. therefore, necessarily represent official Natiohal Institute of Education position or >olicy. All questions. correspondence, and contributions should be directed to the Editor. Interchange, at the above address,.or by telephone (301) 656-9723. ERIC USERS CONFERENCE TO BE HELD AT with data processing and software matters, Over the years, Interchange has g'radually moved away from this ALA IN 1980 specialized orientation and hitsevolved hito a newsletter capable of covering virtually any subject of concern to ERIC users, \The ERIC Users Conference, in. an' effort to approach. thelarge audience offered bylibrarians, academic Beginning with 1980, Interchange istaking formal librarians, school librarians, and media center staff, will notice ofthis evolution by a change in design,a bi held in.1980 as an *ACRI-sponsored pre-Conference composed format (instead of a typewritten format) and a of\the.the, Anlerican Library Association (ALA) Annual Con- general invitation to all ERIC users receiving ht:rchange ference iif New York City. to contribute potential material. Whether the material , covers the printed abstract journals (RIE and CUE), the i.\LA willrun from June 19 to July5;thePre- microfiche, paper copy blowback, the magnetic tapes, Co Iference will run from June 27 to June 28, theonlineretrievalsystems;ERICTOOLS,orthe I ecause of itsize, the ALA conference typically uses ClearinghouseInformation AnalysisProducts,your sev !ral hotels in any city in which itis held, and New contribution will be welcome. Yor,is. no exception, However, the central conference hotel, at which most sessions will be held, is the New York Hilton. The ERIC Users Conference will be held in that hotel, (Please see Attachment 80-1 for a list of hotels VOCABULARY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT in the area recommended by ALA.) COMPLETED Special efforts are being made this year to publicize this change in venue. Notice of the ERIC meeting will appear in the ALA Preliminary Program, the final Con- ference Program, and in several library-related journals In March, the ERIC network completed a lengthy appearing from March to June. A significantly increased project aimed . at reviewing every term in the ERIC audience isanticipated in 1980, with nu,orierous new Thesaurus. As a result of this review, over 1,000 terms have been deleted, nearly 500 new terms have been faces,, added, approximately 1,500 term definitions have been AttAhment 80-2 is a..copy of the Preliminary Agenda added, and literally thousands of cross-references have for thVE RIC Users Conference, Total-group sessions last been clanged in various ways. for a day and a half. Many sessions are specifically designed for the first-time library and school library The resultant completely' revised Thesaurus will be oriented attendee, .%tandouts will be numerous and in published by Oryx Press during the summer of 1980. Copies will be priced at $13.20 domestic; $14.40foreign, several cases there are handouts paralleling the presen- following tations, thereby saving the attendees much note-taking. and may be ordered by writing to Oryx at the On Saturday afternoon the conference will break up into 'address: small groups for some hands-on searching opportunities using the ERIC data' base and all three of the major Oryx Press 2214 North Central at Encanto online vendors. Phoenix, Arizona 85004 The ERIC Users Conference is free and all are invited who would like to find out more about how ERIC may fit into their information needs. Pre-registration is requested so that we can determine IDENTIFIER AUTHORITY LIST in advance the size of the rooms needed and other logisticalrequirements. Attachment 80-3isaspre- registration form for your convenience. Please complete In March, the ERIC., network completed the project one form per person and return it.to the ERICFacility, as begun over three years before to reduce .the variant indicated on the form. forms of Identifiers that had proliferated throughout the file during the first 'ten years of operation. As a result of *ACRLAssociation of College and Research Libraries this e4;liorjal project, Identifiersdentifiers have been reduc- . ed to 25,000, a-reduction of 46%. The various term mergers and deletions require concomitant changes in .INTERCHANGE TO EXPAND COVERAGE the Master Resume File and these are currently under- TO INCLUDE ALL TYPES OF ERIC way and'should be completed by the end of May. New USERSINVITATION TO SUBMIT tapes will be made available to the online vendors in June. MATERIAL The changestothe universe ofIdentifiersare reflected in a new Identifier Authority List (IAL) currently. Interchange began 'as a newsletter directed at users of beinfcirculated thrloughout the ERIC s'stem. This first the ERIC magnetic tapes and the programmers assigned IAL is for internal use only, however, itis anticipated. to handling those tapes. The initial issues tended to-.be that future editions of the IAL (in 1981) will be made . highly technical and to concern themselves primarily available for sale to the public. INTERCHANGE ,'

2. 452 DIRECTORY OF ERIC SEARCH SERVICES 1, Author Index BEING REVISED Resources in Education (RIE) Cunalative Author Index. An alphabetical listing of personal authors _ from the beginning of ERIC in 1966 to the present The IRK: Facility Is In the process of gathering infor- time. Displays author, title, pagination, level of mation for a revised edition of the Directory of ERIC availability and ED number. Available from Search Services, The 1970 edition listed 341 organiza- EDRS at $8.48 per set. tions providing computer searches of the ERIC files, Because of the explosive growth of online searching, we 2,Title Index believe -the new edition should be substantially larger Resources in Education (RIE) Cumulative Title In- and are making every effort to identify new sources serv- dex. An alphabetical listing of titles, from the ing the educational community. beginning of ERIC in 1966 to the present time. Displaysauthor,title, 'pagination,levelof All organizations interestedIn being listed should complete the attached input form (Attachment 80-4) availability and ED number. Available from EDRS at $5.89 per set. and forwarditto the ERIC Facility. The Directory receives a wide distribution and your appearance therein 3, Descriptor/Identifier Index will, help to publicize your service. Resources in Education (R I E ) and Current Index to Similar solicitations will appear in the user newsletters journals in Education (CIJE). Cumulative index of of the online services and in the newsletters of the ERIC descriptors and identifiers. Available from EDRS Clearinghouses. at $14.15 per set. 4. Resources in Education Monthly Issues on Microfiche DIRECTORY OF ERIC MICROFICHE Monthly Resources in Education (RIE) issues in- COLLECTIONS BEING REVISED cluding Subject, Author, and Institution indexes. All standing order customers are receiving this filewiththeircurrentmonthly microfiche The last Directory of ERIC Microfiche Collections was shipments. Available in additional sets at $1.35 produced in 1978 and has proved to be invaluable in per month. directing users on the most convenient and closest accessible collections of ERIC microfiche. 5. Information'Analysis Products (IAP's) The Facility is currently working on the 1980 edition Information AnalySis Products are published by and would welcome contacts from any and all holders of the ERIC Clearinghouses in response to user ERIC microfiche who have not previously been listed. needs. Mini-files of IAP's on microfiche, together Attachment 80-5 isa copy of the input form that with a printed bibliography of them, have been the 1975-1977 and 1978 time the Facility has been circulating to all known subscribers preparedfor periods. The 1975-1977 collection containing 600 and collection holders. documents, is priced at $99.50. The 1978 collection containing 211 documents,ispriced at $37.50. EDRS BEGINS QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER AND "NEW MICROFICHE PRODUCTS" NOTICES HOW TO START AN ERIC COLLECTION BOOKLET NOW AVAILABLE

EDRS has initiated a quarterly newsletter directed How to Start an ERIC Collection, the long-awaited specifically at microfiche standing order customers. The first issue of this new free service was mailed to SOC's in booklet that deals with die space and financial com- January 1980 and is repeated here as Attachment 80-6. It mitments, involved in providing various levels of ERIC .features notices of several new microfiche products. service, is now available from both GPO and the ERIC Facility. The booklet explains how you can start an ERIC EDRS has produced several new products in the last collection in your library or information center. -Three few months, all directed at assisting the ERIC data base levels of collections are described: Minimal (Basic), In- user. These new products are available in COM (Com- termediate, Complete. puter Output Microfilm) microfiche format only and have been especially designed to contain a maximum amount of information on a minimum quantity of film. This has resulted in small, concise, easy-to-use reference AVAILABILITY OF ERIC PUBLICATIONS files that can be placed in several different locations for- PRINTED BYMACMILLAN easy access tathe ERICdata base.

Availablenow. through EDRS are thefollowing All semiannual cumulations of CIJE through 1978 are reference product's: available from Macmillan, with the exception of 1974 INTERCHANGE 453 A limited number are available to users on afst- and 1975, January and February 1979 individual issues Of come first-served basis, If it proves tohe a oPohlr Cla are also available, for $10.00 each, All annual it may he reprinted in greater volume, cumulations of RIE through 1978 are available, with the exception of 1975 Abstracts and 1972 Indexes and Abstracts. Prices for earlier volumes are the same as listed In the December 1978' RIThe price of the 1978 ERIC READY REFERENCE #1 Abstracts (2 volumes)is$90.00;the 1978 Index (1 Volume) is $60,00. for' To order, contact Macmillan Customer Service: Attachment 80-9 is a display of ED and F J ranges each calendar year since ERIC Started. As thedata base Macmillan Publishing Company, Inc. grows, it will be increasingly common tolimit search out- Front and Brown Streets put by year, Ready Reference #1 isdesigned to be put on Riverside, New Jersey 08370 the wall above searching terminals and td7be eye -legible (Telephone: (609) 46176500), at that distance. Macmillan suggests that customers call before placing orders, since some volumes are in limited supply, and they will not go to press again, For;, RIE, you may call RIE AVAILABLE ON COM MICROFILMVIA Connie WinkelsPecht on extension 360; for CIJE; call "STROBE SEARCH" EQUIPMENT Marian Colonno on extension 352.

Most attendees at the 1979 ERIC UsersConference in DIRECTORY OF RIE SUBSCRIBERS Minneapolis had a chance to see a sample ERIC test on a AVAILABLE newly introduced random' accessmicrofilm reader/printer manufactured by Information Retrieval Services, Inc., under the name "Strobe Search." The ERIC Facility has prepared aneditedlist of The NIE Library has recently purchased aStrobe sUbscribers to the journal Resources in Education (RIE). Search reader and a reader/printer for use in theLibrary By "edited" we mean that the subscriber listhas been ex- and Education Reference Center. amined and all institutional names utilized; individual In addition, NIE is financing thefront end costs of subscribers have not been utilized. Duplicate subscrip- for merged. Institu- developing software and COM microfilm output tions within one institution have been these units for all issues of RIE from 1966 through 1979. tional names have been standardized. The resultantlist from the 3,600names,arranged Entries on the film will be prepared directly containsapproximately ERIC tapes and will appear exactly as eachrecord ap- geographically by state and then city. pears in the monthly RIE. Oncethe master microfilm roll While this list has been prepared primarily as an inter- is completed, duplicates will be available at arelatively nal reference tool for the use of ERICClearinghouses in low cost. The Strobe Search equipment isavailable to answering reference inquiries, its contents may in some Government agencies and contractors at GSA prices. cases be helpful to users. If any usershould have an in- Additionalinformationmay be obtainedfrom: terest,forexample,indeterminingalltheRIE subscribers in a given city or state, this new Directory, Information Retrieval Systems Corp. available"for consultation at each ERIC Clearinghouse, Two Pennsylvania Plaza - Suite 2460 can provide this information.For an indication of the New York, New York 10001 geographic"distribution of RIE subscribers, see thetable (212) 947-6400 in Attachment 80-7. ERIC TAPE DOCUMENTATION(REVISED AS OF JANUARY 1980) SOURCE JOURNAL INDEX AVAILABLE

Theo ERIC Tape Documentation has beenrevised A complete list of the journals coveredby CUE ap- through 1979. This document is atechnical description pears each month at the frontof the journal. Each jour- detailing the format and contents of the ERIC computer nal is tagged by a symbol identifying whichERIC Clear- tapes that are sold to the public. Ithas been updated to inghouse subscribes to the journal and processesits con- include the current descriptionsofallfiles,data tent. Each journal is alsotagged as to whether itis elements, and codes employed. covered comprehensively (i.e., all articles) orselectively The major changes between thisrevision and the (i.e., education-related articles only). March 1975 edition which it replaces, concernthe addi- The ERIC Facility has found this list to beuseful in tion of new data elements (and changesto existing answering reference inquiries and hasprinted a small elements), and are displayed in Attachment80-10. quantity for its own use together with a table summariz- Copies of this new documentation havebeen sent to ing journal coverage by Clearinghouse(see Attachment all ERIC taperecipients -;andall online vendors. In all 80-8). INTERCHANGE 4 454, these instances it is suggested that this material 1w made CUE DATA DASE COPYRIGHT available to the computer programmers responsible for handling the ERIC tapes. Additional copies may be obtained by contacting the NIL has extended to Oryx Press the right to copyright ; Facility. the CI J E file for a limited period of time, This authorization requires that all subscribers to the ERIC tapes be formally informed of the copyright situation and that return acknowledgments" be obtained by the ERIC Facility AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS before the further distribution of any CUE data in FOR TEACHING ERIC machine-readable form. The special notice that went out to all tape subscribers is reproduced as Attachment 80-12.Allcurrent CUE subscribers have signed and AvarietyofaudiovisualOlterialshavebeen returned this acknowledgment, developed over the years for use in teaching users about the ERIC system and its products and services, Most have been developed by the ERIC Clearinghouses, but ASSIGNMENT OF ERIC MICROFICHE some have been developed by other groups. ERIC has ffillowed a policy, wherever possible, of making such SUBSCRIBERS TO CLEARINGHOUSES products available from the National Audiovisual Center (NAVC). However, because of system changes and the This is to inform subscribers to ERIC microfiche col- natural evolution of products, both in substance and lections of some necessary changes in their assignments graphic appearance; these teaching aids go out of date to ERIC Clearinghouses for personalized information ser- fairly rapidly. vices. Since 1975, when microfiche subscribers were in- The ERIC Facility will maintain an archival collection itiallyassignedtoClearinghouses,severalClear- of these products, both past and present. In addition, the inghouses have been relocated and the number of ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources has pro- subscribers has dramatically increased, resulting in an duced an Information Analysis Product dealing with unevendistributionofsubscribersamong Clear- such products that will be available for distribution at inghouses and some confusion asto which Clear- the ERIC Users Conference in June 1980. The list that ap- inghouse would serve new subscribers in a given area. As pears as Attachment 80-11represents a selection of a result, a redistribution plan was developed and has those products about which we currently have informa- subsequently been approved by the Clearinghouses and tion. You are invited to help us add to this list, If you are Central ERIC. It is intended to provide a more equitable aware of any publicly available .A-V package dealing distribution of subscribers among the Clearinghouses with ERIC that is not on our list, please send relevant in- and to result in more efficient service to subscribers. formation to the ERIC Facility, attention: Reference. With one exception (New. York), all subscribers within Librarian. a state or territory have been assigned to one Clear- inghouse. Any new subscribers in a given state will automatically be served by the Clearinghouse responsible for that state. New York has been divided into PRICE CODES REPLACE SPECIFIC Upstate and Downstate, a common political dichotomy. PRICES IN RIE in that state. Subscribers in Upstate New York will be served by the Clearinghouse on Information Resources;, those in Downstate New York, ,by the Clearinghouse on Beginning with the August 1979 issue of RIE, price Urban Education. Canadian provinces have also been aides for microfiche and reproduced paper copies assigned to Clearinghouses for the purpose of answering replace the specific dollar prices that have heretofore questions that may arise. appeared in RIE citations. The form of the codes is. "as The assignments of subscribers by Clearinghouse are follows: "EDRS Price MF01/PC05." In order to deter- displayed in Attachment 80-13. mine the price for a given document, it will be necessary to go to a table or schedule that converts all price codes to dollar amounts. BRS RELOADS ERIC FILE =- The purpose behind this change is to avoid obsolete SOME OBSERVATIONS prices appearing in RIE and on the RIE magnetic tapes. In the future, when the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS) changes prices, the price codes on the file On September 10, 1979, Bibliographic Retrieval Set- will remain the same and only the table that translates vices (BRS) made their newly reloaded ERIC data base them will change. available online. The most notable change was made to The ERIC Price Code Schedule is noted'in the Table of the Descriptor field, which is now searchable as either a Contents of each RIE' and may be found, in both the. controlled or free-text field. As a result of this change, "How to Order" section appearing at the back of each the BRS ERIC data base, ancl associated retrieval pro- issue and in miniature form on the back cover of RIE. cedures, now more. closely resemble those available INTERCHANGE

5 455 through I Oukeed's St)(' 014111I IV, there orbound multi-word. Descrilors.I he new however, dial need designators, "DI" and "UN", are used to retrieve are still two significant difleren«.s, multi- to be highlighted because of the complexitythey create major or minor (respectively) unbound word Descriptors, "0/" and "ON" will notretrieve for searchers: single-word Descriptors. "DU" is used to retrieve I irst, !IRS now has five paragraphdesignators both major and minor single-word Descriptors that can be used to retrieve t 10(s; DeScriptors. As and bound or unbound multi-word Descriptors, before, "Ml" and "MN" are 16441,t.o'retrieve ma- the following examples show various retrieval? jor or minor (respectively) singte4Vord Descriptors results using the different designators:

~~BkRS SEARCH MODE ENTER QUERY 1 GROUPS.DE. RESULT 11793~~

~~GROUPS. nu, rAN. RESULT 279~~

~~GROUPS. UJ/UN. RESULT 11550 4: 2 OR 3 RESULT 11793~~

~~GROUPS. MJ/MNI wIuN. RESULT 11793~~

Second, now that the Descriptor field can be words of the Descriptors instead. If no operator searched as either a controlled or free-text field, appears between the two words,the search them in an "OR" users can avoid hyphenating multi-wordDescrip- system automatically processes tors. Note, however, that if hyphens are notused', relationship.Thefollowingexamples show the "AD)" operator must be inserted between the various retrieval results:

~~BRS --L. SEARCH MODE ENTER QUERY . restricts search to the 1._.: EDUCATIONALFROGRAMS Hyphen RESULT 7719' Descriptor field.~~

~~2____: EDUCATIONAL .4''ROGRAMS.DE. RESULT 7719~~

~~If no operator is specified, the system processes th ,hrase as twowords in 3____: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS RESULT 166684 an "OR" re .6 ship. Notelarge number of postings.~~

~~If designators are not specified, the 4___: EDUCATIONAL ADJ PROGRAMS RESULT 9888 system searches all fields.~~

INTERCHAGE 5._: EDUCATIONAL ADJ PROGRAMS.MJIMN. Fidler wool In the elms (an be RESULT 0 qualified,I he system se41,lies fur " Programs" (in 5), "Educational" (in 6), 6,_: EDLICATIONAL.MJI MN. ADJ PHOGHAMS a'nd "I duciltional" ond "Programs" (in RESUL7 0 7) as major or minor single-word Descriptors. Again, unqualified words 7._,.: (EDUCATIONAL. ADJ PROGRAMS). MJ, MN. are searched fOr in all fields. RESULT 0

13,_...: EDUCATIONAL ADJ PROGRAMS.UJIUN. Here the system searches for "Pro- RESULT " 7719 grams" (in 8), "Educational" (in 9), and "Educational" and aPrograms" (in 10) 9..._: EDUCATIONAL.UJ1UN. ADJ PROGRAMS as major or minor unbound multi-word RESULT 7719 Descriptors i,

~~10_: (EDUCATIONAL ADJ PROGRAMS).W1UN. . RESULT 7719:~~

11 EDUCATIONAL ADJ PROGRAMS.DE: Here the system searches for "Pro- RESULT 7719 grams" in (11), "Educational" (in 12), and "Educational" and "Programs" (in 12: EDUCATIONAL.DE. ADJ PROGRAMS 13) as major or minor single-word RESULT 7719 Descriptors and as bound or unbound multi-word Descriptors. . 13_: : (EDUCATIONAL ADJ PROGRAMS).DE. RESULT 7719 .

~~LOCKHEED PROVIDING ONLINE SDC ADDS NEW ERIC DATA ELEMENT EDRS ORDERING TO SEARCH SYSTEM~~

Since December 1,1979, Lockheed's online users have The September 1979 issue of ORBlyNew described beenabletoordermicroficheandpaper copy the way in which the three new data/ eleme is (Govern- documents from EDRS directly from the computer.,ter- mental Status, Language of Document, and Geographic minal. (See Attachment 80-14.) This type of ordering Source) were added to the Orbit search sy tem and the feature has been used successfully by SDC and EDRS for search capabilities that have been,brovide. Inaddition, the past year. search capabilities provided for ,the exp. nded Publica- tion/Document Type field are ,explaine See Attach- ment 80-16.

ERIC INCLUDED IN SDC SELEC IVE ONTAP ERIC (LOCKHEED DIALOG FILE 201) DISSEMINATION OFINFORMATION(DI) SERVICE The ONIAP (ONline Training And Practice) ERIC file, DIALOG File 201, is designed for users to experiment and The SDC Selective Disseminationof Information (SDI) / practice with using various search strategy approaches. Service has been expanded to inclue 23 data bases. The/ The file is a useful low cost data base for training new service provides SDC /Users with asimple and inexpen searchers' for giving demonstrations, and for experimen- sive way of automatically retrievinthe most /current in- ting with search strategies. In particular, ONTAP ERIC formation on your subjects of interst. ERIC is one of the has test questions which enable the user to evaluate 23 data bases. The base charge fr ERIC iS $2.50; the his/her own search(es). Citation charge is $.08 per citatio . For information on The DIALOG Users Manual for ONTAP is reproduced SDC's SDI, contact their Action Dsk or enter EXPLAIN as Attachment 80-15. SDI 'online.

~~INTERCHANGE.: 4 GPO NOW ACCEPTS VISA AND MASTER MISSING MAIL, HAG~~

~~. CHARGE. CREDIT CARDS Oct March 11, the US Postal Service notified the I RIC~~

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I or copyright reasons I RIC has been asked to change IS INTERCHANGE REACHIN THE RIGHT the availability Of two documents from Level I to Level AUDIENCE IN YOUR ORGA IZATION? III (not available' from E DRS): / 1D 168 261 /The Gifted: A Perishable Resource 1.1) 168 549/- Systems Ingioeeringof 1 (location XIX:. Workshops held for . ERIC iCrofiche Subscribers ! Preparing Occupational Instruction reveal that many of the indivirtab, in an organization Organizarons holding these itemsintheir ERIC who would he interested in If einformation announced microfiche colieCtionsateaskedtodiscardthese in Interchange never get to seeit. microficht: / Credit will be given automaticallyby the 4itindividuals in your in- /. Is Interchange reaching the ri ERIC Doctimeoi Reproduction ServWe for the costof stitution? Should a specific pesopal name or mail stop these niicrIofic,he. be added to the address? Shoild the current name be replaced by another name? Wuldit be of benefit if a se- 're 'added. to the mailing OF ADDRESS, cond mailing name/address w ORYXI'RE4.CHANGE list? We would be grateful we lliduse the form ap- OryxPress has moved to: nearing as Attachment 80-17 t) le( us know whether we andr if not, what we' can / 2214 North Central at Encanto are getting to the tight people Phoenix, Arizona 85004 do to remedy the situation. nge into the right hands. ( Telephone: (602) 254-6156) Yoti can help to get lnte ch, / 1 1 z.. I S E.

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~~f41EREGISTRATION PRE- REGISTRATION ACRUERIC USERS CONFERENCE New York Hilton Avenue of the Americas at 53rd Street June 27-28, 1980~~

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Dear Colleagoau 'Nincek 1911, the ERIC Proceeding and Reference. Ncillty ham maintained and pubklahad perlottleally the Pirclotuli of ?'lilt' Atioroflohe CoUgotina. The Nriso..qv has been, 'Ines its inception, a vary vopular reference tool bacausalt help. titIC itera to locate and gain acres. Microfiche collactionain their area that woul4 °the:wino remain unknownow tto them AAIC*.to consult the actual doc9mcnta contained on those microfiche.

~~, . - The ERIC,Facility plans to 'Allah} the Pirwotory again during 1980, and to incorporate tha.following daea fo"the tontent of the entries.~~

1. ii,ovedibititu Alfa: Information as to whetherthe collection ilk ()pert to the public, on which days, and during which hours. C°""J'"tila htf4: Information about the statue of, the colleetton--- whether it is Complete, or'it noWwhat special argment(s) of the total collection is available. Yltiiiruntmui Sorvicgo Att.::'Information about the equipment and nervier* available to help the user makatuse of the .collection. 4, Contat Point Alta: Telephone nomber':Ond name of contact person, if available. , In order to Rive you a more exact idea of the information being requested, a copy of your old entry (or a sample entry, if you have not previoualrappeared in the VireCtory), showing how Your, collection might be described, is shown below:

To facilitate our production of this Directory, we would like to ask you to either (1) complete the questionnaire on the back of this letter, or, if you have a previous entry,: (2) note those items of information .to ;be changed, or (3). indicate no change to your entry is neceasary. Please return'this questionnaire to the address on the reverse of this page by 1980.

~~In rsturn for your kind cooperation, we will see to-it that you receiLe a copy of the completed new Directory. Thank you very much for your assistance.~~

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No change is necessary to the entry fog our'institution appearing on the reverse of this page. Our previous entry should'be changed as indicated below. We have nctt previously been ilisted, therefore the questionnaire below has been completed in its entirety.

~~2. INSTITUTION NAME:~~

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~~8. SERVICES AVAILABLE: Paper Copy Reproduction Yes No 'Charges: Microfiche Reproduction °Yes CINo' Charges: bomputer Searching (of ERIC) ClOn-Line0Batch ONone 0A0 9. DAYS/HOURS .OPEN TO THE PUBLIC:~~

~~10. COMMENTS:~~

~~Please return this form to: ERIC Processing anteReference Facility, Directory of ERIC Microfiche Collections Project, 4833 Rugby'Avenue" /Bethesda, Maryland 20014, Telephone. Number:.. (302) 656-9723.~~

~~EFF-48 (1/80) INTERCHANGE 47S ATTACHMENT 6 PAGE 1 OF 7~~

~~4 EDRS QUARTERLY JANUARY 1980~~

~~As we begin anew decOde.and a new year for ERIC reports EDRS is initiatinga quarterly NEWSLETTER in a special effort to create a CONVERSATIONAL LINK between EDRS and STANDING ORDERCUS- TOMERS.~~

The prime purpose is to establish a communication between EDRSand SOCs that will result in exploring informative information havingto do with the explicit responsibilities of EDRS. It is to keep you in- 'formed about happening'set EDRS induding the introduction of NEWMICROFICHE PRODUCTS'. We are interested and will share your feedback with other SOCs.

~~NEW PRODUCTS~~

~~For the past few months we have included with the microfiche shipments NEW PRODUCTannouncementf i.e.,~~

~~1. Monthly RIE 2. Cumulative Title Index 3. Cumulative Author Index 4. CIJE/RIE Cumulative DescriptorIdentifier Usage Report~~

/Thedevelopment of these roducts was funded by N.I.E. and is considered to be invaluable for the users of ERIC. Many SOCs amaking valuable use of these products. If you have not hall the opportunity to examine these NEW PROD CT announcements - we are enclosing a set- please do so. They are inexpensive, useful research aides thyou should have available.

~~INFORMATION ANAL \'SIS PRODUCTSOAPs/~~

197G - 1977 on microfiche. This is a mini-file microfiche collection- together with a paper copygi the BIBLIOGRAPHY. It covers 574 IAPs developed by the ERIC CLEARINGHOUSES of special current in- . West such as:

.Recent trends in bilingual education . Cheating: An Annotated,Bibljography . Women's Athletics . Teaching Social History . Assertiveness Training . Children andTelevision .Intercultural Communication . Adult Learning: issues and Innovative Demand Orders

EDRS is now filling orders for documents in Microfiche or paper copy in less that 5 working days from receipt of Order. We have received inquiries recently concerning the ORDER FORM in the monthly RIE marked 'SAMPLE'. There has been concern whether or not to use this form. We most certainly will accept a Xeroxed copy of this form. However, remembii an order on note or letter is also acceptable. Our mairrconcem is the correct ED Number and ship to address.

Concerning inquiries to EDRS, it helps expedite ph such correspondence if you will include your SO customer account number. We have enjoyed this opportunity to begiii the quarterly NEWSLETTER and we will appredate your comments and suggestions.

~~Thank You~~

~~GilfrAr? 46/.1.0bfae' Pam George, Customer Service~~

~~INTERCHANGE 47 ATTACHMENT 6 PAGE 2 OF 7,~~

~~IERIC cAnnounces... NEW MICROFICHEPRODUCTS~~

~~IVIONTHLif R.I.E.~~

NOW ... , IN EA MONTHLY STANDING ORDER ISSUE OF ERIC YOU ARE RECEIVINGRESOURCES IN EDU ON INCLUDINGSUBJECT, AUTHOR, AND INSTITUTIONAL INDEXES ON MICROFICHE. 4 IMMEDIATELY . . . UPON RECEIVING YOUR MONTHLYISSUE YOU NOW HAVE THE TOOLSNECESSARY TO USE THIS INVALUABLE SOURCE OF INFORMATION.

~~.NO MOIRE WAITING FOR THEMAILS TO DELIVER YOUR PAPER COPY OF THE MONTHLY RIE.~~

AS REQUIRED . . ADDITIONAL SETSOF THE MONTHLY RIE ON MICROFICHE ARE AVAILABLE FORUSE IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS TO AIDUSERS IN EASY ACCESS TO THE ERIC DATA BASE. ORDERFROM EDRS $1.35 PER MONTHLY SETINCLUDING POSTAGE AND SHIPPING.

r ORDER FORM DOCUMENT REPRODUCTION SERVICE ERIC P.O. Box 190 ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA 22210 1703) 841.1212 OPERATED BY COMPUTER MICROFILM INTERNATIONAL, CORP. No. ofUnit SetsPriceITotal ENCLOSE CHECK OR MONEY Title Index 5.89 ORDER Payable to EDRS or .Computer SHIP TO: _ kAuthor Index' 8.48 , Microfilm International Corp. Monthly RIE 1.35 (U.S. funds payable through a U.S: bank or Clearitighouse) VA. RESIDENTS Add 4% OR ENCLOSE AUTHORIZED TOTAL . ORIGINAL PURCHASE ORDER COMPLETE AND SIGN Signature

~~INTERC)-IANGE ATTACHMENT 6 PAdE. 3 OF 7--- J~~

*RIO ounces... W 111EICROFIC r PRODUCTS CUMULATIVE TITLE INDEX

RESOURCES IN EDUc,ATION CUMULATIVE TITLE INDEX AN ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF ALL TITLES,CUMULATIVE FROM THE BEGINNING OF ERIC. INDICATING DOCUMENT LEVEL, AUTHOR, ED NUMBER, NUMBER OF DOCUMENT PAGES, AND NUMBER OF MICROFICHE THROUGH 1978.

4 THIS PRODUCT IS AN INVALUABLE AID IN TITLE, RESEARCH. EVERY ERIC TITLE IS IDENTIFIED WITH EACH CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR IN THE ERIC DATA BASE. THE DATA IS FORMATTED FOR QUICK AND EASY ACCESS. THE FILE CONTAINS 37 rAICROFICHE ALPHA- BETICALLY.. INDEXED FOR READY eEFERENCE. ORDER FROM EDRS $5.89 PER SET INCLUDING POSTAGE. AND SHIPPING.

ORDER FORM DOCUMENT REPRODUCTION 'SERVICE ERIC P.O. Box 190 ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA 22210 (703) 841.1212 OPERATED BY: COMPUTER MICROFILM INTERNATIONAL, CORP. No. ofUnit ENCLOSE CHECK OR,MONEY Sets PriceTotal ORDER itle Index 5.89 Payable to EDRS or Computer SHIP TO: __ Author Index 8.48 Microfilm International Corp. (U.S. funds payable through a Monthly RIE 1.35 U.S.bank or clearinghouse) A. RESIDENTS Add 4% OR ENCLOSE AUTHORIZED' ORIGINAL PURCHASE ORDER TOTAL CQMPLETE AND SIGN Signature

~~INTERCHANGE~~

~~4.) A. ATTACHMENT 6 'PAGE 4 OF~~

~~e ERIC rA11110111)CCS... CROP= ODUCTS CUMULATIVE AUTHOR .INDEX~~

RESOURCES IN EDUCATION; CUMULATIVE AUTHOR INDEX. AN .ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF ALL 'AUTHORS CUMULATIVE-FRO,tvl THE BEGINNING OF ERIC IN- DICATINdpocumENT LEVEL, TITLE, ED NUMBER, NUMBER OF DOCUMENT PAGES, AND NUMBER OF, MICROFICHE THROUGH 1978.

~~THIS' PRODUCT IS AN INVALUABLE AID IN AUTHOR~~

RESEARCH. EVERY CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR IS . FIED WITH EACH- TITLE OF EACH DOCUMENT IN THE ERIC DATA- BASE. THE DATA IS FORMATTED FOR opicK AND EASY ACCESS. THE FILE CONTAINS 55 MICROFICHE ALPHAJBETICALLY INDEXED 'FOR READY REFERENCE. ORDER FROMIEDRS $8.48 PER SET INCLUDINGPOSTAGE' AND SHIPPING.

a ORDER FORM DOCUMENT REPRODUCTION SERVICE [ERIC P.O. Box '190 ARLJNGTON, VIRGINIA 22210(703) 841.1212 OPERATED BY: COMPUTER MICROFILM INTERNATIONAL, CORP. No. ofUnit , SetsPriceTotal ENCLOSE CHECK OR MONEY ORDER Title Index 5.89 Payable to EDRS or Computer SHIP TO: Author Index' 8.48 Microfilm International Corp. (U.S. funds payable through a Monthly RIE , 1.85 U.S. bank or clearinghouse) VA. RESIDENTS Add 4%C OR ENCLOSE AUTHORIZED TOTAL ORIGINAL PURCHASE ORDER COMPLE1;E AND SIGN Signature

~~INTERCHANGE 461 'ty ATTACHMENT 6 PAGE 5' OF 7~~

~~ERIC, cAnnoup. W OFIO PRODiuCTS CIJE/RIE CUMULATIVE DESCRIPTORIDENTIFIER USAGE REPORT~~

RESOURCES IN EDUCATION (RIE) AND CURRENT INDEX TO JOURNALS. IN EDUCATION (CIJE). AN INVALUABLE RESEARCH TOOL NOW. AVAILABLEIN MICROFICHE. A CONCISE CUMULATIVE INDEX FROM 1966 OF RIE AND CIJE DESCRIPTORS-SUBJECT TERMS WHICH CHARACTERIZE SUBSTANTIVE CONTENT OF DOCU- MENTS AND IDENTIFIERS (ADDITIONAL IDENTIFYING TERMS) EXAMPLE: SUBJECT: .ABBREVIATIONS ED 023419* ED 025274* ED 035717 ED 108680* ED 129239 ED 121336* ED 127991* ED 114113 ED 135634* MAJOR TERMS*-6 MINOR TERMS-3 TOTAL-9'

THIS PRODUCT WILL SAVE THE RESEARCHER OR CASUAL USER MUCH VALUABLE 'TIME SINCE NO LONGER WILL IT BE NECES- SARY TO REFER TO EACH. INDIVIDUAL YEARLY INDEX. THE .FILE CONTAINS 106 MICROFICHE ALPHABETICALiff INDEXED FOR READY REFERENCE-ORDER FROM EDRS $14.15 PER SET INCLUDING POSTAGE AND SHIPPING..

~~ORDER FORM~~

.DOCUMENT REPRODUCTION SERVICE ERIC P.O. Box 190 ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA 22210 1703/ 841.1212 OPERATED BY: COMPUTER MICROFILM INTERNATIONAL, CORP. No. ofUnit Sets Price Total ENCLOSE CHECK OR MONEY 4'1' . Title Index 5.89 ORDER . Author Index 8.48 Payable to EDRS or Computer TO.

Microfilm International Corp'. /' Monthly RIE . 1.35 (U.S. funds payable through a RIE/CIJE . . U.S.bank' or clearinghouse) Identifier 14.15 OR ENCLOSE AUTHORIZED and ORIGINAL PURCHASE ORDER Descriptors '

~~COMPLETE AND SIGN Signature VA. RESIDENTS Add 4% %- TOTAL~~

~~INTERCHANGE 481 ATTACHMENT. I PAGE .6 OF 7~~

~~ERIC ANNOUNCES... A MINI-FILE COLLECTION of the mosrecent INFORMATION ANALYSIS PRODUCTS 1975-1977 on MICROFICHE...~~

The MINI-FILE contains all of the-DOCUMENTS available from EDRS in MICROFICHE FORMAT... together with apaper copy of the BIBLIOGRAPHY that lists DOCUMENTS in accession number order, with ED accessions (from RIE). Three indexes are provided: SUBJECT, PERSONAL AUTHOR, and INSTITUTION.

The MINI-FILE covers 574 INFORMATION ANALYSIS PRODUCTS (IAPs) developed by the sixteen (16) ERIC CLEARINGHOUSES. The information is synthesized Into research reviews, bibliographies, state of the art studies, interpretive studies on topics of high current interest, and similar documents designed to meet the information needs of users.

INCLUDED ARE TYPICAL TITLES MICROFICHE - OF CURRENT INTEREST: MINI-FILE OF 'INFORMATION ANALYSIS Recent Trends in Bilingual Education PRODUCTS Cheating:, An Annotated Bibliography Women's Athletics Teaching Local History Assertiveness Training MICROFICHE Children and Television DOCUMENTS Translation as a Career Option for Foreign Language Majors Intercidtural Communication Energy Investigation for the Classroom Alternative Tuition Systems IAPs [ERIC IAPs Strengthening the Small Rural School BIBLIOGRAPHY INFORMATION ANALYSIS Adult Learning: Issues and Innovation PRODUCTS 1975-77 Alternatives to Suspension ..4e. C13.4-001t4e.I.

ORDER FORM (- DOCUMENT REPRODUCTION SERVICE INFORMATION ANALYSIS P.O. Box 190 ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA 22210(703) 841.1212 PRODUCTS 1975-1977 ERIC MICROFICHE MINI FILE. OPERATED BY: COMPUTER MICROFILM INTERNATIONAL, CORP. p UNIT ENCLOSE CHECK OR MONEY NO. OF FILES PRICE TOTAL ORDER . Payable to EDRS or Computer SHIP TO: 98.50 Microfilm International Corp. (U.S. funds payable through a VA RESIDENTS ADD U.S. bank or clearinghouse) 4% SALES TAX OR ENCLOSE AUTHORIZED ORIGINAL PURCHASE ORDER POSTAGE 1.00 COMPLETE AND SIGN Signaturo TOTAL ,

~~INTERCHANGE 482 ATTACHMENT 6 C:o PAGE i7 OF 7~~

~~IERIC ANNOUNCES.,~~

~~The 1978 MINI-FILE MICROFICHE INFORMATION ANALYSIS PRODUCTS COLLECTION is now available.~~

The MINI-FILE contains all the INFORMATION ANALYSIS PRODUCTS documents available from EDRS in MICROFICHE FORMAT...in addition there is a paper copy of the BIBLIOGRAPHY that lists DOCUMENTS in accession number order, with ED accessions (from RIE). Three indexes are provided: SUBJECT, PERSONAL AUTHOR, and INSTITUTION.

The MINI -FILE covers 211 IAPs compiled by the sixteen (16) ERIC Clearinghouses. The information is synthesized into research reviews, bibliographies, state-of-the-art studies, interpretive studies on topics of high interest, and many similar documents designed to meet the informational needs of ERIC users.

