Activities to date are summarized in connection with a plan to establish an information research facility for the School of Education at the University of British Columbia. During an exploratory year, issues investigated included offering an experimental course in information systems in education; design and economic questions related to making searches of the ERIC Tape Data Base; the possibility of extending service beyond the university; and exploring the role of information in educational research and innovation and in preservice, inservice, and graduate training programs. Various alternatives for the project's future also are discussed. (SK)