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Burton, C. Jane – 1971
The development of a new scheme for classifying the more than 7,000 documents on reading in the ERIC/CRIER data collection is described. An original scheme, developed in the early days of the clearinghouse, provided a means for listing documents in any of 45 broad subject categories in the field of reading and for identification by grade level.…
Descriptors: Classification, Clearinghouses, Data Collection, Databases
Barnett, Lynn, Ed.; Houston, Jim, Ed. – 1992
Subject indexing in ERIC is performed by subject specialists across 16 geographically dispersed ERIC Clearinghouses, each responsible for a different niche or aspect of educational information. This phenomenon, combined with the broadness of the education field and variability of terminology therein, has led to the development at the…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Clearinghouses, Databases, Decentralization
Hannaman, Paula M. – 1989
The process by which the Educational Resources Information Center's Clearinghouse on Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation (ERIC/TM) acquires documents and the ways in which it offers them to users are discussed. Focus is on identifying how the ERIC/TM and members of the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME) can cooperate to increase…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Data Collection, Databases, Documentation
Brandhorst, Ted, Ed.; And Others – 1992
This guide identifies and describes the subject areas covered by the ERIC Clearinghouses. Each Clearinghouse scope statement is provided in the following three-part format: (1) Formal Statement--A comprehensive and detailed description of the scope areas, mainly for use by the ERIC Facility in assigning documents (on the basis of their subject…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Databases, Decentralization, Documentation
Rosenfeld, Sam A. – 1976
In 1974, Congress, recognizing the difficulty individuals have in obtaining information on bilingual education, mandated the establishment of a national clearinghouse on bilingual education. This paper was sent to people involved in bilingual education as background material for a series of six conferences on the development of such a…
Descriptors: Administrators, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Bilingualism
Armstrong, C. J. – 1995
The Centre for Information Quality Management (CIQM) was set up by the Library Association and UK (United Kingdom) Online User Group to act as a clearinghouse to which database users may report problems relating to the quality of any aspect of a database being used. CIQM acts as an intermediary between the user and information provider in…
Descriptors: Accrediting Agencies, Clearinghouses, Coding, Consumer Protection
Johnson, Jenny K. – 1976
In response to a growing need for a comprehensive evaluation and cataloging of nontextbook materials in the field of health sciences, the Educational Materials Project, sponsored by the National Library of Medicine, developed a clearinghouse system called AVLINE (Audiovisual on Line) for the dissemination of information about these materials. To…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Cataloging, Clearinghouses, Databases