July 02, 2010
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Beginning this week, ERIC will benefit from the expert input of a group of academic, school, and special librarians convened to serve as the inaugural ERIC Library Committee. The 10-member group will advise the U.S. Department of Education about several aspects of ERIC's operation, including collection development, lexicography, outreach, and training/instructional delivery. Library Committee members will also provide recommendations for the public website at www.eric.ed.gov
Members of the new Library Committee include:
Jo Ann Carr
Director Emerita, Media, Education Resources, and Information Technology, School of Education, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Katherine Corby
Reference Librarian, Main Library, Michigan State University
Thomas Dowling
Assistant Director of Library Systems, Client/Server Applications, OhioLINK
Deborah Garson
Head of the Research and Instruction Services Department, Monroe C. Gutman Library, Harvard University Graduate School of Education
Terri Kirk
School Library Media Specialist, Reidland High School (KY)
Dana Peterman
Research Librarian, University of California - Irvine
Gretta Siegel
Science Librarian, Portland State University
Judith Walker
Curriculum Materials Librarian and Professor, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
Ann Weeks
Professor, College of Information Studies, University of Maryland
Arthuree Wright
Interim Library Director, Howard University Libraries
The Library Committee joins two other advisory groups, the ERIC Steering Committee and the Content Experts, in ensuring that ERIC is responsive to the needs of its diverse stakeholders. A summary of the Library Committee's initial meeting will be posted to this site in the coming months.
