Steering Committee

The ERIC Steering Committee is an expert technical group that serves in an advisory capacity to Computer Sciences Corporation, the contractor for the U.S. Department of Education's ERIC program. It provides guidance and recommendations to CSC for implementing the ERIC mission, which is to provide a comprehensive, easy-to-use, searchable, Internet-based bibliographic and full-text database of education research and information for educators, researchers, and the general public.

Between 2004 and 2006, the ERIC Steering Committee was particularly active in developing the standards and criteria for selecting materials for the ERIC digital library and providing input into ERIC's structured abstract initiative. Priorities for 2007-2008 are expected to include:

• Research and development in enhanced technology for the digital library, search engine, and Web site;
• New user-driven features on the Web site;
• Collection development methodology; and
• Advancing the structured abstract initiative

as well as other goals and priorities established by the Steering Committee in collaboration with CSC.

ERIC Steering Committee

• John Collins: Librarian, Harvard Graduate School of Education; and Director, Gutman Library
• Mark Constas: Associate Professor, Department of Education, Cornell University
• Carl Lagoze: Senior Research Associate, Information Science, Cornell University
• Gary Marchionini: Cary C. Boshamer Professor, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Nancy O'Brien: Head, Education and Social Science Library, University of Illinois
• Kyle Peck: Associate Dean for Outreach, Technology, and International Programs and Professor of Education, Pennsylvania State University
• Alvin Walker: Product Development Manager, American Psychological Association