~~INCLUDED ARE TYPICAL TITLES OF CURRENT INTEREST:~~

.Online Training and Practice for ERIC Date Base Searchers .Children's Flights and Child Advocacy .Collective Bargaining in Four-Year Colleges .ERIC Terminology . Kinesics and Cross-Cultural Understanding . Recycling Activitidslor the Claisroom . Counseling for Preretirement . Using the Talents ef/Part-Time Faculty

ORDER FORM DOCUMENT REPRODUCTION SERVICE INFORMATION ANALYSIS ERIC P.O. Box 190 ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA 222101703) 841.1212 PRODUCTS 1978 OPERATED BY: COMPUTER MICROFILM INTERNATIONAL, CORP. MICROFICHE MINI FILE ENCLOSE CHECK OR MONEY UNIT ORDER A NO. OF FILES PRICE TOTAL Payable to EDRS or Computer SHIP TO: Microfilm International Corp. 37.35 (U.S, funds payable through a U.S. bank or clearinghouse) VA RESIDENTS ADD . 4% SALES TAX. OR ENCLOSE AUTHORIZED ORIGINAL PURCHASE ORDER COMPLETE AND SIGN Signature TOTAL

~~INTERCHANGE 8J1, 10 ATTACHMENT 7 PAGE 1 OF` 1~~

~~NUMBER OF RIE SUBSCRIBERS BY STATE, TERRITORY, AND FOREIGN ,COUNTRY~~

NUMBER NUMBER OF STATE OF FOREIGN SUBSCRIBERS COUNTRY SUBSCRIBERS .s. 3 ALABAMA 52 ARGENTINA 101 ALASKA 8 AUSTRALIA ARIZONA 33 BAHAMAS 1 ARKANSAS 22 BELGIUM 2 CALIFORNIA 236 BULGARIA 1 COLORADO 44 CANADA 190 CONNECTICUT 43 CHILE ; 2 .id $ DELAWARE 12 COLOMBIA S DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 91 DENMARK FLORIDA 80 EGYPT 2 t 60 GEORGIA 61 91/OLAND . I HAWAII 16 FIJI IDAHO 14 FINLAND 3 ILLINOIS 125 FORMOSA 1 INDIANA 49 FRANCE kr 10 .IOWA 53 HONG KONG 3 KANSAS 26 HUNGARY 3 11 KENTUCKY 35 INDIA LOUISIANA 33 IRAN 4 IRAQ 2- MAINE , 14 , MARYLAND' 62 ISRAEL 9 I MASSACHUSETTS 168 ITALY MICHIGAN 93 JAMAICA 1 MINNESOTA ,& 59 JAPAN 8 JORDAN . I MISSISSIPPI 22 2 MISSOURI 47 KENYA MONTANA ' 13 KOREA .....--_, 2 I NEBRASKA 30 KUWAIT IIIBERIA . I NEVADA 5 MALAYSIA 3 NEW HAMPSHIRE 28 MEXICO 8 NEW JERSEY 151 NETHERLANDS 20 NEW MEXICO 14 NEW ZEALAND 10 NEW YORK 286 NORTH CAROLINA 74 NIGERIA 5 NORTHERN IRELAND 3 NORTH DAKOTA 11 NORWAY 21 OHIO 140 OKINAWA 1 OKLAHOMA 29 OREGON 38 PANAMA CANAL ZONE 1 7 PENNSYLVANIA 137 PHILIPPINES PORTUGAL 1 RHODE ISLAND - 16 SOUTH CAROLINA 46 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 1 ROMANIA 2 SOUTH DAKOTA 13 SAUDI ARABIA 2 TENNESSEE 51 SCOTLAND 10 TEXAS 129 SINGAPORE 4 UTAH 15 SOUTH AFRICA 10 VERMONT , 24 SPAIN 9 .VIROINIA 94 SWITZERLAND 8 WASHINGTON 82 TAIWAN 2 WEST VIRdINIA 26 THAILAND 3 WISCONSIN 69 TUNISIA 1 WYOMING 6 TURKEY 2 VENEZUELA , 6 SUBTOTAL 3,011 WALES e, ' 1 WEST GERMAY ', 28 YUGOSLAVIA 1

~~__---- SUBTOTAL 608 NUMBER U.S. TERRITORY OF SUBSCRIBERS~~

~~GUAM 3 PUERTO RICO - 19 VIRGIN ISLANDS, . 2 AMERICAN SAMOA 1~~

~~SUBTOTAL 25~~

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~~JOURNAL COUNT BY CLEARINGHOUSE~~

~~Journals Journals CLEARINGHOUSE Covered Covered TOTAL Comprehensively Selo ctively .~~

1 CE (Adult, Career, and Vocational) 5 67 72 CG (Counseling and Personnel Services) 14 48 62 . ... CS (Reading and Communication Skills) 17 48 65 EA (Educational Management) 17 25 42 EC (Handicapped and Gifted Children) 22 21 43 FL (Languages and Linguistics) 13 47 60

~~HE (Higher Education) 11 42 53~~

~~IR (Information Resources) 7 47 54 JC (Junior Colleges) 8 2 10 PS (Elementary and Early Childhood Education) 17 7 24 RC (Rural Education and Small Schools) 8 14 22~~

SE (Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education) 1 77 78 SO (Social Studies/Social Science Education) 13 33 46 SP (Teacher Education) 17 8 25 TM (Tests, Mesurement, and Evaluation) 12 24 36 UD (Urban Education) 5 43 48 AA (CIJE Contractor) 18 28 46

~~TOTALS 205 581 786~~

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ERIC Ready Reference ERIC AccessionAluinber,Ranges (By Year) Resources in Education (RIE) PRE -1966 ED 001 001 003 960 1966 ED 010 000' 010 093 1967 ED. 010 094 012 348 1968 ED 012 349 021 151 1969 ED 021 152 031_604 1.97o ED 031 605 042 060 1971 ED 042 061 054 390 1972 ED 054 391 066 620 1973 ED 066 621 080 787 1974 ED 080 788 095 253 1975 ED 095 254-110 594 1976 ED 110 595 127 413 1977 ED 127 414-142 684 1978 ED 142 685-157 987 1979 ED' 157 988 174 743 1980 ED .174 744

Current Index to Journals in Education (C1JE) 1969 EJ 000 001-011 707 1970 EJ 011 708 027 599 1971 EJ 027 600-045 271 1972 EJ 045 272 062 751 1973 EJ 062 752 082 164 1974 EJ 082 165 101 872 1975 EJ 101 873 121 926 1976 EJ 121 927-142 252 1977 EJ 142 253-163 351 1978 EJ 163 352 186 217 1979 EJ 186 218 207 484 1980 EJ 207 485- INTERCHANGE 1

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~~November 1979 AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS FOR TEACHING ERIC p~~

~~1. Title: ERIC Basics~~

Description: A self-instructfonal package being developed by'ERIC/IR. Designed'to explain the use of the E1IC indexes and the Thesaurus. It consists of a color microfiche (59 frames) with an accompanying. 20- minute tape cassette.

~~Publication Date: January l', 1980 (Projected)~~

~~' ERIC Clearinghouse on Information ResoUrces~~

~~Price: To be determined.~~

~~2. Title: Overview of ERIC~~

Description: Set of 20 color transparencies, packaged in a loose-leaf binder with notes for narration. Includes information on the components and overall organization of the'ERIC system; sample displays. of ERIC tools; ' and an example o computer search strategy. In addition there are statiAtics, graphics, and a flow chart of processing procedures.for both RIE anclCIJE.

~~PUblication Date: Nine 1979~~

~~ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources~~

~~Price: (1) Color Version: $125.00 (2) Black and White Version: $5.50 I~~

~~3. Title: ERIC: Many Things to Many People~~

Description: Set of 21 color slides.with tape cassette. A 4-minute slide/tape presentation providing a brief introduction to ERIC.-It emphasizes the kinds of information the system can provide for the'user.

~~Publication Date: June 1979~~

~~,Availability: ERIC ClearinghOUse on Information Resources~~

~~Price:~~

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~~4. Title: ERIC: It's That Easy~~

Description: A 3/4. inch video cassette in color. .4 dramatization providing an introduction to the ERIC system. Names and de!Cribes the basic ERIC products and tools, and tells how to undertake amanual search. Running time: 14.5 minutes.

~~Publication Date: 1978~~

~~Developei: ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education~~

~~Availability: National Audiovisual Center, Order Section0General Services Administration, Washington, D.C. 20409.~~

~~Order,No. A01 306. -~~

~~Price: $80.00~~

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~~5. Title: ERIC: What the Clearinghouses.Do~~

Description: A 3/4 inch video cassette in color. :Dramatization describing the way the Clearinghouses create the ERIC data base. Covets the areas of acquisition, selection, bibliograPhic elements, abstracting, and indexing. Includes explanation of Descriptors and Identifiers and the main elements of the resume. Running time:

~~20 minutes. '~~

~~PublicatiOn Date: January 1980 (PrOjected)~~

~~Developar: ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education~~

~~Availability: National Audiovisual Center~~

~~Price: ,To be determined.~~

~~6. Title: ERIC: The Right Way~~

Description: A,3/4 inch video cassette in color. Dramatization describing procedure for manually searching ERIC.. Explains the formulation of search strategies for computer searching. Running time: 30 minutes.

~~PublicationJDate: January 1980 (Projected)~~

~~Developer: ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education~~

~~Availability: National Audiovisual ,Center~~

~~Price: To be determined.~~

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~~( 7. 'Title; ERIC: Knowing More about. Searching~~

~~Description: A 3/4'inch. video Cassette in color.Dramatization -emphasing computer searching and formulation of search strategy, Runhing time: 20 minutes.~~

~~Publication Date: March 1980'.(Projected) .~~

~~Developer: ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban-Education~~

~~,Availability: National Audiovisual Center~~

~~Price: To be determined.~~

~~8. Title:, ERISI: Information Analysis Products and Bibliographid~~

Description: A 3/4 inch video c'a'ssette in color.: Dramatization providing a description of the types of information analysis products prepared by the Clearinghouses. Describes dissemination procedures and how the products can be obtained. Running time: 20 minutes.

~~Publication Date: Summer 1980 (Projected)~~

~~Developer: ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education~~

~~Availability: Natiodal Audiovisual Center~~

~~price :. To be determined.~~

~~4 9. Title: ERIC: What It Is, How to Use It~~

Description: A multimedia kit (cassette and film strip) on the use of the ERIC system. Its primary objective is to introduce ERIC to a variety of users by actively involving them in learning about ERIC and itssearch tools. Running time:

~~Publication Date: 1974~~

~~Developer: ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education~~

~~Availability: National Audiovisual Center~~

~~Price: $43.50 ATTACHMENT 11 PAGEiforIt~~

~~10. Tit Ali About ERIC~~

~~Description: Amultime dia kit (niide-and cassette) on using the ERIC system. Describ*es a manual searchas:well as batch and on-line searching.,Running time: 14 minutes.~~

~~PubliCation Date,:1972~~

~~1).-yelopet: -Eobyrt C. Baugham ,~~

~~Availability: Photo Lab, Inc., 3825 GeorgiaAvenue, Washington, D.C. 20011,~~

~~trice: $40.00 .~~

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W PROCESSING AND REFERENCE FACILITY,. ERIC 4833 RUGBY AVENUE, SUITE 303, BETHESDA, MARYLAND20014i (301) 060-0723 OPERATED FOR THE NATIONALINSTITUTE OF EDUCATION by 0111. inc,, Information Systems Division

~~FROM: ERIC Processing and Reference'Facr (Operated for the National Institiftia-o ucation by ORI, Inc., Information Sys,temsDivision) 4833Rugby Avenue, Suite 303 Bethesda, Maryland 20014~~

SUBJECT: Ma netic-Tapes Containing Bibliographic Data Representing the Contents r. of (the Abstract Journal Current Index to Journals in Education. IC1,10 'IfC REFERENCE: (1) NIE Contract 400t79-0009 with The'Oryx Press

~~(Docket 839-79) With . , (2) NIE ,Copyright Authorization Document '4, The Oryx Press 1~~

~~, , $ *'. This notice is being sent to all current subscribers and purchasersOof the CIJ machine-readable data base.~~

All subscribers and purchasers oftheCIJE date base are being asked to formally acknowledge receipt of this notice by signing and'returning one copy. In accordake .with the licensing agreement for distribution of the CIJE, tapes, granted to ORI by Oryx Press, ORI cannot distribute CIJE tapes to any purchaser until such acknowleirent has been received.

The National Institute of Education (illt) has contracted with The Oryx Press . (Reference 1) for the productionofthe abstract journal and computerized data base entitled Current Index to journals in Education (CIJE). In connection with this _contract, NIE has authorized Oryx to claim copyright for these products (RefereKbe2). The- copyright held by Oryx begins with the CIJE data for March 1979 and continues for a period of five years following publication of each CIJE issue published under the referenced contract.

The Oryx Press has reserved to itself the exclusive right to prepare CIJE-type issues and cumulations from the magnetic data base. However, under the terms, of Reference 2, Oryx has licensed ORI to reproduce and distribute CIJE.magnetic,tapes as required by ORI's contract with NIE to operate the ERICFacility.

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Usersof the CIJE data base may employ the CIJE tapesfor computer searching ac may print 6 limited number of journalarticle citations/abstract re ultlin.ffromdTscreto-computer searches, of the CIJE data base, and may create p.anl rer0ouce,bibliOnraphics from such searches. All other applications recin:;r:the express permission of the copyright holder, The OryxPresS (3930 E. Cana Road, Suite 206, Phoenix, Arizona 85018);All systematic duplication ..0f%/t, c CIJE tapes for purposes of further distribution isexpressly prohibited.

( 7/ The above.restrictions are hereby added to the ORI termsand conditions purchase of the CIJE tapes. In acknowledgment of these terms and, conditions is requeSted that authorized agents of all subscribersand purchasers affix their signature belOw. Please note that ORIis able to ship tapes only, to urchaserS who have returned a signed 'copy of this notice to:

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~~REASSIGNMENT OF ERIC MICROFICHE SUBSCRIBERS TO CLEARINGBOUsES~~

~~-STATE CODE STATE CODE ALABAMA CL NORTH CAROUNA 11 ALASKA EA NORTH DAKOTA CG ARIZONA SO OHIO SE~~

ARKANSAS . SC, OKLAHOMA SO CALIFORNIA JC\ OREGON EA, COLORADO SO PENNSYLVANIA HE CONNECTICUT UD RHODE ISLAND TM FL . DELAWARE HE SOUTH CAROLINA DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SP SOUTH DAKOTA PS (FLORIDA EC TENNESSEE CE ;GEORGIA . \ EC TEXAS RC "HAWAII. EA UTAH SO

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KENTUCKY CE , .WISCONSIN CS LOUISIANA SE 'WYOMING SO MAINE UD ' GUAM JC MARYLAND SP PUERTO RICO HE TM VIRGIN ISLANDS HE MASSACHUSETTS- . MICHIGAN CG ALBERTA EA MINNESOTA CG BRITISH COLUMBIA EA MISSISSIPPI CE MANITOBA CG MISSOURI PS NEW BRUNSWICK IR MONTANA. EAT .NEWFOUNDLAND IR NEBRASKA PS NOVA SCOTIA IR

~~NEVADA ' JC ONTARIO CG NEW HAMPSHIRE UD QUEBEC IR NEW JERSEY TM SASKATCHEWAN EA NEW MEXICO RC NEW YORK: UPSTATE IR~~

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ACRONYMS FOR CE - Adult, Career and Vocational.Education ERIC CLEARINGHOUSES CG - Counseling and Personnel Services CS - Reading and Communication. Skills EA - EdUcational Management EC - Handicapped and Gifted Children FL - Languages and Linguistics HE - Higher Education IR - Information Resources JC - Junior Colleges PS - Early,Childhood Education RC - Rural Education and Small Schools SEc Social Studies/Social Science Education SP- Tekther Education TM - Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation UD - Urban Education

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~~PORAMMEDIATE RELEASE~~

~~DIALORDER DOCUMENT SERVICE ANNOUNCED' BY LOCKHEED .~~

PALO ALTO, Calif.--Customers ofLockheed's DIALOG service can now use their computer terminals to ordercomplete texts of documents for latef delivery by database su pliers andinformation brokers. Called DIALORDER the new service enables users toorder documents online which they have located in asearch of any DIALOG bibliographicfile, DIALOG data- or even to order documents notreferenced or retrieved in the and can.check the status of bases. Requostors have a choice of suppliers their orders online through theDIALOG service. For many years the DIALOG service hasprovided instant retrieval of references to current world literature. Users can now access more than 30 million records of journal andnewspaperarticles, conference papers, tech- data., nical reports,. directories, researchprojects and business and economic by Referencesan be retrieved onlinethrough a keyboard terminal connected telephone or Telex to Lockheed's computersin Palo Alto, California. The. service is used by several thousand customersall over'the world to keep study. abreast of4the latest publishedinformation in virtually all fields of "Access to the source document's adds a newdimension to our service," v said DIALOG program manager Dr. RogerSummit. "This is what our customers have been waiting for, he said. "Itadds to the most powerfulretrieval service in the world the ability toobtain the complete texts with ease. Online searching of titles and abstracts,of the world's literature enables researchers to identify the documentsthey need," he said.' "Being able to order them online completes the process,saving time and money."

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expected to be large users ofithe new service. 11 J D1AU RDER service, , There are no additional charges by Lockheed for.the \E other than the computer connect time.used during the ordering rocess. Users will_be invoiced directly from the,1upplicrfor the cost of obt.-ining the documents. To prepare the document order, users simply type theword "KEEP" followed. r by the DIAIMG accession number 91 the document, the Set number or,items within i the set to.he ordered. Then the "ORDER" command is entered, followed by the v. acronym of the.,database supplier (e.g., INFO forInformation on Demad in Ierke1ey, EIC for Environment Information Center in New York, MGMT for it Contents

in Skokie). The description of the document from the database isautomatically sent to the order file with the user's name and mailing addressand any special instructions for delivery. To order items not found in Dialog databases, the "ORDERITEM"command is used, folkbwed by a description of the item andthe nameof the supplier. Most docum t supply services will mail the documents within five working days for regular orders and 48 hours for rush orders. Some promise regular delivery in 48 hours with 24-hour rush service. Costs average $7.50-for 20 pages plus mailing charges. '4 Librarians and other researchers can also use DIAL RDER to order DIALOG publications which give information on DIALOG databases, search strategy,and time-saving tips for. improving online searching. Additional information may be obtained frem George R. Plosker, Lockheed Information Systems, Lockheed Missiles. F, Sp ce Company, 3251 Hanover Street,

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~~FILE201 DIALOG INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SERVICE ONTAPR ERIC ; Prellminnty I (titian 11. .1.111cT I /~~

FILE DESCRIPTION the OMAN I RIC file.Is de:killed torOt'llii*e hi:c hic!.the fileInc ludes 'cot(171*0 ot the1 IOC'(1 IleI)re, ords. the ottespondin.i) printedN.,ersligisof ortrAt' 4 tut- are the [V, issues of l(rtnuit es inI ducolluo )ortt Corte-lit lrnSev to Jotttilill% inI (C11).

~~SUBJECT COVERAGE The Notiject covetoge of the NAP I lir dotohose Is the sunr as for the I RIC file;~~

CoreerI dui otion l.noTto.jes and (:ounteling oitAl l'erso4vrl Srtviirs Itrodinq and Conliouni, ()hoe' !;kills I oily Childh.-wo41 11t,t141110i1 titan! Educntion and ',midi St hoof Ltil/C13t1(111(11IM(11111(1,111;11, Science-, Mathernotics, and I nvironmental I duration liorulicopped and Cif fed Children Sociol `,;toi.lies,/4-1o1 !wierhe I docotion I iigher1 ducotion , Teacher ,J,ducotion Informotion Resources Tests, Mensurement, and Ivoluatiio Junior Coleges tirb,on Education

~~SPECIAL FEATURES~~

The ONTAP ERICfile providestest tilleStiOgli, aild relevant citations in rxiswer setsfor each test question. The1975 ERIC fileisthesourceofthe answer sets. There ere ?9 test questi(qls atthree levels of complexity:simple,1111.t110(11, and difficult. Search results onany ofthe test questions-can be compared with thoroughly developed answer sets,(jiving immediate feedback on the search strategy employed, checking citat;ons forlrods on oddit;onol(wens, etc., comparisonof effectivenessinsearching titlevs. descriptor fields, etc.Searchers con also score their results by having DIALOG calculate the precision and recall scores oftheir scorch.

AllDIALOG systemfeatures may beused exceptthe SearchSave tilt the offline PRINT ccunrnonds. DIALOG FILE DATA Inclusive Dates: January I, 1975 toDecember 31, 19/5 Update FreguenFy: Not applicoble - Special file File Size: 32,120 citations ORIGIN practice. The ONTAP ERIC fileisprovided by the DIALOG InformationRetrieval Service for training and Questions concerning this file should be directed to: DIALOG Customer Services Telephone: R00/227-2960(outside California) Lockheed. DIALOG Information Retrieval yervice 800/982-5838 (inside California) 3251 HanoverStreet (Code5280/201) PoloAlto, CA 94304 Telex: 334499 (DIALOG) *TrademarkReg. U.S.Pat. Office INTERCHANGE 49 AtIA t 'writ I t :kir11

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~~THE ONTAP ERIC FILE~~

The ONTAP (ONline Training AndPractice) ERIC file, DIALOG File 201, isdesigned for users to experiment andpractice using various search strategyapproaches.The file is forgiving ausefullowcostdatabaseforpractice and training new searchers, demonstrations, and forexperimenting with search strategies. Ihparticular, ONTAP ERIC has test questions which enable the user toevaluate his/her own search(es).

~~PURPOSE~~

70 PraCtice Using'various features of the DIALOG system. To° practice and experiment with varioussearch strategies. o To refine searchingcapabilities by developing good searchstrategies leading to high precision or high recall. To allow self-evaluation of search strategies.

FILE INFORMATION The ONTAP ERIC file is composed ofthe 1975 records of. ERIC,(Educational Resources Information Center), DIALOG FileI. The file contains 32,120 recordsincluding both recorAs of journal articles Corresponding tothe Current Index .to Journals inEducation and report literature corresponding tothe announcements in Resources inEducation. Twenty nine lest questions were developed to usewith the ONTAP. ERIC set of records. The questions cover the range of subjectsprovided by the ERIC database and are divided 'into three levels of complexity:simple, medium, and difficult.

The ERIC databaseisparticularly useful for practice becauseit has both controlled vocabulary indexing(i.e:,the Descriptorfield)and °uncontrolledindexing(i.e.,the Identifier field) in the Basic Index, as well asfree-text searching fields such as titles and abstracts.There are also Additional Index fieldsrequiring the use ofirefix codes, thereby allowing the user ample opportunity toexperiment.Although each database is unique,, most of the search optionsavailable have an equivalent in ONTAP ERIC. .) THE SAMPLE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Each of the 29 questions, has beensearchled, by about- 15 professionallibrarians who were seeking the highestrecall possible.,The composite results of these searcheshave been evaluated for relevancy to the searchtopic, yielding a masterset,of "correct been entered into the syStem answers."The), answer set for each of the questions has so that users cancheck their own search results with those ofthe master bet. / The evaluations for relevancy were based onwhether thetapic was actually mentioned in the record.Relevancy had to be reasonably obvious orinferred fro,,D;1 the total full record in a printout.Broad, general survey reports which mightinclude information on the topic, were not included in the 'relevant set.Thus a "right answer" in the Answer set was a rinatter'of subjective judgment.

~~INTERCHANGE 501 ATTACHMENT 15 PAGE 5 OF.17.~~

~~,A list of the three sets of sample questions is given on pages 201-13 through 201 -15.~~

PREPARING FORA SEARCH In order to 'perform effective searches, it, is important to analyze a' search topic for condepts (or facets) that can.be used for searching.A search may have only a single concept, or many; most searches have between two and four defineable concepts. Examine the following search topic:

~~. The effect of nutrition on longevityinlAbe Soyiet Caucasus 'area. , Three major concepts may be observed:~~

1 2 3 nutrition longevity Soviet Caucpsus Kote_that "effect" is not normally considered a concept.Such qualifications are often implicit Nand need not be used in a search statement.In fact, inclusion of this kind of term oftenads to poor retrieval because of ambiguities or too many, requirements on terminology in the records. The three concepts may be joined using the Boolean operator AND torequest the presence of each of the three terms in a retrieved citation, e.g.,

~~SELECT NUTRITION AND LONGEVITY AND SOVIET(W)CAUCASUS~~

~~NUTRITION LONGEVITY~~

~~10DESIRED CITATIONS SOVIET(W)CAUCASUS~~

More effective retrieval. may beachievedby expanding each of the concepts with additialal search terms or other search elements that are relevant to the concept.For example, each of the three concepts may be expanded asfollows:

1 2 3 NUTRITION LONGEVITY SOVIET(W)CAUCASUS \. DIET - AND OLD(W)AGE AND SOVIET(W)GEORGIA Or or or FOOD t AGED ARMENIA etc. b etc. ° etc. Each group of terms may be used as a set of building blocks to -complete the search.

11/4, In general, the procedures used above may be used for most searches.Variations in the procedure may be for a particular type of search, e.g., a citation search, or to refine:. a ATTACHMENT 15: PAGE 6 OF 17

search using combinations of broad or narrow terminologyand/or subject classification codes. The beginner may gain proficiency by practicingwith the procedures shown above. More experiencedsearcherswillwant to practice modulating theirsearch strategy to retrieve results that vary according tothe needs of the user; asinthe examples that follow.

SEARCHING Searching in File 201is performed in the same manner assearching in the ERIC file (FileI).The same fields and limiting capabilities apply.A table of these features is shown on page 201-2. The procedure forl using the special features of File 201 isoutlined below: 47' -I. Choose a question from one ofthe sets of test. iestions listed on pages201-13 through201-15. These questionsare numbered SOI-S09forsimplequestions, MOI-MI Ifor medium difficulty questions, and D0I-D09 fordifficult questions.For example, question S06 is on "Education in Sri Lanka,including library activities."

2.Examine( the description of the.ONTAP ERIC file on page two of this publication br use the more detailed chapter onERIC (FileI) in Guide to DIALOG - Databases. Develop a search strategy using your own knowledgeand/or appropriate search aids.

~~3.Perform the search using regular DIALOG searchingprocedures.~~

~~? SELECT SRI (W) LANKA 1 12 SRI (W) LANKA ? SELECT EDUCATION; S LIBRAR? '2 22153 EDUCATION~~

~~'3 1567 LIBRAR? - ? COMBINE 1 AND (2 OR 3) 4 '''11 1 AND J2 OR 3)~~

4.Note the number of records retrieved in the final set of thesearch, (i.e.I I). 5. 'Request the answer set for the test questionused. This gives the total number of relevant citations for question S06 in the file, (i.e.,12).

~~? SELECT' AN=S06 5 12 AN=S06 (SRI LANKA:EDUCATION &~~

6.1 COMBINE the answer setin an AND relationship with the resultingset 'ofthe search.This gives the total number of items in the search result that are also in the answer set, i.e., the initial search strategy retrieved 10 relevantcitations and one irrelevant citation.

~~? COMBINE 4 AND 5 6 10 4 AND~~

~~INTERCHANGE 503 ,ATTACHMENT 15 PAGE 7, OF 17~~

7.As an option, you may request an /evaluation ofyour search using the following form: /EVAL(A,B,C) where:, A = number ,of citations in the search set B = number of citations in the answer set C = number of 6.116-KOris resulting from the COMBINE of A AND B

~~? /EVAL(11,12,10) INPUT...EVAL(11,12,10) NUMBER OF CITATIONS FOUND= 11 NUMBER OF Cf11TIONS IN ANSWER SET= 12 NUMBER OF RELEVANT CITATIONS FOUND= 10 RECALL= 83.333 % PRECISION= 90.909 %~~

Note that eleven citations were located; ten of which were relevant, yielding a recall percentage of 83.3% and a precision percentage of 90.9%. Using the Boolean NOT operator, the records you did not receive can be isolated from the Answer set and examined online to see what other terms could have been used.To isolate those records, the set of relevant.ci ations retrievedis, NOTed out ofthe Answerset 'leavingthetwo citationsnot etrieved by the search strategy. For example, set 5 was the -Answer set for this search (it contained 12 citations) and set 6 was .the number of. relevant items found (it co t=ined 10 citations).

~~? COMBINE 5 NOT 6 7 .2 5 NOT 6~~

~~Thus the tworelevan4 citations not found usingthe search strategy are separated. These citations may then be TYPEd:~~

?TYPE 7/2/1 -2 IL 7/2/1 ED105946 JC750339 Junior Univqrsity College Movement in Ceylon. Kintzer, FrAderick C. 70 11p.; Reprint from International Educational and Cultural Exchange, Fall 1970 EDRS Price MF-$0.76 HC-$1.58 PLUS POSTAGE Descriptors: Community Service Programs/ Curriculum Development/ Developing Nations/English (Second Language)/*Foreign Countries/ GuidanceServices/ *Junior Colleges/ Official Languages/ *Post Secondary Education/*Student Personnel ServiceS/ Teaching Methods/ Vocational Counseling/ *Vocational Education Identifiers: *Ceylon

7/2/2 ED096416# CE002014 YouthTraining and EmploymentSchemesin Developing Countries: A Suggested Cost-Benefit Analysis. Costa,, Emile International Labour Office,Geneva (Switzerland). 72 115p. Available from: I.L.A. Branch Office,'1750 New YorkAvenueN.W. Wathingtono D. C. 20006 ($3.35) Document Not Availablefrom EDRS. Descriptors: *Case Studies/ *Cost Effectiveness/ *DevelopingNatiohs/ Disadvantaged Youth/ Employment/ *Job Training/ Unemployed/ *Youth Identifiers: Ceylon/ Kenya.

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~~the former name of SriLanka, was used as anidentifier Note that the term CEYLON, improved by using both namesof the in these two records.Retrieval could have been country, e.g., a~~

? SELECT CEYLON ORSRI(W)LANKA 6 CEYLON 1.2 SRI(W)LANKA 1 14 CEYLON OR SRI(W)LANKA ? SELECT EDUCATION ORLIDRAR? 22153 EDUCATION 1567 LIBRAR? 2 23030 EDUCATION OR LIBRAR? ? COMBINE 1 AND 2 3 12 1 AND 2 ? SELECT AN=S06 4' 12 AWAS06 (SRI LANKA:EDUCATION & ? COMBINE 3 AND 4 5 11 3 AND 4 ? /EVAL(12,12,11) INPUT...EVAL(12,12,11) NUMBER OF CITATIONS FOUND= 12 NUMBER OF CITATIONS INANSWER SET* 12 NUMBER OF RELEVANTCITATIONS FOUND= 11 91.667 % RECALL= 91.667 % PRECISION=

the new search In this case, both therecall and precision scoreshave been improved by strategy. that are synonymous with Search strategy may also beimproved by using other terms topic.For example; in thissearch, use of the or related tothe words in the search appropriate for the search: word SCHOOL or SCHOOLS aswell as ,education would be

? SELECT CEYLON ORSRI(W)LANKA 6 CEYLON 12 SRI(W)LANKA 1 14 CEYLON OR SRI(W)LANKA ? SELECT EDUCATION ORLIBRAR? OR SCHOOL? 22153 EDUCATION 1567 LIBRAR? 12067 SCHOOL? 2 25362 EDUCATION OR LIBRAR? OR SCHOO ? COMBINE 1 AND 2 3 13 1 AND 2 ? SELECT AN=S06 4 12 AN=S06 (SRI LANKA:EDUCATION & ? COMBINE 3 AND 4 5 12 3 AND 4 ? /EVAL(13,12,12) INPUT...EVAL(13,12,12) NUMBER OF CITATIONS FOUND= 13 NUMBER OF CITATIONS IN ANSWERSET= 12 NUMBER OF RELEVANT CITATIONSFOUND= 12 RECALL= 100 % PRECISION =. 92.308 %

~~the precision score has also This time the recall score hasbeen raised to (00% and been raised, to 92.3%.~~

~~INTERCHANGE- -ATTACHMENT 15 PAGE9 OF 17~~

One can also Isolate the one extra record retrieved by this fasstsearch that was not relevant to discover why it was a "fcile drop,"e.g., .4 \ / \ .. 7 COMBINE 3NOT 5 '6 TYPE 6 1 3 NOT 5 6/2/1 0108206 C5202086 The Taming of the pressinSriLanka.Journalism MonographsNumber 39. Gunaratne,Shelton A. Associationfor Educationif Journalism. MAY 75 49p. EDRS PriceMF-$0.76 HC-$1.95 PLUS POSTAGE Descriptors: *Censorship/*Freedomof Speech/*Journalism/ *Newspapers/News Reporting/Press Opinion Identifiers: *Ssi Lanka

, This falsedrop was caused by the word EDUCATION which appears in the Corporate Source,field.The Basic Index in the ONTAP ERIC database includes all meaningful words from the Title, Abstract, Descriptor,. Identifier, Note, Sponsoring Agency, and CorporateSourcefields. Thefalsedropcould have been avoided by restricting retrievaltotheTitle Abstract,DescriptorandIdentifierfields,e.g.,SELECT EDUCATION/TI,AB,DE,113.

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~~Use synonyms and quasi-synonyms, even antonyms toexpress a concept(e.g., DANGERS, HAZARDS, RISKS, but also SAFETY, PROTECTION, etc.).Also use both British and American spellings where applicable.~~

~~Consider hierarchical groupings df terms within a co cept if the database hasa controlled 'vocabulary with this characteristic.Th EXPAND command can be very helpful here.~~

GI Use theentireBasicIndexforsearching instead ofrestricting a search to various fields withinit.Use full-text searching strategies' to searchinthe entire Basic index, rather than justcontrolled vocabulary; use of the 'broader full-text operator (F) may retrieve more than the specific (W).

e' Decrease the number of concepts to be intersected using the Boolean AND.For example,ifthe originalsearch questionisspecific enough to indicatefour concepts to be ANDed, leave out the most restrictive concept and AND the other three.

~~In the example below,, the search was performed on test question MOI, "Charging Users for Reference Services...", and it retrieved with 100% recall, but only 8.42% 'precision.~~

? SELECT FEE? OR CHARGE? OR COST? 994 FEE? 150 CHARGE? 1384 COST? 1 2423 FEE? OR CHARGE? OR COST? ? SELECT REFERENCE(W)SERVICE OR REFERENCE(W)SERVICES 16 REFERENCE(W)SERVICE 83 REFERENCE(W)SERVICES 2 87 REFERENCE(W)SERVICE OR 'REFERS ? SELECT LIBRARY(1W)SERVICE OR LIBRARY(1W)SERVICES 90 LIBRARY(1W)SERVICE 382 LIBRARY(1W)SERVICES 3 401 LIBRARY(1W)SERVICE OR LIBRARY ? SELECT INFORMATION(W)SERVICE OR INFORMATION(W)SERVICES 59 INFORMATION(W)SERVICE 281 INFORMATION(W)SERVICES 4 310 INFORMATION(W)SERVICE OR INFO ? SELECT COMPUTER(F)REFERENCE OR LIBRARY(W)PROGRAMS 38 COMPUTER(F)REFERENCE

95 LIBRARY(W)PROGRAMS ' 5 133 COMPUTER(F)REFEREFCE OR LIBRA ? SELECT S2-S5/OR AND S1 6 95 S2-S5/OR AND S1 ? SELECT AN=M01 7 8 AN=M01 (CHARGING USERS FOR RE ? COMBINE 6 AND 7 8 8 6 AND 7 ? /EVAL(95,8,8) INPUT...EVAL (95,8.8) NUMBER OF CITATIONS FOUND= 95 NUMBER OF CITATIONS IN ANSWER SET= 8 NUMBER OF RELEVANT CITATIONS. FOUND= 8 RECALL= 1008 PRECISION= 8.4211 %

Note that full-text searching methods (i.e., using (W), (F), etc.)were used throughout in order to searchallfields in the Basic Index.. Observe also, the many variations used to express each concept in the search.

~~INTERCHANGE~~

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SearchingforI ligh Precision When scorching with high precision asthe abn, i.e., to retrieve n set ofcitations, the majority of which are relevant tothe topic, the following devices mayhe considered where applicohle: Use assigned descriptors when'mailable in datoboses that hovecontrolled vocabularies.Usually prefer pre-coordinated termsfrom a 'controlled vocabulary over SELECTing individualterms and ANDing them,(e.g., SELECT SCIENCE the EDUCATION,ratherthanSELECT SCIENCE ANDEDUCATION). Use full-text methods to link terms In closeproximity when searching in fields' that are not controlled, (i.e.,(W) and (nW) are more precise than(F)).Both bound descripto?s and full- ext phrases may be locatedin a single search statement (e.g., SELECT SCIECE(W)EDUCATION).' and Searchinfewer tmoreprecisefields,suchasTitles,Descriptors Identifiers and ig the broader fields such as Abstracts andCorporate Source. Use term weighting When availableforadatabase,(i.e.,/MAJ or /DE* to restrict retrieval to citations withdescriptors designated as MAJOR). Use specific terminology, especially namesof things, concepts or people when they are available. (testquestion Shown belowisa tearch onthe same questionas performed abcve number MOD, but this time the searchstrategy retrieves with 100%precision, and only 12.5% recall. ? SELECT LIBRARY REFERENCESERVICES 1 79 LIBRARY REFERENCE SERVICES ? S PAY LIBRARIES ORFEE/TI,DE,ID OR FEES/TI,DE,ID 1 PAY LIBRARIES 6 FEE/TI,DE,ID 21 FEES/TI,DE,ID 2 22 PAY LIBRARIES OR FEE/TI,DE,ID CHARGES/TI,DE,ID OR CHARGING/TnE,ID ? S CHARGE/TI,DE,ID OR . 4 CHARGE/TI,DE,ID 3 CHARGES/TI,DE,ID 2 CHARGING/TI,DE,ID 3 9 CHARGE/TI,DE,ID OR CHARGES /TI ? COMBINE 1 AND (2 OR 3) 4 1 1 AND (2 OR 3) ? S AN=M01 5 8 AN=M01 (CHARGING USERS FOR RE ? C 4 AND 5 6 1 4 AND 5 /EVAL(1,8,1) INPUT...EVAL(1,8,1) NUMBER OF CITATIONS FOUND= 1 NUMBER OF CITATIONS IN ANSWER SET= 8 NUMBER OF RELEVANT CITATIONS FOUND= 1 RECALL= 12.5 % PRECISION= 100 %

Note that this time only the bound descriptorphrase LIBRARY REFERENCE SERVICES was used to represent one concept ofthe search and the "charging" concept ofthe -search was restricted to use of Title, Descriptorand Identifier words.

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~~Searching as Melly~~

Occasionally .thereIs a need to retrieve only a few Items either to lessen expensesor to perform a rapid surveyofthefilebeforea more comprehensiveand.lengthy strategy.Brief searches may be performed with onlyo few St=1.17.C.f statements. Such searches are freqUrfltly low recall butmay be performed in such n way that maximum results can oChiV,(1 whit t!(-Online" 11)010110Wit1(:.t.,(cicitions may lead to better brief searches:

Enter, first, the terrn(s)for the most specific concept of the search using .pnly the most relevant and specific terrnino too.Do notlimit searchto specific fields.Review number of postings; if too large continue search.

AND the terrn(s) for the second concept using the SELECT feature of ANDinga term with a set number.Review number of postings and, if necessary, continue in the same manner.The search may be ended assoon asanappropriate amound of postingsis retrieved.This procedure allows you to search witha minimum ntimber of SELECT statements. Shown below isa 'so nple of a brief search per formed on the same question as in the previous examples. Note that the precision score has now changed to 66.6% and the recall score is 25%. ' ? BEGIN 201 29jun79 11:54:40 User3476 $0.47 0.031 Hrs File201 4 Descriptors File201 :ONTAP ERIC (copy. LMSC Inc.) (END/SAVE, END/SDI, .EXECUTE,.RECALL, & .RELEASE invalid for file) Set Items Description (+,01/1"=AND;-NOT)

? SELECT LIBRARY (1W) SERV/CES 1 382 LIBRARY (1W) SERVICES ? SELECT S1 AND FEES 63 FEES / 2 3 SI AND FEES ? SELECT ANuM01 3 8 AN,4101 (CHARGING USERS FOR REFERENCE SERVICES) ? COMBINE 2 AND 3 4 2 2 AND 3 ? /EVAL(3,8,2) INPUT...EVAL(3,8,2) NUMBER OF CITATIONS FOUND= 3 NUMBER OF CITATIONS IN ANSWER SET= NUMBER OF RELEVANT CITATIONS FOUN 2 2 RECALL= 25 % PRECISION= 66.6.7 %

A brief search does not necessa ily preclude high recalland- precision.'When one o two. conceptsto be combined usingthe Boolean AND is very specificor, has fevf postings,itis ,frequently, mot.econvenient and economical to searchonly the on concept to insure good recall with a slight sacrifice in precision.

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S03 4-1.1 Clubs, their members, or their activitie*

~~SO4 Revision of the Anglo-American Cataloging Rule5~~

~~SOS Navaho language textbooks or grammors (material written In 'Navaho language,orusefulforteachingthe Na vaho lanouget or about Navaho linguistics)~~

~~S06 Education in Sri Lanka (including library activities)~~

~~S07 Publications about literacy in developing countries,that ore published by the InternationalInstitute for AdultLiteracyMethods(orany publications by or about this Institute)~~

~~S08 16 Personality Factor Test~~

~~S09 Parapsychology~~

~~MEDIUM-COMPLEXITY SEARCHES~~

M,0 I Directchargingto usersforreferenceandcurrent awareness service of libraries and otherinformation service agencies (philosophy, policy, practice, fees, charges; for any type of library, for any type of reference service; not interestedin free services)

M02 Federal aid to eay care centers or services for children of working or student parents (including history orphilosophy, needs, arguments for and against, reported experiences, evaluations, funding, parent involvement and attitude; restrict to U.S.centers or Services)

M03 JeanPiaget'stheoriesandthethoughtprocessesorlanguage development of children, but limited to those publications that are available from ERIC/EDRS $: M04 ,.1....hiraries and librariansinthe Middle East, particularly in Arabic . 'Speaking_ countries(exclude African. countries except forEgypt, inclUde all types of libraries or information centers.)

~~MOS Libraryservicetothephysicallyhandicapped(notmentallyor language-handicapped)~~

~~M06 Effects of TV violence on children INTERCHANGE 511 At ifst.ittieNi 1!.- Or.: 11~~

~~MO! l)tul()base, tlinnotiatodcntsutciementaty(4 tt,condory schools, glades 1*"..-12 (itiuding at hod edut-otion proutimi, on this topic, and aut-loiouit cilttudirt)~~

~~Use hthool tffilhtijtothhievc racial Integration~~

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~~of the I rd.rrolt dotutionActAmendments, and women's spurts Will to night to the .st/burbs~~

~~DIFFICULT St'ARCHFS~~

DOI. Ttaining forNOVel WOmanagement in libraries and Information centers (including tbr needt for such training descriptions of training programsormaterials;trainingoflibraryschoolstudents and professional working librarians; formal academic training OS well as on the job training.)

