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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Blackburn, Heidi – Education Libraries, 2010
Student retention rates have long been a topic among school administrators, but it is an issue barely mentioned in library circles. This article will discuss the role the academic library can play in increasing and maintaining student retention rates on campus. By focusing briefly on four main topics, including reaching out to students early and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Student Attrition, School Holding Power, Administrators
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Blackburn, Heidi; Bower, Pam; Starkey, Alysia – Education Libraries, 2008
Institutional archives have always provided a sense of history and unity for most universities. This is especially emphasized for the Kansas State University at Salina photographic collection. The school has gone through four different name changes in the last fifty years and the library has amassed an overwhelming assortment of photographs…
Descriptors: Archives, Photography, Visual Aids, Classification