~~D02 Audiovisual aids for orientation or instruction of library users~~

D03 Evaluation of primary school (grades K-3) 1;nglish reeding wo.grattis orreadingmaterials andtechniques (buttx)ttheevaluationof specific reading tests or instructors, and not the student test scores whentheyare notbeingusedaspart of on evaluation of the readingprogram andnotjust thecriteriaor standardsfor evaluation). Limit theoutputtopublicationsavailablefrom ERIC/EDRS.

~~DO4 Formalscience education programsinuniversities and secondary schools (grades 9-12)inthe. Soviet Union (allsciences,including matherriatics and engineering)~~

~~DOS Vocational educotion' oftheAmericanIndian(history,data and programs to provide this education; but not training materials to be used in these education programs)~~

DO6 Evaluationofbilingual' elementary. (gradesK-8)and secondary (grades 9-12) school programs and techniques, specifically those that invotive both Spanish and English languages The financial costs to institutions of higher education to implement legislated affirmative action programs

D08 Evaluationofindexingor cataloging/ (work,methods,products, languages).This is to include the representation and storage of the index information.Indexing is defined broadly to inclUde all forms of text searching, i.e., indexing by text words.. Evaluation is to be interpreted in a broad sense such as time and cost, errorrates, recall/precision, and criteria for evaluation.Indexing is to include generic processes such as citation indexing, title word indexing, or.

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OCATION (/LO) To search document types after June 1979 you must use eginning in 1979; the geographic source/location of a doc-_ both the old and new codes. For a list of the July 1979 nent in the RIE file segment will only be searchable using document types codes sec theERICUser Manual. For ex- ie /LO qualifier. The locatiOn Of the document refers to ample, to limit a search to books it is necessary to use both le country of its origin. usually the country of publication. B/DT and 010/DT: or t:ie United States. both U.S./L0 and the state, e.g.. USER: ALIFORNIA/LO. are searchable. At some later time. the AGE DISCRIMINATION AND (B/DT OR aunty level may be added to this field. The United King- 010/DT) pin contains four subdivisions: England. Scotland. North- .n. Ireland. and Wales. Search as UNITEDKINGDOM. ERIC DOCUMENT TYPES (RIE) LO AND 'SCOTLAND/LO. Australia is subdivided into CODE TYPE :Yen sections: New South Wales, Northern Territory. 010 BOOKS lueensland.South Australia. Tasmania. Victoria. and West- COLLECTED WORKS rn Australia. Enter AUSTRALIA/LO.ANDVICTORIA , 020 General LO. Other countries are not subdivided. e.g.. FRANCE /LO. 021 Proceedings ee theERIC User Manualfor the full list and format of 022 Serials puntries. 030 CREATIVE WORKS (LITERARY AND DRAMATIC) 040 DISSERTATIONS/THESES .ANGUAGE (/LA) GUIDES /METJIODS /TECHNIQUES (FOR eginning in January 1979. the language of a document PRACTITIONERS) ill be searchable in its fully spelled-out form with the /LA 050 General lualifier appended. The Language field covers both .RIE Clissroom Use 051 Instractional Materials (Fortearaer) nd CIJE file segments. For documents written in multiple 052 Teaching Guides (For Teacher) a nguages. the user can search anv orall of the languages. 055 Non-Classroom Use (For Adminstrative and Support ip to a maximum of five. Over 98of the ERIC documents Staff. and Teachers in Non-Classroom Situations) se in English: therefore. to limit asearch to English Ian- 060 HISTORICAL MATERIALS 070 INFORMATION ANALYSES/STATE-OF-THE-ART :page documents and to avoid severaltime overflow mes- . MATERIALS ages. enter TERM AND NOTNON-ENGLISH/LA. Doc- 080 JOURNAL ARTICLES iments written in 'a- language othee thanEnglish may be 090 LEGAL /LEGISLATIVE /REGULATORY MATERIALS ,earched using their original langUage and the /LA quail- 100 NON-PRINT MEDIA field 110 NUMERICAL/QUANTITATIVE DATA ier, Note that limiting a search using, the,anguage 120 OPINIONS/PERSONAL VIEWPOINTS/POSITION vill restrict retrieval to only those- documents added to the , PAPERS/ESSAYS lath base after January 1979. For a completelist of search- REFERENCE MATERIALS tble languages. see theERIC User Manual. 130 _ General 131 Bibliogaphics DOCUMENT TYPE (/DT) 132 Directories/Catalogs , 133 Geographic Materials Beginning with the July .1979 update, the Document Type 134 krliocabularics/Classificalions field in the RIE segment has been greatly expanded and REPORTS more carefully defined. The newDocument Type field is 140 General composed of a three-character numeric code. e.g.. 010/DT. 141 Descriptive (Program/Project-Descriptions)' for Books or 150/DT for Conference Papers. Thesecodes 142 Evaluative/ Feasibility 143 Rescarch/Technical are intended to describe theorganization or form of a docu- ISO -SPEECHES. CONFERENCE PAPERS. -PAPERS ment itself. not the subject and content. Thus. a,document PRESENTED AT.." assigned the Bibliographies code (131/DT) is defined as 160 TESTS. QUESTIONNAIRES. EVALUATION being organized as a bibliography and not necessarily about INSTRUMENTS 170 TRANSLATIONS bibliographies. A document may be assigned up to three 999 OTHER /MISCELLANEOUS (NOT CLASSIFIABLE codes. A list of the 30 new document types is included below. ELSEWHERE)

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. INTERCHANGE 5 19 USERS AEG April 1981 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. GENERAL USER INFORMATION Interchange (New Quarterly Frequency; User Contributions Actively Solicited Annual ERIC User Meeting to Be Discontinued II. ERIC PRODUCT NEWS Identifier Authority List (IAL)New Product Available to the Public Pocket Guide to ERIC ERIC Processing Manual (Revision Nearing Completion) Directory of ERIC Microfiche Collections (1980 Edition Available) Directory of ERIC Search Services (1981 Edition Available)

ERIC Information Analysis Products (1980 Edition Available) . RIE Cumulative Indexes (Printed) ERIC Microfiche Now Available in Packages by Clearinghouse RIE/CIJE Retrospective Cumulations .on Microfiche (1966-1980) ERIC Information Analysis Products Available in Form of Mini-Files on Microfiche III. COMPUTER SEARCHING Re-Load of ERIC Data Base by Online Vendors ERIC Online Assistance Project (and Associated "Hotline") SDCMajor New System Features Announced ERIC Price CodesConversion Table Available Online "Update" Information and Its Use in Online Searching RIE Language field Error

Searching Tips Covering Some Current Topics of Interest , First Annual. ERIC Search Tournament IV. LEXICOGRAPHY New Vocabulary Review Group Research Reports (History of an Identifier Become Descriptor) Compatibility Between the RIE/CIJE Master Files and, the "Completely Revised Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors"- V. AUDIOVISUAL AIDS J Slide/Tape Show on "How to Search the ERIC System" Developed by UCLA Library ERIC Training Package Available from ERJC /IR Videotape Production Features Computer Search of ERIC VI. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE FIELD Wisconsin Information Resources for Education (WIRE)Status Report V11. MISCELLANEOUS Reproduction Release Form (for Specific Documents) Printed in Back of RIE Oklahoma SEA Has Duplicates of ERIC Microfiche for Sale

New Clearinghouse Addresses . ATTACHMENTS 1. Interchange Evaluation Form 6. Rotated Descriptor Display (Lockheed) 2. Pocket Guide to ERIC (insert) 7. ERIC Price Codes Available Online 3. ERIC Processing Manual (list of sections and prices) 8. UCLA Slide/Tape Show Flyer 4. ERIC Search Services (By Geographic Area) 1974-19809. Reproduction Release Form (Specific Document) 5. RIE/CIJE Retrospective Cumulation on Microfiche (1966-1980) Oryx Flyer

.Interchange is preparedby the staff of the ERIC Processing and Reference Facffity. 4833 Rugby Avenue; Suite 303, Bethesda. Maryland 20014, which is operated on contract by OK Inc.. Information Systems Division, for the National Institute of Education (NIE). Contractors undertaking such projects under govemmeM sponsorship are encouraged to express their judgment In professional and technical matters. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official National Institute of Education position or policy. All questions, correspondence, and contributions should be directed to the Editor,Interchange,at the above address, or by telephone (301) 656-9723. 52 INTERCHANGE (NEW QUARTERLY according to standards, that are used to achieve con- FREQUENCY; USER CONTRIBUTIONS sistency in indexing and searching alike. In printed form, ACTIVELY SOLICITED) it serves as a companion volume or suppleMent to the Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors. just as the Thesaurus controls Descriptor usage, the JAL provides control over

Identifiers And serves to eliminate variant forms of the I The last edition of Interchange was Issued In a new and same concept. more attractive format. With this edition, hi response to user Interest and requests, Interchange shifts to a regular First published in 1980 (for Internal Network use), the quarterlyfrequency (March,June,September, IAL was the result of an Identifier editorial project that December). Users continue to be Invited to submit reviewed the Identifiers in the file from the beginning of newsworthy Items, product notices, technical contribu- ERIC in 1966 through April 1976. The approximately tions, or experiences, that would- be of Interest to the 25,000 edited Identifiersresulting from this review ERIC community at large. An evaluation form for, this became the basis for the IAL as it now exists. Additional Issue of Interchange has been included as Attachment 1. Identifiers continue to be added to the IAL as a result of Please use this form to provide us with feedback on this the regular monthly RIE and CIJE Input to the data base. Issue. Items are purged from the IAL as they are upgraded to; Descriptor status and shifted to the Thesaurus. The current IAL contains more than 26,500 Identifiers. ANNUAL ERICUSER MEETING TO BE DISCONTINUED Searchers will find the IAL helpful in limiting the number of variations used to search a particular concept However, users are cautioned not to depend entirely on the IAL for retrieving all forms of a particular con- The ERIC user meetings began in the early years of the cept. New Identifiers added to RIE or CIJE during the system as a meeting to provide technical assistance to period from mid-1976 to mid-1980 are not yet reflected users of ERIC computer tapes. In the past several years, in the IAL. These Identifiers are to be gradually init has evolved into a two-day meeting with sessions for a tegrated through the normal monthly updates as the wide variety of Individuals interested in ERIC and in usage of these Identifiers, reoccurs. helping others to use it. Although evaluations by participants have remained quite positive, the number of Beginning ,withthe March 1981edition, working people attending has been relatively small in relation to copies of the IAL are available for purchase at $10.00 the cost and effort of planning and holding the' meeting. (postpaid) from the ERIC Facility. The next semi-annual This is primarily due to the need to hold the sessions copy will be available in July 1981. before or after association meetings. As a result of these considerations, in a time-of serious budget problems;the decision has been made not to continue the annual users POCKET GUIDE TO ERIC meeting.

ERIC does desire to continue a program that will permit continued interaction with the kind of individuals A new general brochure on the ERIC system has been who have attended user meetings in'the past. These in- developed by the ERIC Facility. The Pocket Guide to dividuals include, but are not limited to, microfiche stan- ERIC is a ten-panel brochure with each panel dev6ted to ding order customers. Thisinteraction will be ac-, a separate aspect of ERIC products or services. Itis complished 'through inclusion of substantive; sessions designed as a reference brochure and is packed fairly during meetings such as ALA, ASIS, and AASL. This tightly with facts and figures, addresses, telephone strategy proved highly successful at the recent AAR. numbers, and prices. Copies can be obtained on request meeting. to the ERIC Facility or the ERIC Clearinghouses. The subjects covered by the ten panels are listed below: Inaddition,Clearinghouseswillconduct some 1. ERIC-A General Description local/regional sessions that will provide substantive in- 2. The Organzations That Make Up ERIC formation about ERIC where linkers can be trained and -.3. Major ERIC Products can provide a multiplier effect. 4. Document Delivery 5. Microfiche Collections 6. Online Retrieval ,...LIONTIFIER-rAtt-THcRITY LIST (IAL)- NEW 7. 'Search Services PRODUCT AVAILABLE TOTHE PUBLIC 8. Question-Answering Services 9. Information Analysis/Synthesis Products 10. How to Submit Documents to ERIC

~~The Identifier Authority List,or IAL,isatotal A copy of the Pocket Guide to ERIC has been included alphabetical list of preferred Identifier forms, developed in this Interchange mailing~~

INTERCHANGE 52_, ERIC PROCESSING MANUAL (REVISION the time users read this notice. Copies can be obtained NEARING COMPLETION) free of charge froin,either the ERIC Facility, or the ERIC Clearinghouses, The rapid growth of online activity has resulted in each edition of this Directory being larger than the last (see Attachment 4). The current edition con. The existing ERIC Processing Manual (ED-092 164) talus Alatal of 457 entries (415 domestic; 42 foreign), up represents a total revision, published In September 1974, from the 1978 edition's 341 entries. The ERIC Facility Of the old. ERIC Operating Manual. Since that time, would welcome being Informed of the existence of any numerous revision pages have been Issued, to the extent services not currently listed. that another total revision eventually became necessary and was begun in 1980.

At the present time, seven totally revised sections (out ERIC INFORMATION ANALYSIS PRODUCTS of ten) of the ERIC Processing Manual have been issued (1980 ELATION AVAILABLE) to the Clearinghouses and can be obtained by interested users, These sections Incorporate all recommended procedural changes approved to date, The sections are being prepared and issued modularly,wIth each section be- The 1980 edition of the annual bibliography listing all ing as independent as is practical In this way, staff and ERIC Information Analysis Products is in press at GPO and will be available shortly after this announcement is users interested in only one. aspect of ERIC procedures will not be forced to work with the relatively large entire read, It covers 196 publications produced by the ERIC manual but can instead work only with the specialized Clearinghouses in 1980 in an attempt to synthesize the material pertaining to them. available information and literature in certain key areas. Copies may be obtained free on request from either Individual sections are priced at $3.75 each (postpaid). the ERIC Facility or the ERIC Clearinghouses, A Mini-File The entire volume, when completed, will be available of microfiche for each item in this bibliography will be for $40. It will also at that time be announced in RIE and available front EDRS as a separate productjust as in will be available on microfiche via EDRS, A table summarizing the individual section titles and present status previous Years. of the revision activity is displayed as Attachment 3.

RIE CUMULATIVE INDEXES (PRINTED) DIRECTORY OF ERIC MICROFICHE COLLECTIONS (1980 Edition Available) Beginning With 1980, RIE cumulative indexes will be issued in the form of a single Semiannual Indexanuary- The Directory of ERIC Microfiche Collections is up- June) issued by GPO and an annual index ()anuary- dated and reprinted every two years. It has proved to be Decenibeo published by Oryx Press. The GPO paperback invaluable in directing users to the most convenient and index Will vary in price dependent on size but will be in closest accessible collections of ERIC microfiche. the range of $8 domestic, $10 fOreign. To obtain the Semiannual Indexusers should write to: The 1980 edition was published in September 1980 and is available.without charge on request from the ERIC Facility and the ERIC Clearinghouses. It contains entries for 663 domestic collections and 79 foreign collections. Superintendent of Documents A short-entry version was reproduced in the back of the Government Printing Office December 1980 RIE. Washington, D.C. 20402 Questionnaires for the next edition will not be sent out until 1982,however, theERICFacilitywould ., welcome being informed now of the existence of any The Oryx RI L Annual Cumulations (both Abstracts and cbllections not currently listed: P Indexes) obviates, the need for a second PO Semian- and: is Yet another example RIC's saving tnhuealtaixr1Pd:Nler money by relying on th rivate sector. To obtain the annual cumulations DIRECTORY OF ERIC SEARCH SERVICES (1981 rs should write to: EDITION AVAILABLE)

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INTERCHANGE 22 ERIC MICROFICHE NOW AVAILABLE IN 1979 (159 documents) - $ 29,15 (includes PACKAGES BY CLEARINGHOUSE postage) . . 19t4) (176 documents) - (to be available by May 1981) Beginning January 1981, users may subscribe to Clearinghouseoriented subsetsoftheentireERIC RE-LOAD OF ERIC DATA BASE BY ONLINE microfichecollection,Inotherwords,users can VENDORS subscribetoonlythosemicroficherepresenting documents collected by the Reading and Communica- tion Skills Clearinghouse, or the Higher Education Clear- inghouse or the Science, Mathematics, and Environmen- The new RIE and CIJE files, updated to reflect the tal Education Clearinghouse, etc. The cost per fiche of "completely revised" ERIC Thesaurus, have been provid- such collections is $.162 (as compared with $,088 per ed to all three of the online vendors. System Develop. fiche when the entire collection is subscribed to).'Back ment Corporation (SDC) plans to reload the files Into orders of microfiche by Clearinghouse are also available their system in "early April." Bibliographic Retrieval Ser.., going back to 1966 (60-day turnaround time to complete vices (BRS) reloaded the flies December 1980, but the ac -Ii order).If you have any qUestions about this option, companying new documentation contained some errors( please contact EDRS for additional information, and had to be revised. The new edition Is in press as o this writing. Lockheed's DIALOG reloaded the flies th weekend of November 8-9, 1980. The reloaded files wer RIEICIJI RETROSPECTIVE CUMULATION ON tested during the First International ERIC Search Contest MIROFICHE (1966-1980) at the Online '80 Conference in San Francisco. In the course of the re-load, several improvemen s were made,by DIALOG that all ERIC searchers should e Oryx Press plans to publish, on or around June 1981, a aware of and that we want to take this opportunity o cumulation on microfiche of RIE and CIJE resumes and highlight: subject index covering the period 1966-1980. Approx- imately 412,000 entries would be covered. The advertis- Corporate Source (Institution), Sponsoring Agency, C. ing flyers employed by Oryx to test the market for this and Descriptive Note fields were not included in product and to solicit advance orders are reproduced as the "Basic Index." This is a deliberate change from Attachment 5. previous practice and was done in response to user comments and in order to remove from the Basic Index many words that interfere with and create ERIC INFORMATION ANALYSIS PRODUCTS "noise" in the full text retrieval process. AVAILABLE IN FORM OF MINI-FILES ON MICROFICHE Publication Type codes have been "expanded" by DIALOG into a combination of text plus code, very much as they appear in the RIE resumes. A typical ERIC has put the 1,120 "Information Analysis Pro- result of this DIALOG expansion wouldrappear as ducts" produced by the 16 ERIC Clearinghouses from follows:"Teaching Guide (052)."However,it 1975 t1980 on microfiche and made the collections should be noted that for'reasons related to data avails le to educators in specially designed boxes. Con- compression and printout column width, DIALOG tained in each mini-file are microfiche copies of inter- has selected its own "names" far PUBTYPE pretive reports on topics of high current interest, an- codes and that these are not always identical with notated bibliographies, research reviews, and state-of- ate generally longer "names" that appear in RIE. the-art studies. A paper copy of a bibliography listing (by This action will be beneficial for the users in that Clearinghouse) all the documents in the mini-file and in- the output of ERIC searches will carry not only the dexing them by subject, author, and institution is enclos- PUBTYPE code but, also the meaning of that code, ed with each box.. 'saving the user any sort of look-up.

The mini-files for each year are available from the ClearinghoUse AccessionNumberswill be ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS), P.O. Box specifically selectable, just as are specific ED or EJ ..190, Arlington, Va. 22210 at the following prices: accession numbers. Formerly, only Clearinghouse Prefixes could be searched.

1975-1977 (574 documents) - $114.00 (includes Publication Year will refer to the date the given postage) document or article was originally published or 1978 (211 documents) - $ 40.95 (includes disseminated.Currentlythewrite-upin the postage) DIALOG documentation defines this field as the

INTERCHANGE . year of announcement In RIE or CIJE, This write-up, 336-3728, (From Virginia, Alaska; or'llawall, call collect will be chang d to reflect the new status of thiv(703) 6201660.) Mk for Lynn Smarty or Sharon Hudack, Phase note that thisis not a general ERIC Hotline number and should be reserved for inquiries relating to The fact that Lockheed found several thousand online searching. For other mattersIt may still be CIJE records hot beating Publication date informa- necessary to contact the ERIC Facility (data base), ERIC than should bid noted by searchers. We will provide Document Reproduction Service (document delivery), or additional Information on this situation after we other components.of the network. have invest) ated It. A Rotated/ escriptor display has always been a SDCMAJOR NEW SYSTEM FEATURES regular section of the printed Thesaurus of ERIC ANNOUNCED Descriptors. Now DIALOG has added such a display to Its system to assist searchers in finding the correct Descriptor on which to retrieve, With the new capability, the searcher can move directly The System Development Corporation (SDC) has an- from the online rotated display into searching nounced an Impressive series of system improvements to without rekeying terms, A complete description of be implemented during the first part of 1981. A write-up the new feature appeared in the Chronolog issue on these improvements appeared in the SDC Search Ser- for October 1980 (p. 5.7), and is repeated here as vice News (January 1981). Attachment 6.

Output of searches may now be sorted online by Among the Improvements announced are: Personal Author, Corporate Source, Journal Name, Publication Year, or Title, before being printed out. Proximity Searching e.g.-,adjacent terms; terms within a specified The standard DIALOG printed citation will Include distance of one another; terms within the same reference to the abstract joprnal issue in which field; terms within the same sentence. the entry originally appeared, e.g., "RIEMAR80." Auditing of Intermediate Results for Individual Terms Within a Search Statement. ERIC ONLINE ASSISTANCE PROJECT (AND ASSOCIATED "HOTLINE") Direct SELECTS from the NEIGHBOR Display. New maximum of 60 search statements (double the old limit). If yoU run computer searches of ERIC, we hope that by .now you've heard about the ERIC Online Assistance Pro-` Conversion of the index terms in good retrieved ject (and Associated Hotline). records into new search terms,

The Project is located at the ERIC Clearinghouse on. Shifting back and forth between files without loss Handicapped and Gifted Children, and was set -up to of Search results. help computer searchers who: Cross-File searching; i.e., Using the results from one search to create a search in another file. need help developing a strategy for a particular search.

~~are interested In hosting a workshop on searching ERIC PRICE CODESCONVERSION TABLE ERIC. AVAILABLE ONLINE~~

discover an especially successful strategy or other "tip" on searching ERIC that might benefit other searchers. Beginning in Jaupary 1979, all ERIC records announced in Resources in Education (RIE) (and available from have a question about the online ERIC database or the ERIC Document Reproduction Service) carry a price 'a suggestion for its improvement code in lieu of an actual dollars and cents price. Since actual prices change these days with greater and greater frequency. (An EDRS price increase of 10% was an- Between October 1980 and February 1981 the Hotline nounced effective January 1, 1981), the purpose of the received 57 calls from searchers: 39 needed help with price code is to keep the computer record stable and specific strategies, 12 wanted to host workshops, and 6 permit only a conversion table to be changed when prick had other questions. The toll free Hotline number is (800) increases become necessary.

INTERCHANGE s 524 Since the user now requires access to such a (A-inver- fly selecting the particular Issue years and conthin sion table In order to determine actual price, tables are log the results with the operator "OR", several provided in each jsue of RIE' Some online vendors have years of input can be treated as ono set. also taken steps tis provide easy access to the conversion table, Attachment 7 consists of Lockheed*, announce- b. CHI ment of their new 1ERICCODE command, which calls up the conversion table for display online. ., / Because CIIE did not have the same quality check- "UPDATE" INFORMATION AND ITS USE ON for the Issue field as did RIE, not all years of CIIE may be searched using the above. format. All years, ONLINE SEARCHING except 1973, 1974, and portions of 1975, for CIJE may be retrieved by substituting CIJE for RIE, and using the foregoing format. For the 1973-75 period, ,"Update" informatIon'Is assigned by the online vendor Accession Number Range Is currently the only to each new incoming tape received from the data base reliable means of restricting a search to the Input supplier.Update Informationusuallyconsistsof for those years. numbers representing the year and die months, or Issues corresponding to the printed version of the data base, if one exists. For example , UD = 8101 in the case of ERIC on DIALOG) identifies the data) contained In the January RIE LANGUAGE FIELD ERROR 1981 Issues of RIE and CIJE. However, since any new tape is an update tape, any unusual activity In this area (such as a tape containing data from two issues of the The RIE Language of Document field (LANG) was In- journal; continuous monthly tapes for RIE but skipped itiated with the January 1979 Issues of RIE (ED 157 988) tapes for CITE; and, of course,total file replacements) and CIJE (El 186 218). Before these dates the field should can throw off this.. nice correspondence between mon- not exist. That Is true with the CUE file. Unfortunately In thly journal and update PK,. the case of RIE a programming error led to an automatic ax default to the. word ."English" in all records prior to Some online users have expressed concern that after a January '1979. This has led to some puzzlement on the total file reload they are no longer able to limit their part of searchers who have retrieved items clearly in Ger- searchesby "update." The reload wipes out the man, French, Spanish, Italian, or other languages, and "update" history that may, go back several years. The yet found them to carry the online vendor's version (i.e., reload_ may itself get labeled as an "update." Users who EN or.ENGLISH) of what they found on the RIE file sent are accustomed to using this field must remember that to them (i.e., English). searches may only be limited by an "update" by specify- ing an update occurring after a reload. For input created We are communicating with each of the online ven- prior to the last reload, searches may be limited (depen- dors and requtsting them to expunge this field on their ding upon the vendor's capability} by one or more of the RIE file prior to January 1979. The ERIC Master Files at following: the Facility are being similarly changed. We regret the error and appreciate the many ERIC users who let us know 1 1. Accession Number. Field about it. AN= ED157988:174743 would retrieve all 1979 RIE input; SEARCHING.TIPS COVERING SOME AN= Ej186218-207484 would retrieve all 1979 CIJE in- CURRENT TOPICS OF INTEREST put.

~~A limit by Accession number range can also be used for some vendors: A. Limited English Speaking~~

Limit 8/ED157988-174743 would limit a particular ERIC has lately been processing many documents search to the RIE 1979 input. relating to programs for people of "limited English speaking ability" (LES). The phrasein quotation Searches can further be restricted to particular mon-. marks is, the terminology used in the legislation. To the by selecting the corresponding Accession Number keep all of this material together, the population range for the month(s) In question. Identifier "Limited English Speaking" is being added to the system. 2 Issue Field a . RIE B. Creationism

RIE maybe searched on DIALOG, for example, by Documents on the topic of "Creationism" can cur- Select 1A =RIE???80, which would retrieve all of rently be retrieved by using the Identifier "Crea- . the RIE 1980 input. tionism." The 'termisexpected tograduate to

~~INTERCHANGE 6 525 Descriptor status eventually and at that time the NEW VOCABULARY REVIEW GROUP Identifier postings will he transferred to the Descrip for field.~~

C }:, of Ira hots) I he former C RIC Vocabulary Review Croon (VIA(;) has been reconstituted and reduced in membership, and now Occupational burnout is a relatively recent con- serves as the Sitittd review/advisory group for the t RIC cept in 1.1410 and the form of this concept has not yet vocabulary, use new VAC it responsible for reviewing stabilized Searchers should, therefore, do free-text and voting on all Thesaurus recommendations (whether searches on the string "Burnout" In the Identifier new terms, display modifications, or deletions) field.. Approved Identifiers using this word thus far are "Teacher Burnout," "Burnout (Organizational)," Users Interested In accomplishing additions of new and "Burnout (lmployer)" terminology to the Thesaurus, or encountering other difficulties in subject sewhing, are encouraged to contact D "special Needs" the membership of the new VRG listed below, inquiries may be directed to Use (RIC Facility lexicographer or, if Thee, concept **Special Needs" 1141 been very broad- related to a specific subject specialty area, to one of ly defined in the legislation employing It, The only (RIC's it, Clearinghouse VocabuiaryCoordinators. related Identifier approved thus far is "Special Needs Students " Searchers should, therefore, do free-text searches on the the string "Special Needs" or should search for the specific population group of Interest, e g ,.Disadvantaged,NonEnglishSpeaking, Disabilities, etc. ERIC VOCABULARY REVIEW GROUP

~~FIRST ANNUAL ERIC SEARCH TOURNAMENT Clearinghouse Vocabulary Coordinators~~

CE Janet Thorngate CC Helen Mamarchev The First Annual ERIC Search Tournament took place CS Jane McClellan at the Online '80 Conference in San Francisco. Over EA Philip Piele 1,600 conference registrants were invited to match their EC Dorothy Bloch online search skills against search questions developed FL Mary Niebuhr bythe San Mateo EducationalResourcesCenter HE Lynn Barne t (VRG Chair) (SMERC). IRPauline Co hrane ICAnita Colb PS Ron *Hutc ison SMERC judges evaluated each entry and the winning RC Manuel Quezada-Aragon strategies were presented on the final day of the Con- SE /Stan Fj lgeson ference. The winners of the three categories were: SO Sydri-ey Meredith SP Catherine Julius First Place Winners: TM Geralyn Kaminski Ann Scott Kansas State University UD Stella Torgoff John Evans Memphis State University Anne Caputo Lockheed DIALOG

Second Place Winners: Central ERIC/National Institute of Education Donna Shaver Northwest Regional Educational Pat coulter Laboratory Paulette George Colorado State Library ERIC Processing and Reference Facility Jim Houston (Lexicographer) Third Place Winners Fred Slimp University of California at Davis Donna Shaver Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory Oryx Kos Representative Anne Caputo Lockheed DIALOG Sara Lake A special award was made to Joel Beal of Gulf Oil in San Mateo Educational Resources Center (SMERC) Houston,'who had never searched ERIC before. Redwood City, CA

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Charles littrwto he nth edition of the ffie:aortis oft 1:1({lest rit +li is IttAtto "t.ste Dept till dui anon the result titI It'lt 's year ViJi. atitilary Itttywvettlent Boise. holrt t (V11'), was published in lune 19t10

~~Jo Ann Davison I hrsJcirus of t X n.: t),-,chpio,, (Completely Revised 1980) Phoenix, A/ thy. Press 41') p $1 1 (l) S 1. Cilman St hind, Italtimuietst.t.) $14 40 (I oteigti)~~

%tit Aline Wise (_OIllpirtirmi,.0 ()CI(iptOf updates of the lilt/COI Belk I ihrary master I des to reflect the revised II,rsautuI Weir Appalachian State University. llosuse. pIrted in September 19ro Both t)int oc; and lilts now int lode these updates, and CAW T (*.pet h to reload In Csterira wards April 19t11 Highland View t lementary School Silver Spring. MC) Most of the changes in the updated Master f des are the result of Descriptor transfers, which Can be identified in the revised' lirsaunis as USIA)/ reirrences calrYIng -life span" notations in parentheses. c g, (19hti 19110) An exansple of a transferred Urscriptor 'User representatives rotate every 2 years Middle Class Values (19hr, 1980) USE MIDDLE CLASS STANDARDS RESEARCH REPORTS (HISTORY OF AN IDENTIFIER BECOME DESCRIPTOR) MIDDLCI ASS STANDARDS OF Middle Class Values (1966 1980)

, Thus "Middle Class Values" is no longer carried as a A searcher recently asked the ERIC FacilityLex- Descriptor in the ERIC data base, and every record icographer why the Identifier RESEARCH REPORTS (and formerly posted by that term now carries "Middle Class its 2,500 postings) had disappeared from the RIE/GIIE Standards." Such USE/UF Notations will continuo to be Master Files after the recent vocabulary updates, carried in the Thesaurus for use with older printed indexes and unupdated computer files. RESEARCH REPORTS is no longer an Identifier. The concept was added as a Descriptor to the Thesaurus in The three new trim lists in the.front matter of the March 1980, but specifically restricted by its Scope Note revised Thesaurus are also of interest to users accessing for use as a subject and not as a publication type. The the updated ERIC files: Identifier RESEARCH REPORTS had been used primarily as a PUBTYPE designator and therefore, could not simp- New DescriptorsThese do not carry significant ly be transferred to the new Descriptor. Because the postings yet.unless they have picked up the same concept could not be both Descriptor and Iden- postings of former Descriptors. tifier, all original postings were purged from the Master Files and thus, are not included in any 1980-81 reloads. Invalid "Dead" DescriptorsThese are former The accessions posted by theoriginal. Identifier, postable Descriptors that have not been transfer- however, have been preserved at the Facility. These are red, primarily because of inconsistent usage. They expected to be individually examined in the future for are not expected to be carried on the filesin- the utility of each former posting either as subject or definitely, however. Gradually, their postings are PUBTYPE. Most postings of the original Identifier were being examined, and accessions are being reindev by the ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, ed as appropriate. and Environmental Education, and that Clearinghouse and Or ERIC Facility will also use the former postings to Deleted DescriptorsThese terms either have determine the appropriateness of one of three new Iden- been removed from the files because they carried tifiers: "Science Education Research," "Mathematics no subject content, or have been transferred to the Education Research,"or"Environmental Education Identifier field. No records of these terms remain Research." in the Thesaurus.

INTERCHANGE 5 2 _ tHlt 111C13 tAINC 111.11C thattheiffitIlisIscfl I ill(' I RAINING re%( liA(,1 AV/ill/UM IRMA thesaurus is slightly"o,o( Of wit 'with the It I( /I it 1111 i (Mt Marlctt rtes wine iCrnis 2h-toyyli 22 1121121CIICti the lhesaoio, VICIC in (at 1lis.t ttirlStct lettOtt the 1142i2 t;f information that 111.....cfl tip in final partingshef hit COattitile illAty het Nitt learfitghfft,sc 0C218.1( C3 liar ultimately not tririsfericd 'An. Wary ti 110,4 '.co. if CS fintatit Col a new training pat if age iftlemicd for Off oe sOfff t.Ct AUIC ttttt sttany of its hustings turned cut to ti c want a Lath. Leitiltilia level o,icrttatiirt to ( III, ant nothing to do with St Ibittait 14 St hi)4,41CtVit CS...1 tits], "Alt IlseI flitftirtaurtit 1 hepi, lsageitt shed -I kW t 1114tV %CtVit ttatt In tic removed as a tit and othled ninrirt; fa 3 4r1 frame (obit astir title Ise. at again 41 a "c1C341' term, With a flute added to -Atit'illaty tunpArticit by ?Mimi 411cItC, Attit intttut Set that thc stint cot was lorinetly indeitcd !funs Iffr useIt stlfstild22,.0IltaAtiCS a lot of tine wirer' under "Ant diary Servi, es Another eitample of Pus someone a111,1, 1lKI tell MC about t dist ovetedritintrittlelahility V.41".oloticill 1)0(Ilitiolioll-Ilse PtaJtillAti Ihrraurus igically say s I hr entire pat 11,3ge ttlAy fie obtained lot SW postpaid use OrinogiaPhy hir this t:tini.ept Itsilse,.ri, it from was dist iii.rred during a 011st,ogis chef Itthat ::'sltrflent I hstrihtftion- war Itlittltell Wally tiniertt,ttest tif C Infonnation Reprints rs rublit atwils therefoiea tfansler sfsas r-f,ftpotrihlr co, rat use Linn. rtsitl ft 1 to tiontingtort flail 1 hr attirersampirsarei11us1ralisrofthose by ratuse. New No 11:10 Add tit.togr_drIrtr trillfifit alum% that had to he made ill older to maikr the T hrlaffrut I dr 'completely compatible A shilrial,e vrtsrurt 01 the ramr pat kaiir is v, Abir with the VII' postings upibstrs most signs! scant of !film the tame rtrurtr their. modtlit Attotis, from the standpoint of trart.hing. e now hated lit the -New Thesaurus Terms.' sekpois of LIl and ( littfrgitiffing, with the lano.lty 19E11 issue, VIDEOTAPE PRODUCTION FEATURES titers must hr as..arr of thrsr risudifi(.stions in order to COMPUTER SEARCII OF ERIC effectively sear( h the updated littat!rr Files Needless to say,all mo-dilications listedint'-e -Nev., Thesaurus Terms" let hurl will br routinely .incorpotjted into the or11publishededitionofthe Thesaurus(around A 17-mumte color t'elevlsiors production featuring De(ember 1981) COMpigef le'401 ofthrERIC database has been de,,,elcped by the Centel, for Rehabilitation Information The current total number of Thesauius termstis andAhe School of Clinical Medicine at the University of including 4.858 indexable or main terms and 3,704 Illono,s, Urbana-Champaign ER Kit [CI staff nierritier, nonindexable Uf 's and -dead- terms. ),net Lioser,master. participated in the production of this videotape, portraying the'inforniation specialist who conducts the ERIC search

SLIDEITAPE SHOW ON "HOW TO SEARCH The production, entitled "Access to Rehabilitation In- THE ERIC SYSTEM" DEVELOPED BY UCLA formation; 'Computer Searching.- dramatizes a. search LIBRARY negotiation, shows the results of the search, and explains the elemenTrof the computer printout. The videotape is available in captioned and nbncaptioned versions, on either 3'..inch U-Matic or '4.-inch Beta formats. The price The library at UCLA has developed a slide/tape show that describes the process of using ERIC from. the for either version is $100. For further information, contact Jon Bowermaster, 1980 Medical Sciences Building, perspective of the library. Some of you may have seen it Illinois61801. (217) at the 1980 ALA annual meeting. It is'a well-developed University ofIllinois, -Urbana. presentation, and has the advantage of being easily 333-9284. adapted to other libraries with the substitution of a few slides..The price is $25 and includes 58 2" x 2" slides and a 12V, minute -narration on cassette tape.Itis WISCONSIN INFORMATION RESOURCES available.from: FOR EDUCATION STATUS REPORT Library Accounting Room 22480 University Research Library University of California, Los, Angeles One of the first contribtitions we have received from Los Angees, California 90024 the field in response to our solicitation has been a report on Wisconsin's WIREsystem (presentedbelo'w), Attachment 8 is the UCLA advertising flyer describing 'prepared by Loretta Harmatuck:9irector of the Wiscon= this product and how to order it. sin DisSemination Project. Of-particular interest to us

INTERCHANGE 523 was'the fac't that with compatibility established between inghouses., Attachment 9 Is a copy of the form under state files and the ERIC fft, the same retrieval software discussion. Please feel free to use it or duplicate it for could be used to search both national and local files. use with documenth being submitted to ERIC.

WIRE FOR INFORMATION ASSISTANCE OKLAHOMA SEA HAS DUPLICATES OF ERIC WisconsinInformationResource;forEducators MICROFICHE FOR SALE (WIRE) is a computer searchable file of local and state tducation resmrces being developed,by the Wisconsin Disseminatidh \Project staff (WDP). WIRE Is modeled after the ERIC \ system and is searchable by the WDP The Oklahoma Capacity Building Project advises us state office and by six regional WDP centers using the that they have duplicates of portions, of the ERIC same program that is used to search ERIC. microfiche collection whiCh they would like to sell. These are: WIRE has been designed to include as many as ten types of Wisconsin Resoukes. Those that have been ED 000001- 001 193 ED 073195- 075470 planned and that are in various stages of development ED 000194- 002.400 ED 075482- 075686 include: .ED 012794- 016 143 ED 133418- 133993 ED 066621071 507

human resources fieldtrips. If any ERIC users are interested, they may contact: 0organizations., programs and practices curriculum documents non-print materials Dr. Jack Craddock Project SEEK In the'Case'of printed materials, the first step is to submit State Department of Education them to ERIC for consideration An important use of 2500 North Lincoln Boulevard WIRE has been to produce, printed directories of the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 72103 resources entered into WIRE such as the Directory of Organizations; Sources of Free and Inexpensive Materials. VEW CLEARINGHOUSE ADDRESSES WDP is beginning to explore the use of microcomputers to store and search WIRE files through the WDP state network and to be coMpatible to, the Wisconsin Several ERIC Clearinghouses have had some changes State Library Data Base.which is being planned.For fur- across the past year in either their address ortelephone. ther information contact: Loretta Harmatuck,'Director;,, numbers. The following entries are the most recently Wisconsin Dissemination Project, Department of Public revised: Instruction, 125 South Webster Street; Madison,,Wiscon- sin 53702. Telephone: (608)266 -2127.

ERIC.Clearinghouse on Elementary and REPRODUCTION RELEASE . FORM (FOR Early Childhood Education College of EduCation SPECIFIC DOCUMENTS) PRINTED IN BACK University of Illinois OF RIE 131 South Sixth Street Champaign, Illinois 61820 (217) 333-1386 With the advent of.ihenew Copyright Law: it has o become necessary for ERIC to request signed releases ERIC.Clearinghouse on LanguagesandLinguistics) from the authors or responsible institutions' ofall Center for Applied Linguistics documents accepted for announcement in RIE (except 3520 Prospect Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20007 Government doduments). This new requirement has added .considerable time to the processing cycle for each (202) 298-9292 document. The only nay this delay, can be aVoided_is to ERIC Clearlhghouse on Teacher Education get the Release Forms in the hands of contributors in the field so that documents arrive at ERIC already accom- One Dupont Circle, Suite 610 panied by 'a signed release.In the interests of ac- Washington, D.C. 20036' complishing exactly that, ERIC has begun Inserting a (02) 293-2450 'cony of the Reproduction Release Form in the back of every copy of. RIE. Users can duplicate the page on an office copier and attach it to documents being submitted. If uncertain about the correct address of a given ERIC Of course, original copies of the form can also be obtain-.. Clearinghouse, consult the back of RIE which contains a ed on request from the ERIC Facility or the ERIC Clear- , list which is always kept up to date...

~~INTERCHANGE "ATTACHMENT~~

~~EVALUATION FORM~~

Interchange is envisaged as a tool to inform ERIC users of developments within the ERIC system that impact the use ofat system. What we,f the editors, need from you, the reader,s, is your evaluation of how well we have hit the k. Please take a moment to fill out the questionnaire below so that you can share your opinions with us.

~~Was this issue interesting? 0 Yes ,El Somewhat 0 No Was this issue helpful in your work? a.Yes Somewhat a No~~

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~~Suggestion. fi~~

~~On what would you like to see more emphasis?~~

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Interehange ? - 0 YesEl No 1 4. Would youconsider submittingmaterialtointerchange" thatmightbe -"ofinterest to ERIC users? Yes No Would you like to see any standard features added, e.g.; new product list, Theiaious-related news, etc. If so, what would you suggest?

~~5.. Other CoMments/Suggestions~~

~~.INTERCHANGE 11 5 2 1..) ATTACHMENT 3~~

~~ERIC PROCESSING MANUAL (EPM) TABLE OF CONTENTS~~

PUBLICATION DATE PRICE**

~~Preface Organization, Audience and (In Process) Not sold separately Availability of this Manual~~

Section 1 Introduction October 1980. $3.75 Section 2 Acquisitions November 1980 $3.75 a Section 3 Selection October 1980 $3.75 Section 4 Handling and Shipping January 1981 $3.75 Section 5 Cataloging (In Process) ''Section 6 Abstracting/Annotating September:1980 $3.75 Section 7 Indexing October 1980 $3.75 Section 8 Vocabulary Development and Maintenance 43.75

Part 1 - Descriptors _ . May1.6131 $3.75 Part 2 - Identifiers April 1981 $3.75 Section 9 Data Entry* April 1981 k' $3.75 Section 10 Data Base Changes February 1981 $3.75 Post Publication) Appendix A ERIC Clearinghouse Scope of interest Guide (For Use in Document Assignment) `.(In Process) $3.75 Appendix B Glossary of Terms (In Process) $3.75

*Delayed due to multiple systems now b ing employed by ERIC (e.g.. OCR, word pro essor-to- word processor transmission, computer o corn-

~~puter transmission) - **Price for entire EPM, when completed,gill be $40. The EPM will also be announced inIE and will be available via MRS (Level 1).~~

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~~Alabama , ATTACHMENT 5~~

~~The Oryx Press Suite 103 2214 North Central at Encanto Phoenix, Arizona 85004 (602) 254.6156~~

~~Dear ERIC Subscriber:~~

As you probably know, the project to revise and update the ERIC control vocabulary has just been completedne new Thesaurus has been published this summer, encompassing all 8,500 changes that were made..

~~° In addition, all the ERIC computer tape backfiles have been updated to reflect all the changes made in the vocabulary since 1966.~~

As a result, we are now able to publish a complete retrospective cumulation on microfiche of the entire file (RIE and CIJE) from 1966-1980, providing users with the most powerful, complete, and up-to-date education index available! /' 'This RIE/CIJE RETROSPECTIVE CUMULATION ON MICROFICHE: 1966-1980 will be published by The Oryx Press in January 1981.

~~The publication will include the following sections:~~

~~Main Entry (all the RIE and C1JE document and journal article resumes published from 1966-1980--approximately 412,000 entrief)~~

~~Subject Index (a completely integrated cumulation of all document. , and journal article titles arrapged by subject descriptor--using the brand-new 1980 vocabulary)~~

~~Fiche Index(providing fiche number and frame location for each main entry and subject. entry)~~

~~Purchase of the R1E/CIJE RETROSPECTIVE CUMULATION ON MICROFICHE 1966-1980 will enable you to:~~

~~. Fill in all the gaps in your RIE/CIJE. Collection;~~

~~Discard all your old monthly, semi annual, and Annual RIE and .CIJE issues and indexes;~~

~~. Have a complete, up-to-date file--based on the new ERIC vocabulary- - available for users at all times.~~

~~INTERCHANGE5 3 14 ERIC Subscriber ----- Page 2~~

Enclosed is a stamped self-addressed return card.. We would appreciate your taking the time to answer the few questions on it--no obligation, of course--and mail it back to us, so that our plans for this new microfiche publication will reflect your and your user's needs.

~~Thank you for your help.~~

~~Cordially yours,~~

~~Phyllis B. Steckler President~~

~~PBS:er~~

~~Enclosure: Stamped self-addressed return card~~

~~We plan to publish the RIE/CIJE RETROSPECTIVE CUMULATION~~

~~, ON MICROFICHE: 1966-80 In January 1981. Estimates indicate ve0--, that there will be approximately 500 CIJE fiche and 1300 RIE fiche.~~

~~. -twa.tusi'CIJE If the purchase price of the CUE portion of this new microfiche publication does not exceed~~

~~000,0 $750.00, is there a possibility that your institution will order it? Dyes. 0 no: .~~

$750.00 - $1,000.00? yes. no: . If the purchase price of the RIE portion of this new microfiche publication does not exceed $1500.00, is there a possibility that your institution will order It? 0 yes, 0 no; over $2000.00? 0 yes. 0 no:

. . It your institution does decide to place an order, would the purchase be made from your Name 1980-81 budget? . Would you purchase all 1800 fiche (500 CIJE and 1300 RIE)?0y e s 0 no; Title CIJE only? Dyes.0no: RIE only? Dyes. 0 no: . .

~~. Institution , . ... _ . . Name : Do You prefer sliver halide* fiche or diazo fiche? Address (Note The cost of diazo fiche is about 30% less than silver halide fiche).~~

. , b City It we publish an updating service to this fiche publication each year. including a completely State Zip 0 revised fiche index, is there a possibility that your institution Will order it DyesCjino . .

~~INTERCHANGEsl 53 ATTACHMENT 6~~

~~DIALOG INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SERVICE~~

~~Published by Lockheed le,rmatIon Systems ISSN 0103-3732~~

~~Volume 8, Issue 10 October 1980~~

,J ERIC ROTATED E2 ZZA FIELD OF STUDY!! DESCRIPTOR DISPLAY POSTSECONDARY EDUCAT-- 46 E3 ZZA INDUSTRIAL ARTS - - -- 1 E4 ZZA YEAR INTEGRATION// An innovative feature has been added tothe DIALOG system to facilitate GRADE 2 descriptor E5 ZZABBREVIATIONS 293 searchingIntheERIC(File 1) database. Anotherfirstfrom the DIALOG Service, the E6 -ZZABILITY 18894 "Rotated Descriptor Display" Is now available. E7 ZABILITY (TESTING)// PREDICTIVE 1014 Thedisplayhas always been a part ofthe printed E8 ZZAB IL I TY GROUPING 451 Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors,and E9/ ZZ-ABILITY manyusershaverequestedsimilaraccess online. IDENTIFICATION 419 E101 ZZBILITYSTUDENTS!! LOW- 440 The Rotated Descriptor Dbslay gives access to EllZZABILITY(TESTING)// each word in the Descriptor field inan alpha- / betical array (KWOCKey Word Out-of-Context PREDICTIVE 1 style)that E'2 IZZOBILITYll ACADEMIC 625 shows other muitiword descriptor E 3TZOBILITY// C GNITIVE phrasesregardlessofthepositionofthe 1018 particular word withinthe descriptor phrase. -more- For example, in the foildwing extract from the ofIndex-term printed ERIC Thesaurus (7th edition),note the Type Items RT position of alphabetically displayed words: 1E14 22=ABILITYllCREATIVE--- 359 ElyZZ;ABILITY//LANGUAGE - -- 768

A 11.1 444 10110111 E16ZZABILITY//NONVERBAL-- 119 41111111 E17 potoiclivtA0111111 ZZABILITY//READING---- 1507 1100011110 001111V E18'ZZABILITY//STUDENT---- .597 1006111V1 0111111V E19 mannABILITY ZZOBILITT//VERBAL 989 Astor. 110u1lu4 E20 ZZABLE 4001 1/4 0111110 10116111101104 0.M411101 00111" E21 ZZ-ABLE STUDENTS 128 bOnvElsoi o011111r E22 1 U*.OIN ACM! ZNABLES 1100111 *11111! E23 ZZABORIGINAL 134 LOW00111111 111.10114$ Vt111AL 0111111V A111/ 111.101111 (From printed 011111.41114 0110114IMAL 101141111011 oo041,0OS, Thesaurus of /Note thatthere are 13 descriptor words or $1000 004010 .' WWI OP A001101 ERIC Descriptors) phrases which include the word ABILITY.Note :AOSIRACT 11A501144 ,/. also that the outputissimilar o1Olo0c11114 to a normal N111101 IOM tvoLs EXPAND display and the E numbers can be m1111101104 11111 '. AoSIOACIS SELECTed,and used In searching.The double Coll0 *MI slashes(//) indicate the break point between oloo *MI ACAO/MIC MIMI! theendandthebeginningofthefull AcoofoIC AColOvtofol multiword descriptor phrase.Long descriptor ACAOIMIC 1/11/ 001 phrases are cut off after the 46th character before the display rotation.The online display is cut off after the 39th character (including Each term of a muitiword descriptor phrase-is the slashes). rotated andarrayedalphabeticallyInturn. The online version of the Rotated Descriptor The current ERIC online thesaurus and Rotated Display Is accessible by EXPANDIng DescriptorDisplay reflect the descriptors as ZZ=descriptor term, e.g., they have been indeiced online, Therefore, the 7th edition (1977)of the Thesaurus ofERIC. 7 EXPAND 27-ABILITY Descriptors serves as the authority for most of RefIndex-term Type Items RT the terms entered In ZZ=.Updates for ERIC El 2Z-A FIELD OF STUDY// beginningwithAugust 1980.reflect the POST SECONDARY EDUCA-- 27 terminology of the new 1980 editin of the

INTERCHANGE 5'38 Thesaurus. The 'ERICfilewillbe reloaded PREDICTIVE ABILITY (TESTING) 1014 soonto reflect only the 1980 edition of the LOW ABILITY STUDENTS 440 Thesaurus. CREATIVE ABILITY 359 READING ABILITY 1507 Advantages. The Rotated Descriptor Display allows you to use natural languageterms to determine Ifthey are used as descriptors (or part of descriptor phrases).For Cxample, you Note thatInallthreetypesofEXPAND may want to search on the term ABILITY as a display,the number of postings shown In the descriptor but not be aware oftile number of "Items" column reflectsthetotal number of descriptors which Include thisword.A normal records with that term In the file, regardless EXPAND of ABILITY as a descrIprok term will of whetherIt Is a descriptor ornot.For display only those descriptors that .begin with single-word descriptors this means that postings theword ABILITY,.1.e.,ABILITY,ABILITY for title and abstract words are also Included. GROUPING, and ABILITY IDENTIFICATION. The posting counts will be updated as they are changed In the Basic Index. ? EXPAND ABILITY/DE Ref Index-term Type Items RT El -ABILITY Summary. In sum,theRotatedDescriptor 18894 22 Display for ERIC allows the user access to the E2 ABILITY GROUPING 451 5 Descriptor usingnaturallanguage and E3 ABILITY IDENTIFICATION-- 419 6'` field E4 ABLE 4001 gives a display of the controlled form of use E5 ABLE STUDENTS (ABILITY of such words in the file.It gives both the TO PERFORM OR ABSO 128 8 natural order ofoccurrenceInamultiword E6 ABLES phrase andtheir. naturalalphabeticalorder, 1 thereby showing word .associations. An EXPAND ontherelatedtermsofthe The Rotated DescrEptor Display adds a third descriptorABILITY,using parentheses,gives access point to the online ,controlled vocabulary related terms withinthe conceptualrelation- of the ERIC tile.You how have the following: ships of the ERIC Thesaurus, Le.,the Broader, Narrower,Related, and Used For7term categories: 1) EXPAND word/DE-foranalphabetical ? EXPAND (ABILITY) display of descriptors only. Ref Index-term Type Items RT RI ABILITY 19894 22 2) EXPAND (word) or EXPAND E-number - for R2 HIGH ABILITY- U 1' the conceptual related term display from R3 LOW ABILITY U 1 the Thesaurus R4 ACADEMIC, ABILITY N 62514 R5 COGNITIVE ABILITY N 1018 6 3) EXPAND ZZ-word -for the Rotated De- R6 LANGUAGE ABILITY N 76814' scriptorDisplay .givingnatural language R7 LEADERSHIP N807515 descriptor word associations. R8 NONVERBAL ABILITY N 119 5 R9 SKILLS N4350531 R10 STUDENT ABILITY N 5975 ThereIsacertainamountofredundancy RI1 ABILITY GROUPING R 4515 between thethree forms of access, but the R12ABILITY IDENTIFICATION--R 4196 redundancy Ls an enhancement toallowfor. R13ACHIEVEMENT R 2574628 maximum .recalland greater natural language R14ASPIRATION R 249617 access. R15 COMPLEXITY LEVEL R 6819 R16 GIFTED R 241116 R17HANDICAPPED R 2056931 R18 MECHANICAL SKILLS R 90 9 R19 PERFORMANCE-- - - R2958736 R20 PRODUCTIVITY R 174717 -more- ?P Ref 'Index-term TypeItems RT R21 READINESS- R 30398 R22,SLOW LEARNERS R 4677 R23TALENTED STUDENTS R 521 9-

Frequently the related term display for a term will NOT Include all descriptors containing the term.In the ZZ= example above note that the Rotated Descriptor Display contains 13 descriptors with ABILITY whereas the related term display contains only nine.)Using only the related term display, one would miss:

~~INTERCHANGE 1-7 537 ATTACHMENT 7~~

~~DIALOGINFORMATION RETRIEVAL SERVICE~~

~~Published by Lockheed Infonwition Systems ISSN 0163-3732 . Volume 8, Issue 7 July 1080~~

~~ERIC ANA NTIS PRICE CODES~~

TEXICC001 tRICCOOtt ERIC. Tit CURRENT SCHEDULE Of Both ERIC (FileI)and NTIS (File 6) offer PRICE COOS CONVERSIONS FOR ERIC DOCU- document delivery for items located In their MENTS (to-manse 00CUMINTS THAT ARE AVAILAALt FROM IONS-ERIC DOCUMINT REPRO- respective databases.Copies can be purchased OUCTICII SERVICE) IS AS FOLLOWS! In either microfiche (MF) or paper copy (PC) PAPERCOrf reproduction COO( Cf PAGES PRICE forms. Pricecodesaregiven PC01 1 25 $1.62 with each record.To provide easy decoding of PCO2 26 - SO 3.32 PC03 SI - 75 4.62 the price codes, we have developed C04 '/$ - 100 6.32 ?ERICCODE and ?NTISCODE. PCOS 101 - 125 7.62 PC06 126 - 150 9.12 PC07 111 .17$ 10.12 / ERIC (since August 1979) and NTIS (since 1977) PC01 Pe - 200 12.32 THE PC NUMBER INCREASES 1 DIGIT PER EACH / bothdisplay. pricecodes Intheirrecordi iS PAGE INCREMENT. ADO $1.50 F011 EACH ADDITIONAL ES PAGES OR FRACTION THEREOF. indicatingthe cost ofeither form of MICROFICHE reproduction, e.g., COOt f OF PAGES6 Of ma PRICE / MFOI 1 483 1 -5 S .63 W02 481 - S76 6 1.00 WO3 S77 - 672 7 1.17 Iff04 673 - 761 a 1.14 FIF05 769 - 864 9 1.51

W06 865 - 1160 10 1.68 , ERIC (ED records only) A00 50.17 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL MICROFICHE (1-96 PAGES) 10174456 f NOTE: PRICES ARE FOR MAIL ORDERS-DIAL - Calculators & Computers in the Classroom. 011 SERVICE REQUIRES A SURCHARGE. East. Philip; Moursund, David Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salve. 67p.; Contains occasional marginal legibility; Part of page 54 7 and all of pages 55-57 deleted due to copyright restrictions 79 FORS Price - 11F01 /PC03 Plus Postage. Mk* codes

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~~Animal Toxicity Evaluation of en in Situ 011 Shale Retort Water~~

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AUTHOR: Heeler, D. I.; Schafer. A. S.; Larson. K. A.; Farrier. D. S. G1073G4 FId: IT. 6J. S77, 57U GRAI8013 Jul 79 39p The price codes are given instead of actual dollar amounts as the actual prices may change over the years. A current list of prices corresponding to each code Is available on request fromthe respectivedatabaseproducers. However, to make It more convenient for you, we lave enteredthesecodesandpriceequivalents online, so they, can be accessed with a simple EXPLAIN (?)command, e.g., ?ERICCODE and ?NTISCODEs

~~INTERCHANGE 18 533 ATTACHMENT 8~~

~~HOW TO SEARCH THE ERIC SYSTEM .a new reference aid~~

Appropriate for individuals or groups, this "sell.help" instructional program facilitates library use Of ERIC materials. The program has been designed for use on a Singer Caramate 3300 Viewer or Compatible equipment and can also be road and used with a slide protector.

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Copies of the first publication are available TheERIC Clearinghousefor 'Science, repaid from the ERIC Clearinghouse on Mathematics, and Environmental Education and Reading and Communication Skills, National the ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Com- Council of Teachers of English, 1111 Kenyon munication Skills have cooperated to produce a Road, Urbana, Illinois 61801; Make checks publication entitled Especially for Teachers: ERIC payable to the Clearinghouse. Documents on the Teaching of Mathematics . . -1966-1980. this 'publication- contains practical CopiesoftheSecond' publicationare materials for teachers selected through a review availableprepaid from the Speech Com- of Resources in Education, Abstracts are grouped munication Association, 5105 Backlick Road, by topics; subject and author indexes are includ- Annandale, Virgra 22003. ed. M. with the first 'publication in this series, 'Especially for Teachers: ERIC Documents on the Teaching of Reading, this publication will be an- *ERIC Clearinghouse on Teacher Education nouncedinRIE and willbe availablein microfiche and paper copy. Copies are also Projelted Tre° ndsM-Education in the 1980s YaVailable for $6.00 from the SMEAC Information Reference Center, Ohio State University, 1200 Chambers Road, Room 310, Columbus, Ohio In :January1980,the Subcommittee on . ,43212. . Elementary,Secondary, and Vocational .. , .:. Education' of the' House of Representatives .--e-s'i received position papers from 54 leaders giv: " ing projected trends in education during the THESAURUS :OF ...ERICDESCRIPTORS coming decade. The Committee print, "Needs PRICE CHANGE of Elementary and Secondary Education in"k

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Some that discuss the 2 III. SEARCHING TIPS findings at length: ED 180 544. . ED 186 305 PUBLICATION TYPES IF THE RIE PORTION Some that simply referto the. OF THE ERIC DATA BASE Commission's work: ED 163 801 ED 170 288 .,.Eb 179 009 The coding of documents by Publication Type has been' 'used in ERIC for over 6' years. Most of the The backfile will be changed to ref le official categories were added in September 1974, but the form of this IdEntifier at the next file update. scheme was expanded in July 1979 when thirteen new categories were added. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS THE NEW COLEMAN REPORT In ojder to see whether or not the desireddifferen- tiation oftclocuments. was taking place,a'statistical and run was ,,made on, the RIE file extendingthrough The most recent 'Coleman" report is Public draft of December 1980. The results Of this run appear as, At- Private Schoolsby James Coleman, et al. A tachment 5. As with previous examinations of this the final report was announced in the June RIE(ED

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Many searchers of ERIC are not aware that approx- LIMITING TO ACCESSION NUMBERS US- imately 5% of the materials cited in RIE are not ING THE BRS SYSTEM available in -paper copy or on microfiche from EDRS. Since these documents are therefore also not in Searchers may.limit on the AN paragraph to . microfiche collections, 'searchers should query their retrieve _a range .of accession numbers. Be aware, clients as to whether they wish such documents drop- however, that when limiting to accession numbers on - . ped from their search. If so,'the following strategies ERL9 that EJ is alwaysgreafer than ED alphabetically. are offered for accomplishing this deletion when us- Thisivili,hot cause a problem when limiting to greater ing DIALOG or BRS. than a, particular EJ or leis- thana particular ED. Oh other'accessiorinUriker limits, to avoid false retrieval, DIALOG ,- ." you Will have to,search using the following _pro- Run your search to the final set. Separate into EDs and Eh. Limit ED/AVAIL. Print resulting ED set and EJ set. To limit a 'terrii3. ED

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INTERCHANGE 7 547 1 To limit a term < El Searchers should not be surprised, therefore, to curriculum-evaluation not ed.an. have some ""off-target" hits when they search RESULT 978 under this term. Postings were not transferred because they were either too numerous Or their 1/1 an It e1003517 proper disposition not easilyIdentified by a RESULT 16 search strategy.'

To limit a term within the limits of twp El numbers . . (reverse this procedure for ED numbers): "Priorto(date],thisconcept was Indexed under.. " " ti ,, / - .,t,0 , curriculum-evaluation not ed.an. Another Descriptor was used .previously forthis RESULT 978 concept Postings under .the older term were too 1/1 an wl ej003517, ej233244 numerous 'and/oroverlapped to be,easily'reindex- RESULT 962 ed and transferred to the new term; The':old term; as well as the ne4 term; shouldbe'searched whenever a comprehensive search is desired. IV. LEXICOGRAPHY THESAURUS , TIPS Disailp. tor ZUSi (inste SCOPE NOTES SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS This term is no longer an active Descriptor being used in indexing.,New or more exact terms have '- Many Descriptors have Scope Notes. These are replaced the several,concepts that were covered brief statements of the intended usage of specific by this term. ,However, the Descriptor and .its Descriptors.Theyoftenclarify h ambiguouster- postings still exist in the computer file. Users must minology or restrict the use of terra Scope notes ap- search the term to Identify records entered, prior pear in the Alphabetical Display of the Thesaurusof to Its becoming invalid. After that dater one or ERIC Descriptors and should be consulted before at- more of the appropriate terms listed in the Scope tempting any search with Descriptors. Users of the Note should be searched. Thesaurus should be sure to read Scope Notesin their entirety, for in the 1980 edition special instructions' "Prior to (date], the instruction, "Term 'X, use Term frequently follow the definition of a term. Some of the 'Y"' was carried in the Thesaurus." more frequent special instructions inthe Thesaurus are listed below, along with brief discussions onhow The status of a USE reference has been changed. they 1,hould be interpreted. Example: "Use_a more specific term if possible." Personality Traits This term is very broad in scope and may cover Scope Note...Prior to Mar80, the instruction several concepts. Indexers and searchers are en- "Personality Traits, Individual couraged not to use this term but rather to use a Characteristics" was carried in, the Thesaurus. more specific, i.e., Narrower Term (NT). (Note:All Thesaurus users are advised to consult very broad This is an example of a former USE reference that termsintheHierarchicalDisplay,the only has been elevated to the status of a searchable Thesaurus place that all Narrower Terms appear Descriptor. Prior to the date stated in the Scope oat to the end of the generic tree. Note, searchers must still look under the older term. "Use a more precise term if possible." "Corresponds to PUBTYPE Code XXXDo not use indexers and searchers are advised to use a less except as the subject of a document." general term, even though no specific Narrower Terms (NTs) are cited in this particular display. Descriptors having this notation (i.e., Dictionaries, Guides,Bibliographies,Theses,etc.)exactly "Prior to Nate], the use of this term was not match a PUBTYPE category. These terms are not restricted by a Scope Note." used by ERIC indexers unless they are about the topic (e.g., how to develop a dictionary, how to Prior to the creation of the Scope Note, indexers prepare thesis, how to compile a bibliography, may have used this term in severaldifferent ways. etc.).

INTERCHANGE 8543 For documents that aredictionaries,theses, (Py..) and the codes used to represent document bibliographies, etc.., searchers should use theap- (publication) type,. propriate PUBTYPE code (or see the Publication Type Index in RIE). DeScriptors carrying this In- The reload of ONTAP ERIC will have some Impact struction are listed oh p.lxV on the 1980 Thesaurus. on the answer sets that are included for the ONTAP However, searchers shoilld be aware that this note ERIC test questions. The answer sets were developed was added to these terms ony In mid-1980 and using the old terminology. Until the questions have that, prior to this time, the terms were used to bon rerun and evaluated, you may find some describe format as Well as subjeCt. Searchers discrepancies in the answer sets. DIALOG plans to should also know that relatively few documents have the answer sets redone; when ready, an anin ERIC are apt to have these "format-type" terms nouncement will be made in DIALOG' Chronolog as genuine subjects. Newsletter. I. "Do Not Confuse with.. ." TELENET AND TYMNET ACCESS PRICES Searchers should check the Scope Notes of both CHANGE terms and choose the term whose Scope Note (usage) matches the concept (subject) of the Effective August 1, 1981, there will be a change in search. This is a cautionary note pointing out that TELENET and TYMNET access prices. The price for distinctions between these terms exist Tt may TELENET will be raised to $6.00 per hour and the price not be readily apparent from their wordi g. for TYMNET will be lowered to $6.00. Access prices will thus be the same for both networks. ADD DATES AND DATES APPEARING IN . INSTRUCTIONAL SCOPE NOTES VI. CONTRIBUTIONS F ,ROM THE FIELD Add Dates to the right of Descriptorsinthe Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors and dates in instruc- MICROFICHE TITLES tional Scope Notes, reflect the calendar month/year of particular Thesaurus updates or changes and do not A new commercial current awareness service for refer to RIE and COE issues. all Thesaurus users teachers entitled "Microfiche TITLES," makes use of should be aware that Thesaurus updates usually oc- ' ERIC. This service reviews monthly input to the ERIC cur from 1 to 2 months iri advance of RIE/CUE issues; data base and selects and evaluates only those however, on they may occur up to 6 months documents considered as for "teacher use." The ahead of these p blications. Therefore, searchers results of the review generate acollectionof must assume that,a given change may not have been microfiche that users may receive on a subscription effectiye in RIE or CHE for up to 6 months after the basis. A special brochure prepared by the publisher of calendar date of the change. Searchers should con- TITLES is reproduced here as Attachment 7. It consider and employ both the old (pre-change) way of in- tains a full description of the service and orlferfng indexing and the new way of indexing for the 1-6 month formation. period beyond the calendar date of the change in the Thesaurus. VII. MISCELLANEOUS V. COMPUTER SEARCHING ORYX PRESS AND SMERC COMBINE TO PRODUCE SPECIAL INTEREST RESOURCE (GENERAL) GUIDES

ONTAP ERIC RELOADED ON DIALOG Oryx Press, in conjunction with the San Mateo Eduiational Resources Center (SMERC); has produced ONTAP ERIC (File 201), the ONline Training And a series of special interest resource guides in educa- Practice file corresponding to the ERIC (File 1) data tion. All the material in the books was compiled, by base, has now been reloaded on DIALOG to conform Sara Lake of SMERC. The six books cover: Television's to the new version of ERIC (File 1). Thus, the records in Impact on Children and Adolescents; Gifted Educa- ONTAP ERIC now have DescriRtors reflecting the tion; Declining Enrollments, Declining Resources; changes made in the new 1980 Thesaurus of ERIC Drug Abuse; Mainstreaming; and Discipline and Descriptors. Other changes are in the prefix codes us- Classroom Control. The series is described more fully ed for the journal Name ()N =) and Publication Year and ordering information is provided in Attachment 8. 4.. NTERCHANGE 9 ERIC CLEARINGHOUSES (AND OTHER NET- ERIC USER'S TEST WORK COMPONENTS) LIST

The ERIC Clearinghouse on Tests, Measurement, The revised list of ERIC Clearinghouses (and Other and Evaluation recently received the "ERIC User's Networic Components) appears as Attachment 2. This Test" (sec Attachment 9), which has been used as a Collegein listcontains thelatest addresses and telephone trainingtoolatBridgewauirState numbers of all ERIC components. For each of the Massachusetts. Robert Simmons,' the Curriculum ERIC Clearinghouses a brief statement of scope is also Librarian, has granted ERIC permission to reprint it inclyded. here. An answer key. is attached. '

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CLEARINGHOUSES(and .Other Ne(work Components) ERI 1111111, The ERIC Clearinghouses have responsibility Withinthe network for acquiring the significant educational literature within their particular areas, selecting the highest quality and most relevant material,processing (i.e., cataloging, Indexing, abstracting) the solocted items for Input to the data base,and also for providing Information analysis products and varioususer services based on the data base. The exact number of Clearinghouses has fluctuatedover time In response to the shifting needs of the educational community. There are currently 18Clearinghouses. Those are listed below, together with full addresses, telephone numbers, and briefscope notes describing the areas they cover.

ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational ERIC Clearinghouse on Handicapped and G(fted EdUcation ' Children Ohio State University Council for Exceptional Children National Centel for Research in Vocational Education 1920 Association Drive 1960 Kenny Road Reston, Virginia 22091 Columbus, Ohio 43210 Telephone: (703) 620-3660 Telephone: (614)' 486.3655 Hearing impaired, visually Impaired, mentally retarded, developmentally All levels of adult, career, and vocational and technical education. Adult disabled, abused/neglected, autistic, multiply handicapped, severely education, Including basic literacy training through professional skill handicapped, physically disabled, emotionally disturbed, speech han- upgrading; career education, Including career awareness, Instructional dicapped, learning disabled, other health impaired, and the gifted and materials, teacher training, parent/community/business/industry In. the talented; behavioral, psychomotor, and communication disorders; voivement, experioncebased education; and vocational and technical administration of special education services; preparation and contlnu. education, Including new subprofossionai fields, Industrial arts, and Inv educationofprofessional andparaprofessionalpersonnel; vocational rehabilitation for the handicapped. preschool learning and development of the exceptional children; general studies on creativity. ERIC Clearinghouse on Counseling and Personnel Services University of Michigan ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education School of Education Building, Room 2108 George Washington University Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 - One Dupont Circle, N.W., Suite 630 Telephone; (3 t 3) 764-9492 Washington, D.C. 20036 Preparation, practice, and supervision of counselors at all educational Telephone: (202) 296-2597 levels and in all settings; theoretical development of counseling and guidance; use and results of personnel procedures such as testing, In- Various aubiects relating to college and university students, college terviewing, disseminating, and analyzing such information; group work and university conditions and problems, college and universitypro- and case work; nature of pupil, student, and adult characteristics; per. grams. Curricular and instructional problems and programs, faculty, in. sonnel workers and their relation to career planning, family consuita stitutionalresearch.Federalprograms,professional education Hong, and student orlentatfon activities. (medicine, law, etc.), graduate education, university extension programs, teaching-learning, legal issues and legislation, planning, gover- ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management nance,finance, evaluation, interinstitutional arrangements, and University of Oregon management of institutions of higher education. , Eugene, Oregon 97403 Telephone: (503) 686-5043 -: : . - ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources Leadership, management, and structure of public and Ayala educa- Syracuse University tional organizations; practice and theory of administration; preservice School of Education and inservice preparation of administrators; tasks and processes of ad- 130 Huntington Hall ministration; methods and varieties of organization, organizational Syracuse, New York 13210 change, and social context of the organization. . Telephone: (315) 42.3-3640 Sites, buildings, and equipment for education; planning, financing, con- structing, renovating, equipping, maintaining, operating, insuring, utiliz Management, operation, and use of libraries; the technology to improve hip, and evaluating educational facilities. their operation and the education, training, and professional activities of librarians and Information s lists. Education techniques involved ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Inmicroteaching, systems Is; and programmed Instruction Education employing audiovisual teachlii Ids and technology, such as televl University of Illinois sion, radio, computers, and cable television, communication satellites, College of Education' microform, and public television. 1310 South Sixth Street Champaign, Illinois 61820 ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges Telephone: (217) 333-1386 University of California Prenatal factors, parental behavior; the physical, psychological, social, Powell Library, Room 96 educational, and cultural development of children from birth through 405 Hilliard Avenue the primary grades; education and learning theory, research and prac Los les, California 90024 tice related to the development of young children. Includes teacher Telephnit,: (213) 825-3931 preparation, educational programs, and curriculum-related community services, as well as administration instruction, and physical settings. Devlopment, administration, and evaluation of two-year public and Includes both the early years and childhood (ages 0-7), the "middle prIvle'community and Junior colleges. Junior college students, staff, years" (ages 8-12), and early adolescence (ages 10.14). 11 eurrieuta, programs, libraries, and community services. 55A. ERIC ClearbighOutto Usl Teacher punt/it/a A KRIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics American Association of Collegestor Teacher 1 Center for Applied Linguistics Education 3520 Prospect Street, N, W, One Dupont N.W. Suite 610 ;., Washington, D.C. 20007 !ni Telephone; (202) 2911-9292 Washington, D.C. 20036 Telephone: (202) /93.2450 , Languages and language sciences; theoretical and applied linguistics; selection through pre. all areas of foreign language and linguistics Instruction, pedagogyand nohow personnel at alidevair; all Issues from methodology; psycholingule tics and the psychology of language service and inservIce preparation and I/mining to nothosnent;curricula; Ines; cultural and Intercultural context of languages; application of educational thioory and philosophy; educational personneldevelopment Selected aspects of linguistics In language teaching; bilingualism and bilingualeducation;" not specifically covered by other clearinghouses. , . sociolinguistics; study abroad and International exchanges, teacher physical education. trainingand qualificationsspecificto the Inchingofforeign l' languages; commonly and uncommonly taught languages Including English as a second language; related curriculum developments and problems. ERIC Clearinghouse on Tests, Measurement,, and ;!r,.r.,I. Evaluation. ! ; ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Educational Testing Service Skills Rosedale Road . r.rok! National Council of Teachers of English ' 1" j1. :" Princeton, New Jersey 08541 1111 Kenyon Road Telephone: (609) 734-5180 Urbana, Illinois 61801 Tests and other measurement devices; methodology 'ofmeasurement Telephone: (217) 328-3870 - and evaluation; application of tests; measurement; orevaluation In' educational projects or programs; research designand methodology;, i Reading, English, and communication skills (verbal and non-verbal), human development; and lesmingiheory In general,1 preschool through college. Educational research and developmentin- reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Identification, diagnosisa'nd remediation of reading problems, Speech communication "forensics, mass communication, Interpersonal and small groupInteraction, Inter. ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education l pretation, rhetorical and communication theory, instruction develop Teachers College, Columbia University ment, speech sciences, and theater. Preparation of Instructionalstaff ' and related personnel In these areas. Box 40 525 W. 120th Street All aspects ofreading behaviof with emphasis on physiology, psychology, sociology, and teaching. Instructional materials, curricula, New York, New York 10027 tests and measurement,preparation ofreading teachers and Telephone: (212) 678-3437. specialists, and methodology at all levels. Role of libraries and other remedial eer Programs and practices in public, parochial, and privateschools In.ur agencies in fostering and guiding reading. Diagnostic and minority children vices In school and clinical settings. ban areas and the education of particular racial/ethnic and youth in various settings; the theory and practiceof educational equity; urban and minority experiences; and urban andminority social ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small institutions and services. Schools New Mexico State University Box 3AP Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003 Telephone: (505) 646-2623

Economic, cultural, social, or other (actors related toeducational pro- Educational Resources InformationCenter grams for American Indians, MexicanAmericans, migrants, and rural (Central ERIC) small residents; outdoor education; educational programsInall National Institute of Education schools. Washington, D.C. 20208 Telephone: (202) 254-5500 ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics,and Environmental Education ERIC Processing & Reference Facility Ohio State University 1200 Chambers Road, Third Floor 4833 Rugby Avenue, Suite 303 Bethesda, Maryland 20814 , A Columbus, Ohio 43212 Telephone: (614) 422-6717 Telephone: (301) 656-9723

All levels of science, mathematics, and environmentaleducation. Within these fields; development of curriculum andinstructional ERIC Document Reproduction Service Intelligence, values, materials; media applications; Impact of interest, P.O. Box 190 and concept development upon learning;preservice and inservica teacher education and supervision. Arlington, Virginia 22210 Telephone: (703) 841-1212

ERIGCleacinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education Oryx Press 855 Broadway 2214 North Central Avenue at Enc,anto Boulder, Colorado 80302 Phoenix, Arizona 85004 Telephone: (303) 492 -841 Telephone: (602) 254-6156

All levels of social studies and social science; contentof disciplines; applications of learning theory, curriculum theory,child development theory, and Instructional theory; research anddevelopment programs; special needs of student groups; education as asocial science; history science and of education; comparative education; social studies/social August 1981 the community; humanities education. 12 Ati`At't f MilJT

M11CATON 1'015 JO Pic.nATA Wr, (RIE) (SEPIEFC10 )9/4 - W0019.1900) _ - DATE ACCESS1OWCOM Pr/VINT-OF ACCIUd __CQQ1 Poolvit 143 Research/Technical kepurts 9-74 32,570 . n.s 150 1Jee(hes/Conforence Papers 9-74 10,046 111.8 (Single Papers) 050 Guides .- General 9-74 13,595 13.5 141 ___ Project/Program Descriptions 9-14 9,572 9.5 010 nooks 9-74 6,030 6.0 131 tlibliographles 9-74 5,031 5.0 052 Teaching Guides' ,7-79 2,980 3.0 (For leacher) 120 Opinion Papers 9-74 2,477 2.5 040 e Dissertations 9-74 2,470 .2.5 (level Undetermined) 110 ,Numerical/Quantitative Data 9-74 2,214 2.2 055 Guides-Non-Classroom 7-7 2,118 2.1 (For Support Staff) 080 Journal Articles 9-74 1,960 2,0 021 Conference Proceedings 9-74 1,903 1.9 010 Information Analyses 9-74 1.063 1.9 051 Instructional Materials 7-79 1,019 1.0 (For learner) 142 Evaluative/Feasibility Reports 7-79 1,541 1.5 090 legal/Legislative/Regulatory 9-74 1,493 1.5 Materials 160 Tests, Measurement Instruments 9-74 1,290 1.3 132 Oirectories/Catalogs 9-74 914 .9 999 MIscellanmuS 9-74 886 % .9 022 Serials 7-79 685 .7 140 Reports - eneral ° 7-79 343 .3 `t., 060 Historical Materials 9-74 310 .3 020 Collected Works 7-79 261 .3 134 Vocabularies/Classifications 9-74 197 .2 030 Creative Works 7-79 134 .1 130 Reference Materials - General 7-79 89 .1

071 . ERIC Information Analysis Products 6-80 83 .1 100 Audiovisual Materials , 9-74 : . , 80 .1 042 Masters Theses , 7-79 37 .04 041 Doctoral Dissertations , 7-79 :' .; :: '2: 33 .03 Practfcum Papers ,. .: 7779 23 .02 170 Translations 7-79 20 .02 133 Geographic Materials ' 9-74 6 .01 113.881

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~~10 SEARCH OR NOT TO SEARCH~~

~~by Paulette FOS% George Colorado State Library~~

Wo don't often'admit it openly, but there is a hypnotic, if notmagical quality to computer searching. This makes usthe searchers--eager to perform. We enjoy the feeling of awe which surroundi us. It is at least as good as pulling a rabbit out of a hat, and often the rabbitIs paid for by "the .. other fellow".

Yet as information professionals, we owe our users more than a sideshow . scam. The "magic" is elusive. Only once in a while does a search turn into a true challenge against the computer and even lessoften is the "impossible" drawn forth. We must admit there are many things computerized retrievalcannot do. The user should know this before a futile search is run. He should know this before he expects "miracles and magicTM. To prevent unrealistic expecta-' tions is to save face for the searchers and the parent organizations.

The chart "To Search or Not to Search" is one means ofexplaining some of the limitations of computer searching. This chart has been used by the staff of the Colorado State Library to explain searching to:

~~those individuals who had heard of searching and who wanted to know more before investing time and money, and~~

~~those reference librarians throughout Colorado who were in the position to refer their, patrons to a statewide network where they could obtain computer searching.~~

~~The chart has always been used in conjunction with an oralexplanation. It was not designed to stand by itself. .~~

~~"To Search or Not to Search" is a capsule summary of somecomplex issues. It develops through inductive logic that which can besummarized as follows:~~

Computerized literature retrieval is used to create a bibliography from publications indexed by'national and international abstracting and indexing services. leis most often used to deal with complex or current topics in the hardSci- ences, iness, or education, but its use in the social sci-- ences 4 huManities is increasing.Within any subject area there are certain limitations (e.g. geography, language, or time period) which make a given topic inappropriate for computerized literature searching.

~~If "To Search..." were adapted for use in other areas,the,specific examples could be revised to use disciplines and geographic locations more familiar to the clients.~~

The one issue of major misunderstanding the chart omits is that of relevance and recall. Take a moment to explain why the computer cannot give 100% "on target" citations and at the same time be sure not. to miss a single relevant item. Time, money, and frustration will be saved. The result will be happier clients and a more professional image for both the searcher and his institution. DeCeption of potential or new clients--however inadvertent!cannot strengthen our services nor meetthose clients' needs. INTERCHANGE 14 7 . a% ;MAL4:r.LIM ?AMA!pi. 'd'47411 , ',MAW raallit.0.4

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11113192270 - Reading Remedies for Involving the Reluctant Reader. 29 teaching Ideas I:: WELCOME TO TITLES included on this page are that emphasise 'reeding as a pleasurable activity. (13p) listings of the most up-to-date "teacher use" materials U3192202 Element* elarly Reading Instruction. Practical areas of early reading In available to elementary school' teachers. Subscribers to , instruction that may be of Immediate use to practitioners (86p Paper TITLES receive a copy of this Index each month of the Copy Not Available From T,ITLES). school year. But that's not all, TITLES provides not only the index it provides to you, in your school, Don't Shut e Stereotype Skeleton In Your Classroom Closet. Stereotypes each and every document listed on this page. If you be- that textbooks promote. (14p) lieve that access to this kind: of resource is what you 1113192330 need, tell your principal. TITLES Is not nearly as ex- Assessing Children's Language. Some approaches, practices and problems In child language assessment. (14p) pensive you might think LESS THAN $30.00 f. E13192350 I PER M TH. 4 Writing Is Witty, Responsive, Interesting, Timely, Impress*, Necessary, Graphic. ,Orades IC-(3. Activities for use In helping elementary school ,iblioaea pupils Increase the quality. and quantity of their written expression. ;An EduCatlenel Technique to Encourage Practice with High-L eve! Asp.' (148p) peon dill:Jib. 'A 4iFtilng device that allows children to create Rories by ED192380 choosing option. from.set of eireedy-written story segments. (1,5p) A Thousand Topic: for Composition (Elementary Level) Plus Practical Ideas and Strategies for Teaching. Topics end methods that elementary E0191256 . - Multi-Languaga SchoOk A teacher's guide to a foreign..1engurige !Miner- school teachers can use in writing Instruction. (80p)

lion program. 131p) E0192515 , A Manual of Art for the Educible and, Trainable Mentally Retarded ED191278 , Ouibonito'as leer v.. Cuaderro de ejercicios (How Nice It Is to Reed ill. Child. For special educationteacherswho desire to provide en ert program for the educable end trainable mentally retarded student (38p) Workbook). (88P) 1,,:;;;. '40T ED192801 ED191710 4' \".". ,,,:,Gleufatofs Al-Computed In the'CleurOoni:" (27p) , The Cradle Board end Infant Care. Iroquois culture of the past end the aspects of thatl'cuiture Jihich continue to existthe mode of caring for C., ED191711 , Infants in NalKie American culture. (19p) The Learning of Numbej Facts In the Primaryilkhool. (Australia) How to ED192602 help students bacoillaitiofiCient in the. recall a basic number facts. (17p1 Onikorha (Wampum). Background material, lesson, plans, end activities ED191743 ' - - about' wampum belts,end other uses of wempuni' among the Mohawk Conservation Aolvities Related to Energy, Simple activities, experiments, 'Indians, (33p). - and demonstratiOns relating to energy contervation in tha home. (161p) , `') ED192731 E0191791 ',..:"..," .1 The 7 T's of Using Puppets'in the Classroom. (124. . Art Activities Bank for Parents: instructibni for art activitiai to be used . MiED193063,i , by parents at home, particulary with handicapped children. (81p) . Reading vianvironment 100 activities deiIPeetto'improve etOdent's % ED191878 'reading and writing skills by using'theIrnvironmentaila ttImufus. (107p) Volunteer Tertorlal Program. A guide to developing volunteer tutorial " ! , programs. (30P) %....,-, -..-- - ,- .. ' , . Comma don Awarenou Guide. ReeOmme;i4iionslor incorporating con- :;.. titivation education Into the K-6. ciirriculum. (54p) Planning for Ethnic Education: A handbook developed to provide practical examples of how to incorporate a multicultural emphasis into the ED193066 :. . ,,,, school curriculum. (117p) -.-. Environmental Education Curriculum': De . ie a IC-15 curriculum ... developed, by teachers for use In conjuncilon-th an outdoor learning -' ED192188 , - . ,site adjacent to their school. (99p): DECIDE: Developing Elemantary Curriculum for Interdisciplinary, Drug Education. A Resource Guide for Teachers. Drug education activities for E0193069 Infusion intolthe general curriculi;rn. Partkularly In the communicative Environmental Education. Environmental educetion,linsons for use by erts areas. (178P) *1 ,- . third-grade teachers. (104p)

E0193062 - Now to Order RimedialReading Meterlais for, the Intermediate Grades, Energy end My Environment: K-8 Teachers' Guide. One hundred energy education activities for elementary school teachers. (142p) 4-6. More than,40 publications and materials useful for remedial reading 9 'programs in the Intermediate grades are listed in this annotated biblio- ED193074 graphy: (240) Photography in the Elementary Classroom. (160)

~~'Claes ( or., Richard human' INTERCHAN 9 rte '56' ATTACHMENT 8 4 h~~

~~aseries' of '0iieciakiiptere'st''.',.?,I. resource guides ineducation . 4 47 12,, .,... xl . . ..,1 . 1.- ow i r ai i i' r - ':,'~~

r % ,,1-.1, V, .'4.'i ,4:1!:: 4"'.'. 4 t!" 4.;oi; .. 10 Lirl147 ;-q': V* .., !',' .: :: r:': ;': 1!,/:i..,;, , 'NI Television's Impact:on Children andAdolescents TelevisiOn has become lheahbnymous teacher:" It has broughtthe world into our homes and has been termed the most Significantinflbence on the development of our young people in existence today. But the bleSsingstelevision brings are mixed. Does it create "passivists"people who ca 'Watch11 IIanything, whether beautiful or abhorrent, without action or expressio -EVI0,1) IMPACT ON CHILDREN AND_ADOLES- RA they a t, ylo young, people: Teachers, I ii CENTS explores these and resti 'std`the inf ation they nced on what children ,,:..l.' ..parents and soCial workerq arewatching-and the waysrit inthre* *rattitudes and behavior. Coverage includes: TV'simpacton aggressi',,, : t.,;:,-,.,,- 1 #idttitudes; program preferences; attention V,; 44kotlr s. Wand the use Of comm,. .404. he ClasSrporn: ISBN0-912700-87-4. 1981.. 1,-;;;),I.ei ,,04 12 pages. itir-W.

tDUCATIofq-Preaents an overview of recent efforts toproiide educational pro- , - ...... Ara eV ohffolrenoifted in academic ability, creativity,creativity,artistic talent, and leadership ability. ,..-AddfessdpOrriarily to educators (K-12), it also containsinformation helpful to parents and counselors of the gifte&Beginning with research oncultural, familiar and personal char- acteiistics of the gifted, the resource guide nextexamines current debates within the field with- of gifted education. Descriptions,comparisons, and evaluations of programs in use gifted students arepresented, along withadministrative concerns accompanying such , , programs.IS0-91,2700-93-9.1981.E0 Paperbound. 102 page's. . $!-':-''

ments7Declining Resources Declining E , . Inthe 1950s, An, Vican education was agrowth industry. Suburbs couldn't build school's,' fast enough; community college systemsspread; colleges became stateuniversities 1. No more: The . innoygtion was abyword;and most importantlymoney was plentiful. childien of the baby boom graduated, andsufficient replacements didn't arrive. They still haven't Fewer students and less moneyhave combined to present a host of difficult, problems for educators in the1980d. DECLINING ENROLLMENTS, DECLINING RE SOURCES is a book that giveSaccess to answers to those problemt. DECLINING EN- ROLLMENTS is an important tool Oradministrators, school personnel, and concerned membersof the community,: Coverageincludes: reduction in force policies; financial !r2.-,.. proposals; and school closings. ISBN 0-912700-86-6. V' planning; program priorities; funding 1981. Paperbound. 90 pages.

IISf , 562 Drug Abuse Tho flower children of the 1960s have grown up, HaightAshbury no longer hots publicity. Tho problem of drug 'abuse, however, is still very much with us. The alarmover extensive marijuana use during tho last two decades has shifted to now concerns: the harmful effects of "legal" drugs (alcohol, tobacco, prosc notion drugs)are coming into focus, as are those of frightening new drugs such as angel dust. DRUG ABUSE attempts to survattne literature on drug abuse as a problem of the 1980s. It covers'litorature published between January 1975 and April 1980; focusing on elementary and secondary age youth. Drug and alcohol abuse by parents and educators, singe It has an impact on children, is also included, Coverage includes: Drug abuse as a social concern, focusing on school age youth; Drugs as school concern, with emphasis on methods and materials for drug education. ISBN 0-912700-76-2, 1980. Paperbound. 88 pages. Mainstreaming The 1970s saw landmark legislation in the area of rights for handicapped persons. Fore- most is the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, which calls for regular class placing (mainstreaming) if that is deemed the optimal situation for a particular child, Federal requirements for architectural accessibility for the disabled are another means toward an ambitious goalthe fullest possible opportunity forintegratioe into the main- 4 stream of sctiool life. MAINSTREAMING Is avolume that covers the most recently Opb- lished materials (1977 through February 1980) In this area. The materials are for and about schoolersonnel and parents of the handic peed. Coverage includes: rationale behind mainstreaming; provisions of PL 94-142; sc ools' reactions to the new mandate; changes which have been made: guidelines on and fr school personnel; and resource lists for father study. ISBN 0-912700-73-4;4980. PI erbouNz 80 pages. Discipline and Clssroom Control DISCIPLINE AND C "OOM CONTROL., is;a broad overview of the literature on school discipline, covering/.i; tiod from 1975 through autumn 1979. Most of its citations concern regular clast =cm teachers and administrators. Coverage includes: research - studies and theoretic saUssj9ns: 'descriptions and evaluations of specific disciplinary programs and Dractl 'practical advice to elementary and secondary school teachers: school level disciplinary methods-legal and dueprocessof special interest to administrators and counselors. ISBN 0-91270071:8.1980. Paperbound. 64 pages.

All books compiled by Sara Lake, San Mateo,EducatIonal Resources Center. ,it Z7Pk*entefrtiy order for: ORYX PRESS et, tc 2214 North Central at Encantci , ;., . , IMPACT ON CHILDREN Phoenix, Arizona 85004 (602) 254-6156 AND ADOLESCENTS at $12.50 each , . Send payment with order, and we pay the.... 4 GIFTED EDUCATION at $12.50 each., pose!tag DECLINING ENROLLMENTS, TOTAL ORDER $ f .;,DECLINING RES0 URCES at $12:50. each,'h .P0 Numbei, __DRUG ABUSE at $12.50 each rt. Name MAINSTREAMING at $12.50 each.

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~~INTERCHANGE . 563 ATTACHMENT-2~~

~~Ysbruary 1481~~

~~CURRICULUM LIBRARY~~

~~Clement C.Ham/eft Library Bridgewater Stat.College~~

~~ERIC usrms TEST~~

~~br Robert M. Simmons~~

The purpose of this test is tohelp you learn about the ERIC microfiche collection. If you are Each question is designed to illustrate someimportant aspect of ERIC. able to answer most of the questionscorrectly, you probably have good basic ; understanding of ERIC and its vas.' .

~~:at tothe correct response for each question., Each Directions. !lace an "X" question has only one correct response., °-~~

~~1. ERIC is '" "1-. a)The name of the_first U.S. Commissioner ofEducation b)An acronym c) A brand of microfilm~~

~~2. The ERICiiCT:fichacollection is located~~

~~a) In the Periodical riejit. b) In the Reference Dept. c) In the Curriculum Library~~

~~3. The ERIC collaction~~

~~a) Is,updatedoith new material monthly b) Was completed as of December 075 c) Is updated once annually~~

~~collection .... 4. The range of subjects in the ERIC~~

AO' Is limited to education and beyond b) Extends to the behavioral and social sciences c) Is limited to teacher education the ERIC collection include .... S. The thes of publications represented in wam a) Only government sponsored researchreports b) The gamut of periodical literature ineducation c) A rang: Of material from research toteaching guides

~~6. Duplication of ERICmicrofiche....~~

a) Is forblddan by U.S. copyrightlays b) Is available on both film and paper copier! c) Hust not exceed 3 pages per document 4 accompanying index, ERIC 7.' In addition to the microfiche collection and its a also publishes .... (CITE) a) The Current Index to Journals in Education b) The Encyclopedia of Educational Research c) The Yearbook of International Education

~~8. The ERIC collection is distributed ....~~

~~a) Only to those institutions receiving a Congressional appointment b) To One fedarally_designated resource center ineach state fee c) To any institution able to pay the Subscription~~

~~INTERCHANGE 22 -r~~

9. An important fact about ERIC bp ERIC USER'S TEST .a) It is available exclusively to teacher.. administrators and student. phnever Key b) It is a nejur-aa6. base providing information to those who seek it e) It is admietered and subsidised by UNESCO

~~10. Persons doing thorough h In education ....~~

~~a) Need go no further than ERIC 2. e b) Should consult nu...roue book and periodical listings in addition to ERIC 3. c) Need go no further than the Encyclopedia of Educational Research 4. b~~

~~5. ,c 11. What 10 the meaning of the abbreviation "RI" as used in the Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors 6. b a) Research test 7. a b) Related term. c Released time 12. Descriptors AVIX 8. c~~

~~a) 'Abstracts of ERIC document. t 9. b. b) ERIC microfiche identification numbers Y c) Subject headings used in ERIC indices 10. b~~

~~13. ERIC microfiche are arranged in cahineta 11. b~~

~~a) Sy subject classification 12. c b) By ERIC document (ED) numbers c) Alphabetically by author 13. b~~

~~14. A double slash mark (//) following an ED number means .... 14. c~~

~~15. a " a) The document is continued on two or more sheets of film "_ 11).The document is part of a series 'The'The document is not available on ERIC microfiche 16. c~~

~~15. The typical ERIC document is .... 17. a,~~

~~18. c a) An uncopyrighted monograph b) A magazine article c) A trade publicition 19. a~~

~~16. The subject index to Res urces In Education (RUE) includes the following 20. c information'tuneath each hding ....~~

~~a) Author and t tle b) Title and da a c),'Titla andED number~~

~~17.'Theabstract section of Resources In Education(TIE)is arranged by~~

~~a) ED number b) Author c) Subject~~

~~18. The abstracts found in Resources In Educati (TIE) may be described as ....~~

~~a) The full text of the document- b). A one or two sentence note c) A 200 - 250 word gunnery~~

~~19. ERIC abstracts are listed in Reiourcee,In Education (RIE). and they are also found ....~~

~~a) On the first page of every document b) On the last page of every document c) In the Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors.~~

~~. 20. Besides directing you to correct subject headings. theThesaurus of ERIC Descriptors c/a also.provide~~

~~a) ED numbers b) Document abstracts .r c) Cross references~~

~~INTERCHANGE/ P23 565' USERS a~~

~~September 1982~~

~~TABLE OE CONTENTS~~

I GENERAL USER INFORMATION R4urres in Education (RIE) Cumulative Indexes (Somiturtnuitl/Annual Printini Volumes 19001082) A Bibliographic Status Report 2 University Microfilms International (UMI) Updataq Master List of Journals Covered to Dahl by CIJE 2 Study of the Current Availability of Level 3 Docuinents Provintisly Entered in RIE 2 ERIC Microfiche Subscribers Their Assignment to Specific ERIC Clearinghouset,for A. Personalized Information Services e Existimco of Level 3 Documents Noted on Immediately Preceding Microfiche Technical Assistance to States Engaged in File Building ;3 ERIC !holdout Literature Rationed Duo to Printing Freeze 4

I I. ERIC PRODUCT NEWS RIE/CIJE Cumulations (Both Abstracts and Indexes) Being Microfiche by Oryx Press , 4 ERIC Thesaurus 0th Edition (1002) Publishod 5 I ilstory of HOC (An Administrative History) Now Available Source Directory Save the September 1981 "Archival" Edition . ;.; 5 Identifier Authority List (1AL) ok,? ...... 5

I I I . COMPUTER SEARCHING (GENERAL) DIALOG AnnOunces Access to Its Online Retrieval Service Through Mead Data Central IMDC) Tsminals 6 BRS Announces Policy Changes and Service Expansion 44 44 44 6 I V . SEARCHING TIPS . Database Search Aids New Product from Online, Inc. and Database Services' Inc.,

Q Has Section Covering ERIC . 4444 AP. ,.. ?; 1.7 La nguago Field in DIALOG's ERIC File . "Handicapped" Terminology for Use as "Search Saves" 7 ERIC Price Code Explanation Available on DIALOG (?ERICCODE ComMa nd) . 7

~~r;(1!* t:-... V . MICROCOMPUTERS~~

Microcomputer Information for Educators ,,.. Resources in Computer Education (RICE) 44 4..8 A FasIbility Study 8 Making ERIC Available on Microcomputers 4, MICROsearch Demonstration Package Now Available for Use with Microcomputers 9 Direct Data Entry from the ERIC Clearinghouses to the ERIC' Facility via 4Microcomputers, Communicating Word Processors, and Other Systems 9 V I . MISCELLANEOUS ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education Changes Address 10 Now "ERIC Technology Committee" Formed 10 ERIC Facts (as of January 19132) 10

ATTACHMENTS 1. RIE Cumulative Indexes (Printed) 1966-1982 Status 5., "Handicapped" Terminology for Use as Search Saves Report a. BRS Symbology 2. Study-of the Current Availability of Level 3 b. DIALOG Symbology Document, Previously Entered in RIE 6. Resources in Computer Education (RICE) Reprint 3. List of States Visited Durieg ERIC Technical from Northwest Report (April.N1ay 1982) AssistanCe Project - 7. MICROsearch A Brief Description 4. Data Base Search Aids (Flyer) 8. ERIC Facts (Sheet), as of January 1982

nterchrge is prepared by the staff of the ERIC Processing and Reference Facility. 4833 Rugby Avenue, Suite 300. Bethesda, Maryland 20814. which is operated oncontract by -ORT. Inc.. Information Systems Division. for the National Institute ofEducation(NIE). Contractors uridertalCing such projects under government sponsorship are eneouiaged.to, express their judgment in professional and technical matters. Points of vievior opinions db not. therefore. necessarily represent officialNational Institute of Education position or --!.policy. All questions. correspondence, and contributions should be direCted to the Editor. Interchange, at the above address, or by telephone (301) 656-9723. 56'8 I. GENERAL USER INFORMATION University Micrefilins hiteriudImed (I'M!) Serials Development and ()peelloos 300 North Zeob Road Resources in Education (RIE) Ann Arbor, MI 411100 Cumulative Indexes 1. 0 (Semiannual/Anneal Printed Volumes Study of the Current Availability of Level 1066.11)82) Docunumts Previously Entered In tIE A Bibliographic Status Report , Tim current policy of ERIC tit td restrict the millibar of RI E cumulative indexes have had a checkered history. documents entering., the ERR: ' databana that cannot he At ono time (1860.1074) annual indexes were published by roproducfial (i.e:, Level 3 documents). Such documeats GPO. When these volumes became too large, a Change was create "holes" in the microfiche collection and can be made to two Senulanuuul ild0XUS (19754979). As a cost- saving measure, n further change was then made for otherwise inconvenient for users. 1080.1981 to a single GPO-produced semiannual Index' At dial present time, only 3.5% of the accessions In a covering antiorY-jane. It was felt that the second seminn. given Plote of RIE are Level 3 annomocomenis, where the nual index (for July-December) was unnecessary in viewuser must go elsewhere than ER It: to obtain the Item. of thefactthat across this same span, commercial EvenV,so, the question has been asked as. to'Exactly how publishers prepared annual Indexes. Macmillan covered long these non-ERIC avallabilities hold up over time? If a the period 1008-1978: Oryx Press picked up the sequence source for it document Is cited In 1982, will that same in 1079. source exist in 1983 or 1984? Even If the source itself exists, will it be able to provide the document? How long do In 1982, however, at the behest of the Joint Committee Level 3 documents stay in print? on Printing (JCP), a return was made totwo GPaprinted semiannual indexes in order to satisfy the needs of the na- In an attempt to answer such quetitions, the Facility con- tional depository library systolic ducted a systematic study in 1981 of a sampling of Level 3 documents announced in recent years. The final report on Attachment 1 describes the situation that pertained forthis study is of potential interest to ERIC users and is ap- each year of publication 'of RIE. Addresses are providedpended In its entirety as Attachment 2. \ for all three sources, The OryX volumes. are all still in .print. Macmillan 'volumes are still in print for the years In summary, 52.5% of the total sample of Level 3 1973-78. GPO generally retains in print only the last year documents is still available. The percentage still available or two, .decreases with ago and ranged from a high of 73% to a low of 38% (after 12 years). In general, for a database that calls GPO itself "archival", this class of appears to fade Superintendent of Documents away tounavailability rather rapidly, id ordering infer- LIS. Government Printing Office mation.(mostly prices) goes out-of-date fairly quickly. It Washington, DC 20402 seems that the present policy ofdeemphasizing Level documents in ERIC is substantiated by the study. Macmillan Macmillan Information' Comments and observations from users would be 216R Brown Street elcome. Riverside, Newlersey 08075 Oryx Press RIG MicrofiChe Subs cribers..7 Their 2214 North Central at Encanto Assignment to Specific ERIC Clearinghouses Phoenix, Arizorfa 85004 for Personalized InformalionvServices University Microfilms International (UMI) Since 1975, when ERIC microfiche subscribers were initially assigned toClearinghouses, several Clearinghouses Updates Master List of Journals Covered to have been relocated and the number of subscribers has Date by CIJE dramaticallyincreased. This resultedinan uneven distribution ofubscribers among Clearinghouses and UMI has totally revised the Master List of journals some confusion as to which Clearinghouse would serve covered (at one time or another) by the Current Index tospecific new'subscribers in a state, territory, or Canadian' Purnais in Education (CIJE) database. The list now con-province. In ear' 1982 h new distribution plan was devis- tains a total of 1110 journal titles (though only approx-sed and agreed to b., the Cleraringhouses and Central ERIC. imately 780 are currently indexed). The long hard job oft, is: intanded,teAltaidernore equitable distribution of obtaining reproduction permission from the publishers'''' the Clearinghouses and result in more continues and results in a higher percentage of permia:-, r, rviceo;subscribers.. Molts each year. A's of April 1982, 65% of the titles 4* could,bil reproduced. The CIJE Master List can be o _(New York), all subscribers within a. ed free of charge by writing to UMI at the addres1 stio y. at Canadian province have been

INTERCHANGE .2. . . assigned to one Clearinghouse. thus tiny dais ell ',wilily:a to contact the Cleeringtioo.0 whirl' they IleVe!moll 111that (61111tel (ape .*/1111111t011latit:elly btr bel:eel by the 01311411mlVilioneVel theytoolthelivedter llot31111nlitotl set' c:Imiringhouse almady tesponnible for that mod. In 1110 vh.03, eta Lonvernely, Chid' hishotienowall, todico4 cane of New York. the ninth hon hetet divided into Upntatecoatect failiscrihern in theirtlet41111(1Moan CillIrer1111Hin and Ihnvintato (a dichotomy in that tante. l'Otlitati011 worknhopn, belliked tivnilnbld, anti wo andel allied), Stiliscriborn ht t Ipstato New York Willhe prnalocin, nerved by the Clearteghoone tin Information Resources; those in Downstate New Turd 11vthe Cloarloglioho on Existence of Level 9 Documents Noted on Educatieu. Assignments of nebncribern by Clearinglimine are an innuodiatoly Preceding Microfiche follows: Level 3 documents airs 11104V1111:11 ERIC 14 1144 per11111- Alabama CE North Carolina led to microfiche and reproduce. Level 3 documents Alaska EA North Dakota- CC , create "holes" in the ERICmdcrollohe collection, since it Arizona SO Ohio missing microfiche cannot by itself he determined to be Arkansas SE Oklahoma SO deliberate or inadvertent, EPIC attempts to answer this California JC Oregon EA question for the wrier by placing11notice on the preceding Colorado SO Pennsylvania IIE microfiche whenever the next le:cession number is Connecticut Rhode Island !na tIOC11111011t, Whenever the not11111:11h1:110Is 1111,141144. l'ht/ notice appears eye-readable on the first Delaware HE South Carolina frame of flat inneediately precedimt microfiche. and reads D.C. SP South Dakota PS, as follows: Florida 'EC Tennessee CE Georgia EC Texas RC 'Fiche number NNN NNN not available fromEDRS" Hawaii EA Utah SO ' This information can be very much worth noting by Idaho EA Vermont UD those who inventory their ERIC *microfiche or who are Illinois CS Virginia FL, Otherwise concerned with intsuring that they have a com- Indiana CS Washington EA. plete microfiche collection, Iowa PS West Virginia Sp Kansas PS Wisconsin CS echnical Assistance to States Engaged in Kentucky CE Wyoming SO File Building Louisiana SE Maine UD Guam JC Maryland SP Puerto Rico HE For the past three years, ERIC has offered the assistance Virgin islands HE of a team of experienced file builders to state education Massachusetts TM agencies-engaged in such activity. The consultation is per- Michigan CG formed without charge to the agency and typically con- Minnesota CG Alberta EA sists'of a 11/2 .day meeting at which the agency activity is Mississippi CE British Columbia EA reviewed and problem areas are discussed. The ERIC Missouri PS Manitoba CG team usually consists of one person from Central ERIC al Montana EA New Brunswick IR 171E (who can discuss policy matters), one person from an Nebraska PS Newfoundland IR ERIC Clearinghouse (who can discuss cataloging; index- Nevada JC Nova Scotia IR ing, and abstracting), and one or two 'members from the New Hampshire UD Ontario CG ERIC Facility (who can discuss file design, data process- New Jersey TM Quebec IR ing, and 'computer systems matters). Now Mexico RC Saskatchewan EA Thus, fair the ERIC team has visited nineteen (19) states Now York: across 50 months, for an average of one visit every 2.6 Upstate IR montbs.,The situations in the states vary considerably and Downstate UD it is necessary for the team to spend most of the first morning grounding itself .in the problems faced by the state. ERIC values its microfichn'subscribers not only becauseThe Vibssions are intended to be advice-giving and non; they are an important group of users of the system, butdirective. The objective is for the states to take advantage also because of the many good suggestions they haveof the team's expertise developed over 15 years of made for system improvement. We encourage subscribersoperating the ERIC system. The states are free to use or

Acronyms used for Clearinghouses: CE-Adult, Career, and VocationalEducation;)G-Counselingand Personnel Services; CS-Reading and Communication Skills; EA-Educational Management; EC-Handicapped and Gifted Children; FL-Languages and Linguistics; HE- Higher Education; IR-Information Resources; JC-Junior Colleges; PS- Elementary and Early Childhood Education; RC-Rural Education and Small Schools; SE-Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education; SO-Social Studies/Social Science Education; SP- Teacher Education; TM-Tests, Measure- ment, and Evaluation; UD-Urban Education.

INTERCHANGE 3. 56j. nut tine any of the anti NI:WS the (lllpaiI 01 alitimiovo duo covoitul at length, The advantage ut using Valitilio ialtilltlaithi anti of ayalnitia id Illbt:ii3bnit. RIEiCili...(:omtlititions moth Abitnicts .*Isubotte) Iltllnh4 Publieboti on Miceoficitet by' Altalillianltlists lIip blaltil vitiated ilium tar in thin inns, Prows peuelve Ltd very useful pi us, ale.If any SEA'aare fu ()r lorcIalati iu pat lit 1104 ptitgtnnt Olt-3y Mr. (*.belles ifeever, itt the Mines tttitti al Elti(:v.Totalt mutilationsof finoilo psfitri(ociatoii (1411 ('lo:) 21:1 )0. (limn-10W) end Crent Index 10 lourmil6 in El:11141140i, (( :11 ) (1009Ititin) toe being pblklael ott etictutiche FityxIhess,includedate Entry ERIC Handout 1.1tcratoro Rationed Doti to lire Printing Froozo auu,uut:nd in 1110,0 true tdiltittil )(annals and a combined cumulatedSubloctIndex.containing iha eter Thn iII prhomg wont is putting a severe strain on the Descriptors and Ititintilteritisnigned to all klieti resionel.. ERIC Facility's nllily to respond to .user tetiueili for.: It Is noteworthy that the :itiblect Index is based on the br,twhortis, directories, and other handout literature, Since recently revised editiott of the_ FltIC Tlietitirtts and 11etIt itisnot known how Jung the fretio willlase,ItIn references the titles of the ttoitis indexed,. not just the,F,I) 1111t313311ry to 11350111/ 111111 the existing stock mull last fur at or-Ej accession numbers. ,, ... least sevei-al months. In m100101.1, 111 a colivonffsiiik# feature, a Fiche Index is in addition to supplying the Clearinghouses enijuserprovided, leading the trifif..frOnri any given Sublect ludex group, the Facility must supply Its own routine inquiry. term to pin exact fiche mitpher and location of that term in answering nctivit. Fur these rMisons, requests far large the lengthy ' quantitios of ERIC handout literature aro being judicluul The 11M:rola:lie sctinform to National. .Ntir:rographic.s ly cut to very modest numbers, e.g., request fur 400 copies fiche Ia lino. to 25. Some of the items that are being rationed in this Atinuciation (NNIA) stioolards.. Each lard size (105111111' A 'V111111111), 111(111M1 1101111'11y, C01i Wily are: tenting lip to 102pagea.photographod at il recite:tit-el ratio Pec:ket Guido to ERIC: of 42x. Each group 01,11cho has its own distinctive colorsid Submitting Documents to ERIC: 'header ;trip, which also contains an tiyeegible descrip- Dew to Start fin ERIC Collection: tion of its contents. 1, Directory of ERIC. Microfiche Collections; The various fiche sets are axailable either separately or Directory of ERIC Search Services. As a complete package, with prices as shown below: We regret this inconvenience to our users; who ()hen in All orders should he directed to:. the course of workshops, classes,- and conferences can OrYxPress legitimately. uselarge quantitiesof thesematerials. 221.1 North Central at Encantu Hopefully we will soon be permitted to replenish the stock Phoenix,' AZ 85004 of 'Mir various handouts. Until then your patience will be (602) 254.0150 appreciated. t°

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~~1. R1E 'Main Entries 1986-1980 . 183,690 329 $750~~

2, ClfE, Main Entries 1969-1980 229,23.5 137 . $750 3. RIE/CIJE gombin'etke.'$Ubject Index', 1966-1930 412,925 381 $950 (With Fich-e Index)'' . . . .J, COrriPlete Set (All of4Above)., 847 $2200 ;7.1' 'A ri,kiti a I. Ufid 1981, 1982, etc. Price Nof Yet Set)1..

INTERCHANGE 4 ERIC Ttunieultio Olfs (1982) databano 111 etiticatioa, soiling and ac't osli'ing All typon lit. Published mho anon l'oetottlio, ban boost dot ottiontail. Its thin now, eltillli jilOt tiff thtl I/1013

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Tionter, %vlitt tvoiked iii Conital, tinedto111(iiisooldof terminology, tho Ittrjtitnod of CHIC IC for l)0l n tint ado tiling E111(.:'s mativo yoarn,Ilto Dont 'Apter,13 101/1111111114111d1111111.0111,11(11) (11,01y 11,%11),-,31;, 'midi, anon plonotitn CI tititollodrtIlllCcilltild act mud, t,if- dosoloptu'out doting lin flint 11 1.arn,It din:ikon"; the 11th otlition of theI liesatit tin was puhlinlied in ratty the political ronlition thnt helped to hIlMin tilt' oynteiri. 11/112 and roptonotitn the molt t omptehettnne tispinuntion ilent.rition the bialgotatyclobiden and tontilln that and display u1 FRIt:'s ludo' ing tut nhulnty plopar oil to ,,I.tritimiait the 4v.toili: n1141IIp1..1,011t,.1110idlofllnlivct date, It to nu onnontial toleten(n tool for iliehe 01.114agod ot NrItl t.uualtlatrd nt varioun ninon lir *into. hips and whit:viol; fillet the ERIC, *hooky,. the la( ti of huilgot Teresnential t haractetistiis of thin edition r nt -arm- Copien of !ADC'Tisi.0 First l'ifterot l'earn colt avialahloat ttiaritotiof Ctilittw,; racliuo postage oil prMinid orders) flout!. SNICAC In- 'rifle: Thesaurus ofitIC Dest roams lith 141iliell ..firroititat ifefototice C:eittor, C:olloge of Education, ()hitt 19112 Statehtisersity. 1200 Chambers Road, t:idirtrilitin, Ohio PAIN; ()I1t)T141019-X 4.1212.. PUbliCallon Date: 19112 The publication in obit) availably ott microfiche Ill the 11" ERR: datati:eal asth 1 :1) 195 209,iiitil may he pur chased tin microfiche for .$0.91 Inuit the 1-`,111(: I)naiment Priea: $.15 (if paid lektageatleihandling Reproduction Service (EDItS), Ilti 190, Arlington, are added if lulling k required). VA 22210 Pages: 592 Binding: Cloth, reinforced to withstand heavy use NO paperbound edition: Source Directorf'-,- Save the September 1981 Number of Trims: 4i16n postable mutt( terms plus "Archival' Edition 134 discontinued terms phis 3631 synonyms y 8(13ii total terms. The September 11)111 tidithai of the Source Directory Is a Iii 41(Illiti(111, lift) 11th rdition t;ontAilis complete authority list cootnining the names of ifitarly iMprpvements Chat are worth noting: 25,000 organizations that have either prepared:or. spol... Norm! documents enterin-g the ERIC systnin.,,Ii ti.i(cliangesfrom the teli.e(Iition mow trrilln, tivlutim14, from the ERIC- Facility for $12.00. other changes). _twinedR .."Introduction.". dencribing current indexing Analysis reveals that a large number of thenworganiza-.. guidelines and advising on retrieval strategies.. lions have not been used by ERIC catalogers in recent' Rt :vie d DescriptorC;rot,W)isplay, with Deltriptvr years.III the interests of creating streandined,; (.;roue Codes added toWAII)II;ibuticall Aivang usable, and cheaper-to-print 'authority list; the: Facifity ' two-wayilt:Ct'StibetWrvil the '1%%0 (IIbl11ay s. decided to experiment :Vebruary 1982 Source. CS'Refereirces added to the Rotated Display,ninK , DirectOry by thicluding only those organizations that have access to the conlimerynt worth of es ory term My boon actually used in cataloging within the laSt Thesaurus, dar years. 1,Veril-hy-word alphabetization of the main Alphabetical This means that subscribers to the Source Directory Should saver the "complete". Stipteniber 1901 edition for Orders should ho directed to: unit if a name carukot he found in the reducedsizelater Qrvx Press editions. Do not throw the September 1981 edition away; 2214 North Central at Encanto it is not rep:aced by the February 1902 edition or .subse- Phoenix, AZ 85004 quent editiors.' (602) 254-6(56 Identifier.Authority List (IAL) History of MO (An Administrative History) Now Available The Identifier Authority List (UAL) is a total alphabetical list of the approximately 28.000 preferred Identifiers that arcurrently being used by ERIC indexers. Identifiers are Anyone planhing to develop an inforMation storage and usually names of specific entities -such as projects. pieces retrieval system, or working in the field Of information of legislatiOn, persons, places, tests, etc., In addition, an science, will find the trees publication ERIC The First Identifier may also be a now concept, under consideration' Fifteen Years, 1964-1979 of special interest and use. How for Descriptor status once its scirtiedefinition,and."stay- ERIC (Educational Resources Information .Center) evolving, power" have been establistred. The Identifier Authori- ed from a small file of "fugitive" (unpublished) educit- ty List serves as a companipn.volurne or supplethent to the tional.. research reportsto the foremost information Thesaurus cif Ellit 'Descriptors.. CI o gA INTERCHANGE A .5 The IAL (with postings counts) is available for s le to. tails on gainingaccess to the DI4LOGsyst'mvia ERIC users for $10.00 (postpaid) from the ERIC F cility. C terminals canbe obtained from Barbara Gersh, The current edition is dated September 1981. A w edi- IALOG Marketing,3460 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, tion will be published this fall which will cont in overCalifornia 94304. 30,000 Identifiers and their postings. (The pricfor this edition is yet to be determined). . BRS Announces Policy Changes and Service Expansion III. COMPUTER SEARCHING (GENERAL) In May 1982, in a special issue of the BRS Bulletin, BRS DIALOG Announces Access to its Online announced several policy changes and service expansion Retrieval Service Through Mead Data ' moves. These various announcements can besummarized Cenkal (MDC) Terminals as follows: 1. Subscription Requirement Dropped' DIALOG Information Services h4as entered into an lisp's can now purchase opemaccess, ara pay-as- agreement witli Mead Data Central (MDC) under which you-go rate of $35 per connect hour plus royalties subscribers td MDC's LEXISR and NEXISR Services will and telecommunications, to BRS databases, without be able tb gain access to the DIALOG system (and hence to an up-front subscription or commitment of hours. the ERIC database) through their dedicated (special pur- 1 posOMDC terminals. Under thidjoint agreement, Mead 2. Extended Hours of Access will act as a communications and switching agent to pass Users can now access the BRS system from 6:00 the DIALOG terminal traffic through its computers, in an a.m. to midnight (E.D.T.). These hours are designed interface that is largely transparent to their users. to accommodate the West Coast and European user The more than 120 databases available on the DIALOG base. system include several of special interest to the legal com- 3. Availability Via a Third Telecommunications munity. The Legal Resource Index provides cover-to-cover Network indexing of more than 660 law journals add five law newspapers. Congressional Information Service.Index pro- BRS can now be,accessed via UNINET from over vides access to public p6licy studies, committee hearings 150 major U.S. metropolitan areas, at a low and legislative reports)of the U.S. Congress. Federal Index telecommunications charge of $6.00 per connect provides accessto /selective information on federal hour. This access is in addition to the current -government activities including existing and proposed TYMNET and T.ELENET access. rules and regulations tices, contract awards, judicial 4. Database of Databases activities and cou ecisions. The DIALOG system also The newest BRS-produced database is FILE, the has databases which provide abstracted information from "database of databases". BRS/FILF, is a compilation the Congressional Record and Federal Register. of facts about files such as producer, intended au- MbC terminal users will be able to join current dience,'special features, type of materials, and sub- DIALOG customers who trace legislative histories, locate ject coverage for all publicly available BRS expert w.A4 ses and find information on corporate ac- databases. FILE serves BRS users as a way to com- tivities ffbm' the DIALOG Service databases in minutes. pare databases and to make informed database All users who plan to access the DIALOG system through choices:, FILE is also used by searchers to produce the Mead computers must be signed up as regular hardcopy catalogs of BRS databases, to create in- DIALOG/ users, and must specifically contract for the dividual guides to end users' printouts, and for pro- DIALOG service available through the Mead data motional purposes. transmission network. Such DIALOG users pay a modest telecommunications network fee ropottis mode of access,IV. SEARCHING TIPS but the DIALOG system charges themselves are the same as ;ihecurrent(public,schedule of DIALOG charges.% DIALOG is not acquiring any databases from Mead, orDatabase Search Aids New Product from vpe versa; DIALOG services are simply being delivered toOnline, Inc. and Database Services, Inc. Has users by means of the Mead terminal equipment. Section Covering ERIC MDC's LEXIS service is a computer-assisted, full text /legal and accounting research service used since 1973 by The "Education" volume in the new Database Search lawyers and judges to perform all types of legal research.Aids series has just become available. The lead section of NEXIS provides subscribers with access to the full text ofthis volume deals with ERIC. The material is written with general and business news. Over 25 billion' characters -,an impressive grasp of the details of ERIC'sprocedures the equivalent of five billion words of text,- are currentlyand an appreciatipni3Of its various idiosyncrasies. The stored on MDC's computers. Some 25,000 LEXIS andorganization atiltreSpkitation are thoughtfully "human NEXIS searches a day are performed on the several thou-engineered". It is difficultgto do such a careful job when sand MDC terminals installed ,in customer's offices. not on the inside as part of the, database generator

~~INTERCHANGE~~

6 5~t11 organization. Database Services, Inc. and Online Inc. are when an overview or broad, general, search of the to be congratulated on the high quality Of their Product. subject area is desired. Not approprhite when Extracts from the pRrimotional brochure desciibing this. attempting. a comprehOnsive search covering allthe product appear as Aaliment 4. specific handicapping conditions,

Language Field in DIALOG's ERIC File 2. Full Search Save - A total list of terms dealing with physically .The Language of Document data element was initiated handicapping conditions. Includes both ieneral by ERIC and first added to the tapes in January 1979. Due and specific terms. to a program error occurring at DIALOG, the word "ENGLISH" was ipcorrectly added to all the pre-1979 ERIC records on DIALOG's ERIC citation file (both RIE 3. Old Thesaurus Terms and CIJE). The DIALOG inverted index files contain mat- Terms that existed in the 8th edition of the ERIC ching errors. This means that virtually all the ERIC Thesaurus, but that were deleted from the Revised . records are tagged'as being in "ENGLISH", even when it 9th edition (1982) in favor of other, preferred terms. isn't so. if left Uncorrected, this situation would cause Only of interest to those who may be. searching old some confusion and would reduce the effective use of this sets of the database in which the term changed may data element for search limitation purposes. not have been effected. Not to be used when, The problem exists only on the DIALOG file. The SDC searching via any of the online vendors, all of and BRS files are correct on this particular score. whom now have updated databases. We have been informed by DIALOG that they will cor- The list of terms is displayed in Attachment 5 in two Ver- rect the inverted index files by the end of March 1982, but sions. Version A uses the BRS symbology (e.g. $ for trun- that they will. not be able to correct the citationscation, hyphens between the words of a multi-word themselves until thtinextieload. Descriptor, periods around commands, imaj.= major, The action they have taken certainly helps the problem mn = minor). Version B uses 'the DIALOG symbology while not Completely fixing it. Searchers should therefore (e.g. ? for truncation, no hyphens, slash before command, keep in mind two things: DE = word in Descriptor, DF = .full Descriptor). o When using the Language field in a search (via any yen- EC notes that the term EXCEPTIONAL will pull some dor) apply it only to data from January 1979 forward. documents dealing with gifted populations (as contrasted o When looking at pre-1979 ERIC citations (both RIE and to handicapped). If this is a problem, the searcher may CIJE) obtained via DIALOG remember that the word wish to negate from the final set, before printing, items in- "ENGLISH" will be ubiquitous and will not necessarily dexed with the term GIFTED. reflect the. true language of the document (though it will Users with any questions concerning these lists are in- bp. correct in 98% of the cases because ERIC processes so vited to call EC on (70,3') 620-3660. few non-English documents). "Handicapped" Terminology for Use as ERIC Price Code Explanation Available on "Search Saves" DIALOG (?ERICCODE Command) ERIC started using Price Codes a few years back in lieu The ERIC Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Giftedof actual dollars and cents prices in order to avoid having Children (EC) has assembledt list of Descriptors that are to make changes' to the entire database backfile whenever heavily used by their indexers'to index documents dealingthere. was a price increase. The ,systemlas worked fine with handicapped children. Most documents indexed byand whenever inflation necessitates a price increase these EC are indexed by at least one of the term's on this list.days we have only to change dip conversion table. They emphasize that this is riot intended to be a list of all Despite its internal adv"antages, however, the Price. Cpcle Descriptors related to Special Educationsince there arescheme cah be troublesome to users who may not have at many additional terms related to.the culturally (i.e., non-hand a copy of the conversion table. physically) disadvantaged. DIALOG users should, therefore, be reminded that they 1. Mini Search Save can call up the conversion table at any time by eimply key- A selected group of terms dealing with general ing the command ?ERICCODE. This command will result concepts rather than specific conditions. Useful in the following display:

INTERCHANGE 7 n52 7 7ERIcCODE A third publication was prepared in cooperation-with THE CURRENT SCHEDULE OF PRICE CODE CON. the Association for Educational Communicationsand VERSIONS FROM EDRS-ERIC DOCUMENTS Technology (AECT): . (ED WMPERED DOCUMENTS THAT ARE' AVAIL- 0Guide to Microcomputers by Franz J. Frederick. APLE FROM EDRS-EPIC DOCUMENTREPRO- (ED-192.818) . DUCTION SERVICE) IS AS. FOLLOWS: PAPERCORY It can be obtained inpaperback from the Clearinghouse CODE OF PAGES PRICE for $11.50 or in microfiche from the ERIC Document PC01 11 25 12.00 Reproduction Service (EDRS) for 91° (plus 20° postage). PCO2 26 50 3.65 PC03 51= 75 5.30 Resources in Computer Education (RICE) PC04 76 100 6.95 PC05 101 125 8.460 r150 10.25 The Northwest RegionalEducational .Laboratwy PC06 126 (NWREL) has retently announced theavailability of a 151- 175 11.90 PCO new database dealing with microcomputersoftware for PC08 176- 200 13.55 education. The database Pc4 801 225 15.20 use in elementary and secondary 16.85 , is called"Resources in COmputer Education," or RICEfor PC10 226, 250 short. Initial installation of RICE for purposes of public PC11 251 275 18.50 online availability will be with BRS Inc., as part of its PC12 2 300 20.15 School Practices Information Network (SPIN). Saw 2,000 PC13 0 325 21.80 microcomputer courseware items are currently.contained 6 350 23.45 PC14 in RICE. PC 15 351 375 as.10 PC16 376 400 26.75 Details on RICE and how toaccess itare described in PC17 404 425 28P 4050 Attachment 6. C18 426 450 PC19 451 475 31.70 Making ERIC Available on Microcomputers PC20 476 500 33.35 A Feasibility Study THE PC NUMPER INCREASES 1 DIGIT PER EACH25PAGE INCREMENT. ADD$1.65FOR EACH ADDITIONAL25PAGES% OR FRACTION The proliferation of microcomputers in schools and THEREOF. libraries has caused the ERIC system to ask if the micro MICROFICHE can be used as a means ofaccesstthe ERIC database. In of the CODE a OF PAGES 1: FICHE PRICE 1981, contracts were awarded to two components ERIC system,. the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information MF 01 1 .480 1-5 , S. 91 MF02 481 - 576 6 1. 1'0 Resources in Syracuse, New York, and the ERIC Clear- tIF 03 577 672 7 1.29 inghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental 768 8 1.48 Education in Columbus, Ohio, to develop appropriate soft- MF 64 673 ware for the APPLE II Plus microcomputer,and to field MFOS 769 864 9 1.67 testsuch a service.Two issueswhich had to be addressed MF 06 865 960 10 1.86 that would appeal to FOR EACH ADDITIONAL MICROFICHEwere the need for a search routine ADD30.19 searcherg without extensive onlineex$erience, and the (1-96 PAGES!, need to take into account the very limited. storage **MOTE.: FOICES ARE FORbMAIL ORDERS. capacity - of both the 48K virtual memory (RAM)of the DIRLORDER SERVICE REQUIRES A SURCHARGE. APPLE II and of the51/4inch diskette. A third issue to be explored was the, means of distributing the microcomputer files - e.g. by pre-packaged diskettes,.orthrough an V. MICROCOMPUTERS online microcomputer service. Interviews with potential users indicated preferences Microcomputer Information for Educators for both modes of distribution. They also indicated that the files for Resources in Education (RIE) and Current In- Interest in microcomputersis high and climbing. In dexto Journalsin Education (CIJE) ought to be treated'dif- outer to be able to respond properly to inquiries, the ERICferently. Need was expressed for two separate products Clearinghouse on Information Resources (ERICIIR) hasrelative to RIE. One was for a straight descriptor index. developed some standardpackages. Two ofthese which Could be searched, and would return accession packages are available on request free of charge directlynumbers only. This would permit microcomputer sear- from the Clearinghouse: ching of from two to three months of RIE per disk. The user would then have to go to theprint version of RIE (or o Microcomputers:A Samplingof the ERIC"Database to'the microfiche collection) to look up the citations. The (4p.) other suggested need for an RIE-based product was for ex- o Microcomputers: Some Basic Resources (4p.) tensive bibliographies which contained at least the most

INTERCHANGE' 8 '5'73 importantoparts of the descriptive cataloging and the in-tes, is now available from the ERIC Clearinghouse on In- --axing records. CIJE required something somewhatdif- formation Resources in a package which includes also a ferent.Here interest was expressed in individual sites hav-demonstration database diskette andLahiser's manual. ing on diskette those citations in CIJE extracted from only these journals in-which they were particularly interested In addition to the search grogram, two other qomputer r usually their own holdings. programs permit. printing the resumes and the inverted files on an 8q- column printer. The software is written for The work was divided between ERIC/1R ande-ERICISE the APPLE 11 microcomputer with 48K RAM, APPLE such that ERIC/IR worked at developing software for the DOS 3.3 operating system, and at least one disk drive. non-online audience and at creating diskettes of CIJE cita-(Those wishing to print the contents of the diskettes woUld tions which matched profiles of the holdings of particularalso find a printer useful). The demonstration database - institutions of school districts. ERIC/SE worked withdiskette contains 208 records from CIJE from January to MicroNet, the microcomputer service operated by Com-September, 1981; each record includes the bibliographic puServe, Inc.,in Columbus, Ohio, as the means ofcitation and indexing' information. The records .were distribution, and 'focused attention on developing theselected from educational technology journals which tend Descriptor file for R1E, and bibliographies based on RIE. tocarryarticleson microcomputers.Costofthe Beginning in mid-October 1981, $1he files on MicroNet demonstration set is $10. Additional details are described were made available for components of the ERIC system in Attachment 7. to test. Then from mid-Nevember to the end of December, they were available for all to use who have accounts with Direct Data Entry from the ERIC IvlicroNet. (For those unfamiliar with services suchas MicroNet, the purpose Of dialing into this system is to Clearinghouses to the ERIC Facility via "download" the filed and the searching programs to one's Microcomputers, Communicating Word, own computer and to Store them on disk). Processors, and Other Systems. The software developed by ERIC/IR for CIJE was field- Status Report tested in three sites in New York state from October through December. Users were provided with diskettes which contained 200 citations each that matched their At present, the ERIC Facility is receiving non-OCR RIE profiles of interest. The software provided these sites in-and CIJE document resume input from nine of the sixteen cluded,inadditiontothesearch package, ERICR ERIC Clearinghouses (56%). A variety of systems and pro- MICROsearch, programs which were used locally tocedures (as listed below) are being used 'by the par- create the inverted filet for searching; space was left on ticipating Clearinghouses to preparp, and transmit their the disk for this purpose. In addition, a very simple line- resume input to the Facility. .(_ - oriented text-editor was provided that permitted users to Clear-cb eater their own bibliographic records in a format that is inghouse Hardware consistent with the ElpC records. This permited ERICR MICROsearch to be used to search both the CIJE files and -EC 'Galaxy minicomputer (generates computer- supplementary local files. compatible magnetic tape that is then physically transmitted to the Facility) Those wishing additional information should make contact as follows: HE Vector microcomputer IR Xerox 860 Word Processing Systerh Dr. Robert W. Howe ERIC Clearinghouse, for Science, Mathematics, and JC IBM-3033 (WYLBUR Text Editing System) EnVironmental Education PS APPLE II Microcomputer Ohio State University 1200 Chambers Road, Room 310 RC IBM 370 Computer (SCRIPT Text Editing Columbus, OH 43212 System) .For.the,CIJE project, contact: SE AMCARD. 425 Word Processor SO IBM Office System/6 Word Processing W. Bruce Clark System ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources School of Education SP PRIME 550 Minidomputer Huntington Hall Syracuse University Located at the Facility is a Xerox 850 Word Processing Syracuse, NY 13210. System equipped with a communications option that makes it capable of receiving and transmitting data at MICROsearch Demonstration Package Now 300-1200 BAUD, either asynchrorktrusly or bisynchronous- ly. Two modems are interfaced to the system to permit> Available for Use with Microcomputers either mode of transmission: a BELL 212A (asynchronous 30Q-1200 BAUD), and a BELL 202S (bisynchronous The software for MICROsearch, a computer, program 31)0-1200 BAUD). The Facility's ,Xerox 850 system can be designed for the retrieval of information from selected used as either a communicating intelligent terminal portions of the ERIC database on microcomputer disket- (receiving and controlling data transmitted by other word

INTERCHANGE 9 5 (1/'1. processing systems- and microprocessors), or as a slave In addition, the committee includes several correspondent station (simply recording data sets as stored onanother members: cqtnputer's disk packs). This.latter mode of transmission Bruce Clark (IR) . Susan Imel (CE)/' is employed when receiving data from the RCand SP Jim Davis (SO) e Bernard O'Donnell (CS) computers. o Chuck Hoover (CERIC) Kevin Arundel (CERIC) . The Xerox 850 System 'is capable of receivingdata in. .Since ERIC does not have research and development either ASCII or EBCDIC codes. Transmission rates vary funds, the approach of the committee wil) be to meetwith between Clearinghouses and are dependent upon the people who are actively exploring information storage, modem capability at the sending station. A transmission retrieval, and delivery through computer /videodisc inter- rate of 1200 BAUD should be used, whenavailable, as the faces. The committee will gather infOrmatiOn And report' higher transmission rate reduces the transmission time on its relevance for the futureof the ERIC system. and associated connect time cost's. , The first visit was paid to Pergamon International Infor- Throughout this, evolving pro'cess, the ERIC Facility has mation Corporation to see Video Patsearch in operation. fell that it was 6,ss4ntial to accommodate itself to the dif- Over 750,000 U.S. Patents issued since 1971.can besear: fering equipment situationsatthedifferentClear- ched online, and the front page (text anddraVring) of any inghouses. However, now that over 50% of the Clear- patent is displayed from one of eightvideodiscs. The inghouses are bypassing the Optical Character Recogni- system is operational and updated on a quarterlybasis. tion (OCR) mode of data entry, we are anxious toshift the remaining Clearinghoustia over to direct methods so that The second visit was to the Lister Hill.4ational Center we can dispense with thescanning operation altogether. for Biomedical Commtpications, National Library of Medicine (NLM). Displayed for the committee's benefit This information has little direct impact onthe user were The Fairchild CCD optical scanner, amicrofiche community, but the change in procedures mayeventually scanner from Planning Research'Corporation, and the help to shorten the elapsed time between document crea- KurZWeil data entry machine. Charles Goldstein, tion and announcement in RIE. The hardwareinforma- author of "Optical Disk Technology and ,Information"- tion may also be of some interest to those organizations (Science, February 12, 1982), provided an overview of having close oontact with the Clearinghouses involved. videodisc technology, and also provided a demonstration of a "user-cordial interface" using NLM's Inte'grated ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Library System. Early Childhood Education Changes-Address A third visit was .made to the. Library of Congress toseer the DEMAND System, a computer driven optical disk based mass storage, retrieval, and laser printing system for In February 1982',./the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elemen- the on-demand printing of non -MARG catalog cards'. tary and Early Childhood Education (ERIC/EECE)moved to a different building on the Universityof Illinois cam- A fourth visit involved a briefing on NLM's new pus. The new address is: MEDLARS III system, particularly those aspectsthat per- developdd ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early tain to more sophisticated retrieval capabilities forusers. Childhood Education A College of Education A fifth' visit was made to Online Computer Systems University of Illinois Inc. a small company specializing inthe integration of 805 W. Pennsylvania Avenue optical disks, videodisks,' and other graphic systemswith Urbana, Illinois 61801 computer systemsWhere several demonstrations were seen involving the interplay of these deviceswith small computers. New "ERIC Technollgy Committee"Formed WhINERIC's current budget does not permit it to move aggressively into these exciting new technologies, the A aeW system-wide committee has been formed to come work of the committee will result in the generation of a. up with recommendations for using newtechnologies toscenario that could be followed if and,'Wheli funding foy' reach ERIC's goals. It will investigate such technologies system improvement becomes available. asmicrocomputers,videodiscs, -and- otherdelivery systems which have the potential of improving accessby ERIC Facts (As of January 1982) ERIC users. The committee currently consists of:

Linda Baskin (PS) 0 Don Ely (Chair) (IR) , Periodically ERIC updates the "Fact.Sheet" listing some Dorothy Beling (EC) \ 0 Jim Prevel (CERIC) of the basic statistics pertaining to the ERIC systein. The Ted Brandhorst (Facility) 0 Barbara Wildemuth (TM) last update Is dated January 1982 and is provided here as John Clark (FL) Attachment 8.

~~1` INTERCHANGE* io 57b a ATTACHMENT 1~~

~~RIE CUMULATIVE INDEXES (PRINTED)~~

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~~. . COMMERCIAL PUBLISHER . YEAR r;GPO. INDEXES INDEXES / 1966 . 7. \ .1967 1966-1967.~~

~~7 . Order# 1'068 January-December ,(Annual) 196 January-Decembet (Annual) 1966-1969 Macmillan46875 o.p.* 19 7?///0 January-December (Annual)~~

,1971 January-Decetber, (Annual) 1970-1971 Macmillan 46878 . 1972 January-December (Annual) 1972 Macmillan 46879 op* 1973 January-December (Annual) 1973 Macmillan46883 197.4 January-December (Annual) 1974 Macmirlan46816

~~1975 January-June 1975 Macmillan 69300~~

~~July -December , (2 semiannuals) 1976 January-June 1976 Macmillan 69307 July -December (2 semiannuals)~~

~~1977. January -June . 1977 Macmillan69320 July -December (2 semiannuals) 1978 January-Jung' '1978 Macmillan 69288 July -December (2 semiannuals)~~

~~.1979 ' JanuaryJune . July - December 1979 Oryx o.p.* (2 semiannuals)~~

~~1980 January-June~~

~~'- (1 semiannual) 1980 Oryx~~

~~1981 January -;Tune . (1.1semiannual)* 1981 Oryx~~

~~1982_ Jandary-June 1982'Oryx '.[projected] Jay- December (2 semiannuals)~~

~~' *o.p. .rsout of print,:~~

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~~° TTACIAMENT2~~

~~STUDY OF CURRENT AVAILABILITY OF LEVEL 3 DOCUMENTS PREVIOUSLY ENTERED IN,RIE~~

The Facility selected at random 300 Level 3 documents (100 each from 1968, 1973, and 1978). The Sample was subdivided by nine (9) categories of source---Commercial, Non-Profit, Foreign, Government, Individual, Joufnal Article, University Microfilms, National Technical Information Service (NTIS), and Other, 'so that statistical results could be examined in each.category. The chart displayed on pages 3 and 4 of this attachment has been prepared to show in detail the results of the survey. It provided figures and percentages in each category sampled.

A letter questionnaire was drafted and approved. The questionnaire requested information concerning the present accuracy of the original #IE ordering information and contained a space to attach a Xerox copy of the original resume. This letter was sent to all organizations whose documents required verification of availability (with the exception of the'Government Printing Office (GPO) where availability was checked telephonically). Fifty (50) documents, did not need any verification. These were documents available from NTIS or University Microfilms", or journal articles available in the original journal issues in library collections. (We did not sample this group to determine pricing changes.)

Mailing of the letters began on February 24, 1981. Six weeks were allowed for response. At the end of the 6 weeks a second attempt was made to readdress, those letters that*had been returned by the Post Office as undeliverable. A ,simpie check for a better address for these documents was made in order to emulate the kind of effort an actual ERIC user might make using only easily available tools, e.g., the list of publishers in Books in Print, the telephone book for local associations, and a long distance operator for those organizations outside the Washington Metropolitan area. If we came up with a newer address through these limited means, a second mailing was initiated. If we could not locate a better address, the document was counted as "undelivered (2d Attempt)." The firsttwocolumns on the chart indicate these figures.

The third column shows the figures for those letters sent out for which we had no reply and no post office return,i.e., ostensibly delivered but no response back. We asked on the questionnaire for the current correct price and/or address information. If the ordering information has changedfo over time, this fact is indicated in the column headed "Availability Information.Changed.". The figures shown combine price and/or address

~~' changes;' hOwever, more often it was the price that had .changed.~~

~~Out of the total sample of 100 documents, 52.5% can still be obtained. and 47.5% are no longer avainble. the percentage still available decreases~~

~~with age: . )~~

~~INTERCHANGE 577 0 ATTACHMENT 2~~

~~1978 73% available~~

~~. 1973 47% available 1968 38% available~~

It should be noted that the 1968 figure isboosted by Z$ documents where no verification was necessary.At that time the ERIC selection policy did not eliminate as many NTIS, University Microfilms,mor journalarticles as the present policy. If the figure 29 is disallowed and a samplefigure of 71 is' taken as a base figure for that year instead of 100, only9 documents or 4 12.5% could still be ordered from 1968. ,Extending thisreasoning to 1973 and eliminating the 17 In the above categories,only 21 documents (25.5%) would still be available from 1973.

Documents from the commercial and non-profit sectorsfollowtthe overall percentages closely. Foreign documents, did not hold up well with age(1968 foreign documents were all unavailable) but scoredbetter than other categories for the more recent time periods. Surpriingly, the undeliverable category was not as large for foreigndocuments as might-have been'expected.

~~In the Government category, alldocuments listed in 1968 as available from GPO are no longer available.However, all GPO 'docuvents are now entered at Level 1 and this problem is nolonger a concern.~~

~~Individuals cited as sources score poorly. Of the total of 4 in the sample, only 1is still available.~~

There are few surprises in the study. For an archival database, Level 3 documents appear to fade to unavailabilityrather rapidly, and ordering, information (mostly prices) goes out-of-datefairly quickly. The only "dependable" Level 3 documents are those availablefrom another database deemphasiiing Level 3 or as journal articles. It seems the present policy of documents in ERIC is substantiated by thisstudy.

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~~LIST ,OF STATES VISITED. DURING ERIC TECHNICAL. AiSISTANCE PROJECT~~

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ALABAMA , 8/28/78 ILLINOIS. . 7/25/78 Mr. R. Meade Guy, Director Ms, Carla Beisinger .Ma. Jackie A. Walsh, Assistant Director Illinoid Resource &.Dissemination'Neiwork 'Alabama.Information and Development Illinois'Offiee of Education -Ie

~~System (AIDS) '-' . .* . 100 North First Street ..,~~

Alabama State Department of Education 'Springfield, Illinois 62777 . ' t State'Office Building . '017) J82-1862 Montgomery, Alabama' 36130 . , (205) 832-3138 KANSAS. 4/10/78 Ms.-Nancy;Flott,'Director ALASKA 7/2/79 Kansas Educational Dissemination- Ms. Eula Ruby, Administrator/ Diffilsion System (KEDDS) Program Development & Dissemination Kansas State Department Of-Education Alaska State Department ofEducation Kansas State Education Building Division of Educational Program Support 120 East 10th Street ' State Office Building Topeka, Kansas 66612

~~PoUch F . (913) 296-A136 Juneau, Alaska 99811 (907)_465-2800 :,;-' LOUISIANA 8/6-7/80~~

~~Mrs. Sue F. Wilson .~~

~~ARIZONA 5/19-20/80 Section Chief, Dissemination .~~

~~Ms. Beverly Wheeler, Ed.D , Louisiana State Department of Education~~

Director of DisseininatiOn '',4 * ( P.O. Box 4406A Arizona State Department of Edudation Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70804 m1535 West Jefferson (504) 342 -4268 : Phoenix, Arizona 85007 (602) 255-4361 MAINE . 2/26 -27/81 Ms. Daryl Hahn, Director COLORADO 3/23/78 Information Exchange.: Ms. Cheryl Chase. R.F.D..1, Box 1437/

Project ACCESS . Rockland, Maine 04841 ColOrado State Department of Educat.on 1800-4327903 State Office Building (207) 594 -5428 201 East Colfax Denver, Colorado 80203 MARYLAND 7122/82 (303) 839-2212 -Mr. G. Ira Stancil, Staff Specialist State Media Services Center

~~HAWAII , ' )7/7-11/80 Division of Library Development~~

. Mr. Kellet I,Min, Ph.D. and Services . .Hawaii Educational Dissemination Maryland State Department of Education Diffusion System (HEDDS) 200 West-Baltimore Street Hiwaii State Department of Education Baltimore; Maryland 21201 P.O. Box 2360 (301) 659-2106 Honolulu, Hawaii 96804 (808) 548-3425

~~INTERCHANGE ATTACIIMENT 3~~

~~, 0 0 LIST OF STATES VISITEDDURING ERIC TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT (CONTINUED)~~

MINNESOTA 1/18/79 OKLAHOMA 4/5/79 Mr. Roy. Tally,Supervisor Mr. Jack Craddock, Director Minnesota Information Network for Project SEEK Educators Oklahoma State Departmerkt of:Education Minnesota`4 tate Department of Educatic& 2500'North Lincoln Boulevard" Capitol Squ e Oklahoma City, Oklahoma73105' ,550 Cedar Street (405) 521-3331 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 (612) 29678033 TENNESSEE 9/9 -10/81 Dr. Charles R. Moffett", Director MISSISSIPPI 5/3-4/82. Project SUPPORTfcir Tennessee Educators Mr. James K. Jones, Proj. Director Tennessee State Department ofEducation Mississippi Stte Dept. of Education Cordell Hull Bldgi C-3-302 Office ofPlanning & Evaluation Nashville, Tennessee 37219 P.O. Box 771 (615) 741-5082 Jackson, Mississippi 39205 (601)"354-732& TEM. 9/6-7/81 Ahrson,Inform. Consult. MONTANA 10/26/78 CITE ReSearth Center Mr. Wayne Pyron, Consultant SouthwestIower Project Exchange 211Eastith Street Montana Office of Public.Instruction Austin, -Texas 78701 State Capitol (51:2) 476-6861 Helena, Montana 59601

(406)A49-3085 WISCONSIN . 2/14/79 MS.'Loretta HarmatUck,Coordinator NEBRASKA 9/4/78 Wisconsin Dissemination Project. Ms. Joan Orender, Co-Director Wisconsin Department of Public Instrutt. Ms. Paula Durling, Co-Director .126 Langdon Street Dissmination Project ison, Wisconsin 53702 Nebraska Sate Department of Education (608) 266-3390 Box 94987 301 Centennial Mall South Lincoln, Nebraska 68509 (402) 472-2637

~~NEW YORK 9/24z25/81 Mr. Robert M. Trombly Education Information SystemsSpec alist University of the State of .New Yok New York State EducationDepartment Albany, New. York 12234 / ./ (518) 474 -3759~~

~~INTERCHANGE' 584 ATTACHMENT 4~~

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~~INTERCHANGE 585 VTACIIMENT 4~~

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~~INTERCHANGE 583 VERSION A ATTACHMENT b DRS SYMBOLOGY~~

~~"HANDICAPPEIr'TERMINOLOGY'FOR,USEAS SEARCHSAVES~~

I. Mini Search Save Hyperactivity, mj,mn. Impairments.DE. Disabilities.DE. Minimal-Brain-Dysfunction Disorders.DE. Learning-Problems Disturb$.DE. Neurosis.mj,mn. Handica .DE. Partial-Hearing Impairmen s.DE. Partial-Vision

Retard$.D . Problem-Children Special Adj EdUcation.DE. Psychosis.mj,mn. Exceptional.DE. Reading-Difficulties RetardatiOn.DE. Schizophrenia.DE. II. Full Search Save Slow-Learners Special-Classes Aphasia.mj,mn. Special'Adj Education.DE. Autisra.inj,mn. Special-Health-Problems. Behavior-Problems Special-Schooli Blindness.mj,mn. Stuttering.mj,mn. Cerebral - Palsy. Cleft-Palate Deaf-Blind III. Old Thesaurus Terms Deaf-Interpreting Deafness,mj,mn. aBlind.DE. Delayed-Speech Disabilities.DE. Crippled.DE. Deaf.DE. Disabled.DE. Emotionally.DE. Disorders.DE. Downs-Syndrome Mongolism.mj,mn. Neurotic.DE. Dyslexia.mj,mn. Emotional-Disturbances Partially- Sighted Emotional-Problems Minimally-Brain-Injured Exceptional.DE., Fsychotic.DE. Handicap$.DE. Reading-Difficulty Homebound.DE. Retarded.DE. Hospitalized.DE. Underachievers.mj,mn.. ATTACHMENT 5 VERSION B DIALOG SYMBOLOGY

~~"HANDICAPPED": TERMINOLOGY FOR USE AS SEARCH SAVES~~

Minimal Brain Dysfunction I.., Mini- Search Save Learning Problems I Neurosis/DF Disabilities/DE Partial Hearing Disorders/DE Partial Vision °. Disturb?/DE Psychosis/DF. Handicap?/DE Problem Children Impairments/DE Reading Difficulties, Retarded Children Retardation/DE :Retardation/DE Schizophrenia/DE Special(w)Education/DE, Slow Learners Exceptional/DE Special Classes SpecialMEducation/DE Special Health Problems II. Full Search Save Special Schools' S4Ittering/DF Aphasia/DF.

Autism/DR , Behavior ProbleMs III. Old Thesaurus Terms Blindness/DF Cerebril Palsy Blind/DF Cleft Palate, Blind Children Deaf Blind Crippled/DE Deaf Interpreting Deaf/DF l'eafness/DF Deaf Children Delayed Speech Deaf Education Disabilities/DE,ID Deaf Research Disabled/DE Emotionally/DE Disorders/DE Mongolism/6F Downs Syndrome. Neurotic/DE Dyslexia/pF Partially Sighted Emotional Disturbances Minimally Brain Injured Emotional Problems Psychotic/DE Exceptional/DE Reading Difficulty Handicap?/DE Retarded/DE Homebound/DE Underachievers/DF Hospitalized/DE Hyperactivity/DF Impairments/DE

~~INTERCHANGE ATEA CI I M NT tt RICE GosOnline New Sourc ( Information about Resources in Computer Education~~

Educators 'will hay( a new source of in- to search 1(1(7E using procedures similar to ware the materials are used on, grade level, formation about .cc (muter education rc- those currently' used to conduct an ERIC and mode of instruction (drill, simulation, Sources when the R (E data base goes on- search, Most searches arc expected to cost etc.). line in September( ... less than $5, based on computer time used. The Northwest laboratory has estab- "RICE is thmos comprehensive data Itisexpectedthatmostcomputer lished a national network of 26 educational base available on mic rocomputer software searches of theRICEdata base will be by institutionsastheprimarysourceof for use in cl55 nentary Ind secondary educa- organizations Stich as school districts, inter- descriptiveandevaluative'information tion," lexp ainsJut ithEdwards Allen, mediate education units and state education,.about software packages. Commercially Director of the Coin utcr Technology Pro- agencies which provide these services to developed materials are included in the gram at/ the North cst Regional Educa- teachers and:other staff members in their RICE dati base, tional/Laboratory(WREL). When the districtsorschools,explainsEdwards NWREI, has developed a process, for data, base goes online for public access, in- Allen. evaluating the content and instructional forrhation will be avt liable on some 2,009 Ultimately the RICE information base qualityof microcomputer software microcomputer emirs wart items, "That is will include five categories, or "files," In materials.Some 200of,the2,000 most of what existshat is worthwhile at addition Ap thefile, on computer based courseware packages described in RICE this time," adds Edssards Allen. courseware, a second file of more than 150 have be evaluated by staff membersqt RICE, which star ds for Resources in producers or developers 61 microcomputer these institutions using the NWREL evai Computer Educatio,has been designed softWare:w11 also be operational in Septem- tion proccdpre. The "Evaluator's. and developed over tc past three years by ber. Threc.Ot "filepsAll be' added in 1983: forMicrocomputer-Basedlnst J10,/,-/P NWREL with supp rt from the National ;Computer",litcraCy, containing objec- Packages," which describes the: Wii*and,i4lif Institute of Educatio. The initial installa- provides evaluation instrume, tives:. andtest i itemsfor computer tion of RICE is on 13S, Inc.'s School Prac- published by the,Intematiorial OP de; education tices Information Network (SPIN), which Computers in Education at the be rtInanto%:y,,':) provides search and retrieval services for Project Register, containing descrip- of Computer and Information,-etent..e) more than 50 inforation files. Informa- tions'of school projects in K-12 com- University of Oregon, Eugene, .9Kestt;./,' tion abo-t procedu es. for accessing the puter applications. 97403 (S2.50 for single copy with quantity" RICE da base isavailable from BRS, discounts).Italsoisavailablethrotigh;, Inc., 12 Route 7, Lathain, New York Inventory,' containing numbers of student stations and other data on in- ERIC (Educational ResourtesInformalio 12110. Center documint ED 206 330).° stallation of hardware in schools Operatioof theICE computer-based Information about the RICE ithitaasels information ystem i. currently undergoing Searches of the files can be conducted us- availablefromJudithEdsVards;Z'Allep, a four-month field to t. When public access ing ERIC descriptors, or more than 20 DirectoroftheN,WRELP Corn titer begins in September, educators will be able other categories, such as the type of _hard- Technology Program, ;2, _ _

~~How to Access the RICE Data Base~~

Someone wishingto conduct an online PracticcsInformation Network (SPIN). of the communications equipment' is S300 search of the RICE esources in Computer There is no cost to join the Network. Ap- and up. Education) data bascan do so using any plications can be Obtained from BRS, A local telephone dumber will be avail- terminal or microcoputcr equipment. It is 1200 Route 7, Latham, New York 12110. ablein most citiesto access the data base without a long distance call. The anticipated, that mosof the direct access to BRS will issue an identification number search is conducted using ERIC and other the system will be borganizations such as and password, and provide an information large school district, intermediate educa- descriptors. packet on access and starch procedures. The only cost for the search is a charge tion units and stae education agencies The,only equipment needed by a school per minute of computer time-used. Typi- which provide searcl services to their con- district c) other agency to conduct searches cally, the cost of a search will be less than' stituent districts or shoots. is a computer terminal or microcomputer S5. There is no minimum monthly charge or First, the agencymust join the School with communications interface. The cost flat fee.

~~Reprinte,d from the Northwest Report, April-May1982.Published by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory~~

~~INTERCHANGE 589 ATTACHMENT ti 'What- Information Is Available on RICE?~~

RICti consists of five categories, or "Ides," PRODUCERS (Online September 19,12) PROJECT REGISTER (Online 198)) lit/urination about applications of compptets in Information abordithe producers of packages Ihscriptiorm of school projects lo K -12 for computers In education computer 'applications :SOFTWARE PACKAGES Information providciii: Infottnation prisviiicd; (Online September 1982) Organisation Project Name Description and evaluatiori information *bout Contort Name 'and Phone lion Agency liveable products hardware Brands /And Types for which Contact Person Brief Description Information provided: Software is Produced Subject or Applications Areas for which Expected Products or Outcomes Package Title Software is Produced Technology In Use Cost Age Levels (if appropriate) Sample User Questions: Producer Motto of Instruction in Courseware Produced Subject Area What places are conducting research on Grade/Ability Level Sample User Questions: computer ust by physically handicapped ERIC Descriptors- What organizations are producing elementary people? Medium (Cassette, Cartridge, Disk) reading programs for 'the MS-80 computer? What if being done in the videodisc project at RequirscWerdware Who is producing administrative materials for Stanleyville Public Schools? Requisfed Solt are the PET CHAP? Type of Package (Single Program, Series INVENTORY (Online 1983) Component COMPUTER LITERACY (Online 1983) Data on hardware lestallatIons, mid their Instructional ?Purpose (Remediation, Standard Instructional goals, objectives and test Items primary applications, la elementary/secondary Instruction, Enrichment) schools Instructional Techniques (Drill and Practice, Information provided: Tutorial, Information (Retrieval, Game, Instructional Goals and Objectives Information provided: Simulatioh, Problem Solving, Learning Test Items Keyed to Objectives School Management). Correct Response ilsr.1.6 in SA4 Primary Application Areas and Levels Documentation Available (Student's Subject and Topic Instructions, Pretest/Posttest, Teacher's Age Level Elementary Student Population Secondary Student Population Information, etc.) Source Evaluation Information Textbook Correlations Numbers of Students Using Computers (Strengthi/Weaknesses, Quality of Rasch or Other Item Data Numbers of Staff Using Computers Instruction, Technical Quality) Sample User Questions: Sagsple User Questions: )How many PETs are in use in Utah? Sample User Questions: What objectives are written for grades 4-6 in What drill and practice packages are available the History of Computers?, How many districts are using micros in 1 in elementary language arts for the Atari 800? elementary schools in four categories of district What are appropriate objectives for a size? Whatevaluation information Is available on Computer Science course In a senior high the Milliken and SRA elementary math school? packages for the Apple?

~~/4 e~~

~~INTERCHANGE ArrACIIMENT 1~~

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~~MICROsearch --A Brief 'Description--~~

~~Background~~

. . In1981the National. Institute of Education awarded two contracts to conduct feasibility studies to see if some advantage could be taken of the proliferation of microcomputers in schools to further disseminate the ERIC database. One contract was awarded to . the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources at Syracuse University.The eqUipment specified for the study was the APPLE II Plus microcomputer with Apple DOS 3.3 operating system and one disc drive. Out of this project came MICROsearch, a computer program which can be used to search the contents of specially prepared diskettes containing small subject-related segments of the ERIC database.

~~Equipment Required MICROsearch requires an APPLE II Plus microcomputer with a minimum of.48K RAM, Apple DOS 3.3 operating system, and at least one disc drive. A printer is useful, but not essential.~~

The Search Program MICROsearch has been designed for use by those without training or experience in online searching. It uses a formatted screen which guides the user through the process of a search. A simple set of aids is available online and these are supplemented by a 29-page manual. Searching may be done on individual words appearing in the tit\and indexing fields, on authors, and on descriptors (keywords taken from the Thesaurus\ of ERIC Descriptors). It is possible to use three logical operators, AND, OR and NOT, as well as right-hand truncation. A VIEW feature allows the user to screen the titles and authors of items found and discard any that are'not of interest. A Re-eXecute feature permits a search to be automatically rerun on subsequent database diskettes without having to reenter the searchterms.It is possible to display itemsretrieved on the screen and/or to have them printed.

Database Diskettes Each database diskette contains between 200-300 bibliographic records in a particular subject area selected from Resources in Education (RIE) and Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE). Each record includes Accession Number, Author, Title, Journal Citation, and Indexing Terms. (Abstracts .have been omitted due to limited storage on the diskettes.)In addition to the files containing the 'bibliographic records, each diskette contains the Basic Index (Which consists of single words from the title, descriptor, and identifier fields), Author Index, and Descriptor Index.

~~INTERCHANGE 591 Arl'ACIIMNT 7~~

Demonstration Sets The .MICROscarch software it available In ademonstration-set from !Mot' Mation Resources Publications, 130 riuntington Hall, SyracuseUniversity, Syracuse, NY 13210 .for $10. This set includes one'diskettecOntaining the MICROsearch software, 'a. sample database diskette, and the manual.

Subscription Service Beginning August 1, 1932, the ERIC Clearinghouse onInformation Resources will be offering a subscription to qUarterly updatesof the ERIC database In specific 'subject areas.The first two subject areas available willbe Educational Technology, and Library and Information Science. The servicewill be retroactive to January 1, 1932. Each quarterly update (which will contain2-3 diskettes) will be priced at $6.00 per diskette. ,

41, Future Developments Further development of MICROsearch isplanned along-three lines.An editor is under development which will allow users to createdatabase diskettes of their own material which can also be searched with MICROsearch.Users wishing to create their own files in MICROsearch format will require twodisc drives. A new formator the search screen is also under developmentwhich is designed to assist the teaching ofsearching in school settings.It is also planned to supportadditional equipment configurations (two disc drives, Winchester disc) on the APPLEII, and to rewrite the software for other brands of microcomputer.

~~For additional information contact: The ERIC Clearinghouse on InformationResources School of. Education Syracuse University ,,,,,,, Syracuse, NY 13210 Phone: (31) 423-3640~~

~~INTERCHANGE AVEACIINKNT D~~

~~Jaauaty 19t12~~

~~IERIC1 FACTS.~~

~~t. AlisrRAcr JOUANAL sravter::~~

~~A. Renourreh in Education (R)X)~~

~~1. S111,0.14* t 0100' .(pr ily 1 ibrari on includ ig .~~

~~approximAtety . ;Goo foreign) 4.000 2. Documente announced in aLr.Hva~~

~~a. Monthly (Average) 1.250 b. Annually (Current Level) 15.000 c. To date (1966 through December,1981) 198,624 4 3. Documents Evaluated Annually for Poanible Announcement in RIM 35,000~~

~~B. Current Index to Journaln in Education (CIJE1~~

~~1. Subscriptions .1,800~~

~~Journaln Covered. 760 .3. Journal Articles Announced in CIJE~~

~~a. Monthly (Average) 1.800 b. Annually (Current Level) 21,500~~

~~c. To date (1969 through December 1981) . 250,663~~

~~II. DOCUMENT REPRODUCTION SERVICES~~

~~A. Organizations Subscribing to Complete ERIC Microfiche Sets (including approximately 75 foreign) 700~~

~~B. Titles Filmed (less than 5I of current document input is copyrighted)~~

~~1. Monthly (per RIE issue) 1,200 2. Annually 14,500~~

~~C. Microfiche Delivered Per Subscriber~~

~~1. Monthly (per RIE'issue) 1,700 2. Annually 20,000~~

~~D. Sales~~

~~1. Microfiche sold on subscription (annually) 16,000,000~~

~~2. Total individual document orders through 1980 1,047,804 (543,886 for microfiche;503,938 for paper copy)~~

*Many of ehese statistics are constantly changing and therefore have been rounded off rather than made exact as of any one day. o \

~~. INTERCHANGE ) 593 ArritotmxN-r~~

~~III,pAAnA!;r 73:AttctittVtel ractfit/) A. %.,:boeflptiona 1:7,77fitiC,mar_uatic tapes (viarttu: (igIctuAttlg totutalgndilaall malov vcuaotn)~~

~~n. "1.i.watt.tlet attestant} cotE:puUct acatcbca ERIC elks~~

~~IV. ftevEmcr. (tioN. ctfmTuPTTHI~~

~~A. f.nquitirm/qucattona antwrtrd auu6ally 8,000 1. ERIC Favility 00.000 1. Cleariughi,wiea (16) V. HmTLI.Ata:ow;nTATI!ITIC!I~~

~~A. Theaaurua bederlptora (a* of 9thr.iit lust. 1982) 4.060 Hain (Inaexable) Terms 1. 3.634 2. :'.ynonyms "Vrai: term (valid at tine- title. but notlonger) 134 3. 8.616 4. Total tern.i~~

~~(IAPs) produced by B. Information Analysis Products 3.662 KRIC Clearinghouses(196/-1980)~~

~~OrKauirailunnifinatitutiona leprenented bydocumenta In C. 25,000 the ERIC database (SourceDirectory)~~

D. UnAge Statlutien(ENtimated)4 to ERIC products 3.269 1. Institutions in U.S. providng access (Annually) 2.7 million 2. Usages of ERIC Resources retrjeved in searches and 3. ERIC bibliographic records 30 million provided to clients Annual expenditure by inatitutionnto support 4. $26 million distribution of ERIC resources .to users the development. 5. Total annual expenditure for distribution, and use of ERIC resourcesin U.S. $136 pillion (only 4.1% provided' by the Federalgovernment)

~~Resources *Source: King Research, Inc. Cost and Usage Study of the Educational Information Center (ERIC) System. Final Report. January 1982.~~

~~INTERCHANGE~~

~~tJk,,T WIN Otia rfek4 USERS~~

~~July 10133~~

~~IA HEE OE CONTENTS~~

i.C.,1-.NVItAl. l'%1114 National l'otiottoit.t.4,,Ii ito lto.clIcto,c i:tl 0.44. a.t:oto Coininittior,c41 1%40(11 Ikaitinrilt of I 4Th...4,24:hill ric1,2nr,1 4 utt4r1-111 Ito.k4..trolIn 14111 R-1.011400, 1.11,r its 71111,1144-1;t1 I RI(' I 4o totrl .,r1 tollonrt Il,'44 ko-t 4 4!!!:.:.41 .lottk lir on I NI(' ( t'ilo,crsio, N11,11411111,, IZe..iticItlI .\()le for t)olt.ritAhon, in RIF 1 t )1 X a% a 1'04I kits E )tirlitatio!qtaintri: NIAtcriall 4

11.PIWIH'CI. fINCLI'VING CHANGISI hestColIctlionilc t, LIS 4 National As...c..,:ocnt of 1 du,. ational iNAI Plans Conly4c4cntiNc NAI I' 1-lisc.1 front I)-l(1a!",t,a,c 1:pdatcd Inalcc% on NIki,,h,hc fr,,,11t ms oo.% Press (-MN% onTici:Cfr:OC C( 0,41 ,11, rofio CoNctItli: Iill. ard CUE kctt:rnc.o and Sut,ick t lndc ,Co:4444-1)4r4-4.(4.11 Svitt int., 41 c,Nanl-cs t'sc41 talt Ycarst I)Irr,t4v; of .9 RIC MI, Co!!:%f;oris Lvn..at:-:l forl'k7i1I i!:titsrs A// AN1444' IR/C tics. 111c, tn;re (HI tin- 1.4cNs f, /WI Whir It Is.I1.'s4 l.'s,- JrRcN i'cc41 AUdit,N istial Nit) 1-RIC' itca411., Rcfcren. cl (#1 () 1- kW Vcntuic-, tn:o 1 Ir-troni,. Publiihing"Ct wcf 1)411ctti- (WO Increase, RIF S:d)%ctirtion il-fIc..ttc %huh R111_\l'kti1) FRIC Ikkunicnt Reproduction SciNicc tEl)RS) EtKe Incica%c% (EffwoNe 0:totvr Price lncteace for ERICI.,,\I.Es FRicrotit_s (Efko,,, sstat 1')51 Data)

~~C()NIPUTER SEARCHING Updating Otilint Rctric al Vcndor Filc% Chanycd ERIC Rc..-ords S The "NA'faVaroundEtohlcrii in Firc1;c1.1 Scari.lun): 8 ERIC the Most I-trquently Scarihrd Eric (According to MA) 9~~

Online Search Stratcl..JcvNcs... Book(cosec AdNit.'t . . . Ncw Publication Type Code 171"Multtlingual 9 National Acscs\ment of Educational Progres% (NALP)-nocumcnt% Cataloged for Iktailcd Rctrimal by Specific Asctscmcnt...... 9 DIALOG Discontinucs AVAILUNAVAIL-EiMit . .

~~IV. MICROCOMPUTERS ...---.-~~

~~"Knowlcge Indo.'*--ticv.-131ALOG Offenng, for home Computcr Users . 10, "IIRS'Aftcr Dark" Offrf..d to Home Computer Uscrs 10 ..,-.-~~

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~~UST OF ATTACHMENTS~~

~~Attachtticnt Nino-n.21 .**,on I_tycllctnr toI.! C.v.n.r..Issio.-nrea Papers~~

Attactunctst3-2:D.t-patt:ncnt of I .!..42tIon Ptcpalr.1 IX.,:umcnts to 1.10(-1At,t1ta... t JournalKft.(1/11-3to 1 J.... .ztion t R1L ) to Ile to Gh.) fof In..lt.slon ut IX-pot:tot) I.11 -tat) DIttnt,...non*

~~Attachmcnt10.3:1.1u,atton21 1-tcsourscs Infotttunon Center ReptInted from The /Loairt :sth 1...11tton, 1(.61p 01~~

~~Attachment83-41: ts:A11) Relatc1 Estra...116-totts the JR /C i'nvett:r!~~

~~Attachment 1)trrito9 ofsERI(' Collet-welt Rctioest foeInfocr.-anonfor `19S.3~~

Attachment 11)RSOttict Font*

~~Attachment 11I-7: Nit Codes~~

~~Attachment /13-81WraP3-r"und Emblem~~

~~Attachment 113-9:ERIC VmahularyRevicst. Grp --- Current~~

~~Attachment 8.3.10: Heavily Po*tcti hkr.ttfkrs thatShouli 13e Co.rts dieftd for the ERIC Thessursu~~

~~Attachment ERIC Facts~~

~~INTERCHANGE .57~~

~~I. GENERAL USER INFORMATION ERIC Focuses on the Practitioner~~

National Commission on Excellence in In an attempt to make ERIC of even mere use to the/ educa- Education ERICAcquires,Commissioned tional practitioner, the National Institute of Education (NIE) Papers has entered into a 2-year, 44phase Cooperative Agreement with the SMERC (San Mateo Educational Resources Center) Infor- 44' The Final Report of the National Commission on Excellence mation Center at the San Mateo County Office of Education I. in Education, A Nation at Risk, has received considerable pub- California. <." licity in the press and other media. A great many written inquiries have been received by ERIC asking hoW to obtain the The 4 phases of this new project have been outlined as fol- Final Report and the commissioned papers it lists. lows:

Original copies of the Final Report may be obtained for Phase Iis designed to find out from the educational $4.50 each fromtheU.S.GovernmentPrintingOffice, practitioner what materials would be helpful to the cedu- Washington, DC 20402, for as long as the supply lasts. (A cational practitioner (a "user driven approach"). GPO Order Form is enclosed for your convenience.) Phase II is designed to,find out whet is already in ERIC ERIC has accessioned the Final Repoli 'into its database, and that is most useful or most helpftlr to the educritional it will be announced in the June issue of Resources in Educa- practitioner. tion (RIE) as ED-226 006. The ERIC Document Reproductions' Servi9e (EDRS) will sellmicrofiche,of this document for $.97 Phase III is designed to locate, index, and abstract andreproducedpaper copy for $5.65. All orders should cite materials identified in Phase I. the ED number. : Phase IV is designed to computerize and make'available The Nati4nal Commission solicited from experts a wide vari- to practitioners through field test sites, materials located ety of papers pertaining 'to its investigation. These commis- in Phase III. sioned papers have been paticularly difficult for users to obtain since in many cases the only copy was submitted to the Com- mission. ERIC has made a concerted attempt to obtain from the There will be five test sites, one of which will be SMERC Commission all the papers it has received and will 'release. and another the ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social These papers will be announced in the June (7 papers), July Science Education in Boulder, Colorado. The other three test (25 papers), and August (5 papers) 1983 issues of Resources,in sites have not yet been selected. Education (RIE) and may be identified by consulting the "In- stitution Index" inach ssue under the Commission's name. A As a first step into Phase I, five information special' tsriden- list of the comi(nissioned papers,' their ERIC-accession num- rifled` and defined multiple types of information tha : {dre not, , bers, and their prices, is displayed in Attachment 83-1. now generally in ERIC, but that might be of potential use to educators.Theculminationof PhaseItookplacein Department of Education Prepared ?r Sponsored Washington, DC, in earl); March 1983, when 28 educators met Documents Included in GPO Depository Library to discuss, accept, reject, and expand on, the types of materials ShipMents identified as candidate -documents for this practitioner-oriented file. The 28 educators included (among others): The U.S. Government Printing Office has begun to include teachers initsshipments to official depository libraries microfiche administrators copies of DepartMent of Education prepared or sponsored docu- information specialists ments 'that have been announced in Resources in Education representatives of federal education agencies -(RIE). representatives, of such organizations as: There has been some confuSrion aniong recipients asto exactly what is being distributed.Itis important that users NEA (National Education Association) realize that the documents being obtained from ERIC by. GPO AFT (American Federation of Teachers) represent only about 100 items a month or less than 10% of the 4 NASSP(National Association of Secondary Scliool Prin- items announced)in any given issue of RIE. The resultant GPO cipals) microfiche in no way substitute for subscribing to the total NAESP (NationalAssociationof Elementary -School 'ERIC microfiche collection. Principals) AASA (American Association of 'School Administra- In order to clarify this point with depository libraries and tors) . other ERIC users, a flyer has been prepared (see Attachment ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum 83-2) explaining exactly what GPO is doing. Development)

~~INTERCHANG~~

~~3 Examples of practitioner-oriented' materialsidentifiedor agreed to comply° with this request and will issue corresponding being considered, are: changes to theERIC Processing Manual(EPM).~~

~~corporate materials LOEX as a Source for ERIC Orientation/ education-oriented materials, developed by tradeassocia- Training Materials~~

tions or community organizations ; / educational materials developed by non-education state, Since 1972, the LOEX-Clearinghouse, at Eastem Michigan local, and federal agencies University, has assembled and provided on loan to schools and institutions the largest and most comprehensive collection of administrativematerials frommanagementconsulting library user orientation and instructional materials in North firms , America. Included in its collection are materials for teaching book reviews and learning the ERIC system. ERIC bibliographic instructional materials that are available from tOEX take the form of This group of materials is expected to be processed n ERIC brochures, flowcharts, pre-teks and post-tests, workbook subfilc, with each document identified as part of thestibfile, by exercises, audiovisual scripts, annotated bibliographies, etc. the designation of itsTarget Audience(e.g., policy makers, ad- all explaining in detail how to use the ERICThe:saurusand the minstrators, teachers, counselors, etc.), printed indexes,_CUE and RIE. Though, in most cases, the materials haye been submitted by librarians for use in their When ERIC changed the name of its abstiact journal in 1975 bibliographic instruction and orientation seminars, they can fromResearchin Education toResourcesin Education, it took easily be adapted for use by classroom teachers, students, and one small step toward indicating its intention to serve the edu- information dissemination specialists, as well as librarians. cational practitioner as well as the educational researcher. By whatever name it eventually comes to be called, the new sup- The LOEX Clearinghouse encourages and welcomes file is likely to be a giant step toward making ERIC an even individuals and institutions to contribute their own instructional more effective practitioner-oriented body of information: materials to the LOEX collection. If you are interested in finding out what LOEX has to offer or in contributing copies If you are a practitioner and have ever searched ERIC (or of your orientation/training materials to LOEX, please contact: had ERIC 'searched for you), and wish ERIC had a particular type of material, or hadmoreof a particular type of material, Carolyn Kirkendall, Director or wish further information on this project, please contact: LUX Clearinghouse 217 H Library Kathy Clay Eastern Michigan University Project Director Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197 SMERC Telephone: (313) 487-0168 N_333 Main Street Redwood City, California 94063 Telephone: (415) 363-5450 R.-PRODUCT NEWS (INCLUDING PRICE Bowker Annual Article on ERIC CHANGES)..

The Bowker Annual of Library & Book Trade Information,Test Collection File Being Developed by ETS in preparing its 1983 edition, asked ERIC to do a comprehensive article on its mission and objectives, organization, current products and services, and outlook for the future. The re- The Test Collection at the EducationaliTesting Service (ETS) is an extensive library of approximately 41,000 standardized quested paper, which appears as Attachment 83-3, is of interest tests and research instruments. The collection was established particularly for its compact size, broad coverage, and special to provide information on tests to those engage,d in research, section on ERIC's mission and objectives. advisory services, education, and related activities, The collection consists of tests in the following areas:' University Microfilms Requests ERIC to Not Cite Prices for Dissertations Announced in RIE achievement aptitude Like most everything else, the prices University Microfilms attitudes and interests Intemational (UMI) charges for dissertations periodically go personality up. Asa result, they find that the prices ERIC has heretofore sensory -motor cited for those few dissertations in RIE become obsolete more tests for special populations rapidly than is convenient. They have concluded that it would Vocational-occupational be better if ERIC_cited only their Order Number. We have miscellaneous, e.g.:

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45 9'3 counseling aids National Assessment of Educational Progress biographical inventories (NAEP).Plans Comprehensive NAEP courtship and marriage Bibliography Derived' from ERIC Database social skills The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)

. The ERIC Facility is assisting ETS in the creation of mag-has been operated by the Education Commission of the States netic tapes containing the Test Collection cataloging records.(ECS) for the past 14 years, since 1970. During that time it has The eventual goal is to provide public access to a bibliographicacquired a national reputation as the premier gauge of how the 'database of test instruments. The cataloging record contains .thecountry is performing in various educational categories. Some- following fields: time inlate1983, responsibility for this program will shift from ECS to the Educational Testing Service (ETS) in Prince- accession number ton, New Jersey. title ' In order to record the various NAEP-related publications and author (personal and institutional) reports that have appeared during ECS' stewardship of the note NAEP, a bibliography is planned that will contain11NAEP- publication date related documents and journal articles that have been captured availability source by the ERIC system. Nearly 600 items have been identified in time needed to take the test ERIC as candidates for this bibliography. number of test-items age and/or grade level Th mes will be displayed in a classified arrangement subtests designebasically around the various specific assessments that descriptors have been made (see Attachment 83-4). There will be Subject, identifiers Author, and Institution Indexes, with each index entry leading annotation , the user to the particular classified section in which the item appears. The file will be compatible with ERIC in that it uses ERIC De- While the' bibliography will not be published for several scriptors, the ERIC Identifier Authority List, and the Sourcemonths, advance orders shouldbe directed to: Directory as authorities. BR6, Inc., Lath*, New York, has agreed to mount the Test Collection file as part of the SchoolNational Assessment of Educational Progress Practices Information File (SPIF) database. SPIF is a publicSuite 300 database and can be searched through a current BRS subscrip- 1860 Lincoln Street Denver, Coloiado 80295 tion or, at reduced rates, as a member of the School Practices Information Network (SPIN). Final paragraph labels and search capabilities will be compatible with the SPIF format. It will beUpdated RIE/CIJE Indexes on Microfiche from possible to limit a search to the Test Collection portion ofEDRS SPIF. The ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS) now has available computer-output microfiche indexes, as follows: Currently, the ERIC Facility is completing work on the first 5,000 records, which shouldbe searchable on SPIF by the fall Year Index Span Price of 1983. By July1, 1984, another, 2,500 records will have been processed. After all the retrospective work has been com- RIE pleted, plans call for quarterly updating of the database and Title 1966-81 $ 7.05 semi-annual editing of the file. Personal Author 1966-81 11.85 Institution 1978-81 1.35 Since the ERIC database contains many research papers and Subject 1978-81 7.40 journal articles in which informatioh on tests and test use is Descriptor Usage 1966-81 6.15 Identifier Usage 1966-81 4.30, available, the Test Collection file (ofIce it is made public) and ERIC should provide complementary databases for those inter- CIJE ested in the area of tests and measurement. Questions about the Descriptor Usage 1969-81 5,80 Test Collection can be addressed to: Identifier Usage 1969-81 4.40

Marilyn Halpern °' TOTAL I _s48.3o Educational Testing Service (ETS) Rosedale Road __In addition, EDRS sells a cumulation of the RIE Resumes, Princeton, New Jersey/0,8541 as follows: Telephone: (609) 734-5737 RIE Resumes 1966-81 $76.50

INTERCHANGE 599 Oryx Press Offers Comprehensive COM public as ERICTOOLS from the ERIC Facility. The sale prices Microfiche Covering RIE and CIJE Resumes and arc: Subject Index Archival Edition:$30, domestic; $40,. foreign.

Oryx Press has prepared a comprehensive set of COM Truncated Edition(semiannual): $25, domestic; $35, microfiche covering RIE Resumes, CUE Resumes, and a com- foreign. bined RIE/CIJE Subject; Index. With the early printed issues of RIE and CIJE rapidly becoming unavailable in imy form, this microfiche set represents ,a way for many libraries to acquire complete RIE and CIJE sets. The combined "RIE/C1.1E SubjectDirectory' of ERIC Microfiche Collections Being Index" restricts itself solely to "major" index terms (as do theUpdated for 1983 Edition printed indexes). Because of its size and for the convenience of the user, the combined Subject Index includes a fiche index, The last edition of theDirectory of ERIC Microfiche Collec- giving the fiche number and frame location of every index tionsappeared in September 1980 nearly 3 years ago. Many term. new subscribers have signed on since that time, and the stock of the 1980 edition is nearly depleted. As a result, during ;1983 Details on these n wproducts are displayed in the tablethe ERIC Facility plans to compile and issue a new and revised below: edition.

Number of Number of All organizations currently listed have been asked to examine Cumulation Years Accessions Fiche 'Price their existing entry and either re-certifyit or change' itas needed. All new subscribers to the ERIC microfiche will be Main Cumulation .RIE Resumes 1966-80 183,690 278 $ 750' surveyed to determine whether they wish to be listed in the CIJE 1969-80 229,235 117 750' newDirectory. RIE/CIJE Subject IndeX.1 1966-80 260 950- In the event that any of ourInterchangereaders have ERIC 412.925 655 microfiche collections and have not received a copy of the sur- e DiscountedPrice forComplete Set$2.200- vey form, one is enclosed here as Attachment 83-5... Update #1 RIE Resumes 1981-82 28,759 65 $ 85, If you wisb,to be listed in, theDirectory of ERIC Microfiche CIJE Resumes 1981-82 38,641 37 85 Collections,all you have to do is complete Attachment 83-5 RIE/CIJE Subject Index 198142 66 85 and return it to the address indicated on the form. For.further information, please call Elizabeth Pugh, (301).656 -9723, at the 67,400 168 $ 255 ERIC Facility.

plus postage $10.00 domestic; $25.00 foreign **plus postage $6.50 domestic; $9.00 foreign All About ERIC New Brochure Off the Press Source Directory Split into "Archival" and "Truncated" (i.e., Nameg' Used in Last 5 Years) All AboutERIC, the replacement forHow To Use ERIC, is now available. Copies may be obtained from each ERIC Editions Clearinghouse and from the ERIC Facility as long as supplies last. The Superintendent oaf Documents, U.S. Government TheERIC. Sdurce Directoryis an authority list of names ofPrinting Office, Washington, DC 20402, is stocking the book- organizations that have either prepared or sponsored documentslet for sale at $4.25 per copy, with discounts for quantity lots entering the RIE file. Each name is associated in the file with(Stock No. 065-000-00147-1). an 8-character alphanuineric code (e.g., BBB12345), which is thereafter used in the computer system to call forth the desired name form. ERIC: What It Is, How To Use It (Revised Current editions of theSource Directoryare being issued in "Truncated" form, i.e., they include only those organization Audiovisual Kit) names that have been used in cataloging within the last 5' calendar years, i.e., approximately 12,000 names/codes. The ERIC: What It Is, How To_ Use It(Revised Edition) is now last complete- `archival" edition was issued in September 1981 available from,the National Audiovisual Center. Packaged in an and contains approximately 25,000 namestcodes. attractive box, the kit contains three slide tapes and accom-

~~A panying print materials. The first two slide tapes introduce the BothScam= Directoryversions are available for-sale to theuser to the ERIC system and its basic tools. The third slide~~

.INTERCHANGE 6 COO tape . focuses On utilization of knowledge. A Coordinator's Information Resources Publications Manual accompanies the kit. Syracuse University 130 Iluntington Ilull To order:Send a check or purchase order for $94.(X per kit Syracuse, New York 13210 to MICROsearch is designed for 'use with the Apple II Plus Nation 1 Audiovisual Center with 48K 'RAM and Apple DOS 3.3. Washington, DC 20409 Order Section Contact the above address for information on ether diskette Order #A07869 database!; and diskette update subscriptions,

For additional information, call: GPO Increases RIE Subscription Price (Effective Kathy Bryant with RIEAPR83) (800) 638-1300 or (301) 763-1891 Effective AprilI,1983, GPO has increased the prices for RIE as follows:

ERIC Ready References (#1-6) Subscriptions Single Copy The following "ERIC Ready Reference" aids have been de- DomesticForcignDomesticForcign veloped by, and are available free from, the ERIC Facility (as long as supplies last): RIE Monthly Issues (12) $95.00$118.75$ 9.50$11.90

~~RIE Semiannual Index (2) $29.00$ 36.25$16.00$20.00 Ready ReferenCe#I: ERIC Accession Number Ranges~~

~~Ready Reference#2: ERIC Publication' Types Existing subscriptions will be honored through their normal termination date. Renewals will then be at the new rate. Rcady Reference#3:, Sample RIE Resume~~

Ready Reference#4: How to Use theThesaurus of ERIC Descriptorsfor an Effective ERIC ERIC Documerit Reproduction Service (EDRS) Search Price Increases (Effective October 1982) Ready Reference #5: ERIC Price Codes Effective October I,1982, the ERIC Document Reproduc- Ready Reference #6: ERIC Clearinghouses(andother tion Service (EDRS) prices for paper copies and microfiche of network components) addresses, ERIC documents were increased by 6.1%. Under the terms of telephone numbers, scope notes their contract with the National Institute of Education (ME), EDRS may increase their prices' only on the basis of demonstrated increases in their basic costs for materials' (e.g., film), ERIC Ventures into Electi:onic Publishing -- equipment, and production. "Computer Literacy" Diskette, The new base price forean ERIC title in microfiche is $.97 (up from $.91). This includes any title that will fit on up to The first ERIC InfOrmation Analysis produet to be published five (5) microfiche (i.e., thatisless than or equal to 480 solely on diskette (a compilation of all ERIC citations on pages, or about 98% of all titles). Each additional microfiche "Computer Literacy" up to January 1983) was featured on a beyond the basic five costs $.20 (up from $.19). BESTNET teleconference for the departments of education of 41 states and 8, NIE Urban Task Force cities on May 18. De- The new base price for an ERIC tit e in paper copy is $2.15 veloped for Project BEST (Basic tducational Skills through (up from $2.00) for adocumentof up to 25 pages. Each addi- Technology) by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Re-.\ tional 25 page increment costs $1.75 ( p from $1.65). sources, "Computer Literacy" is formatted for searching via MICROsearch, a microcomputer searching program developed Thepricefor backcollections,collections, by Clear- by W. Bruce Clark.Itis available, together with the new inghouses, and other special collections have similarly in- MICROsearch program disk and manual, for $15.00 per set, creased. The EDRS Order Form and the ERIC Price Code plus $1.00 shipping and handling for the first set and $.25 for Conversion Table (Attachments 83-6 and 83-7, respectively) each additional set from: have been revised to reflect the new prices.

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7 601 l'rice Increase for ERICTAPES/ERICTOOLS Indexing change!. to match changes to the 77wsuurus, (Effective with 1983 Data) e.g., deletibn of old Descriptor "Mongolism" anaddi- tioninits' place of new Descriptor "Downs Syn- drome." Magnetic tapes containing the 'ERIC database (known as ER1CTAPES) have been sold to the public since the early ERIC would dike very much to see that the records changed 1970s, Selected internal publications (known as ERICTOOLS) in tItesc ways are inserted, for the benefit of the users, into the have also been provided for sale as part of the same effort, online vendor databases. One way of accomplishing this would Now, beginning with January 1983, it is finally necessary to be to send them a magnetic tape containing full records for all raise the prices of both ER1CTAPES and ERICTOOLS in order the accessions that have been modified since' the time they last to provide sufficient revenue to continue the service. received .a full ERIC file. This would be relatively easy for ERIC to accomplish because each ERIC record contains; as a This program of public sale was established by the Govern- , housekeeping data clement,thelastdatetherecord Was 'tient to achieve wide dissemination of the data at the lowest changed. possible cost to the educational community. The prices established in the early 1970s have not increased across the past 10 Questions arise as to whether the online vendors would be in years. The .1983 increases arc based on the increased costs ofa position to utilize such a tape if it was received, Do they magnetic tapes, printing, graphic arts, postal service costs, and have the software necessary to update the ERIC search files on the labor to administer the program. the basis of a tape containing hundreds or even thousands of sequential (but not necessarily consecutive) complete records, The increase in the tapes varies somewhat by product, but itextending across the entire length of the database? If thcy have is basically an increase from $55/tape to $75 /tape. The increasethe capability to use such a tape, would they be willing to do in the prices for the ERICTOOLS products, reflects the in-so? What would be the best schedule on which to send them creased costs of printinglistsand indexes dealing with asuch tapes: Semiannually? Annually? database that is much larger than it was 10 years ago. The ERICTOOLS prices have also been impacted by the-dramatic ERIC has asked each online vendor to respond to these ques- rise in postage costs over the past few years. The increase intions. We are hopeful that the heavy use received by the ERIC the printed products also varies, but is generally around-$5 tofile will predispose them to a positive response. We will keep $10 per product. The new ERICTAPES /IRICTOOLS pricesyou informed as to if and when ERIC backfile changes eventu- apply to all orders involving 1983 data. ally make it into the online vendor search files.

~~Information sheets and pricelistsfor ERICTAPES/ERIC- TOOLS are available from the ERIC Facility. The "Wraparound" Problem in Free -Tejrt Searching~~

III. COMPUTER SEARCHING The ERIC Facility recently performed a free-text computer search of DIALOG's ERIC filelookin'gfor "Hand Com- Updating Online Retrieval Vendor Files with puters." We specified "Hand(w)Computer?" appearing in the Changed ERIC Records Abstract field and were 'perplexed when the two hits that resulted appeared not to fulfill the search conditions. However, a The major online retrieval vendors (BRS, DIALOG, SDC)closer look revealed the operation of the so-called last reloaded the ERIC database in the-last quarter of 1980. "wraparound" prOblem.

When numbering the words that appear in a lengthy free-text . Because ERIC is a "dynamic" database, its backfile is always open to justified changes. Examples of changes thatfiaa7191ALOG numbers through 128 (the maximum that can ERIC has regularly made (every 6 months) to its backfile sincebe numbered.using one byte) and then starts over again. The 1980 are as follows: 129th word is tiuMbered,j; the 130th word is numbered 2, eta.

In one of our false drops, the, word "computer" had been II, Changes to Author names, e.g., correction of spelling, addition of missing names; word 11 and the word "hand" had been word 139. In re-numbering, 4ord 139 became the second word 11. The program Correction of typograPical errorsinTitlefield, ortreats words with the same numeric value as adjacent. The first other important record 90 cations; word 11 "computer" was judged to be adjacent to the second ,word 11, "hand," and we got a hit. Deletion of duplicate records (each- non-preferred item of a duplicate pair is "skeletonized," leaving behind In the other false drop, "hand" was word 46 and "com- only the accession number, title, and a note leading the puter" was word 175. Word 175 became the second 47th word user to the retained item); in the "wraparound," which resulted in another hit.

INTERCHANGE 602 ItIS In terming to note thatstu renumbering generates an translation into English from an original non-English text, escalating Ouniber of possible false drops IIItIs repeated very but other translation situations also apply. many times. This Is illustrated In Attachment 83-8. Should also be classified elsewliete when possible. NeedlesstoSay,thedesignfeaturethatcleatesthe "wraparound" pr iblein would probably have to be changed to 111 -- Materials 'accommodate andatabase involving really lengthy free-text fields. Materials whose contents include equivalent or near-equi- A valent information In two or more languages. Meanwhile we describe the system limitation here for your 'Information, It just. may explain some of those false drops you Also class'iO elsewhere when possible. couldn't understand. Caution: Do not misuse. Nonequivalent content In two or ERIC is the Most Frequently Searched File more languages (collections of disparate articles (According toy AT/L) indifferent languages, most for language textbooks, etc.) should .be, excluded from this Advanced Tec nology/Lihraries, a newsletter published by category. Knowledge lndu try Publications, Inc., recently did a survey of 50 public, academic, andspeciallibraries that subscribe to Also, the' following indexing note is being added to the De- online services. As reported in the February 1983 issue, ERIC scriptorMULTILINGUAL. MATERIALS in the ERIC is the most frequently searched file arnong.the participants in Thesaurus.- (MULTILINGUAL MATERIALS was itself added the survey. to the Thesaurus in November 1982.)

Online Search Strategies New Book Gives "(Note: Corresponds to Pubtypc 171 do not use except Advice as the subject of a document.)" National Aisessment of Educational Progress A new book entitled Online Search Strategies was published by Knowledge Indus try Publications, Inc., in 1982. The section (NAEP) Documents Cataloged for Detailed, on the "Social a d Behavioral Sciences" (p.137-174) was Retrieval by Specific Assessment written by Donna. Dolan of BRS. ERIC is touched on only lightly (see p. 157) but the section has cogent advice to give on During the past year, whenever NAEP has submitted a docu- the subject of when to do controlled vocabulary searching,ment to ERIC, they have included a completed resume form to when to do free-text searching, and the differences between the assist whichever Clearinghouse was assigned the document. two (see p. 164). There are also some helpful flowcharts concerning the database selection process. You may want to check Of particular note is the fact that NAEP has built into each it out if you are looking fOr training materials in this area. resume Identifiers that identify both NAEP and the specific assessment involved and a trailing ,phrase in the Abstract that identifies the type of information contained in the document. New Publication Type Code 171 "Multilingual/ Bilingual Materials" The ERIC Processing Manual (EPM) treats these two data elements on pages V-94 and VIII-2-17-19, respectively. (See Pubtype Code 171 "Multilingual/Bilingual Materials" hasAttachment 83 -4.) been approved as an additional category in ERIC's Publication Type scheme (per a recommendation of the ERIC Vocabulary The computer searcher should be aware of these processing Review Group). Clearinghouses began using the new code forconventions as they permit retrieval of NAEP documents at a April 1983 input. (As in the past, the maximum number ofvery detailed level, if that should be necessary. One caution: codes that may be used for a given document is three (3).) these processing conventions are only about a year old and therefore the online vendor files contain this information only for the past year. On the ERIC Master Files, all 575 NAEP-re- The new codeisa subcategorization of .code170 "Translations." Figure V-12 of the ERIC Processing Manuallated documents have been updated in similar fashion; how- (EPM) isbeing revised to carry definitions of these twoever, these backfile changes will not appear in the online ven- categories as follows: dor files until the next re-load (or major update).

~~170 TRANSLATIONS DIALOG Discontinues Avail/Unavail Limit~~

oTo be applied to any document translated from its original DIALOG has announced that internal technical restrictions language into a second language. The usual case will be ahave forced them,to discontinue the LIMITn/AVAIL and /UN-

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9 603 AVAIL conunatids that have heretofore i)erniitted searchers to ollItS/AFEER DARK" Offered to Home easily limit output to those items available or 11101Vallabk 110111 Computer Users 111C ERIC 1)ocument Reproduction Service (EDRS). 'IRS/AIM:It DARK is the name ()I' the new service IIRS has Ifriwever. DIALOG has establisheda new prefixcoded developed for personal computer users,It was originidly ad- search fichl.(AV) that can be used to create the saw results, nounced in the November 1982 issue of1)RS Bulletin.De- iii-thc.way shown below, The A set is established using AV r, scribed as 11 User friendly system that requires no formal train- resultant set can then be ANI)'ed with the Sept') set, ing, IlltS/A171'ER' DARK allows personal or home computer users access to many of the same comprehensive databases (in- Available from 11)R S: cluding ERIC) available to organitationsdurigg the day. The service is available from 6:00 p.m. until midnight, local time. S AV = PRICE Rates include a one-time subscription charge of $50.00. Access_ iiiliRSTAFIER-DARK-tsaVailable for a minimum fee of Not Available from FURS (EDs only) $6.00 per connect hour, including UNINEf telecommunications charges, and there is a $12.(X) per month minimum usage S AV =DOCU 1ENT fee. (Individual database royalties arc not included in the $6.® per connect hour charge, but have been reduced for this program.) Subscribers are billed through theirpersonal bank credit DIALOG's formal not cc of this change, scheduled to appear cards. in the July 1983 issue of Chronolog, Indicates the use of a more complex' search statement for obtaining the "available Further information can be'obtained by calling: from EDRS" set,i.e.,S. AV = EDRS(w)AV = PRICE; however, the simpler strategy shown above achieves the same re- Manager sult as the more complex DIALOG strategy (and ddcs it in less BRS/AFfER DARK connect time).1 (800) 833-4707 (518) 783-7251 (CollCct in New York State or Canada) IV. MICROCOMPUTERS V. VOCABULARY NEWS "Knowledge Index" New DIALOG Offering for Home Computer Users ERIC Thesaurus 10th Edition Scheduled for January 1984 Inthe November and December 1982 issues ofChronolog, DIALOG announced KNOWLEDGE INDEX, a new service TheThesaurus of ERIC Descriptorsprovides immediate ac- intended for Users of home or personal computers. cess to ERIC's controlled vocabulary. It is theessential tool for anyone conducting subject searches of the ERICdatabase. The INDEX will provide users with a simplified version of DIALOG's search capabilities(i.e., some features of The 10th edition of theThesaurusis scheduled for publica- DIALOG bffline prints, search saves, SDI have been re- tion in January 1984. It will reflect approximately 700 changes moved) and low-cost access to a selected group of DIALOG's from the 9th edition, including more than 200 new searchable files,including, amongothers, ERIC, ABI/INFORM, "main terms." The publisher will be The Oryx Press, 2114 PSYCINFO, MEDLINE, and NEWSEARCH. North Central at Encanto, Phoenix, Arizona 85004.

Availability of the service is limited to the United States.ERIC Thesaurus to Be Translated into Japanese The cost of access will be $24/hour for all files;there is a $35 fee to initiate' service. Local hours of access will be as,follows: Central ERIC recently approved a request from the director of the Center for Educational Technology, Aichi University of Monday-Friday6:00 p.m. - 5:00 a.m. Education, Kariya, Aichi, Japan, that they be permitted to into Japanese. The Saturday 8:00 a.m. - midnight translate theThesaurus of ERIC Descriptors Sunday 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 am. purpose of the translation is twofold: I. to add key words to educational technology articles Further information can be obtained by calling: written by Japanese for scholars outside Japan, and .

(800) 528-6050, Ext. 415 2. to help Japanese researchers have an accurate under- (800) 352-6458, Ext. 415 (from Arizona) . standing of the Descriptors when they use RIE,' CUE, (800028-0470, Ext. 415 (from Alaska or Hawaii) and other databases.

INTERCHANGE " 604 The reqgcst stated that the ERIC Themmini was "highly hfrutiller Authority List (1AI.) Now Available c litted thiouglamt the woild" and "also roily 11CCCasiblo to Grouped by Category researchers in Southeast Asia," The Identifier Authority 1,rst (IAI.) is now produced in two displays, In addition to the basic Alphabetical Display, with all ERIC Vocabulary Review Croup (VRC) Identifiers ailringed alphabetically A to Z (together with post- Current Membership ings data for each Identifier), a Cotegmy Display has been produced. The Category Display consists of 20 separate lists of The current membership 01the ERIC Vocabulary Review Identifiers, arranged alphabcticallY within each of the broad Group (VRG) is lister! in Attachment H3-9, The VRG oversees categories. These broad categories include: all changes to the Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors.

ERIC users encountering difficulties in subject searching, or Conferences/Meetings Languages/Linguistics wanting the addition of new vocabulary terms, arc encouraged Curriculum Areas Laws/Legislation to contact the VRG. Inquiries may he directed to the ERIC Fa- EAluipent Methodsillieories cility Lexicographer, or, if related to a specific subject area, to Facilities Miscellaneous the appropriate Clearinghouse Vocabulary Coordinator. Geographic lAwations Organizations/Institutions. Groups (Ethnic) .Personal Names Heavily Posted Identifiers (Descriptor Candidates) Groups (Occupations)/ Projects/Programs Groups (Other) Science and Technology Any concept working its way into the literature of the ERIC Ilealth-Related Tests/Testing database must, as a rule, first be "tried out" as an Identifier. historical /Special Events Titles (Literary/Artistic) This practice allows a concept to be observed while accumulat- ing usage and/or acceptance among various authors. Frequency The individual category lists are useful in that they enable of indexing occurrence is always an important consideration in indexers and searchers to scan a relatively brief list for a term deciding whether to add a new concept-type term to the ERIC of a partidular type instead of having to scan the entire 33,000 Thesaurus: or so Identifiers listed in the total Alphabetical Display. Sear- chers will find the category lists helpful in detecting a specific Across the next year or two, many heavily used, concept- indexing term when the exact word form for that concept is un- type Identifiers will be analyzed by ERIC Clearinghouses for known. And finally, the Category Display is a rich source of possible inclusion in the Thesaurus, either as main terms orindex terms that may supplement the more familiar ones in the USE references. As Identifiers are upgraded to the Thesaurus, ERIC Thesaurus. For example, the Languages/Linguistics Cate- they arc also removed from the Identifier Authority List (IAL). gory includes' a large number of little-known languages that bn the magnetic tape records, the-terms arc removed from the hayc been indexed in the ERIC database, but that are not in the Identifier field and re-added, in their authoribuive form, in the ERIC Thesaurus. Descriptor field. The IAL category Display, like the IAL Alphabetical Dis- Since many of these terms arc on the "cutting edge" of ter- play, can be brined from the ERIC Facility, for $20 (domes- minology usage, the readers of Interchange may be interested tic), $30 (f ), postpaid. , in them and in the retrieval capabilities they provide. The 116 terms currently in this subset of "heavily posted" (40+) Iden- tifiers arc displayed, together with their usages, in Attachment 83-10. VI. MISCELLANEOUS j ERIC Thesaurus Statistics ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges Changes Address The ERIC Lexicographer reports the following statistics for the ERIC Thesaurus through the June 1983 file update: In February 1983, the ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Col- leges (ERIC/JC) moved to a different building on the UCLA Main Terms 5,034 campus. The present address and telephone number are: Synonyms (Use Terms) 3,803 ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges Invalid Descriptors 134 University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) (used,at atone time, but 8118 Mathematical Sciences Building no longer in use) Los Angeles, California 90024 Total Terms 8,971 Telephone: (213) 825-3931

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11 6,0 5 DRS Electronic Mull Addresses for Selected ERICmilogy, The ERIC' Technology Committee has pinvidedille Components iliformatio about sun age L'apaiity. and haw it w- hites to FMC's docinuent delivery needs and database distribu- liullneeds: The following ERIC components may be frothed byseniling a message on the DRS MSGS system: Optical Video Disk CI NIC at T28A Facility at T847 Contains 54,0(8) concentric disk tracks. Each track captures FRIC/CF.at TI180 one image. The image data are captured by means of a setteti ERIC/COut T878 of "Os' burned into the surface of the track. A laser running 11141C/ ECut "I'529 over the rack generates light reflected back to a mirror. The ERIC /I11 at T451 amounif light reflected varies due to the length and frequency ERIC /RCat TEDV of the pits and the Variable space between pits, The result is, in ER IC'/Sliat T6.11; efIrct, urn FM encoded wave signal. It is important to note that FRIC/I'Mat T807 since the length of pits and the distance between pits is entirely variable, the signal being received from such A disk is not equi- Experienced tisers.:rif the !IRS AfSG.5 system offer the fol-valent to just a series of 0'S and as one finds in purely di- lowing suggestions for its use: gital Storage. It iSSialletillieS convenient to refer to this type of k storage as "imago- based" as contrasted to "character-based," I. The DRS MSGS system does not tell you if a message has been picked up. If it's iportant for you to know whether Storage Capacity your message has been received,it's a gixxt idea to say "Please acknowledge this message" at td of the mes-. While there may be as many as 14 billion (giga) pits per side sage you're sending. ofansvoptical video disk, this has, in a sense, little to do with its image storage capacity. The storage capacity is determined 2. You can send a message to more than one address at aby the number of tracks (i.e., one image per track). With time, but you must list the T numbers separately, i.e '54,000 tracks per side, the storage capacity of one optical video disk would be 108,000 document pages. ENTER RFEIVING ADDRESS CANCEL OR SEND 1123,1456 SEND If we assumed that the average ERIC document size is 72 pages (as has been demonstrated statistically over the years), Be sure to put a comma and no spaces between T numbers,then one optical video disk could store approximately 108,000 and one space between the last T number and SEND. ÷ 72 = 1,500 documents. One optical video disk could,,hold RIE Title Index Alphabetization Changed to one month of documents announced in Resources in Education .(RIE). A years's worth of documents would require 12 such Word,by-Word (from Letter-by-Letter) disks.

1 At the request of many users, the method of alphabetizingOptical Digital Disk the RIE Title Index has been changed from letter-by-letter to the mofamiliar word-by-word. This new approach avoids the Optical digital..disks have been developed as a computer major rawback of letter-by-letter sorting of sometimes separat-mass storage device. Digital information is encoded onto a ing en ries beginning with the same word, e.g.: standard video signal. The data are then. "burned" into the standard 54,000 disk tracks using the same technology as when Let er-by-Letter: EDUCATION AFTER SCHOOL recording images. Each track contains 32 addressable sectors of EDUCATIONAL ABILITIES 15,200 bits each. Current capacity of an optical disk loaded EDUCATION IN FRANCE with digital (character-based) information is 1010 bits per side or approximately 1,billion characters per side. Research is un- W rd-by-Word: EDUCATION AFTER SCHOOL derway to extend this capacity to 1011 bits per side, but this is EDUCATION IN FRANCE not yet a reality. EDUCATIONAL ABILITIES Op Ica) Videodiscs Their Storage Capacity "Jukebox" arrangements of multiple stacked disks with multiple reading heads further extend this capacity, but these also Rel tive to the ERIC Documents and ERIC have yet to be developed. Da bate (Some Calculations Based on Currently Ad -erased Capabilities) Storage Capacity

e impressive storage capacity of optical disks is leading The optical digital disk is less interesting for full document y organizations to look into the applicability of this tech-storage than the optical video disk because the contents of the

INTERCHANGE 12 603 documents putcased by ERIC ate not in digital form, 'shit Chlit Pipko may change someday, but it isAtOt likely to be a '11611 knit tot, Education Cortunission of the States ptovenient, Even to,itis inletetting to calculate how many lit60 Lincoln Sheet, Sotto A(k) document% might be shunt digitallyif they weir in digital Colotailti 110291 .1.elepti1)lirr., (.101) H10-.1801

Ifitis assumed that the average document it 72 pages InAbstruet Site Analysis length and that each page Contains all Maisie of 4,000 chalk.= Year) tell (actually "positions'' on the page that (an,contain it char- actor of it blank), then each dotlitlettt contains approximately In connection withitsrecent Woeisholt tovesligatitt%the 72 X 4,000 288.000 byteso, inhumation, quality of alittractt. ERR' pcifottnet1 a statistical analyst% of alittiact site by year, for the past five year,. 1978.1982. The results weir as follows 3.472 document% per disk side 1 M(81,(0)081 2814.thx) Smallest Abstract 1- artiest Abstract Average Abstrici 6.944 doctiments per disk Year (hi Characters) lbw Characters) On Characters)

Under theseasstOoptiolls,ahoostallthe documentsan- 1970 115 11.,0-134496) 2,429 (11).156625) 1,017.46 nounced by ERIC in RIE doting _a year's time could be shim! 1919 78 (f4).16181D 2,101 1E1)-113691) 1,049,76 digitally On two optical digital disks, An awe-inspiring result! 1980 95 (14).1711621 2,416 (I.1)-182458) 1,015,71 1981 147 (1:0-196118) 3,045 WO-191244) 1.111.08 1982 17 (ED-2146681 2,448 MY:108'9) 1.191.54 Needless to say, the optical digital disk would have no prob. tem storing the ERIC database. If it is assumed that the ERIC ( 'Ilseinos\tintegrating gene'ralization tht can be made front database (through1982) consists of itaToximately 212,000\ . ED's and 267,((X) El's and that Errs average aroad 1,800`.this data is% that 'since 1978, ERIC abstra.ts have increased in average si c by it 80.07 characters orabs' characters (including blanks) and EJ's average around 450 it 30 words: We are geeing atit 'mire verbose. but not by nuch! however, across characters (including blanks) then the database amounts to: 1982 and its 13:825 accessions this woolIattloUllt to 414.750 words. If the averagenumber of (212,00)) (1,8(X)) 381,6(X),(X/0 bytes abstract ords per line in RIE is assumed to be 7. this would amouttto 414,750 + 7 = 59,250 lines. If the average number of lines per column in RIE (267.000) (450) = 120,150,(X)0 bytes is assumed to be 95, this would amount to 624 columns, or approximately 624 + 3 207 pages. In other Words. the in- 501,750,000 bytes crease in average abstract site between 1978 and 1982 can, by Under these assumptions, the total ERIC database throughitself, account for an increase in RIE total pages for the year of 207 pages (about 2/3 of an RIE issue). 1982 would fit onhalfof one side of an optical digital disk. Another awe- inspiring result! The second most interesting finding is that if 6 characters is taken as the size of an average word, the average abstract in 1982 was 1,197.53 + 6 = 199.59 words or incredibly close ERIC Microfiche Collection (Partial) for Sale totheERIC Processing Manual(EPM)specifiedword from Education Commision of the States (ECS) maximum of 200 Words.

The Education Commission of the States has notified theERIC Facts (as of January 1983) ERIC Facility that they have an ERIC microfiche collection begun in 1968 that they would like to sell. Interested parties TheERIC Factssheet has been updated and is included in should seek additional details and asking price from: this issue ofInterchangeas Attachment 83-11.

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~~4111 OerNICW of Science I:Alit:MIMIin 1'1)-227 076 ,97 10.90 the United States and Selected Foreign Countries~~

~~Academic Wotk D-227 ()97 .97 .7.40~~

~~Sonic Ideas Atxmt Student Cognition. Fl) -228 240 .97 2.15 Motivation and Work (A Critique of the Symposium on ThetinhicorA Ri)k in 1.c.u-ning)~~

~~A Comparative Review of Curriculum: ED-227 068 .97 9.15 Mathematics and International \Studies in the Secondary Schools of Five Countries~~

~~A Review of Effective Schools Research: ED-22S243 .97 3.90 Implications for Practice and Research~~

~~A Little Light on the Subjcct: Keeping ED-225 993 .97 5.65 General and Liberal Education Alive~~

~~Certification and Accreditation: ED-226 003 .97 5.65 Background, Issue Analysis, and Recommendations~~

~~What Is Learned in Schools: Responding ED-227 100 .97 7.40 . to School Demands, Grades K-6~~

~~Schooling in America: Some Descriptive ED-228 246 .97 9.15 and Explanatory Statements~~

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~~Ci'lk"i'S Press and Student Lit 1.1).227 112 97 3 (.10~~

~~AOievemcnt and Quality of:Student 1.1)-227 101 .97 `4) Et fort~~

Intelligence. Motivation and the 147-227 101 .97 2 15 Quantity and Quality of Academic Work and Their Impacts on the Learning of Students: A Practitioner's Reaction (A Critique (if the Symposium on 7he Student's Role in Learning)

~~Standards. Curriculum» and- E1) -227 104 .97 5 65 Performance: An Historical and Comparative Perspective~~

~~Educational Excellence The ED-225 995 .97 3.90 Secondary School - College Connection and Other Matters: An Historical Assessment~~

~~College Admissions and the ED-227 094 .97 3.90 Transition to Postsecondary Education: Standards and Practices~~

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~~DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PREPARED OR SPONSORED DOCUMENTS ANNOUNCED IN ERIC'S ABSTRACT JOURNAL' RESOURCES IN EDUCATION (RIE) TO BE PROVIDED TO GPO FOR INCLUIION,IN DEPOSITORY LIBRARY DISTRIBUTIONS~~

The Government Printing Office (GPO) has made arrangements with ERIC/to obtain the original paper copies of documents announced in Resources in Education (RIE) that are either directly published products of the U.S. Department of Education or that the agency, has sponsored (i.e., contractor reports).

~~This amounts to a little over 100 documents per issue of RIE or somewhat less than 10% of ERIC's total announcements.~~

The items that are 'selected from this group by GPO for announcement in the Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications will then be microfiched by GPO (following GPO's standards for this activity, including the Superintendent of Documents Number in the masthead) and will be included in Depository Library System shipments, under the appropriate categories.

~~For the benefit of libraries, several, points need to be made about this arrangement:~~

The material obtained from ERIC by GPO represents only those Department of Education prepared or sponsored documents thathave been released by the agency and that have met. ERIC selection criteria. They tz, do not necessarily represent the total Department of Education output.

~~The material obtained from ERIC by GPO represents less than 10% of the total ERIC database. The resultant GPO microfiche in no way substitute for subscribing to the total ERIC microfiche collection.~~

~~Since the GPO selection takes place months after ERIC has processed the materials in question, there is no way for ERIC to tag these materials in its abstract journal Resources in Education (RIE).~~

Availability of full-size paper copy of the documents involved will still be through the ,ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS). GPO will not be a source of availability for reproduced paper copy of any ERIC documents.

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~~EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)~~

~~4833 Rugby Ave., Suite 301, Bethesda, MD 20814 301.656-9723 Ted Brandhorst erector. ERIC Processing and Reference Facility~~

The,Educational Resources Information Center, or ERIC as it is commonly referred to, was begun in 1965 by the Office of Education itt an attempt to achieve bibliographic control over the technical report literature being generated by research efforts in educatioit. In August 1972, when the National Institute of Education (NIE) inherited the research functions from the Office of Educations it also inherited the dissemination functions, and ERIC was, therefore, placed organizationally within NIE. In May 1980, NIE (and ERIC) became part of the new U.S. Department of Education. Over the years, ERIC has become the de facto U.S. national system for bibliographic control of the nonbook literature of education.

MISSION AND OBJECTIVES ERIC"s mission is' to bring the English- language literature of education to ihe attention of the education' community and to'make it as easily accessible by this community as possible, so that improvements in the educational process can be facilitated. For this purpose, the educational community is broadly defined to include researchers, 'teachers, administrators, policy makers, librarians, counselors, students, and those members of the general public pursuing an educational interest. To accomplish this broad mission, ERIC has established a number of specific ongoing objectives: 1. Bibliographic control. ERIC will establish procedures for the achievement of bibliographic control over English-language documents and journal articles dealing with education in all its aspects. Documents include research reports, project descriptions, evaluations, bibliographies, curriculum guides, speeches, dissertations, conference proceedings and papers, and many other types of material produced for all educational levels. Journal articles include hot only those appearing in journals devoted to education, but also those dealing with education that appear in non-education journals. (Currently over 700 journals are covered by ERIC.) 2. Announcement to the educational community. The material placed under liographic control by ERIC will be announced to the user community on a timely basis and will-be indexed for easy access. ERIC will not simply collect without announcement. 3. Availability of documents in full text. The material announced to the user community will be .obtainable in full text. ERIC will not simply'. announce material for which no availability can be determined. '.4. Permanent archive. Material announced by ERIC will be available indefinitely. since even information that eventually becomes artiolete can have value as a historical record, and to prevent replication. 5. Computerized retries ability. The ERIC databis 'II be accessible to the users

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by computerized techniques as well as by manual techniques. The ERIC database is very large and manuallearches can be onerous and dine-consuming. For this reason, computerized access and the sophisticated searching techniques that can be applied in that mode must he available. At the same time, since not all users have access to computers or computer terminals, manual access must continue to be provided. 6. Information analysis, synthesis, and reduction. Within its limited resources, ERIC will attempt to aid.the Users in coping with the large volume of information by performing and publishing analyses that, in effect; reduce many documents to one "Information Analysis Product" by summarizing the content of the niany documents. 7. Reference and user services. ERIC will guide the user in the use of the ERICdata- base and its related products and, in thoSe instances where ERIC cannot itself provide the information required or perform the service required, will refer the user to an appropriate source. 8. Service to all levels of user. ERIC will attempt to serve all levels of user, including the researcher in the laboratory, the administrator in the office, and the teacher in the classroom. 9. Wide dissemination. ERIC will attempt to disseminate-itsinformation as widely. as possible, for the benefit of as many users as possible. 10. Lottlecost. ERIC will attempt to achieve its objectives at the lowest cost to the government. It will also attempt to provide its products and services at the lowest possible cost,o the user commensurate with a quality product. This objective will require a ju icious use ofgovernment, non-profit, and for-profit components.

ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW From an organizational perspective, ERIC is a network of decentralized but kn: terldciing organizations, each with specific responsibilities and each performing spe- 'cifiC functions. Such an organizational structure permits ERIC to better interface with the educitional community, but it presents very real operational problems, particularly in the area of coordination of efforts, which must be solved by a variety of tools, procedures, and management controls. The organizations that make up ERIC include a central office (establishing policy for, funding, and monitoring the entire system); 16 subject-specialized "clearinghouses" (collecting and analyzing the literature and producing information products); a central editorial and computer facility (maintaining the data base and preparing the abstract journal Resources in Education, as well as other products); a central "ERIC Document Reproduction Service" (preparing microfiche and document reproductions); a commercial publisher (publishing Current Index to Journals in Education, the ERIC Thesaurus, and other ERIC publications). Full names and addresses for all the components of ERIC appear in ticVist that follows.

~~THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAKE UPERIC. National Institute of Education (Central ERIC) Dissemination and Improvement of Practice Program Washington, DC 20208 ' Tel: 202-254-5500~~

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~~C4Oringhouses~~

Adult, Career, and Vocational Education Languages and Linguistics Ohio State Univ. Center for"Applied Linguistics 1960 Kenny Rd., Columbus, 011 43210 3520 Prospect St. N.W., Washington, DC 20007 Te 4.486.36,5 Tel: 202-298.9292 P Counseling and Personnel ServiCes Reading and Communication Skills Univ. of Michigan National Council of Teachers of ,English 2108 School of Education Bldg., Ann 1111 Kenyon Rd.. Urbana, IL 61801 Arbor, MI 48109 Tel: 217-328-3870 313.764-9492 Rural, Education and Small Schools Educational Management New Mexico State Univ. Univ. of Oregon Box 3AP, Las Cruces, NM 88003 Eugene, OR 97403 Tel: 505-646-2623 Tel: 503-686-5043 4Science, Mathematics, and EnvIronniental, Elementary and Early Childhood Education Univ. of Illinois Ohio State Univ. 805' W. Pennsylvania Ave., Urbana, IL 61801 1200 Chambers Rd., 3rd FL. Columbus, OH Tel: 217-333-1386 43212 Tel: 614-422-6717 , Haridicapped and Gifted Children Council for Exceptional Children Social Studies/Social Science Education 1920 Association Drive, Reston, VA 22091 855 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80302 Tel: 703-620:3660 Tel: 303-492-8434 Teacher Education Higher Education American Association of Colleges for Teacher George Washington Univ. Education One Dupont Circle. Suite 630, Washington, DC One Dupont Circle N.W., Suite 610, 20036 Washington, DC 20036 Tel: 202-296-2597 Tel: 202-293-2450

Information Resources Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation Syracuse Univ. Educational Testing Service School of Education, Huntington Hall. Rosedale Rd., Princeton,NJ 08541 Syracuse. NY 13210 Tel:609.734-5176 Telephone: 315-423-3640 Urban Education Junior Colleges Teachers College, Columbia Univ.' Univ. of California Box 40, 525 W. 120th St., New York. NY 8118 Math Science Bldg.. Los Angeles CA 90024 100±7 Tel: 213-825-3931 Tel: 212-678-3433

Support Organizations ERIC Document ReproddctionService(EDRS) 4833 Rugby Ave; Suite 301, Bethesda, MD Computer Microfilm International 20814 - Corporation (CM IC) Tel: 301-656-9723 3030 N. Fairfax Drive. Suite 200, Arlington, VA 22201 Tel: 703-841-1212 Oryx Press 2214 North Central Ave. at Encanto, 'ERIC Processing and Refeience Facility Phoenix, AZ 85004 ORI, Inc., Information Systems Division Tel: 602-254-6156

PRODUCTS AND SERVICES _ The information available from ERIC is disseminated in a variety of products. Inaugurated in November 1966, and still the cornerstone of the system, is the monthly abstract journal Resources in Education (RIE), which announces the document literature and assigns each document an "ED" accession-number. In January 1969, RIE was joined by its sister abstract journal Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE), which announces the journal article literature and assigns each article an "EJ" accession number. The ERIC data base is currently composed of the material from these two separate files. Many.of the other ERIC products and services that arc listed below are closelyre- lated to this fundamental data base.

~~INTERCHANGE 614 Attachment 83.3: Page 4 of 8~~

Product Source Abstract Journals U.S. Government Printing Resources hi Educurioii (R1E) Office (GPO), Washington, DC 20402 ($95/year) Curren, Index ro Journals Educalion Oryx Press ($125/year) (CLIE) Microfiche 4" X 6" microfiche of documents announced?ERIC Document Reproduction Service in R1E, Available on subscription or on de- (EDRS), Annual Subscriptions: Approx. $2000 mand. Back collections available. (approx. 15,000 fiche) Titles 50.97 (1-5 fiche) Magnetic Tapes (ERICTAPES) Computer-compatible tapes containing the ERIC Facility (Write for price list) contents of RIE and CIJE and the related authority files and Inverted files, Available on subscription or on demand. Information Analysis P oducts State-of-the-art repos; interpretive sum- Specific ERIC Clearinghouses maries; syntheses; e c. Mini-files of these products on micro che, together with printed index, are also available from EDRS, Computer Searches Complex searches by computer of the ERIC Please consult Directory of ERIC Search files, negotiated with the supplier and pro- Services (over 500 locations, geographically vided to the user in thesfkrm of printouts. arranged); available from ERIC Facility. Online access, searching, rarieval from ERIC Online vendors: DRS, DIALOG, SDC, See files via computer terminal. online retrieval panel for addresses.

ERICTOOLS . 4 Various printed indexes and other tools pro- ERIC Facility (write for price list) duced for.the benefit of those working closely with the ERIC files, e.g., Title Index, Report Number Index, Contract Gram Number a Index, etc. Thesaurus of ERIC Descriptors The master list of approved Descriptors Oryx Press ($35) (index terms) used by the ERIC system, with a complete cross-reference structure and rotated and hierarchical displays. Computer-Output-Microform (COM) Cumulative title and author indexes for RIE. EDRS (write for price list) Descriptor and identifier usage reports for both RIE and CUE. RIE resume 'cumulations from 1966 to present. Document Reproductions Paper copy reproductions of documents ERIC Document Reproduction Service anounced in R1E: (EDRS) ($2.15 for first 25 pages and $1.75 for each additional I-25 page increment) Paper copy reproductions of journal articles University Microfilms International, Article announced in CIJE. Reprint Service, 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106 Institute for Scientific Information, Original Article Tear Sheet Service, 325 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19106 (Several journal article copy services exist of which the above are major examples) Docum)ent Delivery ERIC is notable among information systems in providing for theavailability of reproductions of the documents and journal articles announced in its abstract journals RIE a nd CIJE. ERIC obtains permission from authors and producers to reproduceapproxi- mately 95 percent of the documents currently being announced in RIE. This meansthat in a monthly issue announcing 1,500 documents; some 1,425 documents are microfilmed and made available to users in either microfiche or paper copy reproductions.Alterna- tive availability instructions are always cited for the small,number of items ERIC cannot make available. INTERCHANGE 6 5 Attachmont 63.3: Pogo 5 of 6 The document delivery arm of ERIC is the ERIC Document Reproduction Ser- vice (EDRS). EDRS sells subscriptions to the total set of ERIC nticrofiche at a rate of 9.3c per fiche card. EDRS also sells microfiche copies and paper copies of documents on an on-demand basis. On-demand microfiche cost $0.97 per title (up to 5 fiche cards) and $0.20 for each additional fiche curd required. On-demand paper copies cost $2.15 for Ito 25 pages and $1,75 for each additional 25 pages required. For current prices, the most recent edition of RIB should always be consulted. It is more difficult to provide copies, of the journal articles announced in CIE because of copyright restrictions on the original journals. However, several organizations provide reprint services and have made arrangements to reimburse the original publishers appropriately. Among these are: (I) University Microfilms International (Article Reprint Service) and (2) Institu fe for Scientific Information (Original Article Tcar Sheet Service). For those journals that do not pe mit reprints, it may be necessary to consult an original issue of the journal in a local u iversity or public library. Some service organizations maintain relatively complete co Icetions of the journals indexed by CLIE Microfiche Microfiche of the documents announced in Resources in Education may be obtained on a monthly subscription basis from the ERIC Document Reproduction Ser- vice (EDRS). When purchased in this way, the price is a very economical 9.3cper microfiche card. For the period 1966 through 1981, the total ERIC microfiche collection consists of 270,795 microfiche cards, priced at $25,275.98. Complete collections of ERIC microfiche are currently being subscribed to by approximately 700 organizations. In/addition, there are several organizations which, while not currently subscribers, have, substantial ERIC microfiche collections in their possession. All such organizations are listed in the biennial Directory of ERIC Micro- fiche Collections. This reference,tooi is arranged geographically in order to facilitate referral of users to the closest possible microfiche service point. Each entry in the directory provides the address, telephone number, contact person, collection status; services provided, and access hours. 1

Online Retrieval The ERIC data base (both RIE and CIE components) can be searched online by computer via all three of the major vendors of online retrieval services: DIALOG In- formation Services, System Development Corporation (SDC), and Bibliographic Re- trieval Services (BRS). / ERIC was one of the very first bibliographic data bases to take advantage of this advanced technology and remains i File #1, for example, among the many files offered by DIALOG. Individuals and organizations wishing to search ERIC online need only (1) a computer terminal (that can link by phone with the online vendor's computer); and (2) an open purchase order with one or more vendors (you pay only for what you use).

Search Services The ERIC data base (consisting of both RIE and CIJE data) is one of the most widely searched and heavily used bibliographic data bases in the world today. Approxi- mately 50 organizations all over the world (including all the major online vendors) purchase the ERIC tapes and provide computerized access to them. Via these primary sources, several hundred service centers that provide computer searches of aRIC to various classes of users can be identified. The Directory of ERIC Search Servicei, a biennial compilation, attempts to identify these sources and to providecompleteentries describing the address, telephone number, contact person, population served, price, turnaround time, services provided, files accessed, how to submit an inquiry, and search system used. The 1981 Directory lists over 500 service points. It is estimated that over 250.000 computer searches are made of the ERIC file each year by these service centers.

Question-Answering Services In the course of a year, all the ERIC components combined answer more tharr 100,000 written and telephoned inquiries from users. Many of these inquiries are requests involving identification of specific documents and can be answered fairly rapidly and simply. This type of request is best directed to the ERIC Processing and Reference Fa- cility (the ERIC Facility). Many other requests, however, involve some level of subject expertise in the de- INTERCHANGE 616 Attochniont 03.3; Pogo 0 of 6 velopment of a customized response, Within the ERIC system, subject expertise resides primarily within the various specialized ERIC clearinghouses, which will accept questions in their subject areas. Clearinghouse scopes can usually be determined from their names; however, there is a flyer available from the ERIC Facility that contains detailed scope notes for each clearinghouse, For inquiries involving computer searches, cost re- covery is normally sought. Referrals to other organizations where computerscarches or other information services may be purchased are also made, as appropriate,

Information Analysis In addition to collecting the literature of education for announcement in RIE and CUE, the ERIC clearinghouses analyze and synthesize the literature into research reviews, knowledge syntheses, state-of-the art studies, interpretive studies on topics of high current interest, and many similar documents designed to compress t e vast amount of information available and to meet the needs of ERIC users. These p oducts constitute new contributions to the literature by ERIC. ERIC inforniation analysis products are published by the individual ERIC clearinghouses responsible for producing them. As long as stocks last, original copies are usually available directly from the responsible clearinghouse. In addition, information analysis products are generally announced in RIE. When announced in RIE, they are contained in all ERIC microfiche collections and may be ordered in microfiche or paper copy from: ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS), P.O. Box 190, Arlington, VA 22210, Full ordering details and current prices arc to be found in RIE. Periodically, ERIC prepares bibliographies of its information analysis products and other, major publications. These may be obtained by writing to the ERIC Facility. Through-1981, ERIC has published 3,835 information analysis products,

CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE OUTLOOK -.With level budgeting for Most of the past decade, ERIC has managed to keep its basic operations.going, but has been unable to expand its coverage to include other types of educational resources or to make various capital (mostly equipment) improve ments that would enhance its internal technical capabilities. With less than S5 million a year, at the present time ERIC funds its entirenetwork of 16 clearinghouses and various commercial support groups. Several of the commercial arrangements are at no cost to the O government, with the commercial organization permitted to make use of the ERIC data, selling it to the public at a price low enough to encourage dissemination, but sufficient to support the proViding of the service itself: c.gl, the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (currently operated by CMIC, Inc.) and the three major vendors of online retrieval against large bibliographic files (currently BRS, DIALOG, and SDC). It is only__ through such symbiotic uses of the commercial sector that ERIC can achieve its dissemination objectives given the erosion of its level budget when adjusted for inflation. Despite these handicaps, ERIC has built a substantial data base (about a half million items through 1982), with an 'excellent reputation, and has gradually brought the-data base to the attention of the very large and diverse educational community. Rea cent studies estimate that over the past five years 1.25 million individuals have received some training in the use of ERIC. With the future of the National Institute of Education and the entire Department of Education being debated by the administration as of this writing, it is difficult to pre- dict what will happen to ERIC in the decade of the 80s. It is believed, however, that over the last 20 years ERIC has become an information fixture in the lives of hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of educators and students who have come to depend on ERIC's unique data base to assess the current state-of-the-art and to avoid duplication of effort. This substantial constituency among the country's largest professional community, coupled with ERIC's frugal budget, will, it is hoped, lead to its continued survival and evolutionary improvement.

~~INTERCHANGE 617 Attachmont 03.4: Pogo 1 of 1~~

~~NAEPRELATED EXTRACTS FROM THE ERIC PROCESSING MANUAL SPECIFIC NACPA5tif.:55ttr.~~

~~a AR MCI-WM-NTS~~

~~First Art Assessment (1975) . Second Art Assessment (1979),~~

~~First Career Occup Develop Assess (1974) Second Career Occup Develop Assess~~

~~First Citizenship Assessment (1970) Second Citizenship Social Studies Assess (1976) Third Citizenship Social Studies Assess (1982)~~

~~First Literature Assessment (1971)~~

~~First Mathematics Assessment (1973) Second Mathematics Assessment (1918) Third Mathematics Assessment (1982)~~

~~First Music Assessment (1972) Second Music Assessment (1979)~~

~~First Reading Assessment (1971) Second Reading Assessment (1975)' Second Literature Third Reading Assessment (1980)~~

~~First Science Assessment (1970) Second Science Assessment (1973) Third Science Assessment (1977)~~

~~First Social Studies Assessment (1972)~~

~~First Writing Assessment (1970) SecondWriting Assessment (1974) Third Writing Assessment (1979)~~

~~MINI ASSESSMENTS~~

Adult Reading Mini Assessment Adult Science_Mini-Assessment-(1977) Baid-Cifi-Skills Mini Assessment (1977) Career Occup Develop Mini Assessment (1980) Consumer Skills Mini Assessment (1978) Energy Knowledge Attitudes Mini Assessment (1977) Functional Literacy Mini Assessment (1975) Health Awareness Mini Assessment (1977) Mathematics Mini Assessment (1976)

I FIGURE VIII-2-8: SPECIAL IDENTIFIERS TO BE.ASSIGNED TO NAEP DOCUMENTS INPUT TO ERIC SYSTEM (ASSIGNMENT TO BE INDICATED BY NAEP ON ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS) Extracted from the ERIC Processing Manual, page VIII.2-19

'National Assessment of The NAEP is currently operated by the Education Educational Progress (NAEP) Commission of the States (ECS). All NAEP documents should be indexed: (1) by "National Assessment of Educational Progress," and (2) by one or more of the special Identifiers listed in Figure Extracted from the ERIC Processing Manual, page VIII-2-18

NOTE: By special arrangement with the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), standard phrases indicating the category of information contained in the document e added to the end of the abstracts. For all NAEP-related cuments, these standard phrases are supplied to ERIC by NAEaloRg with the documents. The form of the phrase is as follows: "Primary type of information provided by the report.

~~Extracted from the ERIC Processing Manual, page V-94~~

~~INTERCHANGE ,:61S Allticlimonl 03.5: ',Liao 1 of 2~~

~~DIRECTORY OFIERICIMICROFICHE courcrums IIERUE!;: FOR INFORMA'F ION F01119111EDIT:1(i~~

Dear Colleague: The ERIC ProceBning:_and.Reforence.Facility regularly maintain?, anal periodically publinhen the. Virootory ofTUTC MioroPoho Col:loot:I-ono.The 0/Peittory han been, since- ito inception, a very' popular refOrence tool becaune it helpu ERIC users to locate and gain accenn to microfiche collectiono in their area that would otherwise remain unknown to them and to connult the actual doeumentn contained on thotte microfiche. The ERIC Facility plane to publish the Dtrootory again during 1983, and to incorporatethe,following data in the content of the entries.

~~1: Acceeoibility Pata: 'Information an to whether the collection in open to the public, on which dayn, andduringjthich houru.~~

2. Collection Scope/Size Data: Information about the status of the collection-- - whether it is complete, orif not, what special negment(s) of the total collection is available. L- Equipment and ServiceBDaea: Information about the equipment and services available to help the user make use of the collection.

~~4. Contact Point_Data: Telephone number and,name of contact person, if available. In order to give you a more exact idea of the information being requested, a~~

~~...... copy of your old entry (or a sample entry, if064aVenot_preVi l-appeared in the.Dire.ctoiv), showing how your on- mi -ght -be is shown below:~~

To facilitate our production of this Directory, we would'like to ask you to either (1) complete the questionnaire on the back of this etter, or, if you have a previous entry, (2) note those items of information-to be changed, or ,(3) indicate no change to your entry is necessary. Please return this questionnaire to the address on the reverse of this page by 1983.'1

~~In return for your kind cooperation, we will see to it that you receive a copy of the completed new Directory. Thank you very much for your assistance.~~

~~Sincerely yours,~~

~~Ted Brandhorst, Director ERIC Processing and Reference Facility~~

~~INTERCHANGE .619 Attachment 83- Pao 2 of 2~~

~~DIRECTORY OF'[EIRPmicitorim COLLECTIONS ENTRY CERTIFICATION, MODIFICATION, OR ADDITION~~

~~1. STATUS:~~

No change hi nocouonry to the entry for our institution appearing on tho reverse of thin page. Our previous entry should be changed an indicated below. We have not previously been listed, therefore the questionnaire below has been completed in its entirety.

~~2. INSTITUTION NAME: a.~~

~~3. ADDRESS:~~

~~4. TELEPHONE NUMBER:~~

~~5. CONTACT PERSON:~~

~~6. COLLECTION STATUS (YEARS COVERED):~~

~~. EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE: Number of Microfiche Readers: Number of MiCrofiche Reader/Printers:~~

~~8. SERVICES AVAILABLE: Paper Copy Reproduction Yes Charges: Microfiche Reproduction Yes Charges: Computer Searching (of ERIC) CIOn-Line0Batch ElNone~~

~~9. DAYS/HOURS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC:~~

~~10. COMMENTS:~~

'Please return this-form to: ERIC Processing and. Reference Facility, Directory of ERIC Microfiche Collections Project, 4833 Rugby Avenue, Suite 301, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, Telephone Number: (301) 656-9723.

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1 1 . . 3 3Word 1, 2. 130) 2 129 '- -1 3 (Word 1. 2, 130) 130 - 2 5 (Word I. 2. 3, 129, Ili) 3 (Word 2, 3, 131) 3 (Word .3, 4, 132) 131 --= 3 5 (Word 2, 3, 4, 130, 132) 132 - 4 5 (Word 3. 4, 5, 131, 133) 3 (Word 4. 5. 131) 133-S 3 (Word 4. 1, 6, 132, 134) .1 (Word 5. 6. 134)

, 3 3 5 (Word 1, 2, 129. 130. 258) 3 257 = 1 5 (Word 1, 2, 129, 130, 258) 1349. 131. 259) 258 -,2 8 (Word 1, 2, 3. 129, 13-0, 131, 257, 259) 5 (Word 2. 3, .5 (Word 3. 4, 131. 132, 260) 259 --,3 8 (Word .2. 3, 4, 130, 131, 132, 258. 2W) .260 ,-, 4 8 (Word 3, 4, 5, 131, 132, 133, 259, 261) 5 (Word 4, 5, 132: 133.261) 261 - 5 , 8 (Word 4, 5, 6, 132, 133 .114, 2W. 262) 5 (Word 5, 6, 133. 134. 262)

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~~ERIC VOCABULARY REVIEW GROUP- CURRENT MEMBERSHIP~~

~~Clearinghouse Vocabulary Coordinators~~

~~CE Sandra Kerka CG,. Helen Mamarchev CS Jane McClellan EA Roger Walke EC, Dorothy Beling~~

FL Mary Niebuhr, HE Lynn. Barnett IR Barbara Minor JC Anita Colby (VRG Chair) PS Norma HoWard RC Manuela Quexada-kragon SE Stanley Helgeson SO Sydney Meredith SP Catherine Julius TM Barbara Wildemuth UD Maryellen LoBosco

~~Central ERIC/National Institute of Education_~~

~~Patricia Coulter~~

~~ERIC Processing and Reference Facility~~

~~Jim Houston (Lexicographer) Carolyn Weller (Coordinator of Identifiers)~~

~~Oryx (Press Representative~~

~~Vacant~~

~~ERIC Online Project Representative 4 ) Lynn Snuirte ERIC/EC~~

*User Representatives

~~Jo Ann Davison Gilman School, Baltimore, MD~~

~~Sara Lake San,Mateo Educational Resources Center (SMERC) Redwood City, CA~~

~~Susan Long ("Practitioner" Representative) Golden, CO~~

~~Suzanne Wise Belk Library °. Appalachian State University, Boone, NC~~

*User representatives rotate every 2 years.

~~INTERCHANGE 625 Attachment 83.10: Page 1 of 1.,~~

~~HEAVILY POSTEDIDENTIFIERSTHAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR THE ERIC THESAURUS~~

IDENTIFIER POSTINGS IDENTIFIER POSTINGS Aboriginal People ( 52) Linkage ( 62) (113) Access to Information ( 52) Machine Readable Cataloging Adaptive Testing ( 43) Manpower Programs ( 51) * Adult Performance Level ( 62) Manpower Research ( 59) Ageta Setting ( 59) Marine Education ( 68) Altaative Energy Sources ( 63) Markov Processes ( 50) Analogy ( .43) Marxism ( 81) Andragogy ( 50) Mathematics History ( 44) Area ( 45) Media Use ( 52) Assessment ( 59) Microprocessors ( 40) Assessment Centers ( 44) Modular Arithmetic ( 53) * Audience Analysis ( 4f) Monte Carlo Methods (,Z) Audience Awareness (109) Montessori Method ( 81) * Audience Response (153) Names ( 41) Audits ( 53) Nonmetropolitan Areas ( 44) Bidialectalism ( 43) Ownership ( 57) Chi Square ( 52) Parenting ( 77) ( 62) Cognitive Mapping ( 53), Phenomenology Community Based Education ( 48)/ Piagetian Theory (279) Computer Simulation ( 52) Plate Tectonics ( 42) Computer Uses in Education ( 42) Political Campaigns ( 91) ( 88) Conservatism ( 44) Preapprenticeship Programs Distance Education ( 77) Prepositions ( 46) * Domain Referenced Tests ( 65) Presidential Campaigns ( 46) * Dyadic Cbmmunication ( 60) Professionalism ( 92) Early Retirement ( 42) * Properties (Mathematics) ( 73) Editors ( 44) Prose Learning ( 88) * Emerging Occupations ( 56) Public Access ( 41) Encoding ( 42) * Questions ( 73) (125) Encoding (Psychological) ( 64) * Reading Strategies Energy Consumption ( 51) Research Administration ( 48) ( 74) * Energy Education (318) Research and Development ( 71) Environmental Health ( 44) Research Papers (Students) Evaluation Problems (106) Research Practice Relationship ( 41) Evaluation Research ( 54) Resumes ( 53) ( 48) Free Materials ( 48) Rules and Regulations (287) Freshman Composition ( 52) * Scientific and Technical Information Gestalt Therapy ( 41) Self Awareness ( 49) (122) Gifted Handicapped ( 47) Self Disclosure Goal Setting ( 49) * Self Paced Instruction ( 51) Habituation, ( 40) Social Desirability ( 42) . Holidays ( 46) Songs ( 40) IdeolOgy ( 50) Story Grammar ( 43) Impact ( 59) Strategic Planning ( 44) Impact Studies ( 77) Stress Management ( 62) (.72) Improvisation ( 47) * Suggestopedia--) ( 51) Infant Schools (United Kingdom) , ( 58) Suryival Skills ( 74) Inference ( 47) * Tailored'Testing Information Transfer ( 71) * Tense (Verbs) ( 81) Instructional Management Systems ( 41) * Test Length ( 84). ( 65) *Interdependence. ( 60) * Test Score Decline International Communication ( 42). Theory. Practice Relationship ( 83) Intimacy ( 52) Toddlers ( 49) ( 54) Invention (Rhetorical) ( 51) Tribal bovernment ( 51) Knowledge ( 41) Trust ( 40) Learning Hierarchies 46) Users Learning Strategies ( 63) Writing Laboratories ( 53) * Library Statistics (116) * Library Users (153)

~~Carry-overs from Oct81 list. =111 INTERCHANGE 62.B Attachment 83.11: ttn . Page 1 of 2~~

January 1983 09 (ERIC FACTS*

~~I. ABSTRACT JOURNAL SERVICES~~

~~A. Resources in Education (RIE)~~

~~1. Subscriptions`(primarily libraries, including approximately 1,000 foreign) 4,000~~

~~2. Documents Announced in RIE~~

~~a. Monthly (Average) 1,200 b. Annually (Current Level) 14,000 c. To date (1966 through December 1982) 212,449~~

~~3. Documents Evaluated Annually for Possible Announcement in RIE 35,000~~

~~B. Current Index to Journals in Education (COE)~~

~~1. Subscriptions 1,800~~

~~2. Journals Covered 760~~

~~3. Jounial Articles Announced in CUE~~

~~a. Monthly (Average) , 1,400 b. Annually (Current Level) - 17,000 d. To date (1969 through December 1982)'). 267,876~~

~~II. DOCUMENT REPRODUCTION SERVICES~~

~~A. Organizations Subscribing to Complete ERIC Microfiche Sets (including approximately 75 foreign) 725~~

~~B. Titles Filmed (less than 5% of current document input is copyrighted)~~

~~1. Monthly (per RIE issue) 1,150 2. Annually 14,500~~

~~C. Microfiche Cards Delivered Per Subscriber~~

~~1. Monthly (per RIE issue) 1,600 2. Annually 19,500~~

~~.D. Sales.~~

~~1. Microfiche sold on subscription (annually) 16,000,000~~

~~2. Total individual document orders through 1980 (543,886 for microfiche; 503,938 fof paper copy) 1,047,804~~

* M&ly of these statistics are constantly changing and therefore have been 'rounded off rather than made exact as of any one day. INTERCHANGE. 827 Attachment 83.11: Page 2 of 2

~~III. DATABASE SEARCHING SERVICES~~

~~A. Subscriptions lo ERIC magnetic tapes (via ERIC Facility) (including 10 foreign and all major online vendors) ao~~

~~B. Locations offering computer searches of ERIC files 700~~

~~IV. REFERENCE SERVICES (NON-COMPUTERIZED)~~

~~A, Inquiries/questions answered annually~~

~~1. ERIC Facility 8,000 2. Clearinghouses (16) 80,000~~

~~V. MISCELLANEOUS STATISTICS~~

~~A. Thesaurus Descriptors (as of 9th edition, 1982)~~

~~1.. Main (Indexable) Terms 4,868 2. Synonyms 3,634 3. "Dead" terms (valid at one time, but no longer) 134 4. Total terms 8,636 o.~~

~~B.Infor mation Analysis Products (IAPs) produced by ERIC Clearinghouses (1967-1982) 4,016~~

~~C. Organizations/institutions represented by documents in the ERIC database (Source Directory) 25,000~~

D. Usage Statistics (Estimated)*

~~asio1/4. 1. Institutions in U.S. providing access to ERIC products 3,269~~

~~2. Usages of ERIC Resources (Annually) 2.7 million~~

~~3. ERIC bibliographic records retrieved in searches and provided to clients 30 million~~

~~4. Annual expenditure by institutions to support distribution of ERIC resources to users $26 million~~

~~5. Total annual expenditure for the development, distribution, and use of ERIC resources in U.S. (only 4.1% provided by the Federal government) $136 million~~

*Source: King Research, Inc. Cost and Usage Study of the Educational. _- Resources Information Center (ERIC) System. Final Report. January1982.

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